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‘Dracula’ and ‘The Mummy’ Complete Legacy Collections Coming to Blu-ray
Last year I picked up the Universal Monsters: Essential Collection Blu-ray set, which is an absolute must-own for all fans of Universal’s classic monster movies. The set includes all 8 core movies along with all sorts of special features and bonus goodies; what it unfortunately doesn’t include, however, are the various sequels and spinoffs to films like Dracula and The Wolf Man.
All of those follow-up films can be found alongside the originals in Universal’s Legacy Collection releases – none of which, until last year, made their way onto Blu-ray. At the tail end of last year, Universal began bringing the Legacy Collection to Blu-ray with high-def sets for Frankenstein and The Wolf Man, and we’re happy to report that Dracula and The Mummy are next.
Set for release on May 16th, the Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection and The Mummy: Complete Legacy Collection Blu-ray sets each contain all six original legacy films.
DRACULA:
- Dracula – Special features include ‘The Road to Dracula,’ ‘Lugosi: The Dark Prince,’ ‘Dracula: The Restoration,’ ‘Monster Tracks,’ ‘Dracula Archives,’ Alternate Score by Philip Glass, Feature Commentary with Film Historian David J. Skal, Feature Commentary with Steve Haberman, Trailer Gallery
- Dracula’s Daughter
- Son of Dracula
- House of Frankenstein
- House of Dracula
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein – Special features include ‘Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters,’ Feature Commentary with Film Historian Gregory W. Mank, Theatrical Trailer, ‘100 Years of Universal: The Lot,’ ‘100 Years at Universal: Unforgettable Characters’
THE MUMMY:
- The Mummy – Special features include ‘Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed,’ ‘He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce,’ ‘Unraveling The Legacy of The Mummy,’ ‘The Mummy Archives,’ Feature Commentary with Rick Baker, Scott Essman, Steve Haberman, Bob Burns and Brent Armstrong. Feature Commentary with Film Historian Paul M. Jensen, Trailer Gallery, ‘100 Years of Universal: The Carl Laemmle Era’
- The Mummy’s Hand
- The Mummy’s Tomb
- The Mummy’s Ghost
- The Mummy’s Curse
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Check out release art below.
Two things that have proven to be pretty dependable at the box office in recent years are horror movies and Christopher Nolan movies. With Nolan’s The Odyssey absolutely dominating the box office this past weekend, many fans of Nolan’s work have been left hungry for a Nolan-directed horror movie. After all, The Odyssey does whet the appetite for Nolan nightmare fuel.
Christopher Nolan has brushed up against the horror genre in the past with 2002 thriller Insomnia, but does he have any interest in someday making a full-on horror movie?
Nolan tells the Empire Podcast in a new chat, “I’ve always been interested in doing a horror film.”
“But horror is most successful when the conceptual framework of whatever the story is is just so undeniable. I think there are very few really great horror movies,” Nolan continues.
So why hasn’t Christopher Nolan directed a horror movie yet?
He explains to Empire, “I’ve never clicked with a particular idea or concept that worked for me. I love the genre. Of all genres, it’s the most visceral. Where the direct response to the audience is the most important. That is to say, you’re trying to make people literally feel something in their bones about what’s going on on-screen.”
Nolan calls horror “a genre in which experimentation is demanded.” He explains, “I go to see a lot of horror films with my kids these days, and you’ll see things in the first half an hour, 45 minutes of any horror film that you’d never see in another genre. Risks that are taken. Dangerous approaches to things. Admittedly, a lot of movies can’t sustain that to the end. But in the horror genre, that kind of innovation is not just respected – it’s really demanded.”
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is now playing in theaters.
Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’ (2008)
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