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Great Britain, 1980: the dawn of the video age. With new video companies appearing on a weekly basis, competition for shelf space was fierce. Eye-catching cover designs were essential to succeed in this saturated marketplace. Video was new, unregulated and out of control. These were the outlaw years. These glory days spanned just five years, before a legal crackdown in 1984 banished most of these outrageous videos from the shelves forever. Marc Morris was one of the few to rescue these covers from obscurity, and this book delves deep into his unrivalled collection.
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The place: Great Britain. The year: 1980. The dawn of the video age. With new video companies appearing on a weekly basis, competition for shelf space was fierce. Eyecatching video cover designs were essential to succeed in this saturated marketplace. Video was new, unregulated, and out of control. These were the outlaw years. The glory days of horror video cover design spanned barely five years, and the legal crackdown of 1984 swiftly removed the vast bulk of these crazy designs from rental shop shelves forever. But some brave souls were determined to archive these amazing artifacts, and built up impressive collections from whatever back-street sources they stumbled upon. Marc Morris is proud to have been one of these avid collectors. We have plundered his priceless archive and chosen what we consider to be the most striking, outrageous, rare, valuable and highly sought-after cover designs from the halcyon days of horror! This important historical document will prove to be irresistible for horror fans everywhere. Exploitation artwork is a universal language, and these amazing, audacious designs cross national boundaries - and the ages - with arrogant ease.
Great Britain, 1980: the dawn of the video age. With new video companies appearing on a weekly basis, competition for shelf space was fierce. Eye-catching cover designs were essential to succeed in this saturated marketplace. Video was new, unregulated and out of control. These were the outlaw years. These glory days spanned just five years, before a legal crackdown in 1984 banished most of these outrageous videos from the shelves forever. Marc Morris was one of the few to rescue these covers from obscurity, and this book delves deep into his unrivalled collection.
Synopsis
The place: Great Britain. The year: 1980. The dawn of the video age. With new video companies appearing on a weekly basis, competition for shelf space was fierce. Eyecatching video cover designs were essential to succeed in this saturated marketplace. Video was new, unregulated, and out of control. These were the outlaw years. The glory days of horror video cover design spanned barely five years, and the legal crackdown of 1984 swiftly removed the vast bulk of these crazy designs from rental shop shelves forever. But some brave souls were determined to archive these amazing artifacts, and built up impressive collections from whatever back-street sources they stumbled upon. Marc Morris is proud to have been one of these avid collectors. We have plundered his priceless archive and chosen what we consider to be the most striking, outrageous, rare, valuable and highly sought-after cover designs from the halcyon days of horror! This important historical document will prove to be irresistible for horror fans everywhere. Exploitation artwork is a universal language, and these amazing, audacious designs cross national boundaries - and the ages - with arrogant ease.
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