Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 3-D)

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#2251 Post by The Narrator Returns » Sat Aug 31, 2013 12:40 pm

That wasn't even the worst cover of the November slate.

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#2252 Post by Cash Flagg » Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:20 pm

Arrow's steelbook of Invasion of the Body Snatchers reminds me of one of those old Hypercolor t-shirts:

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#2253 Post by zedz » Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:15 pm

I saw this on a shelf and it was so ridiculous I thought it might be a piece of conceptual art:

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#2254 Post by Mathew2468 » Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:20 pm

I'm seeing stars.

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#2255 Post by Mathew2468 » Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:40 pm

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#2256 Post by The Narrator Returns » Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:26 pm

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#2257 Post by repeat » Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:52 pm

I actually did not realize this was the film I was looking for on Amazon and kept typing in all manner of permutations of the director's and film's name

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#2258 Post by dx23 » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:26 pm

Don't know what is worst, the front cover or the horribly photoshopped back cover

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#2259 Post by Matt » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:29 pm

Ben Savage...in a role that will surprise him. And require him to stay surprised through the whole picture.

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#2260 Post by manicsounds » Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:32 am

Whoa, she's got one thin leg and one fat leg! No wonder he's surprised!

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#2261 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 12:08 am

manicsounds wrote:Whoa, she's got one thin leg and one fat leg! No wonder he's surprised!
I think one's in front of the other.

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#2262 Post by domino harvey » Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:59 pm

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Because it'd be too much trouble to include the infamous house where this all takes place, so here's a picture of a ship which doesn't appear in the film

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#2263 Post by knives » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:34 pm

That Titanic audience brings in the big bucks.

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#2264 Post by Brian C » Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:51 am

At least that actually looks like Gene Tierney, so it's got one up on Laura.

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#2265 Post by Professor Wagstaff » Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:56 am

Blu-ray cover art hasn't been kind to any of Gene Tierney's iconic films so far. Here's hoping Criterion can break the streak and reissue "Heaven Can Wait" with an excellent new design.

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#2266 Post by manicsounds » Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:10 am

I don't know where to start... the new individual Universal Hitchcock reissues look like cheap public domain bargain bin titles.

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#2267 Post by Drucker » Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:24 am

Thankfully there's a helpful picture of a rope to clarify the ambiguous title.

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#2268 Post by colinr0380 » Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:31 pm

There is something very strange going on with James Stewart's eyes in that picture!

Oh, and before I forget I want to say that I think it is wonderful that Angelica Huston has managed to prove she can pull off the seemingly unsuitable role of a hot guitar chick in that Girl Meets Boy film.

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#2269 Post by HerrSchreck » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:44 pm

I dunno if these have been posted before, but my god... for a film with such stylish titles posters and lobby cards:

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What's up with the UK and fucking up this film? I love the tagline on the first one: "A dealer of cards or cocaine?" whereas Sinatra is not a dealer of drugs at any point in this film, and there is not a single mention of cocaine throughout the whole narrative. It's obviously all about opiate dope/H.

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#2270 Post by domino harvey » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:18 pm

It's public domain, isn't it?

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#2271 Post by HerrSchreck » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:59 pm

WB has reclaimed it as of late, at least in the US.

Why.. thinking of releasing it?

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#2272 Post by domino harvey » Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:51 pm

No, just that public domain movies are often given awful covers that are frequently compiled by "artists" who've never even seen the film they're designing for, so it isn't too shocking, though I agree they're fucking awful

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#2273 Post by CSM126 » Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:25 pm

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Holy shit.

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#2274 Post by mfunk9786 » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:29 pm

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#2275 Post by domino harvey » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:36 pm

THE AXE IS BACK
First of all, knowing nothing about this film other than what that poster tells me, I think it's a genius idea to resurrect Lizzie Borden for a horror movie and I can't believe someone in the 80s didn't do it already. However, surely there's got to be a better tagline here. Just off the top of my head:

"Wait 'til you see what she has done..."
"Meet the original axes of evil!"
"Axe and you shall receive..."
"Get reacquainted with the original axe body spray!"

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