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Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection!!

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They informed our dreams and nightmares, each and every one. Brilliant actors, craftspeople, and filmmakers combined to deliver these indelible characters who may have died on screen, but they will surely live forever. They are the one and only Universal Classic Monsters.

Now, for the first time ever, all 30 Universal Pictures’ Classic Monster films will be available together on DVD in the “Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection,” available on September 2, 2014, showcasing every original film featuring Hollywood’s most iconic monsters, including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Phantom of the Opera and The Creature from the Black Lagoon!

Everyone knows the names of the great actors who delivered the performances which made the films magnetic in unprecedented fashion: Karloff, Lugosi, Chaney, Jr., Rains, Hull, Lanchester, Rathbone, Carradine, Chapman. Their cinematic presence both individually and collectively stand tall in singular fashion through film history.

With hours of bonus features as well as a 48-page book featuring behind-the-scenes photographs, original posters, rare correspondence and more to enhance the viewing experience, “Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection” includes the following genre masterpieces:

Dracula (1931), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), Frankenstein (1931), Phantom of the Opera (1943), The Mummy (1932), Son of Dracula (1943), The Invisible Man (1933), The Invisible Man’s Revenge (1944), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Mummy’s Ghost (1944), Werewolf of London (1935), House of Frankenstein (1944), Dracula’s Daughter (1936), The Mummy’s Curse (1944), Son of Frankenstein (1939), House of Dracula (1945), The Invisible Man Returns (1940), She-Wolf of London (1946), The Mummy’s Hand (1940), Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), The Invisible Woman (1940), Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951), The Wolf Man (1941), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Revenge of the Creature (1955), Invisible Agent (1942), Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955), The Mummy’s Tomb (1942), The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

BONUS FEATURES:
Behind the Scenes Documentaries
The 1931 Spanish Version of Dracula
Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and Jack Pierce Featurettes
13 Expert Feature Commentaries
Archival Footage
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailers

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Gateway Horror Classic ‘The Gate’ Returns to Life With Blu-ray SteelBook in May

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One of my personal favorite horror movies of all time, 1987’s gateway horror classic The Gate is opening back up on May 14 with a brand new Blu-ray SteelBook release from Lionsgate!

The new release will feature fresh SteelBook artwork from Vance Kelly, seen below.

Special Features, all of which were previously released, include…

  • Audio Commentaries
    • Director Tibor Takacs, Writer Michael Nankin, and Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook
    • Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Craig Reardon, Special Effects Artist Frank Carere, and Matte Photographer Bill Taylor
  • Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview
  • Featurettes:
    • The Gate: Unlocked
    • Minion Maker
    • From Hell It Came
    • The Workman Speaks!
    • Made in Canada
    • From Hell: The Creatures & Demons of The Gate
    • The Gatekeepers
    • Vintage Featurette: Making of The Gate
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • TV Spot
  • Storyboard Gallery
  • Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery

When best friends Glen (Stephen Dorff) and Terry (Louis Tripp) stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen’s backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate — an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what evil they’ve released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it’s now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever . . . if it’s not too late.

If you’ve never seen The Gate, it’s now streaming on Prime Video and Tubi.

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