HMV has added even more great flicks to their Limited Edition VHS Range, including Jaws, Jurassic Park, An American Werewolf In London, Tremors, and The Frighteners. These will be available on October 29th. You can pre-order now.
Each of these titles (from Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures) feature a retro sleeve inspired by their original CIC VHS release. The box is imprinted with a VHS cassette design, but with the height of a DVD to ensure it fits on shelf. Inside are copies of the movie on both Blu-ray, and DVD featuring cassette reel disc art. They also include a fold out replica theatrical poster, bubblegum card and sticker.
JAWS
Directed by Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg, Jaws set the standard for edge-of-your-seat suspense, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever changing the movie industry. When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town’s chief of police (Roy Scheider), a young marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a grizzled shark hunter (Robert Shaw) embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again. Featuring an unforgettable score that evokes pure terror, Jaws remains one of the most influential and gripping adventures in motion picture history.
BONUS FEATURES
The Shark is still working: The impact & legacy of Jaws: Feature length documentary featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews with cast and crew including Steven Spielberg, Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider.
The making of Jaws: 2-hour documentary featuring interviews with key cast and crew
Deleted scenes and outtakes
Storyboards
From the set: An insider’s look at life on the set of Jaws
Production photos
Marketing Jaws
Jaws phenomenon
And more!
JURASSIC PARK
Experience one of the biggest films in motion picture history with director Steven Spielberg’s ultimate thrill ride, Jurassic Park. Featuring Academy Award-winning* visual effects and groundbreaking filmmaking that has been hailed as “a triumph of special effects artistry” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times), this epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators. Starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough, discover the breathtaking adventure you will want to experience again and again.
BONUS FEATURES
Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of a New Era, Making Prehistory, The Next Step in Evolution
The Making of Jurassic Park: Original Featurette on the Making of the Film
Steven Spielberg Directs Jurassic Park: Early Pre-Production Meetings
Phil Tippett Animatics: Raptors in the Kitchen
Animatics: T-Rex Attack
ILM and Jurassic Park: Before and After the Visual Effects
Foley Artists
Storyboards
Production Archives
And Much More!
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
When two American students touring the English countryside are attacked by a vicious wolf during a full moon, their lives are suddenly transformed forever. Featuring ground-breaking Academy Award-winning make-up by Rick Baker, this cult favourite is directed by John Landis (National Lampoon’s Animal House) and perfectly blends the macabre with a touch of humour.
BONUS FEATURES
I Walked with a Werewolf Hi-Def Featurette
Beware the Moon Feature-length Documentary
Making An American Werewolf In London, An Original Featurette
An Interview with John Landis
Makeup Artist Rick Baker on an An American Werewolf In London
Casting of the Hand
Outtakes
Storyboards
Photograph Montage
Feature Commentary with cast members David Naughton & Griffin Dunne
TREMORS
Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward star as two country handymen who lead a cast of zany characters to safety in this exciting sci-fi creature comedy. Just as Val McKee (Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Ward) decide to leave Perfection, Nevada, strange rumblings prevent their departure. With the help of a shapely seismology student (Finn Carter), they discover their desolate town is infested with gigantic man-eating creatures that live below the ground. The race is on to overcome these slimy subterraneans and find a way to higher ground, in this enjoyable thriller co-starring Michael Gross and Reba McEntire.
BONUS FEATURES
The Making Of Tremors
Featurette
Cast Profiles
THE FRIGHTENERS
From Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson (King Kong, The Lord of the Rings) comes this wicked comedy-thriller. Michael J. Fox stars as Frank Bannister, a small-town “ghost buster” in league with the very spirits he’s supposed to be exorcising. The scam works well until a powerful spirit goes on a murderous rampage, forcing Frank to find a way to stop the diabolical ghoul in this special-effects packed supernatural chiller that’s so fiendishly entertaining, it’s frightening!
BONUS FEATURES
Feature Commentary with Director Peter Jackson
The Making Of The Frighteners
Music – Interview with Danny Elfman
Bloopers
Storyboarding
Theatrical Trailer
