<PAGE>   1
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 1997
                                                      Registration No. 33-


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                      ------------------------------------


                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                  --------------------------------------------


                            PVC CONTAINER CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                Delaware                                      13-26165435
     (State or other jurisdiction of                        (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)                     Identification No.)

         401 Industrial Way West                                 07724
          Eatontown, New Jersey                               (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                  --------------------------------------------


                    EMPLOYEE 1996 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                  --------------------------------------------


                             Herbert S. Meeker, Esq.
                             Baer Marks & Upham LLP
                                805 Third Avenue
                            New York, New York 10022
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (212) 702-5700

          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                       Copies to: Herbert S. Meeker, Esq.
                             Baer Marks & Upham LLP
                                805 Third Avenue
                            New York, New York 10022
                                 (212) 702-5700
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===================================================================================================================
                                                       Proposed
TITLE OF                                               Maximum           Proposed Maximum
SECURITIES                     Amount to be         Offering Price      Aggregate Offering          Amount of
TO BE REGISTERED              Registered(1)          Per Share(2)            Price(2)           Registration Fee
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                          <C>                        <C>                 <C>                     <C>      
Common Shares, $.01
par value per share          1,000,000 shares           $4.50               $4,500,000              $1,364.00
===================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1)      Pursuant to Rule 416, this Registration Statement also covers such
         additional securities as may become issuable to prevent dilution
         resulting from stock splits, stock dividends and similar events.

(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c) on the basis of the average of the high
         and low sale prices of the Registrant's Common Shares on the Nasdaq
         National Market on February 28, 1997.
<PAGE>   2
                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents, which have been filed by PVC Container
Corporation, a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
"Registrant"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"),
are incorporated herein by reference:

         (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year
ended 6/30/96 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), that
contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year
for which such statement has been filed.

         (b) The Registrant's Information Statement relating to a special
meeting of Shareholders held on January 16, 1997 pursuant to which the 1996
Incentive Stock Option Plan was approved and described.

         (c) The description of the Registrant's shares of Common Stock $.01 par
value which is contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement filed with
the Commission on Form 8-A under Section 12 of the Exchange Act including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

         In addition, all documents filed subsequent to the date of this
Registration Statement by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of
such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         Not Applicable.
<PAGE>   3
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         The Registrant shall indemnify and advance expenses to the fullest
extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware
("GCL"), as amended from time to time, each person who is or was a director or
officer of the Registrant and the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
person. Any expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by each person who is
or was a director or officer of the Registrant, and the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person in connection with defending any such proceeding
in advance of its final disposition shall be paid by the Registrant; provided,
however, that if the GCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an
indemnitee in his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other
capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including,
without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon
delivery to the Registrant of an undertaking by or on behalf of such indemnitee,
to repay all amounts so advanced, if it shall ultimately be determined that such
indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this
Article or otherwise.


ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

Exhibit
Number

   4.1       1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan of PVC Container Corporation
             (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Report on Form 8-K
             filed with the Commission on January 8, 1997 and approved by the
             Stockholders of the Registrant on January 16, 1997 with respect to
             600,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.

  *5.1       Opinion of Baer Marks & Upham LLP.

 *23.1       Consent of Ernst & Young.

 *23.2       Consent of Baer Marks & Upham LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

 *24.1       Powers of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration
             Statement).

---------------------
*Filed herewith.




                                       -2-
<PAGE>   4
ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

               (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;

              (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement;

             (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or S-8 and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         (4) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as


                                       -3-
<PAGE>   5
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                       -4-
<PAGE>   6
                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Eatontown, New Jersey, on the 19th day of February, 1997.

                                    PVC Container Corporation

                                    By:  /s/ Philip L. Friedman
                                        ------------------------------
                                         Phillip L. Friedman
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Phillip L. Friedman and John C. D'Avella
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature                         Title                             Date
---------                         -----                             ----
<S>                               <C>                            <C>
/s/Phillip L. Friedman            Chief Executive Officer     February 19, 1997
----------------------------      (principal executive        
Phillip L. Friedman               officer) and Director

/s/William Del Pizzo              Vice President and Chief    February 19, 1997
----------------------------      Financial Officer           
William Del Pizzo                 (principal financial
                                  officer and principal
                                  accounting officer)

/s/John C. D'Avella               Executive Vice President    February 19, 1997
----------------------------      Secretary and Director      
John C. D'Avella                                                         

/s/Raymond A. Lancaster           Director                    February 24, 1997
----------------------------                                  
Raymond A. Lancaster              

/s/George R. Begley               Director                    February 24, 1997
----------------------------                                  
George R. Begley                  

/s/Michael Sherwin                Director                    February 25, 1997
----------------------------                                  
Michael Sherwin                   

/s/John F. Turben                 Director                    February 25, 1997
----------------------------                                  
John F. Turben                    
</TABLE>



                                       -5-
<PAGE>   7
                                EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number                            Description
-------                           -----------

   4.1       1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan of PVC Container Corporation
             (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Report on Form 8-K
             filed with the Commission on January 8, 1997 and approved by the
             Stockholders of the Registrant on January 16, 1997 with respect to
             600,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.

  *5.1       Opinion of Baer Marks & Upham LLP.

 *23.1       Consent of Ernst & Young.

 *23.2       Consent of Baer Marks & Upham LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

 *24.1       Powers of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration
             Statement).

---------------------
*Filed herewith.
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1
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 1997
                                                      Registration No. 33-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                      ------------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                  --------------------------------------------

                            PVC CONTAINER CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                Delaware                                      13-26165435
     (State or other jurisdiction of                        (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)                     Identification No.)

         401 Industrial Way West                                 07724
          Eatontown, New Jersey                               (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                  --------------------------------------------

                    EMPLOYEE 1996 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                  --------------------------------------------

                             Herbert S. Meeker, Esq.
                             Baer Marks & Upham LLP
                                805 Third Avenue
                            New York, New York 10022
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (212) 702-5700

          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                       Copies to: Herbert S. Meeker, Esq.
                             Baer Marks & Upham LLP
                                805 Third Avenue
                            New York, New York 10022
                                 (212) 702-5700
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===================================================================================================================
                                                       Proposed
TITLE OF                                               Maximum           Proposed Maximum
SECURITIES                     Amount to be         Offering Price      Aggregate Offering          Amount of
TO BE REGISTERED              Registered(1)          Per Share(2)            Price(2)           Registration Fee
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Shares, $.01
par value per share          1,000,000 shares           $4.50               $4,500,000              $1,364.00
===================================================================================================================
(1)      Pursuant to Rule 416, this Registration Statement also covers such
         additional securities as may become issuable to prevent dilution
         resulting from stock splits, stock dividends and similar events.

(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c) on the basis of the average of the high
         and low sale prices of the Registrant's Common Shares on the Nasdaq
         National Market on February 28, 1997.
2
                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents, which have been filed by PVC Container
Corporation, a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
"Registrant"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"),
are incorporated herein by reference:

         (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year
ended 6/30/96 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), that
contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year
for which such statement has been filed.

         (b) The Registrant's Information Statement relating to a special
meeting of Shareholders held on January 16, 1997 pursuant to which the 1996
Incentive Stock Option Plan was approved and described.

         (c) The description of the Registrant's shares of Common Stock $.01 par
value which is contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement filed with
the Commission on Form 8-A under Section 12 of the Exchange Act including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

         In addition, all documents filed subsequent to the date of this
Registration Statement by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of
such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         Not Applicable.
3
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         The Registrant shall indemnify and advance expenses to the fullest
extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware
("GCL"), as amended from time to time, each person who is or was a director or
officer of the Registrant and the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
person. Any expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by each person who is
or was a director or officer of the Registrant, and the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person in connection with defending any such proceeding
in advance of its final disposition shall be paid by the Registrant; provided,
however, that if the GCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an
indemnitee in his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other
capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including,
without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon
delivery to the Registrant of an undertaking by or on behalf of such indemnitee,
to repay all amounts so advanced, if it shall ultimately be determined that such
indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this
Article or otherwise.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

Exhibit
Number

   4.1       1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan of PVC Container Corporation
             (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Report on Form 8-K
             filed with the Commission on January 8, 1997 and approved by the
             Stockholders of the Registrant on January 16, 1997 with respect to
             600,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.

  *5.1       Opinion of Baer Marks & Upham LLP.

 *23.1       Consent of Ernst & Young.

 *23.2       Consent of Baer Marks & Upham LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

 *24.1       Powers of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration
             Statement).

---------------------
*Filed herewith.

                                       -2-
4
ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

               (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;

              (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement;

             (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or S-8 and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         (4) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as

                                       -3-
5
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                       -4-
6
                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Eatontown, New Jersey, on the 19th day of February, 1997.

                                    PVC Container Corporation

                                    By:  /s/ Philip L. Friedman
                                        ------------------------------
                                         Phillip L. Friedman
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Phillip L. Friedman and John C. D'Avella
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                         Title                             Date
---------                         -----                             ----
/s/Phillip L. Friedman            Chief Executive Officer     February 19, 1997
----------------------------      (principal executive        
Phillip L. Friedman               officer) and Director

/s/William Del Pizzo              Vice President and Chief    February 19, 1997
----------------------------      Financial Officer           
William Del Pizzo                 (principal financial
                                  officer and principal
                                  accounting officer)

/s/John C. D'Avella               Executive Vice President    February 19, 1997
----------------------------      Secretary and Director      
John C. D'Avella                                                         

/s/Raymond A. Lancaster           Director                    February 24, 1997
----------------------------                                  
Raymond A. Lancaster              

/s/George R. Begley               Director                    February 24, 1997
----------------------------                                  
George R. Begley                  

/s/Michael Sherwin                Director                    February 25, 1997
----------------------------                                  
Michael Sherwin                   

/s/John F. Turben                 Director                    February 25, 1997
----------------------------                                  
John F. Turben
-5-
7
                                EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number                            Description
-------                           -----------

   4.1       1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan of PVC Container Corporation
             (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Report on Form 8-K
             filed with the Commission on January 8, 1997 and approved by the
             Stockholders of the Registrant on January 16, 1997 with respect to
             600,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.

  *5.1       Opinion of Baer Marks & Upham LLP.

 *23.1       Consent of Ernst & Young.

 *23.2       Consent of Baer Marks & Upham LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

 *24.1       Powers of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration
             Statement).

---------------------
*Filed herewith.