Brent L

Any new information concerning any of this?

Brett C

A review for the Frankenstein set,

http://www.dvdangle.com/reviews/review.php?Id=3491


My DVD Collection

EPKJ

Well, that review makes it clear that this is a great release. The only flaw mentioned was the menu arrangement, so it appears that Universal has come up with a winning marketing strategy for their monster movies.

TomOpus

Nice review. Just makes me want the Legacy Gift Set all the more.

Muir Hewitt

I wonder if Universal will give a DVD release to the documentary that had a Kenneth Branagh voiceover and was a history of Universal horror through the years? I can't remember the exact title, but it had a VHS release in England a couple of years back.

evenswr

That'd be Universal Horror (1998). Turner Classic Movies usually shows it every year around Halloween, and you're right, it's a great documentary about the history of the Universal horror films. It'd be great to see it on DVD.

shill66

Universal Horror was also released on laserdisc, if I recall correctly.

Megatron

anyone picked up the heroes of horror dvd image put out.

Brent L

Is Amazon likely to be the best price for the set? What do you think Best Buy will have it as when it comes out?

(Right now BB has it at $70+ on the web site.)

Muir Hewitt

DVD Savant says that the Bride of Frankenstein has now had a new transfer for this Frankenstein Legacy Set! Great news!!

NaturalMystic79

Are the Frankenstein movies really scary, or just classics because they started it all as far as these genre of movies go? I'm debating whether to blind buy this.

Muir Hewitt

Buy it they're classics that every movie fan worthy of the name should have in their collection.

By the standards of schlock horrors of today they are mild in their scary quality but some of them have genuine moments that jolt!

Julie Walker

Not scary at all anymore...but Bride of Frankenstein is terrific entertainment all the way..& works as a black comedy,which is really is. Thus is is fun,but with some dramatic poignant moments that really hit home.

The original Frankenstein may seem very slow by todays standards..& it is alittle creeky at some spots. But still a classic film with some effective moments.

TomOpus

Yes, I have it. Highly recommended.

darkside

The Monster films were very scary in the 1930's when they were made, but they will not seem that way today. Doesn't take away from the greatness of these films.

EPKJ

For me, these films are pure nostalgia. They bring back pleasant childhood memories.

baracine

There's a lot of talk about the "old" version being badly cropped. I just watched it again last night. The famous crucifixion scene seems OK to me. You can see Karloff's head the whole time. The only scene where his head is cut off is when he meets the Female Monster and approaches her from behind by climbing down a few stairs. Is this enough to warrant buying a whole new set of the "Frankenstein" movies? I own all of them on individual Universal releases.

Muir Hewitt

These movies are great they remind me of Famous Monsters of Filmlandand Castle of Frankenstein the mags I used to read as a young lad!!

Apparently they're goiung to make a movie about Forrest J Ackerman and the bizarre twists in his life anyone know about this?

Muir Hewitt

An excellent book on the subject of classic horror movies is Hollywood Horror by Mark A. Vieira published by Abrams
ISBN 081094535.

Keith123

I have the book, "Universal Horrors The Studio's Classic Films, 1931 - 1946" by Brunas/Weaver. Has a review of each horror movie with tons of behind the scenes info and some cool B/W pics. And it is over 600 pages!

Info on the OOP(?) book at Amazon.com link

baracine

All the important developing info on the Legacy Sets is on this other thread:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...postid=4773555

What transpires right now is that the reviewers are probably unduly ecstatic about the new sets which have no new significant features to offer compared to the "Classic Monster Collection", and are schackled with unyielding menus.

Furthermore the claim that The Bride has a new transfer that solves all its framing problems could be bogus. There is nothing wrong, frame-wise, with the existing Bride when you watch it on a computer screen for instance.

The rest is all wishful thinking. We'll have to wait and see.

P.S.: To anyone born after 1990: The "bride" in question has nothing to do with Quentin Tarantino. She's another bride and, all things considered, she's a much nicer creation...

Brent L

I wonder if $50 is the best price that we'll see for this.

QuiGonJosh

$50-$60 sounds perfectly reasonable for 6 discs...13 movies...and 3 Busts...

EPKJ

14 movies. That makes it an even better deal.