Category: Sci Fi

The Ice Pirates

The Ice Pirates VHS cover art. Movie starring Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston, John Matuszak, Ron Perlman. Directed by Stewart Raffill. 1984.

The Ice Pirates on VHS. Starring Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston, John Matuszak, Ron Perlman. Directed by Stewart Raffill. 1984.

From the box:

It’s a mighty thirsty universe whose entire water supply is controlled by the evil Templar Empire. Holding the world by its thirsty throat, they ship frozen blocks of the precious fluid across the far reaches of space, thus ensuring their power over every galaxy. Only the Ice Pirates… are brave enough to hijack the frozen treasure.

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Escape From L.A.

Escape From L.A. VHS cover art. Movie starring Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, Peter Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Pam Grier, Bruce Campbell. Directed by John Carpenter. 1996.

Escape From L.A. on VHS. Starring Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, Peter Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Pam Grier, Bruce Campbell. Directed by John Carpenter. 1996.

From the box:

Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plisskin (Russell). His job: wade through L.A.’s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device. Don’t miss the excitement as Snake surfs Wilshire Blvd., shoots hoops at the Coliseum, dive bombs into the Happy Kingdom theme park, and mixes it up with a wild assortment of family, friend and foes.

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Disturbing Behavior

Disturbing Behavior on VHS. Starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Bruce Greenwood, William Sadler, Steve Railsback. Directed by David Nutter. 1998.

Disturbing Behavior on VHS. Starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Bruce Greenwood, William Sadler, Steve Railsback. Directed by David Nutter. 1998.

From the box:

Achieve, be excellent… and be afraid.
When the esteemed Blue Ribbon Club of Cradle Bay High takes its slogans too far, things in the small coastal town begin to go wrong. Dead wrong. Newcomer Steve Clark finds fast allies in Gavin, an overly imaginative paranoid and Rachel, a “bad girl” with a razor-sharp tongue and a body to match. But when some “dark sinister force” begins turning the school’s curricularly challenged into the soulless, academic elite, these three “outsiders” join in a desperate, dizzying race to avoid becoming insiders–and losing their individuality forever!

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Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes on VHS. Starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, Linda Harrison. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 1968.

Planet of the Apes on VHS. Starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, Linda Harrison. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 1968.

From the box:

Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this fascinating first entry of this extremely popular series. This initial story features Heston as astronaut Taylor, who crash lands on a distant planet. The world is similar to earth, but here intelligent apes rule, hunting primitive speechless humans for sport and conducting scientific experiments on the ones they don’t kill. Soon Taylor himself is among the hunted, his life depending on a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall).

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