70/80's VHS horror covers, sadly forgotten

[the_ultimate_evil]

am i the only one who really thinks this is a lost art. i was looking at the horror section of a dvd shop and very few of the covers actually had any impact

does anyone else remember going to the rental shop and the horror section being the one with amazing covers that really grabbed your attention, with great layouts for photos or amazing artwork

 

[TruerToTheCore]

Not just horror, also fantasy movies. If only the movies looked half as good... and why does no one actually make movies that look like those covers?

 

[superkong 500]

Great thread let me find a couple of them

NOES dream warriors

This demons one gave me nightmares, I remember walking by the horror isle and picking it up everytime just to look at the art.

 

[Raiden]

My favorites are the first Nightmare on Elm's Street VHS cover, and Arnold's Conan the Barbarian movie.

 

[chamber-music]

Movie covers and posters are a dying art I think. Modern movie posters and covers seem bland in comparision to alot of the older stuff.

This modern orange and blue colour scheme is played out

 

[Raiden]

Movie covers and posters are a dying art I think. Modern movie posters and covers seem bland in comparision to alot of the older stuff.

This modern orange and blue colour scheme is played out

In the good old days, studios would hire artists to make a painting or drawing for the movie posters and VHS covers, but nowadays they just hire people who knows Photoshop and they'd put a bunch of unrelated photos together, or even put actor's head on someone else's body. For all the millions they spent on marketing, it's sad that they won't even use some of that for a real artist.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

am i the only one who really thinks this is a lost art. i was looking at the horror section of a dvd shop and very few of the covers actually had any impact

does anyone else remember going to the rental shop and the horror section being the one with amazing covers that really grabbed your attention, with great layouts for photos or amazing artwork

Get ready to lose your ****.

 

[Rowsdower!]

LMAO at those covers. The obvious Bruce Willis clone in the Die Hard wannabe movie is priceless.

 

[Octoberist]

The good ole days when the VHS cover looks more interesting and epic than the movie itself.

 

[hammerhedd11]

Yeah yeah yeah, everything was all better then, everything sucks now.

 

[Iron_Stark]

In the good old days, studios would hire artists to make a painting or drawing for the movie posters and VHS covers, but nowadays they just hire people who knows Photoshop and they'd put a bunch of unrelated photos together, or even put actor's head on someone else's body. For all the millions they spent on marketing, it's sad that they won't even use some of that for a real artist.

Takers movie poster comes to mind, that one was laughably bad.