Uploaded January 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
As usual there is a mix of all sorts of things in this update.
I flick through an old mini-catalogue from 1982 for hairylittlewombat. Also showing some new and old titles, with two VCG titles on the TV, as follows:
* Maniac (VHS)
* Raging Fury (VHS)
These blu-rays:
* Salo
* Baraka
* The Shining
* The Fog
* The Graduate
* Goodfellas
* Deliverance
And this mix of DVDs and VHS:
* Heavy Traffic (Roadshow)
* Rude Rude Rodney Rude (Palace Films)
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Columbia Tristar)
* Drive-In Delirium Volumes 1 and 2 (Umbrella)
* Raw Force (VCG)
* Blue Sunshine (Siren)
* Under the Sand (Madman)
* La Belle Noiseuse (Accent)
* The Ballad of Narayama (Umbrella)
* The Picture Show Man (Umbrella)
* The Getting of Wisdom (Umbrella)
And the rest are VHS:
* George (Roadshow)
* I'm for the Hippopotamus (Roadshow)
* Robocop (RCA Columbia Hoyts)
* Robocop 2 (Village Roadshow)
* Terror in the Aisles (RCA)
* The Wild Pair (RCA)
* Confessions from a Holiday Camp (RCA)
* Cutting Class (Vestron)
* Prizzi's Honor (PSO - VR)
* Police Academy (Warner)
As usual there is a mix of all sorts of things in this update.
I flick through an old mini-catalogue from 1982 for hairylittlewombat. Also showing some new and old titles, with two VCG titles on the TV, as follows:
* Maniac (VHS)
* Raging Fury (VHS)
These blu-rays:
* Salo
* Baraka
* The Shining
* The Fog
* The Graduate
* Goodfellas
* Deliverance
And this mix of DVDs and VHS:
* Heavy Traffic (Roadshow)
* Rude Rude Rodney Rude (Palace Films)
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Columbia Tristar)
* Drive-In Delirium Volumes 1 and 2 (Umbrella)
* Raw Force (VCG)
* Blue Sunshine (Siren)
* Under the Sand (Madman)
* La Belle Noiseuse (Accent)
* The Ballad of Narayama (Umbrella)
* The Picture Show Man (Umbrella)
* The Getting of Wisdom (Umbrella)
And the rest are VHS:
* George (Roadshow)
* I'm for the Hippopotamus (Roadshow)
* Robocop (RCA Columbia Hoyts)
* Robocop 2 (Village Roadshow)
* Terror in the Aisles (RCA)
* The Wild Pair (RCA)
* Confessions from a Holiday Camp (RCA)
* Cutting Class (Vestron)
* Prizzi's Honor (PSO - VR)
* Police Academy (Warner)
![20th Century Fox Opening Logo [1992]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-hwN0MLVPN8/mqdefault.jpg "20th Century Fox Opening Logo [1992]
Taken from the start of Alien³, from an old home video. I particularly like the audio fade out on this one.")
![Ozploitation Films [Part 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1ewMODIIcz8/mqdefault.jpg "Ozploitation Films [Part 2]
The second part presenting some Aussie Exploitation, as well as some more general films. The films shown here, in VHS and DVD, are as follows:
* Mad Max (1979)
* Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
* Bad Boy Bubby (1993 - DVD and VHS)
* Chopper (2000)
* Stone (1974 - DVD and VHS)
* Ghosts ...of the Civil Dead (1988)
* Stir (1980) / Money Movers (1978)
* Long Weekend (1978)
* Cassandra (1986)
* Sky Pirates (1985)
* Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
* Patrick (1978)
* Thirst (1979)
* Razorback (1984)
* The F.J. Holden (1977)
* Oz (1976 - aka: 20th Century Oz)
* The Night The Prowler (1978)
* Midnite Spares (1983 - VHS and DVD)
* Hoodwink (1981 - VHS and DVD)
* Blood Moon (1989)
* Bloodlust (1991)
* Bootleg (1985)
* To Make A Killing (1987 - aka: Wild Boys)
* Sacred Sex (1991)
Other ultra bleak Australian prison films worth mentioning (but not shown here) are:
* Everynight... Everynight (1994). A black and white film, based on a play, and set in the notorious H Division of the long closed Melbourne Pentridge Prison. The story revolves around a real life criminal named Christopher Flannery. Available on DVD.
* Life (1995). A fictional, but rather depressing film set inside an HIV/AIDS unit of a maximum security prison. The story revolves around prison violence, power dynamics, homosexual relationships, etc. No DVD release at this stage.
Copyright notice: The materials herein are presented for educational and historical purposes only, and constitute fair use under applicable laws.")
![Premiere Home Entertainment & Applause Home Video - Opening & Closing Logos [Aust / NZ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/20ax8nyKJdk/mqdefault.jpg "Premiere Home Entertainment & Applause Home Video - Opening & Closing Logos [Aust / NZ]
Presenting opening and closing idents for Premiere and Applause - both were subsidiary home video labels of Village Roadshow. They were distributed throughout Australia and New Zealand.
The material is as follows:
* Premiere HE - opening logo (1985 - mid 1991)
* Premiere HE - closing logo (1985 - mid 1991)
* Premiere HE - opening logo (late 1991 - mid 1990s)
* Premiere HE - closing logo (late 1991 - mid 1990s)
* Applause HV - opening logo (late 1980s - early 1990s)
* Applause HV - closing logo (late 1980s - early 1990s)")
![The Tin Drum (1979) - Trailer [English Version]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2ewzWkFZOFk/mqdefault.jpg "The Tin Drum (1979) - Trailer [English Version]
English language trailer for a German film.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Starred: David Bennent, Mario Adorf
Original title: Die Blechtrommel
DVD: Widely released.")
![Palace X Video: from Fantasyworld (1979) [edited]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2wC0H4UYwG4/mqdefault.jpg "Palace X Video: from Fantasyworld (1979) [edited]
The start and end of a Palace X Video, taken from the VHS release of Fantasyworld (1979), with edits. This particular title was released in July of 1984.
The video is as follows:
* X rating advice
* Palace X Video opening logo
* The Miss Layed Genii (1973) - trailer
* Expose Me Now (1982) - trailer
* Caligula (1979) - trailer
* Stay watching advice (edited, with the titles of the movies added by me)
* Start of Fantasyworld and some of the end credits
* Object of Desire (1983) - trailer
* Expensive Tastes (1978) - trailer [heavily edited]
* Intimate Lessons (1982) - trailer [heavily edited]
* Prisoners of Paradise (1980) - trailer
The Palace X Video label was created by Palace Home Video as a sub-label in 1984, for the purpose of releasing X-rated hardcore pornographic films for the Australian home video rental market. It operated for a limited period of time.
The X rating was introduced by the Australian federal government in February of 1984, specifically for the home video rental market to accommodate not only porn films, but any film considered too violent, explicit or extreme for an R rating. X-rated videos were required to be placed in a separate, lockable, closed off section of a video library where children were not permitted to enter. They were not made available in Queensland or Tasmania, however. These states refused to pass the required complimentary state-based legislation, allowing for the sale or hire of X-rated material. This legislation was necessary because the hardcore material would have otherwise fallen foul of local obscenity laws.
As with other retro start and end home video content on my channel, it is presented here for its historical interest, curiosity value, and to educate people about the type of promotional material they contained. I realise it is weirdly edited, and I apologise for this. But all of the sexually explicit content needed to be removed because none of it is permitted on YouTube (see Community Guidelines). So it is either this version or nothing at all. The video is therefore suggestive but not explicit. It sits behind an age restriction and is not intended for viewing by minors.
Aside from the titles listed above, the following films were also released in their uncut hardcore versions on the Palace X Video label:
* Insatiable (1980)
* Up n Coming (1983)
* Nurses of the 407 (1982)
* Tropic of Desire (1979)
The two films below were promoted as coming soon on the label in Australias Video-X magazine, but were ultimately not released because the label had been discontinued:
* Carnal Olympics (1983)
* Marathon (1983)
We therefore think fourteen Palace X titles in total were released or intended to be released before it was discontinued.
With the exception of Caligula, all of these trailers were extensively edited to remove their hardcore scenes. But Im sorry to say the trailers for Expensive Tastes and Intimate Lessons were so sexually explicit that they both lost a lot of footage for inclusion here. The full trailer for Expensive Tastes ran for approximately 3 minutes, but only 40 seconds (!) could be included here. The Intimate Lessons teaser lost 30 seconds of its full 1 minute run time.")
