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".

A Bucket Of Blood (1995)

Title: A BUCKET OF BLOOD (AKA THE DEATH ARTIST)
Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Justine Bateman, Shadoe Stevens, David Cross, Paul Bartel, Patrick Bristow, Will Ferrell
Directed By: Michael McDonald
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: ?1996?
Distributor: Coscient Astral Distribution
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: A1149

Canadian exclusive Screening Copy released by Coscient Astral Distribution.

There is no release year date on the label or the box.

Will Ferrell's movie debut and an early role for David Cross.

Patrick Bristow's credit on the back of the box is misspelled, "Patrick Briston".

As of this writing, the film has yet to be released on DVD.

The American VHS release is retitled, "The Death Artist".

Michael MacDonald who directed this film, is now best known for playing the man-child Stuart Larkin on MADtv.

Made for Showtime as part of the Roger Corman Presents series.

The "Screening Copy" label is a sticker and not part of the box.

CyberTracker 2 (1995)

Title: CYBER TRACKER 2
Starring: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, John Kassir, Stacie Foster, Tony Burton, Jim Maniaci, Nils Allen Stewart
Directed By: Richard Pepin
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Sci-Fu
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: 1995
Distributor: C/FP Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 11862

1995 C/FP Video release.

Contains no trailers.

John Kassir is best known for voicing "The Crypt Keeper" on HBO's "Tales From The Crypt" and the Saturday morning animated spin-off, "Tales From The Crypt Keeper".

Citizen X (1995)

Title: CITIZEN X
Starring: Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max Von Sydow, Jeffrey DeMunn, Joss Ackland, John Wood
Directed By: Chris Gerolmo
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: 1996
Distributor: HBO Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 91185

Released in 1996 by HBO Home Video.

Features trailers for "Witch Hunt" starring Dennis Hopper, "The Walking Dead" starring Eddie Griffin and "Tales From The Hood" starring David Alan Grier.

Rage (1995)

Title: RAGE
Starring: Gary Daniels, Kenneth Tigar, Fiona Hutchison, Jillian McWhirter, Peter Jason
Directed By: Joseph Merhi
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: 1995
Distributor: C/FP Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 11952

Canadian exclusive released in 1995 by C/FP Video.

There is also a version with a different cover released by Pepin/Merhi Entertainment Group, Inc.

There are no trailers prior to the feature.

Tales From The Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995)

Title: TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS: DEMON KNIGHT
Starring: Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett, Brenda Bakke, CCH Pounder, Thomas Haden Church
Directed By: Ernest Dickerson
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: 1995
Distributor: MCA Universal Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 82325

Released in 1995 by MCA Universal Home Video.

There are no trailers prior to the feature.

Unlike the HBO TV series which for the most part were based on stories from EC Comics, this is a feature length film based on an original story.

In original drafts for this film, there were several demons littered throughout, then after producers felt many demons would mean higher cost, later drafts featured no demons at all, being replaced with guys in dark suits wearing sunglasses. Director Ernest Dickerson found ways to get the demons back into the film because he felt making a film called "Demon Knight" with no demons would be an insult to the genre. (I wrote this blurb on TV.COM when I edited the Tales From The Crypt page, so I'm reusing it here).

William Sadler also appeared in the episodes "The Man Who Was Death" and "The Assassin" and as the Mummy in the Crypt Keeper segments in the second Crypt film, "Tales From The Crypt Presents: Bordello Of Blood".

Billy Zane also appeared in the Crypt episode, "Well Cooked Hams".

Filter's "Hey Man, Nice Shot" is featured when Brayker is driving during the opening scene.

Embrace Of The Vampire (1995)

Title: EMBRACE OF THE VAMPIRE
Starring: Alyssa Milano, Martin Kemp, Jennifer Tilly, Charlotte Lewis
Directed By: Anne Goursaud
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: 1995
Distributor: Alliance Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: ARV 1700

Released in 1995 by Alliance Video.

No Contest (1995)

Title: No Contest

Box Tagline: Win, Lose...Or Die!

Starring: Andrew Dice Clay, Robert Davi, Shannon Tweed, Roddy Piper, Keram Malicki-Sanchez
Directed By: Paul Lynch

Genre: Action
Release Year: 1995

VHS Release Year: 1995

Distributor: Malofilm Canada

Box Type: Slipcase

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Previews/Trailers: 

Last Updated: Feb. 8, 2014

Screamers (1995)

Title: SCREAMERS
Starring: Peter Weller, Jennifer Rubin, Roy Dupuis
Directed By: Christian Duguay
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: 1996
Distributor: Columbia Tristar Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 11863

Released in 1996 by Columbia Tristar Home Video.

There are no previews/trailers prior to the feature.

There is no ident prior to the feature, however, the Columbia Tristar ident followed by the warning screen precede the feature.

The "Screamers" logo on the box is silver foil and is embossed.

Top Dog (1995)

Title: TOP DOG
Box Tagline: They're licensed for action!
Starring: Chuck Norris, Erik von Detten, Timothy Bottoms
Directed By: Aaron Norris
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: 1995
Distributor: Live Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 69998
Previews/Trailers: Cutthroat Island; Stargate

Released in 1995 from Live Home Video.

Features previews/trailers for the then upcoming "Cutthroat Island" and the VHS release for "Stargate", which at the time was priced to own for 19.98 or less. 

After this movie wrapped, Chuck Norris ate the dog.

There is a clamshell release from Live Home Video as well.

Edited Sept. 27, 2015

Grid Runners (AKA Virtual Combat) (1995)

Title: GRID RUNNERS (AKA VIRTUAL COMBAT)
Starring: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Michael Dorn, Rip Taylor
Directed By: Andrew Stevens
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: 1995
Distributor: CFP Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 11926

Released in Canada from CFP Video as Grid Runners.

The film is known as Virtual Combat in the USA and was released on VHS by Unapix Entertainment.

Overkill (1995)

Released in 1996 by Vidmark Entertainment.

The cassette shell is molded in yellow plastic.

Michael Nouri sure did get a lot of work in the 90's.

Tales From The Hood

Title: Tales From The Hood
Starring: Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash, David Allen Grier, Wings Hauser
Directed By: Rusty Cundieff
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: 1995
Distributor: HBO Home Video
Box Type: Chromium Slipcase
Catalog #: 91217

Released in 1995 from HBO Video in a beautiful chromium slipcase.

Due to the box being chromium, it's a real bitch to get a clear quality scan.

I've come across several of these throughout the years and I think because the box is protected by a hard chromium shell attached to a cardboard slipcase, used copies of this are commonly found in great shape.

Contains previews for "Dr. Jekyll And Ms. Hyde" & "Last Of The Dogmen".

There is also a widescreen VHS released in 1998.

The widescreen VHS does not have the chromium slipcase.

Including the wraparound story, five "tales" comprise this feature.

The laserdisc release apparently had a commentary by the director, which for some reason, was not carried over to the actual now-OOP DVD. (Blurb submitted by ryan1234- thanks.)