Article: 7
Date: 5/18/08
Year: 1971

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)  Company: Orion Pictures Corp. (1989)  Country: United States  Category: Slip Cover This is the original screener copy of Orion's release of Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971). The case is plain with no photos, but contains the logos of the film and four others that Orion released at the same time. The tape contains an Orion-made trailer for all four films, as well as the complete Smog Monster movie.

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)  Company: Orion Pictures Corp. (1989)  Country: United States  Category: Slip Cover Possibly the only Godzilla film to be released by Orion, the front features the predominantly popular movie poster for the U.S. verison of the film. The description on the back is not too bad, although calling Godzilla a "closet environmentalist" prior to this film was a little over-the-top. All things considered, this is a nice print and is only one of two releases that I know of that feature the original AIP dub track... and the English version of the infamous "Save the Earth" song.

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)  Company: Simitar Entertainment, Inc. (1990)  Country: United States  Category: Slip Cover Released the same year as their All Monsters Attack (1969) VHS, Simitar’s Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) release has equally horrid artwork. It features a greenish Heisei Godzilla walking behind several smoke-spewing factories while a very angry looking Flying Form Hedorah flies overhead. As with Simitar’s All Monsters Attack (1969) VHS, the sides of the box have a smaller picture of the cover art and the film’s title written down the side. Again, the summary on the back is completely accurate, and this one even has four sentences!

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)  Company: Vision Film Distribution Company (1992)  Country: Poland  Category: Clam Shell Hedorah focuses his eye beams on Godzilla's head as the atomic saurian fires a rather gaseous ray in a seemingly random direction. The original poster, described above, is the primary scene for this particular VHS release. The back of the case features an even more perplexing publicity shot; Hedorah stands still as Godzilla defies gravity! What exactly is occurring here is all up to speculation, although it likely references Godzilla's famous flying scene. The film's summary is extremely revealing, and will likely disappoint first time viewers as such. The final phrase even gives away the ending: "... brutal battle ends with victory over the disgusting monster".