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The Last Woman on Earth is another one of those old movies with so many different releases that even Google coughs politely and says, “Um, I'll get back to you in a minute.”

I'm not even going to begin to count the number of different DVD releases I've seen floating around out there. Considering there are at least as many different multi-packs, my head is spinning like Linda Blair.

I got mine in a collection of 50 “Horror Classics.”

Video:

1.33: I thought this “full-screen” presentation would be the original ratio until I saw the widescreen version being offered in the trilogy set. The video is trashy, fuzzy, and unclear though not any worse than a lot of other old movies.

Audio:

1.0 mono: The audio jumps, is out of sync, and has muted levels. It's not at all a great presentation.

Packaging:

This particular disc is housed in a cardboard sleeve contained in a Velcro-fastened box though it's been repackaged in plastic. You can read about the set as a whole in great detail in the Horror Classics (50 pack) guide.

Extras:

There are no extras of any kind.

Other Editions:

Only a couple of the stand-alone DVD's stand out. One “Timeless Classics” release announces that it is remastered although there is no indication of what, if any, quality improvement this offers.

Another offers a 3D version. I just can't imagine this as a 3D movie. It doesn't lend itself to that kind of presentation. I can't find any comments on the quality of the presentation.

Neither of these lists any extras, and the specs are the same as what I've already described.

The Roger Corman Puerto Rico trilogy offers Creature from the Haunted Sea, The Last Woman on Earth, and Battle of Blood Island with the best presentations and listing of extras I've seen for any of them. This is the only listing for a widescreen version of this movie that I've seen along with a commentary and additional scenes shot for TV. It also offers “the long-awaited restoration of the rarely seen 35mm color” version. I can't actually say for sure that it offers the black-&-white version at all.

Final Thoughts:

The Horror Classics 50 pack is a good opportunity to check out this movie in the sense that you're getting 49 other movies (many of them much, much better than this one) for your money. The Roger Corman trilogy set is the only one that sounds like it might offer a significantly improved quality and is also the only one providing any extras.