Horror movies you never heard of until you rented them on VHS

[Mikey]

The Evil Dead ....

Back in the mid 80's my local video rental store nerd said "you've got to see this movie"

Dawn of the Dead --- see above

Frankenstein Unbound (wish I missed this one)

Dead and Buried --- didn't love it, but felt I got my money's rent worth

Godzilla 1985 --- LOVED it

Return of the Living Dead (part-2) --- Entertaining and worth 2 bucks (rental fee)

[Iron Mego]

I spent almost all my time in the Horror section of the video store. Most of the movies I had no real prior knowledge of because I would have been too young to see them in the theater when they first came out. Evil Dead was eye opening for sure!

I remember liking Dead & Buried. Didn't it have some pretty cool SFX?

The one movie I always used to stare at, and had heard so much about, was Eraserhead. Just the name made you go, "Huh?" My sister and I finally rented it one weekend when my parents were out of town. We couldn't finish it. Not because it was boring (although a lot of people would argue that point) but because it was just so bizarre and creepy! We'd NEVER seen anything like it, and really had no way of processing what it was we were watching. A few years later I'd watch it again, and since that time it's become my all-time favorite movie.

[boss]

I Spit on Your Grave

[cyberjerk]

The Legend of Boggy Creek. I guess it's kind of a "horror" movie; at last that's how my local video store classified it

[Earth 2 Chris]

Evil Dead 1 & 2, Re-Animator, Near Dark...tons of 'em!

Chris

[sprytel]

I Spit on Your Grave

Yup! Also "Dead Alive" (aka "Braindead")

[madmarva]

Re-Animator is pretty freaky.

A Company of Wolves is one I looked at in the video store several times before renting.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I vividly remember the cover to "A Company of Wolves" but never rented it. I thought the dude on the cover looked like Steven Tyler.

Chris

[Hedji]

Lol Steven Tyler... I had the same thought.

Being a young teen and browsing the horror VHS boxes in the store was like a dream come true. The crazy box art was usually better than the movie itself. I can remember looking at tapes and the mind just whirling, wondering what the movie would be like. That kind of experience is now gone thanks to the instant gratification of YouTube.

I guess the one that made the biggest impact was Dawn of the Dead. It just blew our minds. I remember being really repulsed by the violence in the beginning at the tenement raid, but as we stuck with it, the chuckles began to flow, until we were all belly laughing by the end.

[drquest]

Re-Animator for sure

[FETT1]

Night Of The Scarecrow,Piranha..the Original was pretty cOoL,One that is a must watch...PHANTASM...the Tall man is creeeeeepy ,But my fav for gore ville is the unedited vhs of......DAY OF THE DEAD...saw the Fx effects on some 80's tv show and Wow did Romero deliver !!!.... Believe Tom Savini had a hand or finger or toe in designing the gore fest !!!

[Iron Mego]

Phantasm!

Dark Night of the Scarecrow really creeped me out. Loved it!

[CrimsonGhost]

Sleepaway Camp.

I'm still disturbed by it...

[Iron Mego]

Sleepaway Camp.

I'm still disturbed by it...

Sounds like I should see it.

I've watched about 30 horror movies since the beginning of the month.

[Mikey]

Frankenhooker and Blackenstein