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How about a DVD release for it's 50th anniversary???

posted 16 years ago by phasedin
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I first saw this on a Saturday night on my favorite "program" of all time "Creature Features" on WNEW TV in New York back when I was around 11 or so. At that point the movie was pretty current-as this was right around 1970.
Maybe the title-being so far in the past now is what prevents this from being shown much on TV nowadays when other movies of this period are still shown. Thankfully, I bought the video cassette when it came out (which I still have) and I have since burned this onto recordable DVD.
When my cable system had MONSTERS HD I was glad to catch it there-gladly before my cable system made it impossible for those of us with Tivo to still receive this channel.
Another film that I always associate this with from the same period "Returm Of Dracula" has been made available on DVD, so why not this one? After all it has Boris Karloff in the last "Frankenstein" movie of his career (he was last involved way back in the 1940's as a mad doctor in Universals' "House Of Frankenstein").
I thought I might post this now-as the IMDB info mentions today is almost exactly 50 years to the day of this films original theatrical release in July 1958!
I guess it would be asking too much for a commentary track on the DVD but as of this writing Mike Lane, who plays the creature and Charolotte Austin are both very much alive....

[–] chocobos24 16 years ago

Yes, I agree...release this on DVD! No time is better than now.

[–] brand78 15 years ago

Yes, I also would like this out on DVD - I have this on videotape and watched it the other Saturday night. Boris Karloff plays the part of the Baron so well and it is difficult to believe that 1970 is 38 years in the past. Incidentally next Februrary 2 will be the 40th anniversary of Boris Karloff's death and I suspect that not a few of us will be watching one or two of his movies on that evening.

[–] WarpedRecord 14 years ago

So is this worth seeking out? The video store near me is selling the VHS for $2. I thought I'd inquire before buying it. I was confused by the title because it sure doesn't look like a 1970 film, but apparently it's 1970 as seen through 1958's eyes (which are stored in a jar).

[–] porfle 14 years ago

Yeah, it's definitely worth checking out for two bucks.

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[–] WarpedRecord 14 years ago

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll buy it, if it's still there.

[–] jonah_begone 14 years ago

I think any DVD of this ought to contain some funny look at what, in retrospect, a Frankstein 1970 might have looked like compared to the 1958 vision.

Flare jeans, a medallion, sideburns, long hair, a Wallace Beery shirt, a watch with a leather band, etc. I can see Frankenstein listening to Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime" on a radio...

[–] WarpedRecord 14 years ago

I would love to see Frankenstein burning his draft card – except, of course, he's afraid of fire.

[–] davalex 14 years ago

"How about NO, you crazy Dutch bastard?" Austin Powers GOLDMEMBER