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Rating:  - NOW THIS IS SCI-FI
I watched these classics as a kid and I can tell you they are just as good now as they were then. I was glad to see they finally were affordable.
Rating: - Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection Vol 1 and 2
Great fun. The 1950's was such a time of paranoia and the editors of the video have chosen some of the best examples of this. Nuclear testing, space invaders, communism mind control...they're all here, tied up in a neat little package. The collection itslf is well done, with screaming women on each disc. Each movie also includes the theatrical trailers, which are great. Familiar faces of 50's sci-fi are all here. John Agar, Grant Williams, Faith Domergue, Craig Stevens and even Troy Donahue. Grab some popcorn and sit back for an evening of pure entertainment. The only thing I'd warn you about is that these movies are highly addictive. You can't watch just one.
Rating: - 50s SF HORROR CRAZY
A kid in the 1950s, I loved SF horror. After the box office successes of "It Came From Outer Space" and "The Creature from the Black Lagoon," Universal (followed by Columbia) churned out SF horror regularly under an in-studio production team headed by producer William Alland and director Jack Arnold. This SF-horror collection pulls together ten of Universal's pictures. Watch, and be surprised at how competently these films were made, from succinct scripts to more-than-adquate genre action to cinematography to snappy editing. Pop the corn, pour the drinks, and enjoy.
Rating:  - Technical Difficulties
Is anyone else having technical difficulties with this set? My DVD player is unable to read Disc One of each set. The other discs play fine, but when I try to play Disc One I get the message "Wrong Disc Type" and my player actually spits it out. Come on, The Mole People isn't that bad. I've already exchanged the set once and had the same problem. Is there something I'm missing???
Rating: - Sci-Fi Ultimate 10-Movie Collection
Well worth the wait! Congratulations to Universal for a very fine set!
I'm too young to remember the theatrical releases of these films, but I saw them on television as a kid--as one reviewer remarked--commercials and all! Remember all those late-night giant creature movies that always started out with "UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL"? Well, that is what we have here, except the transfers are gorgeous; much better than they looked on the tube:
Tarantula
The Mole People
Incredible Shrinking Man
Monolith Monsters
Monster on the Campus
Dr. Cyclops
Cult of the Cobra
Land Unknown
Deadly Mantis
Leech Woman
Get this collection while it lasts! Well worth the $41.99! A great way to add two new John Agar titles to the old collection...and packaged in box art that I actually can say is pretty darned cool!
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