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! |
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![]() 1984 Robin Johnson Dom Irrera More college hyjinks and T & A. You get what you pay for. In this spin, a bunch of busty sorority sisters and an all female rock band team up to save a sorority house that has been condemned by the university. Comic Dom Irrera puts in an appearance as well. SALE PENDING |
![]() STAR STRUCK 1982 (Australia) Jo Kennedy Ross O'Donovan Delightful Aussie musical comedy about a young girl (Kennedy) who wants to become a singing star, and her scrappy cousin (O' Donovan) who manages her. |
![]() STRANGE BREW 1983 (Canada) Dave Thomas Rick Moranis Those two guys from The Great White North (SCTV's Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis) take their Cannuck goofs into a movie about a brewery that is selling more than just beer. Hey, take off you hoser! SOLD No Longer Available |
![]() STREET MUSIC 1981 E. G. Daily Early E. G. Daily film shot, if memory serves, in San Francisco. Daily plays the street singer of the piece, but the story revolves around the residents of an old hotel that is about to be demolished. |
![]() STREETS OF FIRE 1984 Michael Pare Amy Madigan Diane Lane Deborah Van Valkenburgh Willem Dafoe Bill Paxton E. G. Daily Strange film that's part action, part musical directed by Walter Hill. Mercenary (Pare) goes ballistic when his girlfriend, a singer, is kidnapped by a gang. May well be remembered for production design but this feature is often underrated and overlooked. |
![]() STUNT MAN 1980 Peter O'Toole Steve Railsback Barbara Hershey Highly recommended movie. Director Richard Rush made this masterpiece. It should have won at least 4 academy awards. O'Toole plays Eli Cross, a movie director with a vicious streak. Cameron (Steve Railsback) is a Vietnam Vet on the run from the cops. Forced to become a stuntman, Cameron falls for the leading lady (Hershey) but the cops are still too close and Cameron thinks Cross is trying to kill him too. Cult classic. |
![]() SUBURBIA 1983 dir. Penelope Spherris Violent and dispicable film about punk rockers through the lens of Penelope Spherris. SALE PENDING |
![]() SUMMER CAMP 1979 Michael Abrams Jake Barnes Kashka Bartisick Linnea Quigley More teen hyjinks by young adult actors playing teens. Camp Malibu is in financial straits, so the owner tries to get a bunch of rich kids to bail him out. The imdb lists Quigley but her name appears nowhere in the credits of this movie. SOLD No Longer Available |
![]() SURE THING 1985 John Cusack Daphne Zuniga Another early John Cusack comedy. If John boy can make it from the East coast college to California by a certain time, he is guaranteed to get laid. Daphne Zuniga plays the ride-sharing bitch who nearly ruins his potentially fulfilling sex life. |
![]() SWORD AND THE SORCERER 1982 Lee Horsley Sword and sorcery epic starring that guy from that TV show, uh, what's the name? Matt ... uh, something? Yeah, that's him. SALE PENDING |
![]() TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT 1981 Robert Hays Barbera Hershey Yep, based on that country song but this is actually a pretty good movie. Company drone Robert Hays gets caught up in the small town politics surrounding the sale of a small brewery that would affect many people's lives. |
![]() TAKIN IT OFF 1985 Kitten Natividad Angelique Pettyjohn Bust queen Kitten Natividad plays in this soft core comedy farce about a girl who thinks she is just too big. This in an era when most women want more on top. My how times have changed... SOLD No Longer Available |
TERROR-VISION 1986 Gerrit Graham Mary Woronov Errant satellite dish becomes a portal for an alien invasion. Yep, it's a comedy; it's a horror. It's two, two, two movies in one! SOLD No Longer Available |
![]() THAT WAS THEN; THIS IS NOW 1985 Emilio Estevez (imdb) Two juvenile delinquents find themselves growing apart. One is growing up, and the other is staying young and reckless. |
![]() THEY CALL ME BRUCE 1982 Johnny Yune Margaux Hemingway Korean comedian Johnny Yune becomes a mob stooge in this comedy farce. Yune's character idolizes Bruce Lee. Hardly a minute goes by without a joke. SALE PENDING |
TIME BANDITS 1981 John Cleese Sean Connery Michael Palin Shelley Duvall dir. Terry Gilliam Monty Python alumnus Terry Gilliam created this epic adventure film about a young boy who accidently joins a band of dwarves as they jump from time-period to time period seeking treasure. |
![]() TOGA PARTY 1979 Bobby Charles Mary Mitchell More college hyjinks obviously inspired by "Animal House." Pizza and a beer movie. Well, maybe two beers. Okay, three. SALE PENDING |
![]() TOUCH AND GO 1980 (Australia) Wendy Hughes Australian movie about a team of bored women who decide they need a little danger in their lives so they plan to hyjack a yacht and knock over a casino. Hot babe Hughes plays their ringleader. SOLD No Longer Available |
![]() TRINITY IS STILL MY NAME 1975 Terrance Hill Bud Spencer Italian western farce starring that skinny guy (Hill) and that fat dude (Spencer). |
![]() TUNNELVISION 1976 Chevy Chase John Candy One of the classics of TV satire made into a film. Probably the best of the top four of this genre that includes: "Kentucky Fried Movie", "Groove Tube" and "Prime Time." SOLD No Longer Available |
![]() TURK 182 1985 Timothy Hutton Robert Culp Robert Urich Kim Cattrall (comes in clear white plastic clamshell) Under-rated movie about the brother of an injured firefighter who goes on a crusade to get back at the dirty politics that unfairly screwed his brother out of his disability. |
UP THE CREEK 1984 Tim Matheson Stephen Furst Perrenial student Matheson gets caught up in a raft race rivalry. More youth oriented comedy farce. SOLD No Longer Available |
UTILITIES 1981 Robert Hays Brooke Adams Hays plays a social worker who hates the big utilities. He runs into the law in the form of Brooke Adams and they get all sentimental and squishy. |
VALLEY GIRL 1983 Nicolas Cage Deborah Foreman E. G. Daily Cameron Dye dir: Martha Coolidge Nick Cage stole this movie and became a star soon afterward. Deborah Foreman, no slouch in the acting department, never seemed to find her star. The ultimate valley girl movie, fer shuurre! SOLD No Longer Available |
![]() VIDEODROME 1983 James Woods Deborah Harry dir. David Cronenberg Spooky movie about terrorism through TV. SOLD No Longer Available |
W (aka W is War) 1983 Dir Willie Milan Anthony Alonzo Paul Vance Joonee Gamboa Philippino version of Road Warrior. Extremely violent and completely over the top. SOLD -- No Longer Available |
![]() WHAT WAITS BELOW 1983 Timothy Bottoms Lisa Blount B budget movie made in some famous caverns in Tennessee. Cave explorers Bottoms and Blount seek the mystery of people disappearing and discover humanlike creatures living in the depths. I met one of the girls who played one of the cave creatures. Last time I saw her she was a topless dancer. Ready for your close up, Stephanie? SOLD No Longer Available |
![]() WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY? 1966 Woody Allen One of Woody Allen's funniest ideas. Take a Japanese James Bond spy movie, and replace the soundtrack with something completely insane. It works. SOLD No Longer Available |
![]() WIMPS 1987 Louie Bonanno The box cover pretty much explains this teen sex comedy. Us wimps like sex too ya know! SOLD No Longer Available |
![]() ZONE TROOPERS 1985 Timothy Van Patton Tim Thomerson Is that alien giving us the finger? Interesting mix of World War 2 and science fiction. The Germans have discovered a downed spacecraft and the aliens are trying to get away. Naturally, American soldiers caught behind enemy lines have to save themselves and the aliens. Better than average for its kind. SALE PENDING |
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