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The Monster Channel Presents: Lunchmeat VHS Rewind Theatre

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (August, 2011) THE MONSTER CHANNEL PRESENTS 80's VHS HORROR 24/7 interactive channel partners with Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine NEW YORK, NY (August, 2011): As part of its “post-beta” relaunch, the world’s first 24/7 interactive horror channel The Monster Channel (www.monsterchannel.tv) will present forgotten 80's VHS horror on a new series called LUNCHMEAT VHS REWIND THEATRE, co-produced with Lunchmeat Magazine (www.lunchmeatvhs.com). The series will feature obscure and esoteric movies from the VHS era of the 1980's, a time where horror films had a bizarre yet passionate and handmade feel about them. The era and format are at the beginning...

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To Pay the Rent, or Buy a Tape. . . That is the Question.

Okay, Videovores. Just when you think you’ve hit the apogee of rabidity for VHS collector culture, an eBay auction warps your reality and brings the subculture to an entirely new level. Those of you who regularly tune into our blog will remember an interview with VHS collector and preservationist Earl Kessler. Inside the interview we talked about his purchase of Chester N. Turner’s trashterpiece Tales from the Quadead Zone for a whopping $660. Well, if you think that’s full-blown adoration and dedication, we present to you a case where a nameless and evidently affluent Videovore just handed over $749.99 for...

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Camp Motion Pictures says: DO go in THE BASEMENT

I am such a horror nerd. Last year to commemorate their 300th issue, Fangoria put out a list of 300 lesser seen horror flicks for the serious fan. I have seen all of ‘em except two. I’ve spent the last ten years watching every “classic” horror flick as well as whatever all the new flicks that have come out. Recently though I’ve become burnt out on the genre. I can’t even look at new zombie flicks anymore. I dunno what it is. All of a sudden my urge for gore has been replaced with watching hidden gems in other genres....

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Pulp Mill Presents: Golden Age Ads Week #3 You can solve the mystery!

There are a few sweeping categories that make up about 90% of pulp magazine ads: brand name products, smaller independent products, and then “start a new career” ads. The latter category is generally not all that interesting. Its basically the same type of thing you’ll see in a modern day ad for an online college: become an accountant, become a mechanic, an engineer, a lawyer, etc, etc, blah blah blah. Its all very dull and suburban, with the exception of the spots advertising a career as a detective! If only my childhood had been filled with such encouraging ads then...

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Your Key to Classic Mysteries: Key Video’s Early Approach to Sherlock Holmes & Charlie Chan

So this past Christmas my younger brother, feeling the strain that the economic crisis has placed on most recently graduated art majors, decided to go for the budget approach. The budget approach in this case meant giving me something he had literally found in the garbage. Luckily for me, my brother is very attuned to my passions and interests, and luckily for him, I do not have very expensive taste. The gift was a heaping box of VHS tapes that he had recovered from the dump. There were somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 tapes, nothing too spectacularly rare or...

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