Remembering the oddball world of underground video production, tape trading and sexploitation splatter movies.
Tag: VHS
An Unlimited Supply: The EMI Video Catalogues
The pioneering home video offerings from one of Britain’s biggest entertainment companies.
The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Miss Osbourne: Walerian Borowczyk’s Final Masterpiece
Walerian Borowczyk’s radical reinterpretation of the much-filmed horror story is a potent study in hypocrisy and liberation.
Farewell To The Street Fighter
Remembering the great Japanese action star whose perpetually cool career spanned six decades.
Bambi Meets Godzilla: The Clash Of The Titans
The cult underground cartoon of the 1960s that paired two pop culture icons – and the various sequels and remakes that followed.
Salman Rushdie And The International Guerillas
The deranged Pakistani film that reinvented the controversial author as an international super-villain, and was briefly banned in Britain.
The God Movie Makers: Exploring The Delirious World Of Jeremiah Films
The paranoid and conspiracy-driven films of America’s biggest fundamentalist production company.
Stairway To Hell: The Chick Publications Catalogue Of 1993
Mail order salvation, as promised by America’s most delirious fundamentalist publisher.
CED – The Video Format That Was Dead On Arrival
RCA’s unique vinyl-based video format arrived on the market too late to have any chance of success – but remains an intriguingly unique system.
The Lost World Of Underground Filmmaking: Richard Baylor and Cirsium Delectus
The last gasp from an acclaimed member of the cinema of transgression ought to have been his stepping stone to bigger things.
Scream Greats: Fangoria Explores Satanism And Witchcraft
The horror movie magazine’s short-lived video series took a curious turn towards the Satanic in its second edition.
Woefully Misleading VHS Cover Art
A selection of ludicrous and entirely unsuitable VHS artwork for films that would either disappoint or horrify anyone attracted by these covers.