So I Married An Axe Murderer

So I Married An Axe Murderer VHS cover art. Movie starring Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Brenda Fricker, Amanda Plummer, Charles Grodin, Phil Hartman, Debi Mazar, Steven Wright. Directed by Thomas Schlamme. 1993.

So I Married An Axe Murderer on VHS. Starring Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Brenda Fricker, Amanda Plummer, Charles Grodin, Phil Hartman, Debi Mazar, Steven Wright. Directed by Thomas Schlamme. 1993.

From the box:

Comedy sensation Mike Myers stars with Nancy Travis in this hatchet-driven romantic comedy about a wedlock-shy coffee house poet who finally meets the perfect woman. When it comes to love, Charlie MacKenzie (Myers) has had his share of bad luck… When Charlie meets Harriet Michaels (Travis) everything changes. Harriet’s not like the others. She’s smart, sexy and crazy about Charlie. This time Charlie is determined to overcome the fears that sabotaged his past relationships. This time, he’s ready for some commitment. Sure, Harriet may have her shortcomings–but so what? After all those other women, what’s the worst she could be? An axe murderer?

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Death Mask

Death Mask VHS cover art. Movie starring James Best, Linnea Quigley. With John Nutten, Brigitte Hill, Lorilyn Alexander. Directed by Steve Latshaw. 1998.

Death Mask on VHS. Movie starring James Best, Linnea Quigley. With John Nutten, Brigitte Hill, Lorilyn Alexander. Directed by Steve Latshaw. 1998.

From the box:

Among the midway of a traveling carnival there is a man, Wilbur Johnson (James Best), with unfinished business. Tormented by his past, he spends his days dreaming of the night when vengeance will be his.

Befriended by Angel (Linnea Quigley), a beautiful and seductive sideshow dancer, he is led to a powerful sorceress, where he sells his soul to the devil in exchange for a mask capable of inflicting sudden violent death on all who look into it.

Wilbur’s dream is now an out of control nightmare, an evil that can’t be stopped. Fate must somehow be reversed, but not until darkness has its final day.

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Highlander

Highlander VHS cover art. Movie starring Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery. Directed by Russell Mulcahy. 1986.

Highlander on VHS. Starring Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery. Directed by Russell Mulcahy. 1986.

From the box:

Connor MacLeod is a Scot who should have died in 1536. But he belongs to a race of rare immortals that can only be killed when beheaded with a sword. Their destiny is to duel through history until the Gathering, when the remaining few will battle for supremacy.

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Fortress

Fortress VHS cover art. Movie starring Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith. With Clifton Collins Jr., Lincoln Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Combs. Directed by Stuart Gordon. 1992.

Fortress on VHS. Starring Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith. With Clifton Collins Jr., Lincoln Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Combs. Directed by Stuart Gordon. 1992.

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After losing their first baby, John and Karen Brennick dare to have another. Caught trying to cross the border, the ex-war hero and his pregnant wife are sentenced to a sadistic futuristic prison buried 33 stories beneath the earth. Computers control inmates’ bodies and minds, and newborn infants are being used to create a new breed of human robots. No one has ever gotten out alive. But can even the most overwhelming technology extinguish one man’s passionate love for his wife and child?

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RoboCop

RoboCop VHS cover art. Movie starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen. With Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. 1987.

RoboCop on VHS. Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen. With Dan O’Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. 1987.

From the box:

Part Man, Part Machine, All Cop.

The Future Of Law Enforcement.

A sadistic crime wave is sweeping across America, In Old Detroit, the situation is so bad that a private corporation, Security Concepts, Inc. has assumed control of the police force.

The executives at the company think they have the answer–until the enforcement droid they create kills one of their own. Then an ambitious young executive seizes the opportunity. He and his research team a law enforcement cyborg from the body of a slain officer. They program RoboCop to 1) Serve the public trust. 2) Uphold the law. 3) Protect the innocent.

All goes well at first, RoboCop stops every sleaze ball he encounters with deadly, piercing, and sometimes gruesome accuracy. But there are forces on the street–and within Security Concepts itself–that will stop at nothing to see this super cyborg violently eliminated.

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John Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13

John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 VHS cover art. Movie starring Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Kim Richards. With Henry Brandon, Peter Bruni, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers, Frank Doubleday. Written, directed and music by John Carpenter. 1976.

John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 on VHS. Starring Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Kim Richards. With Henry Brandon, Peter Bruni, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers, Frank Doubleday. Written, directed and music by John Carpenter. 1976.

From the box:

Los Angeles. The Ghetto. Four gang members swear a Blood Oath of Vengeance after a brutal police ambush.

Precinct 13 comes under siege as hordes of gang members erupt in an all out war. Blood is spilled as numbers of the force dwindle. A second onslaught is underway and prisoners are released to help defend the station and their lives. Down to their last bullets they make a last ditch effort against the nearly invisible evil marauders who will bring the building and all inside to certain destruction.

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The Shining

The Shining VHS cover art. Movie starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall. With Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on a novel by Stephen King. 1980.

The Shining on VHS. Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall. With Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the novel by Stephen King. 1980.

From the box:

Two-time Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson overwhelms you as Jack Torrance, winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, who spirals helplessly towards madness and murder as the hotel’s power plays upon his weaknessess. Shelley Duvall is the ultimate woman on the run as Jack’s put-upon wife Wendy, and Danny Lloyd effectively plays their psychic son, whose ability — his “shining” — unlocks visions of evil.

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Pink Floyd The Wall

Pink Floyd The Wall VHS cover art. Movie starring Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson. With Eleanor David, Kevin McKeon. Written by Roger Waters. Animation sequences by Gerald Scarfe. Directed by Alan Parker. 1982.

Pink Floyd The Wall on VHS. Starring Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson. With Eleanor David, Kevin McKeon. Written by Roger Waters. Animation sequences by Gerald Scarfe. Directed by Alan Parker. 1982.

From the box:

Rock superstar Pink (Bob Geldof) has had too many shows, too much dope and too much applause. Somewhere in Los Angeles he sits in a locked hotel room slowly going mad. Join him if you dare on his journey through the spiraling world of insanity where fantasy bends reality into a nightmare. Pink builds brick after brick in his “wall” — until the night he brings a young groupie to the hotel and lets out all his locked up emotions in a screeching climax that will rock your senses and carry you along with Pink, over the edge.

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Xanadu

Xanadu VHS cover art. Movie starring Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly. With Michael Beck, Teri Beckerman, Sandahl Bergman. Directed by Robert Greenwald. 1980.

Xanadu on VHS. Starring Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly. With Michael Beck, Teri Beckerman, Sandahl Bergman. Directed by Robert Greenwald. 1980.

From the box:

Xanadu is a look at the future and a loving remembrance of the way things were in the heyday of Hollywood. The musical score includes the hit songs “Magic”, “I’m Alive”, “All Over The World”, “Suddenly”, and the title song “Xanadu”. Olivia Newton-John, the screen’s newest love goddess, will dazzle your senses with her luminous beauty and beautiful voice. She and Gene Kelly star in this dazzling musical fantasy. The 40s meet the 80s in Xanadu, a very special love story and the first lavish, old-fashioned musical to utilize today’s music.

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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad VHS cover art. Movie starring Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant,  Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher. Directed by Nathan Juran. Visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. 1958.

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad on VHS. Starring Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher. Directed by Nathan Juran. Visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. 1958.

From the box:

The legendary Sinbad’s incredible adventures continue in this spectacular epic. Sinbad (Kerwin Mathews), bold sailor and prince of Baghdad, sets out for the mysterious island of Colossa where he hopes to obtain the egg of a roc–a fierce, giant bird. The egg will help restore to normal size the Princess Parisa (Kathryn Grant) who has been reduced to the size of a man’s thumb by the evil magician, Sokurah (Torin Thatcher). On Colossa, Parisa liberates the Genie of the magic lamp (Richard Eyer) and together, Sinbad, Parisa and the Genie battle a man-eating cyclops, a two-headed roc, a fire-breathing dragon and a skeleton brought to life by Sokurah. All of these creatures must be defeated before Parisa can be restored. As always, the fantastic animated special effects by Ray Harryhausen are featured in this classic Sinbad adventure.

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