Vintage Sci-Fi Movies, 6 Film Set -The 27th Day, The H-Man, Valley of the Dragons, 12 to the Moon, Battle in Outer Space, Night the World Exploded

Six sci-fi flicks on two single sided dual layer discs. That's squeezing quite a bit of material onto those little discs but overall the features all look pretty good, all with nice transfers provided by Columbia Pictures and all in their original theatrical ratios. You get two Japanese dubbed features in CinemaScope and color, 1958's "The H-Man" and 1960's "Battle in Outer Space", both with so-so special effects and the usual atrocious dubbing which may give you a few chuckles. Then there is the Sam Katzman produced snoozer "The Night the World Exploded" with Kathryn Grant and by comparison considerably better (but still not great!) "The 27th Day" with Gene Barry, both from 1957. Finally a couple of (in my opinion at least!) real duds, "12 to the Moon" from 1959 and "Valley of the Dragons" from 1961. I'd never seen either but had trouble staying awake for both.

Nothing really great here but you do more than get your money's worth and the films (from pretty good to BAD!) bring back fond memories of Saturday matinees and dusk-to-dawn movie marathons at drive in theaters way back in the day. As mentioned previously the films all have original theatrical aspect ratios, 2:35 to 1 for the two Japanese 'Scope films and 1:85:1 for the other four films and that's always a good thing. No extras or scene menus, only a very few chapter stops on each feature. Recommended for fans of 1950's shlock, not so much for most younger audiences who will most likely be extremely bored.


The 27th Day

Starring : Gene Barry (War of the Worlds), Valerie French, George Vaokovec, Arnold Moss, Stefan Schnabel, Friedrich von, Ledebur

An alien give five ordinary people from various countries capsules capable of killing millions of people.Will they use the capsules or will they hold their ground even as they are being hunted down.

The Night the World Exploded

Starring : Kathryn Grant, William Leslie, Tristram Coffin, Raymond Greenleaf, Charles Evans, Frank J. Scannell

Dr. Conway has perfected a machine which he believes will predict earthquakes, and has determined that one will strike California within 24 hours. They discover there is only 4 weeks to Armageddon. It s a race to save the world.

The H-Man

Starring : Yumi Shirakawa, Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata, Eitarô Ozawa, Koreya Senda, Makoto Satô

Singer Chikako Arai s boyfriend has dissappeared. The police begin to hunt for him and discover the radiation from an atomic bomb has turned people into creatures who can kill by touch. They must hurry and catch these creatures to stop the killings.

Twelve to the Moon

Starring: Ken Clark, Michi Kobi, Tom Conway, Anthony Dexter, John Wengraf, Robert Montgomery Jr.

An international team embarks on an expedition to the moon in an uncommonly spacious rocketship. There they encounter a faceless alien intelligence who conclude that the human race is too immature and dangerous and must be destroyed.

Battle in Outer Space

Starring : Ryô Ikebe, Kyôko Anzai, Minoru Takada, Koreya Senda, Len Stanford, Harold Conway

The nations of the Earth unite in a common cause to fight off an invader from outer space.

Valley of the Dragons

Starring: Cesare Danova, Sean McClory, Joan Staley, Danielle De Metz, Gregg Martell, Gil Peerkins

Two men are having a duel with one another when a comet goes past the earth at low altitude and transports them to the moon which is inhabited by savage human beings. They must work together to survive.