That Universal box set has to be THE definitive Universal horror set. They've chosen THE best 8 horror movies they could find from that studio. I don't have that collection but I might try to find it. And do you know what I'd do with the 8 little lobby cards ? I'd place them on a mount, frame it and hang it up on a wall as a neat piece of movie art. Terry, you need to consider doing that.
@@terrytalksmovies Ha ... just ordered the Universal Monsters set from our favourite south american river jungle vendors. It looks exactly like the set you presented in your vid. Oh I hope it comes with the little lobby cards ! 😁
Not Of This Earth is my favorite Corman movie from the 50s.The Universal box was the first i bought on dvd ( later on blu ray)I like the Sam Katzman box.Creature with the Atom Brain is pretty violent for a movie made in the 50s.
I have that Corman collection. I think those were the first DVD appearance of those titles. Also have the Katzman collection. Columbia put out a bunch of those "Icons of . ." collections, including the Karloff mad doctor movies and the Hammer films that they distributed in the states. I think I have every Universal Horror collection that's come out on DVD and BD, plus the titles that only appeared as individual releases, like "The Old Dark House", "The Strange Door" and "The Cat Creeps", for instance.
@@terrytalksmovies I'm hoping for "The Soul of a Monster" (1944), "Cry of the Werewolf" (1944), "Son of Dr. Jekyll" (1951) and "The Gamma People" (1956), for starters.
Hey Terry. Way back in 1998 when I first went to the states I was in LA and went “I must see a film at Graumans Chinese Theatre” on show at the time was the Avengers and Saving Private Ryan. I had no idea about Private Ryan, I had heard no buzz so chose the Avengers. It was a nice cinematic experience sitting in Grauman’s Theatre.. umm the Avengers less so.. 😂
OK, frst off, I LOVE the music. I don't care WHAT this video is about, that film noir soundtrack sucked me in. 🥰🥰 That first collection is interesting. A variety of good, fun, and "let's laugh at it" choices in one box. The second collection is all "public domain" movies. I think businesses just put these together to maintain their bottom line. I have seen every title you mentioned on a dozen collections including Elvira's Movie Macabre and Mystery Science Theater 3000 (original series). Tormented is actually a fun low-budget movie. Wow, that Universal box set looks great. I have a lot of those, of course, but never in a box set. Great post, as usual (even if you are not in LOVE with SInging in the Rain 😁😁).
I have that Cassavetes set but the cover looks different (from Criterion). Also have a very nice Hitchcock set in a velvet feeling case, has many of his 40s and 50s films and all of the 60s and 70s films.
In a manner of speaking, I both do and don't have one of your box sets. My wife picked up the Universal Monster Legacy box for the Dracula series, and from there the Mad Collecting began. Oddly, there was no (known to me) collection of The Phantom, although I have collected every version of The Phantom I can find, including Gerard Butler singing for Joel Schumacher as well as The Phantom Of The Paradise and a Hammer boxed set simply because it included the Herbert Lom rendition. Dracula was a Must Have as I missed the two film set of Lugosi and the Spanish rendition, and I HAD TO HAVE THEM. You understand: I know you do. I've been given (as well as purchased of course) boxed sets of around 100 *yep* movies, all of them out of copyright. One of them is a collection of (drum roll, please) Alfred Hitchcock's silent films (and a couple of TV episodes as well). Of them all, for me, The Lodger is the real keeper, simply because of the understanding of the art of cinema from a different era. (I love the set you have, though; of course, I own those!) I did find the original five films in the Planet Of The Apes series in a boxed blu ray set, and from there began collecting the other films as they came out, along with finding a blu ray of the hated (by others, I adore the silly thing) Tim Burton version. (And the short-lived TV series, although that is "watchable" quality DVD.)
The Spanish Dracula is, for me, better than the Lugosi one. I have the Planet of the Apes movies on DVD, too. I might backfill my Hitchcock collection at some stage.
I have that same Millcreek box of Hitchcock's British films. It's a great way to get all of his silents thru 1930s movies (only missing 1930's "Murder"). I also have the same box as Terry and most of my other favorite titles of his.
_This is the Army_ can be startling to watch for a person born later than the era...if I recall correctly, there are musical numbers with soldiers in drag, musical numbers with soldiers in blackface, musical numbers with soldiers in blackface *and* drag, and probably other things that are not likely to be seen again on film.
Look out for "Madeleine" by Ghost Rhythms - a 2CD "alternative soundtrack" for Vertigo. (They also sell a DVD with the soundtrack sync'ed to the movie). Really great!
That's super interesting to hear that DVD's and Blu-ray discs aren't very prevalent in Japan. As a game collector Japan can be huge money saver if you want a copy of a game and are able to work around the language barrier. Really cool stuff as always. Thanks for sharing.
@@terrytalksmovies Well before my time that was. I'm still bummed I missed my chance to see it on the big screen for it's sixtieth anniversary but fall 2020 had other plans. Haha
@@adambenton9673 I saw it in the 1970s when my local cinema decided to mess with teenaged me. At the time there wasn't a lot of media on a 15 year old movie... so it hit me hard.
I don’t have that Universal collection. I have the Six Universal monster sets ( Frankenstein , Dracula , Wolf man, The Mummy , Invisible Man and Creature from the Black Lagoon )
Universal Monsters - the 'low level coarse language' ... the only thing I can think is maybe it comes from the mouth of Claude Rains' tortured title character in 'The Invisible Man'
@@terrytalksmovies I don't recall precisely the things he says, but I seem to remember he's pretty sharp with the landlady of the inn he retreats to. And he's quite cheeky to the cops on his trail. I'm guessing really.
Hong Kong I found a better city to movie hunt but not as pricey. Still an interesting haul. Mars Attacks is under rated. Roger Corman's War of the Satellites I think was shot in a week. He knew how to turn em out.
That good collection of Hitchcock films. I have lot of his films, because like his style. I found amazing that think The Avengers film Sci fi. That film is awful. I did two panels on films based on TV Show, then TV shows based on films,amazing many ppl didn't know some TV shows were based on Film. Maybe that be good subject to do.
Great overview, Terry. I've got a couple of the same (or nearly the same) box sets. My Blu-Ray set of the Universal Monsters is not as flash as yours (all films are in an amaray case, no foldouts) but has the same films and extras. Of them, the Spanish version of Dracula is a great one. I've also got the [imprint] version of Five, which I really like as it's a very very good no-budget film. As for the Hitchcock box sets, I have all of the films but singly, including some of them on 4K (where they also come with a Blu-Ray). Currently doing the same with my Kubrick box set, replacing the DVDs with Blu-Ray and/or 4K (just Barry Lyndon, Lolita, and Eyes Wide Shut to go). We've (my wife and I) have all of the musicals noted (and lots more) as single DVD/Blu-Rays. Pity she likes Cliff Richard musicals so much, though. As for my favorite box-sets, I sometimes drag out my Jacques Tati, Werner Herzog, and Carl Dreyer DVD sets, and my F W Murnau and Kurosawa Blu-Ray ones. Or one of my anime sets. BTW What you say about Japanese disc prices seems to be the case' I've tried to get Angel's Egg on disc but not at $100 onwards
