VHS Revival: A Retro Movie Magazine

Category: 80s

1986 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

April Fool’s Day (1986)

Posted on October 29, 2022November 4, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1981 80s Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

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

Posted on October 16, 2022October 18, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

70s 80s 90s Features Horror

Laurie without Michael: The Final Girl Finishing School

Posted on October 12, 2022October 14, 2022 by Rob Kotecki0

1983 80s Crime Gangster Thriller VHS Gold

The World is Yours: The Rise and Fall of Scarface

Posted on August 10, 2022October 29, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1983 80s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Remote. Control. The Visionary World of Videodrome

Posted on August 2, 2022August 13, 2022 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, 2022November 22, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

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, 2022June 28, 2022 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, 2022September 12, 2022 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, 2022November 13, 2022 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, 2022October 14, 2022 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, 2022October 25, 2022 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, 2022July 15, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1989 80s Crime Thriller VHS Gold

That Same Old Song: Sea of Love’s Old School Seduction

Posted on March 15, 2022March 16, 2022 by Rob Kotecki0

1981 80s Horror VHS Gold

An Anti-Climax for the Anti-Christ? The Final Conflict and the End of The Omen Trilogy

Posted on March 11, 2022March 16, 2022 by Jimi Fletcher1

1987 80s Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

Posted on February 26, 2022June 12, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1983 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Posted on November 25, 2021November 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief8

1989 80s Cult VHS Horror

Beyond the Door III aka Amok Train (1989)

Posted on October 12, 2021October 22, 2021 by chris chaka1

1987 80s Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

How The Wolfman Got His Nards Back: Revisiting Fred Dekker’s The Monster Squad

Posted on October 6, 2021October 22, 2021 by markanthonyayling1

1982 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Pieces (1982)

Posted on September 8, 2021September 23, 2022 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, 2021October 24, 2022 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, 2021July 26, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 80s Action Cult VHS Horror Martial Arts

Ninja III: The Domination (1984)

Posted on July 19, 2021September 14, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1987 80s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

Posted on June 29, 2021June 12, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1984 80s Box Office This Month In . . .

This Month In… June (1984)

Posted on June 17, 2021June 22, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1983 80s Cult VHS Horror

Mausoleum (1983)

Posted on June 4, 2021October 13, 2022 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, 2021April 25, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1983 80s Comedy VHS Gold

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

Posted on May 17, 2021July 27, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1988 80s Features This Month In . . .

This Month In… May (1988)

Posted on May 9, 2021May 5, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1980 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

The Boogey Man (1980)

Posted on April 23, 2021September 3, 2022 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, 2021January 23, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1987 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)

Posted on March 10, 2021September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

1985 80s Adventure Fantasy VHS Gold

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

Posted on January 18, 2021October 22, 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, 2021September 28, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Action VHS Gold Western

Empty Shells & Dead Ends: Extreme Prejudice and the Post-Frontier Western

Posted on January 3, 2021October 22, 2021 by Rob Kotecki0

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 6, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1989 80s Action Cult VHS

Danger USA aka Mind Trap (1989)

Posted on November 30, 2020December 15, 2021 by chris chaka2

1988 80s Action Martial Arts VHS Gold

Fights of Fancy: Bloodsport & the Legend of Frank Dux

Posted on November 27, 2020June 22, 2022 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, 2020August 13, 2022 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, 2020July 26, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

70s 80s 90s Features Horror

He Came, You Saw: Ranking the Halloween Franchise Posters

Posted on October 23, 2020October 5, 2022 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, 2020October 15, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1989 80s Action Comedy VHS Gold

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

Posted on September 17, 2020November 8, 2021 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, 2020December 15, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1988 80s Comedy VHS Gold

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

Posted on August 28, 2020June 29, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1984 80s Action Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

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

Posted on August 25, 2020September 25, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief9

1986 80s Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy VHS Gold

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

Posted on August 21, 2020October 22, 2021 by markanthonyayling2

1986 80s Action Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

Posted on August 18, 2020November 21, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1986 80s Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… August (1986)

Posted on August 14, 2020June 21, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1981 80s Crime Drama VHS Gold

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

Posted on August 11, 2020November 26, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher2

80s Drama Features

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

Posted on August 7, 2020October 22, 2021 by Rob Kotecki0

1980 80s Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

Flash Gordon: The Space Opera Classic That Could Have Been

Posted on July 31, 2020October 22, 2021 by Richard Brownell0

1988 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

Posted on July 28, 2020October 2, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

80s 90s Action Features Martial Arts

Andrew Davis: The Action Star Sensei

Posted on July 20, 2020November 26, 2021 by Rob Kotecki1

1982 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Kill the Girl: The Slumber Party Massacre’s Feminist Flirtations

Posted on July 17, 2020November 12, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1985 80s Action VHS Gold

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

Posted on July 13, 2020October 4, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1987 80s Box Office Features This Month In . . .

This Month In… July (1987)

Posted on July 9, 2020June 22, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1988 80s Action Crime VHS Gold

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

Posted on July 7, 2020July 13, 2022 by Richard Brownell0

1984 80s Fantasy Horror VHS Gold

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

Posted on June 12, 2020October 22, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher1

1983 80s Action Crime VHS Gold

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

Posted on June 9, 2020October 22, 2021 by Richard Brownell0

1981 80s Box Office Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… June (1981)

Posted on June 5, 2020September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

80s 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, 2020September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

80s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

Posted on May 25, 2020October 22, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher0

80s Action Martial Arts VHS Gold

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

Posted on May 19, 2020June 22, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1986 80s Comedy Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

Posted on April 21, 2020November 13, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1983 80s Fantasy Horror VHS Gold

Hell Unleashed: The Keep’s Continued, Troubled Existence

Posted on April 18, 2020October 22, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher0

1988 80s Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

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

Posted on April 15, 2020July 15, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief10

80s Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

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

Posted on April 2, 2020July 15, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1985 80s Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Dream Lover: The Incomparable Freddy’s Revenge

Posted on March 27, 2020October 14, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief8

1982 80s Horror VHS Gold

A Bug in the Brain: Amityville II: The Possession

Posted on March 21, 2020September 24, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

60s 70s 80s 90s Action Features

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

Posted on March 19, 2020December 5, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1980 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

Posted on March 17, 2020September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

80s Horror Thriller VHS Gold

You Can’t Believe Everything: Brian De Palma’s Body Double is a Surreal, Seductive Delight

Posted on March 2, 2020October 26, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1981 80s 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, 2020November 26, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher3

1985 80s Classic VHS Horror

Cat’s Eye (1985)

Posted on February 11, 2020April 12, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1987 80s Box Office Features Retro Movie Rewind This Month In . . .

This Month In… February (1987)

Posted on February 8, 2020November 26, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

80s Action Adventure Fantasy VHS Gold

Suffer No Guilt: The Long Road to Conan the Barbarian

Posted on February 6, 2020October 22, 2021 by Richard Brownell0

1986 80s Drama VHS Gold

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

Posted on February 3, 2020March 6, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

1984 80s Drama Musical VHS Gold

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

Posted on January 30, 2020October 22, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher5

1987 80s Action Cannon Movies Drama VHS Gold

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

Posted on January 27, 2020June 22, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5

1984 80s Crime Thriller VHS Gold

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

Posted on January 24, 2020October 22, 2021 by markanthonyayling1

1987 80s Drama VHS Gold

Let Me See Your War Face: Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket

Posted on January 16, 2020October 22, 2021 by Richard Brownell0

70s 80s Action Features Sci-fi

The Long and Furious Road: A Mad Max Overview

Posted on January 13, 2020March 10, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2

1987 80s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

Just Give Me a Reason: Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

Posted on January 2, 2020September 3, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1980 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

New Year’s Evil (1980)

Posted on December 30, 2019October 22, 2021 by chris chaka1

1980 80s Classic VHS Comedy Crime Horror

Fade to Black (1980)

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

1988 80s Comedy VHS Gold

Put A Little Love In Your Heart: Scrooged and the Alternative to A Christmas Carol

Posted on December 23, 2019December 15, 2021 by markanthonyayling0

1984 80s Comedy Horror VHS Gold

Jingle Hell Rock: How Gremlins Almost Ruined Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2019November 16, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief7

1983 80s Comedy VHS Gold

The Prince and the Motherfuckin’ Pauper: Trading Places and Seasonal Greed

Posted on December 18, 2019May 22, 2022 by Jimi Fletcher0

1980 80s Action Adventure VHS Gold

Superman II: The Troubled Production Behind the Blockbuster Sequel

Posted on December 16, 2019October 22, 2021 by Richard Brownell1

1987 80s Cult VHS Horror Slasher

Blood Rage (1987)

Posted on November 25, 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

1986 80s Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

The Trip of a Lifetime: Why Flight of the Navigator Still Flies High

Posted on November 5, 2019October 22, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher

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

1982 80s Horror VHS Gold

The Twisted Moralities of Creepshow

Posted on October 30, 2019October 22, 2021 by chris chaka0

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

1981 80s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Scanners: The Horror Movie That is Really a Thriller

Posted on October 28, 2019October 22, 2021 by Richard Brownell0

1987 80s Comedy Horror VHS Gold

Evil Dead 2: Or How They Made The Sequel To The Ultimate in Gruelling Terror

Posted on October 26, 2019October 22, 2021 by markanthonyayling1

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

1980 80s Action VHS Gold Western

How Walter Hill’s The Long Riders Saved the American Western

Posted on September 20, 2019October 22, 2021 by Richard Brownell1