08/20/2025
Who’s ready for us to re-open tomorrow?
Here’s some new VHS going to the shelves.
We will be open 12pm to 5pm.
Friday the 13th (1980)
Before the hockey mask, before the machete, it was Mrs. Voorhees doing the stabbing. This flick’s a blood-soaked campfire story with a bonus: Kevin Bacon gets an arrow through the throat. Tom Savini’s effects turned Crystal Lake into a crime scene, and slashers never looked back.
IT (1990, TV Miniseries)
No theaters, no problem — this was broadcast carnage. Tim Curry’s Pennywise is a sewer-dwelling nightmare who ruined clowns forever. John Ritter shows up, balloons explode with blood, and half of America swore off storm drains in ’90. Proof that network TV could traumatize just as well as VHS.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Freddy at his MTV peak — all neon, cockroach kills, and one-liners sharp enough to shred your VCR heads. Directed by Renny Harlin (before Cliffhanger), this one made bank and proved the dream demon was as much rock star as boogeyman.
The Curse (1990)
Farmland, Lovecraft, and radioactive body horror. You get slimy transformations, cosmic rot, and the sense that nobody should ever drink the water. Not to be confused with the other “Curse” movies — the ‘80s/‘90s loved slapping that title on anything.
Misery (1990)
Forget slashers — the scariest killer is an obsessed fan with a sledgehammer. Kathy Bates won an Oscar (yeah, an Oscar for a Stephen King flick) for turning James Caan’s legs into splinters. Cozy cabins and bone-snapping don’t mix.
Combat Shock (1986, Troma)
If Taxi Driver fell face-first into a Staten Island gutter, you’d get this. Vietnam vet? Check. He**in? Check. Mutant baby? Double check. Pure Troma sleaze: no budget, no hope, just urban decay and a final reel that’ll stick to your brain like grease on a pizza box.