The Man Behind Universal's Classic Monsters | Bonus Feature Spotlight [Blu-ray/DVD]

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Thanks for including Tom Savini's comments. The visual effects master had his students at his monster makeup school in Pittsburgh create our monster in our feature horror movie Brainiac (2004). I can't help but feel that his mask and articulated monster face helped sell our film to win a five-year worldwide distribution contract. Thanks, Tom!

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Creation of the Humanoids (1961)is a Jack Pierce make up and one of my faves...thanks for the doc!

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What is the name of the music that plays at 2:28?

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Joe Bereta HOSTS "Bonus Feature Spotlight". However, the actual bonus feature here is a short doc from the DVD, "The Mummy" (1932). The doc's actual title is listed across the screen as the doc, itself, begins: "He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce" (2008). This is considered one of the better bonuses on the set and includes make-up artists Kevin Haney, Rick Baker, and a few others. Also included are some historians, with pop culturalist and horror film aficionado Christopher Frayling part of this group. The only thing that's always really bothered me about these sets is how they advertise the inclusion of "Eight" of the iconic monsters in motion picture history. This is a bit misleading. Where "The Phantom of the Opera" is just that, it's not this version of Universal's output that is the actual "iconic" version. That was the 1925 silent with Lon Chaney. Perhaps there was an issue with including that one, but my view is that they feared the public wouldn't accept a silent film on the set, even if it were one of the most important ever made and holds up extremely well. In fact, there have been more complaints about the inclusion of the Claude Rains film than anything else about the set.