Dark Crimes Collection 50 Movie Pack

I'm hooked on these 50-movie Mill Creek/Treeline dvd sets. I own 14 and plan to own many more! They are an unbeatable mix of the unexpected, the silly, the rare, and the hilarious. These are bad movies - possibly the best/worst of the bad movies - all at once, mixed up in a bucket, about 4 movies for $1.Yes, the video quality is mixed. Yes, an annoying Mill Creek logo pops up onscreen sometimes. Yes, most of these seem to be transferred from VHS sources. Yes, some movies are edited, and yes, sometimes the sound quality isn't ideal. If any of this bothers you, do not buy a 50-movie pack. You will need to pay a little more for individual dvds."Dark Crimes" is good solid suspense and mystery. Plenty of good movies here, all of them old, 1930s-1950s, all black-and-white. (No silents.) It's much more homogenous than most Mill Creek sets, lots of good movies and very few laughably bad ones (though there are still lots of cheapies and oddities). Many well-known actors, like Angela Lansbury and Hedy Lamarr, generally in lesser-known movies. A few 1950s made-for-tv things, with old-time advertising intact.The emphasis is on noir crime-oriented stories that are NOT traditional detective mysteries. If you're looking for that Sherlock Holmes type of thing, you're better off buying the Mill Creek Mystery Classics set. (Actually the sets compliment each other and can be bought together as a 100-pack).Lots of twisted and involving movies here: Deforest Kelley (of Star Trek fame) is engaging as a helpless dupe in the unusual and creepy "Fear in the Night". Basil Rathbone is a wonderfully slimy fortune hunter in "Love From a Stranger", and Erich Von Stroheim is heartbreaking as a trick sharpshooter ruined by a femme fatale in "The Great Flamarion". The original British "Gaslight" is here, as is the first of Boris Karloff's Mr. Wong series. "The Naked Kiss" is a surprisingly gritty story of a reformed prostitute, and "The Sleeping Tiger" is about reform gone horribly wrong. Lots of mistaken identities, foggy nights, gangsters, hardboiled cops, guys on the lam and girls on the make. Some morality plays with happy endings, and some stories that end in tears for everyone.Many truly "good" films here, with some cheeseballs thrown in. Some are violent in an old fashioned way, but everything is G (or weak PG) rated so this is an ok choice for the whole family.There are almost no repeats here from other Mill Creek sets, only 2 that I know of: "The Capture" and "The Devil's Party". Look at the listing before buying.Overall, if you like old black and white suspense this is am excellent buy. I love it!

There is nothing like a noir movie about crime. Some of my favorite old movies are in this collection and will be watched many times. The selection of movies that are in the group are really good. There are only a couple that I have not previously seen or, at least, heard of. I love to spend time at home with my husband watching these movies. Terrific purchase for those who like old crime movies.

I have no clue why I am addicted to these Multi Crime packs. Some of them are not the best quality prints, all are public domain films. For the price you are getting a ton of films and most of them are pretty good, some you will hate some you will love. I love older crime films. been addicted to them since college. For the price you can't beat it.

This collection is worth buying if you are into obscure films that either went into public domain or are just total oddballs. A lot of these films are just super bad in a good way.I purchased another mill creek set which was one of the sci fi ones and the packaging for that set was a lot better than this one.I do have a mild complaint about the disks. 1. they are super cheap. 2. the titles are written in super small text in the inner ring of the disk making it very hard to read.There are some gems her like The Scar which is a classic dark film noir that succeeds on all levels. Then there are corny gems like Red House.This must have been one of the earlier sets because the sci fi one looks professional and the disks are good quality with legit titles that cover one whole side of the disk .

This is a good collection of movies from the '30s, '40s and '50 with many outstanding classics included. There are a few duds, but many you would never see anywhere else (even Turner Classics hasn't shown them). A few have grainy pictures and poor sound, but that is a small concern when there are so many others if one doesn't please you. Hours of enjoyment for the film noir fan.

I've only watched a couple of the movies in this 50 pack crammed with some intriguing titles and a few ho-hums. Talking about the print quality and other technical aspects would be useless. These DVD's are taken from public domain movie prints (or VHS tapes) and at the price, there probably wasn't a lot of expense paid out to make technical corrections. That said, there are several films well worth seeing, dating from the early days of movie-making up to the 1960's. Among the 'gems' are 'Gaslight' (original British version), 'The Last Mile', 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers', 'The Red Barn' and 'D.O.A', (one of the great film noirs) to mention just a few. None of the rest are really bad and many are quite diverting. If you're a film buff, you'll love all the trivia bits in this collection. If you're just an average viewer and your willing to endure the technical crudities, you'll may enjoy sitting back watching 'stars' such as Ava Gardner, Ann Sheridan, Hedy Lamarr, Yul Brynner, Lee J.Cobb, etc., involved in 'dark crimes' that don't take much time to solve and have some entertaining 'twists and turns' along the way. Enjoy!