Review:
This is a classic 50's B film. Most people think that's a bad thing. I don't. There is always a defiant villain and hero. There's always some chick that all the guys take care of and want to bang. It's really quite fun to watch how they get through sexual scenes knowing that the censors were a bunch of church Nazis back in the day.

There isn't any really amazing talent in this film. Julie Adams is the pure 50's chicks I'm sure she was the cats meow back in the day, but lets' face it it's been nearly 50 years since this film was made so I won't say anything about it. All the acting in the film was very deliberate. You felt as though the director thought he had to hold the audiences hand throughout the entire film.

As for the creature, he was cool. Many of his scenes are suspenseful even with today's standards. It's unfortunate that the film wasn't in colour. I'm sure it would of added a great deal to the eeriness to the overall feel. It still remains a classic I'm glad the boys over at Universal put it into the box set.

Special Features :
Just like the others in the box set this disc is filled to the fucking rafters with extras. Any fan of the film would really appreciate how much is on the disc. The production notes and the bios section could possibly fill another commentary track. It's very informative if you can stand doing all that reading on screen. I really wish this kind of stuff was just done with a voice over. Reading on a television is just not fun. And there's more than enough room on a DVD to do this.

The commentary track was really informative. It does touch on some things that were explained in the documentary, but a great deal. The only problem I had with the commentary was that it seemed to jump all over the place. Talking about the music then about some character then about the writers. I found this to be a little confusing but if you're really into this shit you won't regret listening.

The documentary is well done. It's all par for the course in this box set. I don't I can give Universal enough props for making this box set. Every disc in it is outstanding. The documentary is about 40 minutes long and it covers everything you would ever want to know about the film and it's sequels. The thing that makes it different from the other documentaries in the set is that most of the characters in the film are still alive. It was nice to hear what they thought of the film first hand.

The trailer was great, a classic 50's ad. The production photos were standard fair for the Universal Classic Monster Box Set. All the images were crystal clear but they are all in a video with music in the background. So if you wanted to look at just one photo for a while you have to pause the disc.

Video:
The transfer is decent. The boys did a great job with the transfer. The only thing I thought sucked was that in the documentary they say this film was shot in 3D. I think it would have been great to have a 3D version of the film on the disc. That would have been the ultimate version.

Audio:
The audio is only mono. But what the hell it's ok. The soundtrack had some great parts but by the end of the film you'll hate the creature's theme. Even if it were in 5.1 it would still drive everyone insane.

"You don't sound like a scientist. You sound like some big-game hunter out for the kill." -David(The good scientist)

-Zorbs