A new chat room, Don Del Oro's Cave is now available at this site. Let's test it out for the next few days and see if it works! If you are logged in to the forums, you should be able to chat by clicking above, on the link posted on the CHAT ROOM link at left, or the one at the top of the message boards index page, which now includes the "number of people chatting" notice again. Yay! The new chat room offers the options to include sounds and avatars and shoot other chatters with disintegrator ray guns while chatting also. Well, OK, at least two of those three.

The Squadron is happy to announce we'll be working in cooperation with the BYU Republic Pictures archive to bring original Republic material out of the vaults beginning in 2009. Don't ask us what yet or how or when; that's all still to be worked out! But when when we have something good to tell you, we promise we'll tell you right away!

THE MASKED RIDER UPDATE: Almost all lost footage from chapters 1 and 2 has now been re-created and the restored chapters will be included on the upcoming DVD. View Slideshow of Photos from re-created Chapter 1 of THE MASKED RIDER, now in production. New video excerpts from THE MASKED RIDER, Chapter 2, featuring a 1919 cliffhanger resolved by the 2008 cast, QUEEN OF THE NORTHWOODS, with Walter Miller and the "Wolf Devil," and BEATRICE FAIRFAX, starring the elusive Olive Thomas, have just been posted in the Movie Theater.

The first-ever SERIALFEST ANNUAL, with articles on all the latest and most interesting serial stuff and highlights from SerialFest 2008 including Serial Jeopardy and commentary on DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST -- with a companion DVD -- will be published soon! If you'd like to contribute, please contact Dr. Grood.

Online chats are held every Wednesday and Sunday evening at USA 9pm Eastern time. Featured serial chats are held on alternate Sunday evenings. Click here to view the Next Featured Serial Chat Topic

DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST was a big success, and we also enjoyed THE SCARLET AVENGER, DANGERS OF DEBORAH and lots more! CLICK HERE to download the SerialFest 2008 group photo! Discuss DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST and SERIALFEST 2008 on the Message Boards! SerialFest 2008 t-shirts are still available.

Those message board spammers from DVD companies whose product pales in comparison to ours are full of Bill Cook jelly beans! We offer the sharpest and best versions of many classic serials to be found anywhere! And, lucky you, here they are! See their individual pages for more information, framegrabs, reviews and lots more!

The FIGHTING MARINES
the last Mascot serial, featuring the villainous Tiger Shark!

GANG BUSTERS
restored to premium sharpness

HOLT OF THE SECRET SERVICE
with Squadron member commentary on all chapters

KING OF THE MOUNTIES
with restored music and sound effects, and reconstructed missing sequences and dialogue

THE LONE RANGER RIDES AGAIN
with restored chapter openings/closings, cliffhangers and subtitle-free for the first time since 1939; 30-minute commentary by Squadron members

LOST CITY OF THE JUNGLE
Lionel Atwill's final screen performance

THE MASTER KEY
with 15-minute wartime documentary prologue, WWII cartoons

THE MYSTERY OF THE RIVERBOAT
An often-overlooked thriller featuring Robert Lowery and Mantan Moreland

THE MYSTERY SQUADRON
with restored sound, picture and chapter endings

THE PAINTED STALLION
with play-as-feature option, 3-color alternate version of Chapter 1

RADIO PATROL
Grant Withers in an early comic strip/cop cliffhanger

THE RUSTLERS OF RED DOG
with commentary on Chapter 1 by Whiskey Pete Brangus

TAILSPIN TOMMY IN THE GREAT AIR MYSTERY
sharp, beautiful digital transfer

ZORRO RIDES AGAIN
with excellent quality (booming!) restored sound

ZORRO'S BLACK WHIP
with Linda Stirling swimsuit slideshow, EL COYOTE TV pilot

ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION
with stills, original script pages




LOST SERIAL COLLECTION (Anthology)
2 DVDs of incredibly rare scenes, trailers, and chapters from dozens of lost serials, featuring Pearl White, Ruth Roland, Warner Oland, Eddie Polo, and many more

ADVENTURES OF TARZAN
with TARZAN OF THE APES prologue, new score, color tints

BEATRICE FAIRFAX
5 episodes of 1916 girl reporter series, restored, new score, color tints

The JUNGLE PRINCESS
4-chapter condensation with new score and color tints

LIGHTNING HUTCH
from 35mm; stunt man Charles Hutchison's only surviving serial

THE MASKED RIDER
the amazing find from 1919, in process of being reconstructed and restored

OFFICER 444
a crazy Ben Wilson chapter play with fiendish villains aplenty

THE PERILS OF PAULINE
9-chapter condensation, color toned

TARZAN THE TIGER
Frank Merrill's only surviving performance as Lord Greystoke

A WOMAN IN GREY
slightly condensed, with music score




THE PHANTOM EMPIRE
with period score, sepia/silver tones, extras

THE SIGN OF THE WOLF
in light sepia tone with optional period score

UNDERSEA KINGDOM
black and white with light blue-tone underwater scenes

THE VANISHING LEGION
in warm and cool black and white tones; restored sound and picture




MALA, Secret Agent of the South Seas
7-chapter condensation of ROBINSON CRUSOE OF CLIPPER ISLAND in color, minus repeated footage and a few cheater chapter endings

ROCKET SHIP
Flash Gordon feature version in experimental color and alternate widescreen versions; commentary by Ace Drummond & Dr. Grood

What's an audio DVD? Well, it's kind of like a DVD entirely composed of extras that are audio-only. They hold dozens of hours worth of material, and are great to play on portable DVD players in the car or at home in your DVD player while you work or relax! Many of the following titles have been restored to the best quality possible, and all of them contain 11-50 hours worth of content! The HORROR ARCHIVE, a 5-DVD set, contains 220 hours worth of audio horror -- that's almost 10 days worth of shows, if played straight through!

The AVENGER

The Complete BLUE BEETLE

CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

The Colossal HORROR ARCHIVE

MASTERS OF HORROR

MONSTERS

PIRATES

SEA ADVENTURES

THE SHADOW OF FU MANCHU

SWORDS OF ADVENTURE

TARZAN: RADIO SERIALS

TARZAN, LORD OF JUNGLE

New on DVD and Shipping Now

The new digitally mastered/restored version of
THE MYSTERY SQUADRON
Starring Bob Steele and "Big Boy" Williams -- best picture and sound quality ever seen and heard! Read Reviews

THE LONE RANGER RIDES AGAIN with restored chapter openings/closings, cliffhangers and subtitle-free for the first time since 1939; 30-minute commentary by Squadron members "The Lone Ranger Rides Again [is] a triumph!!" --John Brooker, Wranglers Roost, the UK western film magazine ----
"Impressive restoration, Very pleased with quality. Super fast shipping; A+" "Good and fast service. Item was every thing that it was advertised to be." -- eBay customer reviews ---- "Thank you for the great job on the LONE RANGER DVD. I enjoyed it so much." --
customer Emmit Austin

KING OF THE MOUNTIES with restored music and sound effects, and reconstructed missing sequences and dialogue

"An astounding remastering . . . on a two DVD set, presented with completely restored sound effects, music, and once partially-lost dialogue now viewable through perfect onscreen English subtitles." -- Boyd Magers, WESTERN CLIPPINGS
"I sure enjoyed that KING OF THE MOUNTIES!" -- Customer Blaise Lincoln ---- "Just got KING OF THE MOUNTIES yesterday. Boyd Magers didn't exaggerate when he called it astounding! GREAT work on your part!" -- customer Clyde Oxenrider, Iowa ---- "I have been waiting to see this serial FOREVER -- keep up the good work!" -- Herb Deeks

THE PHANTOM EMPIRE with period score, sepia/silver tones, extras
"A lot of restoration work was done on the [Serial Squadron] PHANTOM EMPIRE serial [DVD], and compared to all other prints, it really is excellent." -- "Laughing Gravy" ---- "I recently finished watching Dr. Grood's reconfabulated version of this serial. At the risk of starting the whole debate all over again, IMHO the Doctor's enhancements are just that - enhancements. I've sat through Phantom Empire (Rhino edition) at least twice but I never really enjoyed the film before. The toning is all right but the number one enhancement has to be the addition of the background musical score. The insertions have been done with care as to what music was used and even more importantly, when. For me PHANTOM EMPIRE has been elevated from the ranks of 'barely watchable' to 'highly entertaining'. Thanks for all the hard work [Dr. Grood]." -- Captain Canuck

New from Kino
Houdini: The Movie Star
(including the serial THE MASTER MYSTERY) DVD
You can't escape the hours of fun in this three-disc set spotlighting the film work of master magician Harry Houdini! Playing a government agent in the serial "The Master Mystery" (1920), Houdini extracts himself from one painful trap after another as he combats an evil corporation. Assembled from surviving elements, this edition provides intertitles to bridge missing passages. Marguerite Marsh, William Pike co-star. Next, Houdini pilots a submarine on a voyage to "Terror Island" (1920). Lila Lee, Jack Brammall co-star. Exploring the idea of reincarnation, Houdini plays "The Man from Beyond" (1922), returning from an icy tomb to woo his beloved anew. Jane Connelly, Arthur Maude co-star. Houdini made his last acting appearance as "Haldane of the Secret Service" (1923), hot on the trail of Chinatown counterfeiters. Gladys Leslie, Charles Fang co-star. Finally, rare footage from "The Grim Game" (1919) is included, featuring thrilling escapes and an accidental plane collision captured on film and written into the plot. 7 1/2 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: music score; bonus footage; photo gallery. Silent with music score.

COMING NEXT ON DVD FROM THE SERIAL SQUADRON