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Runtime?

posted 18 years ago by corpse666
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How long is this movie?
The Dvd i own is approx 2hours. Where is the other 3 hours?

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[–] james_oblivion 18 years ago

In all honesty, I think that the overall runtime of this multi-part documentary/compilation is much longer than five hours. For some reason, they haven't released the entire thing on DVD. It was originally released on VHS in several different installments, each covering a particular horror subgenre...vampires and zombies, Frankenstein and mad scientists, etc. The entire set can be found on VHS in a 13-volume set. Though if they wanted to do it properly on DVD, I'm sure they could squeeze it all onto three or four discs.

Unfortunately, no one's bothered as yet.

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[–] el_realisator 17 years ago

It's simple, it's because there is 2 versions: The 120 minutes version serves as an introduction to the 5 DVD-set which runs for 12.5 hours on 5 DVDs. They did the same with "A century of science fiction". You have the the 2 hours special for an introduction and the 5 DVD-set that runs for 11 hours. My suggestion would be to pass the 2 hours one and buy the 12.5 hours one instead! I got both 5 DVD-sets on amazon for less than 30 CDN$, not bad at all for 23.5 hours of documentary!

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