That cover scan on slasherindex doesn't mean anything, and here's why: the 2D VHS of the film had that exact box, but with a sticker that said "Non-3D Version" slapped on top of the big "3D" letters and the ad for the enclosed glasses (like this http://www.vhscollector.com/movie/parasite-1 ).
It's really, really easy to apply a little goo-gone or whatever and get that sticker off, and then you have a box that claims to be the 3-D version with glasses. That's what I did with my copy, just because I like the cover art. So whoever uploaded that cover that's on slasherindex could have done (and probably did) exactly that.
I have NEVER personally seen a tape that included the 3-D version, never read any firsthand account by anyone who has actually watched it on VHS from Wizard in 3-D, with the glasses (bobcunk- yours didn't still have the glasses included? Can you tell whether the video actually appears to have any sort of 3-D process on it, or if it is just that 2d tape?), and I have never been able to find a VHS rip of the Wizard 3-D version anywhere online. I have never even been able to find a picture of a tape label for the 3-D version, or a picture of the glasses that supposedly came with the tape (only the theatrical glasses).
I too have read conflicting things about whether or not it exists, and I really want to know! I have read things suggesting that the 3-D release was planned, and the boxes were all printed, but then Charles Band was unhappy with how the process looked on video and decided to release it in 2-D-only instead; solving the problem of the 3-D box art with that stupid sticker on all the boxes. I'm starting to think that the existence of a 3-D Wizard VHS may just be a myth, perpetuated by a very lazy box-art choice and some goo-gone, and all references to it (on wikipedia, on here, etc) are just from people who saw a coverscan and assumed that the tape matched the advertising.
If someone can prove me wrong with a firsthand account of experiencing the Wizard 3-D tape, I would love to know! It would be great to see this film in real, official-from-the-studio 3-D. That homebrewed 3-D version that's on youtube is pretty cool, and works well enough, but it isn't the same.
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rogerwatersfan3
11 years ago
This was the first 3-D movie I ever saw in the theater. Would be great to see a proper 3-D DVD or blu ray release.
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ryanasaurus007
9 years ago
The 2D tape confirmed to be out there from Wizard (at least, of the original late 1982 release) uses the left eye, or so I suspect. An eBay seller who was offering the tape some months ago sent me some pictures of the film being shown on a TV screen, and I'm pretty certain that all signs point to the tape using a left eye print. But which eye did other distributors (e.g. Embassy Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Video) use on home video? (Oh, and I know there's at least one widescreen home video release that uses the same left eye print.)
BTW one key scene to be on the lookout for is a fight early on that shows someone getting drainpiped by his opponent, and there's a zoom-in to the drainpipe sticking out of his body. On the original 2D Wizard tape, the drainpipe leans closer to the right side of the screen.
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