Whatever happened to THE UNDYING MONSTER, CHANDU THE MAGICIAN, THE LODGER, HANGOVER SQUARE, and MAN HUNT that were mentioned as Fox's Halloween dvds in another thread?
DVDPlanet have got it wrong. They are not the new Midnite Movies, they are the Fox releases.
The confusion has probably come from the fact that they do look like the old Midnite Double Features (or at least the titles do)...and also, it is now Fox who will be distributing the actual MGM Midnite titles ... which will probably be single title discs..
I had no idea that Roger Corman collection was coming. It's about time we got quality transfers of some of these films. BTW, the cover scan looks like a shrink-wrapped package (look at the edges.) I am a bit surprised that a September release is ready to go in mid-July.
If you are expecting MGM/Fox/Sony to stump up for brand-new restorations and transfers onto newly authored and mastered DVD's I think you are going to be disappointed.
The Price/Corman boxsets are, almost inevitably, just a cheap (for the studio) repackaging exercise, re-using existing stuff. They'll just duplicate some more of the old Midnite Movie versions and stick 'em in a box I'm afraid!
Still excellent news that Fox have, in effect (and most unusually) adopted another studio's "brand" for their own releases. These are a continuation of MGM's Midnite Doubles, the only difference being the Fox logo replacing the Lion. Of course it helps that Fox are now distributing MGM, but the September doubles shouldn;t be confused with MGM - they are nothing to do with MGM at all.
Hopefuly the true MGM Midnites will follow in October, keeping the cover design.
9/5/2000 *+ Beach Party (16x9) *+ Bikini Beach (lbx) +A Bucket Of Blood (FF) +Pajama Party (16x9)
9/19/2000 +Frogs (16x9) * Tales Of Terror (16x9)
2/20/2001 Man From Planet X (FF) * Die, Monster, Die! (16x9) * Wild Angels (16x9) * Dr. Phibes Rises Again (16x9) * Abominable Dr. Phibes (16x9) * Attack Of The Puppet People (FF)
6/5/2001 Donovan's Brain (FF) Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine (lbx) X - The Man With The X-Ray Eyes (16x9) * Pit And The Pendulum (lbx) * Fall Of The House Of Usher, The (16x9) * Thing With Two Heads (lbx) * Village Of The Giants (FF) * Beach Blanket Bingo (16x9)
8/28/2001 Beast Within (16x9) Island Of Dr. Moreau (16x9) Killer Klowns From Outer Space (16x9) Mars Needs Women (FF) Planet Of The Vampires (lbx) Reptilicus (FF) * Twice Told Tales (lbx) * Dunwich Horror, The (16x9) * Theater Of Blood (lbx) * Count Yorga, Vampire (16x9) * Monster That Challenged The World (FF) * It! The Terror From Beyond Space (FF) * Invaders From Mars (16x9)
11/20/2001 Angry Red Planet, The (FF) I Bury The Living (FF) * Morons From Outer Space (16x9) * War Gods Of The Deep (16x9) * At The Earth's Core (16x9) * Empire Of The Ants (16x9) * People That Time Forgot (16x9) * Strange Invaders (16x9)
8/27/2002 Attic, The (16x9) / Craw Space (16x9) Deranged (16x9) / Motel Hell (16x9) Masque Of The Red Death (16x9) / Premature Burial (16x9) Oblong Box (16x9) / Scream And Scream Again (16x9) What's The Matter With Helen (16x9) / Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (lbx)
4/15/2003 Angel Unchained (16x9) / Cycle Savages (16x9) Cry Of The Banshee (16x9) / Murders In The Rue Morgue (16x9) Invisible Invaders (FF) / Journey To The Seventh Planet (lbx) Muscle Beach Party (16x9) / Ski Party (16x9) Psych-Out (16x9) / Trip, The (16x9)
8/26/2003 Countess Dracula (lbx) / Vampire Lovers, The (16x9) Comedy Of Terrors (16x9) / Raven, The (16x9) Haunted Palace, The (16x9) / Tower Of London (lbx) Tomb Of Ligeia (16x9) / An Evening Of Edgar Allen Poe (FF)
8/24/2004 Count Yorga, Vampire (16x9) / Return Of Count Yorga (16x9) Theater Of Blood (lbx) / Madhouse (lbx) Incredible Two-Headed Transplant (16x9) / Thing With Two Heads (lbx) Land Time Forgot (16x9) / People Time Forgot (16x9) Ghost Of Dragstrip Hollow (FF) / Ghost In The Invisible Bikini (16x9) Wild In The Streets (16x9) / Gas-s-s-s (16x9) Invasion Of The Star Creatures (lbx) / Invasion Of The Bee Girls (16x9) Wild Angels (16x9) / Hell's Belles (lbx) Empire Of The Ants (16x9) / Tentacles (16x9) Abominable Dr. Phibes (16x9) / Dr. Phibes Rises Again (16x9) Attack Of The Puppet People (FF) / Village Of The Giants (FF) Beach Blanket Bingo (16x9) / How To Stuff A Wild Bikini (lbx) Beach Party (16x9) / Bikini Beach (lbx) Fall Of The House Of Usher, The (16x9) / Pit And The Pendulum (lbx) Monster That Challenged The World (FF) / It! The Terror From Beyond Space (FF) Strange Invaders (16x9) / Invaders From Mars (16x9)
3/22/2005 Panic In The Year Zero (16x9) / Last Man On Earth, The (16x9) Voodoo Island (FF) / Four Skulls Of Jonathan Drake, The (FF) Fireball 500 (16x9) / Thunder Alley (16x9) Mini-Skirt Mob (16x9) / Chrome And Hot Leather (16x9) Die, Monster, Die! (16x9) / Dunwich Horror, The (16x9) Morons From Outer Space (16x9) / Alien From L.A. (FF) War Gods Of The Deep (16x9) / At The Earth's Core (16x9) Tales Of Terror (16x9) / Twice Told Tales (lbx)
12/6/2005 +Konga (lbx)
6/27/2006 Fortunes Of Captain Blood (FF) / Captain Pirate (FF) Crystalstone (16x9) / The Boy And The Pirate (lbx)
key: * = later replaced by a Midnite Movie double feature. + = No Midnite Movie banner on front of case.
And here's a list of Midnite Movies released on VHS that haven't been released on DVD (by MGM):
Amazing Transparent Man Brain That Wouldn't Die, The Burn Witch Burn Conqueror Worm Incredible Melting Man Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter Master Of The World Phantom Planet Quatermass Xperiment High School Hellcats
In the recent 'Frankie & Annette MGM Movie Legends Collection' how are the films repackaged inside? Are they all issued as single features per disc in separate keepcases and do they feature the same artwork as the individual Midnite Movies releases?
Just wondering if I should go that route rather than the MM for these flicks. I just want to be sure that I'm avoiding some digipack or awkward packaging and floating Frankie and Anette head artwork.
Time to revive this thread.... Does anyone know where our hopes for BURN WITCH BURN, MASTER OF THE WORLD, and QUARTERMASS XPERIMENT now rest. There are very few MIDNITE MOVIES that have not made it to discs; and these are great fun!!
I have to disagree; I think FUTUREWORLD is an unworthy and saccharin sequel to WESTWORLD, which was a terrific scifi movie. I don't think there's ever been a weaker and more unsatisfying excuse to re-use a character from an original film (Yul Brynner)!
That said, I'd still like to have FUTUREWORLD on DVD anyway.
From what I learn over at Classic Horror Film Board, MGM has rights to NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT, the only film produced by Christopher Lee´s company Charlemagne Productions. Maybe they could pair it with DARK PLACES, starring Lee and Cushing.
TWINS OF EVIL and VAMPIRE CIRCUS are also with MGM I hear.
2011 is the Vincent Price Centenary Year, right? Why not a Vincent Price Centenary Midnite Movie Collection, toplining fully remastered versions of THEATRE OF BLOOD and AN EVENING WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE. Someone posted, I think on HTF, that EVENING is/was available in much better quality than what was released on DVD.
Also, how abut a vault search for COMEDY OF TERRORS, the version before the producers re-cut it and added speeded-up farce?