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THRIFT.SHOP.DEAD.DROP Secretly Stashes Experimental Analog Glitch Mixtapes on Thrift Store Shelves with VHStealth! Exclusive Interview with TSDD Main Brain / Visual Artist Mike Rentals!
Mike Reynolds AKA Damn Aykroyd is sort of like a VHSorcerer. He invokes a multitude of magnetic magic and swirls it through a whirlwind of outdated analog equipment creating a mind-bending psychedelic blend of VHS-driven hallucinations harvested from some of the most obscure slabs of black plastic gold you can (and can’t) imagine. The vessel? Seemingly standard home video releases ranging from Critters to Con-Air, Freejack to The Fugitive, from Wayne’s World to Willow. These entertaining but not-so-collectible common tapes silently sit in stealth on the shelf, just waiting for a Tapehead (who could be tipped off by following the...
Cinedelphia Film Festival Presents Philadelphia Premiere of Troma Documentary VHS MASSACRE at Real Live Rental Store Viva Video!! FREE SCREENING!!
Heads up to all of the Philadelphia area Tapeheads and other proponents of physical media! The Cinedelphia Film Festival will be presenting the Kenneth Powell and Thomas Edward Seymour documentary VHS MASSACRE: Cult Film and the Decline of Physical Media on April, 2nd at Viva Video in the Philly suburb of Ardmore, PA. Admission is totally FREE, and honestly, Tapeheads, Viva Video is one mega-radical rental store that STILL rents an amazing selection of VHS that you just gotta VHSee to believe. Yes, they rule. Hard. Read on for the official details taken from the event page on Facebook: Cinedelphia...
The LUNCHMEAT – REWIND OR DIE! Shirt is Back, Tapeheads! Exclusively Available Via Media Crypt!
Some of you Videovores out there may remember these radical threads (featuring an original illustration from Sick Slice Cinema main brain Hayden Hall) originally released via a Limited Edition TeeSpring campaign last year from your fellow Analog-Inclined Party Animals here in Lunchmeat Land. Because of the transient nature of TeeSpring’s platform, some Tapeheads missed out on these and voiced that they wanted to see this design back in action. Well, wait no more, man! LUNCHMEAT has teamed up with the groovy dudes at MEDIA CRYPT to re-animate the “Rewind or Die Party Time” design exclusively available through MEDIA CRYPT’S Big...
UNEARTHED FILMS Offers Limited Edition VHS for the Surreal and Experimental Phil Stevens Horror Film FLOWERS!!
Here’s some fresh VHS news from the folks over at Unearthed Films, Tapeheads! The grotesquely surreal and gore-soaked experimental indie horror film FLOWERS from director Phil Stevens has now been unleashed on fresh VHS in a Limited Edition of 50 copies available via the Official Unearthed site. Housed in a large clamshell with full-color artwork, each edition also comes signed and hand-numbered by the director. For the uninitiated, here’s a look at the description, written by Stevens himself: An abstract, surreal horror film centering around six dead women waking up in the crawl space below their killer's house only to...
SEVERED Short Film Night & Horror VHS Collectors Unite Convention Happens on Saturday, May 28th 2016!! Read on for Short Film Submission, Vendor Table and Ticket Info!!
It’s approaching quicker than you think, my fellow Videovores! In just about 2 months, the most rewind radical VHS-lovin’ event on the East Coast will be set to VHSwing open its doors and attract Tapeheads from across the analog-inclined landscape. This year’s SEVERED will be held on Saturday, May 28th at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, PA and will offer the 7th Annual Short Film Night along with the 5th Annual Horror VHS Collectors Unite! Convention all under one roof, man! Doors open at Noon! You can CLICK HERE for all the info, vendor table and ticket purchases! The main...