#videonasties

VHS got naughty fast! The rental boom turned cover art into a blood-soaked shelf battle, using flesh, fear and pure cheek to hook horror fans. Read More -> http://rp.horl.uk/7c927681 🩸 Horror Highlights: 💀 Early 80s home video opened the floodgates. 💀 New labels fought hard for rental shelf space. 💀 Covers used sex, gore and shock to tempt curious punters. 💀 Risqué artwork often promised more madness than the film delivered. 💀 A nostalgic look at the VHS boxes parents probably hated. 💀 Horror marketing was never shy, subtle or fully dressed.

‘Hooking of the Video Junkies’ - a story in The Daily Mail newspaper, UK , 1983 #moralpanic #videonasties #vhs #1980s #dailymail #newspapers https://www.instagram.com/p/B1gkZuEg8WI/?igshid=1v39onh9rzq63

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I've heard that these books were a bootleggers dream in the early aughts. 😂👌🏻💀

Dennis and I planned to cover #VideoNasties this month for the podcast. But due to his personal connection to the man we will be covering the life and work of #NealAdams instead as a companion piece to our #DennyONeil podcast… https://pod.fo/e/c38e7 • • • #nealadams #dccomics #batman #comics #comicbooks #dc #igcomicfamily #thebatman #marvelcomics #marvel #joker #thedarkknight #igcomiccommunity #igcomics #frankmiller #superman #cosplay #alexross #comicbook #igcomicbookfamily #bobkane #detectivecomics #dcuniverse #batmanbegins #comicbookart #bronzeagecomics #nealadamsart (at Manchester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdDlS9GM86u/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I'm pleased to announce that VHS Nasty: The Video Nasties a book which I proudly contributed to is available on Amazon now at this link: https://amzn.to/346s5xk Read all about the independent horror and slasher flicks that were banned and damned by England's censorship board. By the way, censorship of any kind is terrible. Let's be all about freedom. With David Del Valle, Lloyd Kaufman, Colin McCracken, Ash Loydon, Paul Draper, Shane Ryan, Taylor Sprow, Joseph Rubas, Mark Campbell,and more. #VideoNasties #VHSNasty #VideoNasty #HorrorMovie #Slasher #ChristopherMoonlight #LloydKaufman #Troma #EvilDead #BannedBooks #BannedMovies #Freedom #FreedomOfSpeech #FreeSpeech #Banned #Cencorship #England #Book https://www.instagram.com/p/CItdEd4ldgU/?igshid=4gpumuoigxt