World Famous Comics: The Classic Sci-fi Ultimate Collection (Tarantula / The Mole People / The Incredible Shrinking Man / The Monolith Monsters / Monster on the Campus)
The Classic Sci-fi Ultimate Collection (Tarantula / The Mole People / The Incredible Shrinking Man / The Monolith Monsters / Monster on the Campus)
Starring: John Agar, Grant Williams, Joanna Moore Average Rating: Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Format: NTSC Label: Universal Number of Items: 3 Publication Date: 2006 Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 02, 2007 Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 1955
Product Description: This 3 dvd set includes 5 classic 1950's science fiction films, all availabele here for the first time on dvd!
Amazon.com: A quintet of fun '50s science-fiction thrillers from the Universal vaults make their DVD debut in this three-disc set that's sure to please fans of vintage creature features. Arguably, the best of the lot is The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), with Grant Williams as a businessman whose exposure to a radioactive cloud causes him to decrease in size exponentially until he is literally microscopic. Based on a novel by legendary fantasy writer Richard Matheson, director Jack (Creature from the Black Lagoon) Arnold's balance of suspense (Williams' battles with a house cat and common spider) and pathos (the effect his condition has on his marriage) make it one of the most memorable science-fiction films of the decade, and a favorite even of those with only a passing interest in the genre. On the entirely other end of the spectrum is The Mole People (1956), a loopy pulp adventure with John Agar and Hugh (Leave It to Beaver) Beaumont as intrepid adventurers who discover a lost city and the title creatures at a top of a Middle Eastern mountain. Campy to a fault, with a logic-straining script and ridiculous monsters, The Mole People is also a goofy good time for B-movie mavens. Agar, whose faded star power forced him to seek work in low-budget films during the '50s and '60s, also turns up in the effective Tarantula (1955), a fast-paced "big bug" creepshow modeled after Them!. (1954), and featuring a cameo by Clint Eastwood as a jet pilot; the rest of the set is rounded out by the truly wacky Monster on the Campus (1958), with Arthur Franz as a college professor whose exposure to a prehistoric fish turns him into a rampaging Neanderthal, and The Monolith Monsters (1957), about fragments of a meteor that grow to colossal heights when exposed to water and threaten a small desert community. For TV babies that grew up on a steady diet of Saturday afternoon monster movies, The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection offers a nostalgic trip back to those cathode-soaked days, but without the barrage of commercials. The set offers trailers for each film by way of extras, as well as an anamorphic presentation of The Incredible Shrinking Man; the rest of the titles are presented in full screen. -- Paul Gaita
A great "goodie bag" THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN is a classic that alone deserves five stars. Fortunately the rest of the titles (Jack Arnold were involved in all of them but MOLE PEOPLE) in this package is equally enjoyable. THE MONOLITH MONSTERS are especially an interesting one, also starring the underrated Gran Williams.
For any extra material, we have to do with the trailers. But the transfers are all great.
Don't Pay Too Much! Great set this - but the people selling this secondhand are just trying to rip you off! This set is being reissued in May (and it's packaged with all the films from Volume 2). So don't pay over a hundred dollars here - wait a couple months and buy BOTH sets for $30 or so.
"4 out of 5 aint bad" Some really great Sci-Fi/Horror flicks in this package and a great bargain. 1.Tarantula - one of the best 1950s sci-fi movies 2.Mole People- Actually turned out to be a good movie 3.Incredible Shrinking Man- A movie way ahead of its time and very good 4.Monolith Monsters- The best movie of the five and very well made 5.Monster on Campus- Just down right silly
This is a very enjoyable set of movies at a great price !!
new issue These will be re-released on may 13th with vol2, don't buy those overpriced ones.Great fun by the way if you like old sci-fi.
Universal is releasing Vols 1&2 in one edition in May Folks, don't pay these high used prices to people who have no love for these films. Universal has finally seen the folly of their ways in selling this set exclusively via Best Buy and is re-releasing both volumes 1 & 2 in one set in May. The link to the new product is here -Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection 1 & 2 (6pc) Included will be all ten films in the original sets, but once again there will be no extra features - just the films themselves and some trailers. If you love the great campy horror films of the 1950's you'll love this set. The following is from the press release on the new combined set:
Tarantula (1955, 81 min.) An experiment to create a growth formula that could end starvation evolves into a nightmare when a contaminated spider grows gargantuan - with an appetite to match!
The Mole People (1956, 78 min.) Deep below the surface of the earth, three scientists stumble upon a tyrannical tribe of albinos who have enslaved a mutant - and dangerous - race of mole people.
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957, 81 min.) After encountering a mysterious radioactive mist, an ordinary businessman finds his physical size diminishing as his ordinary household becomes a terrifying trap of doom.
The Monolith Monsters (1957, 76 min.) In a desperate race against time and nature, a geologist and a scientist must find a way to stop effects of killer outer-space rocks that are literally petrifying people with fear!
Monster on the Campus (1958, 76 min) Terror sweeps a college campus after the discovery of a prehistoric fish that turns animals and humans that come into contact with it into bloodthirsty monsters.
Dr. Cyclops (1940, 78 min) in COLOR! A brilliant but deranged physicist shrinks his enemies to one-fifth of their normal size when they begin to challenge his unconventional experiments.
Cult of the Cobra (1955, 80 min) Vengeance is sworn against six American GI's after they witness a clandestine ceremony worshiping beautiful women who can change into serpents.
The Land Unknown (1957, 79 min) When a navy expedition crash-lands in a crater thousands of miles below sea level, they encounter a hot, tropical landscape of prehistoric terror filled with ferocious dinosaurs.
The Deadly Mantis (1957, 79 min) A paleontologist teams up with the military to battle a huge praying mantis when it goes on the attack in metropolitan cities after being released from an Arctic iceberg.
The Leech Woman (1960, 77 min) Determined to recapture her beauty, a woman discovers a compound that will restore youth - but only when it's combined with fluid taken from bodies of the newly dead.
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