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Clawing up from the desolate depths of despair comes WRISTS: a pulsating, tenebrous wave of electro-goth industrial noise with latent blackened tendencies. DEAD FRIENDS / EX LOVERS is a Limited Edition VHS video album offering an immersive audio / visual descent into a wash of disturbing and decadent original imagery melded with experimental composites of B horror movies and vintage medical films, all draped behind WRISTS signature sound. Dark, surreal and unique, WRISTS exudes a stream of avant-garde suffering.     A look at the Limited Edition VHS album DEAD FRIENDS / EX LOVERS from WRISTS. Available HERE.    ...

One of the most exciting and highly anticipated VHS-driven events of the year is nearly here, Tapeheads! In just about 30 days and 30 nights, on the weekend of July 7th, 8th , and 9th at The Mahoning Drive-In Theatre in Lehighton, PA, the first-ever Drive-In VHS Fest will be rockin’, rollin’, and ready to boogie-woogie on your brain! LUNCHMEAT is proud to partner with the rewind-inclined crew at Mahoning Drive-In Theater to bring you a most excellent weekend of absolute VHS madness projected on the big, big screen! The main movie line-up will include an array of shot-on-video and...

The radical world of custom VHS casings is expanding at an eye-popping rate. Just take a peek at the #spoolswap hashtag on Instagram, and you’ll be able to soak in a spectrum of custom color-coordinated and blood-spattered tapes from Videovores of all inclinations and tastes. Yes, the more creatively-inclined VHS’ers are using that tried and true spool swap technique to switch and ditch those standard black slabs in exchange for a colorfully custom casing to house their favorite reels of magnetic magic, and it totally rules.   Take for instance, this here Leprechaun 3 gold and green custom composite shell,...

One of the most anticipated rewind-inclined events of the year is rapidly approaching, Tapeheads! This coming Memorial Day weekend, on Saturday May 27th starting at 12noon in Stroudsburg, PA at the Sherman Theater, it’s the 8th annual SEVERED Short Film Festival and 6th annual Horror VHS Collectors Unite! Convention! For 6 years running, SEVERED has proven to be one of the premiere gatherings for Tapeheads, Videovores and fervent fans of underground cinema! Along with the all the fantastic film festivities, there will be a ton of VHS-vindicating vendors on-hand slingin’ slabs of magnetic magic spanning the scope of cinema, with...

Using a special kind of analog alchemy, Viper Video aims to capture the raw spirit of live punk. This little label has been on a relentless mission over the past few years, releasing a total of 26 tapes to date. The label is run by Adam Papagan, who observant Videovores might remember from the last time we caught up with him on this VHS-obsessed slice of internet, but if you’re new to Viper’s video output, the thing to know about Papagan is that he is just as passionate about analog video as he is about punk rock, and he has...