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Tag: VHS
The ‘Orrible World Of 8mm Horror
From the days before VHS – movie collecting, curious edits and weird retitling.
Pranks! The Re/Search Video Guide To Mischief And Misbehaviour
A counter-culture guide to deception, provocation and mockery with Boyd Rice, Karen Finley, Joe Coleman and others.
The Enduring Mystery Of King Arthur’s Lady Returns
An outrageous scam, a project that collapsed under its own ambition or a lost film? You decide.
Those Pictures Of Terror – The Delirious Delights Of The Night Of The Bloody Apes
Half beast, half man, all wild entertainment – the oddest of the video nasties is an experience to savour.
My Life With Kate Bush
As a new generation discovers Kate Bush, your editor looks back on his own discovery of and obsession with Britain’s most singular rock star.
Hellcat Mud Wrestlers And Foxy Boxers: The Knock-Out Blow For The British Sex Film
The long and winding road of British smut cinema came to a bitter end in 1983 as the genre bowed out on a new creative low.
The Eccentric World Of The Workout Video
The good, the bad and the bizarre of VHS exercise tapes.
Shape Up And Dance: The Vinyl Aerobics Explosion
No pain, no gain – looking back at the golden age of the workout LP.
Home Cinema International Corporation – The CIC Video Catalogue
It’s time for another vintage VHS (and Betamax) video catalogue from the early days of home video, this time from mega-conglomerate CIC.
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.