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How about a Universal Sci-Fi Legacy DVD 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, THE MOLE PEOPLE, DEADLY MANTIS, LAND UNKOWN, MONSTER ON CAMPUS, 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.

[–] Markgw1966 18 years ago

I agree. Several other films from the fifties, such as 'Them', 'The Day The Earth Stood Still', etc., have been available on DVD for a few years now. We need the others as well. 'Deadly Mantis' is my absolute favorite 'big bug' film from that era, and I've owned it on VHS for some time now. Where's the DVD???

[–] suspiria-6 18 years ago

yeah i don't know why the movie like tatantula,incredible shinking and all the other is not available on dvd? maybe in halloween time? its Great no?