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GROOVY GRAVEYARD Presents the VHS MELTDOWN FEST this Saturday, Sept 3rd 2016! Click for an Interview with Head of the Graveyard Eric Krause and all the Event Details!
The steady stream of VHS-driven events continues to flow with another totally radical VHS fest happening this upcoming weekend, taking place right next to the VHSandy shores of Asbury Park, NJ. Video Meltdown (aka VHS Meltdown) is kicking off on September, 3rd 2016 at Groovy Graveyard, running from 10am – 9pm (with the possibility of extending it to the next day!). You can get all the essential info on the official event page, but to get a little more insight on the assortment of analog that will be up for grabs at the event, Lunchmeat caught up with the caretaker...
ROCK BOTTOM VIDEO Celebrates the Analog Way and Brings Their Bigfoot B-Flick THE BIG F to VHS Accompanied by the Slasher Dave Soundtrack on Audio Cassette! DIG IT!
We’ve got some radical fresh VHS news for all you fans of bonkers Bigfoot B-movies and outrageous Sasquatchsploitation, man! The groovy indie filmmaking crew over at Rock Bottom Video has recently released their newest flick THE BIG F on limited edition VHS, accompanied by a limited release of the soundtrack (crafted by the retro-aural ace Slasher Dave) on audio cassette! Analog all the way, baby! So what's it all about? Good question, Tapeheads. THE BIG F is a comedy-horror-sasquatchploitation flick that spins the tale of a beastly Bigfoot terrorizing a group of people in a Cul-de-Sac on Valentine's Day night....
THE SWAPPING DEAD Pt. 5 VHS Swap Happens Sunday, August 28th in Seattle, WA at the One and Only SCARECROW VIDEO! Click for Details, Videovores!
Independently organized VHS swaps and screenings seem to be spreading like rewind-inclined wildfire, Tapeheads. Events like the annual Severed Horror VHS Collector’s Unite convention, Lo-Fi Video’s Buy or Die VHSwaps in L.A., the influence of Tape Eaters in the mid-west, and most recently, the Night of 1000 VHS hosted by Horror Boobs in Brooklyn, all indicate exciting and important times for modern day tape trading and VHS collecting culture. Cue the Pacific Northwest’s answer to the burgeoning presence of tape swap and VHS-centric events: THE SWAPPING DEAD. Come Sunday August 28th, the SD crew will be launching their 5th installment...
UK-Based VHS Documentary VHS FOREVER? PSYCHOTRONIC PEOPLE Offers Low-Priced 80s-Inspired “Sell-Through Edition” VHS! Now Available for a Limited Time!
UK-based VHS collecting offers a decidedly different historical scope both past and present, e.g. the Video Nasty controversy and recent VHS value misrepresentation, and if you’re looking for an insightful, lovingly-built window into VHS culture across the pond, Darren J. Perry and Mark Williams’ VHS FOREVER? PSYCHOTRONIC PEOPLE documentary offers just that. We originally interviewed both filmmakers here in Lunchmeat Land just about a year ago, so if you’re unaware of their rewind-inclined work, you can bone up right here. It’s essential Videovore viewing indeed, man. The VFPP crew originally released a PAL VHS limited to 200 copies (with only...
The Complete List of Horror, Cult and Exploitation VHS Tapes Being Preserved at Yale Library! Click to View it, Tapeheads!
Beyond doubt, the acquisition and preservation of nearly 3000 horror and cult VHS tapes by Yale Library is one of the most significant, exciting and historical events to occur within the VHS collector culture sphere since the beginning of the rewind-inclined resurgence. The Herculean efforts of former Kaplanoff Librarian and VHS physical media enthusiast David J. Gary and his partner Aaron Pratt to help preserve a small portion this particularly loved subset of home video entertainment hasn’t gone unnoticed by major media outlets (both in business and mass fashions), and of course here in Lunchmeat Land, we’ve absolutely championed and...