Thank you, Video Gods! Universal has announced that the sci-fi classic (and “MST3K: The Movie” fodder) “This Island Earth” will finally get a dvd release on August 29th. It’s gonna be a “bare bones” release with no extras … but, who cares. It will be nice to finally have this one on my dvd shelf.

Hopefully this means that some of Universal’s other 50’s sci-fi catalog will finally see dvd releases here in the States as well. There are three titles that I am anxiously awaiting:
1. “Tarantula” (1955)
2. “The Incredible Shrinking Man” (1957)
3. “The Deadly Mantis” (1957)