I hope some of you reading this remember the days gone by when you could turn your TV on on Saturday and watch some real classic monster movies.
Back in the day I could always see such great classics as IT CONQUERED THE WORLD...INVASION OF THE SAUCERMEN....I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF....I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN....THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN....TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000....and then catch some great westerns such as APACHE WOMAN...THE OKLAHOMA WOMAN and even some adventure like NAKED PARADISE. Those were good times indeed.
I thought I'd never see those again after stations quit showing them until the golden era of VHS when RCA released the first 5 films I listed above and a few others such as THE FEMALE JUNGLE and THE BRAIN EATERS. The Sci-Fi channel was up and running in those days and ran good old movies instead of the crap they run today. They even played some of these classics including TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000.
Since the advent of DVD and Blu-ray a lot of fans have been anxiously awaiting these to be released, but to no avail. The rights holder, Susan Hart has adamantly refused to release any of them.
A few days ago I mentioned that there was talk she might be working out a deal with Shout Factory for these films. Lo and behold I got the info today and it isn't going to happen. Susan mentioned this in a phone call. There was almost a glee in her voice as she happily said she is giving Shout Factory absolutely nothing. Sad news indeed.
However even though a lot of fans are upset, everyone must remember that these are owned property and if the owner doesn't want to sell she doesn't have to. I have been very fortunate to have these either from Sci-Fi network airings or DVD recordings I made from the VHS tapes, but many do not have these and would like to see these films again.
We can only keep hoping, but it does look pretty dismal for these films to ever get a release. I guess for now I can only say this....RIP TO THE JAMES NICHOLSON HALF OF THE AIP CATALOG OF FILMS.
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