In the wake of the Warner Bros. Archive Collection, it now seems that Universal are taking a similar tack to get some of their more obscure genre films into the market. First up, available either for individual purchase or as a box set, are House Of Horrors (1946), The Mad Ghoul (1943), The Mad Doctor Of Market Street (1942), The Strange Case Of Dr Rx (1942), and – hallelujah! – Murders In The Zoo (1933). I guess I’ll finally be able to do something about those screenshots.
In related news, Warners have finally opened up their online store to overseas customers, although their shipping costs are essentially prohibitive. However, all of the Warners and Universal discs are available through the Turner Classic Movies store (as are some RKO films; so far no genre entries, though); and they now seem to be available through Amazon, as well. So shop around.
Edited to add: After an earlier disappointment, we now have a new release date for the long-awaited (well…long-awaited by me) Special Edition of John Bud Cardos’s Kingdom Of The Spiders. Coming from Shout! Factory on 19th January next year, this release will include a new interview with William Shatner, plus a commentary by Cardos and others and a featurette on Jim Brockett, the production’s spider-wrangler.
On 1st December, Shout! Factory will also be releasing Volume XVI of MST3K, containing The Corpse Vanishes, Warrior Of The Lost World, Night Of The Blood Beast and (just in time for Christmas) Santa Claus. The first pressing will also contain a Tom Servo figurine.
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#1 by The Rev. D.D. on November 20, 2009 - 11:18 pm
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Feel free to update the screenshots, but don’t take away the pretty snakeys!
Not that I think you would, but I’m just putting it out there.
#2 by lyzard on November 20, 2009 - 11:47 pm
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It’s okay: I already had that thought!
(I won’t.)
#3 by The Rev. D.D. on November 22, 2009 - 11:10 am
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Somewhat related…
That show I mentioned in the other thread, with the mamba-catchers…I imagine you’ve heard of Thea Litschka-Koen and her husband Clifton, who run a reptile park in Swaziland and recently started radio tracking black mambas? I hadn’t until this show, but what very cool people they are. I have a feeling they’d be your kind of people; I know they’re mine.
I don’t know if you get PBS shows in Australia, like “Nature,” but if you have a chance to see the episode with these two, there are plenty of “Awww, snakey!” moments, especially with the hatchlings.
Of course, there’s a few “AAAAAAAAAA GAPING BLACK VOID OF DEATH!!!!” moments too, but that’s to be expected with black mambas.
#4 by Alaric on November 22, 2009 - 3:41 pm
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Given the number of movies mentioned, this seems like as good a place as any to post a link to THE VON SHOLLY HISTORY OF MONSTERS, on YouTube. Just thought some of you might enjoy it.