Only in the UK: Crassest, most tasteless DVD sleeve ever!

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

Check this out! Unbelievably bad taste...



Obviously respect for the dead isn't something they teach in Britain!

[Kevin Coed Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Kevin Coed]

Jesus Mike.... you make me feel like I'm somehow complicit in this...

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

Not at all, Kev, not at all. Just another prize example of how the UK press, media and marketing firms aim for the absolute lowest common denominator. Not to worry, though. Oz has started to go the same way of recent years, so it's only a matter of time before we too are subjected to the same insulting behaviour. :think:

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

Mind you, it got me thinking of similar ways they could plumb the depths of bad taste...

Midnight Express: starring AIDS casualty Brad Davis!
The Ghost Writer: the latest film from alleged pedophile and child rapist Roman Polanski!
Ravenous: starring convicted pedophile and child pornographer Jeffrey Jones!

...off the top of my head. I'm sure there's hundreds more...

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

Or howabout:

The Fearless Vampire Killers: starring tragic, slaughtered-while-she-was-still-pregnant, Charles "Helter Skelter" Manson victim Sharon Tate!

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

Or maybe...

Giant: starring Hollywood legend, anal-sex freak and AIDS victim, Rock Hudson!

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

That is a pretty crass marketing tactic.

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

That is a pretty crass marketing tactic.

Yep. My jaw hit the floor when I saw it.

[Toyboy like a hole in the head Find all posts View Profile Close Toyboy]

Not quite on topic, but what's up with this?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1541891/

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

Not quite on topic, but what's up with this?

I'd watch that! Hell, I'd even donate money to any fund that could follow through on it in real life!

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Garyglittersploitation.

[Horace Cordier Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Horace Cordier]

Went over to Amazon UK and was gratified to see that this DVD got a 1 star review. Apparently it is of bootleg quality.

This one does seem to be plumbing a new depth - though I do remember being taken aback by some of the Shameless marketing with crap like "Whores with saws" on the TORSO release.

[Kevin Coed Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Kevin Coed]

Jesus, those taglines were appalling.... 'The critter from the shitter'.... dear god.

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

Jesus, those taglines were appalling....

Yes, yes they were. It was like they were trying to sell cult Euro-titles to readers of The Sun. I bought a lot of Shameless discs, but I loathed the packaging.