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Article:
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Date: 5/18/08
Year: 1958
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Varan
(1958) |
Company:
VCI Home Video (1990)
Country: United States
Category: Slip Cover
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| Most
likely the first VHS print of the Americanized version,
this release features a different back and an uncropped
poster in comparison with the 1994 release. The rear
cover displays a publicity still not seen in the actual
film, and contains the odd quote "move over Godzilla",
as if to indicate this film was not only superior,
but also produced by a competing studio. |
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Varan
(1958) |
Company:
VCI Home Video (1994)
Country: United States
Category: Slip Cover
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| Released
in 1994, the VCI release of Varan the Unbelievable
features a cover that shows off the titular kaiju
rising from the lake in all its glory while ripping
out a tree and sending fleeing people through the
air in a fashion that would make Peter Jackson proud.
The sides both feature Varan the Unbelievable
in bloody text with the top being crowned by a shot
of Varan's head. The back of the release features
a rather decent synopsis of the film with a picture
of the two main characters and a nice head shot of
Varan at the bottom. |
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H-Man
(1958) |
Company:
Columbia Pictures Home Video (1988)
Country: United States
Category: Slip Cover
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| The
first (and only) time the H-Man
(1958) was put on VHS in the United States, this 1988
release features a front cover that shows a mass of
people running from the city. This would have been
a fitting cover for one of Toho's famous kaiju films,
but for H-Man
(1958) , it just seems out of place. Another strange
aspect of this release is that the sides don't match.
While one has the same purple background as the rest
of the release, the other side is all black with even
a different font used for the title. This wasn't the
first time Columbia Pictures had done this, for their
1980's release of the American horror movie Blue
Monkey and famous Ray Harryhausen classic Mysterious
Island also feature different sides. As for the
back cover of H-Man
(1958), it features three black and white shots for
the movie, but none actually feature the titular H-Man.
It's also rather strange they'd decide to use black-and-white
stills for all three shots when the film is presented
in full color. The synopsis on the back is also rather
hazy and features a few mistakes such as saying the
creatures were made of water and lived in water. |
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