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Directed by Fred F. Sears
USA 1957
Global chaos erupts when an enormous bird from outer space ventures to Earth and begins causing death scores of innocent bystanders in this awe-inspiring sci-fi thriller starring stunning Mara Corday and Jeff Morrow. Four times faster than sound, the bird is bigger than a battleship and surrounded by an invisible radar-resistant shield which repels existing destructive devices. It’s a race against time for scientists Mitch MacAfee and Sally Caldwell to devise a weapon against this abominable creature before it obliterates the World. Can they do it? IS there enough time? See for yourself in this terrifying adventure of man against monstrosity. *** The Giant Claw was a 1950s monster movie. After the successes of the seminal atomic monster films The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and Them! (1954), the floodgates were opened to a deluge of revived dinosaur and giant animals on the attack films. The Giant Claw was one of the few of these in which atomic radiation was not used as an explain-all raison d’etre. |
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Theatrical Release: July 1957
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i-catcher Media - Region 'B' - Blu-ray vs. Arrow - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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Only available from Arrow at present as part of their Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman which includes Creature with the Atom Brain, The Werewolf, Zombies of Mora Tau and The Giant Claw Bonus Captures: |
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Distribution | i-catcher Media - Region 'B' - Blu-ray | Arrow - Region FREE - Blu-ray |
Runtime | 1:14:32.041 | 1:14:10.571 |
Video |
1.78:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 23,691,582,865 bytes Feature: 19,824,844,800 bytes Video Bitrate: 29.80 Mbps Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
1.78 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 31,320,737,730 bytesFeature: 22,370,667,264 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.81 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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Bitrate German Blu-ray: |
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Bitrate Arrow Blu-ray: |
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Audio |
DTS-HD Master Audio English 1565 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1565 kbps / 16-bit (DTS
Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) DUB: DTS-HD Master Audio German 1582 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1582 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) Commentaries: Dolby Digital Audio German 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB Dolby Digital Audio German 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB) |
DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1078 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1078 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 /
48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit) LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit |
Subtitles | German, None | English (SDH), None |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Arrow
1.78:1 1080P Single-layered
Blu-ray
Edition Details: • 2 German audio commentaries (Ingo Strecker and Thomas Kerpen - Dr. Rolf Giesen, Uwe Sommerlad and Ivo Scheloske) • Introduction by Dr. Rolf Giesen (4:44 - English or German options) • American Title Sequence (0:43) • Spanish Title Sequence (0:55) • American Trailer (2:01) • Super 8 Version (8:30) • Gallery (3:17) DVD
Standard Black Blu-ray Case Chapters 13 |
Release Information: Studio: Arrow
1.78 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 31,320,737,730 bytesFeature: 22,370,667,264 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.81 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Brand-new introduction by critic Kim Newman (12:27)• Brand-new audio commentary by critics Emma Westwood and Cerise Howard • Family Endangered!, a brand-new visual essay examining the theme of • Cold War paranoia in Sam Katzman monster movies, by critic Mike White (12:51) • Condensed Super 8mm version of • The Giant Claw, produced for home cinema viewing (6:29) • Theatrical Trailer (2:03) • Image Gallery (23)
• Fully illustrated 60-page collector’s book
featuring extensive new writing by Laura Drazin Boyes, Neil Mitchell,
Barry Forshaw, Jon Towlson and Jackson Cooper
Transparent Blu-ray Case inside Custom Hard Case (see below)Chapters 13 |
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
NOTE: We have added 46 more large
resolution Blu-ray captures
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On their
Blu-ray,
Arrow use a DTS-HD Master mono track (24-bit) in the
original English language. The Giant Claw
has some cheesy audio effects that come through authentically flat as
does the dramatic score by
Mischa Bakaleinikoff (The
Crooked Web,
Cell
2455 Death Row, Comanche
Station,
It
Came from Beneath the Sea,
New Orleans Uncensored,
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,
The 27th Day,
20 Million Miles to Earth,
Lady for a Day.) sounding clean with consistent dialogue
in the lossless transfer. The Region 'B' i-catcher
Blu-ray
has optional German subtitles and a German DUB - while Arrow offers optional English
(SDH) subtitles on
their Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The i-catcher offers two German commentaries
(unfortunately neither English-friendly.) The Arrow
Blu-ray
The Giant Claw is incorrectly
identified as the 'worst' creature-feature - but instead, is simply the
cheesiest. The liberal use of weak stock footage, minimal on-screen time
of the creature plenty of shadows), visibility of wires and the awkward
'puppet' visuals - support this, low-budget, claim. It has the iconic
Jeff Morrow ( a favorite -
This Island Earth) and appealing Mara Corday (The
Quiet Gun,
Tarantula,
Man Without a Star). The
Blu-ray
from Arrow has a commentary, intro by Kim Newman, visual essay and the
package has booklets. I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting the film
especially with its charismatic flaws. One of the great creature-feature
throwaways of the era. No collection is complete without it on
Blu-ray. |
Package - Arrow - Region FREE - Blu-ray
Menus / Extras
i-catcher Media - Region 'B' - Blu-ray
Arrow - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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Stock Footage
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Distribution | i-catcher Media - Region 'B' - Blu-ray | Arrow - Region FREE - Blu-ray |
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