All this week, the eminently entertaining Monster Brains is doing a round-up of astoundingly atrocious horror and science fiction 1980s VHS art. Looking at these covers reminds me of my old neighborhood video store, right down to that mysterious room with the cowboy doors. Here's a sampling of Monster Brains' choicest picks.

I'm not sure what to make of Fear No Evil. So let me get this straight — Lucifer is reborn in the body of a teenager and holds an entire town hostage...while the B-52s and Boomtown Rats play on blast? Truth be told, if I was going to make a horror movie, I would score it with 90 minutes of "Rock Lobster." After 15 minutes, the audiences' cortexes would erode into porridge.