Page 1 of For those who have recently received their Lament Configuration Boxset...your views??

I, for one, was drooling with anticipation whilst waiting for the arrival of the above....and on viewing all of the films (twice :D) this weekend, after not seeing them for a number of years, I have to say that I am over the moon that, finally, a set of horror films from my `growing up` years has finally managed to retain all of it`s atmosphere and `horror-ness` :D:D



I found all of them fantastically atmospheric, creepy and intelligent with it - a lot more than can be said for my other all time fave horror boxset (until Halloween gets here), the Elm Streets.....not that I don`t still love them, it`s just that they relied too heavily on their sfx which, in my opinion, meant that they were never going to be able to retain the full, scary effect over the years......again unlike Hellraiser and it`s two follow-ups (in fact it`s even mentioned in on the extras disc that Clive sees no point in touching up the effects as it would really have no efffect - I think he`s right too....it was filmed right in the first place.)


Just wondering what everyone else thought - especially those with good systems, did they do a good job with the sound?? My system is modest to say the least (you might have seen my set up on the previous Lament thread) and so it sounded great to me, but was it worth the wait? Will I need to get another version when I finally earn enough to upgrade;-)?



Thoughts pleeeeeeease!

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Must admit I wouldn`t mind watching these again, not seen any since pretty much first releases. Wasn`t that impressed at the time, but that`s partly because I thought Barker himself was a colossal twat and fair judgement may have been impaired. Lack of decent horror from the west makes me want to view again. My opinion of Barker hasn`t changed but I like to think I could put that to the back of my mind now.

Now if only I knew someone who had it...

Why don`t you like Barker? I`ve read most of his books and I have to say that he`s quite high up on my list of favourite horror authors....not quite King, but I prefer him to, say Koontz.....


...either way, £22.49 delivered from Play can`t be a bad gamble - if you don`t like it at least you have a top notch (although not build-wise, I can seee me having to glue the sides myself at some point soon!) dvd box for your shelf!! :D




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It took me half hour to get the first f*%&ing disc out. It is a cool set though, but I`ve only managed to watch Hellraiser so far.

Although I`m not that sure about it being fully uncut; I`m sure my old vhs copy is more graphic. Perhaps I`m imagining it, but I`m going to check all the same. :/



"Stan is my best friend at church"

This item was edited on Sunday, 3rd October 2004, 21:17

My comment on Barker had nothing to do with his writing, I quite enjoyed the Books of Blood. I saw him on Wogan round the time he was just beginning to make a name for himself. He`d gone to the States for about a week, came back with a Jimmy Stewart drawl and tucking his thumbs in his belt. And he just came across as a great big wannabe-American twerp on Wogan, so I admit to being biased against Hellraiser before I saw it.

I have only watched each movie once and have just watched the Nightmare on Elm Street 1-6 Boxset over the past 2 days. The Hellraiser set s***s all over the Elm Street series which gets progressively worse with the exception of 3 which is better than 2 IMO and the DTS is pretty good when compared to the 5.1 on the same movies (I watched some bits twice to compare the 2 sound tracks).

The packaging is top notch and with the commentaries and bonus features, at just over £20, I consider it to be excellent value.