Category: Horror

The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror VHS box cover art. Horror movie starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger. With Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. 1979.

The Amityville Horror on VHS. Starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger. With Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. 1979.

From the box:

For God’s Sake, Get Out!

The beautiful, three-storied colonial in Amityville, New York, seemed like the dream house that George Lutz (James Brolin) and his wife, Kathleen (Margot Kidder), had always wanted. The fact that the previous tenants had been brutally murdered there didn’t disturb the unsuperstitious couple. But as soon as the Lutzes and their three children moved in, a series of terrifying and inexplicable events began. When the local priest (Rod Steiger) tries to bless their home, he develops red welts all over his body. Cold winds and eerie sounds range throughout the house. Menacing eyes glow from the barn window. And the very walls of the house seep with a strange ooze. After 28 days, the Lutzes decide to escape from this nightmare, but will it let them leave? Based on the shocking true story, “The Amityville Horror” has become the ultimate haunted house story of modern times.

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Frogs

Frogs VHS cover art. Horror movie starring Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke, Judy Pace, Mae Mercer. Directed by George McCowan. 1972.

Frogs on VHS. Starring Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke, Judy Pace, Mae Mercer. Directed by George McCowan. 1972.

From the box:

Everyone knows that man is the dominant species on Earth. Or… is he?

“Frogs” is the shudder-inducing answer to that query, a nightmare of what can happen when the denizens of your local swamp decide to strike back at the so-called “intelligent” life form that despoils their environment.

In the best horror film tradition, this grisly tale unfolds on an isolated island off the coast of the deep South, where great-grandfather Jason Crockett (Ray Milland) gathers the clan to celebrate his birthday and the Fourth of July. And after family members discover the corpse of the island’s caretaker — who had been spraying poison to limit the expanding frog population — crawling with frogs and snakes, it becomes ominously apparent that the party will have unexpected guests as well.

Gate-crashing is subtle at first: the maid and the butler discover a poisonous snake in the dining room, and small bevies of frogs start hopping into the mansion. The festivities only get deadlier after that.

One of Jason’s grandsons goes into the woods to repair torn telephone lines and meets an arachnid array that will set you squirming. Another grandson ventures into the greenhouse where some curious lizards have discovered a cache of deadly insecticide. By now, fright fans get the picture: old man Crockett and his brood won’t leave the island alive if Mother Nature’s minions have their say.

Creepy crawlers of all sizes have been marshalled to create “Frogs” realistically gruesome effects. Besides frogs, snakes and lizards, all manner of spiders, tarantulas, scorpions, alligators, salamanders, toads, leeches and even an alligator turtle contribute lethal specialties,

Who among such stalwart players as Sam Elliot, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke, Judy Pace and Mae Mercer will survive this reptilian revenge? It would spoil the party to tell, especially since “Frogs” will not only keep you perched at the edge of your seat but also persuade you to think twice before squashing a bug or swatting a fly again. After all, today the pond… tomorrow the world!

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Split Second

Split Second VHS cover art. Action crime horror time-travel movie starring Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Alastair Duncan, Michael J. Pollard. Directed by Tony Maylam. 1992.

Split Second on VHS. Starring Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Alastair Duncan, Michael J. Pollard. Directed by Tony Maylam. 1992.

From the box:

He’s Seen The Future… Now He Has To Kill It.
He’ll Need Bigger Guns.

In the year 2008, the cops are better armed than before, but nothing has prepared them for this. Swift, sharp-clawed and deadly, something moves among them on the streets, in the alleyways, on the rooftops, tearing out human hearts and devouring them. Maverick cop “Harley” Stone (Rutger Hauer) lost his partner to the beast, and now it looks as if his girlfriend Michelle (Kim Cattrall) is next on the killer’s list. Even in the future, there aren’t guns big enough to stop the creature’s deadly force, but Harley has no choice. As the action explodes into a deadly struggle to save Michelle, Stone must track the killer to its lair before he too becomes its victim. It could be all over in a SPLIT SECOND.

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The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride of Frankenstein VHS cover art. Movie starring Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson. Directed by James Whale. From the brain of Mary Shelley. 1935.

The Bride of Frankenstein on VHS. Starring Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson. Directed by James Whale. From the brain of Mary Shelley. 1935.

From the box:

One of the most outstanding horror classics of all times, and a superb sequel to the original Frankenstein. Horror great, Boris Karloff, reprises his role as film history’s most misunderstood monster who now longs for a mate of his own. Also starring Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein, and the incredible Elsa Lanchester as the ill-fated monster-made Bride sporting Hollywood’s most infamous hairdo.
Directed by the original’s James Whale (his last horror film) produced by the original’s Oscar-winning Carl Laemmle, Jr., with a haunting score by Frank Waxman, The Bride of Frankenstein ranks as one of the finest films of the horror genre.

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Dracula’s Daughter

Dracula's Daughter VHS cover art. Classic horror movie starring Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan, Nan Grey. Directed by Lambert Hillyer. 1936.

Dracula’s Daughter on VHS. Starring Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan, Nan Grey. Directed by Lambert Hillyer. 1936.

From the box:

This popular horror classic picks up where Dracula left off. Dr. Von Helsing (Edward Van Sloan), thinking he has rid London of all vampire, is instead arrested for murder. Just when Von Helsing’s fate seems sealed, the bodies suddenly disappear. Soon, several people are found mysteriously killed, their bodies drained of all blood.
Meanwhile, beautiful and mysterious Countess Marya Zaleska (Gloria Holden) appears in London. The trouble woman seeks the understanding Dr. Garth (Otto Kruger), Von Helsing’s psychiatrist for consultation.
A mysterious sequence of events surrounding a disoriented young girl (Nan Grey) leads Von Helsing and Garth to deduce the countess must be a vampire. They set off to Transylvania after the elusive countess to rescue Garth’s beautiful fiancée (Marguerite Churchill) in this engrossing thriller.

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