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Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi created some of the most memorable performances in cinematic history. Their unforgettable performances as Dracula and Frankenstein's monster terrified a generation of moviegoers and when these two legendary actors came together for a series of films in the 1930s, audiences could not get enough. Scream Factory now pays homage to these legendary actors with the first of two collections, presenting classic films with all the care that horror fans have come to expect from the brand.

The Black Cat

Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but tragic man who is returning to the remains of the town he defended before becoming a prisoner of war for fifteen years. When their hotel-bound bus crashes in a mountain storm and Joan is injured, the travellers seek refuge in the home, built fortress-like upon the site of a bloody battlefield, of famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig. There, cat-phobic Verdegast learns his wife's fate, grieves for his lost daughter, and must play a game of chess for Allison's life...

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary by author/film historian Gregory William Mank
• Audio Commentary by author/film historian Steve Haberman
• Dreams Within a Dream: The Classic Cinema of Edgar Allan Poe – narrated by Doug Bradley
• A Good Game: Karloff and Lugosi at Universal Part One: The Black Cat
• Vintage footage – The Black Cat Contest
• Still Gallery

The Raven

A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin, who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled and brain damaged in an auto wreck. Vollin restores her completely, but also envisions her as his "Lenore," and cooks up a scheme to kidnap the woman and torture and kill her fiance' and father in his Poe-inspired dungeon. To do his dirty work, Vollin recruits a wanted criminal, and turns him into a hideous monster to guarantee his subservience...

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with author/film historian Gary D. Rhodes
• Audio Commentary with author/film historian Steve Haberman
• A Good Game: Karloff and Lugosi at Universal Part Two: The Raven
• Audio Recording: Bela Lugosi reads "The Tell-Tale Heart"
• Still Gallery

The Invisible Ray

Visionary scientist Janos Rukh convinces a group of scientists and supporters to mount an expedition to the African continent to locate and study an ancient meteorite of great significance. He exposes himself to the highly toxic radiation of the meteorite, and while an antidote devised by Dr. Benet saves him from death by radiation poisoning, his naked touch causes instant death to others. Back in London, the benefits of the meteorite's controlled radiation offer Dr. Benet an opportunity to restore eyesight to the blind. The antidote's toxicity excites Prof. Rukh into paranoid rages as he seeks revenge against the members of his expedition, who he accuses of stealing his discovery for their own glory...

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with authors/film historians Tom Weaver and Randall Larson
• A Good Game: Karloff and Lugosi at Universal Part Three: The Invisible Ray
• Re-Release Theatrical Trailer
• Still Gallery

Black Friday

When his friend Professor Kingsley is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac saves his life by means of an illegal operation that transplants part of injured gangster Red Cannon's brain. Unfortunately, the operation has a disastrous Jeckll and Hyde side effect and under certain conditions the persona of Cannon emerges. Sovac soon learns of the duel personality and of half a million dollars the gangster has hidden away. He attempts to find the money through the manipulation of his friend, an attempt that brings Kingsley closer to madness as he alternates between a meek professor of English and a brutal gangster out for murderous revenge on those who tried to kill him...

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with filmmaker/film historian Constantine Nasr
• A Good Game: Karloff and Lugosi at Universal Part Four: Black Friday
• Inner Sanctum Mystery Radio Show: "The Tell-Tale Heart" starring Boris Karloff
• Theatrical Trailer
• Still Gallery