Roger Corman - She Gods of Shark Reef - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Aug 23, 2007 7:16 PM On 2007-08-23 17:15, Thomas wrote: A few of the DVD covers, in addition to She Gods of Shark Reef, actually have tikis on them; two examples are Omoo-Omoo: The Shark God; image: http://www.oldies.com/product-view/5301D.html and Wild Women Double Feature: Bowanga, Bowanga (1941) / Devil Monster (1946); image: http://www.oldies.com/product-view/5267D.html I only have / have seen Omoo... and the tiki they put on the DVD cover is a misrepresentation of what is actually in the movie, a much less interesting (and poorly lit) idol. Still, great DVD cover I think. I checked out those covers, and I am 99% certain that the Tikis on those covers are post-Tiki revival additions by the DVD company to market these oldies specifically to us Tikiphiles....I think they were clipped from some Kona City of Refugee photos. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-08-23 19:17 ]

On 2007-08-23 17:15, Thomas wrote:
A few of the DVD covers, in addition to She Gods of Shark Reef, actually have tikis on them; two examples are
Omoo-Omoo: The Shark God; image: http://www.oldies.com/product-view/5301D.html
and
Wild Women Double Feature: Bowanga, Bowanga (1941) / Devil Monster (1946); image:
http://www.oldies.com/product-view/5267D.html

I only have / have seen Omoo... and the tiki they put on the DVD cover is a misrepresentation of what is actually in the movie, a much less interesting (and poorly lit) idol. Still, great DVD cover I think.

I checked out those covers, and I am 99% certain that the Tikis on those covers are post-Tiki revival additions by the DVD company to market these oldies specifically to us Tikiphiles....I think they were clipped from some Kona City of Refugee photos.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-08-23 19:17 ]

Post #327803 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Aug 23, 2007 7:16 PM