VHS Revival: A Retro Movie Magazine

Author: Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief

Science Fiction writer, horror enthusiast, scourge of plutocracy, creator of vhsrevival.com

2003 Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Don’t Call Me Bitch! Freddy vs Jason: A Battle for the Ages

Posted on December 13, 2019August 13, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1979 70s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Don’t Go in the House (1979)

Posted on December 9, 2019October 22, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1991 90s Comedy Drama Romance VHS Gold

Hero to Zero: Cool As Ice and the Corporate Rap Experiment

Posted on December 5, 2019May 22, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 Comedy VHS Gold

The Unhappy Wanderer: Planes, Trains and Automobiles and the True Spirit of Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2019November 24, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Blood Rage (1987)

Posted on November 25, 2019September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

Horror VHS Gold VHS Reboots

Ugly Doll? Child’s Play and Chucky’s 21st Century Incarnation

Posted on November 18, 2019September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 80s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

Hear Them Scream: Aliens & the Rise of the Xenomorph

Posted on November 11, 2019July 18, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1992 90s Action Drama VHS Gold Western

In It For the Munny: Unforgiven’s Long & Regretful Road

Posted on November 7, 2019October 22, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 80s Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Never Sleep Again: Elm Street and the Dawn of Krueger

Posted on November 1, 2019October 22, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

60s 70s 80s 90s Features Horror

Hell Hath No Fury: VHS Revival’s Bumper Halloween Quiz

Posted on October 29, 2019October 22, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief18

1987 80s Horror VHS Gold

Pleasure and Pain: The Divine Suffering of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser

Posted on October 24, 2019September 7, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1987 80s Cult VHS Horror

Creepshow 2 (1987)

Posted on October 18, 2019September 13, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief8

1990 90s Crime Drama Gangster VHS Gold

Crime’s Whirlwind Romance: How Goodfellas Redefined the Gangster Genre

Posted on September 26, 2019September 18, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1990 90s Action Classic VHS Sci-fi

Class of 1999 (1990)

Posted on September 24, 2019May 11, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1983 80s Action Adventure James Bond Roger Moore Thriller

Never Say Never Again: Roger Moore Returns in Octopussy

Posted on September 5, 2019June 7, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1991 90s Adventure Classic VHS Comedy Horror

The People Under the Stairs (1991)

Posted on August 28, 2019June 17, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1981 80s Horror VHS Gold Video Nasties

See No Evil: Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead

Posted on August 22, 2019September 29, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1985 80s Box Office Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… August (1985)

Posted on August 6, 2019June 22, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

80s 90s Features Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher

His Name Was Jason: Friday the 13th’s Most Memorable Kills

Posted on August 2, 2019September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief11

1976 70s Drama VHS Gold

The Great White Hope: Race, Poverty and the Power of Love in John G. Avildsen’s Rocky

Posted on July 18, 2019September 7, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1988 80s Box Office Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… July (1988)

Posted on July 6, 2019July 5, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1979 70s Action Adventure James Bond Roger Moore Sci-fi Thriller VHS Gold

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

Posted on June 25, 2019December 27, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1990 90s Box Office Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… June (1990)

Posted on June 2, 2019May 22, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 80s Action Comedy VHS Gold

Turning up the Heat: Beverly Hills Cop and the Rise of the Black Action Star

Posted on May 20, 2019January 25, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1981 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

The Prowler (1981)

Posted on May 1, 2019September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

80s Comedy Horror VHS Gold

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

Posted on April 26, 2019December 15, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1976 70s Action Crime Thriller VHS Gold

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

Posted on April 23, 2019November 5, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1994 90s Crime Gangster Thriller VHS Gold

Jack Rabbit Slims & Captain Kangaroo: The Cultural Impact of Pulp Fiction

Posted on April 18, 2019September 25, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

80s Action Features

No Chance! Commando II: The Lost Screenplay

Posted on April 4, 2019July 15, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1981 80s Action Adventure James Bond Roger Moore Thriller VHS Gold

For Your Eyes Only: James Bond and The Darker Side of Moore

Posted on March 26, 2019January 29, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief1

1971 70s Crime Drama Sci-fi VHS Gold

Fear and Self-Loathing: A Clockwork Orange and Questions of Morality

Posted on March 14, 2019December 21, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1994 90s Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

Posted on March 7, 2019October 23, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1998 90s Action Comedy Crime Thriller VHS Gold

The Art of Formula: Lethal Weapon 4’s Not-So-Guilty Pleasures

Posted on March 1, 2019April 11, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1992 90s Action Comedy Crime Thriller VHS Gold

Beyond Perfection: Lethal Weapon 3 and the Perils of Late Retirement

Posted on February 27, 2019July 25, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

The Power and the Glory: The Best of 80s Movie Soundtracks

Posted on February 14, 2019November 26, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1986 80s Action Horror Thriller VHS Gold

One For the Road: The Hitcher and Horror’s Lost Highway

Posted on February 7, 2019September 5, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

80s Features Sci-fi

Greatest Movie Posters of the 80s: Sci-Fi Edition

Posted on January 31, 2019November 26, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1996 90s Action Comedy Crime Horror Thriller Vampire VHS Gold

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

Posted on January 29, 2019June 16, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

80s 90s Features Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher

The Greatest Escape: Ranking Friday the 13th’s Final Girls

Posted on January 14, 2019September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1985 80s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

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

Posted on January 1, 2019September 20, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 80s Drama Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

Is this the Future? Brazil’s Speculative Dimensions

Posted on December 28, 2018November 23, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1990 90s Adventure Comedy Features

Thirsty For More? Home Alone and the Curse of the Child Star

Posted on December 21, 2018October 23, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Action Drama Thriller VHS Gold

A War You Won’t Believe: First Blood and the Commercial Warrior

Posted on November 16, 2018July 6, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1981 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

The Burning (1981)

Posted on November 10, 2018October 29, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 80s Action Crime Thriller VHS Gold

Bloodstained Nostalgia: Cobra’s Neon Seduction

Posted on November 5, 2018November 26, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

Horror Slasher VHS Reboots

To Hell and Back: Rob Zombie’s Halloween

Posted on October 24, 2018September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1979 70s Features Horror Sci-fi

Battle of the Bitches: Gender and Duality in Ridley Scott’s Alien

Posted on October 10, 2018October 23, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1985 80s Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

An 80s Treasure: The Goonies and the True Price of Freedom

Posted on September 26, 2018June 7, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 80s Action Drama Martial Arts VHS Gold

Great Expectations: The Karate Kid Part II & the Demise of the Underdog

Posted on September 17, 2018August 14, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

80s 90s Features

Biceps for Your Buck: The Movies of Hulk Hogan

Posted on September 8, 2018November 26, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

80s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

I’d Buy that for a Dollar: Robocop vs the American Dream

Posted on July 23, 2018July 31, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1981 80s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

Posted on July 11, 2018November 26, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1985 80s Action Drama Sports VHS Gold

Burning Hearts and Iron Curtains: Rocky IV & Cold War Propaganda

Posted on July 10, 2018July 6, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1980 80s Action Crime Cult VHS Exploitation Thriller

The Exterminator (1980)

Posted on July 9, 2018May 22, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

80s 90s Features Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher

The Best of Times the Worst of Times: Ranking the Original Friday the 13th Series

Posted on June 28, 2018September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief11

1986 80s Drama Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Deadly Friend: Krueger and the Near-Demise of Wes Craven

Posted on June 5, 2018October 30, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

1989 80s Classic VHS Horror

Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (1989)

Posted on May 29, 2018May 12, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

70s 80s Action Adventure Features James Bond Thriller

Say Never Again: The Story of Dalton’s Third Bond Outing

Posted on May 4, 2018December 15, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief10

Action Adventure Sci-fi Superhero VHS Gold

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

Posted on April 25, 2018August 23, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1987 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)

Posted on April 23, 2018June 28, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

60s 70s 80s Features Horror Slasher

Scream and Scream Again: A Brief History of Video Nasties

Posted on April 6, 2018September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

80s Comedy Cult VHS Horror Sci-fi

Chopping Mall (1986)

Posted on March 26, 2018June 22, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1981 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

The House by the Cemetery (1981)

Posted on February 26, 2018October 23, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

80s Features Horror

Best of Horror Movie Box Art: 80s Edition

Posted on February 10, 2018November 26, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1995 90s Action Comedy Crime Thriller VHS Gold

Same Shit New Rules: Die Hard: With A Vengeance

Posted on January 31, 2018March 19, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Killing Kris Kringle: Silent Night, Deadly Night and Censorship Hysteria

Posted on December 20, 2017September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1988 80s Comedy VHS Gold

The Proud & the Pompous: Flying the Flag For A Fish Called Wanda

Posted on November 28, 2017June 24, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Action Drama Sci-fi VHS Gold

Conflict and Flames: Blade Runner & Questions of Humanity

Posted on September 29, 2017June 25, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1989 80s Action Classic VHS Martial Arts Thriller

Road House (1989)

Posted on September 13, 2017July 6, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 80s Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

Just The Beginning: The Cold Reality of The Final Chapter

Posted on August 23, 2017September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1973 70s Action Adventure James Bond Roger Moore Thriller VHS Gold

Blofeld to Blaxploitation: Live and Let Die and the Emergence of Moore

Posted on May 26, 2017October 23, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief1

1985 80s Comedy Sci-fi VHS Gold

Tossing Off To Anything: The Wild Adolescence of Weird Science

Posted on February 17, 2017August 2, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1989 80s Cult VHS Horror

The Immortalizer (1989)

Posted on January 31, 2017December 22, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1985 80s Action Adventure James Bond Roger Moore Thriller VHS Gold

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

Posted on January 9, 2017May 7, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief10

1989 80s Action Classic VHS Drama Martial Arts

The Karate Kid Part III (1989)

Posted on December 30, 2016June 22, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 80s Adventure Comedy Drama VHS Gold

Cherry-Flavoured Pez: Stand By Me and the End of Innocence

Posted on December 23, 2016May 5, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 80s Comedy Cult VHS Horror Sci-fi

The Stuff (1985)

Posted on December 15, 2016June 14, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

80s Features Horror

Greatest Movie Posters of the 80s: Horror Edition

Posted on November 30, 2016September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief10

1986 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Neon Maniacs (1986)

Posted on November 29, 2016November 14, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1988 80s Action Crime Thriller VHS Gold

Welcome to the Party Pal: Die Hard and Cinema’s Most Relatable Action Hero

Posted on November 24, 2016July 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s B-Movies Cult Horror Movies Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Killer Workout aka Aerobicide (1987)

Posted on November 18, 2016June 23, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0