Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Wolf Man, the Invisible Man, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Phantom of the Opera – Universal made sure the movies they made about those iconic monsters and madmen got Blu-ray releases. In fact, you can pick up a 30 movie Universal monsters Blu-ray set at THIS LINK. Those classics are covered.
But Universal also made a lot of horror movies that didn't have the listed icons in them, and the cool folks over at Scream Factory have been working to give some of them their due Blu-rays as well. Last Tuesday, Scream Factory released their UNIVERSAL HORROR COLLECTION VOLUME 1 set, and it can be purchased right HERE.
Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi co-star in all four of the films in VOLUME 1. Here's what can be found in that set:
THE BLACK CAT
Special Features:
– NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian Gregory William Mank
– NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian Steve Haberman
– NEW Dreams Within a Dream: The Classic Cinema of Edgar Allan Poe – narrated by Doug Bradley
– NEW A Good Game: Karloff and Lugosi at Universal Part One: The Black Cat
– Vintage footage – The Black Cat Contest
– Still GalleryTHE RAVEN
Special Features:
– NEW 2K scan of the original film elements
– NEW Audio Commentary with author/film historian Gary D. Rhodes
– NEW Audio Commentary with author/film historian Steve Haberman
– NEW A Good Game: Karloff and Lugosi at Universal Part Two: The Raven
– Audio Recording: Bela Lugosi reads “The Tell-Tale Heart”
– Still GalleryTHE INVISIBLE RAY
Special Features:
– NEW 2K scan of the original film elements
– NEW Audio Commentary with authors/film historians Tom Weaver and Randall Larson
– NEW A Good Game: Karloff and Lugosi at Universal Part Three: The Invisible Ray
– Re-Release Theatrical Trailer
– Still GalleryBLACK FRIDAY
Special Features:
– NEW 2K scan of the original film elements
– NEW Audio Commentary with filmmaker/film historian Constantine Nasr
– NEW A Good Game: Karloff and Lugosi at Universal Part Four: Black Friday
– Inner Sanctum Mystery Radio Show: “The Tell-Tale Heart” starring Boris Karloff
– Theatrical Trailer
– Still Gallery
Scream Factory will be releasing the UNIVERSAL HORROR COLLECTION VOLUME 2 set on July 23rd. That one will include
such horror stars as Lionel Atwill, George Zucco, David Bruce and Evelyn Ankers. A maniacal hunter and collector of wild animals uses them to dispose of rival and enemies in Murders in the Zoo. An unhinged scientist flees the San Francisco police and continues his bizarre experiments on a remote tropical island in The Mad Doctor of Market Street. A mysterious avenger is murdering acquitted criminals while dabbling in brain transplants in The Strange Case of Doctor Rx. And a doctor’s experiments with nerve gas turn his assistant into a grave-robbing freak in The Mad Ghoul.
MURDERS IN THE ZOO
– NEW Audio Commentary with author/film historian Greg Mank
– Still GalleryMAD DOCTOR OF MARKET STREET
– Theatrical Trailer
– Still GalleryTHE STRANGE CASE OF DR. RX
– NEW Gloriously Wicked: The Life and Legacy of Lionel Atwill
– Still GalleryTHE MAD GHOUL
– NEW Audio Commentary by film historian Thomas Reader
– Still Gallery
UNIVERSAL HORROR COLLECTION VOLUME 2 can be pre-ordered at THIS LINK.
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