There is apparently a region free DVD for sale, but I would have to image it's just the VHS ripped to DVD.
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Movies that never made it past VHS
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I'm pretty sure I got it at least a dozen times from the video store lol. I didn't give a crap about the anti drug message, just loved all the characters. I'll see if it's on YouTube later today.
The Empire Strikes Back theatrical cut was available as a bonus feature on a now-out-of-print DVD release of one of the special versions; I have that disc, and it's the only cut of TESB I'll watch (it's my favorite film of all time).
The odd thing about this movie was how often it was played on TV well into the DVD era. It used to be on all the time but you still couldn't buy it.
Anyone know of any significant examples? There are still some pretty well-known films that haven't made it from DVD to Blu-ray (or any other HD format), but what about movies with life spans ending at VHS?
I recall a thread on the other forum talking about this and most examples seemed to be of horror films. I know EverythingIsTerrible makes mix tape/compilations out of weird shit they find in thrift store VHS libraries, i.e. direct to video stuff that's just too fucking weird to ever port over. Wonder if anyone had any others in the way of honest-to-God feature films.
Here's an obvious one off the top of my head, although in the US it didn't even make it to video:
Never seen this... is this the blatantly racist Disney movie I've heard about?
Yup. I doubt many people here have seen it, because Disney's spent the last 30 years trying to pretend it never happened.
There's a film called Missing Link that I don't think has ever had a DVD release. It's a late 80s/early 90s movie about... the missing link.
Another one that didn't last time I checked was At Play in the Fields of the Lord. Pretty good cast, but I remember it being two tapes long, not sure if that's why.
Another one that didn't last time I checked was At Play in the Fields of the Lord. Pretty good cast, but I remember it being two tapes long, not sure if that's why.
I mean there are reasons why this wonderful garbage ain't on dvd, I had to rip my old vhs myself, but I'd love a proper dvd release
It was released on DVD a couple of times, including on a double feature with the sequel.
Same! I was so young when I watched it and I honestly didn't remember the drug message at all (and there's a chance it went over my head cause I was so hyped to see all these characters in one movie that I couldn't give a shit about the plot) until Nostalgia Critic or someone did a video about it.
High Strung.
Not that High Strung. This one:
Fortunately Steve Oedekirk put the whole thing on YouTube for free, but I'd love to see a version that isn't just a digitized version of the VHS copy.
Not that High Strung. This one:
Fortunately Steve Oedekirk put the whole thing on YouTube for free, but I'd love to see a version that isn't just a digitized version of the VHS copy.