Love the movies, quality is crappy
935598
Bought this boxed set as a birthday gift.  When we got around to watching these movies, The Last Crusade was so severely scratched it was unwatchable.  Naturally, we were past the return window by 1 week.  And Amazon makes it impossible to return/replace items.  Frustrated.  This item was new, in-box.  There is no reason why it should be scratched.
1525273
While I love the series, the multiple problems with these DVD's is unreal. Closed caption does not work, skips, blanks, inaudible, portions etc, etc, etc. By the time you watch them, you can't send them back, out of warranty!
IF you're willing to suffer, have a lot of patience and great hearing, then these will be good. I love this series and want a collection very bad, but sorry I bought these. Quality of disks is atrocious.
I have to disagree with some others, my DVD player sends CC to the TV when chosen. Even with TV CC off, mine still comes through HDMI and shows on screen for all other DVD's EXCEPT these. No CC no matter what I do.
1166033
The content of the movies is great no problems there, but getting a full set that isn't damaged seems to be a problem for Warner Brothers. Something in the way that they package the dvd's shakes movie disc one and three loose in the case. They then tend to get scratched by the center piece that is supposed to hold them in place. After two sets arrived damaged, I'm still waiting for a good set to be shipped to me.
1326916
This collection are some of my favorite movies, but the copy protection on the DVDs make it very difficult to make backup copies or rip the films to view from a mobile device. That means I can't really view them while traveling, can't view them from my media server, and I have to keep them put away so that my kids don't scratch them. What a waste.
2071477
There are a couple of movie gems in this collection such as White Zombie (1932) and Night of the Living Dead (1968). Most of the films, such as The Last Man on Earth (1964) with Vincent Price are very poor quality and truncated. Even "White Zombie" is fuzzy, but it's still watchable. None of these films appear to be remastered. It's a very low quality set of B movies, but with eleven movies at almost 15 hours of playing time for such a low price it's hard to complain. Get the popcorn popping, turn down the lights, and don't expect too much...
2177916
I'll be reviewing the physical boxset, not the movies, because I mean lets face it the first 3 films are garbage. "so why did you buy it?" I saw the the films when I was really young and couldn't remember all of the plot and why they were so hated, I understand now. The boxset is great and you get a lot for your money. Blu-ray is where it's at and the quality of the films visually speaking is great. You also get the DVD versions and I believe an ultraviolet download code which I seem to have misplaced. I'll be purchasing the other boxset as well.
4177006
I was up in the air about buying this set. I already own the movies on DVD. Then upgraditus hit me and I decided to buy the original trilogy on Blu-ray. I refuse to upgrade the prequel trilogy as I think the story and acting is awful. I owned star wars on VHS, Laserdisc, DVD and now Blu-ray. The picture and audio quality is a great improvement over dvd, however it's just not top tier reference quality anymore. I don't mind most of the changes Lucas has made but at the same time I don't understand why they needed to be done.  I saw these movies in the theater when they first came out. Back when going out to see a movie was something special.

I'm at the point where I'm just burned out. I've seen these movies so many times they aren't special to me anymore.  I watched the whole trilogy and now it will probably not get watched again for a long time. If anything the price of the set is a bargain at $40.00
4017635
The movie was great - just as I remembered it in theatres. The problem was that the quality was LOUSY. We sprung for the HD version and ended up watching the low-res version with the bars never showing more than one, let alone coming close to the 'HD' box. Amazon, while we love all of your other services and remain very satisfied customers, this is the second time we've had such an experience in renting from your video service. It will be the last.
2885526
I bought this to replace a copy I lost -- I love this movie. The quality on this issue of the DVD, however, is horrible. The picture looks like it was burnt from an old VHS tape. It's a shame. If I had seen it right away, I would have returned it. But, as it was a replacement, it was almost a year from the time I bought it to realized I had wasted money. I might go for the Blu-Ray (though I prefer DVD).
55756
Awesome movie... horrible picture quality.  I only bought the standard Def copy, but it was unwatchable.  My old vhs copy is better quality.
2004797
Love Bruce Lee but the picture quality sucks.  I guess that is expected within a Kung-Fu Matine on DVD?  I don't think so! Too much technology out there for improving picture quality.  Nevertheless, the movies are great.
4140889
I love the movie, but the picture quality was very bad, seems to me that they re-mastered but no one check the quality and the result come out very bas
4457687
As a super big fan of Harry Potter I owned every single movie. The six I love it, however the disc that came with in the case looks really low quality. Not so happy for that.
2056365
Love the series but the quality of the DVDs is somewhat poor.  This may be due to the conversion to DVD.
3387362
The movies are very good. The additional content adds some great detail to the movies.  The packaging the movies came in had a pasted on sheet of info on the back that was put on crooked and with too much glue that had soaked through the packaging and it was not put on straight.  It just looked unprofessional.  The DVD's them selves were completely fine.
2365290
Don't get me wrong, I love the shout factory releases. Having the films in wonderfully sourced HD quality is great. Also having BOTH English dubs of "most" of them is great also. However this set has the films as I originally saw them on TV in the late 70's early 80's. Also this is one way to get the original English Dub  of Gammera the Invincible & War of the Monsters  that the S!F sets did not include (there are other independent DVD's but this is an easy/inexpensive way to get them all together). Now... If only someone would release on DVD -Gamera Super Monster with the original Filmways title intro/end credits
4788725
I've always loved "Aaahh!! Real Monsters", nothing about that has changed, I was SO excited to finally purchase the complete series! I've spent the last few months purchasing all of the old 90's cartoon because it'll be a few years, but I want to have them when I decide to have kids of my own. So, this isn't the only series I've purchased recently. I've bought Doug, Hey Arnold, Are You Afraid of the Dark and Catdog, and those 5 are in sturdy, protective DVD cases, however it's the complete opposite with Aaah!!! Real Mosters, the case is flimsy and it was already broken when I received it. I considered sending it back, but regardless of the condition of the case, I'm still so ecstatic about having the series on DVD so I settled for a crappy case. The DVDs are in great condition, the case just isn't the best.