1960's Horror & Sc-Fi not on DVD (1 Viewer)

[Jay E]

THE MONOLITH MONSTERS, THE LAND UNKNOWN

Don't even try to get me started on the 50's!

 

[Jack Briggs]

Well, The Monolith Monsters stars William Sylvester, who was in another film about a monolith.

I'd love to have all these minor gems on DVD, most of all Robinson Crusoe on Mars.

 

[John Stell]

Some other 1960s odds and ends:

Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
Black Zoo (1963)
Diary of A Madman (1963)
Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up Zombies (1964)
Two On A Guillotine (1964)
Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1965)
Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
Games (1967)
Blood of Dracula’s Castle (1969)
Eye of the Cat (1969)
Ghastly Ones (1969)
Multiple Maniacs (1969)
Night of Bloody Horror (1969)
Nightmare in Wax (1969)
Psychopath, The (1965)

 

[Andy Sheets]

Witchfinder General (The Conqueror Worm)

I read somewhere a couple of years ago that MGM was assembling a special edition for this one but I haven't seen anything about it since. Hopefully someday it'll come out.

 

[Jonathan W]

I would also add:

ONI BABA
VAMPIRE CIRCUS

 

[Mike Graham]

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed was one of the first older movies that I was looking for on disc back when I bought my first player a few years ago. Having watched it on late night cable years ago, this is by far one of the more interesting adaptations, mainly because it seems to take on these strange film-noir conventions (Peter Crushing's Frankenstein blackmails a young married couple, the police soon become suspicious, stolen bodies, etc). Here's hoping Warner can get this one out the door sometime next year.

 

[Jeff_HR]

I was watching a few of these films recently on VHS, so I thought a bump was in order. Some of these titles really cry out for a DVD release.

 

[Derek M Germano]

Come to think of it, we really need a 16:9 wide screen DVD release of THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS- hopefully someone will come up with a legitimate release of this title.

 

[Mark Oates]

Moon Zero Two
When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth

 

[StevenFC]

Crack in the World and Colossus:The Forbin Project. Bring 'em on brother. I love 'the earth is doomed' movies.

 

[Bob Cashill]

ONIBABA is out now; a sterling-quality Criterion disc. FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED is coming at the end of this month, along with TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA, both from Warner.

 

[Jay E]

I recently picked up 2 great euro-horror films from the 1960's Virgin of Nuremburg(Horror Castle), and Mill of the Stone Women. Both are presented in really nice anamorphic prints (especially Virgin) and are 2 of the best Euro horror films made in the 60's.

It's releases like this which really make me love DVDs!

 

[Joseph Goodman]

MGM actually does have 'scope 35mm elements for YONGARY, believe it or not.


WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS & FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD are planned for sometime later this year by Classic Media, who's titles are usually distributed by Sony Music.

 

[Jeff_HR]

Crack in the World and Colossus:The Forbin Project. Bring 'em on brother. I love 'the earth is doomed' movies

Those are two that I'm really interested in, plus "The Monolith Monsters".

 

[AlanP]

"CURSE OF THE UNDEAD"
"NOT OF THIS EARTH"-THE ORIGINAL with BEVERLY GARLAND
"BRIDES OF DRACULA"
"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA"-1962
"CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF"
"I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF"
"I WAS A TENNAGE FRANKENSTEIN"
"ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS"
"BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE"
"CABINET OF DR. CALGARI"-1962
"BLOOD OF DRACULA"
"BURN WITCH BURN"
"VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED"
"BLOOD AND ROSES"

 

[Derek M Germano]

As for BLOOD AND ROSES, let's hope that when Paramount finally gets around to it, they release the uncut European version.

 

[JulianK]

Alan,

Burn, Witch, Burn is available in the UK from Warner Home Video, under it's original title Night of the Eagle, in a box set with Zoltan Hound of Dracula (aka Devil's Dog) and a hideous pan-and-scan Masque of the Red Death. The set is called Horror Classics.

Village of the Damned is due in the US later this year, from MGM, along with Children of the Damned.

Attack of the Crab Monsters was briefly available, but was quickly deleted. Certainly Amazon had it listed at one point, but it may not have been entirely legit.

 

[R-T-C Tim]

Wow, it is good to see that a fair number of these titles are now out on DVD, but there are still quite a few to go.

One more to cross off the list though is 'Chase a Crooked Shadow' (1958). It is coming out tomorrow in the UK from Optimum. No extras, but the print is good, and the film comes recommended to thriller fans - it is particularly reminiscent of the Hammer thrillers of the '60s.

I've taken a look at the new disc: Chase a Crooked Shadow

 

[Jim_K]

Wow. This thread is a blast from the past.

the TOHO Kaiju films of that era (which I won't bother to list as there's a fat chance in hell we'll ever get the original Japanese Language versions).

Glad to see how off base my predictions were.

Anyhow, I'm still waiting for Island of Lost Souls, Twins of Evil, Vampire Circus, The Gorgon, Burn Witch Burn, The Skull, Dr Terror's House of Horrors, Kongo, The Beast With Five Fingers, The Uninvited and uncut OSL versions of Destroy All Monsters, King Kong vs Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra.

 

[Joe Lugoff]

What does OSL stand for? Something about original language?