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Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection
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Genre | Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense |
Format | Subtitled, NTSC |
Contributor | Eric Taylor, Susanna Foster, Samuel Hoffenstein, George Waggner, Claude Rains, W. Howard Greene, Arthur Lubin, Edgar Barrier, Nelson Eddy, Hal Mohr, Bernard B. Brown See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 46 hours and 4 minutes |
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Product Description
From the era of silent movies through present day, Universal Pictures has been regarded as the home of the monsters. The Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection showcases all of the original films featuring the most iconic monsters in motion picture history including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Phantom of the Opera and Creature from the Black Lagoon. Starring some of the most legendary actors including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains and Elsa Lanchester in the roles that they made famous, these films set the standard for a new horror genre with revolutionary makeup, mood-altering cinematography and groundbreaking special effects. Featuring hours of revealing bonus features, these landmark movies defined the horror genre and are still regarded as some of the most unforgettable characters ever to be filmed.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1, 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.25 Pounds
- Audio Description: : Finnish
- Director : Arthur Lubin
- Media Format : Subtitled, NTSC
- Run time : 46 hours and 4 minutes
- Release date : August 28, 2018
- Actors : Nelson Eddy, Claude Rains, Susanna Foster, Edgar Barrier
- Subtitles: : French, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
- Producers : George Waggner
- Language : English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0)
- Studio : Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B07DKY35N5
- Writers : Eric Taylor, Samuel Hoffenstein
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 24
- Best Sellers Rank: #5,840 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #358 in Horror (Movies & TV)
- #687 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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Such a joy....we have watched the first five and will continue through all of them.
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
The slightly less good news: These started as individual sets that were packaged together, so there's some overlap. Dracula and the Wolf Man are both in "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," so you'll get three copies of that film. You'll also get two copies of "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man," three copies of "House of Dracula," etc. So although you do get 31 titles, you'll end up with 38 actual movies. Not a terrible thing, but you may consider it unnecessary clutter.
I haven't watched the whole set yet, but have watched everything (in order) up through Invisible Man Returns. Assuming the rest of the movies are done like the ones I have watched so far, here's the scoop: The nine films in the Universal Classic Monsters Essential Collection Blu-ray boxed set (Dracula, Dracula [Spanish version], Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Phantom of the Opera, Creature from the Black Lagoon) and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein are included here utilizing the remastered and restored 2012 Blu-ray transfers, ported to DVD. While they do benefit from the extensive cleanup, reframing, and tonal corrections of the Blu-rays, they are, as expected, softer looking than the Blu-rays (I have done several direct comparisons), though they all blow the old DVD transfers out of the water. I also noticed that the tonal values are slightly off in places; for example, the writing on the scroll behind the opening credits sequence of The Mummy is not quite as dark and "readable" as on the Blu-ray, but you probably wouldn't notice without doing a direct comparison. The remaining 20 non-Blu-ray transfers in the 30-Film Collection are identical to the previous DVD editions, with no cleanup or remastering, and windowboxed opening credits, and so on (I did direct comparisons here as well), but are all now on single-sided discs.
While I sympathize with those who were hoping for a Blu-ray release of all these films (as I am myself), I decided to take the plunge when the price was just over $90.00, and I'm not sorry I did. I really disliked the double-sided discs and packaging of the previous 2004 "green box" Legacy Collection sets, and even if I subtract the 10 films I already have on Blu-ray (the Essential Collection plus A&C Meet Frankenstein), the two Abbott and Costello titles that I own on single-sided discs in the A&C box set, and the two Creature sequels, which were already on a single-sided disc in the previous 2004 Legacy Collection set, I'm still getting 16 movies on single-sided discs for about $5.63 each, packaged in normal-sized DVD cases without the awkward cardboard-and-cellophane slipcases. They also use original poster art on the menus of the new discs--a nice touch that I wish they had carried through to the outer packaging--and the outer cardboard slipcase that houses the seven individual 2014 Complete Legacy Collection sets (Frankenstein, Mummy, Dracula, Invisible Man, Wolf Man, Creature, Phantom) that comprise this 30-Film Collection boxed set is plenty sturdy, though the booklet is neither here nor there to me.
If you're not into Blu-ray, look at it this way: with the 30-Film Collection you get DVD editions of the 10 restored Blu-ray transfers for about $9.00 per film, and the rest of the movies are essentially free. If you haven't seen the Blu-ray of Frankenstein, you will be astonished at how much of the film frame was missing from all previous TV prints and DVD editions due to overly tight (and off-center) cropping. The framing of the other Blu-ray transfers isn't as drastic an improvement as with Frankenstein, but they all reveal more of the image than we've ever seen before. Knowing Universal's foot-dragging and penchant for endless repackaging, who knows how long it will be until the other 20 films are released on Blu-ray? In the meantime, we have this box--which is cheaper than buying all the new 2014 Complete Legacy Collections individually--and can finally dump all those cruddy double-sided discs from the 2004 Legacy Collection sets.
The only minus I have found is that some of the lesser extras, like filmographies and still galleries, are missing, but that doesn't really bother me much with all that is good about this set. Personally, I rarely look at filmographies on DVDs (we have IMDb for that), and I was never fond of the still galleries on the previous Universal DVDs that panned and zoomed across the images (the "Ken Burns effect") anyway. Overall, this is what the original 2004 Legacy Collections should have been, so it appears that Universal has finally listened to the fans and is trying to make amends for their previous mistakes (the same with the Hammer Horror Series reissue). I'm also pleased to report that the nauseating Van Helsing promos that marred the 2004 Legacy Collections are nowhere to be seen. While I am a bit weary of the double- and triple-dipping, like everyone else, I'm glad to finally have all these movies on DVDs done correctly on single-sided discs.
This would be a virtually perfect set if not for the few missing (minor) extras, the lackluster artwork on the packaging, and the redundancy of the multiple copies of House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (although I understand why this is the case), so four stars instead of five. Your mileage may vary.
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