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The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection 1 & 2 on DVD

Six-disc set includes: Dr. Cyclops (1940)A team of scientists made a treacherous journey through the Peruvian jungle after an invitation to the compound of the myopic and misanthropic researcher Alexander Thorkel (Albert Dekker). It seems that the doctor's made good on his claims of using radiation to shrink living tissue... and he proves it by reducing his hapless houseguests to the size of dolls! Effects-filled Technicolor scare staple from "King Kong" co-director Ernest Schoedsack co-stars Janice Logan, Thomas Coley, Victor Kilian. 78 min. C/Rtg: NR Cult Of The Cobra (1955)A group of American G.I.s in the Far East stumbles upon the secret rituals of a native cult called the Lamians, who worship women and can transform into serpents. Once they're discovered, the cult's head priestess (Faith Domergue) follows the men back to the States, and, transforming into a cobra, begins killing them one by one. Slithery shocker from Universal co-stars Richard Long, David Janssen, Marshall Thompson; look for Edward Platt as a cult priest. 80 min. BW/Rtg: NR Tarantula (1955)The researchers who thought that the Arizona desert would give them sufficient isolation for their experiments with growth hormones have a second think coming, when their travails turn a simple arachnid into a hundred-foot-tall monstrosity. Memorable sci-fi staple of the '50s stars John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Caroll, Nestor Paiva; yes, that's a young Clint Eastwood behind that pilot's oxygen mask. 80 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Mole People (1956)Intrepid archeologists Roger Bentley (John Agar) and Jud Bellamin (Hugh Beaumont) explore caves in the mountains of Asia, only to discover an underground-dwelling race of Sumerian albinos who keep as their slaves the hunchbacked, clawed, and bug-eyed Mole People. Can our heroes escape with their lives? Only if their flashlight batteries hold out! Cynthia Patrick, Alan Napier, Nestor Paiva also star in this science-fiction classic. 78 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)Classic sci-fi thriller stars Grant Williams as the title protagonist who, after exposure to radioactive fallout and chemicals, slowly but inexorably diminishes in size. Great special effects-including a fight to the death against a spider-and Richard Matheson's literate screenplay (from his novel "The Shrinking Man") mark this landmark genre entry; with Randy Stuart, April Kent. 81 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Monolith Monsters (1957)When a meteor slammed into the American Southwest and it's fragments littered a tiny town, scientists pounced on the opportunity to study the phenomenon. They'd better make their notes fast, as the pieces of crystalline debris start absorbing moisture from all available sources-including humans-and grow into titanic obelisks crushing all in their path! Stunning sci-fi staple stars Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne. 79 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Land Unknown (1957)A scientific expedition to Antarctica discovers a "lost valley" hidden in mists deep below the icy wastes. The astounded party discovers prehistoric creatures alive, thriving... and hungry. Can the explorers escape this savage land before they wind up on the menu? Thrilling dinosaur drive-in fare stars Jock Mahoney, Shawn Smith, William Reynolds, Henry Brandon. 79 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Deadly Mantis (1957)Better break out the pesticide, because seismic activity in the Arctic has loosed a thousand-ton giant praying mantis from an icy slumber of eons... and he's woken up hungry! As the enormous insect makes it's way toward warmer climes-Washington, D.C., and New York, to be precise-can the soldiers and scientists stop it before Congress winds up on the menu? Big bug bonanza stars Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton. 79 min. BW/Rtg: NR Monster On The Campus (1958)Could the blood from a species of fish unchanged by evolution turn a dog into a deadly wolf, or transform an ordinary dragonfly into a giant monster? Ask college science professor Dr. Donald Blake (Arthur Franz), but you'll have to do it when he himself is not devolving into a rampaging caveman. Joanna Moore, Judson Pratt, Nancy Walters, Troy Donahue co-star in this horror/sci-fi tale from "Creature from the Black Lagoon" director Jack Arnold. 77 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Leech Woman (1960)Tipped to a miraculous African formula of rejuvenation, endocrinologist Paul Talbott (Phillip Terry) opted to make an unwitting guinea pig out of his aging, unhappy wife June (Colleen Gray). However, the newly beautiful spouse isn't arguing about the results... and she's not at all troubled that the active ingredient has to be harvested from freshly murdered males. Second-bill shudderfest from Universal co-stars Grant Williams, Gloria Talbott, John van Dreelen. 78 min. BW/Rtg: NR Standard/Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH), French; theatrical trailers.