Sci-Fi Invasion: 50 Movie Set

I'm hooked on these 50-movie Mill Creek/Treeline dvd sets. I own 14 and plan to own many more! They are an unbeatable mix of the unexpected, the silly, the rare, and the hilarious. These are bad movies - possibly the best/worst of the bad movies - all at once, mixed up in a bucket, about 4 movies for $1.Yes, the video quality is mixed. Yes, most of these seem to be transferred from VHS sources. Yes, some movies are edited, and yes, sometimes the sound quality isn't ideal. If any of this bothers you, do not buy a 50-movie pack. You will need to pay a little more for individual dvds."Sci-Fi Invasion" is one of my favorites! Plenty of bad, laughable, colorful, and genuinely bizarre movies. Overall the movies are newer than the "Sci-Fi Classics" set, mostly color, mostly '60s-80s. A few made-for-tv things. A couple films that don't belong. Lots of personal writing, bad acting, desparate production, and cheap effects. Lots of stuff that is simply hard to believe!"R.O.T.O.R." is a comedy, sort of, about a murderous robot traffic cop. "Morons From Outer Space" is a great comedy from the British duo Smith & Jones (RIP to the great Mel Smith). "Prey" is a moody portrait of a morose lesbian-eating alien. "Hundra" is a passionately pointless movie about a woman warrior who Needs To Mate, and "Future Women" shows women taking over the world with eyeliner, wigs, and lots of writhing. I might be wrong, but I think "Alien Factor" was an inspiration for "Tom Goes To The Mayor". "Horror High" feels like a Troma film. "The Day Time Ended" is a fluffy vision of brainless '80s heaven. A few Italian films bring eyeliner and Euro style to outer space. A wealth of cheap effects, rubber monsters, implausible writing, appalling acting. And much more. Endless fun.Have a Klaus Kinski double feature! In "Star Knight", which simply must be seen to be believed, he plays an alchemist helping a space alien woo a princess against the efforts of an abbot played by Fernando Rey and a knight played by Harvey Keitel (with a thick Brooklyn accent). In "Primal Impulse", Klaus is the malevolent and possibly imaginary evil overlord controlling a doomed space mission, as seen in the dreams of an amnesiac Italian woman. Ah, Mill Creek.Not too many truly "good" films, excepting "Brother From Another Planet" which is terrific. Not many famous faces either. But there are so many strange and silly worlds to look at! Some are gory, and some are at least PG-13 so this is NOT a set for young kids.There are some repeats here from other Mill Creek sets: "Hands Of Steel", "The Bat", "Creeping Terror", "War of The Robots", "Manster", "Night Fright", and probably others. Look at the listing before buying.Overall, if you like old sf trash, this is a great buy. Lots and lots of laughs.

You never know what you'll find in these 50 movie packs. It's doubtful anyone buying these collections have seen every movie in them. You will find a lot low budget thrills but you may find some genuine gems like the movie in my subject title, Primal Impulse aka Footprints on the Moon. This movie is a lost mid 70's Italian psychological thriller which has subtlety to it's tension. Reminds me of slowly pressing your thumb down on a surface until either the surface or thumb ultimately gives way in the end. That's everything a solid thriller should do. I'd also like to point out that this appears to be the only NTSC domestic DVD of this movie. It's a shame that it's buried in a generic collection.The other movies are all over the ballpark and that includes the visual quality of the movies. Welcome to Blood City has horrible pan and scan with a terribly chopped picture while Galaxina is presented with great picture and a widescreen.Just a note of warning. It's true that there is some redundancy with these Mill Creek sets when it comes to movie selection in their collections. It's also true that while the title remains the same, the list of movies sometimes change. This mightn't be true with Mill Creek specifically, but it does happen with certain makers of these collections. It's best to buy these direct from Amazon instead relying 3rd Party Sellers. Reduces the chances of getting an older obsolete release without an updated movie list in the collection. This happens because some prints of movies fall in and out of print meaning their copyright protected.Definitely worth it if you're a fan of 1970's era European thrillers. Also worth it if you like low budget sci fi with a few peasant surprises mixed in among those titles as well.