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.

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.

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Title: MARS ATTACKS!
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnon, Danny Devito, Natalie Portman, Lisa Marie, Jim Brown, Tom Jones, Michael J. Fox
Directed By: Tim Burton
Release Year: 1996
VHS Release Year: 1997
Distributor: Warner Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 14480

Released in 1997 by Warner Home Video.

Warner Home Video re-released this film on VHS in a similar box in 2000.

Features a trailer for the then upcoming (and awful) "Batman & Robin" and VHS previews for "My Fellow Americans" & "Turbulence".

Last updated: Sept. 28, 2015

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.

The Colony (AKA The Advanced Guard) (1998)

Title: THE COLONY
Starring: Robert Amico, James Avery, David Campbell, Eric Allan Kramer, Cristi Conaway
Directed By: Peter Geiger
Release Year: 1998
VHS Release Year: 1998
Distributor: Vidmark Entertainment
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: VM6889

This version was released by Vidmark Entertainment in 1998 and is a "Screener Copy" sent exclusively to video retailers.

The "Screener Copy" information is printed on the box and is not a sticker.

There are four trailers that appear before the feature, "Phoenix" starring Ray Liotta, "Niagra Niagra" starring Robin Tunney, a video retailer incentive trailer for "Eden" starring Dylan Walsh and "The Colony".

During the feature, the "Viewing Copy Only" notice appears every few minutes on the screen's bottom.

The label on the cassette is a sticker and is not cheaply made like most screeners.

This is a low grade made for TV flick from the Sci-Fi Channel (Now Syfy) which also goes by the title, "The Advanced Guard".

Spaced Invaders (1990)

Title: Spaced Invaders
Box Tagline: They're Hip! They're Hilarious! Earth will never be the same!
Starring: Douglas Barr, Ariana Richards, Royal Dano, J.J. Anderson, Gregg Berger
Directed By: Patrick Read Johnson
Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family
Release Year: 1990
VHS Release Year: 1990
Distributor: Touchstone Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 1064
Previews/Trailers: Pretty Woman, Ernest Goes To Jail
Extras: N/A

Released in 1990 by Touchstone Home Video.

Features videocassette previews for Pretty Woman (1990) and Ernest Goes To Jail 1990)

Edited Sept. 24, 2015