Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Blu-ray (9/4)

[X-human]

In plenty of time for Halloween, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Blu-Ray) has been scheduled for a release date of September 4th.

Hailed as the teams best picture, and part of Universal's 100th anniversary celebration, it will come as a 2-disc combo pack that will include a standard definition version (containing all the bonus features).

It will retail for $26.98

http://www.classicflix.com/chick-abb...ay-a-1235.html

Matches the rumor mill from earlier in the year. Hopefully Hitchcock and the Classic Monsters are announced soon. Not sure if I'll buy this release day and date or not. Can't say if there will be another boxset down the road with more movies.

Also posted by Kim Newman on Facebook:

I've just written an essay for the Criterion Collection's BluRay release of The Blob.

Beware of the blob, it creeps
And leaps and glides and slides
Across the floor
Right through the door
And all around the wall
A splotch, a blotch
Be careful of the blob.

[buck135]

Originally Posted by X-human

Matches the rumor mill from earlier in the year. Hopefully Hitchcock and the Classic Monsters are announced soon. Not sure if I'll buy this release day and date or not. Can't say if there will be another boxset down the road with more movies.

Exactly. I'll wait until the eventual Universal Monsters box is released as well to make sure that it isn't included. I also want to see a review or two first. I'm tired of being burned by Universal.

[X-human]

Press Release:

Promotion: Universal 100th Anniversary Editions: New Releases - Wave 4
Headline Date: TBA
Release Date: 9/4/2012

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN

Product Source: Theatrical
Theatrical Studio: Universal
Theatrical Release: 6/15/1948
Synopsis: Comedy meets horror when Bud Abbott and Lou Costello encounter Universal’s classic monsters in the frightfully funny Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. The world of baggage handlers Chick Young (Abbott) and Wilbur Grey (Costello) is turned upside down when they receive the remains of Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and Frankenstein (Glenn Strange) bound for the House of Horrors museum. When Dracula and Frankenstein escape, complete chaos ensues as Chick and Wilbur get mixed up in an evil plot to switch Wilbur’s brain with Frankenstein’s and are aided by Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.), who turns into The Wolf Man when the moon is full! Featuring a perfect blend of laughs and thrills, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is one the “all-time great horror comedies.” (Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide)

BD Combo Pack Full Frame (61122182) : Disc 1 (Side A)
Format: BD Combo Pack UPC: 0-2519-21400-5-1
Unit Type: Standard Number of Media: 1
Street Date: 9/4/2012 PreOrder Date:
Run Time (HH:MM): 1 Hour 23 Minutes
Language: English Disc Type: BD-50 (Single Sided)
Packaging: Snap Case with Slip Sleeve Layers: Single
Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
Spanish
French

Edition: - Picture: Full Frame
Version: Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy Color/B&W BLACK & WHITE
Rating: Not Rated CARA Rating: -
Bonus Features: • Digital Copy of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (expires 12/31/2013)

BD Combo Pack Full Frame (61122182) : Disc 2 (Side A)
Format: BD Combo Pack UPC: 0-2519-21400-5-1
Unit Type: Standard Number of Media: 1
Street Date: 9/4/2012 PreOrder Date:
Run Time (HH:MM): 1 Hour 23 Minutes
Language: English Disc Type: DVD-9 (Single Sided)
Packaging: Snap Case with Slip Sleeve Layers: Single
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
French

Edition: - Picture: Full Frame
Version: Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy Color/B&W BLACK & WHITE
Rating: Not Rated CARA Rating: -
Bonus Features: • Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters
• Feature Commentary with Film Historian Gregory W. Mank
• Production Photographs

DVD Full Frame (61020572) : Disc 1 (Side A)
Format: DVD UPC: 0-2519-20572-2-9
Unit Type: Standard Number of Media: -
Street Date: 8/21/2012 PreOrder Date:
Run Time (HH:MM): 1 Hour 23 Minutes
Language: English Disc Type: DVD-5 (Single Sided)
Packaging: Snap Case Layers: Single
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
French

Edition: - Picture: Full Frame
Version: - Color/B&W BLACK & WHITE
Rating: Not Rated CARA Rating: -
Bonus Features: • Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters
• Feature Commentary with Film Historian Gregory W. Mank
• Production Photographs
• Theatrical Trailer
• Production Notes
• Cast and Filmmakers

DVD Full Frame (61122849) : Disc 1 (Side A)
Format: DVD UPC: 0-2519-21473-1-9
Unit Type: Standard Number of Media: 1
Street Date: 9/4/2012 PreOrder Date:
Run Time (HH:MM): 1 Hour 23 Minutes
Language: English Disc Type: DVD-5 (Single Sided)
Packaging: Snap Case with Slip Sleeve Layers: Single
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
French

Edition: - Picture: Full Frame
Version: DVD + Digital Copy Color/B&W BLACK & WHITE
Rating: Not Rated CARA Rating: -
Bonus Features:
• Digital Copy of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (expires 12/31/2013)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters
• Feature Commentary with Film Historian Gregory W. Mank
• Production Photographs

The leak list is turning out to be very on target and makes me wonder if the original Phantom of the Opera and Hunchback of Notre Dame are indeed in the pipeline. There are photographs from these films on their anniversary website but that normally doesn't really mean anything.

We'll probably have close to two months to wait and see. But if these are released by Universal from their vaulted elements there's a great probability that they'll be the best prints seen in decades.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon 3D, Dracula's epilogue, The Phantom of the Opera and The Hunchback of Notre Dame all possibilities for Halloween? "I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. It might even - horrify you. So if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now's your chance to - uh, well, we warned you."

[dave13]

Its a shame universal is asking so much for these classic blus. A&C meet frankenstein is great, no doubt, but at those prices, with no new supplements (to be fair, it doesn't really need them), I'm just really reluctant to bite. Guess I'll bide my time until the 'straight' classic monsters are released. I don't think I'd be able to say no to them...

[baggio]

It's a shame the movie is not in widescreen. And I don't mean this release, I'm talking about how the movie was filmed originally. Would have been gorgeous.

I think Abbott & Costello meet the Mummy was in widescreen.

[X-human]

It fits the rest of the Universal Classics better as 1.33:1 anyways. Almost wish Young Frankenstein was shot for 1.33:1.

[dave13]

Originally Posted by X-human

It fits the rest of the Universal Classics better as 1.33:1 anyways. Almost wish Young Frankenstein was shot for 1.33:1.

yeah, that would have been really appropriate.

[satans-sadists]

Blu-ray.com review: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Abbott.../46682/#Review

[bruce h]

Rock!Shock!Pop! review:
http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/c...t-Frankenstein

[jcannon]

Release got pushed up to 8/28!

[satans-sadists]

DVD Beaver review: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film4/blu-r...in_blu-ray.htm

[buck135]

The reviews for the Universal Monsters blu-rays had better be more favorable if I'm going to drop $100 for the set. Can't Universal ever do anything right when it comes to their back catalog?

[X-human]

Originally Posted by buck135

The reviews for the Universal Monsters blu-rays had better be more favorable if I'm going to drop $100 for the set. Can't Universal ever do anything right when it comes to their back catalog?

That's why I'm only dropping $60 total for the UK import. If they think they can get me to spend twice that on their DNR excuses for "restorations" they've got another thing coming.