Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)

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#1626 Post by mteller » Mon Dec 02, 2019 3:47 pm

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#1627 Post by Lowry_Sam » Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:43 pm

So do these VHS themed blu-rays also contain a transfer of the VHS version of the movie? The Shout channel has been offering 80s era VHS titles in both a contemporary digitally remastered version & lo-fi VHS transfer complete with tape glitches & leading identifying info etc.

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#1628 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:48 pm

It's strictly a packaging conceit. Mill Creek's Sony licenses usually have no extras at all except maybe a trailer.

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#1629 Post by mfunk9786 » Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:00 pm

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Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:43 pm
So do these VHS themed blu-rays also contain a transfer of the VHS version of the movie? The Shout channel has been offering 80s era VHS titles in both a contemporary digitally remastered version & lo-fi VHS transfer complete with tape glitches & leading identifying info etc.
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#1630 Post by colinr0380 » Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:24 pm

Victorville Film Archives really seem to be trying to be the Criterion Collection of the VHS tape scene. I am eagerly awaiting my four pack of A Star Is Born in the one format that the films were truly meant to be seen in. Sure I had to sell my Blu-ray copies of all of the films that I already had, but it was a small price to pay to be able to afford the $100 plus international shipping!

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#1631 Post by mfunk9786 » Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:36 pm

I was assured that the films are all in the public domain and will begin shipping as soon as Mark Proksch is better and can get back to work.

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#1632 Post by mfunk9786 » Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:38 pm

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#1633 Post by soundchaser » Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:58 pm

Ok, wow, that one is truly horrible, right down to the bizarre placement of the TM symbol.

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#1634 Post by DarkImbecile » Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:03 pm

The way that boy is creepily leering behind the girl is even more disturbing than the bears.

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#1635 Post by Brian C » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:01 pm

soundchaser wrote:Ok, wow, that one is truly horrible, right down to the bizarre placement of the TM symbol.
Yeah, it’s weird to see it right in the middle of “Chrisas”.

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#1636 Post by colinr0380 » Thu Dec 05, 2019 2:18 am

"The Greatest Gifts Come From The Heart"? I thought the story was about a little girl breaking and entering and eating everyone's porridge. What obvious shameless revisionism of a beloved family classic!

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#1637 Post by swo17 » Thu Dec 05, 2019 2:49 pm

This is the cover to a set of classic horror movies dating from the '30s to the '70s, including Carl Th. Dreyer's solemn Vampyr, from a company called S'more Entertainment:
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#1638 Post by domino harvey » Thu Dec 05, 2019 2:51 pm

But what do the covers for A Big Box of Vampire 1-4 look like?

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#1639 Post by Feego » Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:25 pm

"My eye! It's stabbing my left eye!"

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#1640 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Dec 05, 2019 7:30 pm

Let's have some fun with some other Gravitas Ventures (distributor behind 3 Bears Christmas) titles, shall we?

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#1641 Post by jindianajonz » Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:20 pm

Warfighter is a single word. Parsing it that way would be like crediting a film to Ing
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#1642 Post by zedz » Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:40 pm

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We don't have Thanksgiving in New Zealand. Here we call it Chickenfisting.

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#1643 Post by bottled spider » Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:58 pm

Oh. That's an arm. The veined shaft. An arm. Phew.

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#1644 Post by zedz » Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:28 pm

It's already too small to be a turkey. What were you thinking? Quail?

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#1645 Post by therewillbeblus » Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:00 pm

“Little bees, big faith” is my new favorite tag line. Thank you for this.

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#1646 Post by DarkImbecile » Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:31 pm

I felt compelled to go to their site to track down the description for the chickenfisting movie, and realized we could basically just populate this thread for eternity from that one site:
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#1647 Post by domino harvey » Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:41 pm

DarkImbecile wrote:
Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:31 pm
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Real movie or Adult Swim hoax?

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#1648 Post by therewillbeblus » Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:55 pm

I haven’t laughed that hard in a while, especially when Food Boy screams as things come to a head. What’s with the melodramatic tone?

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#1649 Post by CSM126 » Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:13 pm

I feel like Gravitas Ventures is some sort of elaborate Infinite Jest joke. Like, if you browse their site long enough you’ll find the samizdat.

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#1650 Post by therewillbeblus » Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:17 pm

I'd believe that one of these films may kill you. Or just looking at the cover in person.

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