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The Hunt For Red October

The Hunt For Red October VHS cover art. Movie starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin. With Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Gates McFadden, Tim Curry. Directed by John McTiernan. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1990.

The Hunt For Red October on VHS. Starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin. With Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Gates McFadden, Tim Curry. Directed by John McTiernan. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1990.

From the box:

A new, technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery). The American government think Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Alec Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it–because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on!

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Falling Down

Falling Down VHS cover art. Movie starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall. With Barbara Hershey, Tuesday Weld, Rachel Ticotin, Frederic Forrest. Directed by Joel Schumacher. 1993.

Falling Down on VHS. Starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall. With Barbara Hershey, Tuesday Weld, Rachel Ticotin, Frederic Forrest. Directed by Joel Schumacher. 1993.

From the box:

The freeways are clogged. Terror stalks our cities. And at shops and restaurants, the customer is seldom right. The pressures of big-city life can anger everyone. But Bill Foster is more than angry. He’s slipping over the edge. And ready to get even.

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Foul Play

Foul Play VHS cover art. Movie starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith. With Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche, Dudley Moore. Written and directed by Colin Higgins. 1978.

Foul Play on VHS. Starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith. With Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche, Dudley Moore. Written and directed by Colin Higgins. 1978.

From the box:

“Beware of the Dwarf”, whispers the hitchhiker to the beautiful librarian (Goldie Hawn) as he dies midway through a screening of This Gun Is Mine. Suddenly Hawn is propelled into a world of wild chases, bizarre attempts on her life, and deadly encounters with an assortment of weird underworld characters. Academy Award winner Hawn teams with Chevy Chase (in his first starring motion picture assignment) — and with hilarious results. Chase plays the handsome San Francisco detective who becomes personally and professionally involved with all the odd things happening to Hawn. Costarring a pre-Arthur Dudley Moore in one of his most delightful comic turns.

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Enemy Of The State

Enemy Of The State VHS cover art. Movie starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight. With Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Jamie Kennedy, Jack Black. Directed by Tony Scott. 1998.

Enemy Of The State on VHS. Starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight. With Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Jamie Kennedy, Jack Black. Directed by Tony Scott. 1998.

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Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith) is a successful Washington, D.C. attorney who–without his knowledge–is given a video that ties a top official of the National Security Agency (Jon Voight) to a political murder! Instantly, every aspect of Dean’s once-normal life is targeted by a lethal team of skilled NSA surveillance operatives, who wage a relentless, ultrahigh-tech campaign to discredit him and retrieve the incriminating evidence!

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Fade To Black

Fade to Black VHS cover art. Movie starring Dennis Christopher. With Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton, Linda Kerridge, Morgan Paull, James Luisi, Eve Brent, Mickey Rourke. Directed by Vernon Zimmerman. 1980.

Fade to Black on VHS. Starring Dennis Christopher. With Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton, Linda Kerridge, Morgan Paull, James Luisi, Eve Brent, Mickey Rourke. Directed by Vernon Zimmerman. 1980.

From the box:

Eric Binford delivers film cassettes and supplies in Los Angeles, but exists only to see movies and immerse himself in trivia and fantasies about cinematic characters and stars. Frequently bullied and betrayed, Eric is gripped by homicidal rage and launches a series of grotesque murders, all patterned after characters and incidents from his beloved movies.

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John Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13

John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 VHS cover art. Movie starring Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Kim Richards. With Henry Brandon, Peter Bruni, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers, Frank Doubleday. Written, directed and music by John Carpenter. 1976.

John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 on VHS. Starring Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Kim Richards. With Henry Brandon, Peter Bruni, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers, Frank Doubleday. Written, directed and music by John Carpenter. 1976.

From the box:

Los Angeles. The Ghetto. Four gang members swear a Blood Oath of Vengeance after a brutal police ambush.

Precinct 13 comes under siege as hordes of gang members erupt in an all out war. Blood is spilled as numbers of the force dwindle. A second onslaught is underway and prisoners are released to help defend the station and their lives. Down to their last bullets they make a last ditch effort against the nearly invisible evil marauders who will bring the building and all inside to certain destruction.

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Dead End City

Dead End City on VHS. Starring Dennis Cole, Robert Z'Dar, Gregory Scott Cummins, Christine Lunde. Directed by Peter Yuval. 1988.

Dead End City on VHS. Starring Dennis Cole, Robert Z’Dar, Gregory Scott Cummins, Christine Lunde. Directed by Peter Yuval. 1988.

From the box:

A million people, a dozen gangs, and only one law: SURVIVAL!

It’s an urban nightmare come true in Dead End City, as gang warfare rules the streets. Dennis Cole (Pretty Smart) plays a corrupt police officer who allows the gang led by Robert Z’Dar (Maniac Cop) to terrorize the city.

Jack Murphy (Greg Cummins) is a street-tough resident who won’t be bullied. He organizes a vigilante resistance force and prepares to fight for control of the city. Battling against the gang’s non-stop beatings, gunfire and explosions, Murphy leads his guerrilla troop into the sewer tunnels for one, last, futile attempt.

“Colors” meets “Deathwish” …there’s no way out of DEAD END CITY!

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