JOE29

Bluray.com reveals part 2 of the Vincent Price Collection. The Last Man on Earth, The RAVEN, Tomb of Ligea, Return of the Fly, Comedy of Terrors, and another Dr. Phebes movie. Not as excited about this one as I was the first time. But i'll get it anyway. The first set must have sold pretty well, to add another volume.

PhantomStranger

This is what I have been waiting for since they released the first volume. It will be interesting to see what elements they dig up for The Last Man on Earth, a movie in the public domain. Hopefully they got access to the studio's transfer.

Jory

I have the first three on DVD and I'm not dying to own the rest.

I'll pass unless the extras are good enough to justify what will surely be a hefty price tag.

Paul_SD

They'll be using MGM's (superior) elements for LMoE.
The real question mark is what they will be digging up for HoHH as the original elements are still with Warner.


Kind of a scattershot collection. Even though I like LMoE and HoHH more than any of the other films here, I think I would have preferred to see these remain strictly AIP collections which would cut out HoHH and the fly sequel.
Honestly, this is only a mildly compelling set- any enthusiasm is less because of the films themselves (the Phibes sequel is particularly disappointing in relation to the original) and more because the options for material other than 80's-90's Halloween themed fare seems to be so distressingly limited this year- at least in Region A.
France is supposed to be getting Badham's Dracula in September. I'm sure the UK will see more of the Universal Hammer's (like Curse of The Werewolf) that we will only be getting in a DVD re-release here.

Happier than ever I finally went region free (even though I just got my CC bill in for the Oppo and all those import orders...*ouch*)

Jory

I won't even consider buying that movie again unless the original color is restored. I recently picked up the movie on DVD to fill in the gaps in my Dracula film collection, and I was shocked at how bad it looked.

I understand the director's intent; he wanted to shoot the film in black and white and was denied, but he got the chance to drain the colors from the DVD release to correspond to his original vision. But it just looks awful. I've seen other movies that were shot in color but desaturated to make it look almost as if they were shot in black and white, and it's been done much better. The altered version of Badham's Dracula just looks wrong from start to finish, like something's off with your TV settings.

JOE29

I just pre-ordered the set at Amazon. I figure it's better to pre-order this because as the first set did- the price will increase over time.

wahlers

Based on the list of films provided in Collection #1 that had the Iowa Public Television Introductions, 8 of them are included in Collection #s 1 & 2.

The other 4 that are not in one of these collections, which should hold a firm place in a possible Collection #3, are:

Tales of Terror
Scream and Scream Again
Master of the World
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe

Seven%Solution

What about Theatre of Blood? Surprised that hasn't been released yet.

hanshotfirst1138

So are all of the Corman-Poe films on Blu now?

wahlers

The Premature Burial is not on blu-ray in the US, AFAIK. However, it was the only one that didn't star Vincent Price, so won't be in one of these sets.

Ringmaster

It's already increased from $55 (when I ordered) to $69.99! Amazon these days doesn't keep those pre order sale prices for long it seems.

PhantomStranger

They know a cheap pre-order price will draw traffic when people post it on forums such as this one. I'll wait until after it gets released, Scream Factory has a habit of dumping their BD sets through some retailer at some point.

rw2516

The first Price set has been as low as $35 on Amazon.

Paul_SD

Groupon had a deal for $39.98 just a few weeks after the first volume was released.
Nothing here that I'm in a huge hurry for, so I'll contentedly wait for a similar deal on this one.

Ringmaster

I'm surprised the specs haven't been posted yet. Here ya go!

http://www.fangoria.com/new/full-det...i-blu-ray-set/

HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1.78:1 widescreen)
• New audio commentary by author/historian Steve Haberman
• Theatrical trailer
• Still gallery
• “Vincent Price: Renaissance Man”
• “The Art of Fear”
• “Working with Vincent Price”
• “Introductory Price”

THE RETURN OF THE FLY (2.35:1 widescreen)
• New audio commentary by actor Brett Halsey and film historian David Del Valle
• Theatrical trailer
• TV spot
• Still gallery

THE COMEDY OF TERRORS (2.35:1 widescreen)
• Introduction and parting words by Vincent Price
• “Richard Matheson Storyteller: THE COMEDY OF TERRORS”
• Theatrical trailer
• Still gallery

THE RAVEN (2.35:1 widescreen)
• Introduction and parting words by Vincent Price
• New audio commentary by author/film historian Steve Haberman
• “Richard Matheson Storyteller: THE RAVEN”
• “Corman’s Comedy of Poe”
• Promotional record
• Theatrical trailer
• Still gallery

THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (2.35:1 widescreen)
• New audio commentary by film historian David Del Valle and author Derek Botelho
• “Richard Matheson Storyteller: THE LAST MAN ON EARTH”
• Still gallery

THE TOMB OF LIGEIA (2.35:1 widescreen)
• Introduction and parting words by Vincent Price
• Audio commentary by producer/director Roger Corman
• New audio commentary by actress Elizabeth Shepherd, moderated by Roy Frumkes
• New audio commentary by film historian Constantine Nasr
• Theatrical trailer
• Still gallery

DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (pictured at top; 1.85:1 widescreen)
• Theatrical trailer
• Still gallery

Darth Maher

Has anybody received theirs yet from Scream Factory?

Paul_SD

Reviews are starting to trickle in and it looks like a good set A/V wise.

The big surprise is HoHH is licensed from Warner. Since the print on their DVD release looked first rate, I've no doubt it looks great on this set.

I was content to let this one slide for a while, but after reading these first reviews I'm starting to hope there is a good deal on it sooner rather than later.

Neil M.

It looks like they dropped a couple commentaries from the specs listed above.

Neil M.

Based on one review, the three commentaries are on the Tomb of Ligeia disc. One is not listed on the back. It does look like they dropped the Raven commentary. Also, The Comedy of Terrors still has a missing shot that was also a problem with the Midnite Movies disc. It's always something with Scream.

wahlers

With Tales of Terror coming out on blu-ray next month from Kino, do you think it's a safe bet it will not be in a Collection 3, if it is ever done?

I'd hate to have to doubledip.

BTW, since it was asked about earlier, I did notice Kino is also putting out The Premature Burial in May. It doesn't have Vincent Price, but is the one Roger Corman AIP picture without Price.

hanshotfirst1138

Is Corman's whole Poe cycle on BD now? I remember there were a couple without Price.

wahlers

The Corman Poe Cycle includes the following films:

1. House of Usher (1960)
2. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
3. The Premature Burial (1962)
4. Tales of Terror (1962)
5. The Raven (1963)
6. The Haunted Palace (1963)
7. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
8. The Tomb of Ligeia (1965)

1, 2, 6 & 7 are in the Vincent Price Collection #1.
5 & 8 are in the Vincent Price Collection #2.
3 comes out from Kino in May.
4 comes out from Kino in April.

Only 3 did not feature Price.

Ringmaster

I doubt MGM/FOX would license the movie to two different companies at the same time. Shout Factory will probably release Vol.3 in October (if you follow their established trend) so it's highly unlikely KINO's license would already expire by then.

wahlers

That would be a real shame. Tales of Terror was one the films in the series with the Iowa Public Television introductions. I'd hate to not have those segments. Maybe, even if they can't license the film, Shout Factory would include that footage as an extra in Collection #3.