With the boom of VHS and the VCR in the 1980s people couldn’t get enough of home cinema…
Lots and lots of cheap and quickly made movies were plowed out for the straight to video market and to keep stores like Blockbuster in stock. Nowadays these movies would be found in some bargain bin, on Syfy or the Horror Channel but back then going to the movie store was a way of life.
You could spend a while looking down the many aisles and aisles of cassettes at the movie store. Being drawn in by the Box cover art. So many movies to choose from. The only problem is these movies were usually tacky horror films or some crappy post-apocalyptic sci-fi action movie that would include cyborgs, ninjas and David Carradine and they saturated the movie genres for years to come.
Anyway, we’ve taken a step back in time and found some of the best crappy movie poster art for some retro movies that may or not be crappy too and you know what? I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve actually seen quite a few of these movies.
Frankenhooker
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Ninja Holocaust
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Rockit Final Executor
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Hands of Steel
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Switchblade Sisters
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Munchies
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Dune Warriors
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607199/awful-movies-awful-posters_30.jpg?resize=662%2C960&ssl=1)
Malibu Express
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The Invisible Maniac
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Mafia Ninja Contra
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696999/awful-movies-awful-posters-_6.jpg?resize=662%2C1071&ssl=1)
1990: The Bronx Warriors
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Cinderella 2000
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Creepozoids
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607199/awful-movies-awful-posters_33.jpg?resize=662%2C957&ssl=1)
Battle Truck
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604605886/awful-movies-awful-posters_1.jpg?resize=662%2C969&ssl=1)
SheBorg Massacre
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607477/awful-movies-awful-posters_42.jpg?resize=662%2C981&ssl=1)
Death Wheelers
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604697000/awful-movies-awful-posters-_17.jpg?resize=662%2C1070&ssl=1)
Empire of Ash
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607111/awful-movies-awful-posters_26.jpg?resize=662%2C970&ssl=1)
The Video Dead
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696996/awful-movies-awful-posters-_1.jpg?resize=662%2C1261&ssl=1)
Retaliator
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607476/awful-movies-awful-posters_43.jpg?resize=662%2C935&ssl=1)
Women’s Prison Massacre
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606362/awful-movies-awful-posters_17.jpg?resize=662%2C986&ssl=1)
Night of the Creeps
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607312/awful-movies-awful-posters_34.jpg?resize=662%2C1012&ssl=1)
Heatseeker
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606230/awful-movies-awful-posters_9.jpg?resize=662%2C1191&ssl=1)
Cyborg Cop
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606231/awful-movies-awful-posters_8.jpg?resize=662%2C1035&ssl=1)
Vampire Raiders Ninja Queen
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606746/awful-movies-awful-posters_20.jpg?resize=662%2C1056&ssl=1)
Joy Sticks
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607855/awful-movies-awful-posters_67.jpg?resize=662%2C1003&ssl=1)
Stryker
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604697000/awful-movies-awful-posters-_21.jpg?resize=662%2C986&ssl=1)
Radioactive Dreams
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606348/awful-movies-awful-posters_12.jpg?resize=662%2C1028&ssl=1)
Rome 2033 A.D The Fighter Centurions
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606230/awful-movies-awful-posters_7.jpg?resize=662%2C942&ssl=1)
Truckin’ Buddy McCoy
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606746/awful-movies-awful-posters_21.jpg?resize=662%2C1017&ssl=1)
Paranoid
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606230/awful-movies-awful-posters_6.jpg?resize=662%2C1076&ssl=1)
Slaughterhouse Rock
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607476/awful-movies-awful-posters_45.jpg?resize=662%2C1198&ssl=1)
Megaforce
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696998/awful-movies-awful-posters-_26.jpg?resize=662%2C946&ssl=1)
Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696996/awful-movies-awful-posters-_10.jpg?resize=662%2C964&ssl=1)
Robo-C.H.I.C.
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607021/awful-movies-awful-posters_23.jpg?resize=662%2C1183&ssl=1)
Horrible
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607395/awful-movies-awful-posters_41.jpg?resize=662%2C914&ssl=1)
Endgame
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696999/awful-movies-awful-posters-_18.jpg?resize=662%2C1037&ssl=1)
Rebel Waves
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607021/awful-movies-awful-posters_22.jpg?resize=662%2C972&ssl=1)
Roller Blade Warriors
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607021/awful-movies-awful-posters_25.jpg?resize=662%2C1149&ssl=1)
Future Kill
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606348/awful-movies-awful-posters_10.jpg?resize=662%2C957&ssl=1)
The Mad Butcher
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607632/awful-movies-awful-posters_52.jpg?resize=662%2C1215&ssl=1)
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607561/awful-movies-awful-posters_49.jpg?resize=662%2C935&ssl=1)
Future Force
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607396/awful-movies-awful-posters_40.jpg?resize=662%2C1208&ssl=1)
Snake Eater
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696999/awful-movies-awful-posters-_3.jpg?resize=662%2C948&ssl=1)
Microwave Massacre
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607632/awful-movies-awful-posters_51.jpg?resize=662%2C962&ssl=1)
The Visitor
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607561/awful-movies-awful-posters_46.jpg?resize=662%2C996&ssl=1)
Surf Nazis Must Die
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606746/awful-movies-awful-posters_18.jpg?resize=662%2C953&ssl=1)
Yor
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696998/awful-movies-awful-posters-_22.jpg?resize=662%2C982&ssl=1)
Robo Vampire
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607199/awful-movies-awful-posters_31.jpg?resize=662%2C1188&ssl=1)
Destroyer
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606149/awful-movies-awful-posters_3.jpg?resize=662%2C1008&ssl=1)
Thunder Warrior III
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606348/awful-movies-awful-posters_11.jpg?resize=662%2C1084&ssl=1)
Brain Slasher
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607561/awful-movies-awful-posters_48.jpg?resize=662%2C930&ssl=1)
Cherry 2000
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606348/awful-movies-awful-posters_13.jpg?resize=662%2C981&ssl=1)
Overthrow
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607395/awful-movies-awful-posters_39.jpg?resize=662%2C934&ssl=1)
Piranha II, The Spawning
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607705/awful-movies-awful-posters_56.jpg?resize=662%2C1222&ssl=1)
Ninja Shadow Killers Tiger Force
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696995/awful-movies-awful-posters-_4.jpg?resize=662%2C1017&ssl=1)
Gang Justice
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607632/awful-movies-awful-posters_50.jpg?resize=662%2C1192&ssl=1)
Vampire Cop
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607312/awful-movies-awful-posters_35.jpg?resize=662%2C1180&ssl=1)
Headless Eyes
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607476/awful-movies-awful-posters_44.jpg?resize=662%2C1039&ssl=1)
Terror Train
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696997/awful-movies-awful-posters-_11.jpg?resize=662%2C969&ssl=1)
Guerilla Strike Force
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696999/awful-movies-awful-posters-_7.jpg?resize=662%2C1017&ssl=1)
Escape from Women’s Prison
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696998/awful-movies-awful-posters-_24.jpg?resize=662%2C954&ssl=1)
Frankenstein Created Bikers
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606361/awful-movies-awful-posters_14.jpg?resize=662%2C982&ssl=1)
White Fury
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607632/awful-movies-awful-posters_53.jpg?resize=662%2C1217&ssl=1)
Land of Doom
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696998/awful-movies-awful-posters-_12.jpg?resize=662%2C1008&ssl=1)
Zombie vs Ninja
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607704/awful-movies-awful-posters_57.jpg?resize=662%2C1238&ssl=1)
Warlords of the Twenty-First Century
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606362/awful-movies-awful-posters_15.jpg?resize=662%2C985&ssl=1)
Ghoulies
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607312/awful-movies-awful-posters_36.jpg?resize=662%2C1150&ssl=1)
Grotesque
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607395/awful-movies-awful-posters_38.jpg?resize=662%2C940&ssl=1)
Surf Nazis Must Die
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606361/awful-movies-awful-posters_16.jpg?resize=662%2C1019&ssl=1)
Booby Trap
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Poor White Trash II
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604606746/awful-movies-awful-posters_19.jpg?resize=662%2C1192&ssl=1)
2019 – After the Fall of New York
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2020 Texas Gladiators
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607777/awful-movies-awful-posters_59.jpg?resize=662%2C1198&ssl=1)
Kick or Die
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607704/awful-movies-awful-posters_54.jpg?resize=662%2C1194&ssl=1)
Mutant City
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607198/awful-movies-awful-posters_32.jpg?resize=662%2C1019&ssl=1)
Chopping Mall
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Master Blaster
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Empire of Spiritual Ninja
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TC 2000
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604696996/awful-movies-awful-posters-_9.jpg?resize=662%2C941&ssl=1)
Ator the Invincible
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Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator
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Aerobic Killer
![](https://i0.wp.com/res.cloudinary.com/dgxbhwouq/image/upload/v1604607855/awful-movies-awful-posters_66.jpg?resize=662%2C1146&ssl=1)
The Mutilator
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