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.

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".

V: The Original Miniseries (1983)

Title: V:THE ORIGINAL MINISERIES
Starring: Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Jane Badler, Blair Tefkin, Michael Durell, Richard Herd, Andrew Prine, Robert Englund, Michael Wright, Frank Ashmore
Directed By: Kenneth Johnson
Genre: Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1983
VHS Release Year: 1995
Distributor: Warner Home Video
Box Type: Double Slipcase
Catalog #: 11489

Released in 1995 by Warner Home Video.

Contains the complete miniseries on two cassettes, with a larger double slipcase box.

The cassettes are not numbered on the sticker labels.

The miniseries is also available on cassettes released by Columbia House Video.

V: The Final Battle (1984)

Title: V: THE FINAL BATTLE
Starring: Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Jane Badler, Blair Tefkin, Michael Durell, Richard Herd, Andrew Prine, Robert Englund, Michael Wright, Frank Ashmore, Sarah Douglas, Mickey Jones, Michael Ironside
Directed By: Richard T. Heffron
Genre: Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1984
VHS Release Year: 1995
Distributor: Warner Home Video
Box Type: Triple Slipcase
Catalog #: 14146

Released in 1995 by Warner Home Video.

Contains the complete miniseries on three cassettes, with an oversized triple slipcase box.

Unlike the first miniseries, the cassette are numbered on the sticker labels as Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

This miniseries is also available on cassettes released by Columbia House Video.

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.

The Carrier (1988)

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

Catalog #: 
Previews/Trailers: 

Last Updated: Feb. 8, 2014

Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger (1977)

Title: SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER
Starring: Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Margaret Whiting
Directed By: Sam Wanamaker
Release Year: 1977
VHS Release Year: 1995
Distributor: Columbia Tristar Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 60209

Released in 1995 by Columbia Tristar Home Video.

The box has a date of 1991, however, the ink label on the cassette has a date of 1995.

There are no previews/trailers prior to the feature.

Separate Lives (1995)

Title: SEPARATE LIVES
Box TagLine: She Hired Him To Watch Her.
Starring: Linda Hamilton, James Belushi, Vera Miles
Directed By: David Madden
Release Year: 1995
VHS Release Year: 1995
Previews/Trailers: Kicking And Screaming (1995)
Distributor: Vidmark Entertainment/Malofilm Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: VM 5569

Released in 1995 by Vidmark Entertainment & Malofilm Video.

Linda Hamilton & James Belushi first paired together in the 1990 comedy, "Mr. Destiny".

The Malofilm logo does not appear on the box but does appear on the cassette's ink label along with the Vidmark Entertainment logo.

Both Hamilton & Belushi were former co-stars of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hamilton in the first two "Terminator" films and Belushi in "Red Heat".

Features a preview/trailer for the 1995 romantic comedy, "Kicking And Screaming".

The Malofilm Video ident followed by the Trimark Pictures ident open the feature.

Last Updated: Sept. 27, 2015

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.

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.)