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Article:
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Date: 5/18/08
Year: 1966
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The
War of the Gargantuas (1966) |
Company:
Paramount/Gateway (1992)
Country:
United States
Category:
Slip Cover |
| This
is Paramount/Gateway's 1992 VHS release of The
War of the Gargantuas (1966). The front cover
features the Sanda and Gaira battling Maser Cannons.
Though the imagery does give the false impression
that the two creatures are on the same side, the overall
tone of the shot represents well the atmosphere of
the film. The rear cover features a relatively witty
synopsis, as well as a bit of side info in reference
to actor Russ Tamblyn. |
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Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) |
Company:
Super Vidéo Productions (1980)
Country:
France
Category: Clam Shell |
| Briefly
re-released in French theaters in the early eighties,
Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) appeared on VHS
in France around the same time. The front cover of
this version shows off the French poster, and on the
back, a very detailed summary combs through most of
the film's plot. The picture is very beautiful and
the original format is respected. The dubbing is quite
proficient, but there are some inconsistencies in
the names of the monsters. Godzilla is called "Godziya"
(as in most French dubbing), and Mothra is dubbed
“Mothéa" in this film. |
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Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) |
Company:
Super Vidéo Productions (1985)
Country:
France
Category: Clam Shell |
| This
is the reissue socaï of SVP's 1980 release
of Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966). Everything appears
to be exactly the same with the exception of the poster
on the front cover, which is a greenish hue. |
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Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) |
Company:
Beech Video Productions (1986)
Country:
Canada
Category: Slip Cover |
| A faded,
dirty 16mm North American television print is contained
in this mid-80's VHS release. The only thing worthwhile
about this one is that it retains the original green
"THE END" card, which is rendered in the
same font as the opening titles. New World's slightly
retouched poster art for The
Return of Godzilla (1984) is used as the
front cover, with your typical goofy synopsis on the
back (in which the word "gamble" is misspelled).
The back of the box lists the runtime as 80 minutes,
whereas the sticker on the tape lists it as 83 minutes
with a "PG" rating. |
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Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) |
Company:
Video Treasures, Inc. (1989)
Country:
United States
Category:
Slip Cover |
| "Fuzzy"
Godzilla strikes again on the cover of this Video
Treasures VHS release, where he gazes menacingly at
his opponent Ebirah. The synopsis incorrectly describes
the entire crew of the misfit rescue team as "fisherman",
and Ebirah is referred to as a "crab" rather
than the more accurate "shrimp" (or according
to this dub, "lobster"). Strangely, there
is no mention of Mothra at all in the description. |
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Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) |
Company:
GoodTimes Home Video Corp. (1992)
Country:
United States
Category:
Slip Cover |
| The
cover of GoodTimes’ release of Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) has rather good
artwork, at least in comparison to most other VHS
artwork for Godzilla movies. It features a green Heisei
Godzilla standing on the beach, breathing a stream
of fire at Ebirah while a volcano erupts in the background.
The sides of the case have a small picture of Godzilla’s
head from the cover art and the title of the movie
down the side. The back side has a black and white
production still of Godzilla holding Ebirah over his
head as well as a color screenshot of Godzilla’s
head from The
Return of Godzilla (1984). The synopsis is
pretty accurate, except for Ebirah being called a
crab; and it saying Godzilla awakened on his own and
saved Ryota and his brother from Ebirah. |
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Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) |
Company:
HGV Video Productions, Inc. (1997)
Country:
Canada
Category: Slip Cover |
| The
Return of Godzilla (1984) motif comes out
in full force with this release of Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966). Featuring an illustration
of Ebirah (who appears more crablike than shrimplike
here), the case is more or less a carbon copy of Anchor
Bay videos. The synopsis on the rear runs through
the movie with relative accuracy, with the sole exception
being a small faux pas which makes it appear as though
the Infant Islanders are actually Letchi Islanders. |
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Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) |
Company:
GoodTimes Home Video Corp. (1998)
Country:
United States
Category:
Slip Cover |
| Cashing
in on the American Godzilla remake, this release of
Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) features a cover
that shows off Godzilla (tinted green) and Ebirah
locked in a battle. The Godzilla used is the one featured
in the later Showa series, and he's firing a red atomic
ray. Ebirah looks on from the corner as a volcano
devastates the land in the background. The title of
the movie is cut into two pieces, the first being
"Godzilla" located at the top with "VS.
THE SEA MONSTER" at the bottom left hand corner.
On the bottom right corner a stamp gives the rather
hilarious tag line "Godzilla's Greatest Challenge"
in bold. Someone clearly hasn't seen any of the other
movies. Both sides of the box show off more of Godzilla
and Ebirah and feature the title of the movie with
an out-of-place shot of the 1984 Godzilla's head at
the top. The back cover has a quote, "...colorful
and lively", and then features a rather accurate
synopsis that features only one goof. "Godzilla's
frequent ally, Mothra." While Godzilla and Mothra
joined forces in a movie prior to this one and a single
entry afterward (remember, this tape was released
prior to Godzilla:
Final Wars (2004)), they could hardly be
considered frequent allies. |
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Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) |
Company:
Contracuadro (Year Unlisted)
Country: Argentina
Category: Clam Shell
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| Contracuadro's
release for Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) (now called Island
of the Red Bamboo), was one of the only Godzilla
tapes that would be produced in Argentina (with the
other two being Godzilla
vs. Mothra (1992) by Transeuropa, and Godzilla
2000: Millennium (1999) by A.V.H.). The front
cover pits an earless Gorgo against the 1933 version
of King Kong in a rainbow-colored background. No synopsis
is to be found on the back; instead, a text reads
"A pleasant adventure with grotesque monsters
that manage to bring down airplanes". Godzilla
isn't mentioned once, and the only clue Contracuadro
gives about his existence is a B&W picture (poorly
cropped) of the "Megarogoji" costume. There
are no credits to the film at all, instead we get
Contracuadro's address and number. Such absence of
relevant information makes us wonder if the company
actually bothered to watch the film, or if they even
knew what it was about. The saddest part of all is
that we're dealing with a legitimate release, a so-called
serious product which manages to do everything except
promote the movie contained in the tape. In their
defense, the film looks alright for a VHS and the
dubbing is not unpleasant. |
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Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) and Godzilla vs. Megalon
(1973) |
Company:
GoodTimes Home Video (1997)
Country: United States
Category: Slip Cover
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| The
front cover of this particular double-feature shows
off a smattering of false color everything,
from the monsters to the environment. Cropped depictions
of Goodtimes’ previous single-shot video releases
adorn the remainder of the box. As for the synopses,
there does exist one mistake in the Godzilla
vs. Megalon (1973) blurb. The summary incorrectly
states that, "The underwater kingdom of Seatopia
sends the powerful space monster Gigan, who fought
Godzilla to a standstill in Godzilla
vs. Gigan [1972], and the giant insect Megalon
to destroy the surface world.’ That makes it
sound like Gigan works directly for the Seatopians,
while the truth is that the space cyborg is the kaiju
grunt of Nebula Space Hunter M. On the other hand,
the summary for Ebirah,
Horror of the Deep (1966) is completely correct. |
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