Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
- soundchaser
- Leave Her to Beaver
- Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2016 12:32 am
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
I'm not generally sensitive to non-motivated light sources, but this feels excessive.
- bottled spider
- Joined: Thu Nov 26, 2009 2:59 am
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
Looks like the most exciting daytime soap opera ever.
-
- Joined: Tue Dec 26, 2017 5:35 am
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
Imagine De Palma objecting so much over this cover sharing a credit with Scarface he demanded an Alan Smithee equivalent to say "from the director of REDACTED"
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
- Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
Two Oscar winners in this, huh
- colinr0380
- Joined: Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:30 pm
- Location: Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, UK
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
I very much respect Ben Kingsley's choice to be an Odd Squad villain from decades before Odd Squad existed! Also two lightning bolt scars is obviously one better than Harry Potter.
- Roger Ryan
- Joined: Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:04 pm
- Location: A Midland town spread and darkened into a city
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
That kid's soul-less doppelgänger is clearly going to be the scariest thing encountered in the spooky house.
- mfunk9786
- Under Chris' Protection
- Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 4:43 pm
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Mr. Deltoid
- Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:32 am
- therewillbeblus
- Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:40 pm
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
Yes, unless I'm missing some minuscule detail (sorry), that's the only image I've ever seen associated with the film
- Matt
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:58 pm
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
Looks pretty badass to me
- therewillbeblus
- Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:40 pm
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
Same, and even if I didn’t like it, it’s way better than the normal posters featuring a dude giving what must be the ugliest scream. The bar ain’t high on this title
- cdnchris
- Site Admin
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:45 pm
- Location: Washington
- Contact:
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
It's better than the generic covers it's received since DVD but all I can think of is Skeletor and the Masters of the Universe when I look at it.
- therewillbeblus
- Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:40 pm
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
I don’t think that’s a qualifier for “worst” either, but there should be a binding clause that cover art for Poltergeist must include an image of the TV
- Feego
- Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:30 pm
- Location: Texas
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
I would argue that what makes this particularly terrible is not so much the image nor the lack of TV, but rather all the clear tinkering that was done with color and sharpness (here's a screen shot from the actual film for reference). This cover looks like a 3-strip Technicolor film from the 1920s.
- The Curious Sofa
- Joined: Fri Sep 13, 2019 6:18 am
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
I can see why they boosted colors and brightness, the original would have been too dark for a cover. I think what they are going for is to make this resemble the mothership cover of anniversary release of Close Encounters, to feature the light-flooded/awe-struck look of Spielberg productions of the period.
-
- Joined: Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:00 am
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
Maybe this thread should be more accurately titled "DVD covers I don't like (with reasons)"
Most of the ones posted on here are not nearly bad enough to qualify as "worst ever".
Most of the ones posted on here are not nearly bad enough to qualify as "worst ever".
- mfunk9786
- Under Chris' Protection
- Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 4:43 pm
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
Forgot how fun this place is for a secondRobin Davies wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 7:43 amMaybe this thread should be more accurately titled "DVD covers I don't like (with reasons)"
Most of the ones posted on here are not nearly bad enough to qualify as "worst ever".
- colinr0380
- Joined: Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:30 pm
- Location: Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, UK
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
Perhaps they thought that focusing on Craig T. Nelson jean-clad butt would bring the audiences flocking in droves?
EDIT: Will it be embossed in that area?
EDIT: Will it be embossed in that area?
Last edited by colinr0380 on Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:27 am, edited 1 time in total.
- Quote Perf Unquote
- Joined: Tue Jul 19, 2022 2:57 pm
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
Looks like The Boss's butt on Kevin Bacon's body with Will Ferrell's head in a JJ Abrams Joint
No sale
No sale
- CSM126
- Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:22 am
- Location: The Room
- Contact:
- Monterey Jack
- Joined: Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:27 am
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
Dancin' the night away at the Overlook Hotel.
- colinr0380
- Joined: Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:30 pm
- Location: Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, UK
Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 4K)
After my eyes adjusted to the searing colour scheme there appears to be something strange going on with that body too. It is as if it turns into a CGI body half-way down.