This leads to countless fondly remembered sequences. His fight with spider twice his size is a cinematic masterpiece. As such, the film itself can make the same claim. Jack Arnold may be remembered for Creature from the Black Lagoon, but overall the better film by far is this 1957 favorite. 
Presented in its original aspect ratio, Shrinking Man fares mildly well on DVD. Its biggest issue is trying to avoid heavy film grain and dirt. It's laid on thick, and yet it's obvious this print has been well cared for. There's hardly a scratch on it, even during special effect shots that required multiple passes through the camera. It's hard to find fault given that this is the best home transfer we'll likely ever see on the format, but the grain literally obscures all detail in entire portions of the film. 
There's nothing here in the audio department worth noting. Standard 2.0 mono proves serviceable. There's little in the way of distortion or popping. 
Aside from a teaser trailer, there are no extras available. It doesn't even have a chapter selection menu. (No stars)
The Incredible Shrinking Man comes to DVD in a Best Buy exclusive box set. There are five '50s films in all for a sticker price of $19.99. The full roster of films are as follows: Tarantula, The Mole People, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Monster on Campus, and The Monolith Monsters. There are three discs in total, and the films are in their proper aspect ratios.
Article comments
1 - Mark Saleski
i just saw this movie a couple of weeks ago. very cool stuff.
2 - Ian Woolstencroft
This was the film I blame for my fear of spiders!
For me The Incredible Shrinking Man is one of the four best SF films of the 50’s (the others being Forbidden Planet, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Day the Earth Stood Still.) It’s a film that transcends the genre to be a classic by any standards. It’s been treated the worst of the four on DVD, while the others all come with a variety of special features (or will when the Forbidden Planet Special Edition is released soon) this is dumped in with a bunch of SF B movies, at least in the UK it’s been released on its own although still bare of extras.
3 - Bob
Other than maybe some fuzziness in the Scott-meets-Clarice segment, very clear in picture and sound. Excellent special effects for the time.
Yes, no extras, but if they were thinking of doing interviews, most of the cast are now no longer with us... *****
4 - Ian Woolstencroft
"Yes, no extras, but if they were thinking of doing interviews, most of the cast are now no longer with us..."
True but there are doubtless vintage interviews they could have used. And the same is true most of the cast and crew of the other three classics I mentioned but they still managed to release decent Special Editions of them, not to mention Universal's Frankenstein and Dracula.
5 - Julie Hartfields
TISM is my fave film of all time (a big statement considering all the films out there). Its modesty, imaginative B&W cinematography, superb script & direction (and great heart) single in out in my mind. I first saw it (when I was babysitting) on late night TV in the 60's and thought OH NO - Sci Fi (when the stone tablet font shrieks the title). However I watched it and was blown away. (Being an arachnaphobe I found it especially chilling). The last minutes are spellbinding and capture the existential predicament of man and his spiritual quest. A sublime piece of film making. BRAVO