In 1998 The Shape stalked not only the big screen in Steve Miner’s box office success Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, but also the shelves of now defunct retailers Sam Goody, Blockbuster Video and Wherehouse Music stores (among others) in the form of a now highly sought after collectible: Anchor Bay’s 20th Anniversary Snow Globe Set VHS re-release of Halloween.
In addition to the 1978 classic film, presented in widescreen format and with the theatrical trailer included (in a clam shell VHS tape case, which seems utterly nostalgic today), was a limited-edition commemorative snow globe depicting Myers’ third act living room attack on Laurie Strode. At the time the only Halloween collectible which depicted the film’s final girl, the globe’s gimmick was simple: shake it up and it “snowed” with glitter blood. Individually numbered and licensed by Compass International Pictures, Inc., the set originally retailed for $29.99, although it now fetches prices many times that in collector circles.
Do you have one? We’d love to see how you display it!