VHS Revival: A Retro Movie Magazine

Category: VHS Gold

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

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

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

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

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Playing Dirty… It’s Just Been Revoked: The Fascinating Story of Lethal Weapon 2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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

1997 90s Crime Thriller VHS Gold

Off the Record, On the QT, and Very Hush-Hush: L.A. Confidential at 25

Posted on September 19, 2022March 1, 2025 by Johnny Restall0

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

1966 60s Sci-fi Thriller VHS Gold

The Resurrection Blues: How Seconds Exposes a Great American Grift

Posted on July 7, 2022March 1, 2025 by Rob Kotecki1

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

1972 70s Horror VHS Gold

An Incurably Immaculate Anthology: Welcome to the Amicus Asylum

Posted on June 16, 2022March 1, 2025 by Johnny Restall0

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

1967 60s Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

You Only Live Twice: 007 Succumbs to Style Over Substance

Posted on May 29, 2022March 1, 2025 by Richard Brownell0

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

1989 80s Crime Thriller VHS Gold

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

Posted on March 15, 2022March 1, 2025 by Rob Kotecki0

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

1965 60s Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

Days of Thunder: James Bond Takes on Nuclear Terrorists in Thunderball

Posted on February 15, 2022March 1, 2025 by Richard Brownell0

1946 40s Drama VHS Gold

Dragonwyck: A Masterpiece of the Gothic

Posted on December 28, 2021March 1, 2025 by palewriter21

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

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 VHS Gold

When Beauty is the Beast: The Carnal Pleasures of Black Sunday

Posted on October 27, 2021March 1, 2025 by Rob Kotecki0

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

1987 80s Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

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

Posted on October 6, 2021March 1, 2025 by markanthonyayling1

1974 70s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Phase IV: Super-Intelligent Ants Take on Man in a 70s Sci-fi Head-Scratcher

Posted on October 3, 2021March 1, 2025 by Richard Brownell1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1993 90s Action Thriller Uncategorized VHS Gold

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

Posted on January 26, 2021March 1, 2025 by markanthonyayling0

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

1964 60s Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

James Bond Goes Blockbuster in ‘Goldfinger’

Posted on January 6, 2021March 1, 2025 by Richard Brownell0

1987 80s Action VHS Gold Western

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

Posted on January 3, 2021March 1, 2025 by Rob Kotecki0

1991 90s Action Comedy VHS Gold

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

Posted on December 21, 2020March 1, 2025 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, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1995 90s Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

Goldeneye: The Resurrection of an Icon

Posted on December 10, 2020March 1, 2025 by palewriter22

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

1963 60s Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

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

Posted on December 1, 2020March 1, 2025 by Richard Brownell2

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

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

1962 60s Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

Opening the 007 Movie Casefile: Dr. No

Posted on November 6, 2020March 1, 2025 by Richard Brownell0

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

1971 70s Horror VHS Gold

You Stepped Out of A Nightmare: The Abominable Dr Phibes

Posted on October 26, 2020March 1, 2025 by palewriter23

1978 70s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

Posted on October 18, 2020March 1, 2025 by Richard Brownell2

2001 Drama Horror Thriller VHS Gold

Father Knows Best: The Old Testament Terrors of Frailty

Posted on October 12, 2020March 1, 2025 by Rob Kotecki0

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

1996 90s Comedy Horror VHS Gold

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

Posted on October 6, 2020March 1, 2025 by markanthonyayling3

1972 70s Horror VHS Gold

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

Posted on October 2, 2020March 1, 2025 by chris chaka1

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

1988 80s Comedy VHS Gold

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

Posted on August 28, 2020March 1, 2025 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, 2020March 1, 2025 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, 2020March 1, 2025 by markanthonyayling2

1986 80s Action Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

Posted on August 18, 2020April 7, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6

1980 80s Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

Flash Gordon: The Space Opera Classic That Could Have Been

Posted on July 31, 2020March 1, 2025 by Richard Brownell0

1988 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

Posted on July 28, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1982 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

Posted on July 17, 2020October 11, 2025 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, 2020March 1, 2025 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, 2020March 1, 2025 by Richard Brownell0

1975 70s Drama VHS Gold

Conformity, Corsets & Chaos: Picnic At Hanging Rock

Posted on June 29, 2020March 1, 2025 by palewriter22

1993 90s Action Drama Thriller VHS Gold

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

Posted on June 23, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4

1998 90s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

When Carpenter Met Craven: Halloween H20’s Unholy Alliance

Posted on June 15, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

1983 80s Action Crime VHS Gold

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

Posted on June 9, 2020March 1, 2025 by Richard Brownell0

1995 90s Drama Thriller VHS Gold

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

Posted on June 2, 2020March 1, 2025 by markanthonyayling0

90s Action Comedy VHS Gold

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

Posted on May 29, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0

80s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold VHS Reboots

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

Posted on May 28, 2020March 1, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief3

80s Action Martial Arts VHS Gold

Van Damme to Brucesploitation: No Retreat No Surrender

Posted on May 19, 2020October 5, 2025 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0