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The majority of the more attentive and voracious Videovores out there are rightly familiar with the exemplary aesthetics and hence undeniable VHSexiness of the much loved releasing label Midnight Video. Their extremely attractive packaging paired with their inclination for outstanding low-budget exploitation releases, which include the outrageous Andy Milligan classics Bloodthirsty Butchers and Torture Dungeon, some choice H.G. Lewis films, as well as Lunchmeat favorite Microwave Massacre, make them an object of affection for many a VHS collector, indeed. Another notable aspect of this label, is their iconic logo: a rather dapper skeleton fellow sporting a top hat encircled by...

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The fresh VHS movement isn’t just for indie film efforts and radical cult cinema re-animations anymore, Tapeheads! Analog-inclined aural-driven outfit Lighten Up Sounds and the spiritually psychedelic music video release of IASOS from Astro Nautico are exemplary when it comes to committing fringe music to limited edition videocassette. Even us Videovores here Lunchmeat Land have endeavored to serve up music-driven magnetic magic from Sweden’s VIDEOGRAM and new wave nihilists TUFF TURF. And now, an artist known as Pepsiman (styled as lペプシマンl) is ready to present a piece of the burgeoning vaporwave world on Limited Edition VHS with his newest album...

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Books centered on VHS and video store interest have established a notable presence over the past few years, with titles like Portable Grindhouse, VHS: Absurd, Odd and Ridiculous Relics from the Videotape Era, Thomas Hodge’s VHS Video Cover Art and the scholarly slab from author Daniel Herbert Videoland making their way to Tapeheads’ shelves. As for original fiction featuring aspects of video rental and VHS affection, however, those types of stories are seemingly few and far between. Though there is Andrew Bonazelli’s DtV (which also came packaged in a VHS clamshell) along with the upcoming release from Past Midnight Publishing...

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VHS-driven television (or more accurately described as rewind-inclined web series’) are starting to crop up across the limitless landscape of the world weird web, Tapeheads. Shows like the exceedingly cool and fantastically fun VH ED The Undead VHS which features a groovy character design that fans of Wake Rattle and Roll will instantly adore, and the recently debuted LUNCHMEAT / SICK SLICE CINEMA production Luther’s MidFright Snack are both oozing with that affection for our favorite analog medium. But with his upcoming series Video Hoarders, Aussie filmmaker Rob Taylor is bringing the home video collecting hobby to the forefront, aiming...

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Here in Lunchmeat Land, we’re known as perpetual proponents of fervently rummaging through the rewind wild in search of various video era treasures. And though we’ve heard the cries of rewind-inclined woe that have been echoing through the collector community claiming that the VHS well is rapidly running dry, we here at Lunchmeat steadfastly believe there’s still plenty of groovy video era goodies and sick nasty slabs to be mined from them thar home video hills, man, and the following find is living proof, Tapeheads. Today we turn Lunchmeat Land over to fellow Videovore Justin Prescott as he spins the...

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