IT CAME FROM THE BOTTOM SHELF!

While there has been no official announcement from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, the news has been leaked from multiple sources that Universal will upgrade their Invisible Man and Creature From The Black Lagoon Legacy Collections to Blu-ray on August 28th.  These box sets contain all of the Universal horror films in each respective series.

The news initially leaked through the newsletter from Video ETA.com, and later the news was confirmed by Bob Furmanek of the 3-D Film Archive:

REVENGE OF THE CREATURE is newly restored and coming to 3-D Blu-ray on August 28, 2018: 4K scans of the original 35mm negatives by NBCUniversal and stereoscopic alignment by 3-D Film Archive!

For more information on the restoration and rare Creature memorabilia from the Archive, please visit: http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/revenge-of-the-creature

The Complete Legacy Collection: https://www.uphe.com/movies/creature-from-the-black-lagoon-complete-legacy-collection

It is assumed that the sets will contain the same contents as the DVD versions of the Legacy Collections, albeit in improved, restored transfers.  If that turns out to be the case, here’s what we can expect:

The Invisible Man Complete Legacy Collection (DVD contents)

Disc 1 – The Invisible Man:

• Now You See Him: The Invisble Man Revealed
• Production Photographs
• Feature Commentary with Film Historian Rudy Behlmer

Disc 2 – The Invisible Man Returns

Disc 2 – The Invisible Woman

Disc 2 – Invisible Agent:

• Theatrical Trailer

Disc 2 – The Invisible Man’s Revenge

Disc 3 – Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man:

• Theatrical Trailer

The Creature From The Black Lagoon Complete Legacy Collection (DVD contents)

Disc 1 – Creature From the Black Lagoon:

• Back To The Black Lagoon
• Production Photographs
• Feature Commentary with Film Historian Tom Weaver
• Theatrical Trailer

Disc 2 – Revenge of the Creature:

• Feature Commentary with Actress Lori Nelson and Film Historians Tom Weaver and Bob Burns
• Theatrical Trailer

Disc 2 – The Creature Walks Among Us:

• Feature Commentary with Film Historians Tom Weaver and Bob Burns
• Theatrical Trailer

There are also rumors that a Classic Monsters: 30 Film Collection, containing all of the content from the Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolf Man, Mummy, Invisible Man, and Creature Legacy Collections, plus The Phantom of the Opera (1943) will also be released on August 28th.