Stephen King Thriller Collection: The Shining/ Shawshank Redemption/ Dreamcatcher

All these are really great films. All three played but dream catcher began skipping and freezing about haha an hour in. Tried to skip past that scene, but still froze. Shawshank and The Shining worked great.

It's an excellent package. The discs are of good quality, play with no problems. But I recommend you read the books which of course are almost always better than the movie, especially The Shining. The Shining drifts slightly away from the original story. You might be interested to note that the movie was shot at the apparent haunted hotel where he wrote the novel which has been featured in a couple of popular ghost hunting shows. And Shawshank Redemption was shot at a prison that has also been featured in many television ghost hunting shows....but I didn't notice any ghosts in the movie... :)

First, my reviews for all 3 films.The Shining is a preety good, but overrated film from Stanley Kubrick. Its entertaining and you ask yourself at times what is going to happen next, but I didn't think it was scary at all. I give it 3 1/2 stars.The Shawshank Redemption is a really good, but overrated movie. I think everybody will like the movie, its great, but not one of the top ten best movies ever made, as almost everyone says. I give it 4 stars.Dreamcatcher is a really stupid, silly, and mediocre film, but kind of a guilty pleasure. I give it 2 1/2 stars.Now to the release.The version of The Shining is really good with a documentary that is about thirty minutes long. However, its not the best version. The best version is the 2 disc special edition. 3 1/2 stars for the release.The Shawshank Redemption has no special features. 0 stars.Dreamcatcher has plenty of featurettes. 3 1/2 stars.Overall, I can't really recommend this box set. You should get the 2 disc special editions of Shawshank and Shining, and just rent or skip Dreamcatcher.

Just need to pair this set of movie with the audio books and get the best Stephen King experience possible. Frank Muller reads the Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The Dreamcatcher audio book include hilarious dialogue unsuitable for movie theatres, but not for a King fan. And there is no better way to read or listen to the Shinning than with the likeness of Jack Nicholson playing the character in the book.

You can't beat this bundle. We just watched The Shining this week, like 10 of us. Despite the drinking, there were more than a couple scenes where the entire room went hush because this one really is just that kind of a classic. Then you throw in Shawshank and Dreamcatcher? Buying this is a must.

The only thing good about this product is the price. But as the saying goes, you get what you pay for. I only bought this set for The Shining, but really do like the other two movies. What was so disappointing is that the only one in 16:9 format is The Shawshank Redemption and the other two are in cruddy 4:3 format. The box for The Shining says "This feature is presented in the full aspect ratio of the original camera negative as Stanley Kubrick intended". Well that isn't quite true. After doing a little research I found that it was shot in 4:3 but that the theatrical projection "mattes off the top and bottom to make it appear as an 1.85:1 projection. This is how the movie is presented in HD on TV. Why didn't the manufacturer just matte the film to 1.85:1 before putting it on the DVD? Sure, I can zoom in with my TV, but the original resolution is lost on unnecessary content that's no longer seen.With Dreamcatcher, it says "This film has been formatted to fit your screen". Well, that's not MY screen and I doubt if there are very many 4:3 TVs out there anymore.As I said, the only good news is this set didn't cost much and is still watchable, although not nearly as enjoyable as if they were all in 1.85:1 format.

These movies are still scary after all the years! Great to watch.

These are three amazing movies. Pure works of genius! :) I think everybody should have this in their movie collection! They are spectacular and a fantastic price! :) They also arrive on time and in good condition!

A variety of movies for a great valued cost on 3 movies. Won't disappoint particularly if you like Stephen King.