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V (1983)
Directed by Kenneth Johnson.
Starring Marc Singer, Jane Badler, Faye Grant.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.75
Comment: Memorable, that's for sure.
 

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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Directed by Jaromil Jires.
Starring Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Josef Abrhám.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.45
Comment: Bizarre dream-fantasy is not for everyone.
 

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The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Directed by James O'Connolly.
Starring James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.73
Comment: A favorite! Great concept!
 

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The Vampire (1957)
Directed by Paul Landres.
Starring John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.55
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Vampire Bat (1933)
Directed by Frank Strayer.
Starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.56
Comment: This edition is terrible. Sound is out of sync throughout, and the gallery is comprised of screen captures from VHS taken without permission from my own Fay Wray website!
 
The Vampire Bat (1933)
Directed by Frank Strayer.
Starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.5
Comment: Sits very nicely with other horror classics of the era, it's a favorite of mine. Still, another DVD from inferior 16mm sources. This one is the best available public domain DVD right now.
 

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The Vampire Bat (1933)
Directed by Frank Strayer.
Starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras 1/10. Average bitrate: 4.67
Comment: Sits very nicely with other horror classics of the era, it's a favorite of mine. The DVD's not very good though.
 

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The Vampire Bat (1933)
Directed by Frank Strayer.
Starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 2/10. Extras 1/10. Average bitrate: 4.9
Comment: Sits very nicely with other horror classics of the era, it's a favorite of mine. Still, another DVD from inferior 16mm sources. This one is a lot worse than the "Fay Wray Collection" release.
 

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Vampire Circus (1972)
Directed by Robert Young.
Starring Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.5
Comment: Not yet watched. Pretty interesting vampire flick.
 

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The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Directed by Roy Ward Baker.
Starring Ingrid Pitt, George Cole, Kate O'Mara.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.71
Comment: Never liked this one much. It's okay.
 

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Les Vampires (1915)
Directed by Louis Feuillade.
Starring Juliet Musidora, Edouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 5/10. Average bitrate: 4.65
Comment: An early silent French serial about a notorious crime ring. Over six hours long.
 

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Vampires (1998)
Directed by John Carpenter.
Starring James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.2/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 5/10. Average bitrate: 4.63
Comment: I liked the movie despite Woods' manly-man jokester posturing. And I'm glad the vampires don't have goofy looking foreheads like on Buffy.
 

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Vampyr (1932)
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
Starring Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.82
Comment: Not yet watched. Amazing visuals.
 

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Vampyr (1932)
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
Starring Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.96
Comment: Not yet watched. Amazing visuals. Superb package from Criterion.
 

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The Van (1977)
Directed by Sam Grossman.
Starring Stuart Goetz, Deborah White, Harry Moses.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.54
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Van Helsing (2004)
Directed by Stephen Sommers.
Starring Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.18
Comment: Better than its reputation, but Sommers has unquestionably done better.
 

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The Vanishing (1988)
Directed by George Sluizer.
Starring Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.64
Comment: Extremely well-acted thriller, I was mildly disappointed with the much-lauded ending simply because it had already been spoiled for me.
 

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Van Nuys Blvd (1979)
Directed by William Sachs.
Starring Bill Adler, Cynthia Wood, Dennis Bowen.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.44
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Varan the Unbelievable (1958)
Directed by Ishirô Honda.
Starring Kôzô Nomura, Ayumi Sonoda, Fumito Matsuo.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.62
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Vault of Horror (1973)
Directed by Roy Ward Baker.
Starring Dawn Addams, Tom Baker, Michael Craig.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.61
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Veronica Guerin (2003)
Directed by Joel Schumacher.
Starring Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.94
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. Jill's collection.
 

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Vertigo (1958)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.26
Comment: A good one. Creepy at times.
 

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Vertigo (1958)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.41
Comment: A good one. Creepy at times.
 

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Vertigo (1958)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.41
Comment: A good one. Creepy at times. This copy with original orange Saul Bass art cover.
 

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V for Vendetta (2006)
Directed by James McTeigue.
Starring Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.52
Comment: Very good film based on even better source material.
 

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Vibes (1988)
Directed by Ken Kwapis.
Starring Jeff Goldblum, Cyndi Lauper, Peter Falk.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.17
Comment: Not yet watched. Very lightweight.
 

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Vicki (1953)
Directed by Harry Horner.
Starring Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott Reed.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.83
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Videodrome (1983)
Directed by David Cronenberg.
Starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, Debbie Harry.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.32
Comment: Not yet watched. Average Cronenberg surreality.
 

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Videodrome (1983)
Directed by David Cronenberg.
Starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, Debbie Harry.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.39
Comment: Not yet watched. Average Cronenberg surreality.
 

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A View to a Kill (1985)
Directed by John Glen.
Starring Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.87
Comment: I barely remember this one...don't recall it being very good.
 

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The Viking Queen (1966)
Directed by Don Chaffey.
Starring Carita, Don Murray, Donald Houston.
shill's Movie Rating: 4.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 3/10. Average bitrate: 6.51
Comment: Not a very good movie, I basically got it because of Patrick Troughton.
 

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The Vikings (1958)
Directed by Richard Fleischer.
Starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.41
Comment: Kirk Douglas gives a charismatic performance in a beautiful looking film.
 

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The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (1957)
Directed by Roger Corman.
Starring Abby Dalton, Susan Cabot, Bradford Jackson.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.19
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Village (2004)
Directed by M Night Shyamalan.
Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.57
Comment: Please. Look past the "twist" and see the movie underneath, okay? There's a hell of a lot in the subtext. Besides, it's wonderfully directed.
 

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Village of the Damned (1960)
Directed by Wolf Rilla.
Starring George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynn.
shill's Movie Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.61
Comment: Not yet watched. An excellent film, top-notch all around. Just the opening sequence alone is enough to hook you.
 

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Village of the Damned (1995)
Directed by John Carpenter.
Starring Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.84
Comment: Not yet watched. I love John Carpenter, even today, but this one just fell short of what he could have done with it.
 

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The Violent Enemy (1967)
Directed by Don Sharp.
Starring Tom Bell, Susan Hampshire, Ed Begley.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.56
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Violent Years (1956)
Directed by William Morgan.
Starring Jean Moorhead, Barbara Weeks, Arthur Millan.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.2/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras 8/10. Average bitrate: 4.59
Comment: Just wait until you see the shootout at the school, and their escape. Heh. So what?
 

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The Virgin Queen (1955)
Directed by Henry Koster.
Starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.79
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Virus (1980)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
Starring Chuck Connors, Glenn Ford, Olivia Hussey.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.94
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. Severely edited version.
 

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Virus (1999)
Directed by John Bruno.
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.28
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Volcano (1997)
Directed by Mick Jackson.
Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Don Cheadle.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.96
Comment: A good old-fashioned disaster flick.
 

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Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Directed by Mark Robson.
Starring Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrŕ.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.9
Comment: Actually more interesting than it sounds, good cast.
 

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Voodoo Island (1957)
Directed by Reginald Le Borg.
Starring Boris Karloff, Beverly Tyler, Murvyn Vye.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.77
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Voodoo Woman (1957)
Directed by Edward L Cahn.
Starring Marla English, Tom Conway, Mike Connors.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.57
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Directed by Irwin Allen.
Starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.26
Comment: Not yet watched. A second-tier sci-fi adventure.
 

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Directed by Irwin Allen.
Starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.98
Comment: Not yet watched. A second-tier sci-fi adventure.
 

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Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
Starring Mamie Van Doren, Yuri Sarantsev, Georgi Tejkh.
shill's Movie Rating: 1.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 3/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.13
Comment: Laughable. Way to go, Mamie.
 

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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
Directed by Curtis Harrington.
Starring Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, John Bix.
shill's Movie Rating: 4.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.13
Comment: At least this one tries.
 

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V The Final Battle (1984)
Directed by Richard T Heffron.
Starring Jane Badler, Marc Singer, Faye Grant.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.58
Comment: Nicely ramped-up from the original miniseries.
 

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