Category: Thriller

WarGames

WarGames VHS cover art. Movie starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy. With Michael Madsen, Maury Chaykin, William H. Macy, Michael Ensign, Barry Corbin, James Tolkan. Directed by John Badham. 1983.

WarGames on VHS. Starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy. With Michael Madsen, Maury Chaykin, William H. Macy, Michael Ensign, Barry Corbin, James Tolkan. Directed by John Badham. 1983.

From the box:

When computer “hacker” David Lightman unwittingly taps into the Defense Department’s master war computer, he triggers a game that no one can win: World War III. It’s up to David and his girlfriend — along with a wizardly computer genius played by Tony Award-winner John Wood — to stop this nuclear Armageddon.

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Airport 1975

Airport 1975 VHS cover art. Movie starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair, Dana Andrews, Roy Thinnes, Sid Caesar, Myrna Loy, Ed Nelson, Nancy Olson, Jerry Stiller, Norman Fell, Conrad Janis, Linda Harrison, Erik Estrada. Directed by Jack Smight. 1974.

Airport 1975 on VHS. Starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair, Dana Andrews, Roy Thinnes, Sid Caesar, Myrna Loy, Ed Nelson, Nancy Olson, Jerry Stiller, Norman Fell, Conrad Janis, Linda Harrison, Erik Estrada. Directed by Jack Smight. 1974.

From the box:

Star-studded cast trapped in a plunging airplane… And only a death-defying rescue mission can save them!

Columbia Airlines’ flight 409, piloted by Captain Stacy, is on its way from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles when it is struck by a small plane, leaving a gaping hole in the nose of the giant aircraft. Stacy is critically injured and his co-pilot killed, forcing chief stewardess Nancy Pryor to take the controls. Back on the ground, a daring rescue mission is planned: former jet pilot Alan Murdoch is to be lowered from a helicopter into the yawning hole of the 747 to land it safely.

It’s a treacherous mission and one of the most spectacular stunts ever filmed!

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Airport

Airport VHS cover art. Movie starring Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson, Dana Wynter, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Hale. Directed by George Seaton, Henry Hathaway. Based on the novel by Arthur Hailey. 1970.

Airport on VHS. Starring Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson, Dana Wynter, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Hale. Directed by George Seaton, Henry Hathaway. Based on the novel by Arthur Hailey. 1970.

From the box:

A Ross Hunter Production

Take a nonstop flight with an all-star cast to a world of tension-filled human drama in this trend-setting box office blockbuster. Based on Arthur Hailey’s runaway bestseller, the emotion-charged adventure stars Burt Lancaster as the manager of a glamorous international airport who must juggle personal crises with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard torn facility open to rescue a bomb-damaged jetliner.

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Millennium

Millennium VHS cover art. Movie starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti. With Robert Joy, Lloyd Bochner, Maury Chaykin. Directed by Michael Anderson. 1989.

Millennium on VHS. Starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti. With Robert Joy, Lloyd Bochner, Maury Chaykin. Directed by Michael Anderson. 1989.

From the box:

The people aboard Flight 35 are about to land 1000 years from where they planned to.

MILLENNIUM

WE’VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU

Time travel, the fate of air disaster victims and the future of mankind provide the thrilling ingredients for MILLENNIUM. In this on-the-edge-of-your-set sci-fi thriller, Bill Smith (Kris Kristofferson), chief investigator of the NTSB, is sifting through wreckage of two jumbo jets involved in a midair collision when he uncovers a strange alien device amid the rubble. What is it? Where did it come from?

His questions are answered when he meets Louise (Cheryl Ladd), a woman from the future whose do-or-die mission is to travel back in time and recover the lost “stunner.” Is she running out of time? Will Bill Smith’s knowledge of the future jeopardize the course of history? Is the future of mankind now a thing of the past? One thing’s for sure… the suspense never lets up.

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Air Force One

Air Force One VHS cover art. Movie starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close. With Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. 1997.

Air Force One on VHS. Starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close. With Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. 1997.

From the box:

“Breathtaking, gripping, nail biting, edge-of-your-seat entertainment!” Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Glenn Close star in two-time Oscar nominee Wolfgang Petersen’s gripping thriller about an uncompromising U.S. President who has just told the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world’s most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision-give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country’s dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow VHS cover art. Movie starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci. With Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lee. Directed by Tim Burton. 1999.

Sleepy Hollow on VHS. Starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci. With Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lee. Directed by Tim Burton. 1999.

From the box:

A Tim Burton Film

Master storyteller Tim Burton weaves an eerie, enchanting version of this classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci is Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror.

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