Cinedelphia Film Festival Presents Philadelphia Premiere of Troma Documentary VHS MASSACRE at Real Live Rental Store Viva Video!! FREE SCREENING!!
Heads up to all of the Philadelphia area Tapeheads and other proponents of physical media! The Cinedelphia Film Festival will be presenting the Kenneth Powell and Thomas Edward Seymour documentary VHS MASSACRE: Cult Film and the Decline of Physical Media on April, 2nd at Viva Video in the Philly suburb of Ardmore, PA. Admission is totally FREE, and honestly, Tapeheads, Viva Video is one mega-radical rental store that STILL rents an amazing selection of VHS that you just gotta VHSee to believe. Yes, they rule. Hard. Read on for the official details taken from the event page on Facebook:
Cinedelphia Film Festival presents
Saturday, April 2, 8:00 PM
VHS MASSACRE (Philadelphia Premiere)
(2015, 72 min, Dir. Kenneth Powell & Thomas Edward Seymour)
Co-director, Producer, and Subject in attendance!
FREE PRE-FEST SCREENING AT VIVA VIDEO!
Winner of the 2016 Best Documentary award at the Miami International Science fiction Film Festival, also an official selection at Australia’s Dragon Dreaming Film Festival! This lively documentary explores the rise and fall of physical media from the video store era to modern day and it’s effect on Indie and cult films. With icons like Joe Bob Briggs (MonsterVision), Lloyd Kaufman (Toxic Avenger), Greg Sestero (The Room), Debbie Rochon (Return to Nuke ‘Em High), Deborah Reed (Troll 2), Mark Frazer (Samurai Cop), James Nguyen (Birdemic), and many others. It’s sure to entertain!
Screens with:
"NASTY"
(15 min, Dir. Prano Bailey-Bond)
It's 1982. Twelve-year old Doug is drawn into the lurid world of VHS horror as he explores the mysterious disappearance of his father. Official selection of Slamdance 2016.
Viva Video
16 Lancaster Ave.
Ardmore, PA 19003
The Official Poster for VHS MASSACRE from Troma Entertainment. Are you watching it, or is IT watching YOU? The eyeball. Yeah, man.
Here’s the official trailer if you’d like a closer look at what the film has to offer: LUNCHMEAT will be on hand to intro the film and will also be hangin’ loose in the back during the screening with a table chock full all of the rewind-inclined LM wares along with a few home video selections available for purchase or trade! We’ll bring some groovy VHStuff, man! I also hear there will be snacks, so that rules. You gotta have snacks, man. Always. See you there, Tapeheads!!Groove and Groove and I Try Not to Think About Dying Too Much.
Josh Schafer