5 comments about Barney - Barney's Halloween Party.

1. Very interesting to my 2 yr old grandaughter. Excellant for the upcoming holiday.



2. Even for those parents, who are not Barney fans, this DVD is a good one. The songs are cute & our two year old son manages to be able to sing along with some of them. The decorations that they make (spiders from hand prints, ghosts from foot prints) will give you some ideas of ways to entertain your children around Halloween. The costumes are good - certainly not too scary for small children. Overall, our son gives it two thumbs up and requests this DVD by name (even after Halloween)!



3. hi i am here to tell a story about mrs cacilio she was over at my house and we wached this so was bella and winter they were so afraid they came runing tword us when mr boyd was dressed as a pirite 4 of us have seen many other ones with mr boyd and they were fine this is one of my faverite barney videos ever



4. Barney's Halloween is our favorite fall movie. It has songs about lots of fun fall things like pumpkins, apples etc. More than worth the $10 it costs.



5. Super video,
   great ideas for the holiday.
   
   Even better, Halloween is my daughters BIRTHDAY so we get to decorate and celebrate all with barney and her friends.
   
   Yeah.............

No comments about SpongeBob Squarepants: Halloween: 5 Spooky Sea Tales.

5 comments about Garfield's Halloween Adventure.

1. This is the second greatest Halloween cartoon special ever (the first being "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown")!!!!! I've been watching it since I was about 2 and I still love it! The songs are excellent and catchy (which reminds me: WHERE'S THE SOUNDTRACK CD?!). It needs to be on DVD.



2. If you are like me, and love all the holiday specials, STOP before you buy each one singly and on VHS. Being released on 26th October is a DVD with ALL 3 holiday specials! It was by sheer coincidence that I came across this information, as I was looking into buying the videos myself. I am so pleased that this is being released, about time too! Maybe because Garfield the movie is coming out..........
   So look under DVD for Garfield Holiday Celebrations and have a great Garfield season this year!



3. Until this was recently released on DVD as part of the Garfield Holiday Celebrations, the only way to see this was if you had owned in on VHS since they don't show this one on TV anyore. That's such a shame as this is one fantastic Halloween special. It originally appeared on CBS in 1985. Garfield and Odie go trick or treating and wind up in a real haunted house..much to their horror. Lorenzo Music was hilarious as Garfield and Tom Huge was fantastic as John and Binky the Clown. If you love the season of Halloween and autumn time then this is the perfect animated feature to watch. What a treat that this is now on DVD.



4. I like the Garfield Halloween cartoon special and I like it just as much as the Charlie Brown Halloween cartoon special and I'm very glad that this is finally on DVD along with some other Garfield Holiday specias. This Halloween special is very cute!



5. This is one of the best cartoon specials I can remember from the 80s. We taped it from TV, along with the Christmas, Hollywood, and In the Rough/Camping specials. But it got so worn out and then we couldn't find it, so I found a dvd of the holiday ones on ebay. I still remember most of the songs and sing along.
   
   The best song is the one about Garfield's halloween costume, and he's trying on the junk in the attic. "What should I be?..It's all up to me...An astronaut, a robot, a hobo, a clown? An alien invader going out on the town?..." Maybe the words aren't quite right. Anyway, it's just one of those cozy cartoon memories where you feel safe and happy watching it. Mourning your childhood, kind of. I also love the part where they're chased out of the house by the pirate ghosts.
   
   I recommend the comic book too. It's a little different from the tv version, but pretty accurate! (and the skull's facial expression on Garfield's hat changes, which is a pretty interesting detail, I think)

1 comments about GROTESQUERIES: Ghosts, Goblins & Other Magical Moving Picture Illusions (2008).

1. The Programme:
   
   Le Spectre Rouge (The Red Spectre) 1907 hand-coloured fantasy by Zecca.
   
   Felix The Cat 'Spook' 1928 Double Feature: Woo's Whoopee; Sure-Locked
   Homes.
   
   Fall Of The House Of Usher 1928 Webber-Watson.
   
   The Wizard's Apprentice 1930 Fritz Feld; William Cameron Menzies.
   
   Tom & Jerry's Macabre Musical Madness: Wot A Night; Magic Mummy.
   
   A Night On Bald Mountain 1933 Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker
   
   The Ghosts' High Noon 2006 from Gilbert & Sullivan's comic-opera
   "Ruddigore" sung by Darrell Fancourt with The D'Oyly-Carte Opera
   Company. A sing-a-long version adds to the merriment.
   
   Banshee Bijou: Midnight Spook Show Novelties: Delicious Prologue of
   adverts; Prevue of "Maniac"; Billy Bletcher in "The Fresh Lobster";
   "Pathé Audio Review"; and Highlights from a live 1979 performance of
   "The Phantom Of The Opera" with Lon Chaney.
   
   Wicked Extras: Trick Or Treat (Hallowe'en Antiquities); Crypt Tickles
   (Epitaphs of the dearly-departed; Mysterious Mose (a Van Beuren
   Divertissement); Art Ghoullery (Little Treasures Exhumed for your pleasure);
   Haunted Melodies; a Grotesqueries' Who's Who . . .
   
   
   #1:
   
   As co-producer of GROTESQUERIES I am delighted to be able to share the following comments on the DVD from Walter von Bosau of the Film Department at Boston University:
   
   I just wanted to drop you a note, telling you how delighted and thrilledI am with the DVD of
   GROTESQUERIES. I had originally heard about it through the Creepy Classics website, and ordered it.
   I'v e just finished it, and it is a treat from beginning to end. It' s the best DVD I have purchased this year.
   My thanks to all involved for putting this together. "
   
   
   #2:
   
   Title: Gilbert & Sullivan's `Ghosts' High Noon'
   
   A highlight of this DVD, the Finalé to Act Three, is an animated visualization of `The Ghosts' High Noon' from Gilbert and Sullivan's Comique-Opera, "Ruddigore' or `The Witche's Curse'.
   
   The `curse' is upon the descendants of Ruddigore. They must commit one crime a day or perish.
   
   In the sequence depicted, the picture gallery of Ruddigore Castle, the heir apparent, Robin Oakapple, is confronted by his ghostly ancestors led by Sir Roderic Murgatroyd, who warns the youthful lad that `they fate thou canst not now avoid.'
   
   But Roderic and his spirited relations are a jolly crew, and they sing about their revel-making on `The Ghosts' High Noon.'
   
   The song is repeated with viewers invited to sing-a-long to lyrics at the bottom of the screen. Sir Roderic is sung by Darrell Fancourt with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus under Maestro Malcolm Sargent -from a 1931 HMV pressing through the courtesy of Chris Webster.
   
   And if you feel like polishing-off yet another Gilbert and Sullivan tongue-twisting tune try warbling `The Sorcerer's Song' from `The Sorcerer' offered in Haunted Melodies, one of 13 wicked bonus features.
   
   An image from `The Ghosts' High Noon' is now available on this site.

5 comments about Halloween H2O.

1. Fans of the franchise are split on H20; some say it's the best sequel of the series that captures the style of the original and others disagree and say it's one of the weaker ones. In my opinion both of have some very valid points. Honestly I don't think this movie captured the style of the original at all. There are homage's, but paying homage doesn't make the movies in the same style. A lot of movies pay homage to other flicks, but that doesn't make them a like. H20 feels a lot more like a Scream movie rather than a Halloween movie. H20 to me is Scream guest starring Michael Myers.
   
   One thing that a lot of people disliked is how H20 ignores 4-6, which a lot of people also were in favor of. The sequels by no means were perfect, but I personally find it a little annoying how a whole series of films were just ignored. And to be quite honest I don't think H20 was any better than 4-6. I do think it was sort of a slap in the face to those who supported the franchise over the years. H20 was made more for the Scream crowd. While the makers did try and also appeal to those like me who grew up with the series, it seems to me that a lot of the older fans like myself are the ones who normally dismiss H20 and the younger fans are much more accepting. Of course there are always exceptions to that.
   
   The screenplay was written by Robert Zappia & Matt Greenberg, and you can clearly see the influence of Scream. Apparently executive producer Kevin Williamson did some un-credited writing and it very much shows. The dialogue is very much typical of 90s horror; it features characters who are a bit too witty in what they say and a little too smart for their own good. H20 is pretty much your typical 90s horror movie. By no means in H20 badly written it just follows the 90s horror movie format too much and really never tries to be different.
   
   The script like I said wasn't bad, but it just doesn't fully work. The characters aren't bad, but the teenagers are the weakest link of the script. They just weren't interesting; the screenplay is at its best when it comes to the writing of the Laurie Strode character. That I thought was well written and interesting to see how Laurie is now 20-years later.
   
   Director Steve Miner never really captures any real presence of dread and doom like the original did. The original was suspenseful from the beginning, middle to end. The same can't be said about H20 in my opinion. Honestly I thought Halloween 4 & 5 did a much better job at creating some dread and tension even the 6th I felt had more suspense actually. The problem is there are too many false set ups. So by the time anything does happen the power it might have had is pretty much gone.
   
   I personally found the first half of H20 rather dull. Like the original Halloween after the opening we go a long stretch without a murder and the thing is in the original that worked due to the fact it was suspenseful. The stalking shots of Michael just watching and following Laurie were downright creepy. You always got that sense that something bad was gonna happen and John Carpenter held the viewers in suspense. But I never got that feeling in the first half of H20.
   
   Steve Miner is a fairly good horror filmmaker, by no means is he one of the elite guys in the genre, but he has done some pretty good work and he's often over-looked. The problem is he really doesn't have a style of his own. His debut was Friday the 13th Part II, which I am a fan of, but all he really did was follow what Sean Cunningham did with the original; the pacing is the same and even some of the shot selections. In Friday the 13th Part III a film I like a lot, he pretty much followed what John Carpenter did with Halloween, but Miner was also able to inject his own style at times.
   
   But with H20 what Miner does is take a little bit of what Carpenter did with Halloween and a lot of what Wes Craven did with Scream and the mixture of the two just didn't work. Miner didn't do terrible, but his scenes feel too much like a rehash of other horror movies with nothing really original to be found. Bottom line is H20 feels like every other slasher movie in the 90s, the scenes aren't bad, just feel like a rehash.
   
   Like I said the first half for me lacked any suspense and tension so the lack of kill scenes really made it dull. To make a great horror movie you don't need to have murder after murder. Look at the original Halloween. Again that is a prime example of how to scare the audience with a low body count. Even in the other sequels as flawed as they are at least Michael was around. He was always there even if he didn't strike. The sequels may not be the most suspenseful horror movies, but at least there was an attempt at creating suspense.
   
   Also with the false scares done so much by the time Michael does finally show up the movie loses a little bit of steam. The 2nd half though Miner fairs a bit better and is able to deliver some decent suspense. Of all the Halloween sequels, Steve Miner had the most experience at the time and had some experience is the slasher film, but I feel as if he was the wrong choice. I do like some of his work, but his vision for Halloween in my opinion just didn't work.
   
   While I didn't hate H20 I can honestly say it's probably my least favorite of the series. There was potential here, but it was just off in my opinion. For me the movie never rises above being average at best. H20 is very much a product of it's time like I said it follows the standard 90s slasher movie format, I suppose one can say the sequels back in the 80s followed the format of an 80s slasher, which is true. But something about those I feel worked better. H20 was made by a Hollywood studio and it very much shows.
   
   Though H20 wasn't a total letdown for me; I loved Jamie Lee Curtis in this movie and if not for her I probably would rate this movie lower. This is one of her finest performances. It was interesting seeing how the character has changed and H20 works best when she is the main focus. The teen characters just didn't interest me; I found them rather boring. The Laurie Strode character is about the only thing that works well and that is the main reason fans have responded to this. As great as Jamie Lee was the rest of the movie was just too average for her to really save.
   
   H20 is the first Halloween movie without Donald Pleasence (of course not counting Halloween III). It was weird not seeing Pleasence as Dr. Loomis hunting Michael down. Sadly by this time Donald Pleasence had already passed away. As much as I love Jamie Lee and as much as I love the character, I think Pleasence was the heart and soul of this series and it just isn't the same without him.
   
   While I do understand why so many fans responded so well to this movie, H20 though in the end does very little for me. I found it mostly dull with a few good scenes, but when all is said and done I was quite bored for the most part. I was able to tolerate H20, but I have found myself liking less and less over the years. I was never really a big fan of the movie to begin with even when it was first released, but over the years I seem to lose more and more patience with this one. Jamie Lee Curtis is the only saving grace.
   
   The main reason for my 3-star rating even though this is more of a two star, is I rated some movies with 3-stars that I like less than H20. Also the 3-star rating is mostly for Jamie Lee. H20 isn't a terrible movie, but it's mostly lackluster.



2. This was a strange move by Dimension, who had picked up the "Halloween" franchise. The first Dimension "Halloween", part 6 "The Curse Of Michael Myers", was a great film - before the last third was reshot due to the postfilming death of Donald Pleasance. In order to keep the series going, they needed a new ending, which almost destroyed the movie. Then they came out with this one, which bizarrely ignores everything that had happened in parts 4, 5 and their own 6 (in fact I believe "H20" also pretty much threw out part 2, but I'm not certain about it). And...why? To...accomplish what? I have no idea why Dimension, usually a first-rate company, would just give the middle finger to not only "Halloween" fans but also the artists who contributed to the series. Makes no sense.
   Well, it may have been forgivable had "H20" been a great film. But it wasn't even a good film, and the much hyped return of Jamie Lee Curtis didn't amount to anything more than that, hype. "H20" is a mess of a movie, a standard glossy Hollywood shocker in that already dated "Scream" mold. There's a bunch of young actors and actresses doing absolutely nothing, and there's so many of those "fake scares" - I believe about 287 of 'em - that it simply becomes annoying in the extreme. "H20" is not only not scary, it's boring and irritating.
   Most of the longtime "Halloween" fans don't consider "H20" or it's equally crappy followup "Halloween: Resurrection" to be canonical entries in the series; by ignoring the Myers mythology, what other conclusion can be drawn? And say what you will about Zombie's remake; at least it is a good, disturbing little flick. But "H20" and "Resurrection" are just terrible commercial products designed to make a quick buck.
   Avoid.



3. I like this movie. Not the best one done of course, but it is passable.



4. Now THAT'S more like it!!!
   After four horrendous sequels that made ZERO sense, Hollywood brings back Jamie Lee, pretends that parts 3 - 6 never happened and makes the best Halloween since part 2.
   A brilliant continuation of the story line.
   Expertly directed, superb acting, a great cast, even with Josh and his pillow fight hair.
   LL rocks in this movie.
   Start to finish a film FINALLY worthy of the Halloween name.
   One again it should have ended after this but Hollyweird saw $$$ again, and we had to sit through the so so part 8.
   This film however???
   HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!



5. 
   
   20 years after the brutal Halloween night massacre that happened in Haddonfield, survivor Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) faked her own death and hides out in California under a new alias. Now raising a son (Josh Harnett) and being a headmistress at a prep school, she is still being haunted by the memories of Michael Myers. However the fiendish Shape isn't dead since that fire at the hospital in "Halloween 2", he hunts her down on the same day that he always stalks and kills known as Halloween for now she must face the monster of her past and put an end to him once and for all.
   
   Co-starring Michelle Williams, Janet Leigh and LL Cool J., this is an intelligent and electrifying entry that is the best Halloween sequel since part 2 and 4. Although part 3 which was an unrelated film was a nice and different experiment while it lasted, i think this one did a good job of ignorning parts 3 to 6 like it was intended. Produced by Kevin Williamson of "Scream" fame, this thrilling sequel delivers all the goods with fine kills and great acting by Harnett and Curtis, this should have been the final movie of the series as intended but instead got ruined by "Halloween Resurrection".
   
   This DVD has great picture and sound with a few decent extras like a featuette, trivia game and music video.

1 comments about Max and Ruby - Max's Halloween/The Blue Tarantula/Ruby's Beauty Shop/Ruby's Clubhouse/Max's Cuckoo Clock/Bunny Money.

1. My grandchildren love the Max & Ruby DVD's. They are educational and relaxing, great to watch before nap or bedtime.

5 comments about Bewitched Halloween.

1. Very Goo



2. I have to admit I was surprised how much I enjoyed these two episodes, but the enthusiasm and humor of the two episodes quickly won me over. I really liked Elizabeth Montgomery. It is easy to see why she is so popular. If you want a funny and light hearted Halloween video, this one is a great choice.



3. The Witches Are Out ____________________

   When Darrin is asked to design a trademark for his company's client with a witch on it to sell candy, Samantha, Aunt Clara and her bewitching friends try to get him to use a beautiful witch instead of and ugle witch with warts on it. His client turn's the concept do untill Samantha gives the candy executive a new perspective of life on the other side of the broom. _____________________

   Trick or Treat

   When Darrin insists that Samantha insists that Samantha forgo a Halloween witches celebration in favor of intertaining Darrins clints for dinner, Endora sees red. She hexes Darrin with a spell that will gladually turn him into a werewolf, setting the stage for a howling good time as darrin and Samantha try to hide his new beastly personality from their guest.




4. This is certainly an endearing Halloween classic! With "Bewitched" being such a good show in itself, it's not suprising to see this well-made, well-acted collection of shows on video to really enjoy yourself this Halloween- or anytime!



5. All I have to say is, these two episodes are a true stand out in "classic tv". "Bewitched" is my favorite of all tv series, for I grew up with it, but just in all areas these shows make you want to say, "Ah yes, those were the days". If you like television at it's best, buy this tape...you won't be sorry.

No comments about Grampa's Silly Scaries.

No comments about Madeline's Halloween Spooktacular.

5 comments about Dark Harvest 2.

1. You can read the other reviews of this film. I have nothing to add, but wanted to cast my vote for terrible. Wish I had read them before renting.



2. I have to say the DVD cover lured me in. The design is great, although there are no killer scarecrows in the film, pity. I am giving the maker of this film some credit because he managed to capture autumn so well on film. The shots of the corn fields, the autumn trees, the fall wind, and the dreary skies are great. Plus, Halloween is my favorite time of the year, and he captured the mood perfectly. I would tell people who are big fans of this time of the year to at least look at it for the scenery. The 2 girls lost in the field were just terrible actors, and I agree with one reviewer who said the 'screaming into the camera' part was so annoying. Yet any film taking place during fall and Halloween in a cornfield has my attention.



3. Alright! This was just stupid. It has some dad looking for his daughters in a maze cornfield. That's basically what it shows through the whole movie. Didn't even finish it, it was that bad.



4. 0 STAR:
   For most of the first 45 minutes of this movie,it was about a father looking for his 2 little girls in a corn field. Was this the movie producers way of trying to make a movie as fast as possible? It seems that they gathered some people in a local neighborhood,including the little kids and made a cheap movie. And on top of all of this I didnt even see one scarecrow. Listen dude movie producer,a corn field cannot be scary without scarecrows!!!!! I could no longer take it anymore and I fast forward searched the rest of this boring movie and was upset that I didn't do it sooner. The first Dark Harvest movie was actually very good and it showed some scary looking scarecrows. I dodn't notice any scarecrows in this movie and I thought the cover of this dvd misleaded me. Horrible movie,not worth the $10 I paid.



5. Bought this video at a movie store that was going out of business for around 49 cents. Not at all worth the 49 cents to watch it! My home videos of my dog, is much more entertaining. The cover has nothing to do with the film. I'm so glad it's over...I'm giving it to my sister-inlaw, which I don't really care for very much. Hopefully she will know I don't like her after she watches it.