Movies on Betamax -- Page Three

BETAMAX VIDEO TAPES FOR SALE


The BETA format is (well.... was) the best video tape format ever to be marketed.
Sony ceased manufacturing consumer BETA recorder-players for the American market in 1993

My ancient SLHF-900 finally crapped out in early 2000 -- which is really messed up because I liked my betamax!.

Reluctantly, I've decided to say bon voyage to my Beta collection.

So, if you are a Beta-phile and are looking for pre-recorded video tapes in this format -- READ ON!




2010!
The βeta format is still alive -- on the net!


$1.00 per tape!!

Since I first put up this site, I have sold about 2/3 of my Betamax tapes. Beta is indeed live and well on the internet.

About once a year, I update this site by removing the Sold items making space for other sale items and images.

I will sell all these betamax videos individually -- in groups of two or more -- or the entire collection! As of this update -- March 2010 -- that's 153 tapes!
 
Just click "e-mail me" if you want to buy the remaining Beta library as is.

I'm also selling my off-air Beta tapes. Yes, there are recorded shows on them, but I cannot sell them as anything except "Blank Tape." Scroll to the bottom of the page to click that link.

Buyer will assume shipping and handling costs.


Depending on the number of tapes you order, and the combined weight, shipping is actually cheaper if you buy in bulk.



The Betamax movie titles listed on these 7 pages are commercially released features and Made-for-TV movies, Music Videos, Cartoons, Comedy, Special Interest, Documentaries, and of course, Kung Fu movies.

Titles are in alphabetical order and include reviews (or references) and a small picture of the actual box.
I recommend to viewers and potential buyers to also reference the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) for alternate reviews of these features. My reviews are highly biased and subjective. I could be wrong.

Several of these videos no longer reside in their original boxes. Where noted they are protected by sturdy translucent white or solid brown clamshell cases.

Click to go to your page of interest:


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Features and Made for TV Movies


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MUSIC VIDEOS

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 CARTOONS, COMEDY, TV SHOWS, SPECIAL INTEREST


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MARTIAL ARTS (KUNG FU) MOVIES

E-MAIL ME to make sale arrangements.

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ITEM STATUS:

IF AN ITEM GETS SOLD: A RED LABEL WILL INDICATE "SOLD"
THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ANY MORE.
IF AN ITEM IS PENDING SALE: A GREEN LABEL "SALE PENDING"
WILL ACCOMPANY THE DESCRIPTION.


FEATURE FILMS
MADE-FOR-VIDEO FEATURE RELEASES


off beat box
 
OFF BEAT
1986
Judge Reinhold
Meg Tilly

Joe Gower (Reinhold) works in the library (on roller skates!?) Adding complication to his otherwise bookish life, Gower agrees to
pose as a police officer and participate in a charity dance. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks.

off the wall box

OFF THE WALL
1982
Paul Sorvino
Rosanna Arquette
(From the imdb.com)

"Two young hitchhikers are picked up a speed-crazed young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her activities, and they find themselves sentenced to six months in prison. The girl, feeling bad about what she did to them, resolves to break them out of the prison."


one night stand box

ONE NIGHT STAND
1984
(Australia)


A movie about teens trying to act like teens while the world is just about to push the nuclear button. The ending is almost as depressing as "On the Beach."

SOLD No Longer Available

oxford blues box

OXFORD BLUES
1984
Rob Lowe
Alley Sheedy
Amanda Pays


Lowe is the fish-out-of-water at Oxford where he gets the hots for royalty (Amanda Pays) and ends up with Alley Sheedy. Hey, unfair!
party animal box

PARTY ANIMAL
1983


More "Animal House" hyjinks on campus. A pizza and beer movie.
phantom box

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
1974
Paul Williams
Gerrit Graham


I'll never understand the attraction to Rocky Horror Picture Show when Phantom of the Paradise is a far superior movie.

SOLD
No Longer Available



phase 4 box

PHASE 4
1974
Nigel Davenport
Michael Murphy
Lynne Frederick
dir: Saul Bass


Director Saul Bass made this moody sci-fi pic about ants taking over the world.

SOLD No Longer Available

picasso trigger box

PICASSO TRIGGER
1989
Dona Spier
dir. Andy Sadaris


Playmate Dona Spier bares lots of skin in this Andy Sidaris outing. It is spies and counterspies and lots of guns (of more than one kind) and bikinis. Yummy.
porkys revenge box

PORKY'S REVENGE
aka "Porky's 3"
1985
Dan Monahan


The amazing success of "Porky's" spawned 2 sequels. This is number 3


SOLD No Longer Available

porkys 2 box

PORKY'S 2-THE NEXT DAY
1983
Dan Monahan


Sort of a "Down South In the Swamp Animal House" if you must know. "Porky's" was a big hit on the theater circuit so they made several sequels. Get your corn here (see the film, you'll get the joke).

SOLD No Longer Available

prime time box


PRIME TIME
1980
Warren Oates
(TV satire)


There were several TV parodies in this time. Remember: Tunnelvision? Kentucky Fried Movie? Groove Tube? PRIME TIME is one of the lesser known films but it contains some really funny bits.

SOLD No Longer Available
protocol box

PROTOCAL
1984
Goldie Hawn
Chris Sarandon


Goldie Hawn really can act and she is very good at playing a ditz, even a fairly smart ditz. Small town transplant ends up the toast of the diplomatic corps and becomes a pawn in a sneaky political ploy. Yes, it's a comedy. Better than it sounds. I also recommend seeing Hawn's recent film titled "The Banger Sisters."

purple rain box

PURPLE RAIN
1984
Prince
Apollonia Kotero
Morris Day
Clarence Williams III


Morris Day all but steals the show from moody Prince. Mostly we just want to stare at Apollonia's chest -- or her entire body for that matter. Semi-autobiographical musical that put Prince's star on both the musical and movie map. Fans of his music get an earfull too.

SALE PENDING
ratings game box

RATINGS GAME
1984
Danny Devito
Rhea Perlman


When Danny Devito discovers (by accident) that he can control the TV ratings, the whole network he works for goes off the tracks.

SOLD No Longer Available
reckless box

RECKLESS
1984
Aidan Quinn
Darryl Hannah

Aidan Quinn plays the troubled James Dean part and he's not bad. Trapped in a dirty ugly steel town, he only wants out. He finds his love interest in an equally moody Darryl Hannah.

red blooded american girl box

RED BLOODED AMERICAN GIRL
1990
Andrew Stevens
Heather Thomas


What a terrific movie this would have been had it a better budget and a better script. As it is, the idea's not bad. This biotech company is doing some very illegal experiments on human subjects and genius Andrew Stevens is brought in to bail them out of trouble. It seems this serum they came up with turns people into vampires but their blood lust only makes them consume themselves. Heather Thomas shows her body off very well as one of the victims that Stevens is trying to save.
repo man box

REPO MAN
1983
Emilio Estevez
Harry Dean Stanton


Emilio Estevez plays a punk rocker who gets involved with a repo company. Along the way he also gets caught up in a strange alien mystery. A much under-appreciated movie. Harry Dean Stanton is brilliant as an old cynical repo man who mentors Estevez. This film rocks.

SOLD -- No Longer Available
roommate box

The ROOMMATE
1984
Lance Guest
Barry Miller


More collegeus campusis animalis housis sillinessis ....

Oh, come on, you understand latin...

SOLD No Longer Available

rosebud beach hotel box

ROSEBUD BEACH HOTEL
1985
Peter Scolari
Colleen Camp


Ex-Busom Buddies sidekick Pete Scolari steps into a hotel comedy. Typical of the genre.

SOLD No Longer Available

r.s.v.p. box

R.S.V.P.
1984
Adam Mills
Lynda Weismeier
Steve Nave
Harry Reems
Paul Coufos

Soft-core sex film about an out-of-control party at a swank home in the Hollywood hills.

SALE PENDING
safari 3000 box

SAFARI 3000
1982
Stockard Channing
David Carradine


Stockard Channing plays a photo-journalist who becomes a partner to driver David Carradine in an African Road Rally.

SOLD No Longer Available

say yes box

SAY YES!
1986
Jonathan Winters

Funnyman Jonathan Winters adds his name to this b-movie comedy.
screwballs box

SCREWBALLS
1983
Peter Keleghan
dir. Jim Wynorski


Teen sex comedy by B budget exploitation director Wynorski.

SOLD No Longer Available
secret admirer box

SECRET ADMIRER
1985
C. Thomas Howell
Kelly Preston


Slightly above average teen comedy.



seniors box

SENIORS
1978
Dennis Quaid
Priscilla Barnes


Above average early teen sex farce about a student who comes up with an insane plan to graduate.

SOLD No Longer Available


sherlock holmes woman in green box

SHERLOCK HOLMES: WOMAN IN GREEN
1945
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce


Sherlock Holmes classic starring the razor sharp Basil Rathbone and, as Watson, the lovable teddy bear, Nigel Bruce.
sixteen candles box

SIXTEEN CANDLES
1984
Molly Ringwald
Justin Henry


Brat packer Ringwald plays teen angst to the limit as a young girl who is feeling ignored -- and pissed off that her family forgot her 16th birthday.
(Tape comes in white clamshell box)

sleuth box

SLEUTH
1972
Lawrence Olivier
Michael Caine


Another play that became a feature film -- and a pretty good one too.
so fine box

SO FINE
1981
Ryan O'Neal
Jack Warden


Will anyone ever remember this gem from 1981? If you remember the butt hugging jeans fad on TV, then this movie will put a smile on your face.
some kind of wonderful box

SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL
1987
Eric Stoltz
Mary Stuart Masterson
Lea Thompson

Better-than-average teen angst movie about a boy (Stoltz) from the other side of the tracks (literally) who has a hot streak for a rich girl (Thompson) not noticing his closest female friend (Masterson) has an awful crush on him already.

spacehunter box

SPACEHUNTER: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
Peter Strauss
Molly Ringwald


Peter Strauss gets into serious trouble tracking down a bounty on a very violent planet. Ringwald plays a street urchin -- or should I say planet urchin -- who helps Strauss find his bounty.

SOLD No Longer Available

splash box

SPLASH
1984
Tom Hanks
Darryl Hannah
John Candy

Hanks falls for a mermaid (Hannah) while John Candy yucks it up. Better-than-usual fantasy comedy from the Disney company. And I mean that in the nicest way. Movie trivia moment: I shot part of the opening credits.

SOLD No Longer Available








OTHER BETAMAX VIDEOS AND HARDWARES:



BLANK BETA TAPES

Many of you have been asking about the Blank Beta Tapes. That list is finally up. There are over 300 tapes on that list. Most contain recorded TV shows and movies. Due to legal issues, I can only sell them as blank tapes so that is why the "program material" section is blank.

Click here to see any of these blank betamax tapes interest you.



BETA TAPE BOXES
 AND
 OTHER BETA RELATED ITEMS


Click here for some beta format boxes and clamshells and other beta related items that I also have for sale!


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MUSIC VIDEOS

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 CARTOONS, COMEDY, TV SHOWS, SPECIAL INTEREST


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Most Recent Update:  MARCH 2010