100 Greatest Horror Film VHS Covers

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Came across an excellent, nostalgia-invoking blog entry by someone called Matt Mulcahey, divided into 2 parts.

http://mattmulcahey.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/the-100-greatest-vhs-horror-covers-part-i/

http://mattmulcahey.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/the-100-greatest-vhs-horror-covers-part-ii/

[shadyJ]

Some great covers in there which bring back a lot of memories. Too bad so many of those movies don't warrant those great covers. Look at Defcon 4 for example, if that movie was only a tenth as good as the cover, it would have been worthwhile, but instead it is worthless. Some of those covers are pretty bad though and shouldn't be on the 100 greatest list. A couple of my fav covers are are The Company of Wolves and The Gates of Hell. Another great one they don't have on there is Future Kill.

[roshiq]

Liked the 2nd (100-51) lot more.

[knife_fight]

I know it goes without saying, but being that most of these are pre-internet, all you had to judge these movies by was the covers. I can't even begin to estimate how many of these same movies I, somehow, convinced my mom to rent, just because the cover looked cool. Defcon-4 is a perfect example of that.

[shadyJ]

If I were a millionaire, I would hire some talented filmakers to take the Defcon 4 cover and make a movie which has something to do with with that image. That couldn't fail to be an awesome movie.

[Ferox13]

They left out one of my Faves:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DG0ddeD51WQ/T-UalI9y9iI/AAAAAAAAAwc/B3T1S5Wos5Q/s1600/fdACW.jpg

this is good too (the VHS had the same art):

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3980/dtr1.jpg

and

http://www.paul-nemeth.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/220px-Galaxy_of_terror.jpg

[Elvis_Christ]

This era of cover art just straight up fuckin' ruled. Few goodies on that list.

All those Conan knock offs had great art. Iron Master is one of my favorites...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IZUwIBl5cWw/TQL1fXJijMI/AAAAAAAAHBQ/x4oPuRgUtoU/s1600/conanA18_07.png

Pretty fond of the two Bronx Warriors sleeves too...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e58nTEB3b60/UF521MIpLBI/AAAAAAAAJZQ/LS4P_uWODbw/s640/BW2.jpg

[MichaelMyers]

I love these! Never will see such artwork again---too "graphic" for little ones. :rolleyes: I wish a vintage VHS rental store was set up with these in my neck of the wood!

A couple of my favorites:

http://mattmulcahey.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/microwave-massacre.jpg?w=700&h=

http://horrorpediadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/empire-of-the-ants-british-orion-vhs-sleeve.jpg

[ferretchucker]

Horrifically misleading. A film about tiny little trolls living inside the toilet - terrifying. A film about tiny little trolls where one happens to come out of a toilet in one scene...less thrilling.

http://mattmulcahey.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/ghoulies.jpg?w=370&h=

[Elvis_Christ]

Watched this last night:

http://static3.aintitcool.com/assets2012/aicncomics/rewindthis1.jpg

Pretty good for the most part. Quite interesting how much stuff was rushed out during the VHS boom and how the format dominated the market for a much longer period of time than DVDs and Blu-ray will. DVDs are already on the way out and Blu-ray will end up being solely for the collector market.

[Sculpt]

I always liked these:

http://www.tohokingdom.com/images/articles/boxart/yog_amvest.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61zDUbKtHdL.jpg

http://www.tohokingdom.com/images/articles/boxart/gvsgigan_nwv.jpg

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/0a/ea/88cb8149e7a0f557d0bde110.L.jpg

Do you all see the full Godzilla VHS cover below this line in this post?
http://www.tohokingdom.com/images/articles/boxart/gojira_vestron.jpg

[Sculpt]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MH3881DML.jpg

http://i50.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0807/c5/8f10756270501089dc6b713054a767c5.jpg

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Alien-VHS/20/!!eDqE5!CWM~$(KGrHqUOKikE0slSLVEQBNTH4b7-Lg~~_35.JPG

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CccNYPn6boE/TyNJL7N2N1I/AAAAAAAAAu8/4Cisw0KP2YE/s1600/godzilla+vs.+megalon+goodtimes+vhs+front.gif

http://serialkillercalendar.com/VHSWASTELAND/LOW-RES-VHS-COVERS/JAWS.jpg

[Elvis_Christ]

Sword and the Sorcerer is a great flick

[Sculpt]

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3980/dtr1.jpg
Those are great covers. I wanted to see Deathstalker, just because of the cover. Is it any good?

[Ferox13]

Its great in a very cheap and cheesy way. The sequels not so much.

[Elvis_Christ]

Its great in a very cheap and cheesy way. The sequels not so much.

That wrestling match in Deathstalker II is cinematic gold.

[shadyJ]

Here are a couple bad ass covers:
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/dcrvx9sen/ld12.jpg

http://jabootu.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/fkposter.jpg

[ferretchucker]

Seems like there's a general feeling that the artwork of paintings/drawings works better for covers than photos. It was always one of the things I most enjoyed about the posters/covers for the Prequel Star Wars Trilogy.

Someone posted this way back when but I really wish they'd do more like it!

http://cf.badassdigest.com/_uploads/images/22956/prometheus-b-movie-style-vintage-poster__span.jpg

HMV does some good limited edition comic-style box art for DVDs too.

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/7648/img2775pv.jpg

[Sculpt]

Its great in a very cheap and cheesy way. The sequels not so much.
Thanks, Ferox. That's kind of what I suspected. Sounds like it's a good movie to make fun of while you watch.

[Sculpt]

Here are a couple bad ass covers:
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/dcrvx9sen/ld12.jpg

http://jabootu.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/fkposter.jpg
Those are cool. The Future Kill cover has caught my eye about 30 times. It is sharp.

[Sculpt]

Someone posted this way back when but I really wish they'd do more like it!

http://cf.badassdigest.com/_uploads/images/22956/prometheus-b-movie-style-vintage-poster__span.jpg[/IMG
Yes, I totally agree. The paintings/drawings are so much better in general.

I love the inclusion of the alien from The Man from Planet X. That alien is so interesting looking. A really interesting film too. Alien can only communicate with modulated sounds (prototype to R2D2 and Close Encounters)

[realdealblues]

This really does bring back good memories. So many hours spent in video rental stores and so many movies I rented just because of the Artwork.

I rented this one thinking, "He looks like Jason Voorhees, it must be like Friday The 13th"
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fSNe2V8RBJY/UBqx74B82fI/AAAAAAAAAn4/bWeB2QEtfSY/s640/72240577.jpg

Boy was I wrong...lol.