Uncut, and nice aspect ratios, with extra foreign scene
BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE has all the gore and the complete striptease fight scene (fans of this film will know what I'm talking about). There's also a brief foreign scene (in the supplement section, without dialog) that has some topless imagery in it. That scene was only shown in foreign countries. The model wears a bikini in the American version of that scene.
BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE and AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN are in 1:66-1.
NEANDERTHAL MAN is in 1:85-1, while REPTILICUS is full-frame. The aspect ratios look correct, although I'm not certain about REPTILICUS.
There is also a running photo gallery with photos and poster repros of the films. BRAIN gets a generous 38 images, including a couple of cheesecake shots.
This was the best five dollars I've spent in a long time!
Quadruple Feature Shlock At A Bargain Price!
If you like this sort of thing (schlock sci-fi) like I do and don't have these films in your collection grab this one! At this price it's a fantastic bargain! The 4 films are all on one side of a dual layer disc which provides only about 2 GB disc space per title but they look very good. Best news is that three out of four of the films are anamorphic wide screen with ratios of 1.85:1 and 1.66:1. "Reptilicus" should be widescreen too but it's 1.37:1 open matte here. For the most part there is plenty of headroom at the top with "Reptilicus" so it looks perfectly acceptable (although grainier) if you use the "Zoom" (NOT "Stretch") setting on your widescreen HDTV. Only extras are a still gallery and a short (45 second) outtake from "Brain That Wouldn't Die" that was apparently used in versions for some foreign countries where censorship laws were more liberal than here in the USA at time of the original release! Would you believe a topless babe? Hubba Hubba!
WHAT A BARGAIN!
If you like these old sci-fi stinkers you can't go wrong with this collection. The print quality is top-drawer! And if it was any cheaper they'd be giving it away. Two titles in this collection have been in the public domain but you won't find better copies than on this collection. There's even a sequence from The Brain that Wouldn't Die that was for foreign markets only, plus stills from all four features. Getting extras for a $5 buck disc is outrageous. Too bad they didn't get those deleted flying sequences from Reptilicus which were offered to Midnight Movies the first time around.
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