Pitch Black

Pitch Black VHS cover art. Movie starring Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell, Keith David. Directed by David Twohy. 2000.

Pitch Black on VHS. Starring Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell, Keith David. Directed by David Twohy. 2000.

From the box:

Fight Evil With Evil

The daylight can burn you, but the darkness will kill you. From the mind of the writer of The Fugitive comes the pulse-pounding sci-fi thriller, Pitch Black. Experience the psychological terror when a group of marooned passengers must face a pack of terrifying creatures whose only weakness is the light. With little power and dwindling numbers, the doomed passengers turn to a vicious convict with an appetite for destruction and eerie eyes that can guide them through the darkness.

DVD Upgrade: The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black (Unrated Director’s Cut)

Journey to the Far Side of the Sun

Journey to the Far Side of the Sun VHS cover art. Movie starring Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Herbert Lom, Lynn Loring, Patrick Wymark, Loni von Friedl. Directed by Robert Parrish. 1969.

Journey to the Far Side of the Sun on VHS. Starring Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Herbert Lom, Lynn Loring, Patrick Wymark, Loni von Friedl. Directed by Robert Parrish. 1969.

From the box:

Man Has Conquered The Moon
Now Take Another Momentous Journey!

When scientists a hundred years into the future discover a “duplicate” Earth on the other side of the Sun, the stage is set for tense, science fiction adventure and suspense. Determined to find out what this new world is like, the Western nations of Earth set up an expedition headed by former astronauts Roy Thinnes and Ian Hendry to reach the new planet.

DVD Upgrade: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun

H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds VHS cover art. Movie starring Anthony Piana, Jack Clay, James Lathrop, Darlene Sellers, John Kaufmann, Jamie Lynn Sease, Susan Goforth, W. Bernard Bauman. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells. Directed by Timothy Hines. 2005.

H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds on VHS. Starring Anthony Piana, Jack Clay, James Lathrop, Darlene Sellers, John Kaufmann, Jamie Lynn Sease, Susan Goforth, W. Bernard Bauman. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells. Directed by Timothy Hines. 2005.

From the box:

The War To End All Wars

In the year 1898, critically acclaimed author H.G. Wells conceived of a tale so terrifying that it has captured the imagination of millions of readers for more than 100 years. Now for the first time ever, the true adaptation of the classic novel hits the screen with devastating effect!

DVD Upgrade: H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds

Instant Rental: The Classic War Of The Worlds

Get the Kindle Book For Free: The War of the Worlds [Kindle]

Revisit A Classic Halloween Tale: The Day That Panicked America: The H.G. Wells War of the Worlds Scandal

Sign Up To Be Notified When They Release: The Night That Panicked America

Men in Black

Men in Black VHS cover art. Movie starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub, David Cross. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. 1997.

Men in Black on VHS. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub, David Cross. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. 1997.

From the box:

Protecting The Earth From The Scum Of The Universe.

MEMO TO: Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent J (Will Smith)

FROM: Agent Zed (Rip Torn)

WARNING: New York City is being threatened by a villainous bug who has inhabited the body of a farmer (Vincent D’Onofrio, The Player). Your mission is to locate and exterminate this bug before it destroys our planet. We have a cache of weapons for you to arm yourselves with, including the Carbonizer, Series 4 De-Atomizer and the Noisy Cricket. Make sure you also bring your Neuralyzers. You may find Dr. Laurel Weaver (Linda Fiorentino, The Last Seduction) and an alien arms dealer (Tony Shalhoub, TV’s “Wings”) useful in carrying out your task. Good Luck!

DVD Upgrade: Men in Black

Listen To The Soundtrack: Men In Black: The Album

Morons from Outer Space

Morons from Outer Space VHS cover art. Movie starring Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, James Sikking, Dinsdale Landen. With Joanne Pearce, Jimmy Nail, Paul Bown. Directed by Mike Hodges. 1985.

Morons from Outer Space on VHS. Starring Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, James Sikking, Dinsdale Landen. With Joanne Pearce, Jimmy Nail, Paul Bown. Directed by Mike Hodges. 1985.

From the box:

Hilarious invasion from four extraordinary aliens.

The hilarious adventures of four ordinary aliens who crash land on Earth may give new dimension to the word “Moron.”

The aliens are quite human, and entirely uncurious about Earth and what they find there. Conversely, Earthling interest in them is so intense that they soon become international celebrities and pop superstars.

This could just be the beginning for the Morons From Outer Space.

DVD Upgrade: Midnite Movies: 4 Movies (Morons from Outer Space / Alien from L.A. / The Man from Planet X / The Angry Red Planet)

2001: A Space Travesty

2001: A Space Travesty VHS cover art. Movie starring Leslie Nielsen. With Ophélie Winter, Ezio Greggio, Peter Egan, Alexandra Kamp-Groeneveld. Directed by Allan A. Goldstein. 2000.

2001: A Space Travesty on VHS. Starring Leslie Nielsen. With Ophélie Winter, Ezio Greggio, Peter Egan, Alexandra Kamp-Groeneveld. Directed by Allan A. Goldstein. 2000.

From the box:

The Most Outer Spaced-Out Comedy Ever!

When the president of the United States is kidnapped by aliens and replaced with a clone, the police call on Marshall “Dick” Dix of the International Security Force to help rescue him–and quickly, before they clone the rest of the world’s leaders.

With the fate of the world in his clumsy hands, Dix heads to the planet Vegan, a very strange place run by an evil doctor and inhabited by aliens who, having learned to speak English from watching television, all talk like different Hollywood movie stars. After engaging in some freaky lunar socializing, Dix joins forces with sexy officer Cassandra Menage and master of disguise Captain di Pasquale to rescue the saxophone-playing president. They return to Washington, D.C. and accomplish their mission of replacing the cloned president with the real president. Or did they?

DVD Upgrade: 2001 – A Space Travesty

Space Truckers

Space Truckers on VHS. Starring Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar. Directed by Stuart Gordon. 1996.

Space Truckers on VHS. Starring Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar. Directed by Stuart Gordon. 1996.

From the box:

Earth’s Only Hope

“A $27 MILLION SCI-FI ACTION ADVENTURE EXTRAVAGANZA.”
“Fantastic… Amazing… Pure Genius”
“An Electrifying Cast”

(It’s a screener copy)

DVD Upgrade: Space Truckers [DVD]

Amazon Instant Video: Space Truckers

Space Cowboys

Space Cowboys on VHS cover art. Movie starring Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 2000.

Space Cowboys on VHS. Starring Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 2000.

From the box:

Bonus Footage! A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Special Effects

Clint Eastwood, directing for the 22nd time and starring for the 42nd, leads a stellar cast into orbit in the exhilarating, high-tech adventure, Space Cowboys. Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner join Eastwood as old-school test pilots whose grasp of outdated technology make them the only ones able to repair a primitive, deorbiting Russian satellite that imperils Earth.

DVD Upgrade: Space Cowboys

Firefox

Firefox VHS cover art. Movie starring Clint Eastwood. With Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 1982.

Firefox on VHS. Starring Clint Eastwood. With Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 1982.

From the box:

The most devastating killing machine ever built. His job: steal it!

Like a high-tech bat out of hell, it rips through the skies at six times the speed of sound. Like a shimmering ghost, it is invisible to radar. Like a sleek cobra, it spits death — with missiles launched and guided purely by the pilot’s thoughts. It’s the most devastating war machine ever built by man. Code name: Firefox.

But Firefox belongs to the Russians. To maintain the delicate balance of world power, the West must steal it. The right man for the job? Take a guess.

DVD Upgrade: Firefox

High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter VHS cover art. Movie starring and directed by Clint Eastwood. Also starring Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill and Mitch Ryan. 1973.

High Plains Drifter on VHS. Starring and directed by Clint Eastwood. Also starring Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill and Mitch Ryan. 1973.

From the box:

They’d never forget the day he drifted into town.

Eastwood portrays a mysterious stranger who emerges out of the heat waves of the desert and rides into the guilt-ridden town of Lago. After committing three murders and one rape in the first 20 minutes, The Stranger is hired by the town to protect it from three gunmen just out of jail. The Stranger then paints the entire town bright red, renames it “Hell”, and supplies Divine retribution in a fiery climax.

DVD Upgrade: Clint Eastwood Western Icon Collection (High Plains Drifter / Joe Kidd / Two Mules For Sister Sara)

Read The Paperback Book: High Plains Drifter by Ernest Tidyman

Play The Soundtrack: High Plains Drifter [Soundtrack by Dee Barton]