The VHS Archives: Robert Slatzer's BIGFOOT (1970)

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BIGFOOT

Robert Slatzer's Bigfoot (1970)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: World Video, Inc.

Catalog: WV-1013

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: ?

Runtime: 83:26

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Robert Slatzer

Year of Release: 1970

Country of Origin: U.S.A.

Stars: Joi Lansing, John Carradine, Chris Mitchum, Judy Jordan, John Mitchum, Haji

AKAs: Big Foot; Bigfoot vs. the Rock Band; Big Foot: The Biggest Monster of All Time; King Kong's Son 

Verbatim Box Synopsis

In the wilds of the rigged Northwest, humans are captured by the legendary "BigFoot". It soon becomes evident that a whole colony of these creatures exists, and that they intend to mate with their captured prey!

An exciting and dangerous manhunt ensues...

A breathtaking, surprise ending!

U.S. World Video Pictures, Inc. sleeve! 

German Video Medien Pool (VMP) sleeve,

courtesy of Video-Museum.net! 

A selection of promotional shots from the Cinema Arcana Archives! We own the original negatives to these photos, along with the positive proofs (which is what we scanned here). They actually offer much better views of the creatures than you find in the film itself!

Fun video promo, created and uploaded by CheezyFlicks!

Looking for Bigfoot on VHS? It's available on Amazon here. There's also a bootleg DVD from those hucksters at CheezyFlicks, if you just want to see the movie. 

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© 2014 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: Nick Millard's CRIMINALLY INSANE (1975)

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CRIMINALLY INSANE

Nick Millard's Criminally Insane (1975)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: World Video, Inc.

Catalog: WV1059

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: ?

Runtime: 59:10

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Nick Millard

Year of Release: 1975

Country of Origin: U.S.A.

Stars: Priscilla Alden, Michael Flood, Jane Lambert, George "Buck" Flower

AKAs: Crazy Fat Ethel, The 250 lb. Butcher

Verbatim Box Synopsis

250 POUNDS OF MANIACAL FURY!

A 250 lb. female psychopath is prematurely released from an asylum for the criminally insane. What little is left of her mind soon gives way, as her gluttonous appetite for food is shockingly equalled by her appetite for blood! ... A "must" for horror fans!

 

U.S. World Video Pictures, Inc. sleeve!

Original theatrical trailer, uploaded by DangerCinema!

Looking for Criminally Insane on VHS? It's available on Amazon here. There's also a nice special edition DVD from E.I.'s Retro Shock-O-Rama label, billed with Millard's Satan's Black Wedding (1975) and Criminally Insane 2 (1985).

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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. 

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© 2012 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: Nick Millard's .357 MAGNUM (1977)

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.357 MAGNUM

Nick Millard's .357 Magnum (1977)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: World Video Pictures, Inc.

Catalog: WV1057

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: ?

Runtime: 69:40

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Nick Millard 

(Jan Anders)

Year of Release: 1977

Country of Origin: U.S.A.

Stars: Marland Proctor, James Whitworth, Kathryn Hayes, Marianne Walter (Kelly Nichols)

AKAs: ?

Verbatim Box Synopsis

Jonathan Hightower's weapon of chose is the deadly .357 Magnum. He's assigned to the Far East to track the killer of CIA agents in Hong Kong and Tokyo. . . . International intrigue, doublecross and death follow. The only way out is the shootout!

 U.S World Video Pictures, Inc. sleeve!

An awesomely terrible clip, uploaded by "brujaria"!

Looking for .357 Magnum on VHS? It's available on Amazon here.

Not on DVD.

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© 2012 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: Brad Grinter's FLESH FEAST (1970)

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FLESH FEAST

Brad Grinter's Flesh Feast (1970)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: World Video Pictures, Inc.

Catalog: WV1028

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: ?

Runtime: 70:33

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Brad Grinter

Year of Release: 1970

Country of Origin: USA

Stars: Veronica Lake, Phil Philbin, Doug Foster, Harry Kerwin

AKAs: Time for Terror, Flesh Hunger

Verbatim Box Synopsis

A secret laboratory, located in the basement of a Miami Beach mansion, is the centerpiece of this grisly shocker. Ghastly, youth restoration experiments, using flesh-eating maggots, are being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Elaine Frederick. 

Horror and hysteria mount, and a surprise ending finally reveals the real motives of the attractive lady doctor!

Terror and Vengeance at its ultimate!

 U.S. World Video Pictures, Inc. sleeve!

U.S. GWN Video sleeve, courtesy of Earl Summerfield! Like most of the company's releases, their art is stolen from unrelated sources -- this time combining an H.R. Giger Alien design with the unidentified inner face. (I feel as though I recognize the image, but can't quite place it. Anyone know where it originates?)

U.K. Intercity Video Distributors Limited sleeve, courtesy of It's Only a Movie!

Original theatrical trailer, uploaded by "brujaria"!

Looking for Flesh Feast on VHS? It's available on Amazon here. If you just want to see it, you can also get a VHS-quality cheapo DVD, paired with William Girdler's Three on a Meathook. The last I heard, Something Weird Video have the negative to Flesh Feast, but don't have the rights to release it. Let's hope they get it sorted out eventually!

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© 2012 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: Michael Stanley's ATTACK OF THE BEAST CREATURES (1985)

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ATTACK OF THE BEAST CREATURES

Michael Stanley's Hell Island (1985)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: World Video Pictures, Inc.

Catalog: WV1078

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: ?

Runtime: 

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Michael Stanley

Year of Release: 1985

Country of Origin: USA

Stars: Robert Nolfi, Julia Rust, Robert Lengyel, Lisa Pak

AKAs: Hell Island, Beast Creatures

Verbatim Box Synopsis

A terrible storm at sea turns an ocean liner's luxury voyage into a nightmare!

Those lucky enough to survive the sinking ship soon find themselves stranded on an uncharted island. A living hell breaks loose when the survivors encounter gruesome, flesh-eating Beast Creatures!

... An exceptionally unique sci/fi-horror movie!

U.S. World Video Pictures sleeve!

German Rebell Video sleeve, courtesy of Critical Condition!

Australian Seven Keys Video sleeve, courtesy of VHS Wasteland!

Newspaper article from The History of Lordship!

An especially awesome attack sequence, uploaded by "sporkwizz"!

Looking for Attack of the Beast Creatures on VHS? It's available on Amazon here.

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© 2012 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

It's Name that Movie Monday! Challenge #21!

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Welcome back to Name that Movie Monday!

It's time for Challenge #21 here at the ol' Arcana! Can you identify this week's mystery photo, scanned direct from The Holecheck Archives? If you think you recognize it, post a comment below. As the week goes on, if no one guesses correctly I'll begin adding some pretty useless hints. Easy, right?

Here ya' go -- good luck!

UPDATE:

Well, that didn't take long, did it?

Congrats to Doug Waltz for identifying Herschell Gordon Lewis' typically ludicrous bike-bitch epic, She-Devils on Wheels (1968). As their motto goes, "We don't owe nobody nothin' and we don't make no deals! We're swingin' chicks on motorbikes and maneaters on wheels!" Add in some splashy violence, groovy garage rock and hilariously quotable dialogue (including the legendary "Go fumigate yourself, craphead!") and you have a guaranteed night's entertainment.

Originally released to theaters ("in Blinding Color!" according to the promotional materials) by Mayflower Pictures, Inc., the film was later picked up by AIP as a co-feature for Billy Jack, of all things. What a night that bill would've been! At home, She-Devils on Wheels received a 1985 VHS release from World Video once its rights were bought up by Jimmy Maslon's Shock Films, who reissued it themselves in 1990 as part of their incredible 'Sleaziest Movies in the History of the World' series hosted by Joe Bob Briggs. Shock then worked out a deal with Something Weird Video, and that's where it's resided since. Their DVD looks great and comes with a fun commentary, stills collection, trailers and more, so get on the road!

For a look at our last entry, which has remained unsolved since December(!), click here.  We also have quite a few unidentified Grab Bag photos, if you really want to show your stuff.  And don't forget, our Upcoming Releases List (the best on the 'net) is constantly updated, so stop by and preorder some cool stuff!

© 2011 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.