Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime when The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection returns with 5 captivating science fiction films from the golden age of Hollywood! Featuring groundbreaking special effects, these classic films help set the standard for all sci-fi terror to come. Titles include Dr. Cyclops, Cult of the Cobra, The Land Unknown, The Deadly Mantis and The Leech Woman.
Bonus Content:
Disc 1 – Dr. Cyclops:
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 1 – Cult of the Cobra:
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2 – The Land Unknown:
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2 – The Deadly Mantis:
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 3 – The Leech Woman:
- Theatrical Trailer
Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1, 1.33:1, 1.85:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.84 ounces
Director : Nathan Juran, Virgil W. Vogel, Edward Dein, Ernest Schoedsack, Francis D. Lyon
Media Format : NTSC, Black & White, Multiple Formats, Box set, Widescreen
Run time : 6 hours and 34 minutes
Release date : September 6, 2011
Actors : Faith Domergue, Albert Dekker, Craig Stevens, Jock Mahoney, Coleen Gray
Subtitles: : French
Producers : William Alland, Joseph Gershenson, Dale Van Every, Howard Pine
Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Studio : Studio Distribution Services
ASIN : B000VX9WB4
Writers : Martin Berkeley, Laszlo Gorog, David Duncan, Tom Kilpatrick, Jerry Davis
Country of Origin : USA
Number of discs : 3
Customer X –
Man-Eating Plants and “Brain Juice” Consuming Femmes Fatales A-Plenty!
Fun collection of camp, “creature feature”, sci-fi b-movies. My favorites are “Cult of the Cobra”: She’s a primitive snake goddess, but when she moves to NYC, suddenly she has a Dior couture wardrobe, complete with veiled hats and glamorous evening gowns! “The Leech Woman”: She discovers a potion that, when mixed with men’s “brain juice”, makes her young, and, similar to the Cobra Goddess, very glamorous! She also becomes very sexually aggressive! (For the 1950’s.) And “The Deadly Mantis”: The female lead in this film has a “serious” job as a photographer for the Museum of Natural History. Yet when she leaves for an arctic expedition, she’s wearing pearls and high heels!These films are fun to watch for many reasons. (Any film where the gown designer is listed in the opening credits, you know is going to be good!) One specific reason with regard to the three I just mentioned is that they are time capsules of cultural and gender norms of the period. In the 1950’s men were “men”. The worst thing a man could have been was a “sissy”. Women were mostly ornamental, whose only end goal was to land a husband (and then become a bored, suburban housewife). What’s interesting as well about the “cobra” and “leech” women, is that while both are femmes fatales who destroy men, it’s their lust and desire for men which is their undoing. Of course movies are all about fantasy and glamour, (the men are handsome and the women pretty) so one cannot take them too seriously. However these films are not “winking” at the audience. The actors are serious in their roles, which gives the films camp appeal.Yes, some of the creatures are a bit “man in a rubber suit”, but it was a good effort for the time. The “Deadly Mantis” is a particularly effective creature design. The print quality is good and the packaging is even well designed and graphically stylish. Recommended for an evening of good-old-fashioned entertainment.
Bronto154 –
Good nostalgic sci-fi
The movies arrived on three discs in a flip case inside a box with a slipcover. The movies were clear and not muddy or grainy. There werenât any freezes and it didnât seem like they were edited but I canât say for sure since I had never seen them. The audio was clear and included closed captioning subtitles. The discs were secure in the box. Decide for yourself if the movies are any good but I enjoyed them. There is nothing to offend so everyone can watch.
Stacy Baugher –
Excellent entry into the seriesâ¦
This is an excellent collection of movies. As the first American horror film to take advantage of Technicolorâs 3 strip process, the colors of Dr. Cyclops pop nicely on modern televisions. Faith Domergue tantalizes as a follower of the Cult of the Lamians, and Edward Platt, years prior to his role of Chief in Get Smart, surprises as the cult leader. Watch out for Maverickâs Jack Kelly as well. If you like The Cat People, this is in a similar vein. The Land Unknown is standard lost world of dinosaurs fair brought up by a solid music contributions from Henry Mancini. The Deadly Mantis was released at the high of the giant bug movies, and suffers by comparison but is still entertaining. Meanwhile, The Leech Woman has a similar plot to the superior Roger Corman film The Wasp Woman. Still, it is a nice little inclusion.Overall the quality of each movie is higher than you may expect. My ONLY complaint is, the three-disc version I ordered has a nice slip case and fold around style case for the film. Unfortunately, they do not match with my regular case version of Volume 1.I would suggest this purchase for fans of schlock and classic horror, and would go as far as to say I it is a nice collection to get non-classic horror friends to watch.
Gilda Guerrero –
Good
Fun book
Cinnamon –
Good old oldies.
Oh yeah. some creepy crawlies here. The reason I purchased this set is for THE LEECH WOMAN. I always liked this one. Best scene is when she gives her sorry husband the heave-ho in order to get beautiful again. Next, when she has to off the creep when he screams in fear because the beauty wore off. No man would act that way. Believe me you, women have the equipment and could have mange on their faces.The men writing all the crap back in those days proved that they did have any respect for women. Be happy that you in this era because there were no good old days. Women could even be shut away in mental institutes by their men so their men could freely see other women.Dr. Cyclops: slow but interesting when you one’s likes the old movies.Cult of the Cobra: not loaded with the ssssss’s as I was afraid of. I did not intend to watch it but once I began I remembered seeing it years ago. The sssssssss is in shadow only.The Land Unknown: slow, and men acting ridiculous toward the woman. Here’s the reason, us females did not run around nearly nude in those days. Picture the peasants with rakes and pitchforks chasing a young lady down if she wore short shorts in some small town’s.This group sets off for parts unknown within Antarctica but someone else had already crashed there years before and he lost his mind.The ending was nice, they did not leave him behind.The Deadly Mantis: It is the best-made-movie of all of them. Love that mantis. When I was small, my grandma called it the “devil’s riding horse.” So, the ones in charge figure out the claw is from a mantis and go for it. Finally, they trap it in a tunnel and kill it.Now, read this. When I was very young. these movies would make your skin crawl and have you screaming all at once. Science and truth has come a long way since the ’50’s. We know it could never be true. Thank you, Lord, above and guardian angels.
Timothy C. Asbury –
Great creature features!
Takes you back to your childhood years and the Saturday matinees
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mike maddox –
i watched all these movies when i was about 12 or 13 ,i should have been in bed but sneaked down stairs to watch the late night movies,and they did scare me a bit.a good selection of movies starting with a mad doctor he shrinks things ,not his washing,to a deranged woman trying to keep her youth,the cult of the cobra is the secound movie some gi’s witness a secret ceremony and then well you have to watch to find out,the land unknownis next about a navy expidition crashes into a land that is deep under the ocean and full of strange creatures,mayhem.the deadly mantis is a creature feature still worth the popcorn.
Jièf –
D’abord un petit préambule à mon commentaire :UNIVERSAL France nous prend pour des vaches à lait. Je m’explique : la plupart des titres de cette collection (le vol 1 et celui-ci, le vol 2) sont sortis en individuel dans la collection “les étoiles universal”, une série de dvd “à la demande” dispos uniquement sur leur site au début, puis sur d’autre sites internet (mais pas en magasins). La plupart uniquement en vost, très peu avec la piste française, et au prix prohibitif (à mon sens, vu le coté “mineur” des ces titres B) de 12,99⬠hors frais de port.En farfouillant un peu du coté des zone 1, pour peu que l’on soit équipé d’ un lecteur dézoné ou multizones, on trouve tous ces titres à des prix très attractifs, avec les même copies et en vost.Les 10 titres qui composent les 2 volumes de cette collection sont les suivants :VOL 1- The mole people (le peuple taupe, titré en France “le peuple de l’enfer”) sorti chez “Les étoiles UNIVERSAL” (jaquettes bleues) en zone 2.- Tarentula, titre très connu de Jack ARNOLD, sorti en zone 2 chez BACH FILMS dans la collection “UNIVERSAL”.- The incredible shrinking man (l’homme qui rétrécie) sorti entre autre chez UNIVERSAL CLASSICS (jaquettes rouges) en zone 2.- The monolith monsters (titré en France “La cité pétrifiée”) sorti chez “les étoiles UNIVERSAL” en zone 2.- Monster on the campus (titré en France “le monstre des abîmes”) inédit à ma connaissance en France, trouvable en zone 2 Espagne.VOL 2- Dr Cyclops, inédit en France à ma connaissance.- Cult of the cobra (titré en France “le culte du cobra) sorti chez “les étoiles UNIVERSAL” en zone 2.- The Land unknown (le territoire inconnu, titré en France “l’oasis des tempêtes” sorti en France chez “Les étoiles UNIVERSAL” en zone 2.- The Deadly Mantis (la Mante mortelle) inédit en France à ma connaissance.- The leech woman (la femme sangsue) inédit en France à ma connaissance.J’ai acheté le vol 2 à moins de 12,00â¬, pour 5 films, dont 2 que je possédais déjà dans la fameuse collection “Les étoiles UNIVERSAL”. Mais le prix très bas fait que cela restait tout de même intéressant pour les 3 titres que je ne possédais pas.Pour ceux qui n’ auraient pas les 10 titres (ou très peu), l’achat du coffret qui regroupe les 2 volumes est recommandable : on le trouve au moment où j’écris ce commentaire à un peu moins de 45,00â¬.Ne cherchez pas le vol 1 tout seul : vous risquez de ne pas le trouver, sauf peut -être en occasion, pour la simple raison que ce coffret était vendu aux US exclusivement dans une chaine de magasins (Best Buy).Le présent coffret est composé d’un très beau digipack, 3 volets, sérigraphié, recouvert d’un surétui colore et sérigraphié translucide du plus bel effet. Ca a été une très belle surprise pour le collectionneur que je suis.Les copies sont de bonne qualité dans l’ensemble et vont du correct au très bon. A noter un film en couleur : Dr Cyclops.Toutes les copies sont en vost, pas de bonus, mais les B.A de chaque film.- Dr Cyclops : un physicien fou réduit la taille de ses confrères qui dénoncent ses agissements…- Cult of the cobra : Des Militaires américains revenus à la vie civile sont victimes d’une vengeance d’une secte du serpent…- The land unknown : Une expédition en Antarctique, découvre dans un cratère un monde tropical préhistorique…- The Deadly Mantis : Une Mante religieuse géante qui s’est libérée d’un iceberg arctique, entreprend de s’attaquer au humains et à leurs cités…- The leech woman : La quête de l’éternelle jeunesse va mener à leur perte un groupe de personnes et plus particulièrement une femme…Voilà , profitez de ce(s) coffret(s) si vous êtes amateurs de bonnes séries B classiques et bons visionnages…
Dale Roberts –
All five movies are high quality prints and good fun for B movie enthusiasts.
D. Frew –
pretty enjoyable black and white films.