Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family > Fantasy: 27 Films to Rent on VHS
- Peter Pan 2 - Return to Neverland (2002)
- Dir. Robin Budd, Donovan Cook
- Bright and energetic sequel to Disney’s original animation from 1953, set around Jane’s (daughter of Wendy) journey to the enchanted…
- Pinocchio (2002)
- Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni
- Pre–eminent Italian comic Roberto Benigni stages the greatest Italian fairytale as a prestige project, but belly–flops perhaps namely…
- Rat (2000)
- Dir. Steve Barron
Feat. Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton
- After a hard night at the pub, Pete Postlethwaite greets the day transformed into a white rat, giving a nicely surreal twist to this surprisingly…
- Alice in Wonderland (1999)
- Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Kingsley…
- The creators of the MERLIN TV–series pull–off another updating, this time Lewis Carroll's childrens' classic. Seamless special effects…
- Mighty, The (Freak the Mighty) (1997)
- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Elden Henson, Kieran Culkin, Sharon Stone…
- Poignant, well–crafted story of two phenomenally mismatched boys who become perfectly complementary friends, escaping the slings and arrows of…
- Gargoyles (1996)
- Mythical winged warriors who fight evil, the Gargoyles awaken after a thousand years in 21st century New York, to find there's still plenty of work…
- To the Ends of Time (1996)
- Dir. Markus Rothkranz
Feat. Joss Ackland, Christine Taylor
- Elaborate fantasy–tale concerns a sorceress who tampers with Time, causing young hero Joss Ackland to prematurely age. While also keeping an…
- Magic in the Water (1995)
- Dir. Rick Stevenson
Feat. Mark Harmon, Joshua Jackson, Harley Jane Kozak…
- Loch Ness–monster concept is ably transposed to the Canadian lakeside hamlet of Glenorky, which has its own 'Orky' mystery. Thrills ensue for…
- Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)
- Dir. Bryan Spicer
Feat. Paul Freeman
- Homogenised big–screen translation of controversial kids TV show in which six Californian teens morph into Japanese superheroes to battle evil.…
- Beanstalk (1994)
- Dir. Michael Paul Davis
Feat. Margot Kidder
- A modern retelling of the classic Jack and the Beanstalk yarn, made for small screen and younger viewers. Mad scientist Margot Kidder plants the…