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1986 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Shaving the Bone: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

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1980 80s Horror Jason Voorhees Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1994 90s Action Crime Drama Thriller VHS Gold

For Mathilda: The Problematic Pleasures of Leon: The Professional

Posted on March 22, 2022March 25, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0 comments on “For Mathilda: The Problematic Pleasures of Leon: The Professional”
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1989 80s Crime Thriller VHS Gold

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

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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 comment on “An Anti-Climax for the Anti-Christ? The Final Conflict and the End of The Omen Trilogy”
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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 17, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0 comments on “Dream and Dream Again: How The Dream Warriors Revived a Stumbling Franchise”
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1965 60s Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

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

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1946 40s Drama VHS Gold

Dragonwyck: A Masterpiece of the Gothic

Posted on December 28, 2021January 6, 2022 by palewriter20 comments on “Dragonwyck: A Masterpiece of the Gothic”
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1997 90s Comedy Drama VHS Gold

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

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1974 70s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1990 90s Action Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

Posted on December 2, 2021January 6, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief6 comments on “Hot in the City: Predator 2 is a Sequel Worth Revisiting”
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1977 70s Horror VHS Gold

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

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1960 60s Horror VHS Gold

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

Posted on October 27, 2021March 31, 2022 by Rob Kotecki0 comments on “When Beauty is the Beast: The Carnal Pleasures of Black Sunday”
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1960 60s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1985 80s Comedy Horror VHS Gold

It’s Party Time!!! Why Return of the Living Dead is the Funniest, Most Anarchic Zombie Movie of Them All

Posted on October 20, 2021October 22, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher1 comment on “It’s Party Time!!! Why Return of the Living Dead is the Funniest, Most Anarchic Zombie Movie of Them All”
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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, 2021October 22, 2021 by Richard Brownell1 comment on “Phase IV: Super-Intelligent Ants Take on Man in a 70s Sci-fi Head-Scratcher”
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1985 80s Comedy Horror Vampire VHS Gold

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

Posted on August 21, 2021October 22, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief5 comments on “You’re So Cool, Brewster: Fright Night & the Postmodern Vampire”
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1996 90s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Liking Scary Movies: Scream & the 90s Horror Revolution

Posted on August 4, 2021October 25, 2021 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0 comments on “Liking Scary Movies: Scream & the 90s Horror Revolution”
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1991 90s Crime Drama Gangster VHS Gold

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

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1987 80s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

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2001 Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Godspeed, Jason Voorhees: Planting a Flag For Jason X

Posted on June 22, 2021April 26, 2022 by Edison Smith Editor-in-Chief0 comments on “Godspeed, Jason Voorhees: Planting a Flag For Jason X”
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1982 80s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

Leave Those Kids Alone: Cannon’s Death Wish II

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1983 80s Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1987 80s Horror Thriller VHS Gold

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

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1997 90s Action Crime Drama VHS Gold

Cop Land & the Search For Stallone

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1993 90s Action Crime Gangster VHS Gold

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

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1993 90s Comedy Romance VHS Gold

Today is Tommorow: Groundhog Day & the Postmodern Parable

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1993 90s Action Thriller Uncategorized VHS Gold

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

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1985 80s Adventure 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 60s Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

James Bond Goes Blockbuster in ‘Goldfinger’

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1987 80s Action VHS Gold Western

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

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1991 90s Action Comedy 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 90s Comedy Drama Fantasy VHS Gold

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

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1995 90s Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

Goldeneye: The Resurrection of an Icon

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1987 80s Action Comedy Crime Thriller VHS Gold

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

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1988 80s Action Martial Arts VHS Gold

Fights of Fancy: Bloodsport & the Legend of Frank Dux

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1982 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1962 60s Action Adventure James Bond Thriller VHS Gold

Opening the 007 Movie Casefile: Dr. No

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1986 80s Comedy Horror Musical VHS Gold

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

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1971 70s Horror VHS Gold

You Stepped Out of A Nightmare: The Abominable Dr Phibes

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1978 70s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

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1997 90s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

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2001 Drama Horror Thriller VHS Gold

Father Knows Best: The Old Testament Terrors of Frailty

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1974 70s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1996 90s Comedy Horror VHS Gold

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

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1972 70s Horror VHS Gold

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

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1989 80s Action Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1985 80s Action Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1978 70s Horror VHS Gold

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

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1988 80s Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1984 80s Action Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1986 80s Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy VHS Gold

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

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1986 80s Action Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

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1981 80s Crime Drama VHS Gold

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

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1980 80s Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi VHS Gold

Flash Gordon: The Space Opera Classic That Could Have Been

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1988 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1982 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1985 80s Action VHS Gold

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

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1978 70s Drama Musical VHS Gold

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

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1975 70s Drama VHS Gold

Conformity, Corsets and Chaos: Picnic At Hanging Rock

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1993 90s Action Drama Thriller VHS Gold

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

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1998 90s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

When Carpenter Met Craven: Halloween H20’s Unholy Alliance

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1984 80s Fantasy Horror VHS Gold

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

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1983 80s Action Crime VHS Gold

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

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1995 90s Drama Thriller VHS Gold

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

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90s Action Comedy VHS Gold

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

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80s 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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80s Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

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80s Action Martial Arts VHS Gold

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

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1991 90s Action Thriller VHS Gold

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

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90s Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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90s Action Comedy VHS Gold

Don’t Quit Like Me Either: The Hard Way and Heartfelt Hollywood Justice

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1976 70s Action Crime VHS Gold

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

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1993 90s Crime Drama Gangster Thriller VHS Gold

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

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1986 80s Comedy Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

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1983 80s Fantasy Horror VHS Gold

Hell Unleashed: The Keep’s Continued, Troubled Existence

Posted on April 18, 2020October 22, 2021 by Jimi Fletcher0 comments on “Hell Unleashed: The Keep’s Continued, Troubled Existence”
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1988 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1989 90s Action Thriller VHS Gold

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

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80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1990 90s Action Adventure Comedy VHS Gold

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

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1985 80s Freddy Krueger Horror Slasher VHS Gold

Dream Lover: The Incomparable Freddy’s Revenge

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1973 70s Action Crime VHS Gold

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Vigilante Justice and Magnum Force

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1982 80s Horror VHS Gold

A Bug in the Brain: Amityville II: The Possession

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1980 80s Horror Slasher VHS Gold

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

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1992 90s Thriller VHS Gold

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

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80s Horror Thriller VHS Gold

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

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1971 70s Action Crime VHS Gold

Every Dirty Job That Comes Along: Dirty Harry

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1991 90s Action Sci-fi VHS Gold

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

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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

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2002 Action Thriller VHS Gold

Collateral and the Billion-Footed Beast

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80s Action Adventure Fantasy VHS Gold

Suffer No Guilt: The Long Road to Conan the Barbarian

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1986 80s Drama VHS Gold

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

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1984 80s Drama Musical VHS Gold

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

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1987 80s Action Cannon Movies Drama VHS Gold

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

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1984 80s Crime Thriller VHS Gold

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

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1984 90s Action Horror Sci-fi VHS Gold

Rise of the Machine: James Cameron’s The Terminator

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1987 80s Drama VHS Gold

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

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1990 90s Horror Thriller VHS Gold

A Cock-A-Doodie Nightmare: Why Misery Remains the Most Loyal and Underrated Stephen King Adaptation

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