Saturday, June 15, 2013

VHS Index: The Meateater (Active Home Video)




Distributor Info
Title: The Meateater
Distr: Active Home Video
Cat #: A745
Case: Slipcase
Year: 1986

Movie Info
Orig. Title: The Meateater
Director: Derek Savage
Year: 1979
Country: USA
Genre: Horror
Subgenre: Cannibalism

"A Tasty Horror Film!"


Box Synopsis:
           "A demented and disfigured hermit lives in an old, abandoned theater where he commits a series of macabre murders. In his anger and twisted love for Jean Harlow, he attempts to murder the theater owner's daughter, believing her to be his silver-screen fantasy."





German VHS release under the title Blood Theater
(from monsterbrains.blogspot.com)




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Cat #:Title:Genre:Case Type:Year:
A 050Summer School (1978)Action/ComedyBig box1985
A 230Summer Affair (1971)Drama/RomanceBig box1986
A 280Rainbow Bridge - Jimi Hendrix (1972)Music/DocumentarySlipcase1986
A 324Dream No Evil (1970)HorrorSlipcase1985
A 501Planet of the Dinosaurs (1977)Sci-FiSlipcase1990
A 551The Capture of Bigfoot (1979)Horror/AdventureBig box1986
A 553The Devil's Son-in-Law (1977)Fantasy/ComedyBig box1986
A 554The Shinobi Ninja (1981)Martial ArtsBig box1986
A 630Centerfold Screen Test (1985)DocumentaryBig box1985
A 745The Meateater (1979)HorrorBig box & Slipcase1986
A 746Movie House Massacre (1984)HorrorBig box1984
A 747Bad Girls Dormitory (1986)ActionSlipcase1988
A 748Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake (1975)Horror/ComedyBig box1986
A 749Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)HorrorBig box1985
A 750Dracula: The Great Undead (1985)Documentary/HorrorLarge clamshell1986
A 820Disconnected (1983)HorrorBig box & Slipcase1986
A 822Death Curse of Tartu (1966)HorrorBig box1986
A 824Premonition (1972)HorrorBig box1986
A 830Strike Force (1975-TV)Drama/ThrillerBig box1985
A 850Wanted: Babysitter (1975)ThrillerBig box1985






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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

An Eye On eBay VHS: Volume #4

Here's another edition of "An Eye on eBay". This edition covers auctions that ended from May 3 to May 30, 2013. The list is in order from highest to lowest price.

Bloodthirsty Butchers (Midnight Video-1982-big box) sold for $216.49. This copy was in overall good condition, with very slight fading to the front cover and some edge wear.








Attack of the Killer Refrigerator (Donna Michelle Productions-1990-slipcase) sold for $204.49. Tape was a former rental in great condition.







The Abomination (Donna Michelle Productions-slipcase) sold for $168.76. Tape was a former rental in very good condition.









Spine (Sterling Silver-1986-big box) sold for $154.49. Tape was in fairly good condition, with edge wear and creasing to the box.

Splatter Farm (Donna Michelle Productions-1990-slipcase) sold for $154.01. Tape was in very good condition.







The Man with 2 Heads (Midnight Video-1982-big box) sold for $132.50. This tape was in very good condition and showed no signs of being a rental.







Spine (Vultra Video-2012-large clamshell) sold for $110.50. This is the newer release by Vultra Video that was limited to just 30 copies and also came with a poster and stickers.







Amuck (Catalina Home Video-slipcase) sold for $89.00. This is a pretty rare one. This particular tape was a former rental with quite a bit of wear to the slip.







Microwave Massacre (Midnight Video-1983-big box) sold for $88.00. This tape was in very good condition, with just very minor edge wear and scuffing. 

Monday, May 13, 2013

Hey, Stop Stabbing Me! VHS Pre-Order



Sub Rosa Studios VHS Release of Worm Miller's 2003 Shot-on-video feature Hey, Stop Stabbing Me! will go on sale May 15, 2013 at 11:00AM EST. Be at the links below at that time.

SRS Store: http://srscinema.com/home/?page_id=178&index=1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/srscinemallc

For those who don't know, Hey, Stop Stabbing Me! is a horror/comedy written by Worm Miller and Patrick Casey and directed by Miller. It's their second SOV feature, following the sci-fi spoof The Movie from the Future in 2000. The writing team of Casey and Miller would go on to write the screenplays for National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze in 2003 and its sequel in 2006; as well as writing the screenplays for the sci-fi flick Game Box 1.0 in 2004 and the horror/comedy Transylmania in 2009.

Sub Rosa's VHS release will be limited to 65 copies and will also include a DVD, an 11x17 poster, and an iron-on T-shirt transfer.

Hey, Stop Stabbing Me! Trailer

Sunday, May 12, 2013

An Eye On eBay VHS: Volume #3

Welcome to Volume #3 of An Eye On eBay. This edition covers auctions that ended between April 20 to April 27, 2013.






 Death of A Hooker (Video Gems - big box) sold for $112.49. This   was a sealed mint condition copy, which is why it sold for so much.



 


Cathy's Curse (Planet Video - 1982 - big box) sold for $102.50. An early distributor, Planet Video tapes are quite rare and collectable. This tape had the normal edge-wear plus a small tear on the bottom corner on the back of the box.


Things (Triworld Films Inc - 1990 - slipcase) sold for $93.26. Things is a very rare title and highly sought after among collectors. This tape was a previous rental with just minor edge-wear.








Blood Hunger (Even Steven Productions - 1987 - slipcase) sold for $81.00. This is another rare and sought after title. This particular tape was in very good condition.







The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (Planet Video - 1982 - big box) sold for $76.00. Here's another rare Planet Video tape from the early '80s. The box itself was intact, with a fair amount of wear and some light sun-fading.

Let's Play Dead (World Premiere Home Video - 1985 - big box) sold for $74.00. This is a pretty rare title that does not pop up that often. This particular tape was in very good condition.

The Next Victim (Thriller Video - 1986 - big box) sold for $74.00. This title is not extremely rare, but this particular copy was sealed and mint condition, which is definitely rare.
 


Adjust Your Tracking VHS Documentary Update

 
Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector New York City premiere will be on May 24, 2013 at 92YTribeca. All those involved with the making of the documentary will be there. Tickets are available at http://www.92y.org/Tribeca/Event/Adjust-Your-Tracking.aspx

If you're in the area you should definitely check it out. Here's the official 2013 trailer for the documentary: