Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted August 7, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) Bit of a change of tack here, but some of the Blaxploitation films had some sweet artwork too - Â Â Edited August 7, 2012 by Chest Rockwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted August 7, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted August 7, 2012 A full on classic, adorning student walls for over 30 years  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted August 7, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted August 7, 2012 ...and to combine the two genres, let's have some Jim Kelly: Â Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 7, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted August 7, 2012 Those are great, Chest. Sort of Blaxploitation:- Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 The Maniac Cop VHS was one that called out for me for months before I persuaded the Old Man to rent it out for me. Hell, even now I want to see it again, just by looking at that cover - even though I know it's quite shit now. Â Black Shampoo looks great, never even heard of that one! Â I remember the trailer for this more than the film, but this one always stuck with me... Â Â ..yeah, you make that car look scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted August 7, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted August 7, 2012 I'm 100% with Chest on this, great topic. I love painted movie covers so much, I went through a period where I'd buy loads of videos from boot sales & stuff just for the covers, mostly films i'd never even heard of. I'll post some later, I'm on my phone at work at the moment. It's a lost art and so often they made the film look 10 times better than it was. Pretty much word for word my thoughts on the matter. I picked up a bag of ten VHS from a charity shop a couple of months ago, where about seven of them were picked purely on the strength of the cover art. Included in that ten were:   It doesn't get any more "80s fratboy comedy" than this. Anyone who buys this knows exactly what they're getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wideload Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I've always had a soft spot for this; Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) Â Imagine seeing that in HMV these days. Â Â The Japanese artwork for Naked Lunch. Edited August 7, 2012 by Merzbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted August 7, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted August 7, 2012 I'm 100% with Chest on this, great topic. I love painted movie covers so much, I went through a period where I'd buy loads of videos from boot sales & stuff just for the covers, mostly films i'd never even heard of. I'll post some later, I'm on my phone at work at the moment. It's a lost art and so often they made the film look 10 times better than it was. Pretty much word for word my thoughts on the matter. I picked up a bag of ten VHS from a charity shop a couple of months ago, where about seven of them were picked purely on the strength of the cover art. Included in that ten were:     Hah.. I knew it would be up your street; I was just waiting for your appearance in this thread as soon as I created it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted August 7, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) It was never used (and isn't as good as the final video/poster design but I love the original BTTF artwork, its far more 80s    And the 10 year old me always wanted to see this  Edited August 7, 2012 by chokeout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 What kid in 1990 wouldn't want to see this.... Â Â Unfortunately, "The weapons of the future are alive" for about 2 minutes at the end. Having endured 90 minutes of boring, shit acting, one robot stands up, that's pretty much it. A huge letdown, as it was the sequel to Robot Jox, which I enjoyed a lot as a kid. Crash and Burn bored me then and now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted August 7, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted August 7, 2012 Mother fucker! I was thinking about Crash & Burn and Robot Jox, it's true about there being minimal robot action too, I remember my friends & I watcing it in the school holidays only to be massively disappointed. Not good artwork but it made me remember  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Bastard! I really want to go and watch Arena now, even though I know I shouldn't. I've already bookmarked The Lift thanks to this thread. I've always got too much stuff I want to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted August 7, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted August 7, 2012 Back on topic   This cover looks like most of my exercise books aged 12, or vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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