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Comments for Wes Craven's Chiller
- Posted on 2008-02-08
Couldn't Stand It
The sound track on this DVD was so horrendous I couldn't stand to watch it. What would be the point? I couldn't understand anything they were saying. I might have thrown out the disk and kept the case to use for a different disk, but the outer sleeve was all wrinkled and messed up. The whole thing went directly into the garbage can after about 20 minutes of trying to watch it. Other than that it was great.
This rating system doesn't seem to accept less than one star, or I would have given it zero.
Score: 1
- Posted on 2007-07-20
Decent movie but a horrible release...
I don't normally write too many reviews, but I felt that I had to warn people before buying this particular DVD release. If you are in the store and see Wes Craven's Chiller released by "Quality DVD," walk the other way. As a movie I'd give this about 3 stars, maybe 3.5 stars. Its a decent story, with decent acting, basically it is an all around decent 80s psychological thriller.
The premise is that Marion Creighton (Beatrice Straight) is the mother of Miles Creighton (Michael Beck). Ten years ago he "dies" from a failed liver transplant. The doctor's can't do anything to save him and she decides to cryogenically freeze her son till one day when medical science has advanced enough to help him. Ten years later he accidently starts to thaw when his "freezer" mechanically fails. The doctor's of the time are capable of saving him. However, Miles isn't exactly the same anymore...
Miles quickly begins to terrorize the people around him. His loving mother, who is too overwhelmed with happiness at his return, doesn't realize it until it is too late what he's become. The movie also stars Paul Sorvino as Reverend Penny, a close family friend and one of the first to question the return of Miles.
Anyway, this DVD release is nearly unwatchable. Imagine someone took an original VHS copy of Chiller, watched it a hundred times, let the neighbors dog pee on it, stuck it out in the sun for a year, then locked it in an attic for another decade, then pulled it out without bothering to dust it off, used a composite connection (I'm talking the F connector) hooked it up to a theater projector, setup a tripod with their grandmother's 3 decade old camcorder, and filmed the movie being projected, and then and only then transferred the horrendous copy remaining to a digital format, slapped it on a DVD and called it "Quality."
The irony isn't lost on me. Seriously, the video is horribly washed out and even pixelated, the audio is barely legible at parts, this is made worse by the lack of subtitles and/or closed caption for the hearing impaired, therefore meaning that you will actually miss parts of conversations, expecially when Stacy is speaking. For God sake the movie actually had video frames "ripple" like an old abused VHS tape.
If you like this movie or are even interested, DO NOT buy the "Quality DVD" release at any price.
I wonder what it must feel like to work for a company like "Quality" and go home at the end of the day after producing such a low quality product like this. I can't imagine that you would feel too proud. End rant.
Score: 1 - Posted on 2007-07-12
Great little film - poor quality transfer
This is a great little film. It's let down considerably however from both poor picture and sound quality. Imagine a poor video recording from that video being watched repeatedly and you have some idea as to how poor this DVD quality is. Hence the rating. The film is a 3 or 4. The DVD quality is 1, simply because I cannot rate it 0.
Score: 1 - Posted on 2007-04-17
Human Popcicle From Hell...
Miles Chreighton (Michael Beck) had himself cryogenically frozen after his death. Something goes awry 10 years later, and Miles thaws out prematurely. Doctors bring him back from the dead. Alas, Miles left something back in the freezer- mainly, his soul! Now, he's a complete sociopath w/ sadistic, homicidal tendencies! This comes in handy as he re-takes his place as head of the family corporation, where Miles ruins the lives of his partners / employees, while molding the company in his own selfish image. Anyone in his way is either crushed or killed. Miles is quite the business executive! Can he be stopped before others are destroyed? Watch and find out! Beatrice Straight (Poltergeist) plays Miles' blissfully ignorant mum, and Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas) plays a preacher who suspects something just isn't right. Considering some of Wes Craven's other bombs, CHILLER isn't bad at all...
Score: 4