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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543532057
Feature: Disc 1: Chandu the Magician **Commentary by Author Gregory William Mank **Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu **Chandu the Magician Radio Serial Episode **Restoration Comparison **Trailer **Still Gallery Disc 2: Dr. Renault's Secret **By The Book: Horror, Suspense, and Literary Inspiration **Restoration Comparison **Trailer **Interactive Pressbook **Still Gallery Disc 3: Dra
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Restored, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: 2253205
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 09, 2008
Running Time: 232 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Features:- Disc 1: Chandu the Magician **Commentary by Author Gregory William Mank **Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu **Chandu the Magician Radio Serial Episode **Restoration Comparison **Trailer **Still Gallery Disc 2: Dr. Renault's Secret **By The Book: Horror, Suspense, and Literary Inspiration **Restoration Comparison **Trailer **Interactive Pressbook **Still Gallery Disc 3: Dra
Editorial Review:
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 09/09/2008
Amazon.com:
Although only one of the '40s-era movies from the Fox library contained in this set can be called a genuine horror film, all three pictures offer enough excitement and suspense--as well as the presence of genre stalwarts like Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, George Zucco and J. Carroll Naish--to warrant viewings by classic movie fans and broad-minded horror aficionados alike. Dr. Renault's Secret, from 1942, is the real article in terms of horror, with Zucco as the title scientist and J. Carroll Naish as, well, his secret, a brutish handyman with a monstrous heritage. It's a breezy B-picture on par with similar efforts like The Ape Man, although with stronger production value. The fantasy-adventure Chandu the Magician (1931) stars Edmund Lowe as the eponymous yogi, who is dispatched to save his brother from the evil magician Roxor (Lugosi). Based on a popular radio series from the '30s, Chandu benefits greatly from atmospheric cinematography by James Wong Howe and production design by William Cameron Menzies, who pull off some genuinely impressive special effects, and from the marvelous florid performance by Lugosi (who would go on to play Chandu in a subsequent serial). Dragonwyck (1946) is the volume's ringer; with its story of class struggle and forbidden marriage between wealthy Vincent Price and his less fortunate and distant relation Gene Tierney, it offers only the hint of chills in whispers about a ghost. It's also probably the best of the set's three films in regard to production value and performances, with Price taking top honors as the cold-hearted lord of the manor and Walter Huston as Tierney's suspicious father. But that probably means little to horror fans, who will probably pass over the film in favor of Renault's more upfront scares; similarly, classic drama fans may not wish to invest in all three pictures in order to enjoy Dragonwyck. But hope springs eternal that curiosity will introduce both sides to the merits of the other features included here. As with its predecessor, the Fox Horror Classics Collection Volume 2 includes a wealth of fine extras that give historical perspective to the features they accompany. Chandu and Dragonwyck feature commentary tracks by Lugosi biographer Gregory William Mank and writer Stephen Haberman and filmmaker Constantine Nasr, respectively; all three films are discussed in detail by a host of experts (authors Kim Newman, Rudy Behlmer and Lucy Chase Williams, among others, as well as effects legend Ray Harryhausen and collector extraordinaire Bob Burns) in 15-minute featurettes. The Dragonwyck disc also includes two radio adaptations, both starring Price, as well as an isolated audio track for Alfred Newman's evocative score. Trailers for Renault and Dragonwyck and an informative booklet of liner notes round out this eclectic set. --Paul Gaita
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Because I am a rabid Bela Lugosi fan, I greatly enjoyed this collection. Chandu the Magician features Bela as one of his greatest villians: Roxnor! A black cloaked wizard in a tomb full of Frankenstein-like machines and weilding a "death ray" with which to rule the world! This is like Indian Jones finding a forgotten Idol of pure gold -in fantasy adventure! A Bela Lugosi MUST SEE!
Dragonwyck is a gothic romance with a very young Vincent Price doing his very cool Vincent Price thing. ... Read More
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Such a pleasure to see Dragonwyck again and to experience two other "lost" films. Now I can't wait to get Volume 1.
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i bought this as a christmas gift. the gift has not been delivered to the family as of yet. but if its anything like what i have ordered in the past from amazon and their affiliates who sell movies it is probably the superior quality that we have come to enjoy from them.
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Fox seem to have a very creative marketing team because it is a stretch of the imagination by any standards that this extraordinary package would be classified as a horror collection. True horror enthusiasts might be very disappointed.
First off is the 1932 "Changdu the Magician", a boys' own adventure which not surprisingly became a serial a few years later. The film has Bela Lugosi chewing the scenery with great aplomb as he steals a death ray and tortures its inventor to learn how ... Read More
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Around a year ago, I had the opportunity to watch the movies that comprised Fox Horror Classics Volume 1. They were enjoyable enough, but I wondered if they were truly horror films. Similarly, I enjoyed Fox Horror Classics, Volume 2, but still wondered if the trio of could really fit the definition of horror.
Chronologically, the first in the set is Chandu the Magician, a cliff-hanging adventure which pits the mystically powered Chandu (Edmund Lowe) against Roxor (Bela Lugosi), a megalomaniac ... Read More
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