PRE-CODE HORROR, "LOST" FILMS, CRIME & MYSTERY NOVELS AND PLAYS

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THE VAULT OF HORRORS ANTHOLOGY SERIES

THE VAULT OF HORRORS is an eclectic anthology series presenting new restorations of rarities such as the 1912 Edison FRANKENSTEIN, THE DEVIL's BALL, THE BLACK CAT featuring Conrad Veidt, and NOSFERATU (in color), along with cleaned-up and restored versions of oddball/horror-themed cartoons such as JASPER IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE and short feature films such as SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN, WHITE ZOMBIE, CARNIVAL OF SOULS, THE OLD DARK HOUSE, and BEACH GIRLS AND THE MONSTER all in color. Which is digital color-conversion, not colorization, and toned down appropriately. The contents range from scary (PORTRAIT, CARNIVAL OF SOULS) to fantastic (THE DEVIL'S BALL, BALLOON LAND, ) to humorous as is the case with JASPER, THE METAL-EATING BIRD and LONDON BROIL AFTER MIDNIGHT (what?).

Volumes are 3 hours 45 to 4 hours 15 minutes long with about 7 segments in each of varying lengths from a few minutes for cartoons to a 75 minute features. Virtually everything included will be of higher quality than anything you've seen anywhere else.

There is no spoken dialogue in Volume 1; it all appears in intertitles so this project does not require any additional subtitles, so a good choice for the hearing-impaired.
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Jasper in the Haunted House, White Zombie and Carnival of Souls in Volume 2 and Swing You Sinners, The Old Dark House, Cobweb Hotel, It’s a Bird, and Night of the Living Dead in Vol. 3 including some of the cartoons do include spoken dialogue

Volume 4 is still in production and will include both The Beach Girls and the Monster and Nosferatu restored and in color.

CONTENTS:


VAULT OF HORRORS V. 1
The Mad Doctor cartoon
Frankenstein (Edison, 1910) thoroughly restored, in color
Portrait (scary Russian short)
Mystery of Mr Foo
The Devil’s Ball Elaborate Animation
Trail of the Octopus Ch. 1
Seven Footprints to Satan Color

VAULT OF HORRORS V. 2
Jasper in the Haunted House puppetoon
The Black Cat w/Conrad Veidt
Trail of the Octopus 2: The Purple Dagger
White Zombie Color
Balloon Land
London Broil After Midnight
Carnival of Souls Color

VAULT OF HORRORS V. 3
Swing You Sinners bizarre jazz cartoon
The Old Dark House Color
Cobweb Hotel
Trail of the Octopus 3: Face to Face
It’s a Bird (The Metal Eating Bird)
Night of the Living Dead Color
Skeleton Dance

VAULT OF HORRORS V. 4
The Beach Girls and the Monster Color
The Cuckoo Murder Case (Flip the Frog)
Trail of the Octopus 4
Superman: The Mummy Strikes
Nosferatu new restoration in color
The Haunted House
Haunted Mouse

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Note: The opening title is obscured in the YouTube video above to prevent shpy-ink!

"Glad I happened to take a vacation day today; my PHANTOM CREEPS blu ray just arrived and, my gosh, it looks glorious on my 50” tv. I think we’ve got the definitive restoration here, folks. Toss out all those crappy DVDs and order from the Squadron, post haste. Zorka commands!" — Customer Lucas M.

"I'm currently watching the PHANTOM CREEPS to review, which is the best version of the serial that I have ever seen.
Serial Squadron is to be commended for their superlative transfers." — Scarlet, the Film Magazine

Shipping Now:
THE PHANTOM CREEPS
ULTIMATE EDITION BLU-RAY
(1939, 12 Chapters)
Featuring BELA LUGOSI and ROBERT KENT with DOROTHY ARNOLD

After his wife is killed in an accident for which he feels responsible, embittered scientist Dr. Alex Zorka, who has discovered a new powerful element that fell to Earth as a meteorite, becomes an insane megalomaniac. He plans to rule the world with an army of invincible robots and his invisibility device which he uses as "the Phantom." He is assisted in his mad schemes by an ex-crook named Monk he has sprung from prison and his "iron man," a ferocious robot. A military intelligence agent supported by a persistent and attractive reporter and his former partner, a benevolent scientist, stand against Zorka and his arsenal of scientific weapons, which include explosive spiders and a "Z-Ray," while at the same time a group of enemy agents led by DRACULA's Edward Van Sloan try to steal the secret of the meteorite for themselves.

The result is cliffhanger serial madness designed to thrill 10-year-old moviegoers in 1939, which has never had a decent video release and will be seen in superb original condition in the new Squadron HD Blu-Ray edition.

This edition is the Best quality ever made available of this serial, and will very likely be the best quality that it is even possible to create considering the condition of the original material.

It is also the first and only release ever to include the original Universal Pictures titles, which apparently exist nowhere else but in the print the Squadron has used for this transfer. It was fully transferred in HD from this original "pristine" print made from the Universal Pictures negative as it existed in the 1950s/60s before the "Commonwealth" TV/Re-release titles were cut into it and before decomposition damage set in to that negative and apparently destroyed some chapters. The transfer and restoration are complete and Blu-Rays are shipping now.

"Mine arrived around 4 pm. I just finished chapters 1-2. They are stunning!
Thanks, Eric Stedman!!!" — Customer Carl B.

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New Project Complete: RETRO COLOR CLASSICS anthology
4 Full Features: THE OLD DARK HOUSE, WHITE ZOMBIE, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and CARNIVAL OF SOULS In HD with realistic color — Over 5 hours on Blu-Ray

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