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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 11387
Released: September 13, 2009 |
| Our Price: $12.99 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
From the studio that created the horror genre comes five terrifying films that will send chills down your spine and bring terror to your heart in the Universal Horror Classic Movie Archive! Unearthed from the vaults and on DVD for the very first time, Universal Pictures invites you to journey through fog-filled moors, into haunted mansions and through secret hallways to meet a chilling collection of mad scientists, crazed circus performers, mysterious butlers, maniacal killers and one very ape-like woman! Prepare yourself for hours of pure terror starring some of the most iconic actors in the history of horror, including Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, Jr. The Black Cat Bela Lugosi and Basil Rathbone star in this mystery about a group of greedy heirs stuck in a creepy mansion where, one by one, both cats and people turn up dead. Man Made Monster When a mad scientist transforms a carnival performer (Lon Chaney, Jr.) into a murderous monster, he creates a path of destruction leading to an edge-of-your-seat climax! Horror Island What started out as a treasure-making scheme ends up deadly for a group of people stuck in a seemingly haunted castle with a killer known only as “The Phantom.” Night Monster Bela Lugosi stars in this horrific tale filled with strange characters, secret passages, dark storms and a murderer who’s mastered the art of “mind over matter.” Captive Wild Woman A mad scientist turns an ape into a beautiful, but deadly, woman (Acquanetta) in this frightening film featuring groundbreaking make-up effects.
Universal Horror: Classic Movie Archive (The Black Cat / Man Made Monster / Horror Island / Night Monster / Captive Wild Woman) Reviews:
Sappy Stuff! 
2009-12-05 - Horror is the last word that comes to mind after watching these films. I'd hadn't heard of any of these before my purchase.If I had known how giddy and slapstick they were, I wouldn't have puchased them.
Entertaining 
2009-12-01 - The stories on this DVD are entertaining. They are only a little over an hour long. Even though they were made in the 40's, the pictures were clear and the sound was really good.
Nice collection of Universal's B movies
2009-11-05 - My favorite of the Universal Horror Archive collection is CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN followed by MAN-MADE MONSTER and each film is enjoyable in the old-fashioned horror film fashion (no gore or slashers killing teenagers). Make no mistake these films are not Universal's finest moments and have nothing to do with Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolf Man or mummy films. They are from the B-movie division and are not as well known or as critically praised. These films are relatively short (about an hour or so long) and a good way to spend an evening when there is nothing worth watching on TV.
Hopefully the Tip of the Iceberg 
2009-10-17 - Universal Pictures, as fans of the horror genre well know, was the leader in this type of film. I grew up on their movies when "Shock Theatre" debuted on WCAU-TV in Philly back in the 50s when I was in high school. (The first two films they showed were FRANKENSTEIN and DRACULA, two of my favorites to this day.) In this collection, there were only two films -- CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and HORROR ISLAND -- that I'd never seen before, and some of the others I hadn't seen since the 50s. For fans of Universal, this set is highly recommended. And as my title for this review indicates, I hope this is just the first of many such collections. (I'd like to think that one day there will be a complete Boris Karloff set or a complete Bela Lugosi set. I'd like to hope there will never be a complete Lon Chaney, Jr., set, however!)
One thing puzzles me, though: The cover art for the inside DVD holder shows Boris Karloff from some movie in the 50s. Not only is whatever that film might be from the wrong era (the others all being from 1941-1943), but Karloff isn't even in any of the films in this set. How did this picture get included in the collage?
SOME OF THE BEST!!!!!
2009-05-05 - This is the kind of set I've been waiting for. 5 great Universal horrors in one set. They look and sound great. Universal has a treasure trove of films like these, and they need to get on the ball and keep these sets coming.
