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Pulp Mill Presents: Golden Age Ads: Week 1 - Sexy Women & Secret Libraries

Primarily, I love the sci-fi pulps of the 40's and 50's for the same reason I am passionate about VHS horror: the secret history of the genre. These volumes are full of the stories that didn’t make the cut at becoming classics and have since drifted into obscurity, but undoubtedly, for better or worse, shaped the future of the genre in very real and tangible ways. An added bonus, however, is the treasure trove of advertisements that accompany these stories from which we can learn quite a bit about the time and context in which they were published, as well...

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The (Mis)Adventures of a VHS Hunter

It all started two years ago . . . I was visiting family in the great state of Oregon and the local Mom & Pop video store closed. They were selling off all of their DVDs and VHS tapes. Even though I was out of work and money was an issue, I couldn’t help myself. I stepped in the door, died, and found VHS heaven! I had no idea they had so many cool flicks! Of course they didn’t . . . See there’s a company based in Vancouver, WA called Movie Movers. They have two stores in Vancouver and...

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An Arm and a Leg - The Cost of Serious VHS Collecting

Recent events on eBay have solidified the notion that VHS fandom and collecting have been kicked up to an entirely new level. For the past few years, prices of tapes have been sending shocks and awes throughout the VHS collector community, undoubtedly inspiring grunts of chagrin and disbelief to some of the avid aficionados of video. Tapes such as The People Who Own the Dark, Last House on Dead End Street,(both on the Sun Video label), Screams of a Winter Night, Snuff and a slew of other obscure gems demand sums that boggle one’s mind, consistently passing the $100 mark...

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RE-ANIMATION STATION: FILM NOIR, BROOKLYN NY

FILM NOIR, BROOKLYN NY 5/19/11, 8:45pm In a small storefront in Greenpoint NY, squeezed into a row of stores off Manhattan Ave (one of the busiest blocks in Brooklyn), sits Film Noir -- a small hometown rental hub for obscure cinema, exploitation, & horror rarities. One of very few "mom & pop" video stores left in the city, Film Noir is still going strong in a struggling economy where big rental chains are throwing in the towel. Lunchmeat sat down with owner, film connoisseur, and movie collector, Will Malitek, to discuss how he keeps the store alive & why he...

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ShockMarathons presents: ShockOctober

You ever wonder who would have the cojones to tackle twenty-three movies in forty-eight hours? Well, that would be Matt Farley, Charles Roxburgh and Thomas Scalzo: three ardent cinephiles with a penchant for low-budget glory on the VHS format. And not only did they survive this decidedly adventurous and potentially hazardous feat, but they also managed to write a book about the entire experience. First, a little history on this clan of awesome videovores: ShockMarathons was created by these three fine gentlemen after meeting at Providence College and deciding to begin what has become an intense movie marathon tradition. Since...

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