Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Monster
(1925)
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Lon Chaney stars in this MGM production directed by Roland West. Supporting is Gertrude Olmstead, Johnny Arthur and Hallam Cooley.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2010 DVD edition
The Monster (1925), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-28817-7.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 26 October 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good to excellent 35mm source print.
Uncharacteristically for a Warner Archive release, the film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from music library cues and not an original music score. While serviceable, the lack of original music is a disappointment.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION through . . .
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 Bach Films
2010 DVD edition
The Monster (1925), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.
Bach Films, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English? language intertitles, optional French? language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; €9.99.
Release date: 30 August 2010.
Country of origin: France
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This DVD edition may have been mastered from 35mm source print materials.
The film is likely accompanied by a modern music score.
North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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This Region 2 PAL DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Reel Vault
2022 DVD edition
The Monster (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Reel Vault, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 11 October 2022.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has may have been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
Not recommended while the Warner Archive home video edition noted above is still in-print.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
REEL VAULT through . . .
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Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.
Other HORROR FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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