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rating: 1
Not much to say.............both flicks did not live up to much other than "Chosen Survivors" was made in the early 70' s where ALL-STAR CASTS was all the rage like "Airport-70-times over disasters". It was just boring. The other movie "The Earth Dies Screaming" was better as just a movie poster than watching the movie. The aliens could have been shown more for entertainment purposes as well as more victims.
JOE BOB SAY'S..........DON' T CHECK IT OUT!
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Excellent double bill. "Chosen Survivors" - Tense and gripping. "Earth Dies Screaming" - Classic British, B&W Sci-fi movie.
rating: 5
"The Earth Dies Screaming" is loaded with atmosphere made even more effective by the use of the black and white photography within the setting of a quintessentially English village. My favourite of all the science fiction movies I have seen so far. And I've seen a lot!
"Chosen Survivors" I had never heard of before and only have seen now because of purchasing this double bill DVD for "The Earth Dies Screaming". And so glad to have discovered what is a most worthwhile addition to the list of good sci-fi/thriller movies. It has a very effective and rather compellingly intriguing musical score, which I found most enjoyable to listen to in its own right. Also on the menu section of the dvd too.
The story itself seemed like a deep underground version of Big Brother, with the group of people holed up together for a number of weeks.
There were some scenes that looked like possible real-life cruelty, or at least distressing situations, for bats, which I didn't feel very happy about, especially as there was no disclaimer in the credits stating that none had been harmed in the making of the film, but I guess in older movies they didn't have to say that, but I see the bats were credited with having a 'trainer', so hopefully were looked after. - As I'd like to think the birds and fish were too. Hopefully none of the non-human members of the cast came to any harm. (I happen to care about these thing!).
Everyone involved played their parts excellently and the colour effects were utilised very effectively too. The story itself was all too plausable, given the untrustworthiness of many aspects of government. The movie kept my interest throughout and never became boring. Sadly often a rarity.
A well-discovered gem!
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The Earth Dies Screaming
rating: 4
Fete of Death
"The Earth Dies Screaming" is a short, very watchable British scifi flick about robots who take over the world. True, the robots aren't very scary and indigestion will give you more nightmares than the human zombies streeling around with their exophthalmic white eyes, but it's a pretty intense movie. I liked the exciting scene where the lumbering zombies chase one of the surviving women into a house and she desperately tries to escape their clutches. This movie isn't as good as, say, "The Crawling Eye," (another British scifi film) which was made some seven years earlier, but it has its moments and it has a similar feeling of dread throughout it. I never saw this movie on TV and I can't understand why not. It's much better than the average scifi flick.
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Just a really short review, barely.
rating: 4
Yep, got this one to, and as I said, this is gonna really be short.
Chosen Survivor: Fine. I really think they should have stuck with the original plot--it was more interesting. Unlike everybody in the movie, I saw the 'brain doctor's' point...maybe it should have been tried like that.
The Earth Dies Screaming. Pretty fine Science Fiction about the earth being invaded by robots. Fine idea...but only 64 minutes long. It's like I've always said...if you make a movie and it's crap (most are today) then keep it short! If you made a fine movie, add another thirty minutes to it (not fluff)! But who ever listens to Oldtechno?
Anyway, if you like the old Science Fiction from the 40's,50's, this is your cup of tea. I like it!
BYE!
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Don't forget the "second feature"!
rating: 3
It seems like many of the reviewers of this release have concentrated on "Chosen Survivors" in their comments. I'd just like to put in a plug for "The Earth Dies Screaming" as the movie here that I liked better. (Admittedly, an awful title if one wanted the film to be taken seriously).
A movie directed by Terence Fisher cannot fail to be of interest to genre fans. Dumb title aside, the plot is reminiscent of The Day of the Triffids; I actually find this film as good if not better than the 60's version of that. All in all, a sort of Triffids meets Village of the Damned meets Target Earth. And I can't say enough for the demo-quality black & white transfer. I know I'll be returning to this film often, something I can't say about "Chosen Survivors".
If you like 50's-60's sci-fi, do treat yourself to this set! (Four stars for "Earth", two for "Survivors" is what is behind my overall three-star rating.)
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