VHS Revival: A Retro Movie Magazine

VHS Revival: A Retro Movie Magazine

Mausoleum (1983)

Posted on June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1982 Action Drama Exploitation VHS Gold

Leave Those Kids Alone: Cannon’s Death Wish II

Posted on May 20, 2021May 27, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief1

1983 80s Comedy VHS Gold

Riding with the Griswolds: The Exquisite Ironies of National Lampoon’s Vacation

Posted on May 17, 2021May 19, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1988 80s Features This Month In . . .

This Month In… May (1988)

Posted on May 9, 2021May 14, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1980 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher Video Nasties

The Boogey Man (1980)

Posted on April 23, 2021April 28, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 Horror Thriller VHS Gold

Who Am I Here? The Stepfather and the Decline of the Serial Killer

Posted on April 9, 2021May 10, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1997 90s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

Cop Land and the Search For Stallone

Posted on March 31, 2021April 29, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Cult Horror Movies Cult VHS Horror Slasher Supernatural Supernatural Horror

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)

Posted on March 10, 2021April 11, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1991 90s Action Movies B-Movies Bad Movies Cult VHS

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, 2021March 31, 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-Chief3

1993 90s Action Action Movies Uncategorized VHS Gold

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

Posted on January 26, 2021March 9, 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, 2021April 14, 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, 2021March 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, 2020May 6, 2021 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, 2020April 22, 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, 2020May 15, 2021 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, 2020May 14, 2021 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

1984 Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

Rise of the Machine: James Cameron’s The Terminator

Posted on January 21, 2020March 17, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1986 Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

Hear Them Scream: Aliens and the Rise of the Xenomorph

Posted on November 11, 2019May 22, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 Horror VHS Gold

The Twisted Moralities of Creepshow

Posted on October 30, 2019May 16, 2021 by chris chaka0

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

1979 Action Adventure James Bond Roger Moore VHS Gold

To Boldly Go Where No Bond Has Been Before: Moonraker’s Celestial Madness

Posted on June 25, 2019May 16, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

Horror VHS Gold

Wanna Play? Child’s Play and Horror’s Tailor-Made Antihero

Posted on April 26, 2019April 28, 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

1994 Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

He’s Coming For You: New Nightmare and the Meta Experiment

Posted on March 7, 2019May 26, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1985 Action VHS Gold

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

Posted on January 1, 2019May 24, 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, 2018May 31, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 Action VHS Gold

Bloodstained Nostalgia: Stallone and Cobra’s Neon Seduction

Posted on November 5, 2018May 12, 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, 2018May 19, 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

1995 Action VHS Gold

Same Shit New Rules: Die Hard: With A Vengeance

Posted on January 31, 2018May 19, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 Sci-fi VHS Gold

Conflict and Flames: Blade Runner and Questions of Humanity

Posted on September 29, 2017April 22, 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, 2017June 1, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief10

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

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

2001 Horror Thriller VHS Gold

Father Knows Best: The Old Testament Terrors of Frailty

Posted on October 12, 2020March 5, 2021 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, 2020May 27, 2021 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, 2020June 2, 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, 2020April 6, 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, 2020March 19, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief9

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, 2020April 6, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1986 Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… August (1986)

Posted on August 14, 2020May 9, 2021 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, 2020May 10, 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, 2020April 6, 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, 2020March 15, 2021 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, 2020April 6, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

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

This Month In… July (1987)

Posted on July 9, 2020May 9, 2021 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, 2020April 6, 2021 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, 2020April 6, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1994 Action Classic VHS Martial Arts Sci-fi

Timecop (1994)

Posted on June 19, 2020March 17, 2021 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, 2020May 18, 2021 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, 2020April 6, 2021 by Richard Brownell0

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

This Month In… June (1981)

Posted on June 5, 2020June 9, 2021 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, 2020April 6, 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, 2020April 6, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

Classic VHS Horror Sci-fi

28 Days Later (2002)

Posted on May 15, 2020March 17, 2021 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, 2020April 6, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

Action Cult VHS Sci-fi Superhero

Dollman (1991)

Posted on May 2, 2020May 13, 2021 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, 2020April 28, 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, 2020April 7, 2021 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, 2020April 6, 2021 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, 2020March 7, 2021 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… March (1990)

Posted on March 10, 2020May 9, 2021 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, 2020March 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

1985 Classic VHS Horror

Cat’s Eye (1985)

Posted on February 11, 2020May 20, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2