Movie List
Monster Bios
Aliens & SDF
Staff of Toho
Actors
DVDs
Soundtracks
Video Games
Books
Comic Books
Toys
Animation
Television
Box Office
Pictures
Concept Art
Cutting Room
News
Release Dates

Articles
Reviews
Media

Forums
Search
Site Staff
Credits
Updates

Article: 7
Date:
5/18/08
Year:
1991

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
 Company: Vision Film Distribution Company (1993)
 Country: Poland
 Category: Clam Shell

This 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.

Credit: Megalon2005

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.

Credit: MasterGearhead

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
 Company: Strong Video (1998)
 Country: Spain
 Category: Clam Shell

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.

Credit: Hank Xavier

Hollywood Dinosaurs (1991)
 Company: Video Treasures (1993)
 Country: United States
 Category: Slip Cover

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.

Credit: Michael Calhoun

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.
Credit: Michael Calhoun