The Best VHS Cover Artwork

zombie no.one · November 22, 2024, 04:42:49 AM

Quote from: LordGraal on November 21, 2024, 04:46:45 PMA good cover and the film title is nice and obscure

yeah obviously had a thing for felines as he directed THE BLACK CAT as well... a quick search brings up EIGHT different sleeves for that film, none really worth posting here!

VenomX73 · November 24, 2024, 08:57:04 PM

VHS, I dont think any of this is in Troll 2 lol>???

and again, blu ray cover fixes all that with a big A+ perfect movie match!

LordGraal · November 25, 2024, 03:29:12 PM

Quote from: VenomX73 on November 24, 2024, 08:57:04 PMand again, blu ray cover fixes all that with a big A+ perfect movie match!

Great cover. I've not seen the movie but it makes it look great

LordGraal · November 25, 2024, 03:31:59 PM

Another Italian VHS gem. I appreciate a movie that tries for style even if the artwork is way better.

LilCerberus · November 25, 2024, 03:43:47 PM

The ultra boring, The Wizard of Mars (1965), repackaged for exploitation fans.....

And the grossly inaccurate description.....

LilCerberus · November 25, 2024, 04:00:24 PM

While the movie is downright laughable, the poster scared the heck outa me when I was a kid....

VenomX73 · November 25, 2024, 05:25:59 PM

zombie no.one · November 25, 2024, 05:49:02 PM

these are kinda starting to look like mid 80s thrash metal album sleeves!

i.e....

M.10rda · November 25, 2024, 07:44:52 PM

Quote from: LilCerberus on November 25, 2024, 03:43:47 PMThe ultra boring, The Wizard of Mars (1965), repackaged for exploitation fans.....

And the grossly inaccurate description.....

And "1984" no less! I watched WIZARD OF MARS a few years ago, knowing what it was, and I didn't like it... but if I'd bought it w/ that box art from the Woolworth's $3 bin in the mid-90s then played it....... I would've pitched my bad-movie-watching buddy's TV/VCR-combo out his 12th story apartment window.......

VenomX73 · November 25, 2024, 07:59:45 PM

"Woolworth's $3 bin in the mid-90s." lol Yep Ive been there.
I miss the mom and pops vhs rental too!

LordGraal · November 26, 2024, 05:24:16 PM

The Ironmaster (1983)

Fantastic cover - way, way better than the movie.

VenomX73 · November 26, 2024, 06:00:39 PM

now thats an 80s VHS cover!

Trevor · November 27, 2024, 06:37:20 AM

Quote from: LordGraal on November 26, 2024, 05:24:16 PMThe Ironmaster (1983)

Fantastic cover - way, way better than the movie.

Why does the dude have a claw arm sticking out of his butt? 😳😂🤣😆

zombie no.one · November 27, 2024, 06:47:37 AM

Quote from: Trevor on November 27, 2024, 06:37:20 AMWhy does the dude have a claw arm sticking out of his butt? 😳😂🤣😆

haha I was wondering that! not easy to digest I guess...

IRON MASTER is probably the worst Umberto Lenzi film I've seen. he's made some stuff I love though, like...

M.10rda · November 27, 2024, 08:00:10 PM

Quote from: VenomX73 on November 25, 2024, 07:59:45 PM"Woolworth's $3 bin in the mid-90s." lol Yep Ive been there.
I miss the mom and pops vhs rental too!

The mid-to-late 90s were a golden era for trashy movies on cheap VHS tapes. It was a buyers' market immediately before and then at the dawn of DVDs. Video tapes were still getting mass produced from all over the place but demand had dropped and you could get used and new tapes of wild, bizarre stuff for under $5 just about every damn place you walked into... gas stations... thrift stores... department stores... and if some place was going out of business, they'd practically give VHS tapes away... I bought lots of movies for $0.99 or less in that decade and the early 00s... sigh.......

Still have most of 'em in my attic, too.