The Monster Collection box set comes to Blu-ray in July

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Justin Sluss

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“The Monster Collection” (Collector’s Edition) will officially be coming to Blu-ray Disc on July 13th via Doppelgänger Releasing, a genre label of Music Box Films. This 3-Disc box set includes two documentaries: “The Frankenstein Complex” (2015) and “Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters” (2019). Both documentaries were directed by Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet. If you’re a fan of horror, fantasy, and science fiction films you’ll definitely be interested in these documentaries that take a look at the design of famous creatures and characters from motion pictures. These documentaries feature some excellent interviews with famous special effects artists and directors such as Rick Baker, Guillermo del Toro, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, John Landis, Greg Nicotero, Kevin Smith, Chris Wallas, Phil Tippett, Dennis Muren, Tom Woodruff Jr., Matt Winston, and Paul Verhoeven. Tech specs for the release have not yet been detailed.

UPDATE: You can now find this Blu-ray set available for preorder over at Amazon.

There will be over 12 hours total of bonus materials included with this 3-Disc box set, which are listed entirely below.

Feature Commentary with Phil Tippett and directors Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso
“Meeting the Monsters” Making Of Documentary
Prehistoric Beast (1985) a short film by Phil Tippett with audio commentary
Mutant Land (2010) a short film by Phil Tippett with audio commentary
Phil Tippett Museum: A Virtual Gallery of Tippett Creations
Joy of Working with Phil: Interview with Paul Verhoeven
Phil Will Fix This!: Interview with Joe Johnston
Animating with Phil: Interview with Tom St. Amand
Phil’s Vision: Interview with Chris Wallas
Friendship, Robots, and Dinosaurs: Interview with Dennis Muren
From Stop-Motion to Computer: Interview with Craig Hayes
Memories and Archives with Phil Tippett
Dinosaur Supervisor (Jurassic Park) with Phil Tippett
Starship Troopers 2 with Phil Tippet and Jon Davison
“Dinosaur!” with Paul Verhoevenand Jon Davison
Mutant Fish (Piranha) with Joe Dante (1978)
Modern Craftsmanship with Alec Gillis-Robot Design with Craig Hayes
The Birth of a Poster with Paul Wee
Musical Storytelling with Alexandre Poncet
Mad Dreams and Monsters Isolated Musical Score
“The Frankenstein Odyssey” Making Of Documentary
“Digital Craftmanship” Post-Production featurette
The Frankenstein Complex Musical Score
Master Class with Guillermo Del Toro
An Extended Conversation with John Landis and Joe Dante
An Extended Conversation with Mick Garris
An Extended Conversation with Steve Johnson and John Vulich
Q&A with Joe Dante, Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso
Inside the Lair of Rick Baker
Inside the Lair of Tom Woodruff and Alec Gillis
Paper Monsters: The Art of Charles Chiodo
Living With Monsters: The Art of Kevin Yagh
Sympathy for the Devil: Interview with Bernard Rose
The Gremlins Pool: Interview with Sacha Feiner interview
From Latex to Pixels: The Art of Gino Acevedo
The Beauty and the Beasts: The Art of Ve Neill
Deleted and Alternate Scenes
Photo Galleries
Theatrical Trailers

Below, after the break, you can find the trailers for the two documentaries as well as the full information regarding the release itself.

“The Frankenstein Complex”
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“Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters”
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PRESS RELEASE:

The Monster Collection
Blu-ray Collector’s Edition

BY GILLES PENSO AND ALEXANDRRE PONCET

A THREE-DISC BLU-RAY RELEASE CELEBRATING THE WILD, WEIRD AND WONDERFUL STORIES BEHIND THE CREATION OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST MOVIE MONSTERS, ALIENS AND SCI-FI CREATURES

FEATURING TWO FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS

AND MORE THAN 12 HOURS OF BONUS MATERIALS

PHIL TIPPETT: MAD DREAMS AND MONSTERS

The acclaimed documentary on the legendary visual effects artist of Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Twilight fame!

THE FRANKENSTEIN COMPLEX

The landmark chronicle on the art of making monsters for the movies, from King Kong to Alien to Avatar to The Lord of the Rings to The Walking Dead…and everything in between!

12+ HOURS OF BONUS FEATURES Including commentary tracks, making-of featurettes, short films, a master class with Guillermo del Toro and much more!

3-Disc Box Set Available to Own July 13, 2021

Chicago, IL (April 28, 2021) — Doppelgänger Releasing, the specialized genre label of Music Box Films, will release THE MONSTER COLLECTION – BLU-RAY COLLECTOR’S EDITION on July 13, 2021. The three-disc set features two acclaimed documentary films, both directed by filmmakers Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet, Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters and The Frankenstein Complex, plus over 12 hours of bonus features, including never-before-seen making-of footage and more.

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (2019) examines the life and career of Phil Tippett, the Oscar and Emmy Award-winning visual effects genius whose work in creature design, stop-motion and computerized character animation has been seen in such classics as the original Star Wars trilogy, the Jurassic Park and Twilight franchises and the effects powerhouses RoboCop, Dragonheart and Starship Troopers.

Also included in THE MONSTER COLLECTION is Penso and Poncet’s 2015 The Frankenstein Complex, a lively portrait and appreciation of the greatest movie monsters in film history and the talented crafts people and visual artists who have been bringing them to startling life over the past century. The Frankenstein Complex goes behind the scenes of such classics as King Kong, Avatar, The Lord of the Rings series, An American Werewolf in London, Alien and many others to talk to the filmmakers behind all those dinosaurs, zombies, aliens, Hobbits, dragons, werewolves, giant bugs and oversized apes that have kept us glued to the screener for all these years. Included are interviews with effects geniuses Rick Baker, Greg Nicotero and Chris Wallas alongside such directors as Guillermo del Toro, Paul Verhoeven, Joe Dante, John Landis, Kevin Smith and others.

THE MONSTER COLLECTION – BLU-RAY COLLECTOR’S EDITION contains a colossal 12 hours plus of bonus materials spread out over the three-disc set. Highlights of the supplemental package include a new feature commentary for Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters by Tippett himself and directors Penso and Poncet; two restored short films by Tippett; a Master Class with Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro; extended conversations with John Landis, Mick Garris and Joe Dante; a “Phil Tippett Museum” tour featuring a virtual gallery of Tippett’s creations, and much more.

Below is a complete list of features for THE MONSTER COLLECTION – BLU-RAY COLLECTOR’S EDITION:

Feature Commentary with Phil Tippett and directors Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso
“Meeting the Monsters” Making Of Documentary
Prehistoric Beast (1985) a short film by Phil Tippett with audio commentary
Mutant Land (2010) a short film by Phil Tippett with audio commentary
Phil Tippett Museum: A Virtual Gallery of Tippett Creations
Joy of Working with Phil: Interview with Paul Verhoeven
Phil Will Fix This!: Interview with Joe Johnston
Animating with Phil: Interview with Tom St. Amand
Phil’s Vision: Interview with Chris Wallas
Friendship, Robots, and Dinosaurs: Interview with Dennis Muren
From Stop-Motion to Computer: Interview with Craig Hayes
Memories and Archives with Phil Tippett
Dinosaur Supervisor (Jurassic Park) with Phil Tippett
Starship Troopers 2 with Phil Tippet and Jon Davison
“Dinosaur!” with Paul Verhoevenand Jon Davison
Mutant Fish (Piranha) with Joe Dante (1978)
Modern Craftsmanship with Alec Gillis-Robot Design with Craig Hayes
The Birth of a Poster with Paul Wee
Musical Storytelling with Alexandre Poncet
Mad Dreams and Monsters Isolated Musical Score
“The Frankenstein Odyssey” Making Of Documentary
“Digital Craftmanship” Post-Production featurette
The Frankenstein Complex Musical Score
Master Class with Guillermo Del Toro
An Extended Conversation with John Landis and Joe Dante
An Extended Conversation with Mick Garris
An Extended Conversation with Steve Johnson and John Vulich
Q&A with Joe Dante, Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso
Inside the Lair of Rick Baker
Inside the Lair of Tom Woodruff and Alec Gillis
Paper Monsters: The Art of Charles Chiodo
Living With Monsters: The Art of Kevin Yagh
Sympathy for the Devil: Interview with Bernard Rose
The Gremlins Pool: Interview with Sacha Feiner interview
From Latex to Pixels: The Art of Gino Acevedo
The Beauty and the Beasts: The Art of Ve Neill
Deleted and Alternate Scenes
Photo Galleries
Theatrical Trailers

Additionally, Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters and The Frankenstein Complex will be released as individual film titles available on VOD on July 13, 2021.