5 AWESOME VHS BOX COVERS

   In the 80's and 90's before everyone had this thing called the internet with literally every film at your fingertips, when people still went to video stores and, video cassettes were all the rage, movie box art had to be eye catching for the film to have any chance of being bought or rented.

   Box art could range from the film's poster to beautiful painted art or, something very kitsch. I have gathered five examples of awesome box art that might have caught your attention from the 80's into the 90's.

E.T 1988 VHS release box cover.

   E.T. does not have the most extravagant box art but, it did not need it. E.T. was a huge success and this simple elegant cover is all it needed. Displaying one of the greatest moments from the film and film history, you probably snatched this up right away wanting to re-live the tale of a boy and his alien.

Original 1988 VHS release.

   The box front of Predator does nothing to give you an idea of what the film was about. Displaying a mosaic computer image of Arnold Schwarzenegger with a target seemingly moving up his body with weird alien letters. If some how you had not heard of the film this simple but intriguing box cover may have been just enough to get you to check out the film.

Original 1991 VHS release.

   By the time TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II: THE SECRET OF THE OOZE came out TMNT was at the height of there popularity. As soon  as any kid saw this they would of been screaming at there parents to get it. Sporting all 4 turtles with Mickey happily pointing down at the ooze, all stuck in a giant number 2, it's very 90's. If you were a kid you screamed for this. 

1985 VHS box cover. Art by Renato Casaro 

   Conan The Barbarian is the second Arnold film on this list and the first one to sport a painted cover. Even if you have never seen this film ( I still haven't) the beautiful Frazetta style art promises an epic fantasy adventure. This film must have seen many rentals due to it's box art alone, I mean look at it how can you not want give that film a chance?

Original 1986 VHS box art release.

   This box is simply amazing. LEGEND was an extremely underrated film when it came out and it still is. John Alvin did the poster art and this completely sums up the film, With Darkness (Tim Curry) holding a ball of light that shows the heroes Jack (Tom Cruise) and Lili (Mia Sara). This is one impressive box cover.

   I hope you enjoyed this look back on old VHS cover art. I will be doing more of these in the future there are thousands of VHS' out there with cool box art that the world needs to see.

P.S. This article set me back a grand total of $1.50.

Jurassic World Mike and Ike

   22 years ago Jurassic Park came out and changed how we saw movies and how movies were made. The film made us believe dinosaurs were real, and took us on a mind blowing adventure.
 
   Of course when you have a great film that is sure to be a success you market it like there is no tomorrow. Jurassic Park was on everything and everywhere you looked a T-Rex. When the sequel came out that featured not one but, three T-Rex's, the T-Rex became a staple of the 90's.

   What else was a staple of the 90's? Well mystery flavored junk food of course. (Clunky transition, whatever.)

   With Jurassic world being released today, the new merchandise has already been in full swing. Most stuff does not live up to what the two original films got back in the 90's except this...

   JURASSIC WORLD, MIKE AND IKE! With mystery flavored Dino eggs and there is a fucking T-Rex on the box! This screams 90's like no other. If you want to ignore that it is modern you could just pretend the candy people shortened the second films tittle down from The Lost World: Jurassic Park well, I choose to.
   Most of the flavors are just tropical Mike/ Ike's (make sense) so, I guess these are flavors you would find on Isla Nublar like, maybe these are sold this way at the Jurassic World park in the movie?

That's a big pile of Ike's

   I wanted to get a photo of me with the Ike's but, I hate selfies so, I figured this Ian could be my stand in. Plus I think this may have been a deleted scene from the first film.

  Now the mystery Dino eggs are a bit tricky to nail down the first one tasted like Grape but, I would swear the second tasted like Orange. I would have never guessed the Dino eggs taste fruity but, now I know better. 

   What else can I say about this candy besides it's pretty good if you like Mike and Ike than, I say get some boxes and sneak them in when you go to see Jurassic world. Hmm... I can't think of a joke to end this article with well...

   That's a big pile of shit, no that does not work damn...

   P.S. this was originally supposed to be a full article on all kinds of mystery flavors but, I have had a very bad week that has kept me from doing it. That Article is still in the works, I just wanted to get this up today for the film release. Sorry if it is rushed.