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A great DVD that really explains the history of the Jabez prayer and also how and why we should pray like Jabez today. I also liked the Jabez song at the end.

This is a looked over classic of the seventy's that I love. I was SO disapointed when I got the DVD from amazon that it was BLANK. Nothing on it. Thank you CheezyFlicks!! (producers of the DVD version)

This is a good movie wrecked by a crap presentation. Don't buy it. Amazon should withdraw it.

Convoy is one of the great lost classic movies from the CB radio fad of the 1970s - but - this particular DVD release is easily the worst quality of any DVD in my entire collection. Briefly: The picture flickers, the sound is slightly out of sync with the picture, and the picture quality is often fuzzy or blurry. Unless you are in a hurry to see this, you might want to wait until they redo this or a better quality release comes out. This DVD release is substandard product of the worst kind.

though marred by its apparent desire to be intellectually stimulating (certain death for many horror films) The Asphyx is saved by an emotional performance from Robert Stephens as Sir Hugo Cunningham, a photographer who has discovered the secret of immortality in 1875. Stephens recites his hokey lines with conviction, and if it weren't for blunt editing, lapses in logic (notice the camera change positions when Sir Hugo watches a film of Clive's death), and its snotty british desire for respectability, this movie would surely have a prominent place in the pantheon of great 70's horror films. if you prefer Hammer to AIP than you just might enjoy this throwback to the early days of Quatermass and Baron Frankenstein, but if you like your horror with a lot of action and "sobaditsfunny"ness then the only thing here for you is probably the cheesy puppet used to portray the title creature. overall, an entertainingly adequate flawed cult classic.

In 1870's England a scientist discovers that the spirit of death - "The Asphyx" of the title - can be trapped as it tries to enter the body at the moment of death. Using primitive photography and a chemical spotlight, he attempts to immortalise his nearest and dearest by trapping their individual asphyx as it appears. A thoughtful,and for the most part effective tale, with some genuinely ghoulish moments courtesy of the impressive (for their time) special effects. Robert Stephens gets a little frantic at times, especially in the last half-hour, but the original plot and a sinister twist in the tail raise a smile and ensure that the film won't be easily forgotten.

A co-worker and I were just discussing unusual films last week, and I immediately thought of "The Asphyx", though no one else in the office had even heard of it. They're all younger than me so I guess it's excusable. I haven't seen this on the small screen yet, but did enjoy it during its initial release in 1972 on the big screen. I thought it to be thought provoking in the way of classic horror films, when the protagonist discovers (too late) that he shouldn't have been messing around with things like immortality. I've not seen or heard of it since then but I haven't forgotten it either, nor will I. A genuinely scary, gruesome movie with a moral comes along not too often. I highly recommend it and intend to buy it on DVD when it's released!