[RightWingAtheist]

Good time to post a warning here: DO NOT buy Retromedia's new Return of the Giant Monsters/The Magic Serpent DVD. Not only are they just using faded pan n'scan prints, but apparently, fifteen minutes into Serpent, their is some sort of layer transition defect, causing the disc to either freeze or skip a chapter. And I was really looking forward to seeing Magic Serpent.

I'm one of those lucky few who live near video store which not only carries these films (they actually have separate sections devoted to classic sci-fi and classic horror) but subtitled tapes of the original Japanese prints, in the original aspect ratio. You can really appreciate an intelligent and lavish production like Atragon when you watch it they way it should be presented.

[Long Cut]

Thanks for the warning. There's a LOT of bad recordings and poor DVD's out there of Monster Movies.

I stick with recent, licensed releases. They're easy to find now...I get most of mine from the mall, or Amazon.