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Spirit Halloween Frankenstein Video Collectors Box
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00:00A brilliant creation, or a sad excuse for piecing together parts?
00:04Here's your spooky spot in Spirit Halloween Frankenstein VHS Collector's Box.
00:27You would have thought that this would have been the end of it.
00:29Oh, I see we're being also joined by the Spooky Candle.
00:31You would have thought, though, that that was the end of this guy looking at these stupid VHS Collector's Boxes that we get at your local Spirit Halloween.
00:38No, no, no, not in fact.
00:39I actually picked up not only this one, but then my recent endeavor to go into a new Spirit Halloween that was a little off the beaten path,
00:45I found myself another one.
00:47So we will be looking at, I guess, a total of four this year.
00:50Speaking of those four, though, let's bring out the ones that we've already had a look at for this year.
00:54We've already had a look at Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
00:56And we also, prior to that, looked at the Exorcist.
00:59Well worth the money or totally misspent?
01:02Well, in your case, you're curious as to how much these were, actually.
01:05Well, it will not say on the back of the box.
01:07I can tell you, though.
01:08I spent $18.99 for this.
01:10I did have a coupon, though, so I saved myself, I think, about $3.
01:13But then the person behind the counter asked me if I wanted to participate in a $15,000 contest where you could win $15,000.
01:20I don't think it's actually $15,000 where you can use that money to spend in the store.
01:24Hey, listen, I like Spirit Halloween like the next guy, but I don't know if I could spend $15,000 in the store,
01:30maybe over the span of maybe four or five years, but not all in one sitting.
01:33But if it's $15,000 of just regular cash, yeah, I could certainly spend that.
01:38Now, this was, again, the contest, I think, was probably like $10 to participate in that.
01:43So, again, even though I really essentially used the coupon and saved myself $3,000, I ended up saving the $3,000, and I'm spending $10.
01:50So I think, in the end, this was probably like $27 when I factored in the contest entry.
01:54The box itself, as you can see, does have Frankenstein, a very, very nice-looking image there of Frankenstein.
02:00It does say, Spirit Halloween presents a Frankenstein's collector's box starring one lanyard, one patch, two decals, two buns,
02:06and then items chosen by the Spirit Buying Team.
02:09I don't know why they felt the need to say it's items chosen by the Spirit Buying Team.
02:13Almost as if they sort of went around and curated these from old collecting places.
02:18I mean, literally, they just probably just manufactured these in the factory.
02:21It says it was designed by Spirit Production Development, product development, and produced by Spirit Halloween.
02:26This does also date this at 2025.
02:28So I know that I picked this up this year, and these were the same year that these came out.
02:32It does say down below here, also, be kind, remember to rewind.
02:36Don't worry, B, I won't be rewinding this because you're made of cardboard.
02:39But the kind of cool thing, though, about this is on the side of the spine, we actually have SHV, which is Spirit Halloween Video.
02:47I think V is for video.
02:48And then on the top, we also have Spirit Halloween Home Video.
02:51So let's move these all out of the way because, again, we've already had a look at those.
02:54If you haven't yet checked out my videos of these overly expensive, stupid VHS cases,
02:58I know some people just think, like, what a waste of money.
03:00If you did want to look at those and definitely want to check out my older videos, go free.
03:05Feel free.
03:05Give those a gander.
03:06But the case itself does have a flippable insert.
03:09On the back, though, of the case, it says,
03:11The greatest horror film of all time.
03:13Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster,
03:17played, of course, by the classic Boris Karloff in his laboratory.
03:20But his dreams of perfection are thwarted when the monster becomes an uncontrollable beast.
03:24This adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel mixes gothic decay and chilling, lyricism,
03:36lyricism, lyricism, I know, that's not a word I've said correctly,
03:40and Karloff in the role he would be identified for the rest of his life
03:43offers a compassionate portrayal of the monster's groping for identity.
03:49Lyricsism?
03:50Who cares?
03:51What hopefully you will care about is the fact that you can also take the case
03:53and you can flip these around.
03:55So, of course, while inside, you've still got yourself the cardboard VHS tape
03:58we'll be looking at.
03:59That's all the contents inside, curated, curated by the Spirit Halloween team.
04:04I'll be looking at those shortly, though.
04:05One thing I did want to do, though, is I wanted to take the insert.
04:08Now, the insert, generally what it does is it does remove the six items label.
04:12So if you don't like that, this clearly tells you that this is not a collector's case.
04:16You can take, then, the case and take the insert and flip it around.
04:19Oh, I've got to say, that's not as good.
04:24I mean, yes, it does have Spirit Home video down below.
04:27I mean, it's now a white case.
04:28I've got to say, though, like the black case looked so much nicer.
04:31The black also does have some wear marks, so this looks more aged.
04:34This just looks...
04:36Here's me saying this.
04:37It looks cheap.
04:38It looks cheap, even though it's like, you know, $18.
04:40This doesn't look as appealing and as good to the eye as this side does.
04:44So I think in this case, I'm going to keep this side.
04:46I think, actually, I did that with Elvira as well.
04:49Elvira, no, I did flip it around for the review, but I'm probably just going to be flipping it back.
04:53So not all of these are home run hits.
04:55This is only just going to be, you know, again, you want to see it for the...
04:57Okay, just so that we can be different, let's flip this back around.
05:02We're going to put the insert back in case.
05:05Even though I'll tell you right away, I'm only going to flip it back after this video is finished.
05:09At least for this, so at least we can give it the college try.
05:12This is what it would look like if you flip the case insert around.
05:15I mean, again, it has all the same read-up on the back.
05:18Still does say it's Spirit Halloween, but I just don't think I like the white case as much.
05:23So let's put that right there.
05:25We can have at least something to look at.
05:27And then on the inside, we've got Frankenstein's Collector's Box, black and white, one hour and 11 minutes.
05:31Anybody want to fact check that?
05:33Fact check, is that one hour and 11 minutes for the movie?
05:35That does seem right.
05:37The Universal Monsters tend to be, though, very short movies.
05:40So if you want to binge a movie for Halloween night, go through Universal Monster movies because they're generally quite short.
05:45It does also say Spirit Halloween in the top corner.
05:48Universal Monsters are universal.
05:50And for best picture quality, adjust your tracking control.
05:54So, and there's also the spine, of course.
05:55It does say Frankenstein.
05:56So let's open this up.
05:57It's promised to us.
05:59We have a lanyard.
06:00Got a couple of buttons.
06:01We've got a couple of stickers.
06:03Not really well worth the spending of $18 on this, but let's pull out one at a time.
06:09Or, you know what, we'll leave the lanyard for last.
06:12Pull out the stickers maybe first.
06:13Or actually, you know what, the last thing that was in here was the patch.
06:16We might as well just start things off with the patch.
06:18We'll put the case right there.
06:20Get it to stand.
06:21Get it to stand.
06:22Maybe what we'll use is we'll use the exorcism.
06:25The exorcist.
06:26There we go.
06:27We'll just prop it up with the other cases that we've looked at before.
06:30So, for our patch, we have It's Alive.
06:33It's Alive.
06:34It's Alive.
06:35And then, of course, we've got Frankenstein.
06:36I actually kind of really like the coloring of the monster there.
06:39All in that bluish green.
06:41It's Alive is also raised here.
06:43And this is a patch.
06:43So, really, I'm sure by now everybody knows how these patches work.
06:46You preheat the iron for five minutes on high setting.
06:49Place your iron on the garment where you want to plan to place the patch.
06:53Place the patch.
06:54Then, of course, you're going to place a lightweight press cloth over the patch.
06:58Just so, again, like the direct heat isn't right on the patch.
07:00And then you're also going to press firmly with back and forth motion, as I'm indicating right now, for 40 to 45 seconds.
07:08Turn the piece inside out.
07:09And then, again, with back and forth motion, imagining if you – I'm not like the woman that has the iron in Halloween Kills.
07:16But I'm sort of imagining if you had an invisible iron right now, just running a few passes back and forth.
07:21And then, after that, you're good to go.
07:24So, you've got yourself a little patch there.
07:25Do you guys want to see what it looks like out of the packaging?
07:27I figured you would.
07:29Let's just quickly opening this up.
07:32I mean, nothing really – I mean, it looks the exact same.
07:34It just – it doesn't have the plastic shining over top of it.
07:37Yeah, you know, that's a pretty neat looking patch.
07:40I like that it's got electricity all in the background there.
07:43I mean, it would be cool, though, if the electricity was actually coming out of the bolts on the sides of his neck.
07:48But I'm not going to be a stickler for detail for the fact that this is just an iron-on patch.
07:52But, you know, again, like, it's a pretty neat looking patch.
07:54Along with that, though, we also got ourselves some stickers.
07:56Do you want to look at the stickers first, or do you want to look at the buttons first?
08:01A lot of people are yelling the buttons.
08:03Okay, well, we'll go with the buttons.
08:05I said stickers!
08:06I'm sorry.
08:07The majority all said buttons, so we're going to go with buttons.
08:11So, again, we've got ourselves two different Frankensteins.
08:13Again, Boris Karloff on the front.
08:16I wouldn't say this is necessarily Boris Karloff.
08:18That's basically just, like, an artist's interpretation of Frankenstein's monster.
08:22I like this pin, though.
08:24Sort of more of an off-gray.
08:25I mean, with the way that they've colored this, it actually looks more like Boris Karloff as the mummy.
08:29Frankenstein up at the top there, the original.
08:31We've got also Horror Show with exclamation mark.
08:33You know it's serious when they put an exclamation mark next to that.
08:37And also down below, it says, coming soon to video.
08:40This one has pretty much the same color scheme.
08:42Frankenstein's a little bit larger.
08:44Although, again, like, this is more of an illustration.
08:46It's not so much Boris Karloff.
08:47Oop!
08:47Let's not drop the pins.
08:49I had showed you in the earlier review how to open up a pin.
08:52I know somebody kind of said down below, like,
08:53Dude, you're seriously showing us how to open up a pin.
08:55No, just for in case...
08:56In case...
08:57Let's just say it's the first time you've ever opened up a pin.
09:00You just put pressure down against that.
09:02Flip it out.
09:03And then hang that on your garment.
09:04Make sure, though, you tuck that back in.
09:06Because if not, yeah, that pin's going to poke you in the skin.
09:09The pin's going to poke you in the skin.
09:11So let's move those all off to the side.
09:12And then, of course, we've got ourselves some stickers.
09:15Not that it really needs to have descriptions or how to do this.
09:18But it gives you directions.
09:20Clean and dry, smooth surface.
09:21Put decal on surface.
09:23And sticky side down.
09:24Again, like, the fact that they have to put sticky side down.
09:28I mean, again, there might be some people that don't know how to apply a sticker.
09:31As for those stickers...
09:33I'm going to open up the bag here.
09:34And reach inside.
09:37Reach inside.
09:38So we've got, again...
09:40I mean, this one looks a little like Boris Karloff.
09:42It's also just an illustration.
09:44It's got Frankenstein.
09:45It's got the original horror show down below.
09:47It's got also the windmill in the back.
09:49Of course, the classic windmill.
09:51The final finale of the movie.
09:52And we've also got Frankenstein.
09:54What I think is cool, though, is that Frankenstein looks like it's been ripped in half.
09:57And then it's all been sort of stitched together.
09:59That is a neat-looking sticker.
10:02And you know it's also a sticker by the fact that the back peels off.
10:05And it's adhesive on the inside.
10:07It's adhesive down.
10:10So those are the instructions.
10:11Put that down with the sticky side down.
10:13And that's how you stick your sticker.
10:15What's last, though, to look at is the lanyard.
10:18Now, the lanyard actually looks kind of interesting.
10:20The way they've designed, you know, of course, Frankie all down the neck piece.
10:24That would, I guess, be the rope.
10:26Well, it's not even so much a rope.
10:27It's more of a ribbon.
10:28But we've got Frankenstein all kind of coming down that.
10:31This actually kind of looks more like Frankenstein from Monster Squad.
10:34Oh, man.
10:35I love Monster Squad.
10:36And we've got some lightning bolts there.
10:38This allows you, of course, to open it.
10:40So you just pull those apart and snap that back together.
10:44There we go.
10:45It's a pretty kind of smooth ribbon.
10:47But that's, you know, would you again describe that as a ribbon?
10:49And then down below, we've got He Lives.
10:51We've got He Breathes.
10:52He Lives.
10:53You get the idea.
10:54You get the idea.
10:55On the back, something, if you like the sticker.
10:58Let's grab a sticker here.
10:59You can see we've got the sticker, but it's done all here in rubber.
11:03So, again, you've got like a little pretty cool looking.
11:05I would actually really even love this for like a key chain.
11:09You've got Frankenstein all stitched together.
11:11And then we've got Frankenstein.
11:12He Lives.
11:13He Breathes.
11:14And then Frankenstein all behind him.
11:16I like the coloring.
11:17It's not really quite gray.
11:18It's not quite really quite green.
11:19It's sort of meeting in the middle.
11:20And then we've got He Lives and He Breathes.
11:23Back seems to be the same.
11:25So, if you add yourself a card, an ID card, you would just take Frankie's card out first.
11:29Or, again, you could also just put your own ID card over top of that.
11:31And you can wear that to work.
11:33I actually go to a job where I've actually got myself an ID card.
11:37High security.
11:38High security.
11:39So, I could probably even use this for Halloween.
11:41Just walking around with my Frankenstein lanyard.
11:44So, for the items that we did get this time around for, again, Frankenstein's monster.
11:48Again, it's sort of a rinse and repeat format.
11:50Everything you pretty much get with every other case you get here with Frankenstein.
11:53You get, of course, you get two stickers.
11:56Those aren't bad.
11:57A couple of pins.
11:57Those aren't bad either.
11:59A patch, which we sort of started things with.
12:01And what we ended up with is also a lanyard.
12:04Now, again, you could also look at this again.
12:06And clearly, no.
12:06Like, $18.99 is a bit steep.
12:08It's a bit hard of a pill to swallow.
12:10But, again, like, the benefit is you at least get yourself a collector's snap case.
12:14So, like, if you, like, you know, went to video stores, strip plaza video stores back in the day.
12:18I went to strip plaza video stores back in the day.
12:20Again, it really sort of evokes that idea.
12:22And while we've, again, been doing these over the years, from what I've seen, at least, of the Spirit Halloweens for this year, there are four titles.
12:31I would have then said there was only three because, you know, I've only managed to see Elvira, The Exorcist, and now Frankenstein.
12:36And those were the three that I went to, two different Spirit Halloweens, and those were the only ones that they had.
12:41However, though, just recently going and venturing to a Spirit Halloween that was actually a set propped up tent.
12:47This was one that just popped up out of nowhere.
12:49Literally, they just set up.
12:50It was kind of cool.
12:51Like, the inside of the floor were all kind of interlocking kind of like panel pieces.
12:55And then the inside of the Spirit Halloweens, I'm basically doing with my fingers what a tent would look like.
13:00They propped up a tent.
13:02The whole entire store was just one big, giant tent.
13:05And while it was in that tent, I happened to come across yet another video collector's case.
13:10It's not Elvira.
13:11It's certainly not Exorcist.
13:12And it's definitely not Frankie.
13:14But it will be one that we will be looking at in an upcoming review.
13:16In the end, though, do you guys think that these are worth the value that they're asking for?
13:19$18.99, $19.
13:21Again, you've got to add the tax on top of that.
13:22Or do you think they're a total waste of money?
13:25Let me know down below in the comments section.
13:26If you guys did also enjoy this video, you can do it as well and throw it a like.
13:29Yeah.
13:30If you guys want to stick around for more so.
13:31And I hope so.
13:32Not only, not only will we be looking at another video collector's case,
13:35but there will also be more spookerific reviews coming your way for the rest of Spottober.
13:41Will the spooky candle be coming with us as well for that journey?
13:44Sometimes, yes.
13:45Sometimes, no.
13:45He's missed out a few of the videos, but I'm sure he'll be coming back for many more.
13:49As always, guys, thanks for watching.
13:50See you guys next time.
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