Toy Story of Terror

Our favorite toys are back, but when the road trip they're on gets delayed at a roadside motel, they find themselves trapped in their very own scary movie. In classic horror movie form, they disappear one by one and it's up to Jesse to overcome her fears, save the day and solve the mystery. Toy Story of Terror uses flips the clichés from the horror, suspense and monster movie genres with nods to adults and without getting too scary for the little ones. Pixar keeps the quality strong with top notch animation and the original voice cast returning and even adds to it. If you didn't catch this on TV it's worth picking up.The 22 minute short is great as is, but Disney has put together a really terrific Blu-ray release with this title. There are the usual start-up trailers but you can go ahead and jump to a cute haunted house menu which looks to be pulled from the vampire movie the gang is watching in the trunk of the car, the feature with can be played with or without commercial breaks (more on those later,) and quite a few bonus features. For most people the Toy Story Toons will be the main draw here, including Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry (love the surprising appearance of Jane Lynch as Neptuna,) and Partysaurus Rex. All three are great. There are three deleted scenes and explanation from the editor about what they are and why they got cut. They are rough line drawings with temp voices, but they give you a good idea about the scenes and some insight on the animation process. There's a behind the scenes called Team of Specialists which really gets into the new characters and what it's like at Pixar. There's the trailer for the special that was shown at D23 and three vintage toy commercials. The commercials really show how deep Pixar goes with its characters, giving us a commercial for Combat Carl (still voiced by the amazing Carl Weathers,) Old Timer, and Transitron, all done in the style that they would have been done back in the day. If you're a child of the 80s you will appreciate these. Additionally there are a number of audio options, including English in 7.1, 5.1, 2.0, English descriptive 2.0, French and Spanish both in 5.1. There are also English, English for Hearing Impaired, French and Spanish Subtitles. There are some sneak peeks tacked on including a very brief commercial for Star Wars Rebels.Overall it's a fantastic short and a jam packed release with quite a few extras. The digital copy is easy to add through Disney Movie Rewards and Disney Movies Anywhere and includes many of the extras above. If you enjoyed the special when it aired of like the characters, go get this disc! It's a wonderful companion to the films and deserves a spot on the shelf right next to them.

This fun movie has tons of cool plot twists and suspense. It makes fun of horror movies and horror conventions while also using brilliant story telling, and uses a group of vintage toys as a sort of team of specialists Ala mission impossible. Combat Carl, a name mentioned in Toy Story as their version of GI Joe, makes an appearance as a key character (Although eagle-eyed Pixar Nerds like me will notice the Combat Carl in this is black while the one in Toy Story is White. Obviously, like GI Joes, there are different versions of Combat Carl.) And the commercials included are amazing! I definately recommend watching it first with the commercials. As for the Shorts, it has Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry, and one I haven't seen before: Partysaurus Rex, which is AWESOME in High Definition (you may want to turn your volume down in some spots. It gets pretty loud!) All in all, a fun time for and Pixar Nut or Toy Story fanatic. The biggest complaint I have is I wish they hadn't put the menu in black and white!!! Because the highlighted stuff is White and the unselected stuff is a whitish gray, it's hard to tell what you're selecting.

I decided to buy the digital copy because my little ones make a mess with the blue-rays/DVDs! Plus the digital copy is through the Disney App, with this copy through Amazon I can play this on the TV for the kids to watch through my PS3 and the kids LOVE It! Plus I also have my tablet with the Amazon instant video app, etc. So it was more convenient for me this way.The content itself is wonderful! We love Toy Story, ever since it first came out as kid myself, I'm so glad my kids can also enjoy it now! The Toy Story of Terror is awesome! It's not that scary, I have toddlers that watch all the time and love it! (2yr old boy & 3yr old girl). Then the additional stuff is great too! The additional 3 short stories are cool, they show it sometimes on the Disney Jr. channel so my kids have seen them but it's great to have them as well. The other part of the video include behind the scenes, extra commercials of the toys from the story Toy Story of Terror, Combat Carl, etc.So overall, a great addition to your Toy Story collection! Will definitely love more stories like this! Keep it up Pixar/Disney!!

Some of my best childhood memories, and favorite stories to tell while reminiscing with family members during get-togethers, are those times when a movie or TV show scared the daylights out of me. My poor Mom took me and my sister to see "Psycho" during it's initial run in theaters in 1960, I believe. I was 6 years old at the time and loved "monster" movies, and "scary" movies. She, and my sister and I, had no idea what we were in for. The original "Night of the Living Dead" was a grim, gut-wrenching hour and a half that left me and the rest of the Saturday afternoon matinee kids shell-shocked when I was about 13 or 14 years old.I watched "Toy Story of Terror" during its run on the Disney Channel during the Halloween season with my grownup children, and with a 5- and 8-year old brother and sister foster kids. Needless to say, we all loved it, and the little ones wanted to watch it each time it was broadcast. Sure it was scary, but in a "Scooby-Do" kind of way, and that's the fun of it. I will be ordering at least two copies of "Toy Story of Terror," one for the kids and one for me. If you love the "Toy Story" gang, you'll love this one, too!