VIDEOTAPES FROM HELL: A VISUAL HISTORY OF CULT, COLLECTIBLE, AND CRAZY VIDEO COVERS

Videotapes From Hell: A Visual History of Cult, Collectible, and Crazy Video Covers Hardcover – October 1, 2024 by Stephen Jones (Editor) A jubilant celebration of the greatest VHS cover art in all its gory, glory -- which inspired, scared, and delighted generations of movie-goers.   For anyone who frequented a video store in the ‘80s or ‘90s, the styles are instantly recognizable: surprisingly beautiful paintings of fanged and winged monsters; ridiculously lurid depictions of young men and women in peril; illustrations so incompetently drawn as to qualify as outsider art; absurdly overstuffed photomontages. The home video revolution was accompanied by an explosion of all kinds of cover art, embodying the anything-goes ethos of an era when obscure, cheaply produced movies—usually with supernatural storylines and bottom-drawer special effects—could be distributed throughout the world and watched from the comfort of one’s living room.   Videotapes from Hell provides a fascinating illustr