Garv’s Pick of the Week: The Vincent Price Collection (Scream Factory)
For the release week of September 22nd:
Garv’s Pick of the Week: The Vincent Price Collection [Blu-ray / Scream Factory]: Back in 2013, Scream Factory released a Vincent Price Collection Blu-ray box set containing House of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Haunted Palace (1963), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Witchfinder General (1968), and the greatest horror movie of all time, The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971). That set went out-of-print, and until now, Scream Factory was unable to re-release it due to rights issues. This week, the set is back in a revised form. Scream Factory was unable to bring back the brief TV introductions to the films by Vincent Price. However, the new edition contains two versions of The Masque of the Red Death – the standard edition from the prior release and an extended version that reinstates around 70 seconds of cut footage. A new standalone Blu-ray release of The Masque of the Red Death also arrives this week, if you already own the prior release of this box set.
Additional Titles of Interest —
The Masque of the Red Death [Blu-ray / Scream Factory]: This standalone Blu-ray contains both the standard and extended version of The Masque of the Red Death.
The Art of Love [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: During the run of The Dick Van Dyke Show, writer Carl Reiner and star Dick Van Dyke also teamed up for this theatrical film about an artist who fakes his own death to increase the value of his paintings. James Garner, Elke Sommer, Angie Dickinson, and Ethel Merman co-star.
Lord Love a Duck [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld star in this 1966 cult comedy.
Never Steal Anything Small [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: The least of the musicals starring James Cagney gets a Blu-ray release. But, hey, it’s a musical starring James Cagney.
Stanley Kubrick: 3-Film 4K Collection [4K UHD / Warner Brothers]: The Stanley Kubrick films 2001: a Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket get a 4K UHD upgrade.
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