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this dvd is no differnt from them live in musicladain just a differnt cover waste of money

This video only has four different songs of Ike and Tina. They were good but I think the whole DVD should have been of them since the Title is Ike and Tina Turner. If you want an excellent DVD that will make you bounce and is nothing but Tina, I strongly suggest Tina Turner One Last Time Live In Concert. I Rate that DVD 25 stars!

Releasing old Tina Turner Collection in DTS Sound on DVD is an excellent idea. I beleive that all Tina fans are dreaming of having Tina Turner Complete Video Collection in DTS Sound on DVD one day since the one released (Simply the Best DVD)has a very poor sound quality. But it's too disappointing that they have decided to include only four Tina & Ike stuff to this DVD and add other artists...Still great opportunity for Tina fans to get super sounding Tina songs on DVD!

Save yourself some money and buy the book. The movie was no good. Once again I say BET should stick to publishing the books and STOP destroying these authors works by trying and failing to make movies that are not worth the film they are printed on. Buy the book and wait for the movie to be shown again on tv. You'll be glad you did.

As an author I realize more and more that some movies are better left as books. This is one of them.

Intimate Betrayal is not a good film at all. The actors do their best to stay true to the story but the direction and writing was horrid. The film seemed cheap. The production sets were loud and messy. It looked like the movie was on stage. If BET expects to keep making movies they should come off of some real money because this is not working.

Monica Calhoun is not a great actress but she plays Reese the way it needs to be played: dumb, whipped and hyper. Khalil Kain seems to go from one bad role to another. I usually enjoy him on anything but even he couldn't help me like this. The supporting characters weren't developed properly. We didn't know who most of them were just what they did. There were too many loopholes and the plot was a big mess. A stronger lead, a better production and more money would have gotten this film released in theaters. This was a pathetic display for even made-for-cable. I hope BET does better than this in the future.

Like they say, if it ain't broke don't fix it. I stopped watching BET years ago. I watched this film by mistake. BET needs to save their money making a better channel and leave movies to networks who can bring them to their best potential.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE,
IT IS FULL OF SUSPENSE, AND PASSION!
I LOVE HOW, THIS MOVIE ENDS!
I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHY IT HAS ONE STAR!

This is even worse quality than they say it will be when it first begins. The movie first starts off telling you that these are real incidences that survalance cameras have caught. The film is very blury even for survalance video. The editors then digitally enlarge the action part of the video but it still deos not show enough quality to even reveal the identity of the persons involved.

All the scenes in this DVD are off security cameras. Therefore the picture quality is very poor, and they do not get close in. There are 4 G on G scenes but they are all from a distance, so you can't really enjot it too much. The Solo performances are horrible. Womean are average, not models.

I'm so sick of seeing staged material and silicone princesses pretending to like each other that I found this DVD to be a refreshing break. Couple of scenes were sizzling, too.

I saw this movie ten years ago and I'm still trying to get the bad tase out of my mouth. There is NOTHING good about this movie.

The women of a prehistoric tribe has had enough and flee from their brutal males. The women take the girl children to form their own tribe away from male oppression.

But a ten-foot giant kills all of the women and the girls are raised by a wise woman. Eventually the girls grow up and have strange feelings. The wise woman sends them out to capture some men.

Well, now the women are the oppressors as they boss their males around. Eventually, this is worked out in the end so that all are happy.

This could have been a better DVD release, but the night scenes are so dark it is hard to tell what is happening. This is made even more difficult by the fact that they speak a cave language.

Also, much of the movie seems to be an excuse for the leopard-skinned young ladies to jump up and down around the campfire in primitive dance (at least three long scenes like this).

All in all it is really quite silly. But is bouncing young women are what you want to watch, that's pretty much all you'll see in this one.

This is a classic 50's bad film, so bad it's hysterical. And at a running time of slightly over an hour, even if you hate it, it's over fast. Every cliche of the genre, and then some, is exaggered to unintentionally comic effect. If you like this kind of thing, you will love "Prehistoric Women."

See two tribes of clean, well groomed savages discover the basic principles of science in a couple of weeks! Thrill to the flight of the duck-a-dactyl! Cringe from the giant Guati and wonder if that poor guy got paid anything over scale! Get a sandwich as the girls dance and know not why!

As an aside, modern audiences will be amazed that this was once considered racy fare, perhaps because of the bathing-suit-like fur outfits sported by the dubious "beauties" in this film. Hubba hubba!

Si, solo se ve, pero no se escucha para nada. Es Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble o, The English Rock Ensemble & Rick Wakeman?, como es posible que siendo Rick el dueño y señor y la estrella principal, es el músico que menos se escucha.
CONTRAS:
1.Porque hay una guitarra en la música de Rick Wakeman, si el guitarrista no aporta absolutamente nada, no toca bien y solo sirve para quitarle presencia a otros instrumentos y musicos especialmente a Rick?.
2.De donde ha sacado Rick a un cantante tan malo, pero tan malo como Damian Wilson, su voz solo provoca dolor de cabeza.
3.Es el peor mix de sonido que he escuchado en toda mi vida; no hay un volumen constante de los instrumentos, hay sonidos abruptos que aparecen de repente, la calidad deja mucho que desear............y lo principal............
4.Cuando se tiene la responsabilidad de lanzar un DVD al mercado yo creo que lo principal es saber lo que realmente es la calidad de un DVD, sino entonces nos regresamos a las cintas BETA de por los 80's; como es posible que un músico como Rick, pudo haber sacado un DVD tan terrible. En que pensaban el y su producción?,
PROS:
Bueno ninguna, ok, talvez una, en el duelo de teclados que hace Rick y su hijo en Merlin.

Realmente una decepción de magnitudes astrales, y lo peor que no lo esperaba de un músico como Wakeman; y ni siquiera hablo del CD Extra, porque es malísimo, pero mil veces mas malísimo que el DVD. Creo que Rick debería buscarse otros ingenieros de sonido para la próxima.

I loved Yes and Rick Wakeman and had the opertunity to them both. Rick is an accomplished keyboard player. Six Wives of Henry VIII is possibly the definative masterpiece of rock keyboard wizardry to date. But in my opinion Rick Wakeman as a soloist has done little since then. The DVD still shows that Rick can play and has lightning fast hands. But the main vocalist is horrible! Every time he opened his mouth I wanted to scream. Worst possible moment was his rendition of Starship Trooper. Jon Anderson can sing circles around this guy, as could just about anyone else. It is nice to see Rick's son following in his footsteps as he appears on this disc. All in all for Wakeman diehard fans only.

I got this DVD today and haven't stop watching it! All I can say is WOW!!!! Rick and his rock band, featuring his son Adam, play the semi-new music, "Buried Alive" (which sounds oh so sweet live) and the old classic such as "Catherine Parr" to a new level of excellence. Rick even plays a YES piece of music, derived mostly of the song "Starship Trooper". A little bit of a different sounding version than the original, but nevertheless, still riveting. "Wurm" sounds like the 90125 YES blended with the classic YES sound of the 70's .... towards the end of "Starship Trooper" the front man of this band Damian Wilson, takes his metal sounding vocals and puts nice accents into the mix as the other band memebers begin to rev up their instruments for a climatic ending to the concert. Another moment worth mentioning is in "Merlin the Magician" when Rick and son, Adam, square off in a playful 'battle of the fingers', as both keyboard 'magicians' show off their spectacular skills.The DVD also contains a nice sit down interview with Rick, as he tells, among other things, his reason behind wearing a cape. The runtime of the DVD concert is well over an hour and a half. The only two small draw backs are the sometimes sub-par directing and camera work of the video (which still is above average for a live concert) and the extra audio CD which has (as advertised) bootleg sound .... but its free, so I won't complain.Overall, a must have for all prog-rock fans! Wakeman is still the number one living keyboard legend ..... hands down.

Let me start off this review by saying that this is a low budget 50's atomic paranoia flick. If this genre is your bag read on, if not there is a hundred other films of this ilk that will appeal to you. I suggest buying ANY of them instead of this [one].

The plot boils down to this...

A team of scientists decide to drive this wacky machine (called a cyclotram) into the heart of the earth to discover a shelter where human kind can hang out while an atomic war rages above. A few misadventures later (of the extremely boring variety) they eventually find an underground cavern that serves thier purpose. More misadventures later they return.

I usually dig low budget 50's sci-fi/horror films with bad acting and absurd plots...however, this movie is as lousy as can be. Where are the giant mutant whatevers? where are the blind morlock looking creatures? Give me anything! something! arrrrgh!

Not only is this a lousy boring movie, it's also a very poorly done DVD. Absolutly no extras, and as with all Alpha Video releases the scene selections don't even seem to work correctly. The print is grainy and full of cigarette burns. constant mult-colored banding runs throughout. There was not even a token attempt to digitally clean this movie! Save your money - and steer clear of Alpha Video's releases.

This 1951 offering from Lippert Pictures takes us 2500 miles underneath the surface with a group of somewhat annoying scientists. Dr. Morley (dubbed the Prophet of Doom by at least one newspaper reporter) is an obsessive opponent of all things nuclear. Fearing that atomic weapons will destroy all life on earth, he recruits a group of scientists for his Society to Save Civilization, and they make plans to find a living space deep within the earth where man can survive and rebuild from the nuclear holocaust they see just over the horizon. After the group fails to secure any funding, a rich newspaper publisher's son forks over the cash and accompanies them on their monumental journey. It's your typical group of B-movie scientists: there is Morley, who seems lost and mad at the world all the time, a couple of scientists who basically push buttons and read dials, a young and attractive feminist scientist, an explosives man, and the paperboy. Of course, the group is constantly bickering and fighting, and no one likes the paperboy at all-at first. This had to change somewhat because, as you would expect, he has to put the moves on the lady scientist and she has to pretend to resist. How do our intrepid explorers go about their task? They design a cyclotram, basically a great big ugly metal boxcar with a humongous drill for a nose, ascend to the top of an extinct volcano, go down into the crater and start drilling through rock as they make their way downward. Every so often, they stop for a minute to fight or to provide an opportunity for one of them to die. They are rather bumbling amateurs when it comes to the deep exploring gig; you would have thought one of the scientists would have remembered to pack a lot of water. They sometimes even seem surprised to discover that it's actually pretty dark miles underground.

I was led to believe the group ran into dangerous animals in the depths of the earth, but that is not true. There are similarities between Unknown World and Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth, as you would expect, but this film never develops the aura of plausibility that Verne's work had. To answer the question of how they will survive the intense heat of the earth's core, the geologist amongst them simply announces the fact that the temperature at the earth's core is actually lower than that on the surface. This movie is only about 70 minutes long, so it's short enough to not become too aggravating too quickly. Taken in the context of its time, it's really not such a bad movie. Some may also be interested to know that part of the movie was actually filmed inside New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns.

This is an early Sci Fi film from 1951 and in that context deserves to be appreciated!

Years ago I saw this film on TV and I never forgot it ... there was a kind of lonely mystique about it.

It has a very strong anti-nuclear orientation... The thesis of the film is a group of scientists fearful of nuclear war decide to explore vast caverns under the earth's surface as a refuge. There are no phoney looking monsters running around... Some of the scenes were taken from actual caverns such as Carlbad Caverns, New Mexico.

The vehicle used for this exploration called a "Cyclotram" reminded me a little of a 1950 Lincoln...

Sure it's got nudity, but after a while it's so boring if there's no plot; and this film's got hardly any - what sort of prostitute tries to pick up in a cemetary?

Jim Bacchus treats us to the same old re-hash, even using some of the stars from previous films, such as Erotic Ghost - is he obsessed by women who've had cosmetic surgery.

Even the cover art is misleading. If you watch the film there's not a fang in sight.

Embrace the Darkness II is a much better film. If you already own a Jim Bacchus film, why not just watch it again - that way you get to save money, & you've essentially watched this movie as well.

Vampire Obsession is different, to say the least. John Bacchus has made a name for himself doing hilarious erotic parodies (Erotic Survivor, Playmate of the Apes, Who Wants to be an Erotic Billionaire, etc.). Now comes a foray into the vampire world, with Vampire Obsession.

This isn't Bacchus's first vampire film. He also directed 1998's Vampire's Seduction starring B-movie babe Tina Krause. Vampire's Seduction wasn't a parody, so to speak, but it was a comedy...numerous wacky characters, inspired dialogue (the opening and closing scene in the restaraunt especially), and good acting made that film great.

Vampire Obsession is completely different. Anoushka (from Playmate of the Apes) stars as Wendy, a prostitute who for some reason picks up in a cemetery. One night, she leaves her girlfriend (Darian Caine) bored and alone at home to "go to work." While standing amidst the tombstones, a mysterious woman (Jade DuBoir) strolls up to her and introduces herself as Alexis. Alexis decides to buy Wendy's services for the evening and then decides she likes her so much, she gives her enough cash for the whole week. Unfortunately, all Wendy seems to care about is the money she is getting. She doesn't seem to notice that not only is her girlfriend getting a bit upset that she is not at home, but also Alexis seems to be into some really freaky stuff, such as blood-drinking, etc. Will Wendy discover the dark path she is taking before it's too late???

Ahh...what can I say. This is a hard movie for me to review, as I am a huge fan of Bacchus's work. Let's start with the movie's good points:

Darian Caine is a beautiful woman and a great actress. She has a small role in this film, but she shines in it. She plays a woman who is being mentally tortured and feels she has lost control over her relationship and life, and she plays it well. She's only in the film for a total of a few minutes, however, and that is unfortunate. Another somewhat positive point is the presence of Jade DuBoir as the evil vamp Alexis. What she does, she does well. She's very exotic looking and is always a welcome sight in these films. Unfortunately her character is never explored past the point of the obvious and that's too bad since I saw an interview with Jade a while back where she was so excited she would be getting to play a vampire in an upcoming flick. It's pretty sad they couldn't even spring for her to have fangs...or explain why she could be in the sunlight(??)

Which brings us to the bad. Anoushka...let's just say that this Polish beauty's acting style worked well in Playmate of the Apes. As a wacky sidekick, she was more of a caricature than a character and she played the part humourously and well. In Vampire Obsession, humor has been thrown out the window and drama has been forced to rear it's ugly head. Anoushka just doesn't pull off a dramatic role well, and as she is the main character in this film, it REALLY brings down the proceedings.

Another negative aspect is the icky misuse of blood in scenes that are supposed to be erotic. I mean, tapioca pudding in Erotic Survivor is one thing, but blood? What were they thinking. Yuck! Add to this the fact that the film looks like it was shot in two days in a hotel room (where the sun shines annoyingly through the large window CONSTANTLY distorting and blocking what's going on)...so the bad tends to outweigh the good.

But whatever trips your trigger I guess. On to the tech specs:

Vampire Obsession is presented in it's original 1.33:1 aspect ratio. The DVD features a behind-the-scenes segment (which is by far the least interesting BTS of any Seduction Cinema so far), and lots of trailers.

To sum it up, I'd say skip this one. Why waste your time when there are much more entertaining films out there with the same stars and by the same director. I would recommend checking out Erotic Survivor and Playmate of the Apes instead.

after the mind-boggling disappointment that was EROTIC SURVIVOR 2, seduction cinema auteur john bacchus gets back on track with VAMPIRE OBSESSION. first off, if you're the kind of person that likes to watch naked women romp around making out (read: soft porn), you'll dig just about ANY of seduction cinema's movies. but if you're a fan of independent filmmaking, as i am, you want a little something more. and baccus is one of the few that delivers on a fairly regular basis (his recent PLAYMATE OF THE APES is incredible). VAMPIRE OBSESSION concerns a prostitute named wendy who falls under the deadly spell of a vampire, becoming her love slave. meanwhile, wendy's girlfriend (played by the legendary darian caine, one of the most intense & dynamic actors in independent film) is left to wonder what the hell is happening to her lover. the story is good, and jade duboir is excellent as the vampire. however, the movie itself is an empty affair overall. in the past, bacchus has given us films like THE EROTIC GHOST, where the story really moves, the humor is solid, and the performances are full of energy. i know he is capable of better because he's done it many many times. the script to VAMPIRE OBSESSION is almost like a porn script, each scene serving only as a setup for the lesbian lovemaking (as opposed to moving the plot along). and while lead actor anoushka was great in her role as a dimwitted astronaut in PLAYMATE OF THE APES, she isn't yet capable of carrying the lead role in a serious film like VAMPIRE OBSESSION. i laughed when i wasn't supposed to be laughing, and that's not good. thankfully she was supported by jade, darian, and a.j. khan, all proven veterans and great performers. i don't want john to keep making the same movie over and over, that's not what i'm asking for here. perhaps he's under pressure from somebody to make his movies more serious, to "hurry up & get to the boobie" if you will. i hope not. i highly recommend EROTIC GHOST, GLADIATOR EROTICUS, VAMPIRE'S SEDUCTION, EROTIC WITCH PROJECT 1 and 2, EROTIC SURVIVOR, and MISTRESS FRANKENSTEIN as prime examples of how great bacchus's movies can be. when they're serious, it works. when they're funny, you laugh hard. and when they're sexy...look out!

"The Human Monster," a British horror film from 1939 starring Bela Lugosi, is a recent DVD release from Alpha Video. Its packaging is attractive, featuring artwork from the original release of the film, and its price is essentially pocket change, but sadly the positive qualities of this product stop there.

While I feel inclined to commend the producers of this DVD for trying to market this Lugosi semi-classic, a sixty-plus year old film with limited sales potential, after viewing the DVD I can't help but to regret my purchase and recommend that you don't make my same mistake...even if the cost of the product is minimal.

Technically speaking, even if a film is old there's still little justification for it to look bad or sound bad...and certainly not as bad as this film looks and sounds on this DVD. The images appear flat and grainy; cinematic shadows "pulse" frequently; scratches in the film abound; and one must make a conscious effort to hear the soundtrack in many parts.

Perhaps Alpha Video would argue that this particular movie would never sell enough units to justify the cost of a proper restoration--though this viewpoint would be in conflict with The Roan Group's superbly restored release of "White Zombie" and any number of Universal DVD releases featuring Lugosi--but, as it is, this particular DVD release of "The Human Monster" fails to satisfy the viewer due to a gross lack of image and audio quality.

The ultimate tragedy here is that, unlike some of Bela's poverty row pictures, most fans of Lugosi and this genre would agree that this is a respectable picture that offers the typecast actor a rare dramatic opportunity...and one he does well with! It's a shame that such a poor quality print of the movie is used.

Poor Bela fans.

... and a good ending cannot overcome it.

There is no supernatural foe to drag us through the tepid parts, and a somewhat interesting yet slow mystery is not enough to make us sit without fidgeting. Especially not when the quality of the print is poor.

The Human Monster is smarter than most of this type of fare, as it is based on an Edgar Wallace novel. But like most of this type of fare, nothing of any real note happens until the last fifteen minutes. Then it gets quite good, with chases and plot twists and the expected, if satisfying, retribution. Yet by that point the damage is done.

As a movie, the Human Monster makes a very good poster.

See also: "The Monogram Nine," as they are known to Lugosi's most ardent.

I saw this movie late one night on TV about 35 years ago as a child, and some of the images haunt me still! Lugosi is really quite good here, and the whole thing is set in an eerie, impoverished home for the blind...this creates a dark, disorienting, atmosphere of helplessness. Watch for the trap door that drops victims into the Thames River mud flats! Lugosi's creepy man/beast henchman is the stuff of children's nightmares....
OK, now to address the Alpha DVD quality. No, it's not great. It could be better. But let's face it: as kids we watched these things on grainy black & white TV sets with bent rabbit ear antennas! You could hold your breath for the "Collector's Edition", (at a price 4x more) but you're simply not going to see this film anywhere else. The DVD is ridiculously cheap. If you hate it, then donate it to your local library for a tax write-off.

extremly boring, don't waste your time with this DVD

I don't recommend this DVD. There is little here which has not been seen already and Jenna Jameson, while she was hot at one time, cannot act and is in the twilight of her career.

I thought this DVD was worth the money. If you're a fan of Jenna you will probably enjoy this, but I have to warn you, there is NO SEX on this DVD. Don't buy this DVD expecting to see hardcore sex scenes. It's pretty much just Jenna stripping and looking sexy. A lot of people would probably find this to be boring but I found it to be rather enjoyable. The picture quality is of the highest level, as well as the audio, and the multi angle feature is fun to play around with. Jenna is one of my all time favorites and I wasn't dissapointed with this DVD at all.

Unless you absolutely love urban trials, this video is not worth the time and effort to order it, let alone the price.

This video has a feel about it that the makers were trying to maximize profits by minimizing costs. There are only a couple of locales that are used, one is what appears to be somebody's back yard that they made into a dirt jumping course. There's that and some hucking off of the same sort of cliff, a little bit of technical downhill, and alot of urban trials, lots of jumping down stairs.

If you want to see a well balanced video, get either the latest in the New World Disorder or Kranked series. This was a bigger disapointment than Star Wars:Episode 1.

Let's see, a couple of riders in a couple of places doing a couple of things, that about sums it up. All of the different forms of riding seem to be done at the exact same places, there's a dirt jump course in somebody's back yard (I'm not kidding) some guys hucking off of the same sort of cliffs, Evil Dave breaking a dual crown fork after not making a MX-assisted jump, and the most promising part is camera work on a technical downhill section, but the camera moves away instead of with the riders so the effect seems wasted.

This movie (unless you just LOVE urban trials) is a definate DO NOT buy. The music is sub par, riding is the same thing over and over, one shot is a jump normal speed, the next shot (no, I'm not kidding) is the same jump in slow motion. Krispy needs to give these guys the slip because he's more talented than this movie shows.

Fat Tire Fury is still my favorite MTB movie, best riding, best locations, best music.

If you're looking to see Bender hucking more cliffs you better start looking elswewhere. Krispy does make his normal appearance, but this time the cliff-dropping was kept to perhaps 2/5 of the movie. But before you start weeping like a little girl, Third down rises leaps and bounds above the previous movies because of this (at least for us city-dwellers). What you will see on this movie is an astounding blend of trials and freeriding in the urban arena. It is about time for urban riding to start taking some of the spotlight. I would only give this movie 4 stars since Contact (crfilms) is still the best place to go for urban/trials but since so few movies have yet to devote much time to urban I will go ahead and give it five stars.