Group: Recruiters
The video is famously "ridiculously glorious" for its seemingly random assortment of characters. It wasn't just a simple performance clip; it was a carefully storyboarded collaboration between Mulcahy and the song’s writer/producer, . The "scenery-chewing splendor" includes:
A direct nod to the film Village of the Damned , their glowing eyes sync with the "bright eyes" refrain. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Video)
Shirtless athletes performing modern dance and combat in the dark. The video is famously "ridiculously glorious" for its
Perhaps the most "80s" addition, performing acrobatics in the school corridors. Shirtless athletes performing modern dance and combat in
According to Tyler, the location was genuinely unsettling; guard dogs reportedly refused to enter rooms where electric shock treatments had once been performed. This eerie backdrop perfectly serves director vision of a repressed instructor fantasizing about her students. A Fever Dream of 80s Tropes
If there is one music video that encapsulates the over-the-top, "more-is-more" aesthetic of the early 1980s, it is Bonnie Tyler’s Released in 1983, the video is a bewildering masterpiece of Gothic melodrama, surrealism, and enough wind machines to cause a local weather advisory. The Setting: A Haunted History
The video’s haunting, academic atmosphere wasn’t built on a studio lot. It was filmed at the near Virginia Water in Surrey, England—a massive Victorian Gothic hospital that once served as a mental institution.