ACTOR TREVOR GODDARD COMMITS SUICIDE. June 8, 2003: Muscleman actor Trevor Goddard, a former boxer who once had a recurring role on the TV series JAG and plays a pirate in the upcoming movie 'Pirates of the. During the early 80's, when home video was in it's infancy, an influx of video companies were created to keep up with demand in the burgeoning VHS rental market. Bear in mind that this was before owning videos. Video Company VHS Cover Art. During. the early 8. VHS rental market. Bear in mind that this was before owning videos. VHS copy of a film. Renting videos was really the only way to. TV gave up their 4: 3.
Movies. Million Dollar Movies and Late Late Shows to make way for syndicated. TV series and infomercials. A lot of. business- savvy companies jumped on the VHS bandwagon and created. It's these companies that I am. These companies released so. A lot of obscure. These long- gone companies had a major influence. There's not a lot of information on these companies to be. Internet or in print, except to list the films. Since I am a collector, I feel obligated to show. VHS video sleeve. When they are done. As the 8. 0's came to a close, and it was getting. VHS, many of these companies. Star Classics. Interglobal, Goodtimes, Video Treasures and Starmaker licensing films. LP or EP recorded versions, often. Who could pass- up the chance of picking up THE. TOOLBOX MURDERS for less than ten bucks? The urge was simply. I was a major offender) and most of the. Now. that VHS is no longer considered a viable medium for releasing new. DVD has taken over (and rightly so. I now believe it is time to look back at. The picture and sound quality may have left a lot to be. DVD due to licensing and music rights. I believe, in the near. VHS tapes will only increase (both. It is now time to pay our proper. THE. DOOMSDAY MACHINE), BLOOD EVIL (a. DEMONS OF THE MIND). BLOOD FEAST (a. k. NIGHT. OF A THOUSAND CATS), SLASHED DREAMS (with probably. TERROR AT RED WOLF INN. THE FOLKS. AT RED WOLF INN), SATAN'S. SUPPER (a. k. a. THE NIGHTMARE NEVER ENDS) and many. Academy quickly progressed into releasing a bunch of DTV. FLESH. EATING MOTHERS, DANGEROUS. GAME, BLOODY NEW YEAR, PLAY. DEAD, ROCK 'N' ROLL NIGHTMARE, DOOM. ASYLUM and the awful WITCHCRAFT series (Academy. As with all video companies approaching the. Academy got involved in producing and releasing a load of DTV. I also think. that there's a small conspiracy to keep Academy Entertainment VHS. Internet. The VHS covers for this company are nearly. If you don't believe me, try. Googling Academy and see what you come up with. Plenty of info on the. I believe my site. Academy covers collected in one spot. To see the. collection, click HERE. A. I. P was founded in 1. David A. Prior (SLEDGEHAMMER. David Winters (THE LAST HORROR FILM - 1. Peter. Yuval (KILLER WORKOUT - 1. While their action and horror productions, like ALIEN. SEED, SPACE MUTINY, THE. SATAN KILLER and the horrendous ELVES. A. I. P. Many of A. I. P.'s in- house productions starred David. Prior's brother Ted, a capable and muscular action star who. B- movie actors, such as David. Carradine, Robert Ginty (remember him?) Cameron Mitchell and Erik. Estrada. Action International closed up shop in 1. Richard Pepin/Joseph Merhi company (PM Enterprises) turning out. DTV films (up yours. Blockbuster!). To see a selection of A. I. P. Continental Video (and it's sister label, Comet Video) unleased. Titles like SUICIDE. CULT, CLASS. REUNION MASSACRE, NIGHTMARE and ALIEN PREY. Continental went one further by releasing double. VHS. Double features like SLAYER/SCALPS. SCREAM/EXECUTIONER II, SWEET. SUGAR/ESCAPE FROM WOMEN'S PRISON and STUDENT. BODY/JAILBAIT BABYSITTER were very popular with the public. Most Continental and Comet. H. G. Lewis BLOOD trio for the first time on. America) titles go for big bucks nowadays, especially in. Continental began. Some. of their later titles included DEADTIME STORIES, the bloody. SOV fiasco MIAMI VENDETTA. BLOOD DEBTS, MARY. MARY, BLOODY MARY and ZOMBIE. HIGH. Other Continental titles of note include John Water's FEMALE. TROUBLE and DESPERATE LIVING, THE. EMERALD JUNGLE, TERROR ON TAPE and BLOOD TIDE. Although short- lived (1. Embassy Home entertainment distributed a wildly- varied mix of genre. Many people got their first taste of. Italian horror (THE TEMPTER. BLOOD LINK), David. Cronenberg weirdness (SCANNERS), 7. THE. AROUSERS; EMPIRE. OF THE ANTS; PSYCHIC. KILLER), cult classics (INVASION. OF THE BEE GIRLS; PHANTASM; GALAXY OF TERROR). FINAL. EXAM; SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE), thanks to Embassy. Embassy also had a. Charter. Entertainment, which released several dozen films, many of them. In 1. 98. 6, Embassy Home Entertainment was sold to Nelson. Entertainment, where they dropped the Charter Entertainment line. Embassy's library before they, too, went out of. Some of Embassy's bigger- budgeted titles are now owned by. MGM and most of the library is owned by Canal +, who licensed. Anchor Bay Entertainment. I have a question for Anchor. Bay: Instead of re- releasing the same old films over and over on DVD. Embassy's obscurities on DVD. I'm sure. that there is an audience for an uncut DVD of RITUALS. To see a collection of video covers from Embassy. Home Entertainment's library, click HERE. Gorgon. Video (a subsidiary of MPI Video, which is still around today). Gorgon's most famous release was probably the. FACES OF DEATH (which spawned three sequels. If they. become ill or tell him to turn it off, there will be no second. Of course, this was not Gorgon's only popular release. Their. library contained the uncut version of Mario Bava's BAY OF BLOOD. DEATHDREAM. the horror/comedy HORROR HOSPITAL, the Mexican wrestling/gore. OF THE BLOODY APES. TV perennial KISS. OF THE TARANTULA and many, many others. Gorgon's clamshells. As the 8. 0's came to a close, Gorgon began. GORGON VIDEO MAGAZINE VOLUME 1 (Volume 2. MPI does maintain a Gorgon. MPI Video became. DARK SHADOWS. soap opera on VHS and DVD, as well as many other Dan Curtis TV. British Sherlock Holmes films. Jeremy Brett and their biggest film for readers of this. HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER. I have many great. Gorgon. Video releases on the shelves. I got my first taste of many Italian. FRANKENSTEIN. '8. SLAUGHTER. HOTEL) and other obscure films (MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH. DIE SISTER DIE). To see some selected Gorgon and MPI Video. VHS covers, click HERE. This. should bring back a flood of memories. IMPERIAL. ENTERTAINMENT CORP. In the early days (1. Imperial. released such films as DEMONS 2, STAGE. FRIGHT,SPECTERS,BLACK. ROSES(with it's unique 3- D cover), the insanely- bad R. O. T. O. R.. GHOSTHOUSE and THE. DEAD PIT (another unique 3- D cover). During this period. Godfrey Ho- directed. As the 9. 0's approached they. French. martial artist named Olivier Gruner, who would appear in their first. ANGEL TOWN as well as Albert Pyun's. NEMESIS. also an Imperial theatrical release. Gruner would then go on to star. DTV action flicks and prove to be a capable (and quite. Imperial also made films with. Cynthia Rothrock (the CHINA O'BRIEN series. ANGEL OF FURY; LADY DRAGON. Don . During the. Horror (THE. DARK; THE CLUB), Action (SHOWDOWN; KING OF. THE KICKBOXERS), Erotic Thrillers (SECRET GAMES; THE. PAMELA PRINCIPLE) and Comedy films (BUFORD'S BEACH BUNNIES. BIKINI OFF- ROAD ADVENTURE). To view some. choice Imperial Entertainment VHS covers, click HERE. In those years, Key Video. Their distinctive packaging. AIR FORCE. to 8. 0's horror films like KILLER PARTY) distinguished them. Key Video. released 7. THE DOBERMAN GANG, DAMNATION. ALLEY and KILLER FISH, horror films such as Dario Argento's INFERNO. NIGHT SCHOOL, VAMPIRE AT MIDNIGHT and THE ATTIC. BETTER OFF DEAD, STRANGER THAN PARADISE. LITTLE MURDERS and HUSHHUSH. SWEET CHARLOTTE and, of course, major Fox titles such as PHANTOM. OF THE PARADISE, ACROSS 1. TH STREET, ZARDOZ, THE. BOSTON STRANGLER, WHERE'S POPPA? Key Video also released some long. TV films like the original HELTER SKELTERand. DARK. NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW, which command big bucks on the. Key Video has something for everyone during. To see a collection of key Video VHS art, click HERE. Releasing mainly unknown films such. DARK AUGUST, NIGHTMARE. WEEKEND, A. BLADE IN THE DARK, MASSACRE. IN DINOSAUR VALLEY and many others (their most well- known. STREET. TRASH), Lightning Video exposed a lot of renters to the. Titles like NEON. MANIACS, FROZEN TERROR, NECROPOLIS. CHOPPING MALL and NAKED. VENGEANCEmade their debuts on the Lightning label. They. also released films from the 7. THE CLONES, WHEN. THE SCREAMING STOPS, PANTHER. SQUAD, TERROR. IN THE WAX MUSEUM and THE CLONUS HORROR. I remember. many nights putting a cassette into my VCR and seeing the Lightning. TV screen. A red background with two thunderbolts. Hi- Fi VCR could hear the stereo. Lightning logo would appear in blue. While the films may have left a. GIRL. SCHOOL SCREAMERS anyone?), you could at least look forward. While. Lightning Video was not a major driving force in the video pantheon. For that we can be thankful. To see a collection of Lightning. Video video covers, click HERE. Films like CURSE OF THE. BLUE LIGHTS, NAIL. GUN MASSACRE, MAXIM XUL. THE REINCARNATE. tempted renters with their colorful artwork, only to disappoint once. VCR. Not that all of their films. Magnum also released the uncut versions of good. Jose Larraz's VAMPYRES, S. F. The sad fact that my library is full of Magnum. Entertainment product attests to their market savvy. I was (and still. Magnum did close up shop in. And we wouldn't. have it any other way. Magnum finally closed- up shop for good in 1. Not bad for a company that never. VHS. To see my collection of. Magnum Entertainment cover artwork, click HERE. UPDATE: According to badfilm director Donald Farmer (SAVAGE. VENGEANCE - 1. 99. Magnum Entertainment formed a subdivision. Eden Entertainment and released a bunch of lower- tier films. I WILL DANCE ON YOUR GRAVE. Along with. Farmer's VENGEANCE, Eden also released his CANNIBAL HOOKERS. Tim Ritter's KILLING. SPREE (1. 98. 7), the rape- revenge film LETHAL. VICTIMS (1. 98. 7) and the cleverly- titled (if awful) I SPIT. ON YOUR GRAVE TOO (1. I have just learned from Donald Farmer. Magnum that ran Eden Entertainment is not the same Magnum. Entertainment that released all the other films mentioned. Confusing. isn't it? MEDIA. HOME ENTERTAINMENT - One of. Media Home Entertainment. Charles Band, who initally named the company. During the mid- to- late 8. Charles Band sold his interest in the company), Media was. NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET franchise and.
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