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)

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

The Delta Force (1986)

Gone To Texas (1986)

Title: GONE TO TEXAS
Starring: Sam Elliott, Michael Beck, James Stephens, Claudia Christian, Donald Moffat
Directed By: Peter Levin
Genre: Western, Historical Biography
Release Year: 1986
VHS Release Year: 1986
Distributor: Worldvision Home Video Inc.
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 4103

Released in 1986 by Worldvision Home Video Inc.

Recorded in EP/SLP.

There are no trailers prior to the feature.

AKA Houston: The Legend Of Texas.

Made for TV film.

Murphy's Law (1986)

Title: MURPHY'S LAW
Starring: Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons
Directed By: J. Lee Thompson
Genre: Action
Release Year: 1986
VHS Release Year: 1986
Distributor: Media Home Entertainment/Cannon/Astral Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: M849

Released in 1986 by Media Home Entertainment, Inc. & Cannon films and in Canada by Astral Video.

The Cannon ident, The Media Home Entertainment ident and the Astral Films ident precede the feature.

There are no trailers/previews prior to the feature.

The Canadian version has the "Distributed in Canada exclusively by Astral Video" sticker on the back of the box.

This was the fourth of eight films that Bronson did for the Cannon Group.

The slipcase has flaps on the top and bottom.

Dolls (1986)

Title: DOLLS
Starring: Guy Rolfe, Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine
Directed By: Stuart Gordon
Release Year: 1986
VHS Release Year: 1988
Distributor: Vestron Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 5222

Released in 1988 by Vestron Video.

There are no trailers/previews prior to the feature.

Invaders From Mars (1986)

Title: INVADERS FROM MARS
Starring: Karen Black, James Karen, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman
Directed By: Tobe Hooper
Release Year: 1986
VHS Release Year: 1986
Distributor: Media Home Entertainment/Cannon/Astral Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: M877

Released in 1986 by Media Home Entertainment, Inc. & Cannon films and in Canada by Astral Video.

The Cannon ident, The Media Home Entertainment ident and the Astral Films ident precede the feature.

There are no trailers/previews prior to the feature.

Video Treasures also released this film on VHS in 1989.(Shown below)

The Canadian version has the "Distributed in Canada exclusively by Astral Video" sticker on the back of the box.

Title: INVADERS FROM MARS
Starring: Karen Black, James Karen, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman
Directed By: Tobe Hooper
Release Year: 1986
VHS Release Year: 1989
Distributor: Video Treasures
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: SV9108

Released in 1989 by Video Treasures.

Anchor Bay also released this film on VHS with a different cover in 1997.

The Cannon logo does not appear on this box.