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Underloved Sci-Fi Movies from the 80s VHS Era

July 4, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos presents underloved sci-fi movies from the VHS era….

Back in the days of Blockbuster stores, you had entire sections of the retail place dedicated to science fiction. Whether it was action, horror, comedy, or straight-up drama, you couldn’t go two aisles without finding something interesting to check-out.

Just because we’ve lost the brick-and-mortar doesn’t mean that there aren’t gems worth watching. So many sci-fi films that should have been classics ended up getting undercut by lack of attention in the decades following their release. Well, that won’t be the case anymore for these ten fantastic recommendations courtesy of Marvelous Videos…

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Originally published July 4, 2021. Updated July 25, 2021.

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: altered states, dead-end drive in, Explorers, liquid sky, looker, Marvelous Videos, miracle mine, spacehunter: adventures in the forbidden zone, the ice pirates, the philadelphia experiment, The Quiet Earth

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