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Article:
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Date: 5/18/08
Year: 1965
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Invasion
of Astro-Monster (1965) |
Company:
Paramount Home Video (1988)
Country: United States
Category: Slip Cover
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| The
front features a publicity still of the actual Godzilla
and King Ghidorah suits from this movie. The author
of the synopsis goes by the common interpretation
that the film takes place in the future, and he/she
also refers to the title as being a "trip"
(although personally, I think the writer of the summary
was taking a trip on something of which I want no
part). The effects are dubbed as "dated"
and "kitsch" (who uses that word?!?). And,
of course, Nick
Adams is the only hero in this film that can stop
the monsters from feasting on human flesh (poor Akira
Takarada). The writer of this summary obviously never
saw the film. |
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Invasion
of Astro-Monster (1965) |
Company:
Paramount/Gateway (1994)
Country: United States
Category: Slip Cover
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| Much
like other Paramount releases, this box art is extremely
nice... that is, if you forget about the badly-drawn,
pink Rodan in the background. Also, ignore the fact
that there are two people on the cover who aren’t
even in the film (note Kenji Sahara and Yumi Shirakawa
from Rodan
[1956]). The back of the slip cover is somewhat bland
as it includes a basic white background, one still
from the movie, and a huge red circle with the synopsis
of the film. The synopsis is weird in itself as it
sounds like a personal review of the movie as opposed
to an unbiased summary. Quotes like “In this
classic, you’ll see effects so dated, so kitsch
they couldn’t call them special” or "Ferocious
Monsters that fly, breathe fire and feast on human
flesh” would probably make any fan raise their
eyebrow in wonder. What could this person have possibly
been thinking? |
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Invasion
of Astro-Monster (1965) |
Company:
Simitar Entertainment, Inc. (1998)
Country:
United States
Category:
Slip Cover |
| Another
of Simitar’s 1998 Godzilla releases. Invasion
of Astro-Monster (1965) features similarly
poor artwork to the rest of the releases, with the
generic Godzilla (which is gray instead of green this
time around), and an oddly Heisei-looking King Ghidorah.
As with the Mothra
vs. Godzilla (1964) release, this box has
a sticker saying it has Godzilla’s Stomp of
Approval. The sides of the case differ similarly to
the Mothra
vs. Godzilla (1964) release as well, with
a picture of Godzilla on the left side and a picture
of Godzilla’s opponent (King Ghidorah in this
case) on the right side, both taken from the cover
art. The back side has three small screenshots from
the film and a synopsis. The synopsis is mostly accurate,
though King Ghidorah is simply referred to as “Ghidra”.
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Invasion
of Astro-Monster (1965) |
Company:
Simitar Entertainment, Inc. (1998)
Country:
United States
Category: Slip Cover
- DIGITALLY REMASTERED EDITION -
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| This
is the 1998 Simitar SP VHS release of Invasion
of Astro-Monster (1965). The front features
a far more dinosaurian rendition of Godzilla facing
off against a rather uniquely illustrated, fearsome-as-ever
Monster Zero. This artwork continues onto both the
left and right spine, while the back features a greenish,
textured background (that doesn't exist on the EP
release). This version also includes a "Video
Art Gallery" and "Godzilla Trailer Collection"
(a universal staple among the "Digitally Remastered"
Simitar releases). |
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Invasion
of Astro-Monster (1965) |
Company:
Filmax Home Video (1998)
Country: Spain
Category: Clam Shell
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| Filmax's
cover for their Invasion
of Astro-Monster (1965) release uses a memorable
production still that depicts the epic battle on Planet
X. Godzilla is colored green, although he is not as
saturated as in many of the US covers for his films.
For some reason, the pupils on Ghidorah's eyes have
been removed, making the 3-headed monster look like
some sort of spectre. A tagline hails the film as
"A sensational cross beetween Kaiju Eiga and
Sci-fi"; quite redundant, considering most monster
movies are already classified as sci-fi. As usual
with Filmax; the back cover provides a rather vague
synopsis, some stills, a theatrical poster of the
movie, and the full credits. Again, this is a solid
tape that is only hurt by the dubbing. |
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