AVAILABLE
ON BLU-RAY FROM
MILL
CREEK ENTERTAINMENT
Review
by Mr. Paws😸
In
an era when vinyl records can make a comeback, I suppose it was
inevitable that nostalgia for the days of VHS tapes would rear its
ugly head.
Unlike
the physical charm and warmer sound offered by an LP, however, I
don't think anyone actually misses the VHS format itself.
Comparatively speaking, the picture quality was never that great and
they wore out pretty fast, especially rental copies. And on occasion,
your RV-sized VCR would decide that the Chuck Norris chopfest you planned
your weekend around was good enough to eat.
It
was in this ancient time that movies like Krull, Silent Rage and
Last Action Hero were king. Ignored in theaters but
given new leases on life on the burgeoning home video market, they are
three of many titles from Mill Creek Entertainment repackaged with
slipcovers harkening back to the video store days, right down to the
image of a beat-up old VHS sliding from the box. Of the three
aforementioned titles, Krull is the real keeper. Not because
it's a better movie or anything, but Columbia Pictures' VHS boxes
were kind-of iconic. With bright red borders and the same bold white
font of the spine of every title, their boxes were as instantly
recognizable to frequent renters as Warner and Disney's old clamshell
cases.
In
terms of actual content, these are bare-bones Blu-rays, but I suppose
you could look at it this way: None of the old VHS copies had bonus
features, either. The purpose of these re-releases is purely
aesthetic, meant for collectors of a certain age who didn't grow up
on Netflix and its generic title descriptions. And at a
dirt cheap price, they're a fun way to retro-fit your video shelves.
KITTY CONSENSUS:
PURR-R-R...LIKE A GOOD SCRATCH BEHIND THE EARS
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