Saturday, August 17, 2013

VHS Index: Revenge of the Living Zombies (Magnum Entertainment)




Distributor Info
Title: Revenge of the Living Zombies
Distr: Magnum Entertainment
Cat #: 3184
Case: Slipcase
Year: 1989

Movie Info
Orig. Title: Flesh Eater
Director: Bill Hinzman
Year: 1988
Country: USA
Genre: Horror
Subgenre: Zombie/Splatter

"WE WILL EAT YOUR HEART OUT!"


Box Synopsis:
           "Just when you thought the dead were buried...
           Experience your most dreadful nightmare become reality as an innocent outdoor sleep-over becomes an endless night of sheer terror! Eddie and eight of his friends planned to spend one night on Spencer's farm. What they hadn't planned on was falling prey to the flesh-hungry 'undead'! As the blood spills and the body count climbs, so do the odds against the survivors as each murdered victim rises again to feed on the helpless living."






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Friday, August 9, 2013

VHS Index: American Commandos (Lightning Video)




Distributor Info
Title: American Commandos
Distr: Lightning Video
Cat #: LA 9938
Case: Slipcase
Year: 1986

Movie Info
Orig. Title: American Commandos
Director: Bobby A. Suarez
Year: 1986
Country: USA/Philippines
Genre: Action
Subgenre: Revenge/Warsploitation

"RAGE FOR JUSTICE"


Box Synopsis:
           "All the fiery action of RAMBO...all the vengeance of DEATH WISH come raging together in AMERICAN COMMANDO. Robert Mitchum's son Christopher Mitchum and John Phillip Law (TARZAN THE APE MAN) star as wartime buddies brought back together for a new kind of war.
           Dean Mitchell (MITCHUM), an ex-Green Beret, accidentally kills a dope pusher. When word hits the street, a ruthless gang of junkies raids Mitchell's home -- they kill his son and rape his wife. The police have no clues but Mitchell stalks down the junkies one by one and kills them. The Federal Government has been watching Mitchell -- they realize he is the perfect man for their secret mission in the Far East. Mitchell rounds up his old Vietnam platoon and together they return to Vietnam -- this time for a different battle -- a war on drugs!
           When you want fast action and ultimate revenge -- get AMERICAN COMMANDOS."






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Thursday, August 1, 2013

VHS Index: Suspiria [R-rated version] (Magnum Entertainment)




Distributor Info
Title: Suspiria (R-rated version)
Distr: Magnum Entertainment
Cat #: 3203
Case: Slipcase
Year: 1988

Movie Info
Orig. Title: Suspiria
Director: Dario Argento
Year: 1977
Country: Italy
Genre: Horror
Subgenre: Occult

"The only thing more terrifying than the last 10 minutes of this film are the first 90!"


Box Synopsis:
           "Considered by many to be one of the most terrifying and stylized horror films of our time, SUSPIRIA is a sure-bet to keep you glued to the edge of your seat with all the lights on.
           Jessica Harper (MY FAVORITE YEAR, STARDUST MEMORIES and PENNIES FROM HEAVEN) stars as Susy Banyon, an American student who has enrolled in a German dance academy. On the very night she arrives, two of the students are brutally murdered in a scene likened to the shower murder in PSYCHO. It soon becomes apparent that this is only the beginning of what is perhaps the most terrifying nightmare ever created on film."






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VHS Index: The Emerald Jungle (Continental Video)




Distributor Info
Title: The Emerald Jungle
Distr: Continental Video
Cat #: 1068
Case: Big Box
Year: 1986

Movie Info
Orig. Title: Mangiati vivi!
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Year: 1980
Country: Italy
Genre: Horror/Adventure
Subgenre: Cannibals/Splatter

"Caught in the Jungle Between a Sadistic Sex-Cult Guru and a Tribe of Flesh-Hungry Cannibals!"


Box Synopsis:
           "Emerald Jungle is the story of a beautiful young woman who is lured into joining a 'mystical' cult in a remote jungle. Her sister becomes concerned after not hearing from her, and hires a rugged, jack-of-all-trades adventurer to accompany her on a search to the jungle.
           Once in the forbidding wilderness, they realize that the jungle belongs to a tribe of fierce cannibals who eat their victims alive! They are relieved to finally discover the cult encampment -- until they learn the truth about the cult.
           The evilly charismatic cult leader drugs all his followers and holds them captive. The women are forced to submit to bizarre sexual rituals and are hypnotically drugged into a state of stupor. The flesh hungry cannibals surrounding the camp prevent escape.
           Both girls have become sex slaves to the cult leader, but the adventurer has successfully resisted the drugs and leads a small group of women - including the two sisters - out into the jungle.
           Immediately, several women are captured by the cannibals, cut into pieces, and eaten. These scenes are so graphically detailed that you will wonder how they could have been filmed so convincingly.
           Finally, only two people from the escape party remain and they decide that suicide is a fate preferable to being eaten alive, until..."






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