Death Movie Reviews

I bought this thinking it would finally be an episode on dvd for Americans to buy. Wrong. It is just a animated game. (...)

This is the second Xena Multipath adventure, FYI...It's not an actual episode. The description doesn't state that above but it really should. It is based on the episode of the same name and is an computer-animated adventure where at certain points along the course of the story, you decide the actions of a particlular character, resulting in one of several endings. However, most of it is not participatory - you're actually watching the computer-animated adventure most of the time, and it dies move along a bit slowly. This does *not* feature voices from the original Xena cast, which is most unfortunate - I did not like the voice for Gabby's character, and as a fan, I think you may find that these Multipaths leave a bit more to be desired. Try getting a used copy for [$$$] USD or so. Also, they are floating around the internet for a free play...you can also save the file on your computer for play anytime you wish. This DVD can be utilized in any DVD player.

This dvd is similar to the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" DVD that is an interactive adventure DVD, and is made by the same company. It's lots of fun, and worth the money. If you want the episodes, you should buy the season video sets.

"Theatre of Death" is another of Anchor Bay's well produced low-budget horror DVDs, though the film doesn't quite deliver. Christopher Lee turns in another professional performance, this time as a violence obsessed theatre director suspected in a series of grisly Parisian murders. The photography combines bright colors with deep shadows to produce a fervid, over-ripe environment. The music kicks in loudly whenever needed to underline the action triply, and the story keeps jumping along.

It jumps, but it doesn't make a lot of sense and there isn't much connection between events. We're rapidly introduced to most of the characters and the central situation, but then they stand still for so long and often, endlessly re-hashing the situation, that when something does happen, it seems to come out of the blue. Lee's character disappears about half way through the movie, for example, and not only are we completely unprepared for the disappearance, it is staged so fast that if you blinked, you might miss it. One moment Lee is playing happily with his cat; the next, his theatrical troupe is mourning his loss.

The filmmaking doesn't help. The hand held camera follows people around, or violent actions are momentarily frozen, or scenes are shot from self-consciously striking angles, or lighting setups rely on the blatant artifice made possible by the story's theatrical setting. These stylish, post-French New Wave mannerisms are cleverly executed, but on top of a lumpy story that needs all the unifying it can get, they are more modish than helpful.

On the other hand, the violence is fairly understated, more talked about than depicted, which in one sense is praiseworthy, but also rather silly. After all, you don't watch low-budget horror for clever understatement. Since the movie otherwise is both blatant and overwrought, shying away from the coup de grace just deprives it of much emotional impact. "Theatre of Death" ultimately feels a little unfocused, not quite certain where it wants to go. It produces the odd effect of making you think you've missed something, even though everything has been right on the surface.

... as far as this film contains creepy acting by Christopher Lee and Leila Goldoni. The plot actually is not that bad. It is not a horror film but a murder mystery, with a completely pointless vampiric angle added almost as an afterthought. A Christopher Lee completist might want to take a peak.

The first thing you should know, is that this is more of a murder mystery than a horror movie. It's definitely not a bad one, but definitely not scary. There seems to be some confusion, as if two separate scripts were filmed or one swapped for an other during the filming, but the result is quite good. There are some really beautiful actors / actresses, good score (if my memory serves me properly, by a female composer) and a nice dark overall mood. The backstage feeling is quite realistic as well and presents a good picture of what the life of an avant-garde theatre personality must have looked like in the sixties. And more important, the sound / picture quality (wide screen) of this DVD (Momentum / Kino, with a mustard-toned cover) is so good it is really difficult to explain to the non initiated viewer that this movie is 35 years old....

From the front and back of the DVD I was expecting to see a movie that was going to scare the living hell out of me..but alas I was very disappointed.
A bunch of stupid horny kids are tossed into this old factory for a little secret party freaky deaky action and all of a sudden this wild woman crazed out of her mind from this government chemical virus turns the kids night of orgy fun into an all you can eat buffet.
I do however, offer a golf clap to Tiffany Shepis playing Alexa, the blood thirsty beast of a woman. The last indie film I was in, had me sucking down tons of the corn syrup blood capsules and as Tiff can probably attest to, they don't taste like cherries like the box advertises.

Also, an interesting choice of clothing for our man-eating beast..kneepads and a thong.. she looked to me more like an extra from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome than a modern horror flick.

There was more blood in this flick than most horror films. Blood pouring out of every human orifice..you have to love it when the beast goes right for the man's groin when he calls her a b!tch.. But I think they spent a little too much time on each kill, taking the shock factor out of the attack. Sure when the beast comes out of nowhere and starts tearing out your throat we gasp, but let the guy fall and die already!

It's quite obvious that this film had absolutely no budget, save for dollars needed to buy the buckets and buckets of cherry flavored goodness they used for blood.

This film is like a low budget porn meets slasher flick. It was a good idea for a film, but you need so much more than an idea to make a good film. I gave this film 2 stars in honor of the cast. As a struggling actress myself, I know that you are happy to take ANY role offered you! I would have signed on to do this film in a second, but here's some advice to the cast. When and if you ever really make it...please drop this film from your resume!

You know, there are certain bad things you must expect from a film like this. I don't get why people rent these type of movies and then totally trash on things like the bad acting, horrible story line, the bad camera work, and the all horror movie cliches. That is to be expected from films like these. Low budget horror movies have formed into a sub-genre of traditional horror movies and if these films didn't include all the bad acting, horrible story line, the bad camera work, and all the horror movie cliches, they would betray their own sub-genre and go against the real intent of why films like these are made. Films like "Death Factory" aren't meant to touch your heart and soul. Films like "Death Factory" are supposed to be low budget, politically incorrect, immoral, and full of more blood and violence than films produced for the big screen. This is a straight-to-video blood and guts film targeted to fans of the low-budget horror film sub-genre who raise no expectations and enjoy the film for what it is worth, and not for what should be expected of it. Moving on, what I liked about "Death Factory" was how good the killer Alexa looked. They did a great job on making her brutal but sexy at the same time. And the 2 minute killing sequences were pretty brutal and worked nicely. The story twist at the end provided some emotional character attachment to Alexa with the viewer, making the ending much more interesting. This is why I give this movie 3 stars. To the people who expect all films to have the best of everything, my 3 star rating probably seems like an insanely high rating for a film like this, but you have to realize that these films aren't made for the people that expect every movie ever made to be Academy Award winning material, and nothing short of that or it's a disappointing film, but are made for the people that appreciate films like these who aren't distracted by the supposed standards of high-budget films.

Like a lot of washed up actors, Boris Karloff took just about anything that came his way late in his career, and this movie is one of the films which proves that. "Dance Of Death" is actually a Mexican production whose concept is infinitely more interesting than what appears on the screen.

Karloff's character is going mad and he invites all of his remaining relatives to his mansion. For reasons I won't bother going into, he believes that one of them is commiting a string of murders. He decides that the only solution is to kill each of his relatives.

That isn't anything original, but how the killings are supposedly taking place sounded intriguing. Karloff owns several toys which are rumored to be able to come to life and murder people. The execution of the idea unfortunately did not live up to the premise.

The "toys" (except for one) were obviously just adult men wearing costumes. Wow...how exciting. The rest of the film was just as disappointing. Events unfolded at an excrutiatingly slow pace and the production values were quite poor.

With all of the films which Karloff made, you can easily find much better ones to spend your money on.

This is the kind of movie you watch in a cold, dark basement at three in the morning, perferably when raining.
Its just that kind of movie.
The last half hour make the movie worth while, the beginning is a bit slow, but has a build-up. The killer toys are creepy and create a great effect in the old mansion.
ays black and white on the box, but it is color.

When you buy one of those DVDswhich include several films for acheap price, you often get whatyou pay for; PRAY FOR DEATH is anoutstanding case in point. THE UGLY: One reason why I gotthis one is NIGHT OF THE DEATH CULT, which is the fourth of theBlind Dead series, and I'm sorry to report that the picture qualityis atrocious. It clearly came froma substandard videotape source, and is full of the sort of hideous artifacts that plagued budget VHStapes. Let's hope for a bettercopy of this title someday soon. THE BAD: The prerelease infoindicated that the notorious MARKOF THE DEVIL PART 2 was part ofthis package, but if you orderedit for that reason, you're goingto be bumming, as DEATH CULT is the only announced title which isactually included...come on, guys! THE GOOD: As to the movieswhich ended up being included,THEWEREWOLF VS THE VAMPIRE WOMAN is acampy Paul Naschy vehicle which isentertaining in its goofy fashion.SISTERS OF DEATH features an oddperformance by 1950s Sci-Fi heroArthur Franz as he menaces, amongothers, the ill-fated Playboy model Claudia Jennings...this oneoffers better acting than usuallyseen in such low-budget fare. Andlastly we have the ubiquitousSATANIC RITES OF DRACULA in apretty decent letterbox print. Iguess that Hammer must really notcare about this title, judgingfrom the number of cheap DVDs onwhich it can be found. All threeof this group are watchable, if not exactly DVD demo material. VERDICT: All in all, it's OKfor the price, but I'll be morewary in the future.

This DVD is just a stupid retaliation against Welcome to Death Row. If you have Deathrow Uncut, dont waste your time with this dvd. The interview shown is the one that was taped for BET on the eve of Suge's release from prision. Doesn't talk about anything new. There is a cool video from J-Flexx, but thats pretty much it. The front cover advertises a bunch of videos WHICH AREN'T EVEN ON IT!!! If you cant find Deathrow uncut (like most of my boys), get this video. But if you wanna see some REAL gangsta stuff, i'm talkin candid exclusive. Check out Daz Dillinger's RAW (Tha Independant Game) dvd. Thats some REAL RAW gangsta stuff. Daz is from the Dogg Pound, with partner Kurupt. Wanna know how gangsta? theres a seen with Snoop and the Eastsidaz cleaning blood off walls and tables after beatin some guy down.

Where oh where do I even begin? Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (also known as The Dragon and the Cobra) has to be the worst, most insulting Bruce Lee exploitation film of all time. I don't know what the filmmakers were thinking on this one; the only thing I can come up with is to think these guys were trying to invoke the spirit of Bruce Lee by insulting his memory to such hellish proportions that he would have to come back from the grave and make them pay for the wrong they have done. Just watching this cinematic monstrosity makes me feel dirty.

It is impossible to explain this "film." Oh, but there is so much to say. The movie opens at Madison Square Gardens on the night of the big 1979 karate championships. Thanks to promoter Aaron Banks, the winner of the big welter-weight fight is to be acclaimed as Bruce Lee's successor. Yes, you heard me right. First, though, Aaron Banks has to open a can of worms in an interview with our narrator of events, the agonizingly annoying Adolph Caesar. According to Banks, Bruce was killed by the mythical touch of death, in which such a powerful energy is forced into the victim's body that he drops dead three or four weeks later. How does he know? Well, his good friend Bruce was showing him the technique in the days before his premature death. This leads Caesar to ask the "obvious" question: will the new Bruce Lee successor also die from the touch of death?

Next we get to meet a few actual martial artists: including Ron Van Clief and Fred "the Hammer" Williamson (who keeps being mistaken for Harry Belafonte - I'm not making this up), although they don't actually fight. While all of this is going on, we are assaulted with random video clips of Bruce Lee interviews; these feature someone else's words inserted over Bruce's actual words. At one point, they have Bruce singing the praises of Aaron Banks, which really got my dander up. There is also a wee bit of fighting action in the ring early on, capped off by the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen-Bill Louie rips both of his opponents eyes out and, being the great sportsman that he is, tosses them into the audience. Sadly, this is by far the highlight of this whole experience. Much worse is yet to come.

Despite the fact that there is no first half, we are assaulted by a halftime show that lasts longer than the Orange Bowl halftime show. This is where the real insults to Bruce Lee are to be found. We watch film footage supposedly showing an 18-year-old Bruce Lee struggling to counter his parents' low opinion of karate and eventually leaving home. Bruce loves karate so much, we are told, because his great-great-grandfather was the greatest samurai warrior China ever saw. This isn't as impressive as it sounds, given the fact that there never were any Chinese samurai - they were all Japanese. In this completely fictional (and hopelessly inaccurate) life story of Bruce, we are also forced time and again to see fake footage within the fake footage of Bruce's impossible ancestor at work. The guy is an overweight slob who just goes around beating up everyone he meets; hitting a perfect 10 on the ridiculous meter, this old guy flies through the air with the greatest of ease and has a special talent of throwing his opponents up into trees (hmm, if I didn't know better, I might think that we're just seeing reversed video clips of guys jumping out of trees). Some foolish curse is supposedly associated with the old man to further make the bastardized history of Bruce Lee more mysterious. Finally, we get to the "main event," only to learn that Bruce Lee's "successor" will be one of two completely unknown kickboxers, one of whom apparently doesn't know he is actually allowed to kick as well as punch his opponent.

I know other reviewers have covered some of these inanities, but I can't stop. There is one moment in which we are shown footage of a young Bruce Lee in his first film-what we see, though, is about a two-second clip of some old man jumping off a roof. Then we are purportedly shown a clip from The Green Hornet: it is an expletive-laced scene in which "Kato" saves two women from being pawed over and worse by a gang of cretins. Big surprise, that wasn't Bruce Lee at all; that was Bill Louie, another overweight slob of a martial artist, "recreating" the role for our supposed entertainment.

This completely fictional portrayal of Bruce Lee's life is an insult that seems to cry out for retribution. My biggest fear is that someone unfamiliar with the real Bruce Lee may see this and get a hopelessly warped idea of the legend who cannot possibly rest in peace as long as a single copy of this film exists anywhere on earth. This "film" is just bloody awful. I would advise any Bruce Lee fans who watch this thing to do so in the daytime because you will be so outraged by what you see that you will not possibly be able to sleep for many hours if not days.

This is a movie to be viewed once and only once. I tried to watch it twice, but it made me realize how often people take advantage of the pain and suffering of others. I have one copy and I wish to sell it. That's why I'm giving it a 3 out 5....
...hoping to sell it soon. It is 90 minutes long and was recorded in EP (slow). Rated R (No one under 17)

As anyone who's seen Fist of Fear... knows, this is a disgrace to the memory of Bruce Lee. However...

In terms of B-movie appeal, this is an 11 out of 10. This expands the boundaries. There should be a C-movie category for this one. I won't go into particulars--a previous review listed most comic elements in the movie.

Being an avid fan of the bad movies that tried to be good movies, I cannot stop watching FF/TD. I show it to everyone. I laugh about it all the time. I don't know why this film isn't in a cult film hall of fame--probably too obscure. But one day, it will be, at the top of the list. Trust me.

If you love really bad movies, this is a gold mine, a work of art. And for $, how can you go wrong!

Where oh where do I even begin? Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (also known as The Dragon and the Cobra) has to be the worst, most insulting Bruce Lee exploitation film of all time. I don't know what the filmmakers were thinking on this one; the only thing I can come up with is to think these guys were trying to invoke the spirit of Bruce Lee by insulting his memory to such hellish proportions that he would have to come back from the grave and make them pay for the wrong they have done. Just watching this cinematic monstrosity makes me feel dirty.

It is impossible to explain this "film." Oh, but there is so much to say. The movie opens at Madison Square Gardens on the night of the big 1979 karate championships. Thanks to promoter Aaron Banks, the winner of the big welter-weight fight is to be acclaimed as Bruce Lee's successor. Yes, you heard me right. First, though, Aaron Banks has to open a can of worms in an interview with our narrator of events, the agonizingly annoying Adolph Caesar. According to Banks, Bruce was killed by the mythical touch of death, in which such a powerful energy is forced into the victim's body that he drops dead three or four weeks later. How does he know? Well, his good friend Bruce was showing him the technique in the days before his premature death. This leads Caesar to ask the "obvious" question: will the new Bruce Lee successor also die from the touch of death?

Next we get to meet a few actual martial artists: including Ron Van Clief and Fred "the Hammer" Williamson (who keeps being mistaken for Harry Belafonte - I'm not making this up), although they don't actually fight. While all of this is going on, we are assaulted with random video clips of Bruce Lee interviews; these feature someone else's words inserted over Bruce's actual words. At one point, they have Bruce singing the praises of Aaron Banks, which really got my dander up. There is also a wee bit of fighting action in the ring early on, capped off by the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen-Bill Louie rips both of his opponents eyes out and, being the great sportsman that he is, tosses them into the audience. Sadly, this is by far the highlight of this whole experience. Much worse is yet to come.

Despite the fact that there is no first half, we are assaulted by a halftime show that lasts longer than the Orange Bowl halftime show. This is where the real insults to Bruce Lee are to be found. We watch film footage supposedly showing an 18-year-old Bruce Lee struggling to counter his parents' low opinion of karate and eventually leaving home. Bruce loves karate so much, we are told, because his great-great-grandfather was the greatest samurai warrior China ever saw. This isn't as impressive as it sounds, given the fact that there never were any Chinese samurai - they were all Japanese. In this completely fictional (and hopelessly inaccurate) life story of Bruce, we are also forced time and again to see fake footage within the fake footage of Bruce's impossible ancestor at work. The guy is an overweight slob who just goes around beating up everyone he meets; hitting a perfect 10 on the ridiculous meter, this old guy flies through the air with the greatest of ease and has a special talent of throwing his opponents up into trees (hmm, if I didn't know better, I might think that we're just seeing reversed video clips of guys jumping out of trees). Some foolish curse is supposedly associated with the old man to further make the bastardized history of Bruce Lee more mysterious. Finally, we get to the "main event," only to learn that Bruce Lee's "successor" will be one of two completely unknown kickboxers, one of whom apparently doesn't know he is actually allowed to kick as well as punch his opponent.

I know other reviewers have covered some of these inanities, but I can't stop. There is one moment in which we are shown footage of a young Bruce Lee in his first film-what we see, though, is about a two-second clip of some old man jumping off a roof. Then we are purportedly shown a clip from The Green Hornet: it is an expletive-laced scene in which "Kato" saves two women from being pawed over and worse by a gang of cretins. Big surprise, that wasn't Bruce Lee at all; that was Bill Louie, another overweight slob of a martial artist, "recreating" the role for our supposed entertainment.

This completely fictional portrayal of Bruce Lee's life is an insult that seems to cry out for retribution. My biggest fear is that someone unfamiliar with the real Bruce Lee may see this and get a hopelessly warped idea of the legend who cannot possibly rest in peace as long as a single copy of this film exists anywhere on earth. This "film" is just bloody awful. I would advise any Bruce Lee fans who watch this thing to do so in the daytime because you will be so outraged by what you see that you will not possibly be able to sleep for many hours if not days.

This is a movie to be viewed once and only once. I tried to watch it twice, but it made me realize how often people take advantage of the pain and suffering of others. I have one copy and I wish to sell it. That's why I'm giving it a 3 out 5....
...hoping to sell it soon. It is 90 minutes long and was recorded in EP (slow). Rated R (No one under 17)

As anyone who's seen Fist of Fear... knows, this is a disgrace to the memory of Bruce Lee. However...

In terms of B-movie appeal, this is an 11 out of 10. This expands the boundaries. There should be a C-movie category for this one. I won't go into particulars--a previous review listed most comic elements in the movie.

Being an avid fan of the bad movies that tried to be good movies, I cannot stop watching FF/TD. I show it to everyone. I laugh about it all the time. I don't know why this film isn't in a cult film hall of fame--probably too obscure. But one day, it will be, at the top of the list. Trust me.

If you love really bad movies, this is a gold mine, a work of art. And for $, how can you go wrong!

As a huge Aaliyah fan, I was very disapointed with this DVD. I was expecting old interviews with her, not an exaggerated number of five hours of what she meant to many people. It's great that she had that many people whom had loved her, but they shouldn't have created something solely on that. Don't buy this.

It is gr8 that a tribute dvd and vhs was made 4 Aaliyah, but This 1 isn't all that gr8. 1st of all, they called "Queen Of The Damned" - "Mistress Of The Damned" And "We Need A Resloution" - "Resolution." There were no interviews w/ Aaliyah or her family and friends. VH1's "Behind The Music" Aaliyah episdoe was much better. They should release that on video and dvd. Don't waste ur money on this dvd or vhs.

Aaliyah Lives On 4eva! Rest In Peace!!!!!!!

I made the biggest mistake of buying this dvd before reading the reviews. However, when I got it I watched and, when it was over I was speechless! I couldn't believe someone would make a dvd of AALIYAH look sooooo bad. I just have to say, don't waste your money. If I were u, I'd get the I Care 4 U dvd or the other Aaliyah cd with the bonus dvd.

The only redeeming thing about this DVD (not the movie) is the audio track by Ric Meyers it was very insightful I would give that track 5 stars. Enough said!!!

The movie has some of the great Shaw bro actors but with 5 min roles.
Chen Kaun Tai has about 12 seconds of fighting, while Lu Feng has maybe a min and gets his (...) kicked to easily.
Not enough Kung Fu but if your into kick boxing then you might enjoy it.

The DVD quality is what is you can expect from from a dubbed VCR tape to DVD. This is quite normal for a movie of this type and any true kung fu movie collector wouldn't worry about this.

I rate movies based upon the content, the actors, and costumes and humour. The quality of the DVD has little to do with how I rate these types of movies.
This type of movie is nothing like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Iron Monkey. If your looking for movies like that don't bother watching this.

I knew this movie existed for many years but I never heard any reviews about it or was able to find it on video until now and decided to check it out for myself.As a big fan of many of director Chang Cheh's works,I didn't expect to be disappointed with this film but I was dead wrong.From the video cover box,it mentions Chen Kwan Tai,Ti Lung,Lu Feng,and Chen Sing are the feature actors in it.All of their roles were very minor and short when you watch this film.Their action scenes were great as expected but as for hoping to see them throughout the rest of this film,it isn't happening.The main star is actor Li Chao Yin,and he played dual roles as a father and son.Li is a pretty damn good fighter and has much potential,although it is wasted completely in this stinker.It all began over a bitter vendetta between 2 Shaolin clans over many years and it ends up being dragged into modern times with their descendants,(It's a long story and not worth the time of regaling.)All I know is that this entire movie's premise changes completely when it shifts to Thailand and deals with some Muay-Thai kickboxing championship and this guy named Leopard with painted tattoos on his chest and back that seem to conveniently get smeared when he fights,it is truly ridiculous.From that point on,this film is talky,confusing,and awkward after the top-billing stars make their exits.I can't say anymore how much this film disappointed me,with the few exceptions of the way-too-brief-but-cool performances by Ti Lung,Chen Kwan Tai,Lu Feng and Chen Sing,Li Chao Yin's fighting skills,and a very cute beggar girl,this film is just a big mess.This really could've been a better film but I guess it just wasn't to be.Stick with Chang Cheh's better works like CHINESE SUPER NINJAS,10 TIGERS OF KWANG TUNG,SHANGHAI 13,and KID W/THE GOLDEN ARM and avoid this movie...