I remember the I Spit On Your Grave and The Faces Of Death poster grabbing my attention as a teenager. A few other posters locked in my memory are the posters for the Friday the 13th movies, Psycho 2 and Curtains.
I don't know how I went this long without knowing that's Demi Moore on the ISOYG poster! Wild! Anyway, I too have vivid memories of wandering the video store aisles. I felt the same way about the Slumber Party Massacre box art, and the art for Nightmare on Elm Street 2 really grabbed my brain. Also, my local place had huuuuge posters for one of the Hellraiser flicks, Prince of Darkness, and Ghoulies, and boy oh boy was I fascinated.
I caught a lot of this stuff on TV before I ever got around to renting it so those shelves were basically a window into a world I wasn't allowed into until I was at an age where my parents just needed to keep me entertained while I babysat my brother and sister. At that point, discretion no longer mattered and I'd find dinner to warm up and three tapes on the counter when I got home and I am not entirely sure that my mom was paying very close attention to what she was renting for me.
I remember the I Spit On Your Grave and The Faces Of Death poster grabbing my attention as a teenager. A few other posters locked in my memory are the posters for the Friday the 13th movies, Psycho 2 and Curtains.
Curtains has such a strange one! It’s very evocative. Tells you nothing about the movie but it’s an attention grabber.
I don't know how I went this long without knowing that's Demi Moore on the ISOYG poster! Wild! Anyway, I too have vivid memories of wandering the video store aisles. I felt the same way about the Slumber Party Massacre box art, and the art for Nightmare on Elm Street 2 really grabbed my brain. Also, my local place had huuuuge posters for one of the Hellraiser flicks, Prince of Darkness, and Ghoulies, and boy oh boy was I fascinated.
I caught a lot of this stuff on TV before I ever got around to renting it so those shelves were basically a window into a world I wasn't allowed into until I was at an age where my parents just needed to keep me entertained while I babysat my brother and sister. At that point, discretion no longer mattered and I'd find dinner to warm up and three tapes on the counter when I got home and I am not entirely sure that my mom was paying very close attention to what she was renting for me.