Vincent Price Collection [Blu-ray] [US Import]

Scream factory has given out details of the extras - as follows.

FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER;
Vintage and rare Introduction and final words from Vincent Price
Audio Commentary with Roger Corman
Vincent Price Retrospective Commentary with author Lucy Chase Williams featuring Pitor Michael as the voice of Vincent Price
Audio interview with Vincent Price by historian David Del Valle
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery

THE HAUNTED PALACE;
Vintage and rare Introduction and final words from Vincent Price
Audio Commentary by author Lucy Chase Williams (The Complete Films of Vincent Price) and Richard Heft
Audio Commentary by author Tom Weaver
A Change of Poe- an interview with director Roger Corman
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery

THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH;
Vintage and rare Introduction and final words from Vincent Price
Audio Commentary by author Steve Haberman (Silent Screams: The History of the Silent Horror Film)
Interview with Roger Corman
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM;
Vintage and rare Introduction and final words from Vincent Price
Rare Prologue
Audio Commentary with Roger Corman
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery

WITCHFINDER GENERAL;
Vintage and rare Introduction and final words from Vincent Price
Audio Commentary with producer Philip Waddilove and actor Ian Ogilvy
Witchfinder General: Michael Reeves' Horror Classic
Vintage Interview with Vincent Price conducted by film historian David Del Valle (1987)
Vincent and Victoria: an Interview with Victoria Price
Theatrical Trailer
Additional Vincent Price Theatrical Trailers
Still Gallery

THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES;
Audio Commentary with director Robert Fuest
Audio Commentary with author Justin Humphreys (Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget)
Introductory Price: Undertaking "The Vincent Price Gothic Horrors"
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery

This is a wonderful collection of Vincent Price horror classics. These versions have superior color to previous home video versions. In the case of THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, this transfer corrects an earlier, flawed DVD edition.

The supplements are a real treat in this set. Most of the films have rare Vincent Price intros and outros that were filmed for an Iowa PBS TV station in the 1980's, which haven't been widely available before. THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM has a rare prologue that was filmed for the movie's premiere on network television in the late 1960's. In fact, the version of that prologue found in this set is more complete than the earlier release of it on MGM DVD.

There are also some interviews and/or audio commentaries with director Roger Corman, Price himself, Price's daughter Victoria Price, and authors Tom Weaver and Price biographer Lucy Chase Williams. There's quite a bit of new material contained in the supplements, even for those who are habitual devotees of these films.

To those who are complaining about some "missing" titles, many of the titles they cite are actually the property of other studios. For example, Warner owns HOUSE OF WAX (available on Blu-ray), Fox owns THE FLY (available on Blu-ray), Sony/Columbia owns THE TINGLER (available on DVD), and HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL might be public domain. This set is a collection of films that Price did for American-International Pictures.

All in all, a great production from Shout Factory!

1. The Fall of House of Usher a.k.a House of Usher (1960).
2. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961).
3. The Haunted Palace (1963).
4. The Masque of the Red Death (1964).
5. Witchfinder General - and its alternate U.S. version of the film, The Conqueror Worm (1968).
6. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971).

Thought I'd provide what Amazon hasn't. Maybe Shout! Factory hasn't made anything official.

The sequel to Phibes would be nice. Seems incomplete without it. Of course, you could list The Raven, A Comedy of Terrors (* looks at watch *) well... many more. But not a bad looking set if this is what it ends up being.

(will replace this with a review when it comes out and I can afford to get it)

Let me just preface this review in saying that I love these films, and this set provides THE best way available for viewing them. It even includes nice "video bookends" by Vincent Price (via Iowa Public Television) where he provides both an introduction to the films (5 out of the 6 anyway), as well as some closing words at the end. Even though these bookends weren't restored, it is still totally awesome to have Vincent Price himself introduce these films to us, any time we want!

However, the main items on this set, being the films themselves, were not given proper restoration. Not sure if SHOUT! couldn't afford to restore them, or didn't have permission, but it is a shame that the films were not given the same treatment as the Universal Monster films that were released in 2012 on Blu-ray. The films on the Vincent Price set still have visible film scratches, and the colors are slightly faded.

But like I said, simply releasing these on Blu-ray does provide us with the clearest prints to date. Plus, Pit and the Pendulum is finally in ANAMORPHIC widescreen, which is great. I do wish that Dr. Phibes Rises Again was included, instead of Witchfinder General (not that big of a fan), to go along with The Abominable Dr. Phibes on this set. Seems incomplete without it. Maybe they're saving it for a Volume 2?

Definitely worth picking up for fans of these films, even if you already own them on DVD. I just wish the films were properly restored, and that Dr. Phibes Rises Again was included.

scrap the old MGM DVD releases
Any fan of Vincent price should definitely buy this new blu-ray collection from Scream factory
6 of the best Vincent price films from the 1960's on 4 Disc blu-ray Discs packed on flip trays
THE PIT & THE PENDULUM
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
on Disc 1

THE HAUNTED PALACE
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
on Disc 2
THE ABOMINABLE DR PHIBES is Disc 3
and WITCHFINDER GENERAL is Disc 4
all Given brand new High Definition blu-ray transfers in 2:35:1 widescreen
all 5 films are presented in their NOT RATED versions except for Dr Phibes which is rated PG-13 & in 1:85:1 ratio
plus all the Audio quality for all 6 films have brand new Master audio stereo mixes
i tell you what a big improvement from the MGM DVD releases
the picture quality on all 6 films looks amazing stunning quality
scream factory really did make the effort to clean up the picture quality on all 6 films
and they also improved the sound quality aswell, massive boost from the Mono sound from the dvd releases

all the old extras from the dvd releases are included in this blu-ray set
the Audio commentaries from Director Roger corman are still on these blu-ray's
the interview featurette's with Roger corman for Masque of the Red Death & The Haunted pallace have been included
all the interviews, featurettes & Audio commentaries from the
Witchfinder General dvd release is included here aswell
all the Theatrical trailer's for all 6 films are included
no extra has been missed out from the MGM DVD releases i promise you that

there's new special features aswell
all 5 films have new introductions by Vincent price
about 5-10mins introductions that are TV broadcast material from the Vincent price movie marathon from the 80's
plus some of the films have newly recoded Audio commentaries for this blu-ray set
the main being ABOMINABLE DR PHIBES
which has 2 brand new Audio commentaries
by Director Robert Fuest & Author Justin Humphreys
the Robert Fuest commentary is pretty terrible listening tragically
i found the commentary to be pointless waste of time
during the whole film Robert had difficulty remembering most scenes he filmed
and that's because he was 84 years old when he did the commentary
Robert passed away some months after the commentary was recorded for this blu-ray set

it's time to throw out the old MGM DVD releases
and upgrade to this new blu-ray collection, definitely worth the cash for sure
i almost forgot a new 24 page booklet is included inside the case
which talks about these Vincent price films and includes rare photos
i gave this new blu-ray set 5 stars for sure