I picked up this box set, which has 20 movies that actually have some cache, including: THE VIOLENT PROFESSIONALS; GO KILL AND COME BACK; RAW FORCE, EXECUTIONER 2; MANDINGA and a buncha other flea pit extravaganzas...

Haven't watched any of them yet but I'm sure they're about at the same level as your average Brentwood set...

But who cares? Cost works out to about a buck and a quarter a flick... :P

A review at Amazon.com listed all the titles in this set:

Womens Camp 119
Tortured Angels
Savage Man/Savage Beast
Raw Force
Confessions of a Police Capain
Executioner 2
Poseidon Explosion
Earthquake 7.9
Violent Professionals
Frank and Tony
Kung Fu Punch of Death
Return of the Tiger
Go Kill and Come Back
Bounty Man
Three Tough Guys
Mandinga
The Children
Demon Witch Child
High School Hitchhikers
Carry on Emannuelle

Also interesting is that a GRINDHOUSE EXPERIENCE vol. 2 is listed on the site with a Dec. 2007 streetdate.

Expect these to be cut, ugly, pan-and-scan, grimy prints lifted from 20-year-old VHS tapes. Are any of them available elsewhere in R1?

Even at a buck twenty-five per movie, this boxset is not worth the price of admission...flickering/jumping issues occur on several of the films.

I've yet to sell a copy, but I rent the hell out of this set.


marc

I have an all region disc of THE VIOLENT PROFESSIONALS - but it looks like its only available now used:

THE VIOLENT PROFESSIONALS

Disc looks pretty good considering...I used to have a horrendous boot of this - one of my favorting Italian crime films...so any version was welcome...

How right you are!!!

These are total garbage.... :angry:

As the Who once yelled - "Won't get fooled again..."

I got suckered on this one. It was an impulse buy and I should have done my research. Far worse than I expected. Many of these are downright unwatchable. One title(I think it was Womens Camp 119) is not even in English. Even if I could read what I assume are German subtitles, the video is far too degraded to really make them out.

I don't expect the major retailers to care, but I guess the best we can do is to warn other potential buyers to avoid such shoddy products.

However, I remember seeing CARRY ON EMMANUELLE on late night TV back in the early 80s via Chicago area's ON-TV programming, which was a pay service before cable.

CARRY ON EMMANUELLE was part of their after dark series, which showed soft core from around 11:00 p.m. to the wee hours. Eventually they showed edited hardcore...

It was like an extra couple bucks a month to catch some skin... <_<

I wonder if the source for CARRY ON EMMANUELLE for this set was actually from some early 80s cable programming...it sure looked like it...

So it's basically, er, the grindhouse experience?

No - not even close...and I know you're goofing a little here...but here's an example of a film that really comes close to the grindhouse experience even on DVD - the recent release of Dark Sky's EATEN ALIVE (dir. Tobe Hooper)

While riddled with scratches, odd, disconnected sound, blips and pops - the image behind the grime was sleazy, seedy, etc. This obviously came from a film source, which gives it a cinematic feel. The movies in the box set seemed culled from either VHS or television sources - looking like tape as opposed to film.

Dark Sky's EATEN ALIVE - regardless of massive compression issues - looked like film. And is well worth the price of admission...

I'll have to confess to being, well not satisfied with Grindhouse Experience but at least not disappointed. Sure as Marty says they're ugly, grimy P&S VHS transfers (he forgot dropouts) but since that's exactly what I expected then no major letdown. Some may well be cut but Savage Man Savage Beast has some pretty gruesome stuff left intact. Womans Camp 119 does have Dutch subtitles throughout but is mostly in English from what I've seen so far; it's just the opening that is German with no English subs. Was surprised that Carry On Emmanuelle was an actual Carry On film - I just figured it was some kind of ripoff. Violent Professionals is letterboxed but the others are all full frame (there might be one exception I've forgotten).

My major complaint is what must be some kind of dirt-cheap mastering that I haven't even encountered in any of those 50-movie sets. Most of the time on the second film on a side any attempt to fast forward sends me back to the start of the first film. Also while I can pause the disc if I actually stop it for a break then it goes back to the start. And oddly fast rewind goes in 4-5 minute increments so that in just a few seconds you'll be back, again, at the start. Haven't tested on my backup player yet.

Funny how the cover promotes a connection to Tarantino's Grindhouse festival when only the two martial arts movies were shown there.