{"id":11291,"date":"2016-01-28T08:25:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=11291"},"modified":"2016-01-28T19:26:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T03:26:26","slug":"review-millcreek-sets-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/01\/review-millcreek-sets-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Mill Creek Entertainment Quad-Film Set DVDs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>These three sets are more bargain releases for Mill Creek Entertainment with titles previously on DVD and in some cases Blu-ray so unless you don\u2019t already own these, it might be worth picking up at $10 a pop, though don\u2019t expect any frills and the video and audio transfers are so-so at best.<\/p>\n

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Mill Creek Entertainment Quad-Sets
\n(The Alien Files\/Locked and Loaded\/Queens of Scream)<\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Various
\nMill Creek Entertainment | NR \u2013 364 min. \/ 369 min. \/ 372 min. \u2013 $9.98\/ea. | January 12, 2016<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 01\/28\/2015 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE MOVIES<\/strong>
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Mill Creek Entertainment has released a variety of titles part of three multi-film sets, the majority already available in various other releases, including Blu-ray, and under the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment line. None of these films are particularly good though within the \u201cQueens of Scream\u201d set, Vacancy<\/em> isn\u2019t bad and even I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/em> has its moments even if it is B-level script work by Kevin Williamson only sold due to his smash success following the release of Scream<\/em>. However, both of these are already available on Blu-ray with some bonus material (more on that in the section below). The Cave<\/em> I recall being so-so at best and I utterly hated When a Stranger Calls<\/em> (remake) which I had the misfortune of seeing that one in theaters.<\/p>\n

The other two sets, \u201cThe Alien Files\u201d \u2014 which includes Night Skies<\/em>, Alien Hunter<\/em>, Ghosts of Mars<\/em> and The Day the World Ended<\/em> \u2014 are more or less terrible and \u201cLocked and Loaded\u201d \u2014 Attack Force<\/em>, The Point Men<\/em>, The Hunt for Eagle One<\/em> and Walking Tall: Lone Justice<\/em> \u2014 are the usual direct-to-video crap barely worth mentioning.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, no features are included.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 2.5\/5 | AUDIO \u2013 2.5\/5
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Due to 4 movies crammed onto one disc, there are compression issues. Every movie is, from what I can tell, shown in their original anamorphic widescreen transfers (Night Skies<\/em> is 1.33 full frame), do provide some decent colors. Outside of that, these don\u2019t look the best and probably could\u2019ve (and should\u2019ve) been split onto two discs.<\/p>\n

On a similar note, every movie is given a very basic Dolby Digital 2.0 track, none of which are anything special but do give OK dialogue levels while other elements, like the score or action-centric scenes, are flat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Overall, these three sets are more bargain releases for Mill Creek Entertainment with titles previously on DVD and in some cases Blu-ray so unless you don\u2019t already own these, it might be worth picking up at $10 a pop, though don\u2019t expect any frills and the video and audio transfers are so-so at best.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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These three sets are more bargain releases for Mill Creek Entertainment with titles previously on DVD and in some cases Blu-ray so unless you don\u2019t already own these, it might be worth picking up at $10 a pop, though don\u2019t expect any frills and the video and audio transfers are so-so at best.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,970],"tags":[4319,4323,1161,1874,1203,1595,843,4320,4322,2351,2079,1946,511,3928,1675,126,478,2708,1786,1294,4325,373,4314,4321,4324,2042,16,1119,3067,3346],"class_list":["post-11291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-reviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-a-j","tag-brian-geraghty","tag-camilla-belle","tag-christopher-lambert","tag-clark-gregg","tag-clea-duvall","tag-cole-hauser","tag-cook","tag-ethan-emrby","tag-freddie-prinze-jr","tag-ice-cube","tag-james-spader","tag-jason-statham","tag-jennifer-love-hewitt","tag-johnny-galecki","tag-kate-beckinsale","tag-katie-cassidy","tag-kevin-sorbo","tag-lena-headey","tag-luke-wilson","tag-mill-creek","tag-morris-chestnut","tag-natasha-henstridge","tag-pam-grier","tag-piper-perabo","tag-randy-quaid","tag-ryan-phillippe","tag-sarah-michelle-gellar","tag-stephen-tobolowsky","tag-steven-segal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11291"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11293,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11291\/revisions\/11293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}