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Big news for fans of vin­tage sci-fi schlock: a trio of Roger Corman’s early direc­to­r­ial efforts — Attack Of The Crab Monsters, the orig­i­nal Not Of This Earth and War Of The Satellites — will be reis­sued in January on a 2-disc set.  Said pack­age will also be loaded with exten­sive bonus fea­tures, includ­ing a new video trib­ute to Corman and an exten­sive movie trailer gallery devoted to his clas­sic pro­duc­tions.  Read on for all the schlock-from-beyond-the-stars details…

ROGER CORMAN’S SCI-FI CLASSICS: ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS, NOT OF THIS EARTH (1957) and WAR OF THE SATELLITES

TRIPLE-FEATURE COLLECTOR’S EDITION 2-DVD SET

Three Films Directed and Produced by Legendary Roger Corman

fea­tur­ing all new film trans­fers from the neg­a­tives and widescreen pre­sen­ta­tion of

attack of the crab mon­sters and not of this earth

roger corman’s cult clas­sics: sci-fi clas­sics triple-feature collector’s edi­tion  2-dvd set

In ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS, a group of sci­en­tists become marooned on an island while inves­ti­gat­ing the dis­ap­pear­ance of researchers who were look­ing into atomic activ­ity in the Pacific. They quickly fall prey to giant, mutant crus­taceans that have the abil­ity to absorb the minds of their prey. Starring Russell Johnson (Gilligan’s Island), Richard Garland and Mel Welles (Little Shop Of Horrors).  ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS is a Roger Corman Production. Produced and directed by Roger Corman; screen­play by Charles B. Griffith. (Allied Artists Picture)

An alien (Birch) comes to Earth, mas­querad­ing as a human, to scout our planet for a new blood source in NOT OF THIS EARTH (1957). He needs the blood of humans to take back to his planet of Davana for his dying race. Starring Paul Birch, Beverly Garland (It Conquered The World), Morgan Jones (McMillan & Wife) and Jonathan Haze (Little Shop Of Horrors).  NOT OF THIS EARTH (1957) is a Roger Corman Production. Produced and directed by Roger Corman; screen­play by Charles B. Griffith. (Allied Artists Picture)

In WAR OF THE SATELLITES, an “unknown force” declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations dis­obeys warn­ings to cease and desist in its attempts at assem­bling the first satel­lite in the atmos­phere. Starring Dick Miller (Bucket Of Blood), Richard Devon (Blood Of Dracula), Susan Cabot (The Wasp Woman) and a cameo by Roger Corman.  WAR OF THE SATELLITES is a Roger Corman Production. Produced and directed by Roger Corman; screen­play by Lawrence Louis Goldman; co-producers, Jack Rabin and Irving Block. (Allied Artists Release)

ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS: 1957 /Black & White/62 minutes/ Widescreen

NOT OF THIS EARTH: 1957/ 67 minutes/Widescreen

WAR OF THE SATELLITES: 1958/ 65 minutes/ Full Frame

ROGER CORMAN’S SCI-FI CLASSICS Special Features:

  • A SALUTE TO ROGER CORMAN - fea­tur­ing new inter­views with Roger Corman, Peter Fonda, Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante and many more.
  • Audio Commentaries on ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS and NOT OF THIS EARTH (1957) with Tom Weaver, John Brunas and Mike Brunas, authors of Universal Horrors
  • THE ROGER CORMAN TRAILER COLLECTION fea­tures over 25 trail­ers pro­duced and directed by Roger Corman
  • All-new inter­view with Roger Corman look­ing back at all three films.
Sci-Fi Classics [Triple Feature]

Sci-Fi Classics [Triple Feature]

Attack of the Crab Monsters: A group of sci­en­tists are trapped on a remote island inhab­ited by atom­i­cally mutated giant crabs. War of the Satellites: An “unknown force” declares war against Earth when the United Nations dis­obeys warn­ings to cease and desist in its attempts at assem­bling the first satel­lite in the atmos­phere. Not of this Earth: A humanoid alien from outer space is sent to earth to bring back human blood to his home planet for trans­fu­sion purposes.