Shape Up And Dance: The Vinyl Aerobics Explosion
No pain, no gain – looking back at the golden age of the workout LP.
Tag: 1980s
Home Cinema International Corporation – The CIC Video Catalogue
It’s time for another vintage VHS (and Betamax) video catalogue from the early days of home video, this time from mega-conglomerate CIC.
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Revisiting The House Of The Long Shadows
The long-awaited get-together of the classic horror stars of yesteryear still leaves a bit of a bitter taste thanks to a plot twist that is a slap in the face for the viewer.
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The Lost World Of Sexy Video Game Advertising
Lurid, lecherous and ludicrous – the game marketing pitched at teenage boys in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Teenage Satanism In The 1980s: VHS-Era Christian Hysteria
More moral panic and slanderous claims from the religious fundamentalist grifters of the Satanic Panic era.
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The Columbia Pictures Video Catalogue Of 1983
Continuing our occasional series charting the history of vintage VHS (and Betamax) promotional brochures.
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Remembering It’s A Royal Knockout – A 1980s TV Fever Dream
Remembering a more innocent time, when Royal scandals simply involved celebrities in funny costumes throwing buckets of water at each other.
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Godzilla Vs The Wolfman: A Long-Lost Mythical Monster Mash
It’s lycanthrope vs lizard in this unreleased, unfinished clash of the monster movie titans.
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Blastermind: The Unlikely Celebrity Of Blaster Bates
Looking back at the curious fame of the once-ubiquitous demolition expert turned comedy raconteur.
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The Bitter End Of British Horror’s Golden Age – Looking Back At The Monster Club
The notorious misfire from Amicus producer Milton Subotsky is every bit as disastrous and dismal as you’ve been told.
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Mr T Wants You To Be Somebody
The star of The A-Team gets his own exhaustingly upbeat VHS video in 1984 aimed at turning kids into conformist narcissists.
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Tiffany Goes Goth With Jyrki 69
Goth meets pop meets New Romantic – it’s like the 1980s never ended.
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