The VHS Archives: Sergio Bergonzelli's SCANDAL (1971)

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SCANDAL
Sergio Bergonzelli's Io Cristiana, studentessa degli scandali (1971)

The VHS Archives Factsheet
Label: Mogul Communications, Inc.
Catalog: MOG 1035
Box Type: Clamshell
Year of Release: 1987
Runtime: 89:59
Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs
Extras: None

About the Film
Director: Sergio Bergonzelli
Year of Release: 1971
Country of Origin: Italy
Stars: Glenn Saxson, Malisa Longo, Patricia Reed, Antonella Murgia
AKAs: Cristiana, Scandalous Student; Scandal Story; School of Erotic Enjoyment; Sexual Provocation; Cristina, Perverted Teenager; Forbidden Caresses

Verbatim Box Synopsis

... a story of uninhibited sex, violent passion and shattered relationships.

A beautiful young student whose superficial affair with her college professor is out of control.

The college professor's wife ... herself a victim of the scandal.

The boyfriend that can no longer play the game, as the story builds to it's violent vindictive peak.

U.S. Mogul Communications, Inc. sleeve! 

Spanish Video Tricorp sleeve, courtesy of

Exhumed Movies' Jose Antonio Diego Bogajo!

Some promotional photos from the Cinema Arcana Archives!

Original trailer, uploaded by Sleaze-O-Rama!

Looking for Scandal on VHS? Good luck!
No DVD, either.

Investigate more titles with Project: MOGUL!

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© 2014 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: David Neil Gottlieb's THE HOLLYWOOD DREAM (1977)

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THE HOLLYWOOD DREAM

David Neil Gottlieb's Game Show Models (1977)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: Super Video, Inc.

Catalog: SV25

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: 1985

Runtime: 88:29

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: David Neil Gottlieb

Year of Release: 1977

Country of Origin: U.S.A.

Stars: John Vickery, Gilbert DeRush, Diane Thomas, Diane Sommerfield, Dick Miller, Thelma Houston

AKAs: Game Show Models, Teenage Models, Game Show, The Hollywood Game, The Seventh Dwarf

Verbatim Box Synopsis

Dozens of gorgeous but naive young women move to Hollywood in search of stardom. They sign on with a talent agency that promises them their "big break."

Roger, the president of the agency, uses his power and charm to seduce the girls and fulfill all his sexual fantasies. A young writer for the agency discovers the swinging activities and decides to have an affair of his own with one of Roger's prize clients.

The star-struck lovelies all parade through Roger's bedroom giving him sexual favors in exchange for fame. They soon realize he's exploiting them when their bodies are used as prizes in a wild game show orgy!

U.S. Super Video, Inc. sleeve!

Looking for The Hollywood Dream on VHS? It's available on Amazon here. An even better bet is the excellent DVD release from Vinegar Syndrome; transferred from the original negative, it contains both Sam Sherman's sexed-up Game Show Models reedit and the original, hardly-seen The Seventh Dwarf assembly, along with director's commentary, outtakes and more!

Investigate more titles with Project: SUPER!

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© 2013 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: Mick Jackson's THREADS (1984)

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THREADS

Mick Jackson's Threads (1984)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: World Video, Inc.

Catalog: WV1077

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: 1985

Runtime: 117:08

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Mick Jackson

Year of Release: 1984

Country of Origin: U.K.

Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly

AKAs: Nuclear Catastrophe, Doomsday, Survival Theory, When the World Ends

Verbatim Box Synopsis

THREADS ...the story of global, thermonuclear war and its aftermath.

An unthinkable horror that has been put on film in one of the most powerful statements ever made.

Accurate. Scientifically factual. Shockingly realistic. This is drama like nothing ever seen before. 

Threads. The fragile fiber that connects each and every man, woman and child of us. Destroyed. Gone!

Can you possibly imagine such devastating finality?

Don't even try.

See it. Because the closest you ever want to come to atomic war is Threads. 

U.S. World Video, Inc. sleeve!

U.S. World Video sales sheet! Buy a tape and get a free COLOR movie!

British RadioTimes cover story!

Australian BBC Video sleeve!

Brazilian DIF sleeve!

The entire movie, uploaded by "eurocon". Prozac not included. 

Looking for Threads on VHS? It's available on Amazon here. There's also a UK DVD from the BBC, for those able to play it. No U.S. DVD as of yet, unfortunately. 

Investigate more titles with Project: WORLD!

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© 2012 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: Raphael Nussbaum's PETS (1974)

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PETS
Raphael Nussbaum's Pets (1974)

The VHS Archives Factsheet
Label: Imperial Video Corp.
Catalog: IVC102
Box Type: Clamshell
Year of Release: 1983
Runtime: 101:23
Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs
Extras: None

About the Film
Director: Raphael Nussbaum
Year of Release: 1974
Country of Origin: U.S.A.
Stars: Ed Bishop, Candice Rialson, Joan Blackman, Teri Guzman
AKAs: Submission, Animal Woman

Verbatim Box Synopsis

Pets is the story of three women, one weak and yielding; the second, black and hostile; the third, strong and unbending ... and a man, charismatic, yet frightening. What sinister attraction does the eccentric Vincent have for these women? Why are his girlfriends never seen again?

Once a visitor gets trapped in his castle, she soon learns the secret of his "zoo." Vincent keeps his women in cages to tame them and do his evil bidding.

 U.S. Imperial Video Corp. sleeve!

U.S. BRB Home Video slipcover, courtesy of
Massacre Video's Louis Justin!

German USA Video sleeve!

Danish Panorama / Irish sleeve, courtesy of Hans-Jorn Reimer
and his Danish Ex-Rental VHS Appreciation Group!

U.S. promotional still from the Arcana Archives!

Looking for Pets on VHS? It's available on Amazon here. Code Red also issued it on DVD, but it's out of print and getting a little pricey.

Investigate more titles with Project: IVC!

For a look at other labels, check out The VHS Archives!

© 2012 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: Massimo Pirri's FATAL FIX (1980)

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FATAL FIX

Massimo Pirri's Eroina (1980)

The VHS Archives Factsheet
Label: Mogul Communications, Inc.

Catalog: MOG1015

Box Type: Clamshell
Year of Release: ?
Runtime: 91:22
Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs
Extras: None

About the Film
Director: Massimo Pirri
Year of Release: 1980
Country of Origin: Italy

Stars: Helmut Berger, Corinne Clery, Karl Zinny, Roberto Caporali, Franco Citti

AKAs: The Tunnel, Heroin

Verbatim Box Synopsis

A hard hitting shocking story of today, a story which could have happened to anybody anywhere.  A shocking, sensational expose of heroin-addiction in the inner city.  A story of lost people and their struggle for survival in the twilight world of drug-abuse.

U.S. Mogul Communications sleeve!

 Italian VideoService Europa sleeve!

French DEC sleeve!

Danish Video Media sleeve, courtesy of Nucleus Films' Marc Morris!

Dutch Empire Video sleeve, courtesy of Chris Catastrophy!

Looking for Fatal Fix on VHS? It's available on Amazon here.

Investigate more titles with Project: MOGUL!

For a look at other labels, check out The VHS Archives!

© 2011 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: German Lorente's INSANITY! (1976)

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INSANITY!

German Lorente's Striptease (1976)

The VHS Archives Factsheet
Label: Mogul Communications, Inc.
Catalog: MOG1004
Box Type: Clamshell
Year of Release: ?
Runtime: 107:33
Print: 1.55:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film
Director: Germain Lorente
Year of Release: 1976
Country of Origin: Spain
Stars: Terence Stamp, Corinne Clery, Pilar Velazquez, Fernando Rey, Veronica Miriel, George Rigaud
AKAs: Striptease

Verbatim Box Synopsis

Film director Alain (TERENCE STAMP) having tasted huge success with his first film is tortured by the pressures of a follow up.  He is fascinated by the beauty of Anna (CORINNE CLEARY), and her life story gives him inspiration for a new film.  His attraction for her turns to love, and from love to obsession -- an obsession that can only end in tragedy.

U.S. Mogul Communications sleeve!

U.S. Mogul Communications sales sheet, courtesy of Bill Knight! Check out his rare VHS auctions!

U.K. VTC sleeve, courtesy of Nucleus Films' Marc Morris!

Looking for Insanity! on VHS? It's available on Amazon here.

Investigate more titles with Project: MOGUL!

For a look at other labels, check out The VHS Archives!





© 2011 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: Bruno Fontana's THE DIRTY SEVEN (1982)

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THE DIRTY SEVEN

Bruno Fontana's La belva dalle calda pelle (1982)

The VHS Archives Factsheet
Label: All American Video
Catalog: AAV102
Box Type: Clamshell
Year of Release: ?
Runtime: 92:23
Print: 1.66:1 / English / No subs
Extras: None

About the Film
Director: Bruno Fontana
Year of Release: 1982

Country of Origin: Italy

Stars: Laura Gemser, Angelo Infanti, Gabriele Tinti, Giovanni Brusadori

AKAs: The Beast with Hot Skin, Emanuelle Queen of the Desert

Verbatim Box Synopsis

A party of commandos go on a dangerous mission to kill...

... two are killer, their captain is wounded and the rescue craft which was supposed to pick them up, shoots at them instead...

... betrayed, forsaken and hungry, filled with fear and despair, the survivors become brutes...

... A strange girl joins them.  Sheila (LAURA GEMSER) is a fascinating and sensuous woman who agrees to lead them to safety; but instead she makes them betray each other.......

A picture full of HIGH SUPSPENSE and HUMAN DRAMA starring LAURA GEMSER, ANGELO INFANTI, GABRIELE TINTI written and directed by BRUNO FONTANA

U.S. All American sleeve!

Danish sleeve, originally scanned by "Diabolik"!  

Argentinean Lucian Films sleeve, courtesy of Raro VHS!

French Cine Budget sleeve, taken from Nanarland! 

French Delta Video sleeve, originally scanned by "fred932000"!

German VTD sleeve, taken from The Video Museum! 

Alternate German VTD sleeve, taken from The Video Museum!

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It looks like the All American artwork can be traced back to GO Video's UK cover for Apocalypse, the Untold Story! (Scan taken from The GO! Video Tribute Site!)

Looking for The Dirty Seven on VHS? It's available on Amazon here, though it's not the All American release.  There's also a Simitar DVD available.

Investigate more titles with Project: MOGUL!

For a look at other labels, check out The VHS Archives!



© 2011 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.