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I've been alerted to a couple of studio's Hallowe'en disc plans, as posted on the very well informed Classic Horror Film Board, repeated from Creepy Classics: "Two new horror box sets are coming to DVD this fall, from Columbia and Fox. The Columbia set will include The Werewolf (1956 with Steven Rich), Creature with the Atom Brain (1955 with Richard Denning), Zombies of Mora Tau (1957), The Giant Claw (1957). An unannounced additional title turns out to be a single chapter of the 1951 serial Mysterious Island and a couple of short subjects, according to Sony exec Mike Schlesinger. The suggested retail price will be around 24.95. They will not be released separately. The Fox set will include Chandu the Magician (1932 with Bela Lugosi as Roxor), The Undying Monster (1942), The Lodger (1944 with Laird Cregar), Hangover Square (1945, also with Cregar) and Man Hunt (1941 with Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine and Roddy McDowell)."
The Fox collection veers away from pure Hallowe'en content ... I mean, Man Hunt is a Fritz Lang film noir. But Savant is not complaining, as most of the titles are very desirable. I was told earlier that Sony was going to put out Peter Lorre's wonderful The Face Behind the Mask this year, so I'm curious what's going on about that ...
Also, new specs on the three new Leone special editions (Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Duck You Sucker) due June 5 indicate mono tracks as well as new stereo remixes, a good call that should please fans wanting to hear as well as see prime Leone. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly will be the same exact release as before, however.
Posted by DVD Savant at May 29, 2007 01:38 PM