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Night of the Living VHS: 1980s Horror Video Box Art
If only all horror VHS covers could look this good. Alas, it was not to be. Yet, despite their flaws I am still able to enjoy looking at these old boxes – as a fan of the genre, and for sheer...
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Dystopia on Tape: Post-Apocalyptic VHS Cover Art
The VHS era was big into post-apocalyptic movies (ex. Mad Max, Escape from New York), and the low budget studios were only too quick to follow suite…. on the cheap. Here, for your viewing dystopian...
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Legs to the Left, Legs to the Right: The Wildly Overused “Mrs. Robinson Motif”
We’ve talked before about themes that have been used over and over ad nauseum. Certain artful conceptions, for whatever reason, get recycled endlessly in vintage advertising, movie posters, paperback...
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“Where Did I Come From?”: Watch And Play Sex Education Books, Tapes and Games
Since the dawn of time, parents have performed the profoundly awkward task of explaining “the birds and the bees” to their young’uns. I don’t care how cool and loose your relationship is with your sons...
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Videokassette Dynamite! 30 Insanely Awesome 1970s Swedish VHS Action Flick...
Just when you thought we couldn’t find a retro niche obscure enough, we’re diving in to VHS action movie box art from Sweden! Trust me, it’s worth the trek off the beaten path- these covers are a...
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1980s VHS Video Cover Action
VHS covers in the action genre could be, well, let’s just say ‘a tad over-the-top’. They definitely promised a lot more than they could deliver; but, if you were a true video store junkie in the 80s,...
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German VHS Movie Art From The 1980s
Welcome to Günter’s VHS Kassette Geschäft, where we have all your video rental needs. Take a look around, browse our selection, and the lovely Heike will check you out at the register. And remember:...
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Viking VHS! Nordic Video Catalog Pages from the 1980s
I’m sure the the home video cassette player was a welcome arrival for Scandinavian homes in the 1980s. Stuck indoors through much of the winter, the VHS was the perfect solution to an otherwise boring...
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Attack of the Hick Flick! Redneck Cinema Posters and VHS Box Art
Yee-haw! Let’s have a look at those hard drinkin’, truck drivin’, moonshinin’ movies from the 70s known as Hixploitation films – a redneck subgenre of the exploitation film. Exploitation films are...
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Terror on Tape! Horror VHS Boxes from Yesteryear
It’s the 1980s, and you’re staying home this Halloween evening to enjoy some scary movies with friends. That means a stop at the old video store to rent something from the horror section. Here are...
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‘Girls ‘n’ Guns’: 40 Vintage Images of Women and their Firearms
“Go ahead. Make her day.” You might say these images glamorize (even eroticize) deadly weapons… and you’d be right. It was a different time. Let’s have a look at an unhealthy level of that...
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Blank VHS Cassette Packaging Design Trends: A Lost Art
In July 2016 the last known company making VHS (Video Home System) video cassette recorders ceased production. At its peak, Japan’s Funai Electric sold 15 million of its Sanyo banded VCRs a year. VHS...
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