Product Details

• Actors: Jay Acovone, Roy Dotrice, Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, Ren Woods
• Directors: Ron Perlman, Daniel Attias, Frank Beascoechea, Gabrielle Beaumont, Alan Cooke
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Republic Pictures
• VHS Release Date: August 1, 1995
• Run Time: 49 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 630354021X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,245 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Paracelsus sends Vincent on an Unexpected "Trip", June 8, 2000

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Alan Heuer (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beauty and the Beast - Episode 14: The Alchemist [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The tunnel dwellers find themselves in a dilemna as the producer of a dangerous recreational drug responsible for many deaths Above turns out be a man (called Paracelsus) whom they exiled many years ago. How can they stop Paracelsus without taking the risk that he will expose the existence of the tunnel society to the authorities Above? Vincent takes this task upon himself, but he finds Paracelsus to be a formidable foe. There is some good drama here, and this is the episode that introduces us to the enigmatic Paracelsus.

In 1998 I conducted a poll among Beauty and the Beast fans asking them to rate the 44 episodes of the first two seasons on a 1-to-10 scale. 31 fans participated. "The Alchemist" finished 24th out of the 44 episodes.

I placed "The Alchemist" 27th in my own personal 1-through-44 rank-ordering of the episodes.