Here's how I justify it:
I buy a movie. Maybe a Blu-ray, perhaps a DVD. It depends upon pricing and availability. More often than not I'll wait for some kind of sale. I tell myself that I would pay to see most of them if they came to a theater near me. In the case of Just Desserts, I certainly would have done so. I watch the movie, often for one time, then I am done. I turn around and sell it at a convention. At loss, surely, but it's nice rebate. I get to see the movie, I support the good people who manufacture physical media, I give another fan a great deal, and put a few dollars back in my pocket. Everyone wins.
I hadn't read a Stephen King book when Creepshow came to theaters, but I was a huge Night and Dawn of the Dead fan. I watched it at a hardshell theater, loved the hell out of it, and the movie went down in history as one of Romero's most accessible and enjoyable movies.
From there I watched Creepshow on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray. I've seen the movie, oh, ten or fifteen times. It's a horror milestone that never grows old.
Just Desserts is a good documentary, but if I had seen it back in 1987 I would have wept tears of joy. I wasn't over-inundated with details the making of movies. If I watched Just Desserts in 2005, I would have still been thrilled.
As it is, I merely liked it. How could I not have a good time watching George Romero talk? To see cast and crewmembers tell stories about the production. To hear details I was previously unaware of.
That said, and once again, it was a little disappointing. Just Desserts is mostly a bunch of talking heads, not unlike you'll see in most physical media supplemental features. I don't see quite enough to warrant a feature film of its own.
Now if Stephen King had participated, maybe it would be another story. Other than some historical footage, he was conspicuously absent from Just Desserts.
By all means, if you have not done so, watch Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow. If you're a fan-and what horror lover isn't?--you'll enjoy yourself.
I was about to slap one of my trusty removable $5.00 stickers on the Blu-ray cover when I realized it: one of the supplements is the old Fangoria videotape standby, the one every true blue horror lover rented and made illegal copies, Scream Greats: Tom Savini. This one is not leaving my collection.
I rented the Savini doc back in 1987 when I got my first VCR. I adored it and showed it to everyone I knew. Everyone liked the tape, and a few anti-horror people came to understand the artistry of the movies from it. I watched it again and again, so happy to have video footage of one of my horror heroes.
I often wish I could go back to those days of innocence.
Written by Mark Sieber
I buy a movie. Maybe a Blu-ray, perhaps a DVD. It depends upon pricing and availability. More often than not I'll wait for some kind of sale. I tell myself that I would pay to see most of them if they came to a theater near me. In the case of Just Desserts, I certainly would have done so. I watch the movie, often for one time, then I am done. I turn around and sell it at a convention. At loss, surely, but it's nice rebate. I get to see the movie, I support the good people who manufacture physical media, I give another fan a great deal, and put a few dollars back in my pocket. Everyone wins.
I hadn't read a Stephen King book when Creepshow came to theaters, but I was a huge Night and Dawn of the Dead fan. I watched it at a hardshell theater, loved the hell out of it, and the movie went down in history as one of Romero's most accessible and enjoyable movies.
From there I watched Creepshow on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray. I've seen the movie, oh, ten or fifteen times. It's a horror milestone that never grows old.
Just Desserts is a good documentary, but if I had seen it back in 1987 I would have wept tears of joy. I wasn't over-inundated with details the making of movies. If I watched Just Desserts in 2005, I would have still been thrilled.
As it is, I merely liked it. How could I not have a good time watching George Romero talk? To see cast and crewmembers tell stories about the production. To hear details I was previously unaware of.
That said, and once again, it was a little disappointing. Just Desserts is mostly a bunch of talking heads, not unlike you'll see in most physical media supplemental features. I don't see quite enough to warrant a feature film of its own.
Now if Stephen King had participated, maybe it would be another story. Other than some historical footage, he was conspicuously absent from Just Desserts.
By all means, if you have not done so, watch Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow. If you're a fan-and what horror lover isn't?--you'll enjoy yourself.
I was about to slap one of my trusty removable $5.00 stickers on the Blu-ray cover when I realized it: one of the supplements is the old Fangoria videotape standby, the one every true blue horror lover rented and made illegal copies, Scream Greats: Tom Savini. This one is not leaving my collection.
I rented the Savini doc back in 1987 when I got my first VCR. I adored it and showed it to everyone I knew. Everyone liked the tape, and a few anti-horror people came to understand the artistry of the movies from it. I watched it again and again, so happy to have video footage of one of my horror heroes.
I often wish I could go back to those days of innocence.
Written by Mark Sieber
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