Phantom Of The Opera (1989)

Title: Phantom Of The Opera

Box Tagline: N/A

Starring: Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen, Bill Nighy, Alex Hyde-White, Terrence Harvey

Directed By: Dwight H. Little

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 1989

VHS Release Year: 1990

Distributor: Columbia Pictures Home Video

Box Type: Slipcase

Catalog #: 77013
Previews/Trailers: (1) Leatherface:Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

Captured (1999)

Title: Captured

Box Tagline: Evil Is In The Driver's Seat.

Starring: Nick Mancuso, Andrew Divoff, Linda Hoffman, Seth Peterson, Michael Mahonen

Directed By: Peter Liapis

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 1998

VHS Release Year: 1999

Distributor: b'heivjə(r) Distribution

Box Type: Slipcase

Catalog #: 99046

Previews/Trailers: N/A

Idents: (1) Warning Screen (English/French); (2) Image Organization (Logo Ident)

Last Updated: Feb. 9, 2014

She (1983)

Title: She

Box Tagline: Sandahl Begman Tempted Conan And Now She Is Ready To Take On The World!

Starring: Sandahl Bergman (Conan The Barbarian), David Goss (Armed Response), Quin Kessler (Modern Girls); David Brandon (Stage Fright)

Directed By: Avi Nesher

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Post Apocalyptic, Sword And Sorcery

Release Year: 1983

VHS Release Year: 1986 (Reissue)

Distributor: Lightning Video

Box Type: Slipcase

Catalog #: LA 9925

Previews/Trailers: (1) Yellow Hair And The Fortress Of Gold (1984); (2) The Dungeonmaster (AKA Ragewar) (1984) (These Two Trailers Follow The Feature)

Idents/Logos: (1) A Release Of Lightning Video (Address Text Screen); (2) Warning Screen; (3) Lightning Video Logo Ident;  (4) Text Screen featuring "If You  Enjoyed This Entertainment A Preview Of Other Lightning  Video Films Appears At The End Of This Tape"; (5) MMI (Muller Media, Inc. Television Distribution Ident Logo; After the trailers that follow the feature are...(6) Text Screen with the "For More Information Write to Lightning Video..."; (7) Lightning Video Logo Ident (Closes Tape) 

Other VHS Releases: Live Home Video (1989)

Last Updated: Feb. 10, 2014

The Manhattan Project:The Deadly Game (1986)

Title: The Manhattan Project: The Deadly Game

Box Tagline: N/A

Starring: John Lithgow (Harry & The Hendersons), Cynthia Nixon (Amadeus, Sex & The City), Christopher Collet (Sleepaway Camp), Jill Eikenberry (L.A. Law), Timothy Carhart (Thelma & Louise), John Mahoney (Say Anything, Frasier)

Directed By: Marshall Brickman

Genre: Thriller, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 1986

VHS Release Year: 1986

Distributor: HBO Cannon Video

Box Type: Hard Plastic Clam shell

Catalog #: TVA 3907

Previews/Trailers: N/A
Idents: 1.FBI Warning; 2. HBO Cannon Video; 3. Cannon; 4. Gladden Entertainment Corporation
Other VHS Reissues: HBO Home Video (Slipcase), Republic Home Video (1998)

Night Angel (1990)

Title: Night Angel

Box Tagline: An Ancient Evil Has Awakened And Lust Is Her Lifeforce...

Starring: Isa Andersen, Linden Ashby, Debra Feuer, Helen Martin, Karen Black

Directed By: Dominique Othenin-Girard

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 1990

VHS Release Year: 1990

Distributor: Fries Home Video

Box Type: Slipcase

Catalog #: 96000

Previews/Trailers: Pucker Up And Bark Like A Dog (1990) (Follows the feature)

Swamp Thing (1982)

Title: Swamp Thing

Box Tagline: Science Made Him Into Monster. Loved Changed Him Even More!

Starring: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, Dick Durock

Directed By: Wes Craven

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 1982

VHS Release Year: 1986

Distributor: Embassy Home Entertainment

Box Type: Slipcase

Catalog #: 1605

Previews/Trailers: N/A

1986 cardboard slipcase reissued by Embassy Home Entertainment.

The "Gold" Embassy Home Entertainment Ident precedes the feature. The FBI warning appears after the end credits.

Like all North American VHS releases, this is the U.S. theatrical version without the extra footage of Adrienne Barbeau's nude bathing scene.

Contains no previews/trailers.

Other versions of Swamp thing on VHS are the original 1982 Embassy clamshell (With the white Embassy ident preceding the feature), and the 2000 MGM Movietime reissue from MGM Home Entertainment. I do not own the 2000 MGM Movietime release but I'm assuming MGM used the extended International cut that they used for the DVD release that features the longer Adrienne Barbeau nude bathing scene.

Last updated: Sept. 28, 2015

Space Mutiny (1988)

Title: Space Mutiny (A.K.A.Mutiny In Space)
Box Tagline: There is nowhere to hide from the enemy within!
Starring: Reb Brown, Cissy Cameron, John Philip Law, James Ryan, Cameron Mitchell
Directed By: David Winters & Neal Sundstrom
Genre: Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1988
VHS Release Year: 1989
Distributor: AIP Home Video Inc./Nova Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: A-7004
Previews/Trailers: N/A
Extras: N/A

Released in 1989 by AIP Studios and distributed exclusively in Canada by Nova Home Video.

Film is also known as "Mutiny In Space".

Gained fame from being featured on a Nov. 1997 episode of Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

The space battle scenes are stock footage special effects from the 70's TV series, "Battlestar Galactica".

Features no trailers.

The Nova Home Video logo appears on the cassette sticker label but not on the box.

Conquest Of The Earth (1981)

Title: Conquest Of The Earth
Box Tagline: N/A
Starring: Lorne Greene, Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke, Robyn Douglass, Wolfman Jack
Directed By: Sidney Hayers, Sigmund Neufeld, Jr., Barry Crane
Genre: Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1981
VHS Release Year: 1982
Distributor: MCA Videocassette Inc.
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 66041
Previews/Trailers: N/A
Extras: N/A

Released in 1982 by MCA Videocassette Inc.

This is an edited telefilm featuring a few minutes of new footage as well as the "Galactica 1980" episodes, "Galactica Discovers Earth" and "The Night The Cylons Ended", and the original series episode, "The Young Lords".

Some music was rescored for this home video version.

The MCA Videocassette Inc. ident precedes the feature.

This telefilm was reissued a few times from MCA/Universal Home Video, notably in 1988 and 1990. 

Like most MCA and Later Universal Home Video releases, Canadian versions featured a "MCA Videocassette Canada" sticker covering the U.S. legal info on the back of the box as to not have to manufacture new boxes for each country.

Battlestar Galactica: The Magnificent Warriors (1978)

Title: Battlestar Galactica: The Magnificent Warriors
Box Tagline: N/A
Starring: Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Lorne Greene, Noah Hathaway, Brett Somers, Rance Howard
Directed By: Christian I. Nyby II
Genre: Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1978
VHS Release Year: 1991
Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 80236
Previews/Trailers: N/A
Extras: N/A

Released in 1991 by MCA/Universal Home Video.

Features "The Magnificent Warriors", episode 8 of the 1978-79 TV series, "Battlestar Galactica", which originally aired November 12, 1978.

This is one of the most comedic and lighthearted episodes of the original series, mainly due to Brett Somers as Siress Belloby. Somers was a regular on the game show, Match Game.

The MCA Home Video ident precedes the feature.

Last updated: Feb. 9, 2014

Battlestar Galactica: The Lost Warrior (1978)

Title: Battlestar Galactica: The Lost Warrior
Box Tagline: N/A
Starring: Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Lorne Greene, Johnny Timko, Katherine Cannon, Rex Cutter
Directed By: Rod Holcomb
Genre: Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1978
VHS Release Year: 1990
Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 80235
Previews/Trailers: N/A
Extras: N/A

Released in 1990 by MCA/Universal Home Video.

Features "The Lost Warrior", episode 4 of the 1978-79 TV series, "Battlestar Galactica", which originally aired October 8, 1978.

Although it has many flaws, this episode is memorable with fans of the original series.

The MCA Home Video ident precedes the feature.

Last Updated: Nov. 16, 2014

Battlestar Galactica: The Long Patrol (1978)

Title: Battlestar Galactica: The Long Patrol 
Box Tagline: N/A
Starring: Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Lorne Greene, Maren Jensen, Ian Abercrombie
Directed By: Chris Nyby (Christian I. Nyby II)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1978
VHS Release Year: 1991
Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 80233
Previews/Trailers: N/A
Extras: N/A

Released in 1991 by MCA/Universal Home Video.

Features "The Long Patrol", episode 5 of the 1978-79 TV series, "Battlestar Galactica", which originally aired October 15, 1978.

Along with "The Lost Warrior" and "The Hand Of God", this is one of the most popular episodes of the series.

The MCA/Universal Home Video ident precedes the episode.

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Title: Battlestar Galactica
Box Tagline: N/A
Starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Rick Springfield, John Colicos, Jane Seymour
Directed By: Richard A. Colla, Alan Levi
Genre: Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1978
VHS Release Year: 1985
Distributor: MCA Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 66011
Previews/Trailers: N/A
Extras: N/A

Released by MCA Home Video in 1985.

The MCA Home Video ident precedes the feature.

This is the 2 hour, 5 minute "Theatrical" version and does not have the epilogue in which Baltar is spared by the Cylons, that scene leads into the TV series. This version features the death of Baltar. The "TV" version with the Baltar scenes, and others added was broadcast as part of the TV series, in 1978 as "Saga Of A Star World".

Contains no trailers.

Title: Battlestar Galactica
Box Tagline: N/A
Starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Rick Springfield, John Colicos, Jane Seymour
Directed By: Richard A. Colla, Alan Levi
Genre: Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1978
VHS Release Year: 1990
Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 66011
Previews/Trailers: N/A
Extras: N/A

Reissued by MCA/Uiversal Home Video in 1990.

The MCA/Universal ident precedes the feature.

Contains No Trailers.

Like the 1985 release, this reissue is the "Theatrical" version.

Instant Justice (1986)

Title: Instant Justice
Box Tagline: The boldest, brashest, All-American movie this side of basic training.
Starring: Michael Pare, Tawny Kitaen, Charles Napier, Peter Crook
Directed By: Craig T. Rumar
Genre: Action
Release Year: 1986
VHS Release Year: 1987
Distributor: Warner Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 11672
Previews/Trailers: U.S. (Over The Top (1987), Lethal Weapon (1987)); Canada (N/A)
Extras: N/A

Canadian version Released in 1987 by Warner Home Video.

Although the boxes for both countries appear to be the same, the U.S. release contains trailers for "Over The Top" and "Lethal Weapon", the Canadian release features no trailers.

The U.S. release features the WB ident prior to the feature, the Canadian release does not feature the ident.

Last Edited: Feb. 9, 2014

Shadow Warriors: Assault On Death Mountain (1999)

Title: Shadow Warriors: Assault On Death Mountain

Box Tagline: Every job has it's price. Even revenge.

Starring: Terry "Hulk" Hogan, Shannon Tweed, Carl Weathers, Martin Kove, Lisa Schrage

Directed By: Jon Cassar

Genre: Action

Release Year: 1999

VHS Release Year: 1999

Distributor: Alliance Atlantis

Box Type: Slipcase

Catalog #: ARV 2790

Previews/Trailers: eXistenZ (1999) 

Extras: N/A

Released by Alliance Atlantis in Canada in 1999. 

Features the theatrical trailer for eXistenZ starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jude Law.

Made for TV film which originally aired on TNT.

Also known as "Assault On Death Mountain".

Even though this is the second TV film featuring the Mike McBride character and his Special Ops team, for some reason, the U.S. version was released on VHS and DVD in 2000 as "Shadow Warriors" and it's 1997 precursor, "Assault On Devil's Island" with Billy Drago, was released as "Shadow Warriors 2" in 2001 from Spartan Home Entertainment.

Blindside (1987)

Title: Blindside 
Box Tagline: First, he was paid to watch her. Now he'd pay any price to have her.
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Lori Hallier, Lolita Davidovich, Michael Rudder
Directed By: Paul Lynch
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Release Year: 1987
VHS Release Year: 1988
Distributor: Charter Entertainment
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 90237
Previews/Trailers: N/A
Extras: N/A

Released by Charter Entertainment in the U.S. in 1988. 

The Canadian VHS was released by Norstar Home Video in 1987.

There are no trailers on this release.

As of this writing, this film is not yet available on Region 1 DVD.

IMDB has ths film listed as being released in 1986 but the end credits copyright states 1987.

Features an early role from Lolita Davidovich.

The Sweater (1980)

Title: The Sweater
Box Tagline: Based On The Popular Story By Roch Carrier
Starring: Roch Carrier (Narration)
Directed By: Sheldon Cohen
Genre: Animation, Educational, Children
Release Year: 1980
VHS Release Year: 1997
Distributor: National Film Board Of Canada Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: H0180079
Previews/Trailers: N/A
Extras: N/A

Released in Canada in 1997 by NFB (National Film Board Of Canada Home Video).

Due to the short's educational significance, there are several versions of this animated short released on VHS throughout the 80's and 90's, in English and French single format with various covers and in compilation sets from The National Film Board Of Canada (NFB). It was also released several times on DVD throughout the 2000's.

The short can be found on the compilation VHS tapes: 

"Canadian literature : short stories Vol. 1" (1980)
"Roch Carrier: Storyteller Supreme" (Excerpts only) (1991)
"Speaking Of Canada" (1992)
"Five Transformations" (1991)
"A Christmas Gift" (1980)
"50 for 50: Vol. 1, Cassette 4: Children's Choice" (1989)

The Lords Of Magick (1988)

Title: The Lords Of Magick 
Box Tagline: An evil sorcerer has captured the beautiful princess...To free her, two brothers join forces in the adventure of a lifetime. They are...The Lords Of Magick
Starring: Jarrett Parker, Mark Gauthier, Brendan Dillon Jr., David Snow, Ruth Zakarian
Directed By: David Marsh
Genre: Fantasy
Release Year: 1988
VHS Release Year: 1989
Distributor: Prism Entertainment
Country of VHS release: USA, Canada
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 6651
Previews/Trailers: N/A
Extras: N/A

• Direct-to-video and also shot on video released in 1989 by Prism Entertainment.
• A perfect example of misleading cover art. Great cover, terrible movie.
• The box art probably cost more than the movie itself.
•  Some copies feature a trailer for "Face Of The Enemy" (1989).  The copy I have doesn't feature any trailers.
• Gained a bit of  notoriety when it was reviewed on an episode of  The Spoony Experiment in 2011.
• Not surprisingly, as of this writing, this movie is not available on region 1 DVD.

The Force (1994)

Title: The Force 
Box Tagline: Behind The Badge...Behind The Cop...Lies The Spirit Of...
Starring: Jason Gedrick, Gary Hudson, Kim Delaney, Cyndi Pass, Lyman Ward, Yasmine Bleeth, Aki Aleong
Directed By: Mark Rosman
Genre: Action/Thriller
Release Year: 1994
VHS Release Year: 1995
Distributor: Malofilm Video/New World International
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 95007
Previews/Trailers: Miles From Nowhere, The Force, A Child Too Many, Final Appeal, Teresa's Tattoo, Witness To The Execution (Retailer Incentive), The Return Of Tommy Tricker, Lakota Woman (Retailer Incentive), Timeless Tales (Priced To Own Promo for an animated Nursery Rhyme Collection).
Extras: N/A

Released in Canada in 1995 by Malofilm Video.

This is a screener copy sent exclusively to video retailers.

There is no screener copy label on the box. 

Like most screener copies, the trailer for this film precedes the feature, among many others.

There are several previews/trailers on this screener copy. They are: Miles From Nowhere (1992, Ricky Schroder), The Force (1994, Jason Gedrick), A Child Too Many (1993, TV Movie), Final Appeal (1993, Brian Dennehy, TV Movie), Teresa's Tattoo (1994, C. Thomas Howell), Witness To The Execution (Retailer Incentive) (1994, Sean Young, TV Movie), The Return Of Tommy Tricker (1994), Lakota Woman: Siege At Wounded Knee (Retailer Incentive) (1994), Timeless Tales (Priced To Own Promo for an animated Nursery Rhyme Collection).

The label on the cassette reads, "The Force Screening Copy Only".

The "Screening Copy Only" notice appears on the bottom of the screen for the entire feature.

This film went direct to video.

As of this writing, this film is not yet available on Region 1 DVD.

Features a brief early role by Yasmine Bleeth of Baywatch fame.

The American version was released by Republic Pictures Home Video in 1995.

Sacred Cargo (1995)

Title: Sacred Cargo 
Box Tagline: N/A
Starring: Chris Penn, Martin Sheen, J.T. Walsh, Anna Karin
Directed By: Aleksandr Buravskiy
Genre: Action/Thriller
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: 1996
Distributor: Astral Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: A1035
Previews/Trailers: Sacred Cargo (1995)
Extras: N/A

Released in 1996 by Astral Video.

This is a screener copy sent exclusively to video retailers.

Screening copy label is a sticker and not printed on the box. 

Like most screener copies, the trailer for this film precedes the feature.

Aleksandr Buravskiy is credited as Alexander Buravsky.

The label on the cassette reads, "Sacred Cargo (Screening copy) Running Time: 96:50".

The "Screening Purposes Only" notice appears on the bottom of the screen a few times throughout the feature. It reads, "Screening Purposes only. Sale, Reproduction, Renting prohibited".