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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 - November 14, 2023

A Brief History of New England’s Greatest Video Store: Video Headquarters (1983-2015) [EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS]

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...

LUNCHMEAT and THE MYERS HOUSE NC Team Up to Present JACK-O for SPOOKHOUSE THEATER on SEPT 2nd! MEET JACK-O and THE WITCH in Person!

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...

LUNCHMEAT to Co-Present KIM’S VIDEO at TRIBECA FESTIVAL on JUNE 13th!

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...

DRIVE-IN VHS FEST 7 IS ALIVE! JULY 7-8 at MAHONING DRIVE-IN THEATER! TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE! Movie Line-Up, Guests, and Full Details NOW!

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...

LUNCHMEAT Brings LEPRECHAUN to the Big Screen on VHS with VIDEODROME and MICHAEL MYERZ at PLAZA THEATER in Atlanta, GA on March 5th, 2023! [Tickets & Info]

Hey-yo, Tapeheads of Atlanta! YOU FEELIN’ LUCKY?! You better! Because on VHSunday, MARCH 5th, 2023 we’re teaming up with Atlanta, GA’s only living video store VIDEODROME and outsider rap madman MICHAEL MYERZ to bring LEPRECHAUN to the big screen (projected from VHS!) at PLAZA THEATER! TICKETS AVAILABLE WITH THIS LINK! We’ll also be showing some choice snippets only available on this LEPRECHAUN screener tape from VIDMARK, which was made expressly for video stores! This event is a golden opportunity to see a 90s horror classic the rewind way! TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM PLAZA THEATER! ...

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A Brief History of New England’s Greatest Video Store: Video Headquarters (1983-2015) [EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS]

LUNCHMEAT and THE MYERS HOUSE NC Team Up to Present JACK-O for SPOOKHOUSE THEATER on SEPT 2nd! MEET JACK-O and THE WITCH in Person!

LUNCHMEAT to Co-Present KIM’S VIDEO at TRIBECA FESTIVAL on JUNE 13th!

DRIVE-IN VHS FEST 7 IS ALIVE! JULY 7-8 at MAHONING DRIVE-IN THEATER! TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE! Movie Line-Up, Guests, and Full Details NOW!

LUNCHMEAT Brings LEPRECHAUN to the Big Screen on VHS with VIDEODROME and MICHAEL MYERZ at PLAZA THEATER in Atlanta, GA on March 5th, 2023! [Tickets & Info]

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