Jaws of Satan

Jaws of Satan on VHS video. Starring Fritz Weaver, Gretchen Corbett, Jon Korkes. Directed by Bob Claver. 1981.

Jaws of Satan on VHS video. Starring Fritz Weaver, Gretchen Corbett, Jon Korkes. Directed by Bob Claver. 1981.

From the box:

Something you wouldn’t dare to imagine… is alive.

In this supernatural thriller, Father Thomas Farrow is a small town priest whose family was cursed many years ago for persecuting the Druids.

Now, after these many years, the ancient curse comes back to life in the form of a huge and deadly king cobra, which turns out to be the embodiment of Satan. Father Farrow’s town soon suffers from a series of fatal snake attacks, which are hushed up by the mayor and local business people in order to preserve the valuable tourist trade.

Farrow, whose faith is shaken to the core, decides that he must personally lead the fight against this intruder from hell. Aiding in his struggle are a famous reptile expert and the town’s leading doctor.

Be prepared for a chilling battle with unknown dangers from another time, another world!

Available on VHS: Jaws of Satan [VHS]

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Strangeland

Dee Snider's StrangeLand on VHS. Starring Kevin Gage, Elizabeth Peña, Brett Harrelson, Robert Englund, Linda Cardellini, Dee Snider. Written by Dee Snider. Directed by John Pieplow. 1998.

Dee Snider’s StrangeLand on VHS. Starring Kevin Gage, Elizabeth Peña, Brett Harrelson, Robert Englund, Linda Cardellini, Dee Snider. Written by Dee Snider. Directed by John Pieplow. 1998.

From the box:

Let The Ritual Begin

[obscured by label]… the glow of the screen illuminates his heavily pierced tattoo-stained face as his fingers dance nimbly across the keyboard… searching, hunting.

His computer handle is Captain Howdy, and he surfs the local chat rooms for young female prey. Girls like Genevieve and Tiana, who mysteriously vanish after an online conversation with the cunning cyber-predator. Detective Mike Gage has a personal stake in the case–Genevieve is his daughter.

When Tiana’s corpse — tortured, pierced and scarred — is discovered in the river, Gage realizes that time is running out for Genevieve. Taking sadistic delight is Gage’s desperation, Captain Howdy sends the detective a series of taunting e-mails. challenging him to a deadly online game of cat and house, and drawing him into his “modern primitive” world — a strangle land of fetish bars, S&M, body modification and goth-rock.

DVD upgrade: StrangeLand

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The Haunted Palace

The Haunted Palace on VHS. Sealed. Starring Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr. Named after the poem by Edgar Allen Poe and based on the story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" by H.P. Lovecraft. Directed by Roger Corman. 1963.

The Haunted Palace on VHS. Starring Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr. Named after the poem by Edgar Allen Poe and based on the story “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” by H.P. Lovecraft. Directed by Roger Corman. 1963.

From the sealed VHS box:

A Warlock’s Home Is His Castle… Forever!

A perversely evil 18th century warlock who — after placing a curse on the village women, resulting in a progeny of mutant children — is burned by the townspeople at the stake. A century after the human barbecue, the warlock’s great, great grandson returns to the family castle where he falls under Gramps’ ghost’s spell… beginning the evil all over again!

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Lovecraft: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward







Bride of the Monster

Bride of the Monster on VHS. Starring Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy, Loretta King, Harvey B. Dunn. Directed by Edward D. Wood Jr. 1955.

Bride of the Monster on VHS. Starring Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy, Loretta King, Harvey B. Dunn. Directed by Edward D. Wood Jr. 1955.

From the VHS box:

It’ll Make Your Skin Crawl!

Bela Lugosi is featured in his last speaking role as a mad scientist who tries to harness atomic energy into the creation of super beings. Together with his sidekick slave Lobo he finds a willing bride for his monster (sensitively portrayed by a rubber octopus found rotting on a back lot, without its motor) in the person of a nosey girl reporter.

Good eventually defeats evil in a hysterical chase through the marshes as Lugosi (or his stand in, looking nothing like Lugosi) is eaten alive by his own “monster.”

There are loads of laughs in store as you watch Lugosi literally wrapping the octopus’ tentacles around him, vainly trying to give the impression of life to an otherwise flabby, inactive stage prop.

The film was financed by cattle rancher Donald McCoy under two conditions: 1) that his son Tony would star in the movie and 2) that Wood would make a powerful anti-nuke statement with the film. The results of this “deal” make the movie much more hilarious, keeping the Wood legacy of stiff acting and endless pontification continuing.

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Warlock: The Armageddon

Warlock: The Armageddon on VHS. Horror fantasy movie starring Julian Sands, Chris Young, Paula Marshall. Directed by Anthony Hickox. 1993.

Warlock: The Armageddon on VHS. Starring Julian Sands, Chris Young, Paula Marshall. Directed by Anthony Hickox. 1993.

From the VHS box:

When he comes… all Hell breaks loose.

He’s back and meaner than ever! Satan’s only son, the “Warlock,” is plotting even greater mayhem in this spine-tingling, pulse pounding shocker! The Warlock’s single goal is to free his father from the fiery chains that imprison him and unleash Satan’s wrath upon the world. The only ones who can prevent complete world destruction are two warriors who alone possess the supernatural powers to challenge the Warlock… and stop the inevitable Armageddon. they must outsmart and defeat the Warlock before the prophesied eclipse, sending Satan and his son back to Hell.

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Maniac Cop

Maniac Cop on VHS. Starring Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith, Robert Z'Dar, Sheree North. Directed by William Lustig. 1988.

Maniac Cop on VHS. Starring Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith, Robert Z’Dar, Sheree North. Directed by William Lustig. 1988.

From the VHS cover:

You Have The Right To Remain Silent… Forever.

New York City is terrorized by a series of brutal mutilation murders. The public is outraged, because it’s discovered that the killer is a cop! Innocent policemen are killed by the panic-stricken public. The city is in an uproar. Will New York rid itself of this deadly menace.. MANIAC COP?

DVD upgrade: Maniac Cop (Special Edition)



The Day Of The Triffids

The Day of the Triffids on VHS. Starring Howard Keel, Kieron Moore, Janette Scott, Nicole Maurey. Based on the novel by John Wyndham. Directed by Steve Sekely. 1962.

The Day of the Triffids on VHS. Starring Howard Keel, Kieron Moore, Janette Scott, Nicole Maurey. Based on the novel by John Wyndham. Directed by Steve Sekely. 1962.

From the VHS cover:

BEWARE THE TRIFFIDS… they grow…know…walk…stalk… and KILL!

Stay inside and lock the doors for The Day Of The Triffids is coming! For reasons unexplained by science, hundreds of meteorites begin to fall to Earth and blind those who witness the phenomenon. The few who retain their sight are horrified to encounter dandelion-like fluff known as triffids. These triffids multiply and grow into man-eating plants that begin to march on civilization, destroying everyone in their path. Join four survivors of the terrifying onslaught of triffids as they search for a means of destroying the menacing plants.

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Candyman

Candyman on VHS. Horror movie starring Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons. Based on "The Forbidden" by Clive Barker. Directed by Bernard Rose. 1992.

Candyman on VHS. Starring Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons. Based on “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker. Directed by Bernard Rose. 1992.

From the VHS cover:

Stand in front of the mirror, turn off the light, and chant the word “Candyman” five times. Then he’ll appear behind you… if you believe.

A children’s ghost story comes to terrifying life in this gut-wrenching thriller about a graduate student whose research into modern folklore summons the spirit of the dead. Helen Lyle laughs when she interviews college freshman about their superstitions. But when she hears about Candyman, a slave spirit with a hook hand who is said to haunt Chicago’s notorious Cabrini-Green housing project, she thinks she has a new twist for this thesis. Braving the gang-ridden territory to visit the site of a brutal murder, Helen arrogantly assumes Candyman can’t really exist… until he appears, igniting a string of terrifying, tragic slayings. But the police don’t believe in monsters, and they charge Helen with the grisly crimes. And only one person can set her free. Candyman.

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The soundtrack: Philip Glass : The Music of Candyman







Progeny

Progeny on VHS. Horror movie starring Arnold Vosloo, Jillian McWhirter, Brad Dourif. Directed by Brian Yuzna. 1998.

Progeny on VHS. Horror movie starring Arnold Vosloo, Jillian McWhirter, Brad Dourif. Directed by Brian Yuzna. 1998.

From the box:

Evil in a Bottle

Their dreamchild turned into a nightmare.

After hoping and praying Craig and Sherry Burton’s dream of having a baby just came true. But it’s nothing like they expected. Because this baby is definitely not of this world. Fearing the worst, Craig teams up with alien abduction expert Bert Clavell to unravel the truth. Through hypnosis, they discover in horrific detail that Sherry was impregnated by aliens. Now the only way to save themselves is to face the terror within. The impossible cannot be denied when you feel it inside you.

DVD upgrade: Progeny



Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things on VHS. Starring Alan Ormsby, Jane Daly, Valerie Mamches, Jeffrey Gillen, Anya Ormsby, Paul Cronin, Seth Sklarey. Directed by Bob Clark. 1973.

Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things on VHS. Starring Alan Ormsby, Jane Daly, Valerie Mamches, Jeffrey Gillen, Anya Ormsby, Paul Cronin, Seth Sklarey. Directed by Bob Clark. 1973.

From the VHS clamshell box cover:

You’re Invited To Orville’s “Coming-Out” Party… It’ll Be A Scream!!!

A group of five young actors, led by their decidedly bizarre director, Alan (Alan Ormsby), go to an abandoned burial island somewhere off the east coast to act out a satanic rite with a freshly exhumed corpse named Orville. The “children,” as Alan calls them, don’t believe the ritual ceremony to raise the dead will work, and they return to their cottage to play party games with Orville. Little do they know, the dead things follow, driven by a supernatural force and hungry for revenge.

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