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Have you hugged your Video Store Proprietor today? INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE DAY is reason to! Dig it, Tapeheads!

Since the glory of International Independent Video Store Day is upon us, I wanted to share with you Videovores out there an exclusive interview with the main brain behind the creation of this most excellent celebration of hard media appreciation. And don’t forget: after you read this interview, be sure to grab a sixer of your favorite adult beverage, break out the bodacious nachos and profusion of gummy snacks and fire up that VCR to immerse yourself in the joy of an army of analog escapes. And if you’re lucky enough to still have an independent video store within proximity,...

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10 VHS That Made Me the Videovore I am Today featuring Steve Kain and the legacy of Bridgeton, NJs Video Vision!

Steve Kain is a guy that I’ve been acquainted with since I was a freshman in high school. We were born and raised in the same out-of-the-way South Jersey town, rode our bikes around the same neighborhoods, and as I’ve come to find out, rented from the same video store as young Videovores. I’ve seen Steve around at some parties in our hometown over the past year or so, and we’ve discovered we share a bond based on our love for obscure films, the VHS format and general weirdness. I think it’s super-rad that we found the majority of VHS...

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Out-of-print and Awesome: Chicago-based GATEKEEPER commits their music to VHS!

On one of my countless travels through the labyrinthine landscape that is the world weird web, I recently stumbled upon the horror-influenced, Chicago-based electronic duo GATEKEEPER. Really, it was the incredibly rad artwork for their album Giza that initially grabbed my attention (see below); but after listening to a few tracks and poking around through their history, I found that they not only have an affinity for horror movie scoring of yore and bring it hard with their sound, but they’ve also unleashed a super-groovy VHS tape featuring a collection of their videos. But before we delve into that slice...

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Indie documentary CHUCK NORRIS VS COMMUNISM shows that the Hammer and Sickle was no match for the VCR!

In the 1980s, the Romanian people were under the rule of an unbelievably harsh regime which removed any form of entertainment or sense of personal freedom from their lives. But through an incredible underground circuit of pirated VHS tapes, select Romanians were able to find a viable mode of escape. It enabled them to extract themselves from a decidedly hapless situation, if only for a runtime of an hour and some change. The team of a man named Zamfir and his translator colleague Irina Nistor were instrumental in establishing this clandestine distribution of bootleg analog treasures. Their operation was illegal,...

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Warlock Home Video is keeping the SOV and DIY dream in focus with SEXQUATCH!

When it comes to preserving the essence of shot-on-video filmmaking, Chris Seaver is a true champion. He’s been crafting his own army of low-budget trashterpieces for over 20 years now, and has recently been recognized by The Buffalo Screams Horror Film Fest, receiving the honor of their Genre Spirit Award which is bestowed on individuals who exemplify the soul of genre filmmaking. Throughout his film career, Chris has also established two releasing entities to help spread his nostalgia-driven, fun-loving works of cinema: the long-running, but now defunct Low Budget Pictures and the Phoenix that has risen from LBP’s ashes, and...

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