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THE VISUAL HISTORY OF AUDIO/VIDEO PLUS: The Origin of the AVP Logo

The rewind-inclined regulars here at Lunchmeat are well aware that the preservation of home video history and culture is the main objective in our overall mission. So, when Video Sanctum main-brain Benny Junko approached us with the intention of using our channel as a platform to share the hidden yet impossibly complete history of Audio/Video Plus, we were all aboard, dude. But first, a bit of information and contextualization is in order, just to get everyone up to VHSpeed. The AVP Storefront, now vacant, after many years of video excellence. Photo by Jack Lawrence. Established in...

KILLER TAPES AND SHATTERED SCREENS Brings a Week of Home Video-Driven Screenings to Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers for the Last Week of January 2018!

Rewind-inclined minds residing in Yonkers, NY and VHSurounding areas are in for a special set of home video-driven screenings throughout the last week of January courtesy of Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers and the combined programming inclinations of two avid video aficionados Justin LaLiberty and Caetlin Benson-Allott. Running from January 24th until January 31st, KILLER TAPES AND SHATTERED SCREENS is a screening series based on Benson-Allott’s book of the same name, aiming to celebrate and inspire conversation about viewer’s (and horror in general’s) relationship to video, in all of its many manifestations. Tickets for all of the events are currently available HERE...

EXCLUSIVE CLIP From PLASTIC MOVIES REWOUND: The Comprehensive Home Video Industry Documentary from Director / Producer Mike Malloy!

The more in-the-know VHS aficionados are likely to be familiar with the name Mike Malloy. Apart from his outstanding work on the documentary Eurocrime: The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the 70s, and his participation in flicks like Samurai Cop 2 and Django Lives, he’s also been making appearances here in Lunchmeat Land since 2013 when he first started the journey to create Plastic Movies Rewound: an episodic documentary that details the sometimes seedy, sometimes incredible, but always entertaining hidden world of the home video industry. Now over the years we’ve seen a flood of VHS-driven documentaries that...

The Vincent Price Estate is Now Auctioning Off VHS Tapes from His Personal Collection via eBay! YES! You Can Own a VHS Tape Taken Straight from the Shelf of Vincent Price!

Here’s some absolutely amazing news for fans of the King of Horror and number one Lunchmeat favorite Vincent Price! Shared directly from the official Vincent Price Facebook page, it looks like the powers that be over at the Vincent Price Estate are currently selling some genuine VHS tapes directly from old Vinny P’s personal collection. You read that right, Videovores: these are ACTUAL home videos straight from VP’s shelf! Sound insane? It is. However, it’s totally true, and you can check out the current eBay auctions by clicking this here hot link (or just searching “Vincent Price Personal VHS” on...

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THE VISUAL HISTORY OF AUDIO/VIDEO PLUS: The Origin of the AVP Logo

KILLER TAPES AND SHATTERED SCREENS Brings a Week of Home Video-Driven Screenings to Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers for the Last Week of January 2018!

EXCLUSIVE CLIP From PLASTIC MOVIES REWOUND: The Comprehensive Home Video Industry Documentary from Director / Producer Mike Malloy!

The Vincent Price Estate is Now Auctioning Off VHS Tapes from His Personal Collection via eBay! YES! You Can Own a VHS Tape Taken Straight from the Shelf of Vincent Price!

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