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80s Action, ASOBI Productions, Calder Greenwood, Category_Collecting, Category_Groovy Stuff, Category_VHS, Category_Weirdness, Hologram Cop, L.A. Ninja, new VHS, The Cardboard Artist, VHS - June 29, 2016

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...

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. ...

Celluloid Apocalypse Offers Mike Malloy Documentary EUROCRIME! on Limited Edition PAL VHS with a Load of Radical Extras!

Mike Malloy may already be a name that’s flashed before your eyes for a number of reasons, including his writings on VHS collector label favorite Raedon Home Video, his continued work on the documentary PLASTIC MOVIES REWOUND which is endeavoring to define the complete history of the home video industry, or perhaps most recently, the release of his outstanding full-length documentary on the crime / gangster films that streaked across Europe during the 70s entitled EUROCRIME! THE ITALIAN COP AND GANGSTER FILMS THAT RULED THE 70’s. Tapeheads should be tickled to learn that EUROCRIME! has just dropped on fresh VHS...

Shivers Entertainment Re-Animates Obscure Shot-on-Video Canadian Horror MASSACRE UP NORTH with a Limited Edition VHS Release!!

Lovers of obscure shot-on-video horror and gore are sure to get VHStoked on this piece of fresh VHS news currently oozing out of a nascent Canadian company by the name of Shivers Entertainment! Owner and operator Brenin Barrow founded Shivers Entertainment with the express intention to rebirth an array of under-appreciated Canadian cinema, with a central focus on the weird and wild side of Canuxploitation. And they’re doing just that with their initial release: a Limited Edition VHS and Deluxe DVD re-issue of the late 90s / 2001 SOV slasher splatterfest MASSACRE UP NORTH, which is currently ready to roll...

Thoughts on Tape Moving Forward: LIBRARY JOURNAL Publishes Updates and Central Overview on the VHS Preservation Project Happening at Yale University!

Most of the more up-to-date and in-the-know Tapeheads are probably familiar with the tremendous VHS preservation project that has been underway for the past year or so over at Yale University, spearheaded by a rewind-inclined academic fellow by the name of David J. Gary with the assistance and support of his colleague Aaron Pratt. If you aren’t clued in on all of this home video history-in-the-making, be sure to check out this complete rundown of the entire project as it was covered here on LM featuring an exclusive and extensive interview with both Gary and Pratt. Be sure to also...

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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!

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

Celluloid Apocalypse Offers Mike Malloy Documentary EUROCRIME! on Limited Edition PAL VHS with a Load of Radical Extras!

Shivers Entertainment Re-Animates Obscure Shot-on-Video Canadian Horror MASSACRE UP NORTH with a Limited Edition VHS Release!!

Thoughts on Tape Moving Forward: LIBRARY JOURNAL Publishes Updates and Central Overview on the VHS Preservation Project Happening at Yale University!

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