Category: Thriller

Volcano

Volcano VHS cover art. Movie starring Tommy Lee Jones. With Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim, Keith David. Directed by Mick Jackson. 1997.

Volcano on VHS. Starring Tommy Lee Jones. With Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim, Keith David. Directed by Mick Jackson. 1997.

From the box:

The Coast Is Toast.

“YOU’LL HAVE A HELL-LAVA TIME!”
— Time

“THIS IS THE VOLCANO MOVIE TO SEE!”
— Pat Collins, WWOR-TV

Quakes. Riots. Mudslides. Los Angeles has seen it all… almost. Get set for nonstop action, searing suspense and explosive special effects when Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones stars in “The first great action film of the year!” (Matt Levitz, Syndicated Radio).

Something unspeakably chilling is heating up The City of Angels. Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano has formed, raining a storm of deadly fire bombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned city. Experience the pulse-pounding thrills as the dream capital of the world erupts into the stuff nightmares are made of.

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High Anxiety

High Anxiety VHS cover art. Movie starring Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman. With Dick Van Patten, Barry Levinson, Jack Riley, Charlie Callas. Directed by Mel Brooks. 1977.

High Anxiety on VHS. Starring Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman. With Dick Van Patten, Barry Levinson, Jack Riley, Charlie Callas. Directed by Mel Brooks. 1977.

From the box:

A Psycho-Comedy

Ray Berwick, the same man who trained thousands of birds for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movie, “The Birds,” one of the actual pictures Brooks is spoofing, also trained the 200 pigeons who pursue and attack Mel in “High Anxiety.”

Mel Brooks’ renowned spoof of the most famous Hitchcockian classics — “Vertigo,” “The Birds,” “Psycho” and “Spellbound” — is one of his most outrageous comedy classics. After a Harvard psychiatrist (Brooks) takes over the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, he realizes that his predecessor died under suspicious circumstances. When events take a murderous turn, he is accused of the crime and left with a full blown case of High Anxiety.

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Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction VHS cover art. Movie starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson. With Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Ving Rhames, Peter Greene, Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel, Maria de Medeiros. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. 1994.

Pulp Fiction on VHS. Starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson. With Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Ving Rhames, Peter Greene, Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel, Maria de Medeiros. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. 1994.

From the box:

Special Academy Edition

Letterbox Version

From imdb (box is Academy Awards Screener Copy with no description):

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

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GoodFellas

GoodFellas VHS cover art. Movie starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci. With Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Debi Mazar, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Michael Imperioli, Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Gallo. Directed by Martin Scorsese. 1990.

GoodFellas on VHS. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci. With Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Debi Mazar, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Michael Imperioli, Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Gallo. Directed by Martin Scorsese. 1990.

From the box:

Three Decades Of Life In The Mafia.

When Martin Scorsese, one of the world’s most skillful and respected directors, reunited with two-time Oscar-winner Robert De Niro in GoodFellas, the result was one of the most powerful films of the year. Based on the true-life best seller Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi and backed by a dynamic pop/rock oldies soundtrack, critics and filmgoers alike declared GoodFellas great. It was named 1990’s best film by the New York, Los Angeles and National Society of Film Critics. And it earned six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Robert De Niro received wide recognition for his performance as veteran criminal Jimmy “The Gent” Conway. And as the volatile Tommy DeVito, Joe Pesci walked off with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Academy Award nominee Lorraine Bracco, Ray Liotta and Paul Sorvino also turned in electrifying performances.

You have to see it to believe it — then watch it again. GoodFellas explores the criminal life like no other movie.

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Dark City

Dark City VHS cover art. Movie starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly. With William Hurt, Richard O'Brien. Directed by Alex Proyas. 1998.

Dark City on VHS. Starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly. With William Hurt, Richard O’Brien. Directed by Alex Proyas. 1998.

From the box:

They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night one of us went off.

When John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell, Dangerous Beauty) awakens in a strange hotel room, he finds that he is wanted for a series of brutal murders. The problem is he can’t remember a thing. Pursued by the police and haunted by the Strangers, mysterious beings who possess the ability to stop time and alter reality, he seeks to unravel the twisted riddle of his identity. But in a city where reality is the ultimate illusion, discovering the truth could be fatal.

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The Puppet Masters

The Puppet Masters VHS cover art. Movie starring Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner. With Keith David, Will Patton, Yaphet Kotto. From a Robert A. Heinlein novel. Directed by Stuart Orme. 1994.

The Puppet Masters on VHS. Starring Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner. With Keith David, Will Patton, Yaphet Kotto. From a Robert A. Heinlein novel. Directed by Stuart Orme. 1994.

From the box:

Donald Sutherland leads a team of top-level government agents who make a chilling discovery: extraterrestrial beings have landed and are quickly taking control of the residents of a small midwestern town — manipulating their bodies and minds like puppets! Forced with an escalating crisis as the creatures multiply and spread, the team must somehow eliminate the seemingly unstoppable aliens.

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Ocean’s Eleven

Ocean's Eleven VHS cover art. Movie starring George Clooney, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon. With Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Carl Reiner. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. 2001.

Ocean’s Eleven on VHS. Starring George Clooney, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon. With Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Carl Reiner. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. 2001.

From the box:

The plan is set. The rules are clear. If all goes right for Danny Ocean’s grifters, the payoff is $150 million. Divided by 11. You do the math.

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Felicia’s Journey

Felicia's Journey VHS cover art. Movie starring Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Arsinée Khanjian. Directed by Atom Egoyan. 1999.

Felicia’s Journey on VHS. Starring Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Arsinée Khanjian. Directed by Atom Egoyan. 1999.

From the box:

“The richest, most provocative serial killer movie in cinema history.” — Kenneth M. Charles, Newark Star Ledger

Joseph Hilditch is an eccentric chef who lives in a large country manor. He befriends a young woman named Felicia who has come to town searching for her boyfriend. Felicia is attracted to the seemingly harmless and extremely helpful Hilditch, trusting him, entering his home — and his life — only to discover too late that she is not the first woman this man has taken in — although she may be the last.

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Urban Legend

Urban Legend VHS cover art. Movie starring Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart. With Tara Reid, Michael Rosenbaum, Joshua Jackson, Loretta Devine, John Neville, Robert Englund. Directed by Jamie Blanks. 1998.

Urban Legend on VHS. Starring Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart. With Tara Reid, Michael Rosenbaum, Joshua Jackson, Loretta Devine, John Neville, Robert Englund. Directed by Jamie Blanks. 1998.

From the box:

It happened to someone who knows someone you know… You’re next.

What you don’t believe can kill you.

When New England college student Natalie finds herself at the center of a series of sadistic murders seemingly inspired by urban legends, she resolves to find the truth about Pendleton’s own legend–a twenty-five-year-old story of a student massacre at the hands of an abnormal Psych professor. As the fraternities prepare to celebrate the macabre anniversary, Natalie discovers that she is the focus of the crazed killer’s intentions in the ultimate urban legend–the story of her own horrific murder.

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Raw Nerve

Raw Nerve on VHS. Movie starring Glenn Ford, Sandahl Bergman, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Ted Prior, Traci Lords, Jan-Michael Vincent. Directed by David A. Prior. 1991.

Raw Nerve on VHS. Movie starring Glenn Ford, Sandahl Bergman, Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb, Ted Prior, Traci Lords, Jan-Michael Vincent. Directed by David A. Prior. 1991.

From the box:

No Clues! No Motives! No End To The Madness!

Seven women murdered in ten days! The public is panicked and the police are desperate for clues. But, when race car driver, Jimmy Clayton (Ted Prior), has psychic visions of the hideous crimes, Police Captain Gavin (Glenn Ford) and Detective Ellis (Jan-Michael Vincent) dismiss him as insane.

Only a sultry reporter (Sandahl Bergman) believes the anguished Clayton. Their torrid love affair temporarily distracts him, but, soon the visions are back with a vengeance. Only this time the murder he “sees” is his very own sister, Gina (Traci Lords)! Unraveling this bizarre mystery could be the biggest story of the beautiful reporter’s life… if she lives to tell about it.

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