From the era of silent movies through present day, Universal Pictures has been regarded as the home of the monsters. The Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection showcases all of the original films featuring the most iconic monsters in motion picture history including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Phantom of the Opera and Creature from the Black Lagoon. Starring some of the most legendary actors including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains and Elsa Lanchester in the roles that they made famous, these films set the standard for a new horror genre with revolutionary makeup, mood-altering cinematography and groundbreaking special effects. Featuring hours of revealing bonus features, these landmark movies defined the horror genre and are still regarded as some of the most unforgettable characters ever to be filmed.

A collection of all 30 Universal Classic Monster films from 1931 – 1956 with a 48-Page collectible Book and hours of bonus features including Behind the Scenes Documentaries, the 1931 Spanish Version of Dracula, Featurettes of Boris Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and Jack Pierce, 13 Expert Feature Commentaries, Archival Footage, Production Photographs, Theatrical Trailers and much more!

(Basically, the previous 6 separate monster Legacy Collection sets combined, but this time on 1-sided DVDs, and the reviewers say with vastly improved picture quality.)

Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Mummy (1932)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Werewolf of London (1935)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The Invisible Woman (1940)
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
The Mummy's Ghost (1942)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Invisible Agent (1942)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Son of Dracula (1943)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
The Mummy's Curse (1944)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
House of Dracula (1945)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L8QP082/?tag=imwan-20

Currently priced at Amazon at $91.99 = 54% off. The closest 3rd party retailer has it for $140.59. Operators are standing by !!

The Universal Monsters to me are like Zappa

I got the individual sets years ago (double sided discs)
The 75th dvd of Dracula and also Frankenstein
The Blu Ray box of the main titles
The Abbott & Costello Box
This box with the one sided dvd's

next up?
The complete blu ray box?

The booklet is pretty much the same as the blu ray booklet.

A lot of the reviews on Amazon for the "Complete 30 Film Collection" say Universal should have included a few more Bela Lugosi titles, specifically "The Black Cat" and "The Raven". To that end, I stumbled across "The Bela Lugosi Collection" which contains those 2 plus 3 others, "Murders In The Rue Morgue", "The Invisible Ray", and "Black Friday". It's rated very highly by a lot of reviewers, and Boris Karloff appears in a few of them too. So there, take that...



Bela Lugosi is known as the master of evil in the horror-film genre. His range as an actor in this realm knew no boundaries and his legend lives on in this 5-movie collector's edition, featuring Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat, The Raven, The Invisible Ray, and Black Friday.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009X770E/?tag=imwan-20

I own everyone of them, or I'd be there.

BTW, a 4 film Universal Lugosi/Karloff set of previously unreleased films is turning up at Big Lots for $5.