Old Mother Riley Collector's Edition Box Set!

Join Mother Riley in Madcap Hysteria As She Encounters What Seems to Be A Haunted House AND The Vampire of Them All Bela Lugosi in TWO Different Mother Riley Films!

That's right, you get TWO rare, hard to find classic Old Mother Riley (Arthur Lucan) features on TWO SEPARATE DVDs! The "Mother Riley" series was a British made series of low budget comedies starring Arthur Lucan, who played, in drag, a dotty old working class woman. These films often satired stuffy British government, and how it handles it's lower working class. Now with this special collector's edition box set you get a chance to own TWO DVDs with one of these classic, hysterical Mother Riley flicks on each, plus you get a rare bonus...

"Old Mother Riley's Ghosts"--

Your first DVD treat is "Old Mother Riley's Ghosts", one of the more rare Mother Riley films. Arthur Lucan is at it again as he reprises his role of Mother Riley in the eighth Mother Riley installment. A plot to steal the invention of a man who lives in a haunted house is discovered and pandemonium ensues as the entire cast encounters the ghosts of a haunted old manor. Not only does Arthur Lucan star in this 1941 film, but he also wrote it! And as a special treat, look for a cameo of Arthur Lucan OUT of his Mother Riley garb. This is the only film in which Arthur Lucan appears as a man. He briefly appears as a crook who then disguises himself as Old Mother Riley. Truly a chilling & hysterical film!

"Vampire Over London"--

On your second DVD in this collector's box set, don't miss "Vampire Over London"! This Mother Riley film is perhaps one of the most well known. Originally released in England as "Mother Riley Meets the Vampire", the film was retitled "Vampire Over London" for it's American debut. Later in hopes to further market the movie, the film was retitled "My Son the Vampire" and the popular theme song "My Son the Vampire" by Alan Sherman was added! "My Son the Vampire" also went under many different aliases such as:
"Dracula's Desire"
Mother Riley Runs Riot
Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Robot and the Vampire, The (proposed title)

Made in 1952 this was the last of the Mother Riley films and it was also the last chance to see the great Bela Lugosi in his full talent, as, of course, a vampire. Later that year, 1952, addiction and poverty sank in deeper, and he would turn to working with a certain Edward Wood Jr. This was the last of the Mother Riley films, and the only one that showcased Arthur Lucan as Mother Riley alone, without his wife Kitty McShane as the brooding and augmentative daughter of Mother Riley. This is the *same* film that was later known as "My Son, the Vampire". The only differences between this print and the later re-titled film is "Vampire Over London" features the original slate which displays the starring credits of Arthur Lucan and Bela Lugosi and the original title card for "Vampire Over London". As this was an EARLY version of the film, it does not feature the song "My Son, The Vampire" as that was later added when the title was changed for re-release in the States.

But Wait... There's MORE!

We did say this was a collector's box set with rare bonus items didn't we? OH YES, we did! Accompanying your Old Mother Riley Collector's Edition Box Set you'll receive TWO rare and impossible to find bonus items! First you get a special Cult Classics Edition of the cinema celluloid / film auteur's magazine "Videoscope" featuring an exclusive interview with Producer Richard Gordon ON his film "Mother Riley Meets the Vampire".. later known as "Vampire Over London". This interview talks about everything that went on behind the scenes, from rare insight on Arthur Lucan and his idiosyncracies to the inside scoop on Bela Lugosi and his feelings on being involved with the Mother Riley films. This rare four page article also features behind the scenes gosspi about how the movie came about, where it may have 'borrowed' it's plot from, how and why the film was renamed so many times, and the foils the film had to go through with the British Board of Film Censors. Also included in the four page spread are rare and unseen photos of Bela Lugosi, Arthur Lucan, and crew behind the scenes on the set of "Vampire Over London"! Don't forget however that you get the ENTIRE "Videoscope" issue which also offers many other great reads for the b-movie / drive-in film enthusiast including cult movie reviews, an interview with "Rocky Horror Picture Show" & "Dark City" star Richard O'Brien, a feature focusing on everyone's favorite movie slamming show "Mystery Science Theatre 3000", an interview with Brion James of "Blade Runner", a Liz Renay (from Ray Dennis Steckler's "The Thrill Killers", "Blackenstein", & John Waters' "Desperate Living") Confidential, and a feature on B-Movie Meastro Roger Corman! This issue contains over 65 pages teaming with b-movie and drive-in schlock entertainment!!

Old Mother Riley's Bits & Baubles...

As a second bonus you get a full audio CD featuring various audio clips and tidbits from Old Mother Riley films!! Love Arthur Lucan's little sayings? Laugh with delight at his and Kitty's little squabbles? Now you can enjoy tons of the BEST sound bytes on this audio CD which you can listen to anywhere! Don't miss the feature audio track of the 'Tsk Tsk' song that Mother Riley performs in "Vampire Over London", with her chorus of two friends! Where else can you get that song on an audio CD? As a second special track on the audio CD, make sure to listen to the company jingle that Mother Riley sings for her new band of friends from the film "Old Mother Riley's Ghosts"! These two musical delights, combined with tons of other dialogue snippets and scene stealing segments makes for an audio CD to delight to for hours!

You get all this for ONE low price! Don't miss out on these almost impossible to find movies, not to mention these RARE bonus items! The "Old Mother Riley Collector's Edition Box Set" including "Old Mother Riley's Ghosts" on one DVD, "Vampire Over London" on a second DVD, the issue of "Videoscope" magazine featuring the article on "Vampire Over London" / Producer Richard Gordon, and the bonus CD is all yours for only $50! AND, you get FREE postage (via media mail) in the U.S!

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