Comments on: The good news is, your dates are here. The bad news is, your DVD cover sucks.

By: Rel

Rel — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:39:18 +0000

They’re good good, no… but the originals weren’t masterpieces of the craft either, and it’s not the cover that will sell this one, is it? It’s people like us grabbing everyone we know and the occasional passing stranger and shouting ‘You! This! Buy this! No questions!’

Later, they will thank us. Yes they will.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:18:00 +0000

Wow… those are horrible designs! Intern with an afternoon on Photoshop, I agree.

FYI, the one with the hand coming through the door was used as a UK VHS cover design:

http://www.itsonlyamovie.co.uk/cover%20scans/night%20of%20the%20creeps.jpg

…and there’s another totally different one here as well:

http://itsonlyamovie.co.uk/COVERS%2011/NIGHT%20OF%20THE%20CREEPS.jpg

All superior to the options above.

By: The Rev. D.D.

The Rev. D.D. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:54:06 +0000

I’m thrilled to get this on DVD but MAN are those ugly. Why wouldn’t you use the poster? It’s so perfect!

I think I agree that #1 is the least ugly but that’s like choosing psoriasis over eczema and leprosy–they all suck and will get under your skin no matter what.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:29:53 +0000

The alien midgets are in the prologue. One of them releases the cannister that the slugs are in and sends it to Earth.

Apparently, they also make a reappearance at the end of the Director’s Cut.

By: Anrkist

Anrkist — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:54:58 +0000

I’ve seen this movie several times and I don’t recall alien midgets (#3). Can anyone remind me where that particular part is in the movie?

By: ProfessorKettlewell

ProfessorKettlewell — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:35:46 +0000

I blame the onset of CD. I mean, the durability and portability is nice an’ all, but the world really lost a big incentive to design and compose nicely when the 12″ gatefold album went away (although maybe it was a price worth paying to rid the world of vile Hipgnosis airbrushing.)

By: KeithA

KeithA — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:09:35 +0000

Ugh. I mean, small potatoes compared to finally having the movie on DVD, but really? I guess I’m not surprised. As I’m sure many of you do as well, I often sit around and bemoan the dreadful state of poster/cover design. I swear 99% of movie posters these days are slapped together by an intern who took a half hour “Intro to Photoshop” course and has no concept of perspective and scale. I have a good friend who was an illustrator in the 70s, and he gets even crankier about it than me.

By: GalaxyJane

GalaxyJane — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:19:20 +0000

Oh, and ditching the original blood-dripping font? Tragic!

By: GalaxyJane

GalaxyJane — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:10:51 +0000

Wow 3 completely inaccurate portrayals! #1 makes it look like a straight up horror spoof (not quite), #2 makes it look like a Frankenstein rip-off (even less right) and #3 makes it look more like a straight alien invasion story than a zombie flick (um, OK).

BTW that original poster, with the zombie boyfriend, not only sums up this film perfectly, it scared the crap out of me as a teenager. My only excuse is that I was traumatized by the original NOTLD at about 13 and couldn’t stand to see anything to do with zombies for YEARS. Consequently it was only a few years ago that I finally saw this gem in it’s entirety. Still creeped the hell out of me, even with the high level of black humor on display.

By: The Mud Puppy

The Mud Puppy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:19:17 +0000

I kind of assumed–but at the same time I would not at all have been surprised if you told me that those were the actual options presented.

Oddly, that first option is probably the best of the 3–which is a sad statement right there. It’s ugly as all Hell, but it at least seems a slightly more accurate representation of the fim than the other two.

Quite frankly, I’m almost surprised they didn’t just blatantly copy the Slither poster in some way. Turnabout is fair game and all.

I’m still personally just excited for the chance to see the film again. When I actually saw it I was not yet in the mindset that could appreciate it and thus I hated it. Now I feel fairly certain I’d love it.