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Date: 5/18/08
Year: 1991
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Godzilla
vs. King Ghidorah (1991) |
Company:
Vision Film Distribution Company (1993) Country:
Poland Category: Clam Shell |
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is one of only a select few VHS Godzilla releases
in Poland. The artwork on the front cover is awesome,
but for some unknown reason, King Ghidorah fires
three differently colored beams. Only the beam on
the right has the correct hue. On the back cover,
there are three stills from the film. One reveals
Mecha-King Ghidorah, so his appearance won't be
a surprise for first time viewers. The text also
fully lays out the Futurians' plan to destroy Japan,
and Godzilla is only mentioned sparsely. Oddly,
there is no information whatsoever about time travel
or the Godzillasaurus. |
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Godzilla
vs. King Ghidorah (1991) |
Company:
Columbia/Tristar Home Video (1998) Country:
United States Category:
Slip Cover |
| Of
all Columbia/Tristar's 1998 Godzilla releases, Godzilla
vs. King Ghidorah (1991) is the only one
to feature a universal spelling anomaly. Everywhere
on the box and even in the opening title of the
film, Ghidorah is spelled "Ghidora", due
to Toho International's preferred spelling at the
time (which eventually saw revision to "Ghidorah").
However, this jarring oddity is made up for by the
cover's memorable setup. Godzilla, in all his Heisei
glory, releases his atomic heat ray upon a burning
Tokyo centerstage; his arch-nemesis King Ghidorah
menacingly looms over him in the background; all
complete with an appropriately fiery background.
The back continues the theme of destruction with
a still from Godzilla's night raid on Japan. A singular
in-film still of King Ghidorah is also featured
on the rear. In the description an error can be
found when it's said "reveal themselves to
be friendly aliens" when in fact the occupants
of the UFO are humans from the future. Another error
in the description can be found in the excerpt "an
evil and all-powerful android". This line is
most likely referring to M-11 or Mecha-King Ghidorah,
both of which are not considered to be evil. Each
side of the box features the same thing: the cover
art and the film's title running down vertically
the rest of the way. As one of the better films
in the Heisei era, this VHS could potentially be
the crown jewel of any collector's lineup. |
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Godzilla
vs. King Ghidorah (1991) |
Company:
Strong Video (1998) Country:
Spain Category: Clam Shell |
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For Godzilla
vs. King Ghidorah (1991), one of the films'
posters is used on the front cover. Such artwork
features an aggressive entanglement between the
title characters as a missile rises from below.
The only inaccuracy in the synopsis is Godzilla
being described as "a little dinosaur that
transforms into a nuclear predator". While
this may not be that much of an error, the Godzillasaurus
is clearly not "little" (when compared
to real dinosaurs, that is).
As is usual, stills and credits complete the cover.
It should be noted that before the film starts we
are given 15 minutes of Hong Kong action movie trailers.
Unlike Filmax and Manga Films, Strong Video used
the international version of the film as a source.
As a result, the image and audio quality is noticeably
worse than any previous Spanish release. The audio
also goes out of sync quite a bit towards the end. |
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Hollywood
Dinosaurs (1991) |
Company:
Video Treasures (1993) Country:
United States Category:
Slip Cover |
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This is the 1991 Video Treasures release of Hollywood
Dinosaurs, a documentary of various sci-fi
and dinosaur-related films, including Godzilla
(1954), Mothra
(1961), Rodan
(1956), King Kong (1933), and The Lost
World (1925), just to name a few. The box art
is an excellent rendition of the classic "monsters
attacking a city", In the foreground stands
a larger-than-life green Tyrannosaurus rex, while
the background features an erupting volcano. A pterodactyl
soars overhead, spelling doom for the city below.
Also, in the right corner, a King Kong-esque gorilla
can be seen atop a building. The back cover provides,
in accurate detail, what’s in store for the
viewer. Highly recommended. |
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Hollywood
Dinosaurs (1991) |
Company:
Marathon Music and Video (1995) Country:
United States Category:
Slip Cover |
| This
1995 rerelease of Hollywood Dinosaurs features
no significant differences from the 1991 Video Treasures
release, aside from the box art and an almost indiscernible
difference in the grammatical structure of the title.
One noteworthy alteration is the absence of the end
credits on the tape itself, but everything else pretty
much remains the same. |
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