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Category: VHS Gold

1987 Horror Thriller VHS Gold

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

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1997 90s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

Cop Land and the Search For Stallone

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1993 90s Action Crime Cult Movies VHS Gold

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

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1993 90s Comedy VHS Gold

Today is Tomorrow: Groundhog Day and the Postmodern Parable

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1993 90s Action Action Movies Uncategorized VHS Gold

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

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1985 80s Fantasy VHS Gold

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

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1981 80s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

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1964 Action Adventure James Bond VHS Gold

James Bond Goes Blockbuster in ‘Goldfinger’

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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 comments on “Empty Shells & Dead Ends: Extreme Prejudice and the Post-Frontier Western”
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1991 Action Thriller VHS Gold

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

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1990 Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1990 Comedy Drama Fantasy VHS Gold

I’m Not Finished: The Beautiful, Sad, Melancholy World of Edward Scissorhands

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1995 Action Adventure James Bond VHS Gold

Goldeneye: The Resurrection of an Icon

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1987 Action Comedy Thriller VHS Gold

Too Old For this Shit? Lethal Weapon and 80s Festive Cynicism

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1963 Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

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

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1988 Action VHS Gold

Fights of Fancy: Bloodsport & the Legend of Frank Dux

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1982 Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1962 Action Adventure James Bond VHS Gold

Opening the 007 Movie Casefile: Dr. No

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1986 Comedy Horror Musical VHS Gold

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

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1971 Horror VHS Gold

You Stepped Out of A Nightmare: The Abominable Dr Phibes

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1978 Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

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1997 Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

This Ship is Fucked: Event Horizon’s Out-Of-This-World Nightmare

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2001 Horror Thriller VHS Gold

Father Knows Best: The Old Testament Terrors of Frailty

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1974 Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1996 Comedy Horror VHS Gold

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

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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 comment on “Only A Movie: The Lasting Impact of the Last House On The Left”
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1989 Action Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1985 Action Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1978 Horror VHS Gold

Satanic Rites of Passage – Damien: Omen II and the Antics of the Adolescent Antichrist

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1988 Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1984 Action Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1986 Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy VHS Gold

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

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1986 Action Exploitation Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

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1981 Crime Drama VHS Gold

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

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1980 Sci-fi Superhero VHS Gold

Flash Gordon: The Space Opera Classic That Could Have Been

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1988 Horror Michael Myers Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1982 Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Kill the Girl: The Slumber Party Massacre and Feminist Flirtations

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1985 Action VHS Gold

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

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1988 Action VHS Gold

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

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1978 Drama Musical VHS Gold

Nostalgia’s the Word: Reliving Those Happy Days of Grease

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1975 Drama VHS Gold

Conformity, Corsets and Chaos: Picnic At Hanging Rock

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1982 Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Practical Magic: Assimilating John Carpenter’s The Thing

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1993 Action Drama VHS Gold

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

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1998 Horror Michael Myers Slasher VHS Gold

When Carpenter Met Craven: Halloween H20’s Unholy Alliance

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1984 Fantasy Horror VHS Gold

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

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1983 Action Crime VHS Gold

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

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1995 Drama Thriller VHS Gold

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

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Action Comedy VHS Gold

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

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Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold VHS Reboots

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

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Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

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Action Martial Arts VHS Gold

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

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1991 Action Thriller VHS Gold

Welcome to Sea World, Kid: The Thrill and the Rush of Point Break

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Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

The Kids Are Alright: The Dream Master and Krueger’s Rise to Commercial Superstardom

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1976 Action Crime VHS Gold

Don’t Concern Yourself, Inspector: Dirty Harry Returns as The Enforcer

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1993 Crime Drama VHS Gold

You’re in Trouble, Baby: Carlito’s Way and the Rise of Benny Blanco

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1986 Comedy Horror VHS Gold

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

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1983 Fantasy Horror VHS Gold

Hell Unleashed: The Keep’s Continued, Troubled Existence

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1988 Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1989 Action Thriller VHS Gold

Feeling Lucky, Hunk? Blue Steel and the Rise of the Action Heroine

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Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1990 Action Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

Moves Like Lightnin’: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Still Kicks Major League Butt

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1985 Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Dream Lover: The Incomparable Freddy’s Revenge

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1973 Action Crime VHS Gold

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Vigilante Justice and Magnum Force

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1982 Horror VHS Gold

A Bug in the Brain: Amityville II: The Possession

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1980 Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1992 Thriller VHS Gold

The Fuck of the Century: Why Basic Instinct is the Ultimate Erotic Blockbuster

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Thriller VHS Gold

Winding Convention: The Clockwork Precision of Brian De Palma’s Body Double

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1971 Action Crime VHS Gold

Every Dirty Job That Comes Along: Dirty Harry

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1991 Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

Man and his Machine: How Terminator 2 Taught Us The Ways of Humanity

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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

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Action Adventure VHS Gold

Suffer No Guilt: The Long Road to Conan the Barbarian

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1986 Drama VHS Gold

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

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1984 Drama Musical VHS Gold

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

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1987 Action Cannon Movies VHS Gold

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

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1984 Crime Thriller VHS Gold

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

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1984 Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

Rise of the Machine: James Cameron’s The Terminator

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1987 Drama VHS Gold War Movies

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

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1990 Horror VHS Gold

A Cock-A-Doodie Nightmare: Misery and the Reign of Annie Wilkes

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1979 Horror Vampire VHS Gold

I Love the Night: 1979’s Dracula and Sepulchral Seduction

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1987 Action VHS Gold

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

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1988 Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1984 Comedy Horror VHS Gold

Jingle Hell Rock: How Gremlins Almost Ruined Christmas

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1983 Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1980 Action Adventure Superhero VHS Gold

Superman II: The Troubled Production Behind the Blockbuster Sequel

Posted on December 16, 2019January 19, 2021 by Richard Brownell1 comment on “Superman II: The Troubled Production Behind the Blockbuster Sequel”
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2003 Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1991 Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1987 Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1978 Action Adventure Superhero VHS Gold

Superman and the Birth of the Modern Superhero Movie

Posted on November 22, 2019September 13, 2020 by Richard Brownell0 comments on “Superman and the Birth of the Modern Superhero Movie”
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Horror VHS Gold VHS Reboots

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

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1997 Action Superhero VHS Gold

The Heat is Off: How Batman and Robin Put a Series on Ice

Posted on November 14, 2019September 16, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher2 comments on “The Heat is Off: How Batman and Robin Put a Series on Ice”
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1986 Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

Posted on November 5, 2019September 16, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher0 comments on “The Trip of a Lifetime: Why Flight of the Navigator Still Flies High”
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1984 Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Never Sleep Again: Elm Street and the Dawn of Krueger

Posted on November 1, 2019April 6, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief4 comments on “Never Sleep Again: Elm Street and the Dawn of Krueger”
A Nightmare on Elm Street featured
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1982 Horror VHS Gold

The Twisted Moralities of Creepshow

Posted on October 30, 2019September 16, 2020 by chris chaka0 comments on “The Twisted Moralities of Creepshow”
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1981 Body Horror Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Scanners: The Horror Movie That is Really a Thriller

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1987 Comedy Horror VHS Gold

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

Posted on October 26, 2019September 16, 2020 by markanthonyayling1 comment on “Evil Dead 2: Or How They Made The Sequel To The Ultimate in Gruelling Terror”
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1987 Horror VHS Gold

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

Posted on October 24, 2019April 6, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6 comments on “Pleasure and Pain: The Divine Suffering of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser”
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1976 Horror VHS Gold

We Need to Talk About Damien: The Omen and the Birth of a Monster

Posted on October 15, 2019September 17, 2020 by Jimi Fletcher7 comments on “We Need to Talk About Damien: The Omen and the Birth of a Monster”
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1995 Crime Drama VHS Gold World Cinema Classics

A Dish Served Bloody: La Cérémonie

Posted on October 11, 2019September 17, 2020 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0 comments on “A Dish Served Bloody: La Cérémonie”
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1977 Body Horror Horror VHS Gold

The Icky Delights of David Cronenberg’s Rabid

Posted on October 10, 2019September 17, 2020 by Richard Brownell1 comment on “The Icky Delights of David Cronenberg’s Rabid”
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1985 Comedy Horror Vampire VHS Gold

You’re So Cool, Brewster: Fright Night and the Death of the Slasher

Posted on October 8, 2019March 12, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief2 comments on “You’re So Cool, Brewster: Fright Night and the Death of the Slasher”
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