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As a kid, when we went to the video rental store I would look at the horror movie covers. They were the coolest!
The two that most stick into my memory are Dead Alive and American Gothic.
I’m right there with you.
There are cleaned up versions of this poster online, but that perfection of the image omits the essential aesthetic of seeing it on a beat up VHS tape box in the 99-cent horror section of the video rental store.
Yes! The frayed corners indicated multiple rentals, which MAY indicate quality.
Another favorite of mine is the House cover.
Freakin love terrorvision. For decades I thought I was literally the only person who’d ever seen it.
Diane Franklin, Mary Woronov, Garrit Graham (RIP), Jon Gries…
Oh hell yeah. Scanners and The Stuff have some awesome covers. As a kid, I thought these movies would be scary as hell, and when I was old enough to finally watch them, I was shocked at how ridiculous and funny they actually are. The smell of theatre popcorn always brings me right back to those moments of fear and wonder looking up at these posters in the cinema lobby.
I have a forever memory of seeing the poster for Jason Goes to Hell hanging up in the theater. I thought the movie must be epic because the poster was so cool.
... it was not 😆