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‘Universal Horror: Monsters and Curiosities’ Blu-ray Box Set Collects 45 Vintage Genre Films
Australia’s Umbrella Entertainment has announced Universal Horror: Monsters and Curiosities (1923 – 1960), a massive Blu-ray collection of 45 vintage horror films from the Universal vaults.
Journey from the haunting grandeur of silent horror paradigms and the gothic haunts of monster classics to the strange delights of jungle terrors, mad scientists, radiation-fueled mutants, experiments gone wrong, and alien invaders.
The 19-disc box set includes:
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- The Cat and the Canary (1927)
- The Man Who Laughs (1928)
- The Last Warning (1928)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- Son of Frankenstein (1939)
- House of Frankenstein (1944)
- Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
- Frankenstein Meets Wolf Man (1943)
- The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
- The Invisible Woman (1940)
- The Invisible Agent (1942)
- Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
- The Black Cat (1934)
- The Raven (1963)
- The Invisible Ray (1936)
- Black Friday (1940)
- The Black Cat (1941)
- Night Monster (1942)
- Night Key (1937)
- Tower of London (1939)
- The Strange Door (1951)
- The Black Castle (1952)
- The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
- The Mad Ghoul (1943)
- House of Horrors (1946)
- Horror Island (1941)
- Cult of the Cobra (1955)
- The Thing That Couldn’t Die (1958)
- Curse of the Undead (1959)
- The Leech Woman (1960)
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
- The Climax (1944)
- Captive Wild Woman (1943)
- Jungle Woman (1944)
- The Jungle Captive (1945)
- Man Made Monster (1941)
- Monster on the Campus (1958)
- Tarantula (1955)
- The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
- The Land Unknown (1957)
- The Mole People (1956)
- The Monolith Monsters (1957)
- The Deadly Mantis (1957)
The set is accompanied by a 100+ page hardcover book on the cultural impact of Universal horror. Explore the legacy of the monster universe with Emma Westwood, dive into the history of Universal’s horror heyday with Dave Lee, delve into Frankenstein‘s impact with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and more.
A disc wallet and 10 art cards are also included, all housed in a rigid case featuring artwork by Olivier Coulon.
Universal Horror: Monsters and Curiosities is due out on April 22. Available exclusively from Umbrella, the limited edition set costs $230 with free shipping.
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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