Worst DVD covers... ever!

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The Fanciful Norwegian · #1 Post by **The Fanciful Norwegian** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:44 pm

Saw this atrocity at Best Buy and just had to revive the thread:

Unfortunately this is the largest image I was able to find online. But suffice to say this is quite possibly the least imposing "KungFu" image imaginable. Volume 1 is okay by comparison:

colinr0380 · #2 Post by **colinr0380** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:12 am

tristan wrote:
Please see Curb Your Enthusiasm as soon as possible.

Ah! OK, ashamed to say it was a series that I'd heard of but not gotten to see. Its going on my DVD order list now!

Faux Hulot · #3 Post by **Faux Hulot** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:09 pm

This one's pretty lame... nice logo, though:

Lemdog · #4 Post by **Lemdog** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:30 pm

Going to repost this one due to the fact that it is so bad.

Poncho Punch · #5 Post by **Poncho Punch** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:34 pm

And I will post this in reply, as I did before. I think that the Hand Of Death one is worse, but this is pretty terrible. I actually feel ashamed when people come across it while browsing my DVD collection.

At least they picked a sufficiently Cary Grant-esque shot of Chow Yun-Fat, even if he is shooting the case's spine.

cafeman · #6 Post by **cafeman** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:17 pm

Re:Once a Thief

Maybe it looks worse when you see the real deal, but this pic seems ok to me.

colinr0380 · #7 Post by **colinr0380** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:02 am

poor Brian Glover!

Lemdog · #8 Post by **Lemdog** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:23 am

This one is really bad also.

The Invunche · #9 Post by **The Invunche** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:37 am

What the hell is that woman doing on the cover?

Lemdog · #10 Post by **Lemdog** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:50 am

No clue. Sex sells maybe?

Andre Jurieu · #11 Post by **Andre Jurieu** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:00 am

The Invunche wrote:What the hell is that woman doing on the cover?

That's the same question I asked when that Infernal Affairs cover was posted on the old forum. Seriously, why is she on the cover and when exactly did she pick up a gun in the movie?

peerpee · #12 Post by **peerpee** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:07 pm

Seeing as folk are posting classic favourites from the old forum, I can't resist posting this again: my alltime favourite worst cover (so far):

The Digital McGuffin · #13 Post by **The Digital McGuffin** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:30 pm

Well, we'd better have the return of Steve McQueen and his MGM tiara too then

der_Artur · #14 Post by **der_Artur** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:22 pm

1. hooray for the new line under "criterionforum.org"

2. peerpee, you posted a fake "hero" cover once. could you share it with us again?

3. the studio that participated with "repulsion" in the old forum still is really hot:

Morbii · #15 Post by **Morbii** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:12 am

The Invunche wrote:What the hell is that woman doing on the cover?

She appears to be picking her ass

djali999 · #16 Post by **djali999** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:45 am

Couldn't even find a clear cover scan for this one, had to resort to eBay:

That is by FAR the worst DVD cover I've ever seen.

peerpee · #17 Post by **peerpee** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:13 am

golgothicon wrote: peerpee, you posted a fake "hero" cover once. could you share it with us again?

peerpee · #18 Post by **peerpee** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:30 pm

justeleblanc · #19 Post by **justeleblanc** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:00 pm

Did we do this one yet? It's pretty hideous.

Nihonophile · #20 Post by **Nihonophile** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:49 pm

This one is so bad, most dvd sites still have the old cover art on their site.
What digital human is trapped in the ice?[/img]

denti alligator · #21 Post by **denti alligator** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:28 am

The cover for Leaves from Satan's Book is so bad I'm considering cancelling my pre-order and just renting this one.

peerpee · #22 Post by **peerpee** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:12 am

denti alligator wrote:The cover for Leaves from Satan's Book is so bad I'm considering cancelling my pre-order and just renting this one.

Look how they have "leaves" in the design! -- Real Maple leaves! --

Tony le Stephanois · #23 Post by **Tony le Stephanois** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:06 pm

#24 Post by **zedz** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:45 pm

Nihonophile wrote:

This one is so bad, most dvd sites still have the old cover art on their site.
What digital human is trapped in the ice?[/img]

I reckon it's somebody's ear pressed up against a frosty window.

swingo · #25 Post by **swingo** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:18 am

Someone screaming...

Axel.