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Shot on Video, VHS History, VHS Screening, Write Brain TV -

Yo, Tapeheads! We are totally VHStoked to team up with the fantastic folks at Write Brain TV to bring you VIDEO KALEIDOSCOPE!    TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW from Write Brain TV!           VIDEO KALEIDOSCOPE is a special virtual one-night only screening that invites you to turn on, tune in, & drop-out for an all-out, all-night celebration with a VHSmorgasbord showcasing some of the best in shot-on-tape cinema!   This special virtual one-night only screening at the Write Brain Theater will beam you from your living room back in time, on a cosmic journey back to trace...

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Brantley Palmer, Everything to Entertain You, Keene, New England, New Hampshire, Video Headquarters, Video Store, video store documentary, video stores, VSDA -

By Brantley Palmer  Hey, Tapeheads! I’d like to introduce you to one of the best video stores in the country (until its closing in 2015, at least), Video Headquarters in Keene, New Hampshire. It wasn’t just an amazing physical video retailer. The other thing that made it so special was how this one video store and its owner, Ken McAleer, far outside the film hubs of Los Angeles and New York City, were able to support and benefit other independent video retailers around the country, and how their presence would clash directly with studios and larger chains.      Boasting...

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Catherine Walsh, Halloween horror, Horror VHS, JACK-O, Myers House NC, Patrick Moran, Spookhouse Theater -

Hey-yo, Tapeheads! We are radically VHStoked to team up with THE MYERS HOUSE NC on Saturday, September 2nd, 2023 for a ridiculously fun and wildly spooktacular night of video store era HORROR!     We’ll be pressing play at The Myers House NC in Hillsborough, North Carolina for a very special screening of the Halloween Horror Cult Classic JACK-O, projected on a big outdoor movie screen in the front yard of the house!    We’ll be joined by JACK-O special guests Patrick Moran (who played Jack-O-Lantern) & Catherine Walsh (who played The Witch, Vivian Machen). They will be signing autographs...

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ASHLEY SABIN, DAVID REDMON, KIM'S VIDEO, TRIBECA, VIDEO STORE DOCUMENTARY, VIDEO STORES -

Hey-yo, Tapeheads! We are super VHStoked to team up with Tribeca Film Festival to present the new video store-driven documentary from filmmakers David Redmon and Ashley Sabin! KIM’S VIDEO screens at Tribeca on Tueseday, June 13 at 8:30 PM at Village East! You can grab your tickets HERE, and if you use the code LUNCHMEAT, you’ll receive 20% off your ticket!    MORE ON KIM’S VIDEO:  If you were a New Yorker with a taste for unconventional movies, you likely perused the aisles of Kim’s Video and Music. Its owner, Yongman Kim, became as much of a legend as the films...

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cult vhs, Drive In VHS Fest, horror vhs, Mahoning Drive In Theater, Saturn's Core, VHS FEST -

Get ready to hit EJECT on reality and slip a slab of analog anarchy into your life on July 7-8, when The Mahoning Drive-In Theater, Lunchmeat, and Saturn’s Core Video present DRIVE-IN VHS FEST 7, two nights of Tapehead terror, with six video store classics presented on the biggest outdoor screen in Pennsylvania, all from vintage VHS!   TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!   Relive the days of renting the most bizarre flicks you could find with friends and having the collective mind-melting experience of “What IS this?” with your fellow Tapeheads at The Mahoning Drive-In Theater!   Each film presented...

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