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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...

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...

Hey-yo, Tapeheads! We’re ready to unleash all the gory details for VHS FEST 6...66! That's right! It's gonna be one hell of a rewind-radical time! You can bet your VCR on that! VHS FEST 666 presses play on JULY 8th and 9th, 2022 at MAHONING DRIVE-IN THEATER in Lehighton, PA! Gates open each day at 4pm (come early for some hellacious pre-fest fun!), explore the 40+ vendors, meet fellow Tapeheads and rewind-inclined peeps and LET’S PARTY! Movies begin at VHSundown! TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR BOTH NIGHTS! Grab them HERE! Read on for the full line-up and show details! We can’t wait to...

By Josh Schafer / Ted Gilbert   On April 13th, 2022 legendary filmmaker, composer, and genre favorite John Carpenter announced he was selling off his entire VHS collection. The news was met with an abundance of awe and wild enthusiasm, and the limited number of 10-tape mystery boxes (which also came with a signed photo of Carpenter) were VHSnatched up like everyone was in fast forward. Even with an $80 price tag, it's easy to imagine why this sale caused such a fervent stir; few figures are as universally admired by horror and sci-fi collectors far and wide, and it's...

By Josh Schafer   If you’ve recently been VHScrolling through our Instagram feed (@LunchmeatVHS), chances are you caught an eyeful of a radical, rare, and ultimately curious VHS era gadget: the Trisonic Manual VHS Rewinder.     After the response on the rewind-inclined web, we decided to create a video taking a closer look at this curious VHS era gadget with thoughts on its intended use and answering the question: how long does it actually take to rewind a tape with this weird and wonderful thing?   Check out the full video below and let us know what you think,...