http://rue-morgue.com/blog/archives/2009/06/30/night-of-the-crappy-dvd-covers/ Welcome to the Rue Crew's official blog, where the designers and editors of Rue Morgue magazine share their terrible thoughts, odd opinions, anguished artwork and other random scraps of meat not necessarily fit for human consumption. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:41:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://rue-morgue.com/blog/archives/2009/06/30/night-of-the-crappy-dvd-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 Drunkenmonkey Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:03:47 +0000 http://rue-morgue.com/blog/?p=611#comment-1428 I asked Mr. Dekker's rep from (Lion's Gate/Maple) the same question about the Monster Squad DVD. Essentially the replay was marketing: They knew the film had a built in fan base that would buy it regardless and so the cover was aimed at the rest of the populace ( ie teenage boys) that might be browsing. While the answer makes sense from a financial standpoint, i still feel (like i think most here) that the original covers are way cooler. I asked Mr. Dekker’s rep from (Lion’s Gate/Maple) the same question about the Monster Squad DVD. Essentially the replay was marketing: They knew the film had a built in fan base that would buy it regardless and so the cover was aimed at the rest of the populace ( ie teenage boys) that might be browsing.
While the answer makes sense from a financial standpoint, i still feel (like i think most here) that the original covers are way cooler.

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