Sony Offers Horror Movies For 99p
Selected scares for cheap this ChristmasPublished 21/12/2009 at 15:30 by nofi
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Sony have just let us know that if you’re still to dive into the PlayStation Network Video Delivery Service and can’t face the prospect of Mary Poppins’ annual televisual outing, you can now download selected horror films for a penny under a quid. Until the 23rd of December you can rent Candyman II: Farewell to the Flesh, Evil Behind You and Poltergeist III for just 99p.
Spooky.
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waddo_89 | 21/12/2009 15:52
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Nice! Never heard of them but I’ll be sure to look them up on IMDB and invest!
lewis815 | 21/12/2009 15:59
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Never heard of Candyman or Poltergeist?
waddo_89 | 21/12/2009 16:15
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Ermmm. Maybe heard about Poltergeist but not a horror fan
3shirts | 21/12/2009 17:58
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To be fair they are the bad sequels to classic horror films
cam the man | 21/12/2009 18:35
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I would have spent 99p if it was the original Poltergeist. It’s def a classic.
AJ | 21/12/2009 15:59
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Giving a discount on horror movies for Christmas instead of… Christmas movies?
Michael | 21/12/2009 17:52
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Christmas movies will sell anyway. Hence discounting films that won’t.
djdustb | 22/12/2009 08:18
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Some people do not like Christmas movies and TV what better way to escape the Christmas crap with a cheap horror fest. Love it.
lewis815 | 21/12/2009 15:59
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Candyman.. Candyman.. CANDYMAN!
citizeninsane45 | 21/12/2009 16:54
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Oh no you didn’t!
Apnomis | 21/12/2009 17:10
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Oh yes he did…
He’s behind you!!!
(Well, it is panto season!
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3shirts | 21/12/2009 17:58
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I hope you weren’t looking in the mirror. Not cos of the candyman, just cos you is ugly
pitchforkdisney | 21/12/2009 16:56
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This is no discount. These films are so bad I’d want someone to give me a pound to waste my time watching them. And I like horror.
Apnomis | 21/12/2009 17:18
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Yeah, it’s a shame – I don’t understand SCEE don’t bite the bullet and make a decent selection of films 99p, if only for a week. I’m intrigued by the video service and what the quality is like etc, but I’m not going to take a punt on a £3.50-£5.00 download of a new film. However, if I watched a film I liked for 99p, I’d be more tempted to try it in the future when a full price film comes out that I’m interested in renting because I will know what to expect.
Either that or just offer them for a silly low price like 1p, then you wouldn’t mind if it was a cr*p film or not, Virgin Media often do this on their Pay Per View Movie Service, and the only reason they do it is to show users how good the service is and reel them in to using it in the future when the 1p offer has ended…
3shirts | 21/12/2009 17:59
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The problem there is you are applying logic and sound business acumen, thats not how SCEE roll i’m afraid
hannes_truce | 21/12/2009 16:57
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Sweet. Cheap as chips.
hairfreax | 21/12/2009 17:20
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well if you fancy a small portion then yes cheap as
Star_Waters | 21/12/2009 19:31
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i’d rather have a small portion than any of those, lol
Tuffcub | 22/12/2009 17:33
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I prefer large portions.
cc_star | 21/12/2009 17:49
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Offers are great, thanks Sony
However you show a startling lack of knowledge of how to make money… Surely kids movies during the school holidays would work better, and maybe even the odd Christmas movie… maybe a different one ever 24 hrs in the run up to Christmas.
Michael | 21/12/2009 20:22
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They will sell anyway, so making them 99p is probably only going to reduce their revenue.
gazzagb | 21/12/2009 17:52
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But hasnt the download service got a bad rep? Most people say it takes ages to d/l a movie.
3shirts | 21/12/2009 18:01
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Good point, the idea of having cheap movies to show people how good the service is, only really works if the service IS good!
sesameseed | 21/12/2009 19:02
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Hmmm… not here, I downloaded Moon as an HD rental on Saturday, just to try out the service and it took me 3 hours. Not bad at all.
Michael | 21/12/2009 20:24
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That’s great for you, but I wish it was the same for me. I’m too scared to try again after my epic 16-hour wait for 50% of the film to download.
cc_star | 21/12/2009 17:55
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What I wonder is, has anyone used it more than once… Everybody I know who’s touched it would never use it again, because it takes the best part of the day to download anything, and its much much dearer than almost every single alternative
3shirts | 21/12/2009 18:02
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How are they ever gonna combat piracy if it’s easier and faster to download a movie illegally than it is through a service like this! Sort it out Sony
legalisemurder | 21/12/2009 18:03
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Well lets face it if you have PSN you have internet.Who would pay to watch a movie slowly when they can watch it quicker for free online.If they had a decent asian horror movie section i would use it.I get a bit tired of pixellated screens and out of sync subs.
sesameseed | 21/12/2009 18:45
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Tartan Asia Extreme FTW
legalisemurder | 21/12/2009 20:50
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tartans selection is a bit limited.I own most of them.Check out Asian-Horror-Movies.com.Its a great site.
welshbloom | 22/12/2009 10:32
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I used it for a 2nd time last week to watch the new Harry Potter (Hadn’t seen it in the pictures, letterbox is too small for Lovefilm, no Blockbusters nearby). In SD the film took about 3 1/2 hours to download, and once I discovered that as long as you don’t play Online you can still download whilst playing games there wasn’t a problem.
Watched it twice for £4, cheaper than the pictures and as a legal way of watching films I thought it wasn’t bad at all. I will definitely be using the Video store again, although (on topic) there’s a definite case for making any film more than (say) 5 years old about a quid to rent since you can buy them on DVD for not much more – or as I mostly do, wait for stuff to come on normal telly!
cc_star | 22/12/2009 18:29
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How can your letterbox be too small for LoveFilm?
iNsAnE_gAmInG | 21/12/2009 18:18
* Banned *
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Awww. I thought you ment you could purchase them for 99p!
I guess it was always too good to be true though.
seedaripper1973 | 21/12/2009 19:10
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Jesus wept (it is nearly his birthday) those films are f’ing Terry Blair!!
Raider197 | 21/12/2009 19:55
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Now, if only it was out in Ireland. I still love Blu-Ray thought and wouldn’t be throwing that format away, but it would be great to just be able to browse movies when I’m bored and pick one for the night.
CarlosF09 | 21/12/2009 20:14
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Never heard of these films but good stuff..
funkyellowmonkey(ps3 id) | 21/12/2009 22:15
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Rather pay for some decent anime series!
parker | 22/12/2009 16:41
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The first film I rented from the store was about a day after its launch, Mall Cop. It took like a week to get to 60% so I cancelled it.
I found out about this 99p offer Friday night, and downloaded Evil Behind You, and it took an hour and a half to download the film in its entirety – Not bad!
Shame I can’t say the same for the film, the film was terrible.
legalisemurder | 22/12/2009 18:11
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A week to get to 60%?Maybe youku are running things for Sony.