Classic Monsters: Complete 30 Film Collection - August 28, 2018

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by joltman

This isn't literally just going to be a box around all of the individual releases, is it? I would hope it will at least be in smaller packaging as the reason to get the full set would be to save shelf space.

A box around all of the individual legacy sets and the 48-page book was how it was repackaged for the DVD release. Since this set seems to include duplicates, I would think that this release will be packaged similar to the DVD.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by crissrudd4554

Same here. Good times collecting these. The covers were AMAZING!!

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There was another one in the series-Murders In the Zoo. It and Island of Lost Souls stood out because they were Paramount titles. The Blu-ray release of IoLS came from Criterion. I don't know who has the rights to Murders (still Universal, I'm guessing) but like Island it's Pre-Code and pretty brutal. Especially it's opening sequence. IIRC, it was released on DVD as part of a TCM boxset.

[crissrudd4554]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

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There was another one in the series-Murders In the Zoo. It and Island of Lost Souls stood out because they were Paramount titles. The Blu-ray release of IoLS came from Criterion. I don't know who has the rights to Murders (still Universal, I'm guessing) but like Island it's Pre-Code and pretty brutal. Especially it's opening sequence. IIRC, it was released on DVD as part of a TCM boxset.

Murders in the Zoo was part of the Universal Horror Classics Collection which came after the Universal Monsters Classic Collection.

[critterdvd]

Originally Posted by Bolty

Up for Amazon pre-order $199.99



Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection Blu-ray

31 movies

I'm almost 100% certain that $199.99 is the MSRP. If that's the case with Amazon's normal discounting I could see this being $120-140 on release day...

[Bolty]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I still have some of those 8mm films:

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I had the Frankenstien Meets the Wolfman!

Hadn't see that in 40 years. Are they collector's items I wonder.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by crissrudd4554

Murders in the Zoo was part of the Universal Horror Classics Collection which came after the Universal Monsters Classic Collection.

You're right. That's what I get for trusting my memory.

[crissrudd4554]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

You're right. That's what I get for trusting my memory.

It’s all good. Even with the second collection it had artwork that was still in vain with the first collection so it’s easy to confuse the two.

[bb8977]

Originally Posted by critterdvd

I'm almost 100% certain that $199.99 is the MSRP. If that's the case with Amazon's normal discounting I could see this being $120-140 on release day...

Amazon.ca have this listed for $160 at the moment !

[Tom Servo]

Well, at least I only got two of the legacy sets so far. I guess I'll try to unload those somewhere and go for this set when it's on sale for under $100. Too many dupes to continue buying the other sets.

[stvn1974]

Going to wait for a Halloween sale.

[Bolty]

I just realized....

The Frankenstein and Wolf Man sets contain a disc with FMW, HoF and HoD

...and the Dracual set contains a different disc with only HoF and HoD.

Is that right?

[crissrudd4554]

Originally Posted by Tom Servo

Well, at least I only got two of the legacy sets so far. I guess I'll try to unload those somewhere and go for this set when it's on sale for under $100. Too many dupes to continue buying the other sets.

This set will still have dupes although the Creature and Invisible Man sets coming out won’t.

[GasmaskAvenger]

Shit i'm tempted to dump my Dracula set in favor of this big ol' set.

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by smithb

I checked the existing sets and what is currently stated for the two new individual sets, and it looks like there will be 19 distinct disks (20 if you include Phantom of the Opera).

I believe there are only 3 duplicate discs. Two extra A&C meet Frankenstein and one extra Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man/House of Frankenstein/House of Dracula disc. (On the Dracula legacy set, there is a disc with just House of Frankenstein/House of Dracula but the movies are larger files - so that disc is a keeper and different)

Originally Posted by Bolty

Lots of questions....

Is CFTBL 2 discs or 3. (This site says 3)
Will Phantom be included?

If Creature is 3 discs then it's 24 discs (with 4 duplicate) + 1 Phantom disc = 25

If Creature is 2 discs then it's 23 discs (with 4 duplicate) + 1 Phantom disc = 24

The latter seems more likely.

This set is a pure repack of the legacy sets in a slipcase with the addition of a Phantom. It'll be just like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfur..._this_box_set/

[crissrudd4554]

Strange that that DVD set still packaged the DVDs with the slips. Mine didn’t do that.

[smithb]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

I believe there are only 3 duplicate discs. Two extra A&C meet Frankenstein and one extra Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man/House of Frankenstein/House of Dracula disc.

There are three A&C meets Frankenstein, one in each Frankenstein, Wolf Man, and Dracula.

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by smithb

There are three A&C meets Frankenstein, one in each Frankenstein, Wolf Man, and Dracula.

Yes, that is exactly why I said two EXTRA.

[smithb]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

Yes, that is exactly why I said two EXTRA.

Your right, I misinterpreted it.

You mentioned the House of Frankenstein/House of Dracula (double) as having larger files sizes then the Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man/House of Frankenstein/House of Dracula (triple) disc, did you by chance verify that? I only ask because that would have required a different encoding for those movies, and many times when something like this happens they keep the same encoding and just use less disk space.

[afr52]

The only thing I'm concerned about is how Universal will package these 24 discs. Will it be one of those cardboard sleeve packages that scratch the discs? Universal must be getting tired of replacing damaged discs by now. Will they instead use three 8 disc blu-ray cases with a large enough cardboard slip case? Maybe I'll just stick with the individual legacy sets that use regular cases. Still hoping that THE BLACK CAT, THE RAVEN, and THE INVISIBLE RAY get a blu-ray release in my lifetime. And then, once I have bought all these, and only then will Universal start releasing these in 4K and I'll have to start the vicious wallet draining cycle all over again.

[SMOOT]

Originally Posted by smithb

You mentioned the House of Frankenstein/House of Dracula (double) as having larger files sizes then the Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man/House of Frankenstein/House of Dracula (triple) disc, did you by chance verify that? I only ask because that would have required a different encoding for those movies, and many times when something like this happens they keep the same encoding and just use less disk space.

There are (at least, were) a couple sites that gave the disc space to compare the Meets Wolf Man/House of Frank/House of Drac Blu-ray to the House of Frank/House of Drac Blu-ray on the Dracula set.

I read it over a year ago, but I believe House of Frank was some 7+% higher bit rate and House of Drac around 10+% higher. Don't quote me on that, but the point is that the double disc Blu-ray did have a higher bit rate for both House movies when compared to the triple disc Blu-ray that contained Meets Wolf Man.