The Most Dangerous Game

Not content with wild game, the psychotic Count Zaroff prefers to hunt human beings in this classic horror thriller. Hapless boaters are intentionally ship-wrecked on the Count's creepy private island, where dogs are unleashed and the breathless hunt begins. The wicked storyline would be oft-repeated (most notably in the 1995 John Woo film "Hard Target") but never bettered. This version will be of particular interest to fans of "King Kong": Not only does it employ the same director and much of the same cast (including Fay Wray, Joel McCrea and Leslie Banks), but was filmed using the very same jungle set and was made at the same time.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 089218627599
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Alpha Video
• Number of Disks: 1
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 5.3" x 0.5"

Customer Reviews

It is Creepy, and it is Kooky, it is Altogether Ooky.

A ship full of mysterious characters is entering a harbor that is mis-charted. We are introduced to them in two minutes, and they are old friends. A conversation is struck upon the subject of hunting. Bob Rainsford (Joel McCrea) is asked if hunting a tiger is a fair hunt with the hunter having superior firepower and asked if he would change places with the tiger. He philosophically replies, "That is something I will never have to decide... This world is divided into two kinds of people. The hunter and the hunted. I am a hunter, and nothing can ever change that." I will not give you a detailed review of the movie, as that is why you will buy the movie to watch the story unfold. However, after watching once, be sure to listen to the Criterion version voice-over and then watch the movie again. You can tell right off that this is a David O. Selznick picture as he has his name plastered over the credits. Screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman. From a story by Richard Connell. I found it interesting that many of the actors and the sets will appear again in the 1933 version of King Kong. I also pretty much guessed the storyline ahead of time. Not because I saw it or read the book. But I saw most of the remakes and know the formula. Believe me, this will not distract from this film.