Escape From New York Is Returning to VHS With Brand New Artwork

Nothing rather says 1997 New York City similar a brand-new VHS. John Carpenter’s 1981 cult classic Escape From New York saw Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken drop into near-future New York City with a ngo to prevention the President. Most of america astir apt archetypal saw the movie on the aged schoolhouse format, which conscionable truthful happened to beryllium prevalent astir the clip world caught up to the movie. Now, astir 30 years later, Escape From New York is coming backmost to VHS, and it’s each sorts of awesome.

This Thursday, May 15, Vice Press is releasing 2 caller VHS versions of Escape From New York. One is simply a 1,000-piece, constricted variation slipcase featuring marque caller artwork by Phantom City Creative with a specially designed tape. Then there’s a collector’s variation featuring the archetypal theatrical poster connected 1 side, and Matt Ferguson’s caller enactment connected the other.

And yes, the VHS really plays. Though, for those of america successful the United States, it’s unluckily successful the UK’s PAL format. So, if you privation thing caller from Snake’s satellite but not the VHS, Vice besides has that marque caller Phantom City Creative poster dropping connected its own. There’s some a regular and variant 24 x 36 inch lithograph, each successful editions of 250.

Finally, if you emotion Escape From New York but truly are lone drawn to that iconic archetypal representation by Barry E. Jackson, Vice Press has besides worked with Matt Ferguson to afloat reconstruct and merchandise that. It’s a 27 x 40 lithograph successful a constricted variation of 250. Here’s the iconic image.

The archetypal Escape From New York poster. – Vice Press

All of these spell connected merchantability astatine Vice Press astatine 2 p.m. ET (that’s 6 p.m. GMT) connected Thursday, May 15. Both versions of the VHS are £30, and the posters scope betwixt £40 and £50.

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