Throughout the 80s and into the early-90s, the VHS tape ruled the Earth. Bulky and unreliable, home videos nevertheless had their own quaint appeal, and visiting a video hire store was, for more than a decade, an adventure in itself. Attempting to pick out the obscure gems from among the shelves of. The 1980s were a great time for horror movies, with seminal slashers like Freddy and Jason tearing up the teenies and zombies growing into the rotten stinkers we know and love today. 80s horror movies were fun to watch, and the cool box art they sported made them fun to look at all lined up on the. Sweet Sixteen A visual history of classic VHS cover art. These covers make the films look much better than that actually were. Sweet Sixteen why are the boys dying to meet Melissa in this 1983 Horror Film Vestron Video VHS Covers See More. 80'S HORROR VHS ARTWORK Posted: Sebastian Beesley / 25.6.13 These days its pretty easy to stream films online with a click of a mouse, on-demand services are everywhere and I haven't bought a DVD for years. Long gone are the Saturday afternoons visiting. Remember the good old days of trolling the video rental horror section and just starring agape at the wondrous collection of VHS horror cover art? Well, this Halloween we're ready to celebrate all things horror by taking you back to the days of grotesque VHS cover art in our massive gallery. Horror Movie VHS Box Cover Art - (Weird Paul) 8. Film 2. 01. 5 My Collection Review. Horror Movie VHS Box Cover Art - (Weird Paul) 8. Film 2. 01. 5 My Collection Review. These covers make the films look much better than that actually were. During the horror movie VHS covers were an art form. A terrible, ridiculous art form. A look through some of the horror movie VHS box cover art in my collection! More videos and subscribe to my channel - http: //www. Like on Facebook at http: //www. Why I Love 8. 0’s Horror: Part One – VHS Covers. Hello All. As a horror writer, a lot of my inspiration comes from the movies. I was born in 1. 98. I was exposed to a majority of the films that the decade had to offer. I remember visiting my granddad’s on every other Saturday and the . Sign me up. This went on for some time, some years even. 80s VHS Cover Art A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring This morning, I saw in the newspaper an article that discusses how the future of movie. As a result, I would discover some of my favourite 8. I still watch to this day –. I also saw my fair share of horror movies, some great, some not so much. I mean, who remembers the unfortunate cop who had his limbs and arms hacked off, only to be strung from a ceiling chain, screaming and bleeding in agony? The scene was grotesque and it was one of the first films that proved to me that humanity really is helpless against pure evil. Another thing – the cover is still eerie to this day. I love the 8. 0’s, I know a few of you who share this sentiment and a few who don’t – after all, if you were born in the 9. I have a few blogs lined up for this feature so. Herbert), a young child didn’t have easy access to horror in movie form. There was no Internet, no You. Tube and you certainly couldn’t download one, or borrow a horror movie from John Smith at school. No, when I wrapped my terrified eyeballs around a horror flick, it’s because an adult would let me. Some may frown upon this but hey, I turned out fine. I appreciated it – I knew from an early age that Santa was a parent dressed in a suit, the Easter Bunny had connotations to the shape of Jesus’ burial barrier and I also knew that horror films were just that – film. Fake, scripted, not real. My parents instilled this in me from an early age so, if I did happen to stumble across a film that wasn’t suitable for me, I would see it for what it was. However, this also allowed my parents to censor films that they thought were too nasty. They bought them, sure, but I had to make do with the covers, sneaking the video from the shelf for a gander at the pictures. Pah, I had videos to admire, read, draw. For a young kid, covers were my solid introduction to the world of horror films. They scared the shit out of me too. Now, I look at them with fond memory – hell, I have several in frames ready for my office wall – but there’s no doubt about it – VHS Covers scared me before most films did. S0, here are my top 5 (in no particular order). I remember seeing this poster shortly after seeing the Salem’s Lot (1. Then, I see this poster which cemented vampires into my young, susceptible brain. The eyes are what did it for me, I couldn’t look at the image for too long. I even found myself looking into the sky at night, hoping not to see this sinister grin high above my house. I didn’t go near the window for a few weeks either. Now, vampires are rarely entertaining, but back in my youth, the Fright Night cover was the perfect advert for an equally horrifying movie. If you haven’t seen it, do so! Hellraiser (1. 98. Body horror has a lot to answer for. Hellraiser was a cover that enticed me, tempted me to look. The sight of the infamous Pinhead on the cover was just the safe side of scary for me. This, however, is only part of the story. When I turned the VHS case over to look at the blurb, and saw a mutilated Frank Cotton with his skin and muscle missing – during the classic bedroom feeding scenes – it made it me feel ill. Clive Barker’s imagination would become more familiar to me in later years, but Hellraiser not only made me feel ill – an extreme rarity – it also introduced me to the connection between films and books. However, that summers day in 1. I took the VHS cover from the video rental shelf, was one I remember fondly for all the wrong reasons. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1. A Nightmare on Elm Street was probably one of the first horror movies I set my young eyes on that actually terrified me – and I know several authors who share this sentiment. After all, we all dream, don’t we? What started this enigmatic horror though, was the cover. THAT hand, stretching over Nancy’s head, the unseen predator shrouded in shadow, the shape of a fedora hat that would soon become culturally significant. Wait, are those claws on his fingertips? Within minutes, the video was in and I was watching. After witnessing several teenagers die brutally, without the comic edge of the Friday the 1. I was familiar with, I was hiding behind a strategically placed cushion to avoid Freddy’s clutches. And could I sleep afterwards? For me, this is the horror film everyone should see. Dated, yes – but terrifying? Before Freddy was the comic/horror legend he is now, the fear he incited was very, very real. The Bogey Man (1. I didn’t know a lot about The Bogey Man (retitled The Boogey Man in the US) because the film was one of those deemed too nasty for me to view. However, the cover itself – I remember my aunt had a battered, rare copy – made me jump on viewing. The image I have here is slightly different (the woman with the shard of mirror in her eye wasn’t on the original cover), but I remember the blood- soaked man vividly. The fact he was holding a crucifix, and was still coming to harm – I was aware of religion and the facet of good vs. The look of pain/awe on his face was striking, and heavily used on the promotional material. On viewing, the film didn’t stand up to the cover so I was quite disappointed. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a viewing with the brain switched off, it’s quite tame. Some people found it offensive though – the film was listed in the Video Nasty debacle a few years later. Scanners (1. 98. 1)Scanners will always be remembered for one thing: THAT head- exploding scene at the beginning. It’s a shame really, because the film is a solid horror thriller from David Cronenberg. The cover is iconic though. Out of all of the covers here, Scanners if the first one I saw – I was three and I remember my eyes widening at the image of the scanner, his eyes white, his arms pimpled and veined unlike anything I’d seen in Ghostbusters or He- Man. I actually turned the video cover over to stop looking. I mentioned it before, but body horror really has an impact and when used in posters – much like the Hellraiser one above – it’s a very effective way to draw in horror fans. Now, I would watch this film based on the cover – it’s that effective. Funnily enough, I only saw this film in the late 9. I was old enough to think some 8. The terror I once felt was still present and had me in edge during the entire runtime. That’s my top 5. I would be interested to hear from you. What VHS covers terrified you? Were there any that watched you from the video shelf? Which films were worse than their labels? You can comment below or post on my Facebook page here. Next time? We discuss more 8. If you want me to discuss anything in particular, let me know. VHS Video Cover Art - a book by Tom Hodge, The Dude Designs. Tom Hodge is The Dude Designs - an independent art director, designer, digital artist and author. He has been solely responsible for such international poster campaigns as Hobo with a Shotgun, The Innkeepers, The Sacrament and The Heat among many others. Tom creates unique, strong commercial imagery which sells films and gains them invaluable coverage in specialised genre and mainstream sites across the web, from Entertainment Weekly to Perez Hilton. He has also gained industry- wide recognition for his designs via polls from Screen Rant (. Many of these polls have contained up to three posters from The Dude Designs, enabling small independent titles like Wolfcop to sit side- by- side with million- dollar poster marketing campaigns for big studio blockbusters. Tom is an industry recognised figure and has regularly been interviewed for the BBC News and Vice websites, along with numerous others. He has also had features in magazines worldwide, such as Rue Morgue (Canada), Front (UK), Virus (Germany), FHM (Spain), Imagine FX (UK). As well as guest appearances at events like Empire Magazine.
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