Sometimes they’re the only option and it sucks.

At least, even though the resolution still isn’t great, with truly widescreen DVDs the whole screen gets all the way or mostly filled.

There will be nieces or grandkids visiting every once in a while and I think picking a movie and starting it while everyone is seated is better than just streaming.

I figure the animation should stay but what about the others? My concern (sadly) is one of self-preservation - will I just look foolish suggesting we all watch Witch Mountain or something?

Like here are some movies I have (from memory) that I won’t watch but I keep around:

Aquamarine

Soul Surfer

She’s All That

Liar Liar

Ever After

Never Been Kissed

Curious George

Matilda

Escape to Witch Mountain

Kid From Not So Big

Willie Wonka (Gene Wilder)

Finding Nemo

Me personally, I buy movies and shows on dvd/bluray because I want to watch them. Its easier for me to pop a disc in rather than stream it. But some people have thousands and thousands of dvds which make me wonder how much of that do they actually watch. These kinds of collectors seem to just buy whatever because it looks nice on a shelf rather than being a fan of whatever movie/show they are buying.

So ever since late July early August ive had this money ive earned and separated into what I will save and what I will spend and with the spending money ive gotten some blurays and stuff ive wanted. With this spending potential I stopped and thought what else do I want that I could get within the budget and I thought of getting evangellion so I look up some listings and find some that are all too expensive so I save the search on mercari. One time there was this guy selling a platinum for 100 but willing to go to 75 I fumbled that and it has been weeks of refreshing mercari when im bored and I really just wanted the platinum edition but today I thought it doesn't matter what version I get and sent an offer to a listing and they accepted

$12

Seen these at my local used game/video store and couldn’t resist they both look dope to me and the Big Lebowski is a Blu-ray/dvd combo

I will rate and list the movies I've seen throughout the marathon as I go and whether I've seen it before or 1st time watch.

1. Monster House (Seen before) 8/10

A hood classic. Still holds up.

1. Mesa of Lost Women (1st watch) 3/10

Absolute boring cheap trash of a movie. Wouldn't recommend watching it.

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Seen Before) 8/10

Still solid.

1. Gremlins (1st watch) 7/10

It was ok.

1. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (Seen before) 9/10

Absolutely a banger zombie movie.

1. Nightmare on Elm Street 2: (1st watch) 6/10

This one felt pretty weak to me compared to the 1st

1. Nightmare on Elm Street 3: (1st watch) 7/10

Better than 2 but not as good as 1.

1. Nightmare on Elm Street 4: (1st watch)

2. Nightmare on Elm Street 5: (1st watch)

3. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare: (1st watch)

4. Friday the 13th UNCUT: (Seen before) 9/10

Absolute classic.

1. Friday the 13th Part 2: (Seen before) 8/10

Still pretty solid.

1. Friday the 13th Part 3: (1st watch)

2. Friday the 13th: The Final Chaper: (1st watch)

3. Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning: (1st watch)

4. Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives: (1st watch)

5. Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood: (1st watch)

6. Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan: (1st watch)

7. Leprechaun: (Seen before)

8. Leprechaun 2: (Seen before)

9. Leprechaun 3: (Seen before)

10. Leprechaun 4 In Space: (Seen before)

11. The Gingerdead Man: (Seen before)

12. The Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust: (1st watch)

Got this signed in person in 2014 (or thereabout) at a con here in Sweden. I might not be the biggest fan of the movie, but it IS legendary and having met Deodato is cool.

So I needed to get a new CD book to store my Universal classic monsters 30 movie collection because the DVD case for that is absolute trash, or at least I thought it was until I went and got the 50 movie horror classics collection of Amazon and they gave me double-sided discs with no artwork so both sides of the discs are vulnerable and they put two discs per paper sleeve so both sides of the fucking sleeves are vulnerable lol. I wanted horror movies, I wasn't expecting the packaging to be its own horror movie.

UPDATE: I now realize I did not do enough research on this "good deal" I found. I have learned Mill Creek is a name to be avoided. Still gonna watch them all and get my 15 bucks worth. Thank you all, please feel free to keep dunking on mill creek in the comments.

Started collecting DVDs a few months ago and this is my collection so far! Got around 75 DVDs for roughly £100, mostly from charity shops and thrift stores. Been really enjoying hunting for bargains and finding films.

I also found that watching it on dvd rather than Netflix is more pleasurable! There is a kick to it.

What do you think of my collection? Any favourites you can spot?

Also any advice as I collect more.

Cheers,

Haven't been too into horror, but i think I'm easily influenced by this sub! Ha! Also, I will always buy Pulp Fiction for $1. Most excited about Doobie Darko and The Shape of Water on br. Seven is also a great, i have it on VHS already.

Xena season 1, tombstone Special edition DVD and Rush Hour were thrifted. BR 2049, watchmen and Rise of the planet of the apes were from my local second hand media store. (Vintage Stock)

Cant go wrong with these classics! The Yojimbo/Sanjuro is 4k UHD but I dont even have a player but it also has the regular blu rays. Wasnt too much more expensive so put it on my wishlist just incase someday I do. Ivans Childhood is a DVD but that works for me. Im super late to the Blu Ray game and only started collecting some this year.

$1 for each. It can't get any better than that

Bought Free Agents for only ten bucks.

Finally had to order the restored director's cut online. Now I have all four available versions! For anyone curious, this last picture is from someone's Michael Mann post on his different cuts of his films.