Worst DVD covers! (1 Viewer)

[Tim-H.]

The Dracula cover is interesting, because they are definitely going for something (if not succeeding in some folks eyes). 99 times out of 100 I'd take the 1-sheet art, because it IS art, not just packaging/branding/etc.
What's sad is when we get poor photoshop mash-ups that ape the original posters (like the latest Star Wars dvds). Or something like To Live and Die in LA, where we ALMOST got the original art, but then someone popped a new head on William Peterson (which looks like it might pop off just as easily).
Still, some studios do a great job (WB comes to mind). I design for a living (barely), but like most HTFers I'll take the proverbial brown paper packaging if the film itself is done right!

 

[Stephen_J_H]

As far as that Kubrick set goes, I could care less what the box looks like; it's the cover art for the movies themselves that matters.

 

[Rhett_Y]

Booooya


What is sad, is I would rather have them in brown paper bag!!

For some reason this one bothers me too:

http://www.amazon.com/Big-Extended-T...361416&sr=1-15

 

[IanDP]

Did anyone notice they re-released Election with an ugly new cover. Maybe they wanted to feature some more Broderick?
This is the new one:
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/...YL._SS500_.jpg
I preferred the original because it was a bit odd like the movie itself...
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/im...se-Posters.jpg

 

[Chris S]

The problem is that most of the major titles have already been released once on DVD and are now being re-released so the marketing departments are trying to put a "fresh face" on their releases. If the poster art was used for the previous release then they're going the photoshop route for new cover art. :frowning:

 

[Marc Colella]

I think the new cover has more to do with Witherspoon than it does with Broderick. In the original cover Witherspoon's face is zoomed in enough to make it hard to tell it's her. She's won an Oscar and is popular, so the new cover makes more sense from a marketing perspective.

 

[Mathew B]

Why you should never fit a load of people on a cover and what is with that blue?


Thankfully, the SE is so much better:

 

[MatthewLouwrens]

Plus, while I really do like (and indeed prefer) the original poster, it's not really clear from the image what the film is actually about. Whereas if you were to look at the new cover, you could know pretty much immediately what the general plot of the film was - there's a girl called Flick running for school president, and there is a teacher who is unhappy about it for some reason. It thus does a better job of communicating what happens in the film, if not the harsh and satirical tone of the film.

 

[Chris S]

I really "love" how the photoshop'ed Jessica Alba's hair to make it more poofy. Looks really horrible. Almost as if she is wearing a wig.

 

[JonZ]

I actually like that Bluray Dracula cover. Kind of reminds of what Pioneer might have put on their LDs. I think its better than the 4 headleys on the original poster.

My fav from Pioneer LD was their Amadeus SE artwork.

edit: Here it is. I ate macaroni & cheese for a week to buy this LD. I couldnt afford it but had to have it.

 

[Mathew B]

I winced when I saw that Bram Stoker's Dracula cover. It made it look like Dracula was completely afraid of us, which is bizzare. Surely this poster would have made for a much better cover?
http://www.impawards.com/1992/dracula_ver3.html

 

[Stephen_J_H]

I love that SE cover. Here's hoping we'll get something like that over here.

 

[Radioman970]

I'm sad. I like this cover. Not sure if I'd pay a whole lot for it.

 

[Matt_H]

Cover for the Day of the Dead remake.

 

[TonyD]

eeew.
is this a sequal to the other one ving rhames was also in?

 

[Matt_H]

He's playing a different character and it's a different creative team (as far as I know) from the Dawn remake.

 

[Greg_S_H]

It went straight to video?

 

[Radioman970]

Great choice. I'd love to be a fly-on-the-wall during the planning meeting for that cover.

"yeah...lets do a pee soup Exorcist thing!"
"That's great...everybody loves the Exorcist...let's have eyeballs and other body parts apearing..."
"...flying out with the pee soup vomit!!"
"Yeah, yeah! That's it! It'll sell!!"
(hi-fives all around)

 

[Matt_H]

Evidently
Day of the Dead (US - DVD R1) in News > Releases at DVDActive

It's gonna be released on April 7th

 

[MatthewA]

I hate all the covers for the Disney animated film re-issues, platinum or otherwise; they all follow the same uninventive formula: two (or fewer) main characters' heads on top, title in a plaque on the middle, supporting cast on the bottom. Offenders include: Peter Pan, Little Mermaid, Robin Hood, Jungle Book, and the upcoming 101 Dalmatians and Aristocats reissues. Can't they come up with good cover art or, failing that, use the original release posters?