http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...item_id=764321

All of the descriptions of this box set I've seen say that the films are in Full Frame. Can anybody verify this info?

Cheers.

according to the dvdtalk review:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=19704

Frankenstein is indeed Full Frame, while Dracula is widescreen (1.85:1)

Thanks for the heads up. I tried to google a review of this and I didn't get any results. Pretty funny that a review was on dvdtalk all along...

I checked the box at the store, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is indeed full frame. My guess is that the box set was only released to unload extra stock. The initial release of Frankenstein was a flipper with an anamorphic widescreen version on one side and a full frame version on the other. The movie was rereleased some time ago with only the full frame version, and that disc started appearing in bargain bins (I've seen it in the $5.88 bin at Wal-Mart). My guess is that even at the reduced price, it wasn't selling (possibly because it's full frame only) and Sony was left sitting on a bunch of unsold copies. This is merely conjecture, of course.

I picked up a copy of the original release (with the widesceen version) at Borders about a week ago for 50% off (it was on their clearance table).

I picked up the OOP original release of Frankenstein (full screen/widescreen) at FYE for $9.99 a few months ago. It is definitely becoming much harder to find. I'm kind of surprised they never released this as a Superbit.