a unique collection of some of the seminal 1950's monster and sci-fi movies made by the greatest director of the time including roger corman, bruno vesota and edward l cahn and produced by samuel z. arkoff for american international pictures. featuring monsters, vampires, delinquent school girls and giant arachnids along with the earliest performances of some of hollywood's greatest stars.

how to make a monster
pete drummond, (robert h. harris) has been chief makeup man at the hollywood studio for 25 years. when the studio is sold, pete is brusquely informed that neither he nor his monster creations - notably the teenage werewolf and teenage frankenstein - will be required any longer, as the studio is to concentrate on musicals only.
angered and humiliated, pete takes revenge on the callous studio heads by hypnotizing a couple of actors (gary clarke and gary conway) into believing that they're genuine monsters. under pete's control, the two thespians begin committing murders and wreaking havoc throughout the whole studio. in the final reel, the fate of pete and his two henchmen is sealed.

the spider
when a man doesn't return home one night, his daughter carol (june kenney) and her boyfriend mike (gene persson) go out to search for him. on finding carol's father's wrecked car by a cave they decide to investigate further. before they know it, the kids have been enmeshed in a giant spider's net, woven of course by a giant spider! after finally escaping the eight-legged beast's clutches and raising the alarm, the spider is seemingly killed and brought back to town. however - is the spider really dead?
this film was originally released theatrically as 'earth vs. the spider'

war of the colossal beast
a frightened young man races his truck down a dirt road, constantly looking back in terror. he is being pursued by some unseen menace! undoubtedly it is this menace that is responsible for a series of mysterious food truck robberies and the main suspect is a 60-foot tall colossal man. previously presumed dead, he is discovered living in a desolate mountain range in mexico, insane and horribly disfigured, his face covered in scar tissue and missing an eye. every effort of communicating with the giant fails and the military drugs him and transports him back to america where he promptly escapes to wreak havoc on an unfortunate city.

the brain eaters
strange things are happening in riverdale, illinois. a huge, seemingly alien structure has been found jutting out of the earth. sent to investigate the origin of the mysterious object, senator walter powers (jack hill) and scientist dr paul kettering (edwin nelson) discover that parasites from the centre of the earth that fasten themselves to the neck and control the brains of their victims, have infiltrated the town, taking control of the authorities and workers and making communication with the outside world impossible. the responsibility of stopping the invasion is left up to powers, kettering and a group of free individuals.

the blood of dracula
six weeks after her mother dies, nancy perkins' father remarries. the stepmother then sends nancy (sandra harrison) off to a school for girls where the innocent girl falls under the spell of evil chemistry teacher miss branding (louise lewis). putting nancy under hypnosis, miss branding converts the poor damsel to vampirism causing her to commit murders and then forget all about them. the villainess receives her comeuppance when nancy refuses to snap out of her spell, transforming into a slavering vampiric beast.

50 minute audio interview with samuel z
arkoff
9 original theatrical trailers
collectors postcard series