One of the vendors at the flea market I buy stuff at brought a bunch of boxes filled with VHS tapes. Most of them were big studio stuff that’s already been re-released on DVD, or even Bluray - but there was a set of tapes inside a smaller box that caught my attention… I only grabbed one of the tapes at first, but eventually went back for the rest. (Large photo links here and here.)



The first tape I grabbed was this:

“Silent Assassin.” (Or Silent Assassins, depending on who you ask. Larger photo here.) I saw that and figured it was a martial arts film of some sort… and was about halfway right. As it turns out, it’s an action film starring Sam Jones as a fairly typical 80′s movie cop, and Linda Blair as his wife (who works as a college teacher.) I’ve only seen the first half hour of the show but the movie is really freakin’ over the top - but fun! Linda Blair’s character hasn’t shown any interest in guns or the like so the cover is confusing. But we’ll see.

And yes, the tape is an old Sony recordable tape. The sticker insert was inside the case. This cost me $1.

A week later, the booth’s employees were cleaning up their inventory since they’d sold most of it to another seller, and I figured I’d ask them to give me a price on the other nine tapes. They said “$2″ - and I couldn’t refuse! I actually thought they’d said $3 but no, $2. And so I took the rest home.

Lone Justice 2, Medicine River, Getting Gotti, A Kiss Goodnight, Secret Games and Witchcraft III are all sealed and clearly marked as promos. The rest were opened, so here’s some pictures.

Slam Dance, by Key Video. (Large pic here.) This is a Maxell recordable VHS tape (with a Fuji sticker) in a red sleeve. The piece of tape covering the recording hole was already there, haha.

Dead Men Don’t Die, starring Elliot Gould. (Large pic here.) Apparently this has not been re-released on DVD; Platinum Home Video (now Mill Creek Entertainment) released this at one point, but it has been out of print for well over ten years.

Witchcraft IV: Virgin Heart. (Large pic here.) This one is a little weird because the tape actually has its contents printed onto it, and it’s not using a label. If you’re interested, Alison Pregler / Obscurus Lupa ( obscuruslupa ) reviewed the movie a few years back. You can see that review here.

Apprentice to Murder, starring Chad Lowe and Donald Sutherland. Supposed to be about Satanic rituals and stuff… but it’s PG-13! What’s the point? Large pic here.



And finally, China Girl, another movie that’s never been released on DVD stateside but which can be found in Europe. Large pic here.



So yeah, that’s… my finds. I don’t think the movies have anything different than their full releases except the trailers and maybe other promo stuff. I wish I had a decent capture rig to record these, but oh well.