Classic Collection Artwork!!

[crissrudd4554]

Frankenstein and Dracula covers modeled after the 1980's VHS covers.

[Mike Scott]

I remember those Frank and Drac cassette boxes! They must have been the first Universal horrors released to home video.

[Mike Scott]

Thought I'd do a quick reference guide for the "Universal Horror Classics" VHS boxes and the few that didn't get included in either set. (The Invisible Ray should have been part of the "Classics Collection"!)



The ones that got away. KINO VIDEO and IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT VHS

[crissrudd4554]

The two Ape Woman sequels I sorta wish had been in the CC just for continuity.

[Mike Scott]

The two Ape Woman sequels I sorta wish had been in the CC just for continuity.

Yes and maybe SHE-WOLF, since it now gets included in the WOLF MAN DVD sets.

[crissrudd4554]

Yeah that too. I still wonder who it was that did the CC covers especially since Universal clearly were not the only studio to implore the same artist(s) and/or same concept.

[Monsters For Sale]

Thought I'd do a quick reference guide for the "Universal Horror Classics" VHS boxes and the few that didn't get included in either set. (The Invisible Ray should have been part of the "Classics Collection"!)

"The Old Dark House" should have been wedged in there somewhere.

Not really a "monster" picture per se, but a lovely little James Whale Universal horror nonetheless.

[crissrudd4554]

Universal lost the rights to it.

[Monsters For Sale]

Universal lost the rights to it.

I know.

I just meant that it deserved to have been included in the group on its own merits.

A Universal produced, James Whale directed, Boris Karloff starring chiller.

[Mike Scott]

I just meant that it deserved to have been included in the group on its own merits.

A Universal produced, James Whale directed, Boris Karloff starring chiller.

I included the KINO VHS as an extra in my previous post. Also THE BRUTE MAN.

[Mike Scott]

May as well finish it off with the "Golden Age of Science Fiction Thrillers" series and a couple of other Universal '50s sci-fi movies.

[crissrudd4554]

May as well finish it off with the "Golden Age of Science Fiction Thrillers" series and a couple of other Universal '50s sci-fi movies.

I have artworks for a few of these

[crissrudd4554]

Ghost of Frankenstein cover recreation using the original source photos. Also my first colorization attempt. My friends better at this than I am.

[aura of foreboding]

Ghost of Frankenstein cover recreation using the original source photos. Also my first colorization attempt. My friends better at this than I am.

Nice work!  I would just add some blue highlighting around the Monster to let it blend more with the background per the original.   

[crissrudd4554]

Thanks for the tip and feedback. I'm still tampering with it somewhat. Trying to get the blue reflection on his left side to blend in more.