VHS Revival: A Retro Movie Magazine

VHS Revival: A Retro Movie Magazine

Samurai Cop (1991)

Posted on February 28, 2021March 1, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief1

1993 90s Action Crime Cult Movies VHS Gold

You’re So Cool: True Romance; A Pop Culture Fairy Tale

Posted on February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1993 90s Comedy VHS Gold

Today is Tomorrow: Groundhog Day and the Postmodern Parable

Posted on February 2, 2021February 13, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

Stallone, Stuntmen, and Stalactites. Revisiting Cliffhanger, ‘The Height of Adventure.’

Posted on January 26, 2021 by markanthonyayling0

1985 80s Fantasy VHS Gold

What is Light Without Dark? The Beautiful Splendour of Ridley Scott’s Legend

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher1

1981 80s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

The Future is Here: Mad Max 2; The Road Warrior

Posted on January 11, 2021February 1, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1964 Action Adventure James Bond VHS Gold

James Bond Goes Blockbuster in ‘Goldfinger’

Posted on January 6, 2021January 19, 2021 by Richard Brownell0

1987 Action VHS Gold Western

Empty Shells & Dead Ends: Extreme Prejudice and the post-frontier Western

Posted on January 3, 2021January 5, 2021 by Rob Kotecki0

1991 Action Thriller VHS Gold

‘What’s this I Hear About Satan Claus?’ A Yuletide Retrospective of The Last Boy Scout.

Posted on December 21, 2020December 22, 2020 by markanthonyayling0

1990 Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal: How Home Alone Became a Festive Record Breaker

Posted on December 17, 2020December 19, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1990 Comedy Drama Fantasy VHS Gold

I’m Not Finished: The Beautiful, Sad, Melancholy World of Edward Scissorhands

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher0

1995 Action Adventure James Bond VHS Gold

Goldeneye: The Resurrection of an Icon

Posted on December 10, 2020January 8, 2021 by palewriter22

1987 Action Comedy Thriller VHS Gold

Too Old For this Shit? Lethal Weapon and 80s Festive Cynicism

Posted on December 4, 2020January 8, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1963 Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

Fighting the Cold War 007-Style: From Russia with Love

Posted on December 1, 2020January 8, 2021 by Richard Brownell2

1989 Action Cult VHS

Danger USA aka Mind Trap (1989)

Posted on November 30, 2020February 17, 2021 by chris chaka0

1988 Action VHS Gold

Fights of Fancy: Bloodsport & the Legend of Frank Dux

Posted on November 27, 2020February 1, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1992 This Month In . . .

This Month In… November (1992)

Posted on November 17, 2020November 20, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

The Man Behind the Mask: Friday the 13th Part III and the Birth of a Horror Icon

Posted on November 12, 2020November 15, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief10

Thematic Rewind 3: The best of VHS inspired movies

Posted on November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 by markanthonyayling0

1962 Action Adventure James Bond VHS Gold

Opening the 007 Movie Casefile: Dr. No

Posted on November 6, 2020January 8, 2021 by Richard Brownell0

1986 Comedy Horror Musical VHS Gold

A Mean, Green Mother: The Delicious Delights of Little Shop of Horrors

Posted on October 29, 2020February 3, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1971 Horror VHS Gold

You Stepped Out of A Nightmare: The Abominable Dr Phibes

Posted on October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 by palewriter23

Features Horror Michael Myers

He Came, You Saw: Ranking the Halloween Franchise Posters

Posted on October 23, 2020October 30, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

Features Horror

The Real Umberto Lenzi: A Better Director Than You Think

Posted on October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 by avorkov4

1978 Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Don’t Believe the Hive: Consumerism and Nonconformity in Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Posted on October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 by Richard Brownell2

Features Horror

To Hell and Back: VHS Revival’s Bumper Halloween Quiz 2

Posted on October 15, 2020October 16, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

2001 Horror Thriller VHS Gold

Father Knows Best: The old Testament Terrors of Frailty

Posted on October 12, 2020October 18, 2020 by Rob Kotecki0

1974 Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Scared Out of Your Skin: The Twisted Terrors of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Posted on October 9, 2020October 28, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1996 Comedy Horror VHS Gold

No Rest For the Wicked: Spooks and Serial Killers in Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners

Posted on October 6, 2020October 8, 2020 by markanthonyayling3

1972 Exploitation Horror VHS Gold

Only A Movie: The Lasting Impact of the Last House On The Left

Posted on October 2, 2020October 3, 2020 by chris chaka1

1989 Action Comedy VHS Gold

A 24-Inch Dookie: No Holds Barred’s Cinematic Excretion

Posted on September 17, 2020January 30, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1985 Action Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

The Weight of Gold: The Jewel of the Nile’s Toxic Production

Posted on September 14, 2020December 14, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1978 Horror VHS Gold

Satanic Rites of Passage – Damien: Omen II and the Antics of the Adolescent Antichrist

Posted on August 31, 2020September 15, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher0

1988 Comedy VHS Gold

Let Your Soul Glo: Coming To America’s Feelgood Romance

Posted on August 28, 2020February 7, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 Action Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

The Best Time You’ve Ever Had: Romancing the Stone’s Cynical Brilliance

Posted on August 25, 2020September 16, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief9

1984 Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

Rise of the Machine: James Cameron’s The Terminator

Posted on January 21, 2020February 12, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1983 Action Adventure James Bond Roger Moore

Never Say Never Again: Octopussy and Moore’s Penultimate Bond Outing

Posted on September 5, 2019January 19, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

Horror VHS Gold

Wanna Play? Child’s Play and Horror’s First Action Hero

Posted on April 26, 2019February 12, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1976 Action VHS Gold

Racial Equality and Blood Brotherhood: John Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13

Posted on April 23, 2019February 13, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1996 Horror Thriller Vampire VHS Gold

A Good Day for a Dark Night: the Hyperbolic Pleasures of From Dusk Till Dawn

Posted on January 29, 2019January 20, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 Action VHS Gold

Feeling Unlucky, Punk? Charles Bronson’s Death Wish 3

Posted on January 1, 2019February 21, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 Drama Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

Is this the Future? Brazil and Cinema’s Speculative Dimensions

Posted on December 28, 2018February 12, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 Action VHS Gold

Bloodstained Nostalgia: Stallone and Cobra’s Neon Seduction

Posted on November 5, 2018March 2, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 Action Drama Martial Arts VHS Gold

Great Expectations: Daniel Larusso and the Demise of the Underdog

Posted on September 17, 2018January 14, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

I’d Buy that for a Dollar: Robocop and the Pursuit of the American Dream

Posted on July 23, 2018February 12, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1981 Sci-fi VHS Gold

A Rebel’s Lens: John Carpenter’s Escape From New York

Posted on July 11, 2018February 12, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

Action Adventure Sci-fi Superhero VHS Gold

Masters of the Universe: Star Wars and the Fall of Grayskull

Posted on April 25, 2018January 5, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1983 Body Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Remote. Control. The Visionary World of Videodrome

Posted on March 7, 2018February 12, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief8

1982 Sci-fi VHS Gold

Conflict and Flames: Blade Runner and Questions of Humanity

Posted on September 29, 2017January 18, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 Action Adventure James Bond Roger Moore VHS Gold

Diamonds Aren’t Forever: Roger Moore’s A View to a Kill

Posted on January 9, 2017February 5, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief10

1997 Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

This Ship is Fucked: Event Horizon’s Out-Of-This-World Nightmare

Posted on October 14, 2020January 18, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher2

1986 Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy VHS Gold

White Saviours, Yellow Perils and Green Eyes: John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China

Posted on August 21, 2020September 15, 2020 by markanthonyayling2

1986 Action Exploitation Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

Who, Where and What? The Mysterious Allure of The Wraith

Posted on August 18, 2020January 16, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1986 Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… 1986 (August)

Posted on August 14, 2020November 15, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1981 Crime Drama VHS Gold

Sadness, Anger and Revenge: The American Nightmare of Cutter’s Way

Posted on August 11, 2020January 18, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher2

Bastards and Bombshells: Hollywood’s Fling with the Fourth Estate

Posted on August 7, 2020January 8, 2021 by Rob Kotecki0

1996 Action Classic VHS

The Substitute (1996)

Posted on August 4, 2020January 30, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1980 Sci-fi Superhero VHS Gold

Flash Gordon: The Space Opera Classic That Could Have Been

Posted on July 31, 2020September 15, 2020 by Richard Brownell0

1988 Horror Michael Myers Slasher VHS Gold

The Late Pretender: Halloween 4; The Return of Michael Myers

Posted on July 28, 2020January 4, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1972 Cult VHS Drama Thriller

Stigma (1972)

Posted on July 24, 2020February 17, 2021 by chris chaka0

Action Features Martial Arts

Andrew Davis: The Action Star Sensei

Posted on July 20, 2020January 18, 2021 by Rob Kotecki0

1982 Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Kill the Girl: The Slumber Party Massacre and Feminist Flirtations

Posted on July 17, 2020September 15, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 Action VHS Gold

Letting Off Steam: Gung-Ho Tactics and Sexual Tension in Commando

Posted on July 13, 2020September 19, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 Box Office Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… 1987 (July)

Posted on July 9, 2020November 15, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1988 Action VHS Gold

You’re Out of Bullets: Dirty Harry Calls it a Day with The Dead Pool

Posted on July 7, 2020September 15, 2020 by Richard Brownell0

1978 Drama Musical VHS Gold

Nostalgia’s the Word: Reliving Those Happy Days of Grease

Posted on July 3, 2020September 15, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher0

1975 Drama VHS Gold

Conformity, Corsets and Chaos: Picnic At Hanging Rock

Posted on June 29, 2020December 4, 2020 by palewriter21

1982 Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Practical Magic: Assimilating John Carpenter’s The Thing

Posted on June 25, 2020October 15, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1993 Action Drama VHS Gold

Star Spangled Rage: Race, Riots and Social Inequality in Joel Schumacher’s Falling Down

Posted on June 23, 2020September 15, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1994 Action Classic VHS Martial Arts Sci-fi

Timecop (1994)

Posted on June 19, 2020November 3, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1998 Horror Michael Myers Slasher VHS Gold

When Carpenter Met Craven: Halloween H20’s Unholy Alliance

Posted on June 15, 2020December 21, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 Fantasy Horror VHS Gold

Sweetest Tongue Has Sharpest Tooth: Fearing and Falling for The Company of Wolves

Posted on June 12, 2020September 15, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher1

1983 Action Crime VHS Gold

You’re an Endangered Species, Callahan: Dirty Harry Returns in Sudden Impact

Posted on June 9, 2020September 15, 2020 by Richard Brownell0

1981 Box Office Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… 1981 (June)

Posted on June 5, 2020November 15, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1995 Drama Thriller VHS Gold

All About Nomi: Showgirls, Trash-Satire and the Resurrection of Camp Controversy

Posted on June 2, 2020September 15, 2020 by markanthonyayling0

Action Comedy VHS Gold

This Ain’t No Game: Super Mario Bros: The Movie

Posted on May 29, 2020January 13, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold VHS Reboots

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: Body Horror and Insect Politics in David Cronenberg’s The Fly

Posted on May 28, 2020February 11, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

A Troublesome Souvenir from Space: The Icky, Sticky Brilliance of The Blob

Posted on May 25, 2020September 15, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher0

Action Martial Arts VHS Gold

Van Damme to Brucesploitation: No Retreat No Surrender and Peewee Propaganda

Posted on May 19, 2020February 5, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

Classic VHS Horror Sci-fi

28 Days Later (2002)

Posted on May 15, 2020September 15, 2020 by chris chaka0

Cult VHS Exploitation Horror Thriller

The Baby (1973)

Posted on May 13, 2020February 17, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1991 Action Thriller VHS Gold

Welcome to Sea World, Kid: The Thrill and the Rush of Point Break

Posted on May 8, 2020September 23, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher0

Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

The Kids Are Alright: The Dream Master and Krueger’s Rise to Commercial Superstardom

Posted on May 5, 2020September 15, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

Action Cult VHS Sci-fi Superhero

Dollman (1991)

Posted on May 2, 2020February 17, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

Action Comedy VHS Gold

Don’t Quit Like Me Either: The Hard Way and Heartfelt Hollywood Justice

Posted on April 30, 2020September 15, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1976 Action Crime VHS Gold

Don’t Concern Yourself, Inspector: Dirty Harry Returns as The Enforcer

Posted on April 27, 2020September 15, 2020 by Richard Brownell2

1993 Crime Drama VHS Gold

You’re in Trouble, Baby: Carlito’s Way and the Rise of Benny Blanco

Posted on April 25, 2020January 21, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1986 Comedy Horror VHS Gold

Once Bitten, Twice Wry: Critters and 80s Monster Magic

Posted on April 21, 2020December 19, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1983 Fantasy Horror VHS Gold

Hell Unleashed: The Keep’s Continued, Troubled Existence

Posted on April 18, 2020September 15, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher0

1988 Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

The Bold and the Bloodless: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Posted on April 15, 2020September 15, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief8

1973 Cult VHS Horror

The Crazies (1973)

Posted on April 13, 2020February 17, 2021 by chris chaka2

1989 Action Thriller VHS Gold

Feeling Lucky, Hunk? Blue Steel and the Rise of the Action Heroine

Posted on April 7, 2020September 23, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

Features Uncategorized

Thematic Rewind: The Best of VHS Inspired Movies 2

Posted on April 4, 2020November 9, 2020 by markanthonyayling0

Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

The Beginning of the End? Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning

Posted on April 2, 2020January 24, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1990 Action Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

Moves Like Lightnin’: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Still Kicks Major League Butt

Posted on March 30, 2020September 11, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher2

1985 Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Dream Lover: The Incomparable Freddy’s Revenge

Posted on March 27, 2020January 25, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief8

1973 Action Crime VHS Gold

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Vigilante Justice and Magnum Force

Posted on March 25, 2020September 11, 2020 by Richard Brownell2

1982 Horror VHS Gold

A Bug in the Brain: Amityville II: The Possession

Posted on March 21, 2020December 13, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

Features Uncategorized

Dead or Alive, You’re Coming With Me: VHS Revival’s Blockbuster Action Quiz

Posted on March 19, 2020October 7, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1980 Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Where is the Love? My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of Jason Voorhees

Posted on March 17, 2020February 14, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1992 Thriller VHS Gold

The Fuck of the Century: Why Basic Instinct is the Ultimate Erotic Blockbuster

Posted on March 13, 2020December 31, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher7

1990 Box Office Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… 1990 (March)

Posted on March 10, 2020November 15, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1992 Comedy Cult VHS Horror

Army of Darkness (1992)

Posted on March 6, 2020February 17, 2021 by chris chaka1

Thriller VHS Gold

Winding Convention: The Clockwork Precision of Brian De Palma’s Body Double

Posted on March 2, 2020February 8, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1971 Action Crime VHS Gold

Every Dirty Job That Comes Along: Dirty Harry

Posted on February 29, 2020September 11, 2020 by Richard Brownell0

1991 Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

Man and his Machine: How Terminator 2 Taught Us The Ways of Humanity

Posted on February 26, 2020February 19, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1981 Comedy Horror VHS Gold

You’ll Laugh, You’ll Scream, You’ll Cry, You’ll Howl: The Genius of An American Werewolf in London

Posted on February 22, 2020September 11, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher3

1990 Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Night Killer (1990)

Posted on February 18, 2020February 17, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

2002 Thriller VHS Gold

Collateral and the Billion-Footed Beast

Posted on February 14, 2020December 13, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

1985 Classic VHS Horror

Cat’s Eye (1985)

Posted on February 11, 2020September 10, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1987 Box Office Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… February (1987)

Posted on February 8, 2020November 18, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

Action Adventure VHS Gold

Suffer No Guilt: The Long Road to Conan the Barbarian

Posted on February 6, 2020September 13, 2020 by Richard Brownell0

1986 Drama VHS Gold

For the Love of the Con: Fast Eddie and The Color of Money

Posted on February 3, 2020February 10, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1984 Drama Musical VHS Gold

Burning Hearts: Streets of Fire’s Neon Romance Still Shines Brightly

Posted on January 30, 2020September 13, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher5

1987 Action Cannon Movies VHS Gold

Over the Top and Out the Back Door: Stallone’s Brief Love Affair With Cannon Films

Posted on January 27, 2020February 8, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

1984 Crime Thriller VHS Gold

Maliciously Entertaining Murder: Blood Simple and The Rise Of The Brothers Coen

Posted on January 24, 2020September 13, 2020 by markanthonyayling1