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Hey, Universal, how about a Sci-Fi Set?

posted 19 years ago by BijouBob8mm
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Universal has given us the Legacy DVD collections of Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy, Invisible Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Wolf Man and (more recently) Bela Lugosi and Hammer Horror. So, why not a Legacy DVD collection of Universal's sci-fi classics from the 1950s? Titles could include THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, THIS ISLAND EARTH, TARANTULA, DEADLY MANTIS, LAND UNKOWN, MONSTER ON CAMPUS, MOLE PEOPLE, LEECH WOMAN, CULT OF THE COBRA and MONOLITH MONSTERS. (IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE has already been given a deluxe DVD release, with some excellent extras.) I know some of these are not technically Sci-Fi, but Universal previously packaged them as their "Golden Age of Sci-Fi Collection" on VHS.

[–] The-Silent-Photoplayer 19 years ago

As far as I know, there's already one in the works that will come out early next year. Very exciting news, indeed!

-J. Theakston
The Silent Photoplayer
http://www.thephotoplayer.com/

[–] BijouBob8mm 19 years ago

Once again, you come through with the goods! Thanks for the information!

[–] Dejael 19 years ago

Yes, Universal Studios is sitting on a goldmine of as-yet unreleased classic films for the DVD market, made in Hollywood's golden age of the 1950s and 1960s. This movie is a prime candidate and is being bootlegged on the internet and you can buy bootleg copies of this movie on eBay. I understand one of the hottest bootlegged DVD movie selling on eBay is THIS ISLAND EARTH (Universal, 1955). Thousands of bootleg copies of THIS ISLAND EARTH may have been sold by now on eBay and other internet outlets by pirate sellers. (Universal, are you reading this?) Universal missed its chance for a 50th Anniversary collector's edition.

Dejael