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ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN - SUBMITTED BY MARK FISHER
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LA CARRERA PANAMERICANA - SUBMITTED BY VIDEO SANCTUM
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WOMEN IN FURY
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TRACKDOWN
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STREET SMART
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STREET SMART
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TERROR OF THE SEA
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THE PRIVATE EYES
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FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
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HIGHWAY RACER
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TALONS OF THE EAGLE - SUBMITTED BY DUKEOFNUYORKA1
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PIRATES
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SUPERMAN III
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CAPTAIN POWER AND THE SOLDIERS OF THE FUTURE : SHATTERED PAST
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GLOW : GORGEOUS LADIES OF WRESTLING
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MARRIED WITH CHILDREN : ITS A BUNDYFUL LIFE
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ROBOCOP CARTOON : A ROBOTS REVENGE
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THE THIRSTY DEAD
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THE PROJECTIONIST
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SAFETY 4 KIDS
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JANUARY 4 VHS HISTORY LEASON : STARMAKER ENTERTAINMENT
Out of all the budget labels, Starmaker Entertainment was always the most visually recognizable. There's no mistaking a Starmaker video box as all their releases were framed by a yellow/orange or blue/white border on the front and back covers. They were also probably they best at EP duplication (using a process called "QEP") as most of their tapes had very little trouble maintaining their tracking in VHS players. Starmaker released nearly the entire New World Video catalogue as well as some Prism Entertainment titles in affordably-priced slipcases, some replicating the New World and Prism covers and some with new artwork (their cover for Lamberto Bava's DEMONS is one such case). Starmaker was absorbed by Anchor Bay Entertainment in the mid-90's. { text from critcononline.com }
JANUARY 4 VHS HISTORY LEASON : GORGON VIDEO / MPI VIDEO
Another distributor known for their big colorful clamshell releases. Gorgon Video (a subsidiary of MPI Video, which is still around today) released a bunch of great horror films during the early and mid-80's that still hold a fond place in the heart of collectors today. Gorgon's most famous release was probably the pseudo-documentary FACES OF DEATH (which spawned three sequels and a couple of "best of's"), a disgusting mix of real and faked death scenes that every boy needed to see and is still used today to gauge whether a girl is worthy to be their girlfriend (I still have a best friend that shows this to all his dates. If they become ill or tell him to turn it off, there will be no second date!). Of course, this was not Gorgon's only popular release. Their library contained the uncut version of Mario Bava's BAY OF BLOOD, the weird and wonderful DEATHDREAM, the horror/comedy HORROR HOSPITAL, the Mexican wrestling/gore film NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES, the 70's TV perennial KISS OF THE TARANTULA and many, many others. Gorgon's clamshells were always full of colorful garish artwork that makes them collector's items today. As the 80's came to a close, Gorgon began releasing their films in regular cardboard sleeves and disappeared from distribution in 1989, right after releasing the highly-desirable horror video magazine GORGON VIDEO MAGAZINE VOLUME 1 (Volume 2 was produced but never legally released). MPI does maintain a Gorgon website (www.gorgon-video.com), although it looks like it was never finished. MPI Video became famous and profitable by distributing the entire DARK SHADOWS soap opera on VHS and DVD, as well as many other Dan Curtis TV productions, mondo documentaries, British Sherlock Holmes films starring Jeremy Brett and their biggest film for readers of this site: HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER. I have many great memories of walking into a video store in the 80's and seeing Gorgon Video releases on the shelves. I got my first taste of many Italian horror films (including the awful FRANKENSTEIN '80 and the cut version of SLAUGHTER HOTEL) and other obscure films (MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH, DIE SISTER DIE). This should bring back a flood of memories. { text from critcononline.com }
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