Arrow Video does it again with another amazing Blu-ray box set to warm the hearts of cult movie geeks. COLD WAR CREATURES: FOUR FILMS FROM SAM KATZMAN features a quartet of low-budget genre films produced by B-movie maven Sam Katzman for Columbia Pictures in the mid 1950s.
The movies are CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN, THE WEREWOLF, ZOMBIES OF MORA TAU, and THE GIANT CLAW. Each film gets its own disc case, with reversible cover artwork. Each film gets plenty of extras on the individual discs as well.
Included in each disc case are three mini-lobby cards for each movie.
There's also two reversible mini-posters with the set.
And....if that isn't enough....there are two different booklets included in the set. There's an 80-page booklet which features poster artwork and stills from each film, and the other is 60 pages, and it has essays on each title and a short career bio of Sam Katzman.
Now...are these films worthy of such deluxe treatment?? Well, I wouldn't call any of them great--collectively they are more interesting than even good. But it's wonderful to know that Arrow has put so much effort into this set, with these types of films, especially with all the "physical media is dying" noise going on.
Eventually I will be writing blog posts on each individual disc. But meanwhile I'll be having a fine time going through all the various elements involved in this set. Keep it up, Arrow!!
Now, this is something I have to get!!
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