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CITY OF THE DREAM DEMONS Comes to Limited Edition Deluxe VHS via New Wave Independent Pictures / Retrosploitation! Click for Trailer and Full Details on the Release!

CITY OF THE DREAM DEMONS Comes to Limited Edition Deluxe VHS via New Wave Independent Pictures / Retrosploitation! Click for Trailer and Full Details on the Release!

The Teenage Videovore Johnny Dickie is likely to have already invaded your VCR with his 2012 VHS-centric, low-budget trashterpiece Slaughter Tales, and now, thanks to the rewind-inclined crew at Australia-based indie film distro New Wave Independent Pictures, Dickie’s punk rock, gore-soaked neon nightmare City of the Dream Demons is ready to unleash a flood of sludge, slime, gore and grime all over a VCR near you! We were able to catch up with NWIP main brain John Klyza and extract all the drippy details about their release of CotDD, which is now available on DVD (if you’re into that sort...

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Japan-Based Company FUNAI ELECTRONICS Will Stop Making VCRs at the End of July! Thoughts Moving Forward!

Japan-Based Company FUNAI ELECTRONICS Will Stop Making VCRs at the End of July! Thoughts Moving Forward!

Staunch fans of our favorite analog format were met with some historically heartbreaking news yesterday, as confirmed by a Mental Floss UK article. Japan-based consumer electronics company Funai Electric has announced that at the end of this month, they will discontinue manufacturing their VCR units (which were produced in China) due to decline in demand and difficulty finding parts for the machines. At the highest point in their 30-year VCR-making history, Funai (which is known to us here in the States as the brand Sanyo among others) was selling around 15 million VCR units per year, but most recently, their...

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VHS Playing Card Decks are Coming, Tapeheads! Contribute to the Kickstarter and Score a Deck for Yourself! All the Info, Campaign Link and Images!

VHS Playing Card Decks are Coming, Tapeheads! Contribute to the Kickstarter and Score a Deck for Yourself! All the Info, Campaign Link and Images!

With the rolling resurgence of our favorite format, the almighty VHS has continued to inspire an impressive array of analog-inclined creations such as VHS stash boxes, an avalanche of pins and patches, radical apparel and even a hand-carved VHS coffee table! But rewind-inclined entrepreneur Steven M. Guistolise and his company Collectable Playing Cards are in stride to bring a new VHS-driven project to the table. They’re currently running a Kickstarter campaign asking for assistance in the production of some absolutely radical and retro-soaked VHS-themed playing cards! Here’s a look at the full concept just below, Videovores…     The full...

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Indie Artist / Filmmaker Calder Greenwood to Release His Short Films L.A. NINJA and HOLOGRAM COP on Limited Edition VHS! Exclusive Interview and Details on How to Grab the Slabs!

Indie Artist / Filmmaker Calder Greenwood to Release His Short Films L.A. NINJA and HOLOGRAM COP on Limited Edition VHS! Exclusive Interview and Details on How to Grab the Slabs!

Calder Greenwood is on a mission. When he’s not copping cardboard from wherever he can to create interactive art installations or crazy-cool movie props, he’s endeavoring to be a one-man force not averse to enlisting help from whoever is willing, out to create the films he insists should exist. Calder has forged ahead with that distinct indie gusto, tossing aside those hard and fast rules of Hollywood and created his first two short films L.A. Ninja and Hologram Cop with the express intention of emulating that authentic video era essence. He wants you to feel as if these were films...

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Learn Some History on the Classic VHS Logo and The Man Who Helped Bring it to Life... Mr. Leo Weisz!

Learn Some History on the Classic VHS Logo and The Man Who Helped Bring it to Life... Mr. Leo Weisz!

It is perhaps the most essential, ubiquitous and largely unconsidered item when it comes to the Videovore world: the classic VHS logo. Admittedly, it’s an easy thing to take for granted. I mean, it’s just about the aesthetic equivalent of a stop sign: it’s a symbol that has definite meaning and function, but is so commonly encountered, that applying any sort of artistic merit doesn’t necessarily come to mind. The only difference is, when we see the VHS symbol, it’s always a go. That’s just a no-brainer.     The Absolute Classic. Man, I love these three little letters.  ...

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