LUNCHMEAT joins forces with VULTRA VIDEO for a Limited Big Box VHS Release of FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM aka THE OFFSPRING! VINCENT PRICE IS IN THE HOUSE!!
May 1st, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer
 

Hey-yo, Tapeheads! It's time for another VHS collaboration celebration! LM is joining analog forces with Vultra Video on a very special Big Box Home Video Edition of Jeff Burr's Groovy Horror Anthology FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM aka THE OFFSPRING!! These are super-limited editions of 20 both with all new artwork and get this: THE OFFSPRING version features a super-rad rendition of my main man Vinny P. courtesy of Isaac Bidwell! These will be available this weekend at The Salt City Horror Fest 2013, so if you're in the area, you gotta get on down and bask in the analog glory!! VHS WILL NEVER DIE!











 




THE SEVERED SHORT FILM NIGHT & VHS COLLECTORS UNITE CONVENTION APPROACHES! IT CANNOT BE STOPPED! IT WILL NOT DIE! YOU WILL HAVE FUN!
April 29th, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer
 

It’s coming up quick, Tapeheads! The Severed Short Film Night & VHS Collectors Unite Convention is creeping up… and it beckons your attendance! Groove on out to The Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, PA on Saturday May 11th to experience a whirlwind of independent short films, an army of vendor tables chock full’a groovy goodies, the big screen debut of the LUNCHMEAT and HORROR BOOBS production ADJUST YOUR TRACKING and another very special secret surprise screening! It’s so secret, I don’t even know what the hell it is! KILLER! This is without a doubt THEE place to be for all VHS Collectors, man. Tons of tapes, lots of video era love and most importantly, an assembly of Videovores from across the land, gathering together and celebrating that almighty analog. It’s boss times. See you there, my video brethren!!





 







CAMP MOTION PICTURES AND LUNCHMEAT MAGAZINE CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF VIDEO VIOLENCE with the
VIDEO VIOLENCE DIEHARD VIDEOVORE EDITION!!

April 15th, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer
 

Huge news, Videovores! I just can’t express how absolutely elated I am to announce this collaboration with Camp Motion Pictures! The VIDEO VIOLENCE DIEHARD VIDEOVORE EDITION is going to be the ultimate Video Violence collection including the original cuts of both Video Violence and Video Violence 2 on Red VHS tapes, an “I’m a Lifer at The Video Studio” shirt (re-created to look just like the one in the film!), a Video Studio Lifer card and club pin, an 11X17 poster and a DVD copy of Director Gary Cohen’s Video Violence Redux Deluxe: a brand new cut of the two films mashed up into one! And it’s all housed in an oversized black double-clamshell case with all-new artwork! It’s gonna be an analog era celebration of epic proportions, man! Clickity-click HERE for the full press release, and stay tuned to the website for updates on the official release date! It’s coming SOON! Until then, enjoy the sneak peek at the all new artwork by Earl Kess and Michael Parsons and Keep Feeding that VCR!! GROOVE ALWAYS.





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VHS-driven documentary CHUCK NORRIS VS COMMUNISM needs your support! Help Director Ilinca Calugareanu and her groovy crew make this amazing doc the best it can be! Donate, and you can receive amazing analog treats!
April 12th, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer
 

Chickity-check it out, Videvores! Director Ilinca Calugareanu and her crusading crew need your help! They’re on a quest to raise funds for another trip back to Romania to finish up the final round of footage for CHUCK NORRIS VS COMMUNISM: an amazing VHS-oriented documentary all about the incredible and fascinating Romanian Underground VHS Movement of the 1980s. Groove on over to their Indiegogo page to support this amazing piece of historical cinema and learn more about how by donating, you can snatch up some amazing analog goodies including a VHS rewinder and a custom VCR! What?! It’s so bitchin! Just look at the image, man!! To learn what it's all about, you can also check out an interview with Calugareanu right here! So get on down and help this film be the best it can be and assist in showing the world how VHS helped empower and uplift an enormous body of people in dire times. Support amazing DIY filmmaking and feed that VCR! GROOVE ALWAYS!





 




It's time for another tasty Analog Obsessed Publication treat, Tapeheads! Matt Desiderio's BLOOD VIDEO # 2 is now being served in The Meat Market! Come on and get some!
April 8th, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer
 

Heads up, Videovores! BLOOD VIDEO # 2 is now being served in The Meat Market! Fresh off the presses, it’s Matt Desiderio’s (of Horror Boobs fame!) super-groovy analog appreciation and celebration publication! BV’s brand spankin’ new issue is packed with tons of VHS-crazed pieces including VHShitFest’s Dan Kinem interview with heavy metal horror hero John Fasano (BLACK ROSES; ROCK N’ ROLL NIGHTMARE), Victor Bonacore chats with KILLING SPREE star Abestos Felt, Josh Schafer (hey, that’s me!) connects the dots between video games and Videovores, Justin Rice tackles the topic of VHS and vinyl similarities and the teenage Videovore Johnny Dickie gives his two cents on a mess of VHS tapes! It’s also got tapehead Grant Cornelison with a primer on Mexican punk films, a look at The Dr. Strange made-for-TV flick that was plumbed from the depths and, of course, Joey Steel is back with his insano Steel this Tape! Das alotta stuff, man! Dig in, my fellow analog obsessed f(r)iends! MAN ALIVE! It’s RAD!




 






It’s fresh out the oven and ready for consumption, Videovores! LUNCHMEAT # 7 is now being served in The Meat Market! Come and get a bite!
March 29th, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer
 

That’s right, Tapeheads! It’s our thickest slab o’ analog obsession yet, jam-packed with 50+ pages of video era celebration including in-depth reviews of the analog-only delights Double Trouble, The Shout, Thunder Warrior II, Hunter’s Blood , Tombstone Territory, Project Nightmare, and a whole mess more!  No kiddin! Also on the menu for this issue we’ve got interviews with Aussie auteur Brian Trenchard-Smith rapping about his video-only gem The Quest, video era heavyweight Jeffery Obrow tells us all about his expansive genre career with flicks like The Kindred, The Power and The Dorm that Dripped Blood! Character actor extraordinaire Eddie Deezen nerds out with us about VHS tapes and space travel, Sam Sherman gives us the skinny about the history of Super Video and Liane Curtis delivers the low down on what it’s like being everyone’s favorite girlfriend from hell! YES!

But wait… there’s more?! MUCH MORE!  You’ll also be able to sink your tape-loving teeth into Rob Hauschild’s Christian Scare Edition of Tapes from the Trash (Hallelujah, Videvores!), Matthew Dilts-Williams details the history of Thriller Video complete with a nifty collector’s checklist, and we explore the incredible VHS-oriented documentary Chuck Norris vs. Communism with director Ilinca Calugareanu! You’ll also be able to brush up on some TLC for your VCR when Uncouth gives you some groovy insight on how to keep your playback machine happy, healthy and full’a magnetic magic for years to come!  DIG IT!
And, as always, that nasty Crossword Troll is back with his crossword o’ cannibalism. Defeat him, and win PRIZES! That’s right: I’m talking VHS tapes and candy and all kinds of cool stuff, man! What other delectable video vittles await you in LUNCHMEAT # 7? To find out, you’ll have to grab one… before it grabs YOU! Clickity click this link to get yourself your very own slab o’ LUNCHMEAT # 7! GROOVE ON!






 






ADJUST YOUR TRACKING: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE VHS COLLECTOR premiers in Philly on MAY 25th, 2013 at PhilaMOCA! WE WANNA PARTY WITH YOU!
March 27th, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer

Attention all Philly Tapeheads and those who are down to cruise the highways! On SATURDAY MAY 25th, 2013 LUNCHMEAT and HORROR BOOBS along with AYT creators Dan Kinem and Levi Peretic of VHSHITFEST will be partying down at PhilaMOCA for the Philadelphia Premier of ADJUST YOUR TRACKING! You’ll be able to experience the ultimate documentation of analog obsession, appreciation and celebration along with a bunch of other groovy stuff like The Horror Boobs Tralier Extravaganza, $1 raffles for radical stuff like VHS rewinders, cleaners and other video era goodies and get this: the first 50 Videovores through the door get a FREE VHS TAPE! DIG IT FOR FREE! This is also the Official LUNCHMEAT # 7 Release party, so you KNOW it’s gonna be party time excellent up in here with snacks, prizes and cool shit like that! Come on down and get on down and bask in the unadulterated analog excitement!! Peep the flyer for more info or check out PhilaMOCA’s website! See you there, my fellow VHS Heads! It’s gonna be BITCHAAAAANNNN.





 





LUNCHMEAT and BLOOD VIDEO will be groovin’ at the 2013 BROOKLYN ZINE FEST! Come on out and experience Indie Publications Galore! PRINT IS NOT DEAD!
March 25th, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer

It’s DIY OR DIE, everybody! On SUNDAY APRIL 21st 2013, my good buddy Matt D. from Horror Boobs / Blood Video and myself will be manning our very own table at this year’s BROOKLYN ZINE FEST with BLOOD VIDEO # 2 and LUNCHMEAT # 7 (and lots of tapes, of course!)! If you’re in the area, you gotta come and hang out, man! There’ll be over 60 vendors all dealing their independently printed wares featuring a vast ocean of topics and persuasions. Last year was an absolute blast, and I can’t wait to set up shop and drink in all the indie print awesomeness. The BZF is held at PUBLIC ASSEMBLY and it’s totally free entry! DIG A FREE GOOD TIME! Support indie print and labors of love! Check out BZF’s website for more info, yo!









 






It’s almost time for the Video Violence Redux Screening At Viva Video in Ardmore, PA with Director Gary Cohen live and in person! It’s gonna be some serious mash-up madness, Tapeheads!
March 25th, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer
 

Heads up, Videovores! Chickity-check up your calendars for SATURDAY, APRIL 13th 2013 for the World Premiere of Gary Cohen’s re-stitched and re-animated VIDEO VIOLENCE REDUX presented by Camp Motion Pictures and  Cinedelphia! Gary will be live and in the flesh to introduce his brand spankin’ new mash-up of his legendary SOV gems VIDEO VIOLENCE… WHEN RENTING IS NOT ENOUGH! and VIDEO VIOLENCE PART 2! It’s gonna be some unprecedented video insanity, indeed! I’ll also be hangin’ out with all the LUNCHMEAT goodies on the menu and will be making a super-groovy announcement that all the Videovores out there will be SUPER-STOKED about! Trust me! Tickets are available for 10 BONES through BrownPaperTickets.com! Come on out and celebrate the re-animated analog awesomeness! See it first and GET RAD.




 





Cinema Wasteland Spring 2013 cometh and LUNCHMEAT will be in attendance with some extra-groovy Wasteland Edition VHS! Come to the Wasteland and procure some video vittles for your VCR!
March 25th, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer
 

You know it, my fellow Tapeheads! Cinema Wasteland is one of the most bitchin’ events of the year and it’s coming up mad soon! On April 5th, 6th and 7th, I’ll be there tabling with the handsome Louis Justin and Massacre Video as we purvey some analog madness to the masses! Massacre will have its usual array of analog insanity on display along with some new slabs of video vindication up for grabs! LUNCHMEAT # 7 will be on the menu and some super-special Wasteland Edition VHS releases on LUNCHMEAT HOME VIDEO to be unveiled at the convention! You gotta get here, man! There may be a few LMHV tapes left over that I can serve up via The Meat Market, but who knows if they’ll last that long!? Hope to see you there, Videovores! Come on by the table and LIVE THE ANALOG DREAM!




 





The Official Poster for ADJUST YOUR TRACKING: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE VHS COLLECTOR is brought to life by the groovy hands of artist Devon Whitehead! And it RULES!
March 18th, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer
 

Chickity-check it out, Videovores! The official poster for ADJUST YOUR TRACKING: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE VHS COLLECTOR rendered by the damn awesome Devon Whitehead has been unleashed! Spread the love of analog obsession and post this bad boy everywhere you can so people can get in the know! The documentary is finally finished and a press releases with a brand spankin' new trailer is coming up in about a week, so be sure to stay tuned, Tapeheads! It's gonna be BITCHIN! I couldn't be more excited, elated and honored to be able to help bring this incredible documentary to the teemings hordes of Videovores out there and once it's out, the world over will finally have the chance to take a look into the weird, wild and wonderful life of the VHS collector! Coming soon to a VCR near YOU! PARTY TIME EXCELLENT.







 





TAPE MOLD ZINE #2 is now being served in The Meat Market! Come grab a slice of some independently printed unadulterated VHS obsession! Your VCR is gonna love you! We guarantee it!
January 21st, 2013 - Posted by Josh Schafer
 

C’mon and get it, Videovores! Issue Number Two of Dan Kinem (of VHShitFest!) and Ally Orlando’s TAPE MOLD ZINE is now being served in The Meat Market! Yes, indeed, this homegrown VHS-obsessed zine is chock full’a in-depth reviews of VHS trashterpieces Southern Shockers, Tabloid! And even Attack of the Mutant Roadkill and the Vampyre Zombies from Beyond the Grave! It’s pure obscure bliss! Also in the issue you’ll get VHShit on by interviews with Glen Coburn and Bret McCormick along with a has-to-be-read-to-be-believed interview with BIG BAD BERTHA! It’s totally insane! And that’s not all! Really! Be sure to groove on over and grab yourself a slice of TAPE MOLD’s video goodness! Your VCR will thank you! Oh, and we’re down to the LAST COPIES of LUNCHMEAT’S MIDNIGHT SNACK # 2 – and once they’re gone, they’re total history! Grab one before they go extinct! Keep feedin’ that VCR and watch weird flicks! It’ll do ya good! Groove on!



 




The New York City Horror & Exploitation Film Fest takes over The Hellgate Social and invites you to celebrate indie fringe film and melt your brain! Dig it!

December 4th, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

Hey-yo, Videovores! If you're in the New York area this weekend, DECEMBER 8th and 9th, be sure to groove on down to The Hellgate Social to experience a visual onslaught of independent horror and exploitation galore! New York Horror Film Productions is throwing down a shindig of bitchin’ proportions to celebrate the wonderful and weird world of independent cinema where you can meet cool folks from horror flicks, peruse the selection of groovy horror goodies and, of course, watch insane cinema until your brain melts! It's gonna rule! I’ll be there co-MC’ing the event with my brother in analog Matt D. from Horror Boobs, slingin’ some LM wares and… yep… you guessed it: obsessing about VHS tapes! You know it! Check out all the info HERE. Come on out and get WEIRD!






LUNCHMEAT teams up with SFX Artist Gina Martire to unleash the Halloween 2012 Treat: The Glow-in-the-Dark Videovore Mask! And they're super-groovy!

October 30th, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

It’s that time of year, Tapeheads, and over here in Lunchmeat Land we’ve got a super-groovy Halloween treat for you to sink your slimy teeth into! We’re stoked to be able to collaborate with SFX artist extraordinaire Gina Martire to create a mega-limited run of high-quality, hand-crafted full-face Videovore masks – and get this: they GLOW IN THE DARK! You know it! Each mask is formed from a hand-carved mold, cast with super-sturdy vaccu-form plastic, and then individually hand-painted, all by Gina Martire herself! It’s incredible stuff!  These bad boys are limited to 15, signed and numbered, so grab ‘em while the grabbin’s good! Happy Halloween, everyone! Watch flicks, imbibe mass quantities of your favorite beverage, eat candy (and nachos) and BE THE VIDEOVORE!








Celebrate the joys of real live rental stores with INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE DAY on October 20th, 2012!  

October 19th, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

It’s almost here, Videovores! Tomorrow, OCTOBER 20th 2012 marks the second anniversary of INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE DAY! IIVSD is the annual celebration that pays respect to all of the still kickin’, still rentin’ indie video stores across the globe along with all the killer stores of yore! Over here in Lunchmeat Land we’ll be feasting on snacks o’ plenty, imbibing mass quantities of our favorite beverages and cramming our VCR full’o analog pleasures in remembrance of the rental stores of days gone by as we toast to all the rental palaces that LIVE ON! How are YOU going to honor all of the super-groovy video stores out there? And don’t forget: if you’re fortunate enough to still have a real live rental store in your neighborhood, be sure to groove on down there and give those fine people a ridiculously awesome mega-high-five for keeping the hard media dream alive! Party on, Videovores, and never stop the love! Check out an interview with IIVSD founder Daniel Hanna to learn more about this day of appreciation and celebration HERE. Groove on til you can't no more.



 


The Wasteland Cometh and with it an ultra-groovy and exclusive analog collaboration with MASSACRE VIDEO! Also on the menu for Wasteland: MIDNIGHT SNACK # 2!
October 2nd, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

Guh-roovy greetings, my fellow Videovores! This weekend, October 5th, 6th, and 7th, in Strongsville, Ohio the almighty Cinema Wasteland shall commence! Yes, indeed, I’ll be there hanging out at the MASSACRE VIDEO table o’ awesome where you’ll be able to pick up MASSACRE’s newest releases JUNK FILMS and DEMON QUEEN along with a very special limited VHS edition of the pitch black comedy trashterpiece THE UNDERTAKER AND HIS PALS! This very special collaboration tape is the first installment of LUNCHMEAT HOME VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT and will be limited to 50 copies featuring fully re-done artwork by Earl Kess, housed in black clamshell cases and laid to purple tapes! You’ll also score a set of die-cut stickers and get this: a cassette with full artwork featuring some of the most bitchin’ tracks from the film! It just may be the coolest thing ever! Oh, and don't forget to pick up THE UNEASY ARCHIVE's newest release: Donald Farmer's SAVAGE VENGEANCE 'cause that'll be hanging out on the table, too!

And since I know you Videovores out there are mad hungry for some video vittles, I’ve prepared a little appetizer called LUNCHMEAT’S MIDNIGHT SNACK for you to nosh on while LUNCHMEAT # 7 is sizzling and popping to perfection in the analog oven. The MIDNIGHT SNACK will feature some VHS-inspired poetry, a flesh-ripping piece on VHS tattoos, an exclusive interview with Lunch Meat director Kirk Alex and lot'sa of other totally rad stuff. No kidding! There’ll be a limited amount of these printed up, and if they don’t sell out at Wasteland, I’ll be throwing the leftovers up on The Meat Market. Stay tuned, Tapeheads, and as always, feed that VCR some mondo magnetic love. See you at Cinema Wasteland! Party Time! Excellent!







The Museum of Arts and Design in New York culminates their VHS Retrospective by unveiling MAD Video!
August 9th, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

In what just might be the grooviest thing to happen in celebration and appreciation of VHS culture, my good buddy Matt Desiderio of Horror Boobs along with some other avid analog aficionados have created an incredibly spectacular installation at The Museum of Arts and Design in New York as the final segment of its VHS Nostalgia series: a recreation and re-animation of a fully functioning video store! Starting August 2nd and open for business on select dates throughout the next few weeks, you can visit MAD’s 6th Floor Education Center where you can ogle amazing cover artwork, drink in the flood of radical posters and vintage standees, watch movies on site and, yes, even rent a flick or two to take home with you! And there’s no late fees! Fantastic! If you’re in the New York area, this is one VHS appreciation event that is NOT to be missed. Groove on down to MAD and travel back in time! Oh, and if you can't get your buns on down to the store, you can check out some photos and the official commercial advertisement HERE!  VHS lives at MAD Video!





LUNCHMEAT invades Baltimore and spreads the love of analog with VHS/VIP at ARTSCAPE!

July 18th, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

 

Greetings, lovers of home video! This coming weekend, July 21st and 22nd, yours truly will be collaborating with local Baltimore filmmaker Chris Lamartina, Rob Hatch of the 48Hour Film Festival and a groovy gang of other VHS aficionados at the nation’s biggest free arts festival: ARTSCAPE! We’ll be running an installation chock full’a VHS nostalgia complete with stacks of old-school televisions running some of the best (and worst!) content from the video age, all pumping through VCRs playing back from actual tapes! Of course! They’ll be lots of VHS-era artwork to ogle and cool people to befriend at the VHS/VIP installation, so if you’re in the Baltimore area this weekend, come on over VHS/VIP and get WEIRD! Groove on, everyone, and keep feedin’ those VCRs! They is hungry!

 

 

 

 

LUNCHMEAT to present a VHS Retrospective and Theatrical Screening of Charles Kaufman's cult classic MOTHER'S DAY at The Museum of Arts and Design in NY!

June 6, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

 

Greetings once again, aficionados of analog awesomeness! Can you believe it? They’re letting VHS into a museum! Pretty groovy, huh!? On Friday June 15th, 2012 I’ll be teaming up with The Museum of Arts and Design in NYC and Troma Entertainment Founder and President Llyod Kaufman to present a theatrical screening and VHS retrospective of the ultimate dysfunctional backwoods family cult classic: Charles Kaufman’ MOTHER’S DAY! This film has been one of my absolute favorites since I was a little Videovore and I’m just utterly thrilled to be able to bring to all the tapeheads out there on the big screen! I’ll be doing a special introduction for the film and will be part of a very groovy Q&A with Uncle LLyodie himself after the picture! The presentation kicks off at 7PM at The Theater at MAD, so don’t miss this extremely rare opportunity to experience this cult classic on the big screen! It’s going to be so bitchin! Click here for information on how to buy tickets, and please spread the love with flyer below! Be sure to check out MAD’s calendar for the entire month of June for a bunch of other VHS-inspired screenings going on including an insane VHS mixtape screening and a presentation of the SOV trashterpiece HELLROLLER, presented by Dan Kinem of VHShitFest!  See you in the theater, Videovores!!   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The MEAT MARKET is now serving BLOOD VIDEO # 1: a brand spankin' new zine on VHS culture and cult cinema! Check it on out! Your VCR will thank you!

 

June 1, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

 

Whoa, yeah! It's here! Matt Desiderio of HORROR BOOBS VIDEO has stitched together his very first issue of BLOOD VIDEO and it's now available through LUNCHMEAT's very own MEAT MARKET!! This very special first issue features reviews and articles by myself, Mark Freado, Jr of Junk Food Dinner, Johnny Dickie, Dan Kinem of VHShitFest and a bunch of other video obsessed dudes spelling out their love for the almighty VHS format! Articles on Charles Kaufman's MOTHER'S DAY, the VHS only classic TERRORVISION, Something Weird Video and of course reviews of some of our favorite analog treasures abound! Dig this new stack of video vindication! VHS isn't dead! And neither is print! And check out this wicked cover! Groove on, Videovores and feed that VCR! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's time for a celebration of Analog Proportions! SEVERED SINEMA'S 3rd Annual Short Film Fest & FIRST EVER Horror VHS Collectors Unite Convention happens this Saturday, MAY 19th!! TIME TO GROOVE, VIDEOVORES!! 

May 14th, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

Check your Heads, Videovores!! The time is almost here for the Severed Sinema’s Short Film Fest and FIRST EVER VHS CONVENTION!! This Saturday, May 19th at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, PA you’ll encounter the theatrical premiere of the VHS-inspired splatterpiece THE TURNPIKE KILLER, The Teenage Videovore Johnny Dickie’s first ever full-length feature SLAUGHTER TALES (Click Johnny’s name for a groovy interview all about the flick!), a slew of independent short films and over 20 vendor tables that’ll be supplying the analog-crazed crowd with all the VHS and groovy goodies you can handle! Doors open at 2:30PM and there will be flicks running the whole day, including a killer short film competition running from 7PM till 11PM where YOU pick the best of the bunch! The winner of the short film contest will be awarded the much coveted Audience Choice Award which in past years was a severed hand rising from the grave and a sick and bloody chainsaw! What will it be this year? I wasn’t allowed to know!! It’s THAT cool! There are A TON of Tapeheads coming from all over and you know there’s going to be an EPIC after party! So, c’mon, Videovores, and don’t miss this amazing opportunity to hang with your Video Brethren! VHShitFest will be there documenting the whole thing as the Horror VHS Collectors unite in person as Salamone’s Buy & Sell, VHSCollector.com, Horror Boobs, Wild Eye Releasing, Lunchmeat and so many others come together to have the ultimate VHS celebration!! Be there or hear about it later and be like, “Dang, I should’a been there, man!” Groove on, Videovores!! See you at Severed!! For more info, click the hot links in this news post, or just click HERE!      

 

 

 

 

 

 

LUNCHMEAT invades Brooklyn Zine Fest!! Experience the WEIRDNESS - LIVE AND IN PERSON!!

April, 10th  2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

This SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY! April 15th, 2012 Lunchmeat will be haunting a table with our good friends HORROR BOOBS at Brooklyn Zine Fest. There will be TONS of really amazing independent zines chock full of art, writing, photographs and anything and everything else you can put to print. This is a killer opportunity to support indy zines and the fine folks who bring them to life! BZF is an all ages event (21 to drink) and the best part? IT'S FREE! The fest runs from 11am till 6pm, so you can sleep in AND go party later! Come see the sights, read the reads, get some free stuff and stop by the table to say Hell-O! Prove to yourself that print is not dead! Check out BrooklynZineFest.com for a list of all the rad stuff that'll be happening!! Catch ya later, Tapeheads!

 

 

 

 

 

VHS IS HAPPINESS shirts are back in action! Grab one before they grab you! They're just so groovy!

February 23rd, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

They've returned... and they want YOU to WEAR them! VHS IS HAPPINESS shirts are now back on the menu over in THE MEAT MARKET. So be sure to groove on over and grab yerself some new threads! Oh, and we've cooked up a brand new fun pack with some fresh sticker designs that are sure to hit the spot! And don't forget about those Radical Releasing Company pin sets featuring bitchin' video companies such as Midnight Video, Vestron Video, Thriller Video and a whole bunch of others! Stick 'em on ya! Hope you're feedin' your VCRs a steady diet of analog awesomeness, Videovores! Groove on!

 

It's time for another dose of Meaty Midnight Madness at SPECTALE THEATER in Brooklyn, NY! SATURDAY, JANUARY 21st shamble on down and take a bite of the UNCUT VHS PRINT of AMERICA'S DEADLIEST HOME VIDEO!

January 18, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

LUNCHMEAT is extremely proud to present one of the most amazing and obscure shot-on-video flicks ever to be laid to tape!! This SATURDAY, JANUARY 21st, at the hour of MIDNIGHT hoist your keister off the couch and get on down to SPECTACLE THEATER to experience the shot-on-video insanity that is AMERICA'S DEADLIEST HOME VIDEO! Feast your eyes on the UNCUT VHS PRINT and witness a lovelorn man named Doug (played by Danny Bonaduce PRE-STEROIDS! WHAT?!), and his trusty VHS video camera set out on an adventure across country, but when he runs into a gang of miscreant criminals, Doug finds himself wrapped in a slimy web of robbery, murder and sadism. Will Doug survive these misanthropic thugs and their suicidal lifestyle?! Will he get the girl?! Will he run out of batteries?!!You'll have to watch this amazing piece of video obscurity to find out! Dig it, tapeheads!!

The Spectacle Theatre is located at 124 South 3rd & Bedford Ave in Brooklyn, NY! Check out Spectacle's site for more info and take a look at all the other rad stuff they're doing! I'll be there watching, hanging, snacking and slinging some LUNCHMEAT goodies, so come on out get VHS-ified! Hope to see you there, Videovores!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LUNCHMEAT VHS REWIND THEATER HAS ARRIVED!

On JANUARY, FRIDAY THE 13TH, clickity-click on over to www.MonsterChannel.tv for the very first episode of LUNCHMEAT VHS REWIND THEATER! On the menu for tonight's show: VIDEO VIOLENCE... When Renting is not Enough!

January 13, 2012 - Posted by Josh Schafer

That's right, Videovores! Yours truly will be on the world weird web tonight hosting our brand spankin' new online TV show LUNCHMEAT VHS REWIND THEATER! LUNCHMEAT has teamed up with THE MONSTER CHANNEL and CAMP MOTION PICTURES to present  all you crazy tapeheads out there with some of the grooviest shot-on-video and super 8 low-budget trashterpieces this side of the galaxy! We've got an entire season in store for you, so be sure to tune into www.MonsterChannel.tv every Friday night at the hour of Midnight to catch me presenting films like CANNIBAL CAMPOUT, GHOUL SCHOOL, WOODCHIPPER MASSACRE and tons of other low-budget awesomeness for you to munch and crunch on! You don't wanna miss this stuff!  Keep feedin' that VCR, tapeheads. You know it's hungry!

 

 

 

 

 

It's time for MORE MIDNIGHT MADNESS at Spectacle Theater!  LUNCHMEAT is proud to present the UNCUT VHS PRINT of the cult trash classic DESERT SNOW!!

December 12, 2011 - Posted by Josh Schafer

Do you like Blood? Drugs? Violence? Hot chicks fellating handguns? We thought you did! This Friday, December 16th at Spectacle Theater, there'll be all that and much more starting at the mystical and magical hour of midnight! This is your  once in a lifetime chance to see this amazingly awesome trashterpiece on the big screen. Holy chit - it's that cool! We ain't kiddin!

The Spectacle Theatre is located at 124 South 3rd & Bedford Ave in Brooklyn, NY! Check out Spectacle's site for more info and take a look at all the other rad stuff they're doing! Don't forget: DESERT SNOW starts at Midnight this Friday DEC 16, so be there or be somewhere else not as cool! Also, LUNCHMEAT # 6 will be on sale at the theater, so if you haven't picked up your copy yet, come and get a bite! Get on down to the SpectacleTheater this Friday DEC 16th and feast your eyes on DESERT SNOW! See ya there, Videovores!!

 

 

 

 

 

Lunchmeat # 6 is ready to be devoured! Come and get it,Videovores!!

November 25, 2011 - Posted by Josh Schafer

Just in time for... Thanksgiving?! That's right, tapeheads! We hope you saved some room 'cause LM # 6 is now being served over in The Meat Market!  This issue is limited to 1000 copies, so be sure to grab one before they're all gobbled up! If you have a subscription with us, you rule, and your issue is on its way to your mail receptacle! Dig it! VHS is not a dead format!!

 

 

 

It's Time for Another Midnight Screening at Spectacle Theater! On the menu: The UNCUT VHS print of Wheels of Fire!

November 22, 2011 - Posted by Josh Schafer

After you've stuffed yourself full'a good eats, roll yourself on over to Spectacle Theater for a Mad Max rip-off unlike any other!

Directed by trash film auteur Cirio H. Santiago, Wheels of Fire is one of those post-apocalyptic romps filled with souped-up killer cars, bitchin' ass explosions and scantily clad babes o' plenty! The print being shown is taken directly from the original VHS, so if you're in the Brooklyn area, don't miss your chance to see this rare and awesome flick on the big screen! HUGE thanks and lots of VHS love to Matt and & Jeff from HorrorBoobs.com for holding it down for me up there while I'm out of state for the Holiday! Rock n' Roll, VHS Brethren and Happy Turkey Day!

The Spectacle Theatre is located at 124 South 3rd & Bedford Ave in Brooklyn and the show begins at Midnight on Friday November 25th - Mosey on down and get exploded!

 

WHEELS OF FIRE UNCUT VHS PRINT!

 

 

 

It's a Midnight Screening of NIGHT OF THE DEMON:  UNCUT VHS PRINT!

 


Sept 25, 2011 - Posted by Josh Schafer

Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine & Horror Boobs present a triple feature to rip out your guts! Hoohah!

We're back at the Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn, NY to bring you the ultra-eerie and totally underrated euro thriller Messiah of Evil, the gotta-see grindhouse classic Driller Killer and a very special midnight presentation of the sasquatchploitation trash gem: Night of the Demon! This is the UNCUT VHS version! Too cool!

The Spectacle Theatre is located at 124 South 3rd & Bedford Ave in Brooklyn and the show begins at 7:30 P.M. on Saturday, OCT 1 - Come on down and get WEIRD!

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Gimme a V! Gimme a H! Gimme a S!

July 27, 2011 - Posted by Video Dead

For those of you who missed out on the Destroy All VHS event at Nitehawk back in July, you're getting a second chance! 

VHS VaultWild Eye Releasing, Horror Boobs, and Lunchmeat are all back together for another AWESOME themed evening! This time around, we're taking you back to school like Rodney!

On Thursday, August 25th, starting at 9:30pm - it's all going down at the Nitehawk Theater again -- located at 136 Metropolitan Avenue (btwn Berry & Wythe) in good old Brooklyn. We're showing King Frat from the year of my birth, 1979. It's gonna get real rowdy up in this bitch!

Horror Boobs is doing another game show; we're gonna have a merch table again with a ton of stuff (I personally am bringing a load of VHS tapes from my collection for sale or trade). There will be brews, babes, and . . . well, more brews! It's gonna be like the college days all over again. And did we mention it's FREE?

Hope to see you there, Sorority Girls & Boys!

- John (Video Dead)

 

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Lunchmeat & Horror Boobs Present: Blood Diner

July 27, 2011 - Posted by Lunchmeat

We're back at the Spectacle in August for another choice cut of rare meat! On Friday August 12, 2011 Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine & Horror Boobs present: Lunchmeat Live Vol. 2 - Blood Diner. The Spectacle Theatre is located at 124 South 3rd & Bedford Ave in Brooklyn. Show starts at midnight.

 

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Lunchmeat Presents: The Video Dead @ Spectacle Theatre, Brooklyn NY

July 15, 2011 - Posted by Lunchmeat

This weekend, Saturday July 16th, at the Spectacle Theatre in Brooklyn (located at 124 South 3rd & Bedford), Lunchmeat is hosting the first edition of "Lunchmeat Live." We will be showing The Video Dead at midnight. Admission is only 5 smackers & we're also celebrating John's birthday! Cans of PBR & popcorn will be on sale, as well as t-shirts & other Lunchmeat goodies! Hope to see you all there!

 

 

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June 30, 2011

Summer time & the livin's easy! On Sunday, July 10th, Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine joins forces with Nitehawk Cinema to bring you a night of destruction! Destroy All VHS kicks off at 10:00pm @ 136 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn. We hope to see you there! We'll have a table set up with t-shirts, stickers & promo goodies, and copies of the issue for sale, alongside our friends from Horror Boobs!

Then, on Saturday, July 16th, Lunchmeat is back again for a special midnight showing of The Video Dead to celebrate John's birthday! It's all goin down at the Spectacle Theater - located at 124 South 3rd Street, Brooklyn, New York - between Bedford Avenue and Berry Street.

And if you want to bring John a copy of Buried Alive (the Thriller big box VHS release) he won't be mad . . .

 

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It's Official! Lunchmeat's got a website!

We bid welcome to one and all you Videovores out there to the Official Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine website! As you can see, we've got quite a bit cookin' with our little slice of the internet: you'll be able to get to know the fine people who help stitch Lunchmeat together by visiting the Kitchen Staff section, browse our cover gallery by clicking on the Meat Locker (which lists the content for all of the issues, and even gives you a chance to take a look at some OOP material!), and we've even gathered some Spare Parts and thrown together a little blog for you guys to nibble on while we're preparing the main course o'Meat! Now I'm gonna throw this out there just for clarity's sake: Lunchmeat is still first and foremost, without a doubt, no buts about it a PRINT ZINE. We just thought getting a website would be the best thing to do to keep in touch with our readership and keep you tapeheads informed about the progress of the newest issue (#6 is in the designing stages right now - get pumped!), reprints and all the other fun and weird stuff that happens over here in Lunchmeat Land. You can contact us through here anytime and tell us about your favorite flick, ask us a burning question, or just type out some heavy breathing in an email (this is not recommended, but will not be turned away). So now, just consider www.LunchmeatVHS.com to be the hub for all updates, news and communications. It's the place to be, dig? Oh, and be sure to check out the Meat Market which will now be the best place to grab all things Lunchmeat. There are a couple new and groovy things in there along the available issues if you haven't picked them up yet! And again, please be sure to check back every now and then to get the latest news on all things LM and give us a shout anytime!

Enjoy the new website, Videovores! And keep feeding that VCR!

JS / Ed-in-Chief