Did anyone notice the similarities between the cover for MGM's crappy DVD release and the cover for Universal's great DVD release containing 8 Hammer Film Productions (including 2 Gothic Vampire movies: "The Brides of Dracula" and "Kiss of the Vampire")? I didn't notice it at first, but last night as I sat down to watch the first film on the set "The Brides of Dracula" and I removed the plastic slip case which holds the set together, I couldn't help noticing how the inside cover (which you see partially through the clear plastic slip case) looks almost IDENTICAL to MGM's cover.
Check these out to see what I mean:
Dark Shadows DVD cover
Dark Shadows The Revival - The Complete Series (1991)(Click on the "See larger image" link.)
The Hammer Horror Series DVD cover
Hammer Horror Series(Click on the "See larger image" link.)
The full color portions of the cover (Peter Cushing, the Werewolf, and the frame with the title, etc... are all part of the plastic slip case (which looks great BTW). The slip case has a clear section and through it you see part of the inside cover. This is the part that is pretty much identical to the DS cover. We've got the same vampire in moon motif, the same spooky castle/house motif, the same bats flying around motif, the same lightning coming down motif. Even the color scheme is the same. But the difference is that Universal spruced theirs up with the nice full color slip case. Looks 100 times better.
Anyway, it can't be a coincidence that these look so much alike. Someone must've copied the other's concept (or at least part of it). I wonder who the copycat was...?
Dan