As I'm sure most of you know I already had a thread where I posted most of these but for some reason many of them are not showing now. Rather than simply repost, I decided to make a new thread so its a little more organized. Sorry that they disappeared before. Don't know how that happened. When I find time I'll restore the links to the old thread. For those who haven't seen the original thread here I share the art works used on the Universal Monster VHS releases. If anyone has more to add feel free to post!
Frankenstein (1931, 1986 VHS & Laserdisc)
(https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/285724_569218969768772_524717118_n.jpg?oh=60fe04fedc8ab1703103a3eb3f08ce5f&oe=551A2D75)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1174844_666787960011872_257309658_n.jpg?oh=5503f87d8e327fa1e3a2db21f0f66c51&oe=5514A394&__gda__=1428034077_79f4dd203d393c0971b7516de1d6e918)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
(https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1474430_701901753167159_1772233548_n.jpg?oh=6dd198ed7b2ca8d6f672c74408a4608d&oe=54DB8288)
The Invisible Man (1933)
(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/562021_414938121863525_1305761841_n.jpg?efg=eyJvbGF0IjoxMjB9&oh=bf14d26f92f32e88eb362bb8a4dc76b1&oe=54D9679C)
The Black Cat (1934)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/v/t1.0-9/933920_650081691682499_1239963824_n.jpg?oh=d62b73f57eba5f0fd4bd563524d9a038&oe=55141B11&__gda__=1427956551_b5225e6b0113dfa572b758ab87e5b57e)
Werewolf of London (1935)
(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10449474_821924587831541_912822444205868683_n.jpg?oh=d3160cf6424b93a20e5f9e35c65e7afb&oe=550E39F3)
The Raven (1935)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1146606_650082701682398_845095593_n.jpg?oh=ef18ca8ef6aa0449a858cf2fff859195&oe=54D40227&__gda__=1423572308_6bf497077bc8c17b28f8af0e3b47ca80)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/s960x960/10359024_821452634545403_5734648104787726668_o.jpg?efg=eyJvbGF0IjoxMjB9)
Son of Frankenstein (1939, missing reflection of Karloff as the Monster)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10408703_821924634498203_1937099938079956417_n.jpg?efg=eyJvbGF0IjoxMjB9&oh=8223c820335fd34cd0bfb47c075e2a70&oe=54E89014&__gda__=1423019180_e11b107015661f796a0bc9e565b742c1)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10494867_821922444498422_369885809274949577_n.jpg?efg=eyJvbGF0IjoxMjB9&oh=8bd93aa34f8e0bd80793cdf04bf26504&oe=551B57B1&__gda__=1423941516_3150efa8b613f2b05761f6c55009fd74)
The Invisible Woman (1940)
(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10474731_821923354498331_2380277565226273985_n.jpg?oh=fdf74679a3007191403f969ad37bf58c&oe=550DDCE2)
Black Friday (1940)
(http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/jpg/28926da7fa091bc7db0ee20ddeeac54a01c8c63b_r.jpg)
The Black Cat (1941)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/2a4360627726008ebf06dc6bea8709f5f4070982_r.jpg)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10455859_821922304498436_445155631143748576_n.jpg?efg=eyJvbGF0IjoxMjB9&oh=66c1928c52d0418b91ec21316f5dc3d0&oe=5515DD90)
Invisible Agent (1942)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10301128_821922411165092_1201601228750241733_n.jpg?oh=20c40a7e07727f590ad741311d121780&oe=54E83817&__gda__=1423098827_a0f199d306808016c87583ecfd4f065f)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10363335_821924577831542_4248940842649905789_n.jpg?oh=b58d1bdfaf0305aa5bc42db23ba87303&oe=5515E2F7&__gda__=1428072349_0acfd90699b0f38b85fa9c0148136fb1)
Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man (1943)
(https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1908329_821922394498427_5187888959097048912_n.jpg?oh=f5fd8a4b55d9f7fb4958b531ecd1b2a2&oe=55175271)
Son of Dracula (1943)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10456423_821923457831654_8361542402768312753_n.jpg?oh=e59a9ffeb7f16d24c40fc16dbd1bf4bb&oe=551E29CA&__gda__=1423988896_3ad4e7c83b1820014519a93e92825008)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/s960x960/10379906_821923357831664_5305502046871486131_o.jpg)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/s960x960/10386996_821923397831660_2981931671902599609_o.jpg)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
(https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10360715_821886061168727_4066605868995242098_n.jpg?oh=336cf03c97e8c4fa6b10172607ed96b2&oe=54D69B80)
The Mummy's Curse (1944)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10494861_821862421171091_509474122038245932_n.jpg?efg=eyJvbGF0IjoxMjB9&oh=69e8ecabde148d025c62a00519e610f6&oe=55167923&__gda__=1427365602_b50f0ceaa61d3090c7c991e9f758ce5e)
House of Dracula (1945)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10373524_821919571165376_8594232418160448033_n.jpg?oh=bbf789a70d3524805c3a66dd58f3c638&oe=5511D1A2&__gda__=1427216510_725cd4b612cf835739d385dc9569fb66)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/ee536dcb78040c4eb75bd1b7e3fe02d1e51d91a7_r.jpg)
Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein (1948)
(https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10156_631472530210082_1122605729_n.jpg?oh=1fa91fccdbe89eb16cffa24ece2f2fae&oe=5512B5B2)
Abbott & Costello meet the Invisible Man (1951)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/1016810_631476946876307_730731313_n.jpg?efg=eyJvbGF0IjoxMjB9&oh=628178d8a72c595b76979ad66f92e6e5&oe=54E76592&__gda__=1423349059_5b5450dd6c9c8d07cd5158ecfafd4ac6)
The Strange Door (1951)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/ea6361dc715209e5bcfed513ecfd0dee0cdb8afa_r.jpg)
The Black Castle (1952)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/50e26e173c099bc9de7e9a02b296572bb7c74ba3_r.jpg)
Abbott & Costello meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1953)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/v/t1.0-9/943516_631476950209640_1416839079_n.jpg?oh=e7b0d0727dfc7257c2060f6aa08e6820&oe=54DFC6B0&__gda__=1423332326_f2308ac528d2dd790bcd91372a4c939a)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10464251_821923431164990_1914959220672809259_n.jpg?efg=eyJvbGF0IjoxMjB9&oh=24178105f3603be71c9833b16ccc4298&oe=55156ACA)
Abbott & Costello meet the Mummy (1955)
(https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/931221_631459750211360_160331770_n.jpg?oh=d3eef7af93160a6c1ab4efbdaf400f6f&oe=54D3AA23)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10313814_821922354498431_2375059153888318197_n.jpg?oh=bdbb979ffa89fb37b5b83fb98e8aa8fc&oe=55195F2A&__gda__=1427154322_c5b301840d66b46d624c7f034872c182)
Paranoiac (1963)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/e041637a0fbed9ef09cae917363f6dcb255cbf95_r.jpg)
Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/8c616d7b09b3d3e0031d17a9624f452d6c6f12a6_r.jpg)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/afd362847d730bd9bf0cdff0ec9d09dee03258ab_r.jpg)
I'll make it a sticky.
More discussion, here:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=21622.0 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=21622.0)
Yes thank you! I was actually going to do that, post the link to the old thread.
If it's any convenience here's a list of what I've yet to find:
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (Spanish 1931)
Frankenstein (1931, Classic Collection version)
The Mummy (1932)
Murders in the Zoo (1933)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Son of Frankenstein (1939, with reflection of Boris Karloff as the Monster)
Tower of London (1939)
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
The Monster and the Girl (1941)
Man Made Monster (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Night Monster (1942)
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Jungle Woman (1944)
The Jungle Captive (1945)
House of Horrors (1946)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
New phone wallpapers from this (;
I'm currently updating some of these but figured I'd share what I have at the moment since I had shared these in the old thread but of course are not showing now. These are my fan made BluRay covers which feature the VHS artworks instead of the original posters. I left the back covers untouched from the actual BluRay covers. Dracula is an update while Frankenstein is a new addition. Incase the images don't show a link is provided which should work.
Dracula
(https://gqoztw.dm2301.livefilestore.com/y2po6vwWQ00XZvRJJi-QxXA6I2w3gz3IDKWU-1MSqu3VPajBEfn5wzXRyUDM7K0hiUyb81VXWxEtlCgXpXJH4NRISX9ym6ElxU_xO0JXvXYayQ/draculabd.jpg?psid=1)
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E69F04610C8FE58E!147&authkey=!AJyMEIFTq9oZU4M&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg
Frankenstein
(https://gqnoxa.dm2301.livefilestore.com/y2pYzjzXQDEfcf8RdCcP20eKXOC398s_lAmONVqFJQ2qPwS7hHuegMBbeWewhpGwy83JCmisfhJil6UbqXJxet-HeieG5KWbneb4rn4lzxLkSY/frankensteinbd.jpg?psid=1)
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E69F04610C8FE58E!148&authkey=!AAvbHDI8CCRQo7k&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg
The Invisible Man
(https://gqmy2w-ch3301.files.1drv.com/y2p4vm6OaCxstl8nQXY-ZNFrJR9MqzhNCaZHVcCIbKH2OBEyQAI2DWJUMQFhfFIueF16c-wAEsK7_A3r9wtVZ6zDdfpXDKF_isSDow2uu-GgCk/imbd.jpg?psid=1)
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E69F04610C8FE58E!146&authkey=!AJv9lyXrmCvLEE8&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg
Bride of Frankenstein
(https://hnvr2g.dm2301.livefilestore.com/y2pl0i-X8vfOpH9HTqlqc8z3YDIzTCKedhWwQSV2b_RZHOg17l3Go8pE_OuP2pQuRq8Fc2bbwWNVHZiHSb7yv68zbXCPxJ6coQTkHmVS2k2_CQ/bridebd.jpg?psid=1)
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E69F04610C8FE58E%21107
Creature from the Black Lagoon
(https://hnw2zq.dm2301.livefilestore.com/y2pHZM2tlhi9qFFnJDqNZ6yHlu4PEmBM9rJ0_8gVZu0k1xxdk1OCNbFfiKSq3kdnAI78qmG6PMja5-wCKYO5ntMeNM2p0XANcQxVNWilTI2jng/creaturebd.jpg?psid=1)
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E69F04610C8FE58E%21106
Too bad I have the box set. :(
Beautiful work, Criss. I might go out & buy a bunch of blank Blu-ray cases to give my collection a make-over. Thanks, again.
I remember the VHS artworks when I was a kid at my grandparents house and they were big in to the Universal Monsters and I saw all the awesome VHS covers. This was when DVDs where popular before blue rays.
Anyone by any chance had anymore luck finding more of these pics?? Nothing new for me I'm afraid. Any tips of someone maybe I could talk to who may lead me to more pics???
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on December 19, 2014, 01:35:22 AM
Anyone by any chance had anymore luck finding more of these pics??
I don't know where you found all the ones you
did! :)
:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgwyN1Z5XyM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgwyN1Z5XyM)
"Spectacular price of $14.99 each"? And we complain about the price of that 31 movie boxed set.
I haven't seen this promo before. Yes its similar to the one's we all know but look again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riNpgjqnaZ0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riNpgjqnaZ0)
Ok Criss, what are we looking for (hint, please)?
Well for starters, the narrator's reading is different, they reveal the Collections titles in text form instead of showing the covers, the ending is longer and reveals more about their promotion
I noticed that. I just thought you meant something like an alternate take or something. The marketing info was very interesting, though.
Well it is the first time I saw a CC promo WITHOUT the '90s Monster crest which they usually showed at the end so that was kinda odd. Interesting to see clips from Invisible Man and The Mummy which they usually didnt.
I wonder where these were shown. Maybe on a promo tape sent to video stores back then?
Uploader says he got it from a screening copy of Psycho IV The Beginning
That makes sense. I used to get stuff like that when I worked at a music/video store (remember those?).
Found this nice copy of the Murders in the Rue Morgue artwork on some Russian movie site. Not much different than the one I have but its slightly wider. I was gonna ask the uploader if he had it logo free but it of course is one of those sites where they have to send you an email to activate your account and of course I've received no email! Errr!
(http://funkyimg.com/i/KrtA.jpg)
This is just a random post but I have noticed that, so far, The Invisible Man films are the only ones that I have artworks for the original film and its sequels (He also makes a cameo in A&C meet Frankenstein and I even have that artwork).
Yep, that's the only complete set. Unless you want to count the 4 A&C Meet The Monsters films as a set? The art on those are some of my favorites! :)
Good point. I would consider the A&C Monster films as complete! Good looking Mike! :)
Unless Hold That Ghost or Meet the Killer - Boris Karloff counts??
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on January 27, 2015, 04:48:01 PM
Unless Hold That Ghost or Meet the Killer - Boris Karloff counts??
I would probably add "Meet the Killer - Boris Karloff". No monsters, but a fun film.
I wish I still had it but about 12 or 13 years ago we got a video catalog in the mail (might have been Movies Unlimited, not sure. I remember there was an image from Some Like It Hot on the cover) which had an Abbott & Costello Monsters VHS set. It wasn't the same set released around 2000. This set had the tapes from the early 1990's and also had Meet The Killer Boris Karloff!
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on January 27, 2015, 05:41:57 PM
I wish I still had it but about 12 or 13 years ago we got a video catalog in the mail (might have been Movies Unlimited, not sure. I remember there was an image from Some Like It Hot on the cover) which had an Abbott & Costello Monsters VHS set. It wasn't the same set released around 2000. This set had the tapes from the early 1990's and also had Meet The Killer Boris Karloff!
Was it a black & white cover with a grey and white portrait of A & C?
No that was the set that was released circa 2000 that I had mentioned.
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on January 27, 2015, 04:48:01 PM
Unless Hold That Ghost or Meet the Killer - Boris Karloff counts??
I always thought
Meet the Killer should be an official
A&C Meet The Monsters movie, because it stars Universal's #1 horror star.
Hold That Ghost is one of their best movies, but it doesn't have Karloff, or even a real ghost.
Was this the set you were referring to Mord?? If so no this wasn't the set I saw in the catalog. :(
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z2HK2GTKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
The only other MEET THE MONSTERS set that I recall is the LD, but it doesn't have MEET THE KILLER, either.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTE3WDU5OQ==/$(KGrHqJ,!hwE-z9rY2KfBP5SEuhifQ~~60_12.JPG)
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on January 29, 2015, 08:08:03 PM
Was this the set you were referring to Mord?? If so no this wasn't the set I saw in the catalog. :(
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z2HK2GTKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Yep, that's the one. My brother made me a custom "Abbott & Costello Meet the Monsters" DVD set and used that as a cover.
I didn't make this but its a neat fan made cover!
(http://www.hirescovers.net/gallery/albums/userpics/60052/normal_Abbott_Costello_Meet_The_Monsters_COVER.jpg)
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on January 30, 2015, 09:49:26 PM
I didn't make this but its a neat fan made cover!
Definitely like the art! :)
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on January 30, 2015, 09:49:26 PM
I didn't make this but its a neat fan made cover!
(http://www.hirescovers.net/gallery/albums/userpics/60052/normal_Abbott_Costello_Meet_The_Monsters_COVER.jpg)
That's great! Maybe my brother can print up a copy of this one. It's definitely a marked improvement (though my set includes "Meet the Killer, B. K.).
Quote from: Mord on January 31, 2015, 12:37:32 AM
Maybe my brother can print up a copy of this one.
You'd have to find it without the watermark (and larger).
And the logo free artwork for Meet The Killer Boris Karloff. Mord, is your set the MCA tapes or the later tapes with the poster art?? I'm just curious because you said your set includes The Killer BK which the later set I'm pretty sure did not.
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on January 31, 2015, 03:03:28 PM
And the logo free artwork for Meet The Killer Boris Karloff. Mord, is your set the MCA tapes or the later tapes with the poster art?? I'm just curious because you said your set includes The Killer BK which the later set I'm pretty sure did not.
Actually, it's a homemade DVD set with cut & paste back cover art (the front art is the grey A&C cover you posted). The actual films are from the A&C box set. My brother did it to hold me over until Universal does a proper set. They may never get around to it, so I'm grateful for what I have.
Here's the VHS box.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5125ZP7818L.jpg)
Quote from: Mord on January 31, 2015, 03:09:20 PM
Actually, it's a homemade DVD set with cut & paste back cover art (the front art is the grey A&C cover you posted). The actual films are from the A&C box set. My brother did it to hold me over until Universal does a proper set. They may never get around to it, so I'm grateful for what I have.
Well you never know. It took them this long to finally have a Monster DVD collection that actually includes the A&C Monster films!! So we'll see I guess.
I just wish they would have included the "Meet Jekyll & Hyde" one. I'd much rather have that than that "Phantom of the Opera" remake.
Quote from: Mord on January 31, 2015, 08:56:11 PM
I just wish they would have included the "Meet Jekyll & Hyde" one.
I thought you said you had the big A&C box set?
Quote from: Mike Scott on January 31, 2015, 09:01:00 PM
I thought you said you had the big A&C box set?
No, my brother made a homemade set using the big box for the masters. I will definitely buy an "official" Universal A&C Monsters set, if they ever get around to it.
I guess I'm part of a small minority who actually likes '43 Phantom. I just watched it in its entirety last weekend and still am quite fond of it. Yes it will forever live in the shadow of its iconic predecessor but its still a good film. I think if they had gone with the idea of the Phantom being the father it would have been a better film. I do think its a shame that Phantom is the only film in the new set without any additional films. Why not include The Climax or something? Afterall that was originally conceived as a sequel to '43 Phantom and I think if She-Wolf of London is included with the Wolf Man films than Climax should be with Phantom. Or even better just package '25 and '43 Phantom together! If Warner Bros. are willing to package public domain adaptations of Oz with the '39 Wizard of Oz why can't Universal do the same with Phantom. Yes I know they're two different studios but I'm just saying.
Quote from: Mord on January 31, 2015, 09:06:18 PM
No, my brother made a homemade set using the big box for the masters.
You've got the movie then, so that's good.
A MEET THE MONSTERS box would be cool, but I've already got the big box, so I probably wouldn't get it.
Absolutely, Criss, that's what all of us have been asking. These cheap horror DVD sets with 50 movies for ten bucks include the Chaney Phantom, why can't the original studio do that. I understand if the cheapskates don't want to spend the money to fully restore it, but at least include a crappy print as an extra or something. It just makes the Universal sets seem incomplete.
Quote from: Mike Scott on January 31, 2015, 09:25:24 PM
You've got the movie then, so that's good.
A MEET THE MONSTERS box would be cool, but I've already got the big box, so I probably wouldn't get it.
You can't go wrong with the A&C Complete Universal Collection, only $62+free shipping from Amazon. It's a great package.
Quote from: Mord on January 31, 2015, 09:28:47 PM
Absolutely, Criss, that's what all of us have been asking. These cheap horror DVD sets with 50 movies for ten bucks include the Chaney Phantom, why can't the original studio do that. I understand if the cheapskates don't want to spend the money to fully restore it, but at least include a crappy print as an extra or something. It just makes the Universal sets seem incomplete.
Especially if they're willing to include snippets of it in the documentary that support the '43 Phantom and include photos from it inside the booklet that accompanies the BluRay set and the new DVD set!!
YES! You see the doc & photos and you KNOW something's missing.
I was always a bit puzzled by this cover. Note the redone Classic Collection banner? Was this released before the other reissues which have the Classic Monster Collection banner? Was Universal thinking of revamping the CC but with the poster arts? It should be noted this tape was reissued with the CMC banner.
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I bought that Mummy VHS for that very reason. And I am just as confused by it as you are.
It looks like the art used for The Mummy laserdisc (late eighties). It may be from around that time.
No I have the tape shown above. It's from 1999. Anyways for whatever reason I'm glad they changed the banner. I like to think those brilliant VHS artworks from the early 90s are synonymous with the Classic Collection label.
1999 was the first DVD release and the new '99 VHS set had the same movie one sheet box art. Don't know why the Mummy VHS was different? The Mummy DVD had the same banner as the others.
Yes its very strange especially because there is one with the same banner as the DVD. Since the cover I showed before was the only tape as far as I know with that alternate Classic Collection banner, I say that this one came out second. I have the one I posted before however which does say 1999.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzYwWDY0MA==/z/WZIAAOSwWKtUwnY9/$_12.JPG)
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on February 01, 2015, 03:41:03 PM
Yes its very strange especially because there is one with the same banner as the DVD.
I imagine it will forever remain a mystery!
The pics are being difficult again. Here I've uploaded them again albeit smaller. Hopefully these won't be as defective. At the bottom is a link to view them at their full resolution.
Frankenstein (1931)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/ef826117e90a0bb2daee5504183f5cb34b87b363_r.jpg)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/88f36c7d71b30c63b5d2da38e98908e455630c4c_r.jpg)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/d552698786064bc5db5e7e0900f2b2cc9b78ac05_r.jpg)
The Invisible Man (1933)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/4e83613a76300fb1b49cd4a5e2430cdf3d93d764_r.jpg)
The Black Cat (1934)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/b5c1637500b3d9ee0e2aeb69b04382ed598f2971_r.jpg)
Werewolf of London (1935)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/2fa26e37af0acb20d38eb90fac481ab66d8d6e48_r.jpg)
The Raven (1935)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/6f826067dd004bddd3de2203540e1e106a5f109e_r.jpg)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/92f36fd573ed000bb056d068ec8d0416d6cb4825_r.jpg)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/52a361417f7c06a2b25edac4ee320ac59b864207_r.jpg)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/a6a16d7401b5d9e90e3df3f480243ab0c8392162_r.jpg)
The Invisible Woman (1940)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/b3f16e7e04b2dde8044ff2fd8911c475c673a3b9_r.jpg)
Black Friday (1940)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/28926da7fa091bc7db0ee20ddeeac54a01c8c63b_r.jpg)
The Black Cat (1941)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/2a4360627726008ebf06dc6bea8709f5f4070982_r.jpg)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/d8816a7103bad9ef0aeefbb6fb029a7b44d8af05_r.jpg)
Invisible Agent (1942)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/5fa1697c0bb8dfe4084bac212734c1ebbe057bde_r.jpg)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/baa16a7200bcdfef02f0c929ba8ee702fe017e1e_r.jpg)
Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man (1943)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/64126f171e058b79d2de0d0ebc5d1b06f5330831_r.jpg)
Son of Dracula (1943)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/dcb1637a01b0d3e3063afd676e600b1460c66309_r.jpg)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/23e36b3679710a90bdb6d96de17a0c7b53c47d34_r.jpg)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/26736e9d71040181be90d6b5e44b093ceb2042e7_r.jpg)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/3f116f740cbed4e10bd06ad06d9f526edf17c823_r.jpg)
The Mummy's Curse (1944)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/7001627c04b7d3e7057acd2bda8f5498d798315a_r.jpg)
House of Dracula (1945)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/91136bf07c750333bfddd802e2b30e7e777d6a26_r.jpg)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/ee536dcb78040c4eb75bd1b7e3fe02d1e51d91a7_r.jpg)
Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein (1948)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/dbb36a9f73dd0e07b60bdb85e81a0cb63b151253_r.jpg)
Abbott & Costello meet the Invisible Man (1951)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/f621627d00b2d2e300b21321b320c49e9f448f58_r.jpg)
The Strange Door (1951)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/ea6361dc715209e5bcfed513ecfd0dee0cdb8afa_r.jpg)
The Black Castle (1952)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/50e26e173c099bc9de7e9a02b296572bb7c74ba3_r.jpg)
Abbott & Costello meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1953)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/c9a365d378a10159bac0df21e0a300ac219e85a8_r.jpg)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/8911637e05bad1e20dad0de22c8da3cfd6197fb4_r.jpg)
Abbott & Costello meet the Mummy (1955)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/8d81647d08bfd9e1065fe35f6b628d097c180e50_r.jpg)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/5d426a87760f8badd88e19081fb52c28c130d4b0_r.jpg)
Paranoiac (1963)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/e041637a0fbed9ef09cae917363f6dcb255cbf95_r.jpg)
Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/8c616d7b09b3d3e0031d17a9624f452d6c6f12a6_r.jpg)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/afd362847d730bd9bf0cdff0ec9d09dee03258ab_r.jpg)
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I would love to have every square inch of my walls covered with these. Fantastic!
Something I'm amazed is I've found many of the arts for the sequels to a lot of films but not the original films. Put it this way. I thought I would have found Frankenstein before I found House of Frankenstein!
That's really odd. Luckily, the artwork for the sequels is as well done as the originals.
Any updates anyone????
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on May 10, 2015, 02:13:39 PM
Any updates anyone????
Haven't exactly been looking, but I haven't run across any, either.
Not a major addition since I already posted a version of this but here's an uncropped Werewolf of London.
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/f089ba32b10f49bdb5ea1d5844b80940_r.jpg?1433043598)
Uncropped is always preferred! Thanks!
Here's Son of Frankenstein with Karloff's reflection. A bit grainy and in B&W but it'll do for now. I'm hoping my friend Ansel will colorize it for me.
(http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/cdbf9a51ea37482c9876bb2bd02f668d_r.jpg?1434680205)
I've tried a cursory read-thru, but didn't see a thread listing favorite artwork websites. Is there a thread like that? Or is there reluctance to offer artwork website links here on UMA?
Quote from: ChristineBCW on October 10, 2015, 04:21:08 PM
Is there a thread like that? Or is there reluctance to offer artwork website links here on UMA?
I can't think of a particular thread. There have probably been links posted, but just as an "oh by the way" in who knows what threads.
Quote from: Mord on January 31, 2015, 03:09:20 PM
Actually, it's a homemade DVD set with cut & paste back cover art (the front art is the grey A&C cover you posted). The actual films are from the A&C box set. My brother did it to hold me over until Universal does a proper set. They may never get around to it, so I'm grateful for what I have.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91CkNyGEDKL._SY445_.jpg)
I do wish it included Killer. That said I'm not sure if it includes the short Creature segment from the Colgate Comedy Hour but I hope it does.
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on January 27, 2015, 02:20:19 PM
This is just a random post but I have noticed that, so far, The Invisible Man films are the only ones that I have artworks for the original film and its sequels (He also makes a cameo in A&C meet Frankenstein and I even have that artwork).
The one you don't have is Invisible Ray but they didn't even release that in the line.
Quote from: YoungestMonsterKid on November 11, 2015, 07:58:40 PM
That said I'm not sure if it includes the short Creature segment from the Colgate Comedy Hour but I hope it does.
Universal doesn't own that show/clip, so it's not in the DVD set.
Quote from: Mike Scott on November 11, 2015, 11:13:50 PM
Universal doesn't own that show/clip, so it's not in the DVD set.
That's what I suspected. What a shame. It really rounded out all the monsters.
Quote from: YoungestMonsterKid on November 11, 2015, 08:18:07 PM
The one you don't have is Invisible Ray but they didn't even release that in the line.
Not sure what you mean? Invisible Ray isn't part of the Invisible Man series.
Quote from: Mike Scott on November 12, 2015, 11:24:48 AM
Not sure what you mean? Invisible Ray isn't part of the Invisible Man series.
The Invisible Woman isn't either. Yet it's in the boxed set as a film. I kinda' meant it as another film in the series (in spirit) even if it's never officially been so.
Quote from: YoungestMonsterKid on November 12, 2015, 03:38:54 PM
The Invisible Woman isn't either.
Yes, but it is about an invisible person, unlike INVISIBLE RAY (which is not about an invisible guy named "Ray").
SHE WOLF OF LONDON has no actual werewolf, but gets included in the WM set because you don't really know that till the end. ;D
Quote from: YoungestMonsterKid on November 11, 2015, 08:18:07 PM
The one you don't have is Invisible Ray but they didn't even release that in the line.
I actually have the artwork for Invisible Ray posted in my original thread 'Classic Collection Artwork!!'. :)
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on November 18, 2015, 05:59:02 PM
I actually have the artwork for Invisible Ray posted in my original thread 'Classic Collection Artwork!!'. :)
Seems like that one was in their sci-fi collection line?
No it was a stand alone but since I had found the artwork I figured I'd post it. Haha
Found a 2nd one, as well.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DNR9D3GDL.jpg)
(http://www.vhscollector.com/sites/default/files/vhscovers/invisibleray-mca1%20(VHSCollector.com)%20.jpg)
Well good news is I know the magazine that had the A&C Monsters VHS set that had the early '90s tapes plus Meet the Killer Boris Karloff. It was the 2003 edition of Critics Choice Big Book of Movies. Sad news is I still havent found it. :(
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on February 22, 2015, 03:10:37 PM
Something I'm amazed is I've found many of the arts for the sequels to a lot of films but not the original films. Put it this way. I thought I would have found Frankenstein before I found House of Frankenstein!
Kinda makes sense to me. There must be many collectors who would like to get a copy of the artwork for the original films - but far fewer who want them
all enough to spend the necessary money. Economics. (Or just smaller fan base.)
Funny enough I had a dream last night that I found a B&W copy of The Wolf Man artwork on some website. Might be time for me to get hunting again ;)
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on January 27, 2015, 05:41:57 PM
I wish I still had it but about 12 or 13 years ago we got a video catalog in the mail (might have been Movies Unlimited, not sure. I remember there was an image from Some Like It Hot on the cover) which had an Abbott & Costello Monsters VHS set. It wasn't the same set released around 2000. This set had the tapes from the early 1990's and also had Meet The Killer Boris Karloff!
Old news but anyways I found the magazine. It was a 2003 edition of Critics Choice Big Book of Movies. Anyways heres the set I was talking about. Never seen this set outside of this magazine.
(http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/jpg/c599e9535c174f2ea93ef1037cdb2bcf_r.jpg)
Quote from: crissrudd4554 on January 13, 2017, 03:13:46 PM
Old news but anyways I found the magazine. It was a 2003 edition of Critics Choice Big Book of Movies. Anyways heres the set I was talking about. Never seen this set outside of this magazine.
(http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/jpg/c599e9535c174f2ea93ef1037cdb2bcf_r.jpg)
A collection that finally includes Killer!
though "finally" is the wrong words as this was probably next to the first collection (besides laser-disc)
Those VHS box sets were the absolute coolest from back in the day.
Quote from: YoungestMonsterKid on February 13, 2017, 10:01:40 AM
A collection that finally includes Killer!
I wish it had been in the "Meet the Monsters" DVD set. :(
Does anyone know where I can find the artwork from the 'Bride of Frankenstein' VHS? Trying to make a blu ray cover and I can't find a clear VHS artwork for this movie anywhere. Any help is appreciated.
Quote from: Clerk13 on December 13, 2022, 01:58:14 PM
Does anyone know where I can find the artwork from the 'Bride of Frankenstein' VHS?
This one is pretty nice. Click photo to enlarge.
https://retro-daze.org/ScifiAndOther/Sci-Fi/B/THE-BRIDE-OF-FRANKENSTEIN.jpg
Quote from: Mike Scott on December 13, 2022, 04:37:03 PM
This one is pretty nice. Click photo to enlarge.
https://retro-daze.org/ScifiAndOther/Sci-Fi/B/THE-BRIDE-OF-FRANKENSTEIN.jpg
cool deal. Thanks a bunch
Quote from: Mike Scott on November 12, 2015, 03:48:39 PM
Yes, but it is about an invisible person, unlike INVISIBLE RAY (which is not about an invisible guy named "Ray").
SHE WOLF OF LONDON has no actual werewolf, but gets included in the WM set because you don't really know that till the end. ;D
She-Wolf of London is an awesome film. They never actually show a werewolf in the film, but they do have murders and wolf howling. So, it could actually be a werewolf, just an off-screen one like in the Val Lewton films. Anyway, She-Wolf of London is an awesome murder/mystery horror film.
To me, like Werewolf of London, She-Wolf of London is simply a different take on the werewolf mythology.