Perhaps the most "80s" addition, performing acrobatics in the school corridors.
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: Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Video)
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. Perhaps the most "80s" addition, performing acrobatics in
A slow-motion dove thrown at the camera—an idea from Steinman that reportedly led to an on-set confrontation with Tyler. The Vampire Connection The Vampire Connection Turn Around, Bright Eyes: The
Turn Around, Bright Eyes: The Gothic Fever Dream of Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
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