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(50 pack DVD)

1 Body Too Many is another of those movies that has body bags full of releases available. When something is public domain you can count on all kinds of companies dumping out loads of DVD copies. There are numerous stand-alone releases. Only one mentions being “enhanced” but no details are given and there are no reviews of the quality of this specific release. There are a number of combo packages including one or two Bela Lugosi box sets and a variety of others. There's even a Blu-ray set.

I got mine in a pack of 50 "Horror Classics."

Video:

1.33: It's the TV standard “full-frame” ratio which is typical of the era. The quality could be worse but is too dark with some trash and grain that could be distracting to some viewers.

Audio:

1.0 mono: What do you want? It’s old. They made this a week after sound was invented I think. I’m kidding about that. It's not what you can get out of a modern movie but it's clear enough to follow the dialogue.

Packaging:

This particular disc is housed in a cardboard sleeve contained in a Velcro-fastened box. You can read about the set as a whole in great detail in the Horror Classics (50 pack) guide.

Extras:

There are no extras of any kind.

Other Editions:

While research turned up numerous other editions, none of them appear to be anything special. Details and review comments suggest that they are all pretty much the same.

The Old Dark House Blu collection seems to be part of a slowly growing trend (or perhaps attempt at a trend) of using Blu's storage capacity to fit a lot of movies on a single disc. 23 public domain films (some very common, some fairly rare) reside on a single disc in standard 480i definition (no HD here). The best I can say for these is that they seem to occasionally present the original image ratios and may be very slightly improved quality over some of the cheaper DVD budget packs. Otherwise they offer nothing special aside from being exceptionally self-space friendly. They offer no extras and can be somewhat hard to find.

Final Thoughts:

There's no reason that I can see to shell out any cash for this movie by itself. Find a good bargain on a box set you like and get a bulk deal. The 50 pack is the best option I've seen, but there may be others worthy of a glance.