Classics From Outer Space
Science fiction from the 1950s-1970s is collected on Classics From Outer Space. This collection features a trio of significant films among the sampling of material that represents the standard of the period's genre offerings. Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women is considered a camp classic and was directed by a pseudonymous Peter Bogdanovich. Embryo stars Rock Hudson and is emblematic of the medical sci-fi, such as Coma or The Andromeda Strain, that was prevalent in the '70s. Attack From Space is a Japanese super-hero film featuring Starman, and is a forerunner to Ultraman and the Power Rangers. The other films rounding out the collection are the serial adaptation Flash Gordon: Rocketship, Phantom from Space, Killers from Space, the Roger Corman produced Night of the Blood Beast, The Day the Sky Exploded, and Assignment: Outer Space.
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No Digital Remastering on this Cheapo Release! - Dudley_Do-Right
This DVD set was released by a company called "St. Clair Entertainment". Like me, I assume you've never heard of them. So when a company you've never heard of releases a DVD set, odds are it's going to be done really cheaply. Disappointingly, that rule of thumb holds true in this case.
The video images on these DVD's are extremely soft, on par with a second or third generation videotape. And the audio isn't much better.
Although the "special effects" of these movies are not on par with today's digital wizardry, they are "products of their time" and it would be nice to see them given proper treatement (i.e. digital remastering).
This cheaply done DVD release, with it's inferior video & audio, does not make for enjoyable viewing.
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No Digital Remastering on this Cheapo Release! - Dudley_Do-Right
This DVD set was released by a company called "St. Clair Entertainment". Like me, I assume you've never heard of them. So when a company you've never heard of releases a DVD set, odds are it's going to be done really cheaply. Disappointingly, that rule ...