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Watch Rare Promotional Videos from VHS Screeners of ‘Freddy’s Dead’ and ‘Jason Goes to Hell’! [Video]
I don’t know what it is about VHS but I love it. I obviously connect with the nostalgic aspect of the format and how impossibly hard it was to obtain movies way back when, but the look and feel of VHS has a weirdly cinematic quality to it hiding under all that grotesque grit and grime.
@ManInTheBoxXIII shares the same passion and has been collecting for years, but takes things a step further by bringing rarities online. In chatting over the weekend, Sean shared with me two extremely rare promotional videos he acquired and uploaded that you’re going to absolutely gush over. (It’s worth noting that these videos exist on YouTube, but the quality is terrible with horrendous sounds.)
What we have here are promotional videos for both Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday that were included on retail VHS screeners of the films. Essentially, they’re “hype” promos that were used to get video stores to order more copies of each film. They boast box office numbers and records (Jason Goes to Hell surpassed Hellraiser 3, Army of Darkness, The Dark Half, and Children of the Corn II, lol), use hilariously cheesy puns, include quotes from critics like Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates, and cut together some of the best scenes from the films. These weren’t meant for public consumption so enjoy.
I would do just about anything for the 5-foot-tall Freddy’s Dead retail standee…
One of my personal favorite horror movies of all time, 1987’s gateway horror classic The Gate is opening back up on May 14 with a brand new Blu-ray SteelBook release from Lionsgate!
The new release will feature fresh SteelBook artwork from Vance Kelly, seen below.
Special Features, all of which were previously released, include…
- Audio Commentaries
- Director Tibor Takacs, Writer Michael Nankin, and Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook
- Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Craig Reardon, Special Effects Artist Frank Carere, and Matte Photographer Bill Taylor
- Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview
- Featurettes:
- The Gate: Unlocked
- Minion Maker
- From Hell It Came
- The Workman Speaks!
- Made in Canada
- From Hell: The Creatures & Demons of The Gate
- The Gatekeepers
- Vintage Featurette: Making of The Gate
- Teaser Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spot
- Storyboard Gallery
- Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery
When best friends Glen (Stephen Dorff) and Terry (Louis Tripp) stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen’s backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate — an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what evil they’ve released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it’s now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever . . . if it’s not too late.
If you’ve never seen The Gate, it’s now streaming on Prime Video and Tubi.
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