1985 in home video

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ya1=1986
ya2=1987
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Industry milestones

Home video and politics

* September 1 - The Video Recordings Act 1984 in the UK comes into effect.

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video on the following dates:
*"Amadeus"
*"Bachelor Party"
*"Beverly Hills Cop"
*"The Breakfast Club" - September 19, 1985
*"Cat's Eye" (directed by "Lewis Teague")
*"A Christmas Story" - December 1985
*"Damnation Alley"
*"French Connection II"
*"Ghost Busters" - October 31, 1985
*"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
*"Gone With the Wind" - February 1985
*"Gremlins" - November 1985
*"House on Haunted Hill" (1958, Vincent Price)
*"The Karate Kid" - May 15, 1985
*"A Man for All Seasons"
*"The Muppets Take Manhattan"
*"A Nightmare on Elm Street" - June 25, 1985
*"Oliver!"
*"Pinocchio" - July 13, 1985
*"Planet of the Apes"' pentaolgy
*"Porky's Revenge"
*"Race with the Devil" October 17
*"The Stuff"
*"The Terminator" - April 1985