Mill Creek has announced their DVD and Blu-ray releases for September. Two of the releases are of the multi-movie collection variety. I haven’t checked every movie in the collections, but they look to be retreads of a lot of the movies you typically see in these collections. Movies like The Wasp Woman that find their way on to every release. So if you’re someone who already owns a few of these different collections, these likely won’t be anything new for you. If you don’t own any however, then these could be a good pickup. You can usually find them for about $10 and they’re certainly worth that.

Aside from the collections, Mill Creek is releasing two titles in September that I’m pretty excited about. One is the 60th Anniversary release of The Creature with the Atom Brain. This one was released about 8 years ago by Sony on their Icons of Horror Collection – Sam Katzman release, but that’s a fairly hard set to find. It’s not super rare or anything, but you usually have to pay about $20 for it. This cheaper release from Mill Creek is very much welcome. The other release I’m super stoked about is Spaced Invaders on Blu-ray! I haven’t seen this in ages, but I loved it as a kid. I can’t wait to re-visit it.

Release specifics below…

Spaced Invaders (DVD & Blu-ray)
(1990) – Color – 1 Hour 41 Minutes – Rated PG
Starring Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards, J.J. Anderson, Gregg Berger, Wayne Alexander
Synopsis:
It’s a close encounter of the hilarious kind when five of the universe’s coolest aliens crash-land on planet Earth! Piloted by an ultra- hip Martian, the cosmic crew ends up in a sleepy Midwestern town. Unfortunately, its Halloween night and the citizens mistake these spaced invaders for harmless trick-or-treaters. Instead of the global invasion they planned on, these misguided Martians bungle their way into a series of madcap misadventures! Get set for an outrageous blast of intergalactic fun and outlandish special effects in this wacked-out comedy-adventure!

Creature With the Atom Brain (60th Anniversary Series DVD)
(1955) – B&W – 1 Hour 10 Minutes – No Rating
Starring Richard Denning, Angela Stevens and S. John Launer
Synopsis:
From the pen of the legendary Curt Siodmak (The Wolf Man, Donovan’s Brain) and director Edward L. Cahn (It! The Terror From Beyond Space) comes this smash-bang thriller starring Richard Denning (Creature From The Black Lagoon) as a police doctor hot on the trail of a mob boss who’s hired an ex-Nazi scientist to re-animate his dead thugs to do more dirty work!

Attack of the Killer “B’s”
10 B-Movie Collection (DVD)
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
Starring Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen
(1956) B&W 81 Minutes Not Rated

Synopsis:
The U.S. Government sends a scientist to investigate some mysterious deaths along a stretch of beach on the Pacific Coast. What brings the scientist into the investigation is the radiation burns found on the victims. Arriving at the scene of the deaths, the scientist visits the nearby Pacific College of Oceanography where he meets Professor King and his daughter Lois. While falling for the professor’s daughter, our scientist begins to suspect that Professor King’s secret research is somehow connected to the radiation and the deaths.
The Attack of the Giant Leeches
Starring Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Jan Shepard
(1959) B&W 63 Minutes Not Rated

Synopsis:
Mysterious disappearances and the strange circumstances surrounding them grip the swamp patrolled by Game Warden Steve Benton (Ken Clark). While searching the backcountry for illegal poachers, Benton and his girlfriend Nan Greyson (Jan Shepard) come across a dying moonshiner with mysterious wounds and major blood loss. Adding to this evidence is the eyewitness report from a man stating his wife and her lover were dragged into the swamp by some mysterious creatures. When more hunters turn up missing, Benton decides it’s time to investigate.
The Giant Gila Monster
Starring Don Sullivan, Fred Graham, Lisa Simone
(1959) B&W 75 Minutes Not Rated

Synopsis:
A rural Texas town finds itself beset by a series of mysterious disappearances and deaths with no seemingly rational explanation. The local sheriff is faced with an angry community leader demanding an end to the matter or his resignation. Through the combined efforts of the sheriff and a quick-witted mechanic the source of the problem is discovered, a fifty-foot long Gila monster who has run out of food and is now preying upon the local populace.
The Killer Shrews
Starring James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis
(1959) B&W 69 Minutes Not Rated

Synopsis:
A scientist on an island is working on a project to help with the world population problem and accidentally creates giant shrews, which escape his lab and devours every animal on the island. With nothing else to eat, the giant shrews set their sights on the compound of scientists and their guests. Led by Captain Thorne Sherman (James Best), the group must make a break for his ship to escape from the ravenous shrews.
Teenagers from Outer Space
Starring David Love, Dawn Bender, Bryan Grant
(1959) B&W 86 Minutes Not Rated

Synopsis:
Aliens are coming to Earth to raise the “Gargon” herd, an unstoppable torrent of giant air-breathing lobsters. When one of the aliens realizes that there is intelligent life on Earth, he heroically sets out to warn the population. He must make the ultimate sacrifice to stop the incoming horde of deadly creatures.
The Wasp Woman
Starring Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris
(1960) B&W 73 Minutes Not Rated

Synopsis:
The aging owner of a cosmetics company has been working with a questionable scientist on a beauty formula based upon queen bee secretions. Insisting that she be the first to try the formula, she is transformed into a remarkably younger and more vibrant looking woman. Unfortunately, the formula has side effects that cause her to eventually transform into a human wasp than preys upon its victims at night.
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
Starring Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Leslie Daniels
(1962) B&W 83 Minutes Not Rated

Synopsis:
A surgeon working on experimental transplant procedures seems to be on the verge of a major breakthrough with his technique, even though his surgeon father disapproves of his manner of research. While out driving with his fiancée, the doctor crashes his car and is horrified to discover his bride-to-be is decapitated. Rushing his fiancée’s head to his lab, he is able to revive her where she is now living as a bodiless entity kept alive by tubes and an experimental serum. Hoping to restore his fiancée, the surgeon begins to frequent bars and gentlemen’s clubs looking for a candidate for transplanting his fiancée’s head onto another body, all the while the fiancée grows to hate her surgeon boyfriend for refusing to let her die.

Eegah!
Starring Arch Hall Jr., Richard Kiel, Marilyn Manning
(1962) Color 91 Minutes Not Rated

Synopsis:
A teenage girl driving through the desert is confronted by a huge Neanderthal-like man and she returns to the city to share her story with her explorer father and her boyfriend. When her father doesn’t return from searching for the creature, the girl and her boyfriend head out to the desert to find him and the girl is taken hostage along with her father. It’s up to the efforts of the boyfriend to rescue the father and daughter before the caveman can make the girl his mate.
Night Fright
Starring John Agar, Carol Gilley, Ralph Baker Jr.
(1968) Color 76 Minutes Not Rated

Synopsis:
A Texas community is beset with a rash of mysterious killings involving some of the students from the local college. The sheriff investigating the death discovers the startling identity of the killer responsible for the murders. A NASA experiment involving cosmic rays has mutated an ape and turned it into an unstoppable killing machine with a thirst for blood.
Invasion of the Bee Girls
Starring William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri
(1973) Color 87 Minutes Rated R

Synopsis:
Suspicious deaths in a California community come to the attention of the U.S. Government when one of their top scientists is found dead. A State Department agent is sent to investigate and learns from the coroner that the all-male victims died from “sexual exhaustion”. Working on a lead about the case, the agent teams up with a female government research scientist and they discover a female insect expert is using a process to give women bee-like qualities and sending them out to kill men with sex.

Boris Karloff Collection (DVD)

He was the epitome of class and style. No matter how grisly the circumstances, he’d rise above with talent, poise and even charm. Enjoy 6 of his finest chillers from his peak years in the 1930s and 1940s, all demonstrating his amazing range. It’s a collection all fervent classic horror fans have been eagerly waiting for!
The Black Room
(1935) – B&W – 70 Minutes – Not Rated
Starring Boris Karloff, Marian Marsh, Robert Allen, Thurston Hall

The Man They Could Not Hang
(1939) – B&W – 64 Minutes – Not Rated
Starring Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox, Roger Pryor

The Man With Nine Lives
(1940) – B&W – 74 Minutes – Not Rated
Starring Boris Karloff, Roger Pryor, Jo Ann Sayers, Stanley Brown

Before I Hang
(1940) – B&W – 62 Minutes – Not Rated
Starring Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett, Edward Van Sloan

The Devil Commands
(1941) – B&W – 65 Minutes – Not Rated
Starring Boris Karloff, Richard Fiske, Amanda Duff, Anne Revere

The Boogie Man Will Get You
(1942) – B&W – 66 Minutes – Not Rated
Starring Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Max Rosenbloom, Larry Parks