The long-awaited get-together of the classic horror stars of yesteryear still leaves a bit of a bitter taste thanks to a plot twist that is a slap in the face for the viewer.
Tag: 1980s
The Lost World Of Sexy Video Game Advertising
Lurid, lecherous and ludicrous – the game marketing pitched at teenage boys in the 1980s and 1990s.
Teenage Satanism In The 1980s: VHS-Era Christian Hysteria
More moral panic and slanderous claims from the religious fundamentalist grifters of the Satanic Panic era.
The Columbia Pictures Video Catalogue Of 1983
Continuing our occasional series charting the history of vintage VHS (and Betamax) promotional brochures.
Remembering It’s A Royal Knockout – A 1980s TV Fever Dream
Remembering a more innocent time, when Royal scandals simply involved celebrities in funny costumes throwing buckets of water at each other.
Godzilla Vs The Wolfman: A Long-Lost Mythical Monster Mash
It’s lycanthrope vs lizard in this unreleased, unfinished clash of the monster movie titans.
Blastermind: The Unlikely Celebrity Of Blaster Bates
Looking back at the curious fame of the once-ubiquitous demolition expert turned comedy raconteur.
The Bitter End Of British Horror’s Golden Age – Looking Back At The Monster Club
The notorious misfire from Amicus producer Milton Subotsky is every bit as disastrous and dismal as you’ve been told.
Mr T Wants You To Be Somebody
The star of The A-Team gets his own exhaustingly upbeat VHS video in 1984 aimed at turning kids into conformist narcissists.
Tiffany Goes Goth With Jyrki 69
Goth meets pop meets New Romantic – it’s like the 1980s never ended.
Sweetest Tongue Has Sharpest Tooth: The Company Of Wolves Soundtrack Reissued
A long-overdue re-release for one of the great, under-appreciated film scores of the 1980s.
The Guild Home Video VHS Catalogues
A pair of VHS catalogues from one of the more prolific indie distributors of the 1980s.