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Posted: **Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:30 am**

dx23 wrote:

Is that Malcolm, in the middle?

Posted: **Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:21 pm**

Posted: **Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:11 pm**

Horror films are generally too easy of targets. But here's one I keep seeing around. Notice that Room 6 is actually Room 666. I get scared just typing that. [Btw, the synopsis on AMG made the film sound laughably bad]:

Posted: **Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:45 pm**

I hope the transfer is better than the coverâ€¦

Posted: **Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:56 pm**

Nadsat wrote:

If you remade that movie with Edward Norton, Josh Harnett, and Jamie Foxx, you wouldn't even need to change the cover art.

Posted: **Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:10 pm**

I was thinking Harry Shearer, Robert Ulrich, and O.J. Simpson, but your Dream Team might be easier to cast, Matt.

Posted: **Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:56 pm**

Mira Sorvino's photoshoped head could fall at any minute.

Posted: **Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:08 pm**

It's good to see two Oscar winners go straight to video.

Posted: **Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:29 pm**

When did Kevin Spacey get hair plugs?

Posted: **Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:26 pm**

Kevin Cusack?

Posted: **Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:02 pm**

They also added "Force" to the title, because things that have force sell better.

Posted: **Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:37 pm**

The Hades Factor cover looks very much like a cheap imitation of the Bourne Identity covers.

Posted: **Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:16 am**

Posted: **Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:25 am**

Certainly not a great cover...but worst? C'mon, this is about finding design atrocities.

Posted: **Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:41 pm**

Another great artwork from Networkâ€¦

Check also their homepage and you find more great examples in cover design

http://www.networkdvd.co.uk

Posted: **Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:13 pm**

skuhn8 wrote:Certainly not a great cover...but worst? C'mon, this is about finding design atrocities.

For such a great film, that cover qualifies as awful.
When Room 6 or Stay Alive have poorly constructed photoshop mush, it's almost to be expected. Actually it's a plus because it helps you to avoid accidentally buying/renting such a crap film. Sort of "truth in cover art."

But a film like Open City deserves a little more thought and love. It's the discrepancy between the quality of a film and its dvd cover that is important in evualating that elusive quality of worstness.

Posted: **Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:30 am**

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:More weird-looking Buster DVDs - these being the upcoming R4s.

Surprised to see these in here, what's the deal? We're just about to start designing the box for the boxset... any design comments would be greatly appreciated.

Posted: **Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:32 am**

I actually like those Keaton covers - quite stylish.

Posted: **Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:55 am**

ChrisW wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:More weird-looking Buster DVDs - these being the upcoming R4s.

Surprised to see these in here, what's the deal? We're just about to start designing the box for the boxset... any design comments would be greatly appreciated.

I like them... undeservedly in this thread imo...

Posted: **Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:48 pm**

Posted: **Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:05 pm**

Isn't that exactly what you'd expect the Police Squad cover to look like?

And those Keaton covers are the best in existence outside perhaps the MoC disc, but they didn't have to come up with a design concept for multiple releases. It's also not their fault that they have to put the ratings sticker and four logos on the front.

Might I remind you again of the Kino atrocities?

Posted: **Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:30 pm**

Kino covers are often quite bad. But if you made a worst DVD menus thread it would be dominated by Kino almost exclusively.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:47 am**

Hard to imagine a worse cover for this Renoir film:

A solid nominee for Worst Cover of 2006.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:53 am**

As a big fan of this particular picture I heartily second that, FilmFan; though I may still end up getting the DVD.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:30 am**

Saw this at the Beaver:

Worf just doesn't look right to me...

EDIT: fixed

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