DVD News: MAD MONSTER PARTY: SPECIAL EDITION

“This party should make everybody chuckle!” - ¬The New York Times

Street Date: 9/8/09
Order Date: 8/12/09
DVD SRP: $14.98


Mad Monster Party, the beloved animated Halloween classic, comes to Special Edition DVD this September from Lionsgate. Featuring the voices of horror film legend Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) as Baron Boris von Frankenstein and Golden Globe® nominee Phyllis Diller (TV’s “The Pruitts of Southampton,” Best TV Star-Female, 1966) as the Monster’s Mate, Mad Monster Party: Special Edition is a hilariously spooky classic! This treasured stop-motion movie comes from the studios of Rankin-Bass - the team who created “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman” and other beloved holiday specials and has been called an inspiration for Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. The Mad Monster Party: Special Edition includes a brand-new retrospective featurette and two fun sing-a-longs, and is encased in frighteningly fun neon O-card DVD packaging - making it the perfect treat for Halloween this year!

Baron Von Frankenstein has decided to retire as the head of the Worldwide Organization of Monsters. But first, he must inform the other monsters about his plans. How to deliver the news? How else - through a Mad Monster Party! Von Frankenstein’s guests include a who’s who of Halloween favorites, including The Werewolf, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Mummy, The Invisible Man and more. But who among them is fit to be the new head of the monsters? Find out in this frighteningly fun holiday classic from Rankin Bass (“Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer”) that will leave kids of all ages howling with delight!

*DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
• “Groovy Ghouls: The Making of Mad Monster Party” – featurette that includes interviews with cast and crew and the official Rankin Bass historian.
• Two bonus sing-a-longs for kids of all ages!
• Theatrical trailer
*Subject to change

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 1967
Title Copyright: © STUDIOCANAL - Videocraft International Ltd.
Type: Special Edition
Rating: NR
Genre: Animated / Holiday / Family
Closed Captioned: English Closed Captioned
Subtitles: None
Format: Full screen (1.33:1)
Feature Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Audio Status: Dolby Digital Mono