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Old 06-12-07 | 04:54 PM
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Universal Monsters double features -7/24/07

These are due on July 24th according to Amazon.

Son of Frankenstein / Ghost of Frankenstein

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man / House of Frankenstein

Dracula's Daughter / Son of Dracula

The Mummy's Hand / The Mummy's Tomb

Werewolf of London / She-Wolf of London

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Old 06-12-07 | 05:07 PM
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Great titles! Already have them in the larger collection but they are so much fun.
Old 06-12-07 | 05:18 PM
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Already have them. Wish we could get new stuff.
Old 06-12-07 | 05:43 PM
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I presume that these are simply reissues of the double features that were released way back in 2001. Great for those who missed out though...
Old 06-12-07 | 07:41 PM
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I'm making the same assumption as well - re-release of the old double features. It's the exact same art.

The Universal Monster films are some of my all-time favorites, but the Legacy Collections, I think, are the way to go on these. Really cool packaging and you get the touchstone films in addition to these sequels.

I'd like to see Universal release a 75th Anniversary Edition of The Mummy [I started a thread about this a week or so ago]. I'd also like to see them return to their Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi Collections for some bonus features. The all-time Universal classic The Black Cat is just begging for a commentary track and documentary.
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The one advantage of buying these is no dual sided, dual layered discs. Those have been problematic for many buyers. They can put the double features on a single DVD9.

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I still have the earlier versions. Unless they've re-authored them: you are prompted to choose which movie to watch, once you choose one, you can't get to the second feature without first ejecting the disc and starting over.
Old 06-12-07 | 09:41 PM
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$10 is a much better price for these than when they were first released.
Old 06-12-07 | 10:07 PM
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I see the first films in each series are being rereleased as well. But wouldn't that mean Frankenstein for example has the bad audio mix that is heavily filtered of 'noise'? If so,I wouldn't bother buying them and get the Legacy releases(either the full series sets,or stand alone SE releases).
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Yes I need just this one-Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man / House of Frankenstein.
Old 06-12-07 | 11:31 PM
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DVDEmpire has the listings for the reissues of the single films.

Bride of Frankenstein

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Dracula

Frankenstein

The Invisible Man

The Mummy

The Wolf Man

These are all released the same day as Monster Squad. Coincidence?
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Originally Posted by Julie Walker
I see the first films in each series are being rereleased as well. But wouldn't that mean Frankenstein for example has the bad audio mix that is heavily filtered of 'noise'? If so,I wouldn't bother buying them and get the Legacy releases(either the full series sets,or stand alone SE releases).
What's the difference between the Legacy releases and the 75th anniversary releases? I know the Legacy sets have all the extra movies, but is that the only difference? I've actually never really seen any of these, but I'm interested in checking out at least some of the big ones. I'm just not sure what DVDs I should go with.
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I really wish they'd release "House of Dracula" on stand alone DVD. Its the only film that is ONLY available in the multi-movie set.
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I really wish they'd release "House of Dracula" on stand alone DVD. Its the only film that is ONLY available in the multi-movie set.
The only Dracula one. Both Invisible Man and Creature sequels are only available in the sets also.
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Yeah, instead of third rehashes, they should give us Phantasm II or hell even The Phantom of the Opera, which fewer people have than those movies.
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Can someone tell me if the Creature Legacy Collection uses dual sided discs?
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Can someone tell me if the Creature Legacy Collection uses dual sided discs?
Nope, I have it, and neither disc is dual sided.

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Cool, thanks for the info.
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I'm not buying these titles a fourth time! I'll hold out hope for future Legacy sets.
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I'm not buying these titles a fourth time! I'll hold out hope for future Legacy sets.
Exactly.
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I, personally couldn't possibly hold out. The Legacy sets are such a good price and you got so much value in them, I bought them all except The Invisible Man because I don't know if I'd dig those ones.
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Any stores stocking these new releases?
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I have not seen these DvD's in any stores yet DarthPrime.

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