by slasherindex | Mar 1, 1985
United Home Entertainment markets their in-house film, Blood Cult (1985), as the first horror film made directly for the home video market. Although it’s not the first horror film to skip theatrical, it is believed to be the first made with the sole purpose of...
by slasherindex | Feb 1, 1985
MGM/UA learns that approximately 30,000 copies of the Gone With the Wind (1939) has 45 seconds of the wrong music. According to the studio, because the copies used music from the international version of the film, they have to discard them.. The mistake costs the...
by slasherindex | Aug 1, 1982
Paramount announces a major price cut of half ($39.95) for their latest hit title, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (1982), on videocassette. This is big news in the industry and is the first major push towards the sell-through market by a major studio....
by slasherindex | Jun 1, 1982
Star Wars is first released to videocassette. Within days of its release, it generates over $1 million in revenue. It is released in both a “rental only” version with a serial number, and a standard sale version later that fall. Sale price is $79.98.
by slasherindex | Apr 1, 1982
Karl Lorimar Home Video and RCA release actress Jane Fonda’s workout routine on home video. The program is an adaptation of her book with the same title. Because the title was intended for purchase rather than rent, it becomes wildly successful. It spends 239...