Universal, why, why?
Added 8/13/2009
There really is no point in buying this (1978) TV series with Bette Davis, because it has been edited way to much. The original series was 300m., but when Universal released it on VHS the cut it down below 120m. which took away a lot of the story's plot. It is very mysterious, but doesn't make much sense due to the harsh edits that have been made. The story is about a young couple Kate and Nick Constantine who move to a strange New England village, just to soon find themselves caught up in mysterious witchcraft rituals. Bette Davis plays the eerie Widow Fortune who has the towns people in her power.
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Thanks for the Warning!!!!!
Added 5/2/2009
Thanks to the reviewers for the warnings! I love this movie and I was wanting to get it on DVD... but it is not even listed.
But, without a DVD version, I was contemplating getting a storemade VHS of this movie in the hopes of saving it to DVD and possibly finding lost scenes. I was just getting ready to order it when I read your warnings about the moving being chopped up. Apparently, they still don't get it. We buy factory versions of movies (DVD, VHS, etc) to obtain UNCUT versions of movies... NOT CUT-UP versions. They did the same to "Hawaii" on DVD... and the reviewers warned me on that one as well. I was fortunate to already have the full storebought VHS copy of that movie.
I do have a full copy of Dark Secret of Harvest Home on VHS which I personally copied off of the TV over 15 years ago and it still plays like new. (Sony hi-grades were the only VHS blank tapes worth buying. I have some which were taped as far back as 1984 and still play great. I also took the liberty of buying 200 blank sony VHS tapes and 4 new spare VHS machines when it looked like they were going to phase these out for good... so I'm prepared for any eventuality. I am slowly trying to get DVD copies of all of my movies & series).
Again... thanks for the warning. This is why I try to read the negative reviews on each movie.
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Dark Secret of Harvest Home.
Added 2/4/2009
This product was badly packed. Shabbily sent in a reinforced envelope. Quality of DVD was poor, and practically unwatchable.
Seller notified, and offered to send me another DVD, free of charge, from a list he sent me.
I declined, as this movie was one I selected, and had no interest in his other suggestions.
Regards,
Andy Bowman
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5 star movie - I want it on DVD!!!!
Added 9/18/2008
Every time this movie aired on tv I watched it and loved every minute of it! I searched looking for it on DVD but it's not yet available much to my dismay! Such a great movie deserves a great dvd release! The 5 stars are for the movie itself not the vhs issue.
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A little known but outstandingly eerie, creepy film!
Added 4/24/2008
I'll never forget seeing this movie 30 years ago when it first aired on TV. I was only 11 then but I never forgot it! It is not very well known but it is very creepy in a subtle, slow, underhanded sort of way, which I think is the best form of horror! There is one scene in this movie I can remember seeing back when it first aired that creeped me out in a big way and still does for some odd reason - the main character, Nick, is standing out on his back porch late at night and he THINKS he sees this image of a couple dancing in a nearby cornfield. It is a fertility dance of some sort but there was just something about that scene that was really creepy. I think it's because you're not sure whether or not he is really seeing this or if he's just imagining it all. That in itself is an eerie concept. Watch this movie and it'll surely make you wary of spending time in small, out of the way towns!
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