Film Chest Opens; New Classic Sci-Fi DVD Set Escapes!
Steve Barton
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Some of these movies have been released countless times already, but the good folks over at Film Chest Media Group usually deliver on quality prints and more so if you’re ready to dip your toes into the waters of yesteryear, take notice!
From the Press Release:
From the late ’20s through the ’60s, there was a time when the cinematic idea of the future bordered on visionary and downright absurd. Now, blast into the past with more than 15 hours of films which paved the way for the science-fiction genre, with the 12 Sci-Fi Cult Classics Collection, available in a special, three-disc DVD collector’s set May 31 from Film Chest Media Group.
On the cusp of the atomic age when rockets were launching into space and anything was possible, the science-fiction genre exploded onto the big screen, exploiting the curiosities and fears of the cosmic unknown.
Sci-fi producers pandered to the public with questionable discoveries and partial truths involving science of the future. The plots, while not completely believable, offered situations that featured different laws of science, separate from those known from past or present, and embraced the concepts of environmental change, space travel, and life on other planets, among a variety of topics, making great fodder for filmmakers of the time.
Featured in this special, 3-disc DVD collector’s set are Metropolis (1927), Phantom from Space (1953), The Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), The Giant Gila Monster (1959), The Killer Shrews (1959), Teenagers from Outer Space (1959), The Wasp Woman (1959), The Amazing Transparent Man (1960), The Phantom Planet (1961), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), The Atomic Brain (1963), and Destroy All Planets (1969).
The 12 Sci-Fi Cult Classics Collection is presented in full screen with an aspect ratio of 4 x 3 and original sound. Special features include synopses and a photo gallery.
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