Product Details

• Actors: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson, Ian Hendry
• Writers: Sydney Newman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: June 30, 1998
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 076701099X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #465,323 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Venus with Love definitely goes into orbit, December 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Avengers: From Venus With Love & Fear Merchants [VHS] (VHS Tape)

From Venus with Love includes several delightful eccentrics. Steed and Emma are puzzled.What is killing young men and turning their hair white? Emma meets a charming, self-deprecating, elegant chimney sweep. "My name is Betram Fortescue Smythe,"he introduces himself to Emma. "Bert Smith," He can't use his aristocratic name because no one would hire him to sweep chimneys if he did. Unfortunately, the charming sweep, smitten with Emma, is zapped a few moments after they meet. Steed is given the most delightful eye examination ever. "Identify them!" orders his eye doctor. "Bowler, top hat..." In addition, a retired army general, a mock up of MOntgomery, is dictating his memoirs, using battle sounds, camouflage etc. until someone camouflages him! Fear Merchants uses irony to make amusing points about human fears. "The pound is sick so we're visiting the hospital," Diana Rigg's dry wit always delivers. A superhuman strong man smashes boards during his workout while a meek looking man struggles hopelessly to lift a barbell. Naturally "superman" is the one traumatized- by a mouse! The usual wit distinguishes this one. Emma and Steed are menaced by psychiatrists' henchmen who practice "deadly medicine." "Notice how fear makes him obey," says the villain coolly to Emma, pointing a gun at Steed, "his fear for you." Neat plot twists as Steed detects the cold blooded doctor's neurosis, and

Emma discovers Steed's secret fear in the tag scene. The first seven color episodes, with the exception of The See Through Man were a much stronger set of scripts than the final 7 of 1967. Viewing the weaknesses of such scripts as: 50,000 Breakfast, See Through Man one can understand why Diana Rigg left.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Avengers-Campy Sixties Laughable Fun, Don't miss out, February 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Avengers: From Venus With Love & Fear Merchants [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I am a twenty-something who saw the Avengers only in sindication, (I was born in the early seventies) and I have loved it ever since. Only then could you get away with the zaniness and sexiness that Steed(MacNee) and Mrs. Peel(Rigg) so masterfully displayed. I just bought these new sets they've put out through A&E and all I have to say is BRAVO! Now others can experience all of the fun those of us who've already seen it have everytime we watch Steed and Mrs. Peel.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Mrs. Peel... We're needed...", December 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Avengers: From Venus With Love & Fear Merchants [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Amongst those who have seen last summer's motion picture "The Avengers", and had no idea what it was about (I never saw the show beforehand, but had a lot of background info to start with) now's your chance. It's also the chance for many fans of the original "Avengers" to cash in on the suspense series' first run on the video market. But this is just Volume 1, Trilogy 1. So far eight other volumes have been released from 1967, and inevitably other seasons will come. For now though, this is the place to start!