I couldn't find a similar thread. So VHS covers that were way better than the movie or a drastic misrepresentation.
I shall begin with Bronx Warriors. Mark Gregory was not that ripped :teddyr:
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(https://i.imgur.com/aYD8hQrh.jpg)
The actual movie does not feature a human hand with a cat's head attached to it. Shame, because I would totally watch a movie where the monster was a human hand with a cat's head attached to it that went around killing people.
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A couple of great covers there. Am not familiar with the films.
The Italian post-apocalyptic movies had some great VHS covers.
(https://videocollector.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/exterminators-of-the-year-3000-185l.jpg)
Quote from: VenomX73 on November 12, 2024, 09:32:10 PM(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BOWM4ZDc1NWQtMjc3MS00YTYyLTg2MzgtNDY1ZDI1NmZjYzI1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjE5MjUyOTM%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=ae12acb3cabe033ca7d7cff2a40bc6b8f9c4a091f10e985e7204fa36094f2be4&ipo=images)
I'm pretty sure that her boobs weren't that big or even exposed in the movie. :bluesad:
I dont remember anything at all on that cover that was in the movie lol...
Night of the Comet (1984)
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Not really misleading - Maybe. But no one was in outer space there was no door that implied it was shifting to another space or Dimension - and nobody's eyes lit up lol actually I feel they could have did better they could have added some really good zombie element there
night of the comet blu ray cover fixes all that with a big A+ perfect movie match! ... even has the arcade highscore on it lol
(https://cityonfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/comet.png)
I do like the movie though...
Quote from: VenomX73 on November 13, 2024, 08:18:05 PMI dont remember anything at all on that cover that was in the movie lol...
Night of the Comet (1984)
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I guess they went for a 'Close Encounters' vibe with this one. I also remember liking the movie.
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Brilliant cover. The movie has a toytown Blade Runner-esque Rome in it.
Quote from: LordGraal on November 14, 2024, 12:19:13 PM(https://videocollector.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/rome-2033---the-fighter-centurions-12323l.jpg)
Brilliant cover. The movie has a toytown Blade Runner-esque Rome in it.
Man, everything in that cover, especially the shots in the back, simply ooze 80s style.
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on November 16, 2024, 09:39:03 AMQuote from: LordGraal on November 14, 2024, 12:19:13 PM(https://videocollector.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/rome-2033---the-fighter-centurions-12323l.jpg)
Brilliant cover. The movie has a toytown Blade Runner-esque Rome in it.
Man, everything in that cover, especially the shots in the back, simply ooze 80s style.
100%
Medusa released a lot of Italian movies.
Ator the Invincible.
Am trying to remember why it would've been rated 18.
(https://www.nischenkino.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/29051_Ator20the20Invincible-1024x724.jpg)
well I was going to nominate Fulci's A CAT IN THE BRAIN, which literally shows a cat's eyes peering out from a skull, but on searching I've found this rather striking vhs version of it
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/1rIAAOSwknNiHjjq/s-l1200.webp)
Quote from: chainsaw midget on November 12, 2024, 09:22:57 PM(https://i.imgur.com/aYD8hQrh.jpg)
The actual movie does not feature a human hand with a cat's head attached to it. Shame, because I would totally watch a movie where the monster was a human hand with a cat's head attached to it that went around killing people.
haha, so would I... from memory the cat does not really have much to do with anything in this, despite popping up all over the place
perhaps there was just a cat loose on set and they couldn't be bothered to re-do scenes it interrupted...
Quote from: zombie no.one on November 19, 2024, 05:16:16 AMwell I was going to nominate Fulci's A CAT IN THE BRAIN, which literally shows a cat's eyes peering out from a skull, but on searching I've found this rather striking vhs version of it
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/1rIAAOSwknNiHjjq/s-l1200.webp)
A good cover and the film title is nice and obscure :thumbup:
A couple of billion times better than the movie.
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Quote from: LordGraal on November 21, 2024, 04:46:45 PMA good cover and the film title is nice and obscure :thumbup:
yeah obviously had a thing for felines as he directed THE BLACK CAT as well... a quick search brings up EIGHT different sleeves for that film, none really worth posting here!
VHS, I dont think any of this is in Troll 2 lol>???
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and again, blu ray cover fixes all that with a big A+ perfect movie match!
(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.static-bluray.com%2Fmovies%2Fcovers%2F138339_medium.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=440a62f34afa53b129f7095812cade8b0a25e0a7ad6abde8868785aac1213b04&ipo=images)
Quote from: VenomX73 on November 24, 2024, 08:57:04 PMand again, blu ray cover fixes all that with a big A+ perfect movie match!
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Great cover. I've not seen the movie but it makes it look great :wink:
Another Italian VHS gem. I appreciate a movie that tries for style even if the artwork is way better.
(https://cinedweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/atlantis-interceptors-affiche.jpg.webp)
The ultra boring, The Wizard of Mars (1965), repackaged for exploitation fans.....
(https://vhscollector.com/sites/default/files/vhsimages/16413_alienmassacre-regal1.jpg)
And the grossly inaccurate description.....
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While the movie is downright laughable, the poster scared the heck outa me when I was a kid....
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these are kinda starting to look like mid 80s thrash metal album sleeves!
i.e....
(https://www.justwatch.com/images/poster/199881877/s718/hospital-massacre.jpg)
(https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/3/spreading-the-disease-anthrax-spreading-the-disease-tour-concert-dofaart.jpg)
Quote from: LilCerberus on November 25, 2024, 03:43:47 PMThe ultra boring, The Wizard of Mars (1965), repackaged for exploitation fans.....
(https://vhscollector.com/sites/default/files/vhsimages/16413_alienmassacre-regal1.jpg)
And the grossly inaccurate description.....
(https://vhscollector.com/sites/default/files/vhsimages/16413_alienmassacre-regal3.jpg)
And "1984" no less! I watched WIZARD OF MARS a few years ago, knowing what it was, and I didn't like it... but if I'd bought it w/ that box art from the Woolworth's $3 bin in the mid-90s then played it....... I would've pitched my bad-movie-watching buddy's TV/VCR-combo out his 12th story apartment window.......
"Woolworth's $3 bin in the mid-90s." lol Yep Ive been there.
I miss the mom and pops vhs rental too!
The Ironmaster (1983)
Fantastic cover - way, way better than the movie.
(https://bldaniels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/80s_ironmaster.jpg)
now thats an 80s VHS cover! :thumbup:
Quote from: LordGraal on November 26, 2024, 05:24:16 PMThe Ironmaster (1983)
Fantastic cover - way, way better than the movie.
(https://bldaniels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/80s_ironmaster.jpg)
Why does the dude have a claw arm sticking out of his butt? 😳😂🤣😆
Quote from: Trevor on November 27, 2024, 06:37:20 AMWhy does the dude have a claw arm sticking out of his butt? 😳😂🤣😆
haha I was wondering that! not easy to digest I guess...
IRON MASTER is probably the worst Umberto Lenzi film I've seen. he's made some stuff I love though, like...
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Quote from: VenomX73 on November 25, 2024, 07:59:45 PM"Woolworth's $3 bin in the mid-90s." lol Yep Ive been there.
I miss the mom and pops vhs rental too!
The mid-to-late 90s were a golden era for trashy movies on cheap VHS tapes. It was a buyers' market immediately before and then at the dawn of DVDs. Video tapes were still getting mass produced from all over the place but demand had dropped and you could get used and new tapes of wild, bizarre stuff for under $5 just about every damn place you walked into... gas stations... thrift stores... department stores... and if some place was going out of business, they'd practically give VHS tapes away... I bought lots of movies for $0.99 or less in that decade and the early 00s... sigh....... :smile: Still have most of 'em in my attic, too.
Quote from: VenomX73 on November 26, 2024, 06:00:39 PMnow thats an 80s VHS cover! :thumbup:
It really is one of the best. The sword and sorcery genre had some great ones.
Quote from: zombie no.one on November 27, 2024, 06:47:37 AMIRON MASTER is probably the worst Umberto Lenzi film I've seen. he's made some stuff I love though, like...
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Not heard of that one - nice cover though :thumbup:
Quote from: M.10rda on November 27, 2024, 08:00:10 PMThe mid-to-late 90s were a golden era for trashy movies on cheap VHS tapes. It was a buyers' market immediately before and then at the dawn of DVDs. Video tapes were still getting mass produced from all over the place but demand had dropped and you could get used and new tapes of wild, bizarre stuff for under $5 just about every damn place you walked into... gas stations... thrift stores... department stores... and if some place was going out of business, they'd practically give VHS tapes away... I bought lots of movies for $0.99 or less in that decade and the early 00s... sigh....... :smile: Still have most of 'em in my attic, too.
It was similar in the UK. I owned as many Italian sci-fi, fantasy, adventure and war rip-offs as possible on VHS via video stores or street markets. Just having them displayed on a shelf was enough.
Quote from: LordGraal on November 28, 2024, 02:02:58 AMNot heard of that one - nice cover though :thumbup:
very cheesy slasher fun... one of the 5 movies Lenzi directed in 1989! - it has some scenes from the same random wet t-shirt competition we see in one of his other 89 films HITCHER IN THE DARK (although they're different scenes, not re-used footage.)
Codename Wildgeese. What on Earth was Lewis Collins thinking? Money, I guess.
Great cover though.
(https://videocollector.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images/codename-wildgeese-9979l.jpg)
Quote from: LordGraal on December 04, 2024, 04:06:01 PMCodename Wildgeese. What on Earth was Lewis Collins thinking? Money, I guess.
:buggedout: Ouch! Touche... I don't have any grudge against Lewis Collins (I believe I've only seen him in one movie, and it wasn't CODENAME: WILDGEESE) but if someone asked me to headline a movie starring Ernest Borgnine, Klaus Kinski, and Lee Van Cleef, I know what
I'd be thinking....... who do I sleep with to get
that sweet gig?!?!?! :bouncegiggle:
Quote from: M.10rda on December 04, 2024, 06:45:18 PMQuote from: LordGraal on December 04, 2024, 04:06:01 PMCodename Wildgeese. What on Earth was Lewis Collins thinking? Money, I guess.
:buggedout: Ouch! Touche... I don't have any grudge against Lewis Collins (I believe I've only seen him in one movie, and it wasn't CODENAME: WILDGEESE) but if someone asked me to headline a movie starring Ernest Borgnine, Klaus Kinski, and Lee Van Cleef, I know what I'd be thinking....... who do I sleep with to get that sweet gig?!?!?! :bouncegiggle:
I'd sack my agent if I wanted a half decent acting career :bouncegiggle: . It was a long way back after featuring in Italian or other Euro movies back then.
"I gotta do f*****g I-talian goddamn movies, that's the problem!"
Pure snobbery, I say! I mean, yeah, you're right, it wasn't as prestigious as some A-list Hollywood project. But so many cool native-English-speaking actors did it that it's not like Lewis was in a tiny shameful minority or something. And based on all the old Shock Cinema interviews I read in HS and college, it seems like most folks who took the Roma money ended up remembering their experiences fondly, as "nice vacations" etc....... even if the movies they worked on might not be among their best.
Quote from: M.10rda on December 11, 2024, 07:00:00 PMPure snobbery, I say! I mean, yeah, you're right, it wasn't as prestigious as some A-list Hollywood project. But so many cool native-English-speaking actors did it that it's not like Lewis was in a tiny shameful minority or something. And based on all the old Shock Cinema interviews I read in HS and college, it seems like most folks who took the Roma money ended up remembering their experiences fondly, as "nice vacations" etc....... even if the movies they worked on might not be among their best.
:bouncegiggle: I was very surprised that Collins made them. I can't think of many British actors who went to Italy when they were rolling out the rip-offs. Caroline Munro and Christopher Plummer did Starcrash. Ian McCulloch made 3 films. I can't think of others at the moment.
Anyway - Atlantis Interceptors! A strange mix of styles in this film - Mad Max, Escape from New York, war films and sci-fi.
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTEyZGQ1MGItNTkwZS00OTg2LTkzNjQtODM4NTJjMDYxNzkzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg)
I realize it's a totally different topic and thread, but British actors in Italian schlock/rip-offs...
Richard Harris!
David Hemmings
David Warbeck just moved to Italy and stayed their happily for years...
The Sword of the Barbarians (1982)
Another heavy metal cover :thumbup:
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Terrible film but a great cover.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/e1d5377b9e42f2bfd69a61ea8ca0ea74/tumblr_nsju2qytS31tbcweeo1_1280.pnj)
Quote from: LordGraal on December 28, 2024, 03:05:06 PMTerrible film but a great cover.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/e1d5377b9e42f2bfd69a61ea8ca0ea74/tumblr_nsju2qytS31tbcweeo1_1280.pnj)
That cover oversells it enormously
Quote from: Dr. Whom on December 29, 2024, 07:06:15 AMQuote from: LordGraal on December 28, 2024, 03:05:06 PMTerrible film but a great cover.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/e1d5377b9e42f2bfd69a61ea8ca0ea74/tumblr_nsju2qytS31tbcweeo1_1280.pnj)
That cover oversells it enormously
😀😄
Quote from: chainsaw midget on November 12, 2024, 09:22:57 PM(https://i.imgur.com/aYD8hQrh.jpg)
The actual movie does not feature a human hand with a cat's head attached to it. Shame, because I would totally watch a movie where the monster was a human hand with a cat's head attached to it that went around killing people.
South African connection in that movie 😊🇿🇦
The closest I could find to the UK VHS cover - I remember the case being fold out cardboard. Actually watched it at the cinema and the projector broke down. There are a few good effects shots but overall I apologise to my family for putting them through it.
(https://media-cache.cinematerial.com/p/500x/h0w6rymw/supersonic-man-british-movie-poster.jpg)
A great cover for shock value at the time in video stores. Very boring film though and how I miss unattributed quotes :bouncegiggle:
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91v2vcpRMYL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)