VHS Revival: A Retro Movie Magazine

Author: Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief

science-fiction writer, horror enthusiast, electronic musician, creator of vhsrevival.com

1989 80s Action Comedy Horror This Month In . . .

This Month In… July (1989)

Posted on November 26, 2025November 26, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1960 60s Horror VHS Gold

We All Go A Little Crazy Sometimes: How Psycho Defied Hollywood to Become Horror’s Enduring Linchpin

Posted on November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

80s Features Horror

The Greatest Horror Movies from Each Year of the 1980s

Posted on October 1, 2025November 24, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Action Cult VHS Martial Arts

Miami Connection (1987)

Posted on June 24, 2025August 24, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1989 80s Action Drama Martial Arts VHS Gold

The Best Around? John Avildsen Treads Familiar Territory in The Karate Kid Part III

Posted on April 15, 2025May 20, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1981 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Pitchforks & Puritanism: Creative Violence Reigns Supreme in The Prowler

Posted on March 14, 2025August 24, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1991 90s Action Bad Movies Cult VHS Sci-fi

Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe (1991)

Posted on February 25, 2025August 24, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 80s This Month In . . .

This Month In… February (1986)

Posted on February 19, 2025March 4, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Action Cult VHS Horror Sci-fi Slasher

Silent Rage (1982)

Posted on February 10, 2025July 16, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1983 80s Cult VHS Horror

Amityville 3-D (1983)

Posted on February 8, 2025June 29, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1988 80s Action Cult VHS Horror Sci-fi

Deep Space (1988)

Posted on January 18, 2025July 6, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Comedy VHS Gold

Stranger Things Have Happened: Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy

Posted on January 8, 2025October 11, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

80s 90s Features Freddy Krueger Horror

Don’t Dream It’s Over: Ranking the Original A Nightmare On Elm Street Series

Posted on December 19, 2024March 3, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1989 80s Freddy Krueger Horror VHS Gold

Postnatal Recession: How The Dream Child Cemented Fred Krueger’s Decline

Posted on November 20, 2024June 22, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

1976 70s Drama Horror VHS Gold

The Banality of Evil: Fear, Fundamentalism & Telekinetic Fury in Brian De Palma’s Carrie

Posted on October 26, 2024April 15, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1990 90s Action Cult VHS Sci-fi

Class of 1999 (1990)

Posted on February 10, 2024April 30, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief1

1989 80s Action Comedy Thriller VHS Gold

Playing Dirty… It’s Just Been Revoked: The Fascinating Story of Lethal Weapon 2

Posted on February 1, 2024March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1989 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

House III: The Horror Show (1989)

Posted on October 14, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1986 80s Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

Jason Lives! The Death & Rebirth of Friday the 13th

Posted on October 11, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1988 80s Comedy Drama Thriller VHS Gold

The Bomb that Will Bring Us Together: Miracle Mile’s Quirky Reflections on Nuclear Holocaust

Posted on September 9, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1993 90s Action Adventure Sci-fi VHS Gold

Dead or Alive, We’re Going With Three: Robocop 3 & the Death of Orion Pictures

Posted on August 28, 2023March 11, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

1981 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Hospital Massacre (1981)

Posted on August 18, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 80s Adventure Comedy Sci-fi VHS Gold

The Power of Nostalgia: Back to the Future Part II

Posted on August 8, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1987 80s This Month In . . .

This Month In… August (1987)

Posted on July 30, 2023March 4, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1978 70s Horror VHS Gold

Zombie Politics & Social Unrest: Beneath the Rotting Flesh of Dawn of the Dead

Posted on July 29, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

60s 70s 80s Features Horror Slasher

Scream and Scream Again: A Brief History of Video Nasties

Posted on July 27, 2023October 17, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1986 80s Action Adventure Cult VHS Sci-fi

Eliminators (1986)

Posted on July 2, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1981 80s Cult VHS Horror

Evilspeak (1981)

Posted on June 27, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1988 80s Action Comedy VHS Gold

Cops Are Cops All Over the World: Walter Hill’s Red Heat

Posted on June 21, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1988 80s Action Comedy Cult VHS Horror

Dead Heat (1988)

Posted on June 13, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1988 80s Cult VHS Horror Thriller

Pin (1988)

Posted on June 7, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 80s Action Cult VHS Exploitation Thriller

Savage Streets (1984)

Posted on June 1, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1988 80s Comedy Cult VHS Exploitation Horror

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)

Posted on April 18, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 80s Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

Just The Beginning: The Cold Reality of Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter

Posted on April 13, 2023November 26, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 80s Cult VHS Horror

Demons (1985)

Posted on April 8, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 80s Action Sci-fi Thriller VHS Gold

Ghosts in the Machine: Runaway & the Digital Revolution

Posted on April 4, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief1

1990 90s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Child’s Play 2 (1990)

Posted on March 29, 2023May 14, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 80s Action Cult VHS Martial Arts

American Ninja (1985)

Posted on March 25, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Stage Fright (1987)

Posted on March 23, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1992 90s Comedy Drama VHS Gold

Throwing Up Bricks: White Men Can’t Jump’s Bittersweet Courtship

Posted on March 21, 2023April 30, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Cult VHS Horror Sci-fi Slasher Thriller

Murder by Phone (1982)

Posted on March 3, 2023April 10, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Practical Magic: Assimilating John Carpenter’s The Thing

Posted on February 21, 2023September 24, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief7

1980 80s Horror VHS Gold Video Nasties

Snuffed Out: Cannibal Holocaust & the Rise of the Video Nasty

Posted on January 2, 2023March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Adventure Drama Fantasy Sci-fi Uncategorized VHS Gold

Fly Me to the Moon: E.T.’s Timeless Magic

Posted on December 13, 2022June 10, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

April Fool’s Day (1986)

Posted on October 29, 2022April 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1992 90s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Three Times the Danger? Alien 3 & the Perils of the Perfect Trilogy

Posted on October 28, 2022June 10, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1981 80s Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

Lurking on the Periphery: the Anomalous Friday the 13th Part 2

Posted on October 16, 2022February 28, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1978 70s Horror Michael Myers Slasher VHS Gold

Death Comes To Your Town: The Suburban Horrors of John Carpenter’s Halloween

Posted on October 4, 2022October 25, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1983 80s Crime Gangster Thriller VHS Gold

The World is Yours: The Rise & Fall of Scarface

Posted on August 10, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1983 80s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Remote. Control. The Visionary World of Videodrome

Posted on August 2, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1981 80s Horror Michael Myers Slasher VHS Gold

When Enough is Enough: Halloween II & the Curse of the Horror Sequel

Posted on July 20, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

00s 2000 Comedy Horror VHS Gold

Hip to Be Scared: The Sharp, Satirical Pleasures of American Psycho

Posted on July 11, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1988 1991 1994 80s 90s Comedy VHS Gold

Where the Hell Was I? The Infantile Genius of The Naked Gun Trilogy

Posted on June 28, 2022November 27, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 80s Action Adventure Drama Martial Arts VHS Gold

Land of the Rising Son: Mr Miyagi & The Karate Kid

Posted on June 22, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

Only in a Re-Run: How The Running Man’s Cartoon Dystopia Continues to Grow in Relevance

Posted on June 20, 2022March 10, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1981 80s Drama Horror Thriller VHS Gold

The Fury of Love: Dissolution and Duplicity in Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession

Posted on May 31, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Shaving the Bone: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Posted on May 6, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1980 80s Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

Horror’s Red-Headed Stepmother: How Friday the 13th Became a Series Outcast

Posted on April 19, 2022May 9, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1994 90s Action Crime Drama Thriller VHS Gold

For Mathilda: The Problematic Pleasures of Leon: The Professional

Posted on March 22, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Dream and Dream Again: How The Dream Warriors Revived a Stumbling Franchise

Posted on February 26, 2022March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1997 90s Comedy Drama VHS Gold

The Seventies Unzipped: Dirk Diggler Shoots for the Stars in Boogie Nights

Posted on December 26, 2021June 29, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1974 70s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Slay-Bells and Serial Killers: The Curious Story of Black Christmas

Posted on December 15, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1990 90s Action Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Hot in the City: Predator 2 is a Sequel Worth Revisiting

Posted on December 2, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief8

1983 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Posted on November 25, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief8

1977 70s Horror VHS Gold

Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole: The Exquisite Terror of Dario Argento’s Suspiria

Posted on October 29, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1960 60s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Don’t Look Now: Peeping Tom is the Proto-Slasher they Didn’t Want You to See

Posted on October 23, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1988 Exploitation Horror VHS Gold

This is Your Brain On Drugs: A Brief History of Narcotics in Frank Henenlotter’s Brain Damage

Posted on October 8, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1990 90s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

The Future of Law Enforcement? How Robocop 2 Dented a Budding Franchise

Posted on September 14, 2021May 8, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1982 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Pieces (1982)

Posted on September 8, 2021March 11, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 80s Comedy Horror Vampire VHS Gold

You’re So Cool, Brewster: Fright Night & the Postmodern Vampire

Posted on August 21, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

80s 90s Features Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher

A Prelude to Death: Ranking the Friday the 13th Posters

Posted on August 12, 2021March 3, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1996 90s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Liking Scary Movies: Scream & the 90s Horror Revolution

Posted on August 4, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 80s Action Cult VHS Horror Martial Arts

Ninja III: The Domination (1984)

Posted on July 19, 2021October 5, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1991 90s Crime Drama Gangster VHS Gold

Once Upon a Time in South Central LA: Boyz N the Hood’s Enduring Power

Posted on July 14, 2021May 13, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

Time to Bleed: Arnie Meets His Match in John McTiernan’s Predator

Posted on June 29, 2021October 11, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

2001 Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

Godspeed, Jason Voorhees: Planting a Flag For Jason X

Posted on June 22, 2021April 26, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 80s Box Office This Month In . . .

This Month In… June (1984)

Posted on June 17, 2021March 4, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1983 80s Cult VHS Horror

Mausoleum (1983)

Posted on June 4, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1982 80s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

Leave Those Kids Alone: Cannon’s Death Wish II

Posted on May 20, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1983 80s Comedy VHS Gold

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

Posted on May 17, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1988 80s Features This Month In . . .

This Month In… May (1988)

Posted on May 9, 2021March 4, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1980 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

The Boogey Man (1980)

Posted on April 23, 2021August 29, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Horror Thriller VHS Gold

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

Posted on April 9, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1997 90s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

Cop Land & the Search For Stallone

Posted on March 31, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)

Posted on March 10, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

1991 90s Cult VHS Martial Arts

Samurai Cop (1991)

Posted on February 28, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief1

1993 90s Action Crime Gangster VHS Gold

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

Posted on February 19, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1993 90s Comedy Romance VHS Gold

Today is Tommorow: Groundhog Day & the Postmodern Parable

Posted on February 2, 2021March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief1

1981 80s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

Posted on January 11, 2021March 4, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1990 Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

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

Posted on December 17, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Action Comedy Crime Thriller VHS Gold

Too Old For this Shit? The Cynical Joys of a Lethal Weapon Christmas

Posted on December 4, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1988 80s Action Martial Arts VHS Gold

Fights of Fancy: Bloodsport & the Legend of Frank Dux

Posted on November 27, 2020March 6, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1992 90s Features This Month In . . .

This Month In… November (1992)

Posted on November 17, 2020March 4, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

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

Posted on November 12, 2020October 9, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief10

1986 80s Comedy Horror Musical VHS Gold

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

Posted on October 29, 2020May 7, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

70s 80s 90s Features Horror

He Came, You Saw: Ranking the Halloween Franchise Posters

Posted on October 23, 2020March 3, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

60s 70s 80s 90s Features Horror

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

Posted on October 15, 2020March 3, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1974 70s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

Posted on October 9, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

1989 80s Action Comedy VHS Gold

A 24-Inch Dookie: No Holds Barred

Posted on September 17, 2020March 5, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1985 80s Action Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

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

Posted on September 14, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4