There’s nowhere to run and nowhere to hide with The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection! This fascinating collection will shock, terrify and captivate you with five film favorites from the golden age of Hollywood—Tarantula, The Mole People, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Monolith Monsters and Monster on the Campus. Featuring amazing, groundbreaking special effects, these classics set the standard for all sci-fi terror to come!
Bonus Content:
Disc 1 – Tarantula:
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 1 – The Mole People:
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2 – The Incredible Shrinking Man:
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2 – The Monolith Monsters:
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 3 – Monster on the Campus:
- Theatrical Trailer
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Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1, 1.78:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.84 ounces
Media Format : NTSC, Black & White
Run time : 6 hours and 35 minutes
Release date : February 16, 2016
Actors : John Agar, Grant Williams, Joanna Moore
Subtitles: : English
Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Studio : Universal
ASIN : B000IV9CDM
Country of Origin : USA
Number of discs : 3
Bronto154 –
Great nostalgic collection
These discs came securely packaged in three clamshells in a box with a slipcover. All movies were clear and they werenât muddy or grainy. There were no skips or edits although Iâd never seen them before so if they were edited ai couldnât tell. The audio was clear and there is closed captioning subtitles. I believe they had the previews and production notes but Iâm going from memory. As far as the content of the movies there is nothing to offend but youâll have to decide for yourself how good the actual movies are. I liked them to varying degrees and they are good for all ages.
Jerryasbury –
Old School Classics
Very happy with this selection of movies all together! Highly recommend……
xxxxxxxxxxxx –
Enjoyable
They are all well acted and very watchable except The MoLe People, though at the very end was better. My favorite is the Incredible Shrinking Man, have liked it since a child, so unique, and sad. I had never seen Monster on Campus, and it was good.
A Hermit –
Five stars, for the camp value alone (some spoilers)
This set is a B-movie marathon, so many cliche’s in each feature, but at the time of these films, this was cutting edge. They didn’t wow the audience on the scale of, say, the original “War Of The Worlds,” but they were films which pushed the boundaries of what was considered to be normal.Disc One: “Tarantula,” (1955) was directed by Jack Arnold, starring Leo G. Carrol. A story of a scientist who is looking down the road, at the future of the human race; the population is growing, and within fifty years there could very well be too many people to feed. Make your crops bigger, and you can feed more people. But as well, testing is being done on various animals, to see how different ones react to this agent – this way the farmers know what to do with their animals when this becomes commonplace. One of the creatures being tested is a tarantula…why you would want to supersize a spider is beyond me, but this is the case. During a fight which ensues (a byline in the story), the spider escapes, and since different creatures react differently, this little beast is the size of a dog when it escapes. In no time, it’s bigger than a house, and everything is tried to kill, or at least, stop it.”The Mole People,” (1955) directed by Virgil Vogel, is one of the absolute CHEESIEST films of all time; a race of people who live underground, and have, as their slaves, creatures which resemble humans, but have no human features to their faces. They have large clawed hands and hump-backs. They clearly look like costumes, and the people who enslave them look like Star Wars – Dungeons And Dragons rejects. Bad acting and a confusing ending make it a low-budget treat.Disc Two: “The Incredible Shrinking Man” (1956) also directed by Jack Arnold. A somewhat tall, strapping man, due to accidentally inhaling a strange substance, combined with his own body chemistry, causes him to gradually shrink. Soon, he is living in a doll house his wife had to buy so he could sleep safely, as the cat is now seeing him as prey. Even though it’s slightly comical, it is a very good script, exceptionally well-written, and very philosophical in nature. When the leading man is believed to be dead by his wife (she thinks the cat killed him), he is actually trapped in the basement, the size of an insect, reduced to trying to take the bait from a mouse trap to avoid starving to death. After winning a death battle with a spider, he shrinks to microscopic, and eventually atomic size, and we wonder just what happens to him after. But the narration talks of all this in the past tense, so just what happens to him?”The Monolith Monsters,” (1956) directed by John Sherwood, is probably the most credible of these stories. A strange stone-like substance drops from the sky, and very quickly grows when exposed to water. These stones grow into giant pillars and tumble to the ground, shattering and the pieces grow into new ones. As they grow, they fall over and crush and destroy everything around them. So the town’s officials have to band together and figure how to stop this before it destroys their home town.”Monster On Campus” (1957) is another Jack Arnold film, the least original of the five featured films, simply a variation on the Jekyll/Hyde story. Nobody knows the main character’s alter ego, they just want to know who has been attacking everyone in town. Eventually his secret is discovered at the film’s conclusion.I have appeared to give the stories away, but in films this cheesy, knowing the outcomes still doesn’t spoil them. They are for the B-movie afficinados who enjoy cheap monster movies. But, as a real plus, all of these films, without exception, are beautifully restored to pristine quality. The original Godzilla film (“Gojira” 1954), as an example, looks like it was filmed during a blizzard, with all the white blotches all over the place. The films in this set are completely devoid of this flaw. They are of the highest quality, with nice, clear sound as well.This is a fairly inexpensive movie marathon for those nights when there isn’t much to do. Get some junk food and sit back.
Gilda Guerrero –
cute
very cute
Manderly –
AWESOME `50’S SCI-FI CAMP CLASSICS!!
Tarantula (1955)Professor Gerald Deemer (Leo G. Carroll) has been working on a special nutrient to help ease a predicted food shortage that is expected to come with the increase in human population. His experiments have been moderately successful but there have been some failures as a result. One day while he is gone, two of his colleagues inject themselves with the nutrient with disastrous results and die a few days later. One however goes mad and injects Deemer with the formula! During a struggle, a giant tarantula injected with the formula escapes its cage and grows even larger and starts to attack cattle as well as human beings.The Mole People (1956)So it starts out with an archaeological team in the 50’s that stumbles upon this underground civilization of a lost dynasty of Sumerians, who have apparently failed to evolve over the past 5,000 years. The plot becomes a bit fuzzy here, but pretty much only three people survive. The albinos decide to sacrifice these three survivors, but they escape. One of them dies, but the other two Dr. Bentley (John Agar) and Dr. Bellamin (Hugh Beaumont) escape by shining a flashlight in the albinos and mole people’s faces. Wait- who are these mole people? They are mutant humanoid mole-type creatures that are the mistreated slaves of the albinos and resemble the sand people from Star Wars. Just like the albinos, living underground has made them highly sensitive to light. The Sumerian Priest (Alan Napier) believes that the flashlight is the sacred fire of their goddess, Ishtar. They come to believe that Bentley and Bellamin are messengers of Ishtar. They give Bentley a slave, a beautiful woman named Adad (Cynthia Patrick) who is shunned by the albinos because of her tan skin. Of course, she and Bentley fall in love and he promises to take her with him when they escape.The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)Scott Carey (Grant Williams) and his wife Louise (Randy Stuart) are sunning themselves on their cabin cruiser. While his wife is below deck, a low mist passes over him. Scott, lying in the sun, is sprinkled with glittery particles that quickly evaporate. Later he is accidentally sprayed with an insecticide while driving and, in the next few days, he finds that he has begun to shrink. First just a few inches, so that his clothes no longer fit, then a little more. Soon he is only three feet tall, and a national curiosity. At six inches tall he can only live in a doll’s house and even that becomes impossible when the cat breaks in! Scott flees to the cellar, his wife thinks he has been eaten by the cat and the door to the cellar is closed, trapping him in the littered room where, menaced by a giant spider, he struggles to survive. The most celebrated of director Jack Arnold’s science fiction films and a VERY welcome addition to dvd!The Monolith Monsters (1957)A strange black meteor crashes near the town of San Angelo and litters the countryside with fragments. When a storm exposes these fragments to water, they grow into skyscraper-sized monoliths! Which then topple and shatter into thousands of pieces that grow into monoliths themselves and repeat the process. Any humans in the way are crushed or turned into human statues. The citizens of San Angelo desperately try to save themselves and the world from the spreading doom.Monster On The Campus (1958)A college professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a prehistoric fish. While examining the find he is accidentally exposed to its blood, turning him into a murderous Neanderthal! And then begins to stalk the college campus, thus bringing us Monster on the Campus!Get the pop-corn, soft drinks, and maybe even a pizza for a night of classic b-movie fun as this awesome collection of `50’s way-out sci-fi thrillers will take you back to the days of goofy gigantic spiders, weird eyed monsters, and lots of classic nostalgia! Highly recommended for collectors of classic sci-fi and `50’s camp! I’m lovin’ it! It’s hard to believe that I got this set from […] back in May for just under $[…] bucks and now it’s discontinued and is being offered at prices ranging from $[…] and up! Talk about a fast seller!
Amazon Customer –
Very funny. We laughed all the way through.
Totally nostalgic, like from the old drive-in movies.
Raul G –
Universal pone a la venta este paquete con cinco clásicos de la ciencia ficción cincuentera, separadas en 3 discos.Cada DVD tiene un pequeño menu al inicio que deja seleccionar cada pelÃcula, solo eso, la presentación es austera pero para ser pelÃculas de serie b la verdad es que la imagen no esta nada mal, no contiene extras y el audio es solo en ingles sin subtÃtulos al español.Todas los discos estan en region 1 por lo que deberán tener un reproductor compatible para reproducirlos.La entrega llego antes de lo previsto y sin ningún problema.
ANTONIO BENITEZ TAPIA –
Estas pelÃculas las vi en mi juventud, y mucho las disfrute, ahora las vuelvo a gozar. excelente audio y video, muy buena imagen.muy buenos tÃtulos, para los aficionados a la fantasia y ciencia ficción, muy recomedables. Ojalá las programaran con subtitulosen español, pues únicamente contienen subtitulos en inglés, aunque se le entiden bien