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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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RoboCop 2

RoboCop 2 VHS cover art. Movie starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, John Glover, Mario Machado. Written by Frank Miller, Walon Green. Directed by Irvin Kershner. 1990.

RoboCop 2 on VHS. Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O’Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, John Glover, Mario Machado. Written by Frank Miller, Walon Green. Directed by Irvin Kershner. 1990.

From the box:

The sizzling sequel to 1987’s sci-fi blockbuster brings back “The Future of Law Enforcement,” RoboCop, to face his greatest challenge ever! Peter Weller returns as the half man/half machine police officer, this time to rid the lawless streets of Detroit of the deadly new designer drug “Nuke.” Unknown to RoboCop, the evil corporate empire which created him wants to take the city “private.” and develop RoboCop 2, a newer, bigger and more powerful version to replace the original.

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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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Dracula

Dracula VHS cover art (sealed). Gothic movie starring Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan. Directed by John Badham. From the book by Bram Stoker. 1979.

Dracula on VHS (sealed). Starring Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan. Directed by John Badham. From the book by Bram Stoker. 1979.

From the box:

Throughout history, Dracula has filled the hearts of men with terror and the hearts of women with desire. This stylish new production of the classic gothic horror tale stars Frank Langella, repeating the his electrifying award-winning stage performance as the bloodthirsty Count, and Laurence Olivier as the devout vampire hunter Von Helsing who is Dracula’s nemesis. A great cast, fine direction and a superbly atmospheric score make this the ultimate Dracula.

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Jethro Tull Slipstream

Jethro Tull Slipstream VHS cover art. Music video starring Ian Anderson (flute, vocals), Martin Barre (electric guitar), Mark Craney (drums), Dave Pegg (bass), Eddie Jobson (keyboards, electric violin). Written by George Stone. Directed by David Mallet. 1981.

Jethro Tull Slipstream on VHS. Starring Ian Anderson (flute, vocals), Martin Barre (electric guitar), Mark Craney (drums), Dave Pegg (bass), Eddie Jobson (keyboards, electric violin). Written by George Stone. Directed by David Mallet. 1981.

From the box:

Jethro Tull look even better on screen than they do on stage.

How do you take one of the world’s leading rock bands like Jethro Tull and improve on their live performance?
After all, their stage act is as famous for the way it looks as for the way it sounds.
Slipstream, conceived and executed specially for the screen is the answer.
And even though concert material is naturally included, Slipstream is far more adventurous than previous music programs.
The format is conceptual from start to finish with a coherent storyline.
It includes film shot on locations as well as in the studio, together with animation, special effects and library footage.
The band members themselves appear in a number of different guises in the conceptual sequences, with Ian Anderson adopting such diverse roles as Aqualung, the music hero of a previous album, and Dracula.
All in all, it’s a unique show and probably one of the most adventurous music specials ever made.


Songs: Black Sunday, Dun Ringil, Flylingdale Flyer, Songs From the Wood, Heavy Horses, Sweet Dream, Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Toll, Too Young to Die, Skating Away, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath.

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