"Island of Lost Souls"on Criterion DVD.

[Mike Scott]

Been a long wait, but Criterion finally has this listed on their website. Been waiting to fill this hole in my '30s horror movie collection!

http://www.criterion.com/films/27861-island-of-lost-souls

[king_ghidorah]

YES!!!

[monsterphile]

That's great news and I like this part too:

"•New video conversation among filmmaker John Landis (An American Werewolf in
 London), Oscar-winning makeup artist Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London,
 Videodrome), and genre expert Bob Burns"

I would have preferred poster art for the DVD instead of this though:


Rob

[Anton Phibes]

Pricey. I'll wait for the ebay round up when they go cheaper.

[Mike Scott]

I would have preferred poster art for the DVD instead of this though:

Really! I don't know what any of that has to do with this movie?

[michblk]

I'm glad it's finally coming out!

BK

[monsterphile]

Really! I don't know what any of that has to do with this movie?

It almost looks like a design for a book jacket.

[Mike Scott]

It almost looks like a design for a book jacket.

  It does!

[Radioactive Rod Whitenack]

I guess you guys haven't seen a lot of Criterion DVDs? All their cover artwork is always made to look like film school art. They've been doing it for years. Thanks for posting this! I'm really excited. This has been the number one requested title since the Rondos began. Oh, and Criterion discs have always been expensive from the days of laserdiscs up until today. They try to be classy, high end intellectual releases. For example, when you put the disc in you won't be immediately bombarded with, "ARE YOU READY FOR BLU-RAY HIGH DEF?" followed by loud explosions and crashes. You won't get previews for 6 other new releases either. They take a very scholarly approach to each film. So this is good news. "Island of Lost Souls" will get the treatment it deserves!

[Radioactive Rod Whitenack]

BTW, Barnes & Noble bookstore stocks a lot of Criterion Discs and frequently has 50% Criterion titles sales. I buy most of my Criterion discs there. I got the Japanese "House" for $15 not long ago.

[Anton Phibes]

I like the freaky box art. its neat.

[Count_Zirock]

Really! I don't know what any of that has to do with this movie?

The box art shows half of a human hand and half of a monkey's paw, with a human skull in the background. The film's about a vivisectionist's experiments in turning animals into humans through repeated, horrifically painful, surgeries.
 
Yeah, I don't get it, either.

[Mike Scott]

Mock me with my own words, will you! Take that! And that! And some of this!!

[Count_Zirock]

Mock me with my own words, will you! Take that! And that! And some of this!!

Put some enthusiasm into it! I've seen more life in people after I've had them impaled.

[Mike Scott]

The film's about a vivisectionist's experiments in turning animals into humans through repeated, horrifically painful, surgeries.

I meant no relationship to images from the film (or posters, etc.). It makes nice paperback book art (though not a movie tie-in ed.), but I like a more traditional approach for the DVD covers.