Thrift Haul Sourcing

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Things that might not be in codex or wiki, but might be used for future Lost and Found

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(VHS) Disclaimer - this has nothing to do with FVCR, just something I found while thrifting that I thought looked odd. There's no actual screenshots of the animation on the front or back covers, leading me to question the contents.

Hot Wheels - Lakeside Rally / The Spy

Lakeside Rally

The Spy

From those sources above it appears this is indeed a legit cartoon home video release.

Preservation

https://archive.org/details/2023-08-14-12-14-06 includes logos at beginning and end, titles at 00:01:18, final credits end at 00:44:39

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(VHS) Disclaimer - this has nothing to do with FVCR, and instead of finding it thrifting, it was handed to me by a friend who wanted it digitized, if possible.

Adobe Photoshop 4.0 - Tips, Tricks, and Special Effects

LearnKey Inc 1997 learnkey.com

UPC 7-08567-58573

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(VHS) Disclaimer - this hasn't been in any FVCR streams, but it was something he was interested in when I showed him the selections at a thrift store. This holds true for most of the following VHS comments (until otherwise stated).

(Ator) Iron Warrior 1987 (not the Mike Christian one, the Miles O'Keefe one)

YouTube Films&Clips Free Movies

Stream Suitability

This movie has lurid visuals, odd performances, weird writing, and interesting costume choices. in terms of things that can't be shown on-stream, there is some nudity about 9 minutes in, so if it were sampled as bonus footage or Lost and Found that would need to be kept in mind.

There doesn't appear to be any pre/post-roll of interest besides fbi warnings and a video logo for Media entertainment.

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(VHS)

Destroy All Monsters

"Deluxe Collector's Edition Letterbox Format!" - ADV Films

archive org AIP HD Reconstruction

Tape starts with trailers Tape ends with black (boop noise at end)

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(VHS)

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

"Superior Quality Video Tape Recorded in the LP Mode." - Goodtimes video

archive org gore888

For whatever reason on my vcr the picture was rolled for the beginning of the movie, which came right after a brief FBI warning.
Tape ends with another rolled FBI warning in bright orange this time.

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(VHS)

Star Hunter

"It's Open Season on Earth" - New Horizons Home Video

YouTube walnetto (includes trailers) 1:28:25

tubi 1:20:38

(I thought I recognized the back cover of this VHS which features a ridiculous cobbled-together costume that has neon green and something that looks like Klingon loaf / a brain on top. Still not sure why I recognized it...)

Stream Suitability

The central unstoppable creature's costume stole liberally from other prop departments, and the other "alien" costume is odd but only appears briefly. There's brief nudity around the 30 minute mark.

New Horizons Home Video presents - trailers! Audio keeps having skip-like dropouts, though.
"don't sleep ALONE" (not really stream appropriate) "BABY FACE killer" (explosions) "STAR HUNTER" (way to go wearing the t-shirt to the concert) "OPERATION COBRA" (dammit sorta nudity in trailer Don the Dragon Wilson in thailand?!) "When the Bullet Hits the Bone" (bullets) "Jack London's the SEA WOLF" (dammit nudity) Video logo then feature (with a long crawl). Black post-credits.

The credits refer to the Berne Convention lol

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(VHS)

Alien Autopsy: (fact or fiction?)

"CONTAINS EXTRA NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE PLUS THE COMPLETE, UNEDITED ALIEN AUTOPSY!" - Vidmark Entertainment

Box says "approx 70 minutes" but many online sources are 45 min, meaning they skip the "autopsy" potentially...

tubi

archive org tv broadcast of 45 min doc 1

archive org tv broadcast of 45 min doc 2

archive org "original alien autopsy" 19 min

45 + 19 = 64 minutes ... so "approx 70" might include promotional materials unique to the tape...

Tape begins with fbi warning, video logo, "Parental Advisory Suggested", and goes straight into Frakes discussing the nature of what you're about to witness. Tape ends with title card of the program, then the video logo, and black. My vcr thinks there's only 67 minutes of playable tape.

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(VHS)

Dollman "Thirteen inches... with an attitude"

"FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY NOT FOR SALE, RENTAL, DUPLIATION OR PUBLIC PERFORMANCES"

"Video Bonus! Full Moon's Videozone A Behind-The-Scenes Video Magazine"

(no indication on box or tape of minutes of length)

YouTube "official" movie source with frame and transcript 1:21:42

YouTube "official" Videozone episode with transcript 0:22:25

tubi Elvira version 1:28:02

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(VHS)

Dollman vs Demonic Toys

"All Is Not Well In Toyland..."

"Plus! Video Bonus -- Full Moon's Videozone A Behind-The-Scenes Video Magazine"

(no indication on box or tape of minutes of length)

tubi 1:00:11

archive org with spanish hardsubs 1:00:11

YouTube menocu82 Videozone episode with transcript 0:26:39

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(VHS) This of course IS from FVCR, in a mixtape as well as being looked at in a collector's edition. The physical box has some unique features that FVCR's copy doesn't...

Front cover has gold embossing and is titled "WOMEN WARRIORS". There's a logo for "LETTUCE T.M." that looks suspiciously like Vestron's. Spines are similar, but the back...

"The Kingdom of Beauties

An erotic tale of a mythical world where Women Warriors are Amazons living without men, in exile on a lonely island. Fueled by their loyalty to thei long dead Queen and their worship of their giant fire breathing statue, they repell, torture and slay any men who dare to invade their island. These powerful women continue their furious and ruthless fight against men who try to conquer them until . . . one day love comes to the new Queen."

Some cast details follow, but at the bottom is the logo and address for "LETTUCE ENTERTAIN YOU INC." from Toronto Ontario Canada.

On the cassette itself, on the side with the button that lets you open the flap, there's an address for "VIDEO SHACK" in Indiana. Unfortunately it appears the tape has mold.

The back says "RUNNING TIME: 95 MINUTES" but most sources barely touch 90. It's possible there's unique video material, but here's a remnant: youtube Lettuce video logo

Sources

Warrior Women / Island Warriors (FVCR's VHS cover title) / Country of Beauties (1981) HKMDb IMDb

youtube Craigles 1:25:48, "Women Warriors" at 0:00:02, "First Distributors" The End at 1:25:40 (probably just sped up and cropped compared to the next two)

youtube "wu tang" 1:29:43, "Country of Beauties" at 0:00:00, The End at 1:29:35

archive org 1:29:59, "Country of Beauties" at 0:00:15, The End at 1:29:51 (includes film distributor at beginning)

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(DVD) Disclaimer - this has nothing to do with FVCR and was just something I found while thrifting because of how odd it looked.

Lady Rambo

Kill You! In My Justice

kill you in my justice

• ENGLISH SUBTITLED *

"Lady Ramboh finds her sister and her best friend on vacation, and the three of them spend the days having lots of fun. But the fun trip is ruined, when the girls are kidnapped and raped by the
remaining traffickers. Lady Ramboh seeks revenge. She has a room full of grenade launchers to prove it."

"Onna Rambo 1994 1h 20m Japanese w/ English Subtitles"

UPC 6-57467-2283-6

archive org Analog Video Shop 1:14:08, japanese audio, no subtitles

Beyond the video source above, this DVD has English softsubs and includes a menu system, an interview and previews after the main runtime.

The DVD menu has a highlights video with audio at the top level behind the buttons for Chapters, Settings, and Play. There are three pages of Chapters, including separate entries at the end for the interview and previews. Settings lets you turn subtitles off and tells you the audio is in stereo.

This "movie" is shot on video, leading me to believe it's a compilation of tv episodes instead of a proper movie, but that bears further research -- the adult themes and nudity call that into question.

The English subtitles in this are nearly unusable as they only show up occasionally and frequently make no sense. There are multiple times where characters speak English, sometimes in the same scene as other characters speaking Japanese, but most of it is Japanese with nearly no English subs. When characters do speak English, Japanese subtitles appear.

The DVD case and labels themselves are very low quality, printed at low graphical density and washed out color, including the all-Japanese one-sided ... "poster?" inside the case.

Stream Suitability

Obviously the whole video couldn't be shown due to nudity and sexual assault. There's no nudity on the case, but it mentions rape, so that's a bummer.

In terms of clips being harvested for mixtapes, it checks many of the boxes of other sources, chief among them Women Kicking Ass.

Context Club Suitability

Context Club can get away with nudity, but if a movie has more than one sexual assault scene, that usually pushes it beyond the level of effort of the organizers to make it work for a fun movie marathon. At first glance it appears the "yikes" are all clustered around a single sequence, so it might be salvageable. This is all dependent on the movie itself being featured in the stream somehow. The subtitles being nearly non-existent is a major strike against it, but it's possible there are better subtitle sources out there.

Preservation

archive dot org dvd iso

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(DVD) "volume one Ninja Collection 10 FEATURE FILM SET"

"The history of the deadly Ninja warriors is presented for the first time in this 10 volume series."

"Ninjitsu Ninja Hunt Purple Hood Ninja Purple Hood Ninja 2 17 Ninjas Hero of Swallow Ninja Power Force (has a weird 20 minute repeat error in the first half) Ninja Kids Phantom Force (Ninja Phantom Heroes) Golden Ninja Invasion Cyber Ninja"

"From it's origins in feudal Japan to the modern day rediscovery and beyond, this History of Ninja delivers action and more action."

VIDEOASIA FLP-91589

UPC 6-87797-91589-4

Individual movie / disc details in comments to follow below...

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(DVD FLP-91589) This of course IS from FVCR, and is an exciting rarity - a digital copy of the English dub of this movie.

Cyber Ninja (english dub)

There are several online sources of this movie (with original language dialogue), but the most complete has been the archive org DVD iso. That edition includes a cool behind-the-scenes feature which runs 20m, and a production design slideshow.

Preservation

At present the Engilsh dub, in stereo, has been archived in a private repository.

The archive org edition's main feature is 1:12:15. Clouds fade in at 0:00:11, beginning titles fade out at 0:08:44, 8m33s duration. End credits start 1:08:29, 1h08m18s duration.

A prior (private) rip of a mono dubbed VHS runs 1:13:11. Clouds fade in at 0:01:24, beginning titles fade out at 0:09:56, 8m32s duration. End credits start 1:09:37, 1h08m13s duration.

Stereo (private) DVD rip runs 1:11:19. Clouds fade in at 0:00:09, beginning titles fade out at 0:08:42, 8m33s duration. End credits start 1:08:22, 1h08m13s duration.

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(DVD) One of the most impressive movie titles in the FVCR catalog. What's special about this one? Stay tuned...

"SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION BRUCE LEE Fights Back From The Grave"

"You Can't Keep A Good Man Down!"

"Can Bruce Lee defeatthe invincible and unbeatable BLACK ANGEL OF DEATH"

(back) "Mysteriously BRUCE LEE FIGHTS BACK FROM THE GRAVE through his immortal inner forces. Burce Lee made a spiritual agreement with the invincible and unbeatable BLACK ANGEL OF DEATH to free him from the torment of his grave. The price for his freedom was to fight to the finish THE BLACK ANGEL OF DEATH, the super-satanic force that makes the very Devil, Satan, look like an Angel of Goodness and Mercy.
Can Bruce Lee defeat the invincible and unbeatable BLACK ANGEL OF DEATH, 'BRUCE LEE FIGHTS BACK FROM THE GRAVE' provides the answer."

"BRUCE LEE Fights Back From The Grave STARRING BRUCE LEA DEBORAH CHAPLIN ANTHONY BRONSON STEVEN MACH DIRECTED BY BERT LENZI MUSIC BY MAURICE SARLI 1978 / MARTIAL ARTS / APPROX .90 MIN. / COLOR"

Online Sources

YouTube 1:24:16, grave 0:00:15

tubi 1:24:26, grave 0:00:14

Bonuses

Beyond the online sources above, this DVD sports multiple cosmetic and content bonuses that aren't immediately obvious. For one, in addition to the front and back covers, this is housed in the older jewel-case style DVD book, replete with a button on the opening edge for easier access. The "tray" on the hinge side has the "DVD Video" logo repeated vertically all the way down, but it's rotated west. The spine on the hinge side reads "BRUCE LEE FIGHTS" at the bottom, and "BACK FROM THE GRAVE" at the top (neato, a double-feature). On the opening side, under the button, it says "PRESS". This reads "BRUCE LEE FIGHTS PRESS BACK FROM THE GRAVE".

Contents-wise, there's a menu sporting the ... respectful title art, which offers "PLAY MOVIE, CHAPTER SELECTION, and TRIVIA QUIZ". There are two Chapter menus, and the shape of each chapter "window" is equally respectfully a tombstone. Weirdly the navigation text is written vertically in the chapter menus.

Did I mention there's a QUIZ? The paper that is on the inside front tray has the list of Quiz questions and multiple-choice answers on the inner side (blank in the middle of the folded sheet), and also echoes the names of the chapters a list of "Scene Selections". There are 5 questions listed, which are more or less matched in the DVD's quiz itself. When you get an answer right, you're treated to a tombstone icon with a shot of one of our hero characters. When you're wrong, you get a shot of one of the baddies! When you're finished, you're yet again treated to a tombstone shot (of either a hero or a villain) and your score out of 5, along with a pithy adjective. I believe the villains are the same no matter which "wrong" answer you give for a particular question (different villains for each question). Having played around with DVD branching myself, I can appreciate the effort, even if it seems low-rent compared to more deserving movies.

Context Club Suitability

Jury is still out. The bad guys repeatedly harass the female protagonist, and are prevented from going further than restraining her roughly by various distractions. There are good action set pieces (multiple clips from this movie are used in at least one mixtape) and hilariously bad acting / dubbing moments throughout. The print is atrocious and the audio isn't much better, but man what if we could do the QUIZ?!

Preservation

archive org ISO 1:24:46, grave 0:00:27

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[Hasn't been on FVCR streams as far as I know...]

(VHS) THE REAL Bruce Lee Cover: "BRUCE LEE A rare find sure to please fans of the martial arts legend

THE REAL (script, red) Bruce Lee

(black block)THE REAL (script)Bruce Lee STARRING BRUCE LEE DRAGON LEE DIRECTED BY JIM MARKOVIC PRODUCED BY SERAFIM KARALEXIS SCREENPLAY BY SERAFIM KARALEXIS LARRY DOLCHIM"

AKAs and Versions

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186483/movieconnections/?ref_=tt_trv_cnn https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186483/releaseinfo/?ref_=tt_dt_aka#akas https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=8928&display_set=eng

Online Sources

https://youtu.be/PxgYkeHDdOs 1:40:07 CC 240p, 0:00:00 orange background, 0:00:04 "The Real Bruce Lee", 0:33:09 "(spoken)Dragon Lee...", 1:39:58 "(spoken)His memory will live forever", 1:40:01 "THE END"

https://youtu.be/jWTasyEIltQ 1:35:03 CC "1080p" stretch wide and faster speed, 0:00:00 orange background, 0:00:15 "The Real Bruce Lee", 0:32:44 "(spoken)Dragon Lee...", 1:34:53 "(spoken)His memory will live forever", 1:34:56 "THE END"

Preservation

Digitized locally (so far): 0:02:48 orange background, 0:03:02 "The Real Bruce Lee", 0:36:11 "(spoken)Dragon Lee - the rest will be history", 1:42:39 "(spoken)His memory will live forever", 1:42:58 "THE END"

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[Has almost nothing to do with FVCR, but similar...]

(DVD) LEGEND OF THE DEVIL

"HIS HEART CRAVES VENGEANCE... (right-justified)...HIS SWORD DEMANDS BLOOD!"

AKAs and Versions

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230780/movieconnections/?ref_=tt_trv_cnn https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230780/releaseinfo/?ref_=tt_dt_aka#akas

Bonuses

A hilariously eclectic set of trailers (as well as a trailer for the feature itself). ENGLISH DUB is itself a treat, but contains the original Japanese audio with English subs that probably don't agree with the dub.

Preservation

archive org mkv, re-edited trailer package

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(DVD) Spine: "7Movies Kung 功夫 Fu Zombies"

Front Cover: "How do you kill something that's already DEAD?

7Killer Movies

Kung 功夫 Fu ZOMBIES" Back: "The ULTIMATE GENRE MASH-UP!

7deadly films featuring the greatest martial artists including Gordon Liu(Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2), Siu-Wong Fan (Ip Man), Billy Chong (A Fistful of Talons), Eddy Ko (TV's Fist of Fury), and Panna Rittikrai (Ong Bak) - in a battle to the end against their toughest enemy yet... the living dead!

SHAOLIN vs. EVIL DEAD 94 Mins. - English Dub 1.78:1 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN

SHAOLIN vs. EVIL DEAD 2 100 Mins. - Cantonese with English subtitles 1.78:1 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN

KUNG FU ZOMBIE 78 Mins. - English Dub 1.78:1 RESTRICTED R ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN

WE'RE GOING TO EAT YOU 90 Mins. - Cantonese with English subtitles 2.35:1 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN

SPIRITED KILLER 2 92 Mins. - Taiwanese (??) with English subtitles 2.35:1 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN

SPIRITED KILLER 3 90 Mins. - Taiwanese (??) with English subtitles 2.35:1 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN

KUNG FU FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE 89 Mins. - English Dub 1.78:1 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN"

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(DVD)7Movies Kung 功夫 Fu Zombies

Disc 1: Shaolin vs. Evil Dead HKMDb IMDb akas

Shaolin vs. Evil Dead 2 HKMDb IMDb AKAs

Kung Fu Zombie HKMDb IMDb AKAs

Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave HKMDb IMDb AKAs

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(DVD)7Movies Kung 功夫 Fu Zombies

Disc 2: Spirited Killer 2 This is a Thai movie featuring Panna Rittirkai (of Ong Bak fame) that IMDb and other sites are missing, but themoviedb might have under him. The DVD set's physical labels call it "Spirited Killer 2", and when you play the DVD, the menu calls it "Spirited Killer 2: Awakened Zombie Battles", and the subtitle says "Spirited Killers 2". The transliteration of the on-screen Thai title (YouTube source for "ปลุกมันขึ้นมาเพื่อต่อสู้กับผีกัด") is "Awaken it to fight ghost bites". That title is pretty close to themoviedb's "Wake Up to Fight Biting Ghosts (1991)".

Spirited Killer 3 Physical labels "Spirited Killer 3", menu "Spirited Killer 3: Ghost Wars", subtitle "Spirited Killers - Ghost War". On-screen Thai title (YouTube source for "สงครามผี") transliterates to "Ghost War". IMDb AKAs TMDb

We're Going to Eat You 1:29:50 Physical labels "We're Going to Eat You", menu "We Are Going to Eat You", no subtitle but on-screen graphic english under chinese "WE'RE GOING TO EAT YOU". HKMDb IMDb AKAs This one's a mixtape movie, youtube source 1:29:55

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Shopping...

VHS Unknown Origin

VHS HP Lovecraft's The Unnamable

VHS Star Crystal

VHS Spacehunter (diff back cover than above)

DVD Great American Circus and Show Trains

DVD 15 Great Cinema

DVD McDonald's Rutinas de 15 minutos yoga

DVD Rivers of North America: Missouri River (Film Ideas, Inc. 2004)

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(Bluray) DYNAMO

Main Movie (dub with eng softsubs) 1:36:00

Extra 16mm print (dub, no subs) 1:20:40