Product Description
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 HollywoodTarantula, 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
- Theatrical Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
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A quintet of fun '50s science-fiction thrillers from the Universal vaults make their DVD debut in this three-disc set that's sure to please fans of vintage creature features. Arguably, the best of the lot is The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), with Grant Williams as a businessman whose exposure to a radioactive cloud causes him to decrease in size exponentially until he is literally microscopic. Based on a novel by legendary fantasy writer Richard Matheson, director Jack (Creature from the Black Lagoon) Arnold's balance of suspense (Williams' battles with a house cat and common spider) and pathos (the effect his condition has on his marriage) make it one of the most memorable science-fiction films of the decade, and a favorite even of those with only a passing interest in the genre. On the entirely other end of the spectrum is The Mole People (1956), a loopy pulp adventure with John Agar and Hugh (Leave It to Beaver) Beaumont as intrepid adventurers who discover a lost city and the title creatures at a top of a Middle Eastern mountain. Campy to a fault, with a logic-straining script and ridiculous monsters, The Mole People is also a goofy good time for B-movie mavens. Agar, whose faded star power forced him to seek work in low-budget films during the '50s and '60s, also turns up in the effective Tarantula (1955), a fast-paced "big bug" creepshow modeled after Them!. (1954), and featuring a cameo by Clint Eastwood as a jet pilot; the rest of the set is rounded out by the truly wacky Monster on the Campus (1958), with Arthur Franz as a college professor whose exposure to a prehistoric fish turns him into a rampaging Neanderthal, and The Monolith Monsters (1957), about fragments of a meteor that grow to colossal heights when exposed to water and threaten a small desert community. For TV babies that grew up on a steady diet of Saturday afternoon monster movies, The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection offers a nostalgic trip back to those cathode-soaked days, but without the barrage of commercials. The set offers trailers for each film by way of extras, as well as an anamorphic presentation of The Incredible Shrinking Man; the rest of the titles are presented in full screen. -- Paul Gaita
- 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
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 3
