Empire Pictures was founded by producer/director Charles Band in 1983, and though Band left Empire in the early 1990s to form Full Moon, the flicks he produced during his Empire years are still legend. As a gift to fans for those films, Charles Band and Full Moon, along with Shout! Factory THE EMPIRE PICTURES BLU-RAY COLLECTION May 5th.
The massive limited edition collection will feature 18 flicks spread over 15 discs. All in a badass black collector's box tagged with a collage of all the classic flicks. Inside that box, along with the 15 Blu-ray discs, there will be a 24-page book from Band, Dave Jay, and Delirium editor Chris Alexander.
Now, this set will run you $250 bucks, but there are only going to be 600 of these produced. And each set is going to be numbered and, get this, signed by Charles Band. Very, very cool. Also, this collection will not be sold in stores and can only be purchased at FullMoonDirect.com. Some of the 600 units, however, will be available at conventions where the Full Moon crew appears throughout the US.
The classic Empire flicks in this set are:
TERRORVISION
TROLL
DOLLS
CELLAR DWELLER
GHOULIES 2
ROBOT JOX
GHOULIES
FROM BEYOND
METALSTORM
METALSTORM (3-D version)
THE DUNGEONMASTER
TRANCERS
ELIMINATORS
CRAWLSPACE
PRISON
CATACOMBS
GHOST TOWN
ARENA
This collection reminds me of touring the VHS horror section of my local video store. If you choose to purchase this collection, you will be well on your way to having our own personal horror section. I'll help you out a bit by including some choice VHS box-art below. Enjoy!
THE EMPIRE PICTURES BLU-RAY COLLECTION will be released May 5th, but you can pre-order starting on April 28th.
PRE-ORDER THE THE EMPIRE PICTURES BLU-RAY COLLECTION HERE