Year: 2014

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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The Life of Python

The Life of Python VHS Box Set. Conceived, written and performed by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. With special appearances by Eddie Izzard, Meat Loaf, Kevin Kline, Sir David Frost, Ronnie Corbett, & the creators of South Park, Trey Parker & Matt Stone. 2000.

The Life of Python VHS Box Set. Conceived, written and performed by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. With special appearances by Eddie Izzard, Meat Loaf, Kevin Kline, Sir David Frost, Ronnie Corbett, & the creators of South Park, Trey Parker & Matt Stone. 2000.

From the box:

They’re not all dead yet.

For more than 30 years, devout fans of Monty Python have tortured the rest of us with endless repetition of the “Dead Parrot Sketch,” “The Spanish Inquisition,” “Spam,” “The Lumberjack Song,” “Nudge Nudge” and more.
In a desperate attempt to shut them up, A&E presents this, the ultimate Python fanatic’s collection, chock full of interviews, new material, tours, new material, de rigeur “lost” episodes and bits, new material, shots of the old geezers sitting on their laurels, and, of course, new material.

VHS Tape 1: It’s… The Monty Python Story
This outrageous BBC production celebrates 30 years of Python with new Monty Python sketches, a plethora of guest appearances and the funniest funeral you’ll ever attend.

VHS Tape 2: A Veritable Potpourri of Python
Pythonland — Journey with Michael Palin in search of the locations where the best known Python sketches were shot.
The Lost Python Mayday Special — A fun and fusty relic from the 1971 Pan-European May Day Festival, freshly dug from the BBC rubbish bin.
From Spain to Sperm: Monty Python’s Greatest Hits — Join host Meat Loaf for a countdown of the songs we were grounded for singing as kids.
An animated South Park tribute.

VHS Tape 3: Monty Python’s Filegender Zirkus #2
One of the famous “lost” German episodes never before available in the U.S. Yes, Monty Python is funny in German! Unfortunately, this programme is in English.

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Red Dwarf I: The End

Red Dwarf I: The End VHS cover art. British television sci-fi comedy starring Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Norman Lovett. Created and written by Rob Grant, Doug Naylor. 1988.

Red Dwarf I: The End on VHS. Starring Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Norman Lovett. Created and written by Rob Grant, Doug Naylor. 1988.

From the box:

THE VESSEL: The mining ship Red Dwarf.
THE CREW: The slobbiest, most whacked-out bunch of spacebums and losers ever to set foot in an alternative reality.
THE MISSION: To get back to Earth and have a wash.

THE UNIVERSE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.

Byte One

THE ORIGINAL PILOT SHOW
THE END

A radiation leak wipes out the crew of the mining ship Red Dwarf, leaving only one survivor — Chicken Soup Machine Repair Man, Dave Lister. After three million years in suspended animation, Lister emerges to find he is the last human being in the universe. But he is not alone.

FUTURE ECHOES

When Red Dwarf breaks the speed of light, time dilates, and the crew begin to experience visions from their own futures. Sadly for Lister his future appears to include being reduced to his component atoms by a rather large explosion. Happily for Rimmer, Lister’s future appears to include being reduced to his component atoms by a rather large explosion.

BALANCE OF POWER

Rimmer encounters his most dangerous blood chilling challenge ever — Lister is taking the chef’s exam. If Lister passes he will hold sufficient rank to have Rimmer replaced as the ship’s hologram. Just how low will the universe’s most obnoxious dead man stoop to stop him?

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The Terminator

The Terminator VHS cover art. Action sci-fi movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield. Directed by James Cameron. 1984.

The Terminator on VHS. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield. Directed by James Cameron. 1984.

From the box:

In the year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet have devised the ultimate plan. They will reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan requires something that feels no pity. No pain. No fear. They create The Terminator.

A brilliant flash of light and an earsplitting explosion mark the arrival of the Terminator, a cyborg (part man, part machine) sent to present day Earth from the future on a deadly mission. His task: to kill a young woman whose life will have great significance in the decades to come.

The mechanical monster from the future leaves behind him an unspeakable path of destruction. Nothing can stop The Terminator!

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day VHS cover art. Action adventure movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick. Directed by James Cameron. 1991.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day on VHS. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick. Directed by James Cameron. 1991.

From the box:

Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as the Terminator in this explosive action-adventure spectacle. Now, he’s one of the good guys, sent back in time to protect John Connor, the boy destined to lead the freedom fighters of the future. Linda Hamilton reprises her role as Sarah Connor, John’s mother, a quintessential survivor whose warnings go unheeded by a world careening toward a nuclear holocaust she knows is inevitable. Together, the threesome must find a way to stop the ultimate enemy — the T-1000, the most lethal Terminator ever created. Co-written, produced and directed by James Cameron (“The Terminator,” “Aliens,” “Titanic”), this visual tour de force is also a touching human story of survival.

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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines VHS cover art. Action sci-fi thriller movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Kristanna Loken, Claire Danes. Directed by Jonathan Mostow. 2003.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Kristanna Loken, Claire Danes. Directed by Jonathan Mostow. 2003.

From the box:

He comes from the future to rescue the past. And this time he brings a new level of excitement with him!
Arnold Schwarzenegger puts on his trademark shades and leather jacket to return as a time-traveling T-101 Terminator in this smash hit directed by Jonathan Mostow. He’s back to protect youthful future Earth Resistance leader John Connor (Nick Stahl) and an unsuspecting veterinarian (Claire Danes) who’s stunned to learn her destiny is linked with Connor. But protecting the two is easier said than done. An awesome new foe is programmed to terminate them — a state-of-the-art T-X (Kristanna Loken) who’s smarter and stronger than a T-101. With dazzling effects, bravura thrills and a story that boldly spins into the unexpected, this is an event spectacle to see and see again.

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APEX — Advanced Prototype EXtermination Unit

APEX -- Advanced Prototype EXtermination Unit VHS cover art. Time-travel sci-fi action movie starring Richard Keats, Mitchell Cox, Lisa Ann Russell, Marcus Aurelius. Directed by Phillip J. Roth. 1994.

APEX — Advanced Prototype EXtermination Unit on VHS. Starring Richard Keats, Mitchell Cox, Lisa Ann Russell, Marcus Aurelius. Directed by Phillip J. Roth. 1994.

From the box:

Trapped In A Future They Didn’t Create. Fighting An Enemy They Cannot Stop.

“…a cut above most time-travel cyborg thrillers.” — Seattle Times

The year: 2073. The place: Los Angeles. A rip in the fabric of time plunges the world into a cybernetic holocaust that only one man can stop in this futuristic action-adventure. Dr. Nicholas Sinclair (Richard Keats), leads an elite team of scientists in a robotic time-travel project utilizing computerized Advanced Prototype EXtermination units to shuttle back-and-forth from the present to the past. But when a routine experiment goes radically wrong, Sinclair himself is thrown through time into a parallel “time paradox” and finds himself in an altered 2073 — a world devastated by disease and decimated by terminator APEX units. Now he must lead a team of futuristic commandos in a desperate maneuver to reverse the timeline paradox and reshape the future in this explosive high-tech tale of a world gone mad.

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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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Timecop

Timecop VHS cover art. Sci-fi movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver, Bruce McGill. Directed by Peter Hyams. 1994.

Timecop on VHS. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver, Bruce McGill. Directed by Peter Hyams. 1994.

From the box:

Turn Back The Clock, And You’re History.

In the year 2004, time travel is not only a reality, it’s an opportunity — for criminals of the future to alter the past for profit and power. International superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in this sci-fi action-thriller as embittered timecop Max Walker — toughest member of the elite “Time Enforcement Commission” which was created to enforce one simple rule: No One Goes Back.
But Walker may have met his match in the person of Senator McComb (Ron Silver), a corrupt ruthless politician who’s determined to reinvent history, get rich and buy his way into the White House. Walker’s relentless pursuit leads him to the year 1994, where he is confronted by an even more powerful force: his own interrupted past with beautiful wife Melissa (Mia Sara).
Can Walker resist the impulse to change his own future and still battle an evil that threatens to rip apart the very fabric of time itself?

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RoboCop 3

RoboCop 3 VHS cover art. Action crime drama movie starring Nancy Allen, Robert John Burke, Mario Machado, Remy Ryan, Rip Torn, CCH Pounder. Directed by Fred Dekker. 1993.

RoboCop 3 on VHS. Starring Nancy Allen, Robert John Burke, Mario Machado, Remy Ryan, Rip Torn, CCH Pounder. Directed by Fred Dekker. 1993.

From the box:

He’s Back. Back On Line. Back On Duty.

Omni Consumer Products (OCP), the conglomerate that designed RoboCop, now owns Detroit. The company plans to demolish one of the city’s largest neighborhoods to build a gleaming city of the future — after an army of ruthless mercenaries finishes throwing everyone out of their homes. But RoboCop (Robert John Burke), sworn to protect the public, joins forces with a band of urban freedom fighters battling to save their neighborhood. After battling a lethally efficient ninja android, and equipped with a new arsenal of hi-tech weaponry, RoboCop and the courageous residents take on OCP’s private army. It’s all-out war, an explosive street fight that could destroy either the entire city or the evil powers behind the brutal corporate raid.

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