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Thread: Nostalgic for video stores yet?

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    I mean it was like they were daring you not to rent it at your own peril... What?! And miss out on the four breasted girl?!


    And I would pretty much watch any movie with a Boris Vallejo box cover. They actually sometimes delivered the goods.

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    Quote Originally Posted by samurainoir View Post
    Very cool. I remember so many illustrated video covers back then that were so much more awesome than the movies inside.
    http://www.critcononline.com/images/...hs%20front.jpg
    http://www.critcononline.com/images/...hs%20front.jpg
    http://www.critcononline.com/images/...hs%20front.jpg
    http://www.critcononline.com/images/...hs%20front.jpg

    And of course there were the actresses who thrived in the era of home viewing, despite not being box office draws.
    http://www.critcononline.com/images/...hs%20front.jpg

    I think that has a lot to do with the more so recent collecting point of it. The film and tape can be god awful, but give some really good box art and you have gold. I am a mix of both. Some tapes for the type of film or it's infamy, some for memories, some because I actually liked the film, some for no other media release other then the tape and others for box art galore and some for all the reasons already listed
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    Mmmmm.....

    Cheesy, exploitive VHS boxes....:

    MONSTER BRAINS: Hideous Rampage Of The Grotesque VHS Box Art!!!

    He's got a LOT of 'em on the site, including more than a few for movies I don't think I've seen.

    Don C.

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    I used to like going to the video store to look for Ninja/Martial Arts and other action movies. At that time, the WWF also released many VHS videos that I loved. I remember getting Eddie Murphy's Delirious, as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ctc View Post
    Mmmmm.....

    Cheesy, exploitive VHS boxes....:

    MONSTER BRAINS: Hideous Rampage Of The Grotesque VHS Box Art!!!

    He's got a LOT of 'em on the site, including more than a few for movies I don't think I've seen.

    Don C.
    Thanks Don and in turn he actually got them from here (which he gives the link to at the very bottom):

    http://serialkillercalendar.com/VHSWASTELAND/

    Quote Originally Posted by EmergencyIan View Post
    I used to like going to the video store to look for Ninja/Martial Arts and other action movies. At that time, the WWF also released many VHS videos that I loved. I remember getting Eddie Murphy's Delirious, as well.



    - Ian
    ahhh I used to love renting those old WWF tapes. Though a lot of the matches used to be slightly edited down or over dubbed with new commentary
    "What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hells Angels is currently unclear,"

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    VHS rental stores, yes. They were especially thrilling back in the day when my family had to rent the VCR too! I sort of lost interest when DVD rentals started costing 5 dollars to rent and Hollywood simultaneously went down the tubes. I must admit I do miss the smell .

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    Quote Originally Posted by mazinz View Post
    You guys might like this- a rather large visual archive of vhs covers from various companies all courtesy of Critical Condition. I contributed some of the covers for this. Also an encyclopedias of B grade and the weird. Def should check out his site if interested in any of that

    http://www.critcononline.com/video_c..._cover_art.htm
    Yeah, that's a great site. Sadly, it's founder recently passed away, but some good folks are still keeping the site going.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cjefferys View Post
    Yeah, that's a great site. Sadly, it's founder recently passed away, but some good folks are still keeping the site going.
    AHHHHH I had no idea!!! Someone updated the site on March 17. I spoke with a Fred a few months back. He told me he was sick for a while. We spoke about his massive dvd-rom scan collection that he was selling (over 60,000 images!!!), because I bought it and we got to talking (and that explained why he just stopped with the email after more vhs cover scans I sent over to him about a year ago with no reply). Man that really sucks. RIP Fred

    found this link with more info:
    http://www.horrorsociety.com/2012/02...man-1957-2012/
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    Lurking Fear! Is this one worth watching?

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    Quote Originally Posted by samurainoir View Post
    Lurking Fear! Is this one worth watching?
    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2434/...a1b8bfde_o.jpg
    Couldn't tell you as i never saw it. Though I see it was about a mid 90's film and it would have that feel to it (which I do not like so much) but ehh if it is not going to really cost you anything, sure give it a watch
    "What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hells Angels is currently unclear,"

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