Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
(Global Warming Edition)

Fox Home Entertainment announces a new DVD edition of the 1961 Irwin Allen science-fiction film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (20th Century-Fox), starring Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lorre, Barbara Eden, Joan Fontaine, Michael Ansara, and Frankie Avalon.

Region 1 only
Date:   June 5, 2007
Retail:   $19.98

The Extras:

• Audio commentary by Tim Colliver, author of Seaview: The Making of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1992)



• Interview with Barbara Eden, including comments on working with director Irwin Allen, Peter Lorre, Walter Pidgeon, and other castmates.



• Production art and stills



• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea comic book



• Collectables

• Production Code documents



• Video and stills of original props: submarine Seaview, mini-sub miniature, torpedo rack, sea mine



• Original theatrical trailer



• Original Exhibitor’s Campaign Manual



• Poster and lobby card gallery

Vincent Price:
MGM Scream Legends Collection

MGM presents a 5-disc double-sided collection of seven Vincent Price horror films from the 1960s and 1970s.

Tales of Terror (AIP, 1962), included in this box-set, was the first of three horror films Price made with Peter Lorre, who co-stars in the middle tale, “The Black Cat”, as “Montressor Herringbone”.

Region 1 only
Date:   Sept. 11, 2007
Retail:   $39.99

The Films:

• Tales of Terror (1962) – With Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone.



• Twice-Told Tales (1964) – With Price, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland.



• The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) – With Price, Joseph Cotton, Terry-Thomas, Virginia North.



• Dr. Phibes Rises Again! (1972) – with Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Jeffrey.



• Theater of Blood (1972) – with Price, Diana Rigg, Coral Browne.



• Madhouse (1974) – With Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry.



• Witchfinder General (1968) – Also known as The Conqueror Worm,with Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies.

The Extras:

• Audio commentary on Witchfinder General, with producer Philip Waddilove and actor Ian Ogilvy



• Original documentaries – Witchfinder General: Michael Reeves' Horror Classic



• Vincent Price: Renaissance Man



• The Art of Fear



• Working with Vincent Price



• Original theatrical trailer for each film

The Frankie & Annette
MGM Movie Legends Collection

From 1963 to 1965, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello co-starred in a series of five summertime "beach party" movies for American International Pictures, with plenty of music, dancing, surfing – and a "guest appearance" from a classic film star in the AIP stock company.

In 1964, Peter Lorre took a turn in Muscle Beach Party, which was in release at the very time newspapers were running the obituary announcing his passing.

MGM Home Entertainment presents a 4-disc DVD box-set of eight films starring Frankie and Annette – together and separately – from AIP.

Region 1 only
Date:   July 10, 2007
Retail:   $39.98

The Films:

• Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) – #4 in the series, with Frankie & Annette and the Beach Party regulars.



• How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) – #5 and the last in the series, with Frankie & Annette and the Beach Party regulars.



• Beach Party (1963) – The first in the series, with Frankie & Annette, the Beach Party gang, and guest Vincent Price.



• Bikini Beach (1964) – #3 in the series, with Frankie & Annette, the Beach Party regulars, and guest Boris Karloff.



• Fireball 500 (1966) – A musical comedy starring Frankie & Annette and set in the world of racing.



• Thunder Alley (1967) – An action-drama starring Annette, paired up with Warren Berlinger.



• Muscle Beach Party (1964) – With Frankie & Annette, the Beach Party regulars, and a cameo by Peter Lorre as “Mr. Strangdour”.



• Ski Party (1965) – A comedy with Frankie swapping sand and surfboards for snow and skis – and Annette for Deborah Whalley.

The Extras:

• Original theatrical trailer for each film