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Lighten Up Sounds Unleashes a Limited Edition VHS of THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI with a New Original Score Created by Experimental Outfit BRUTE HEART!

Fans of the 1920 German horror classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari are indeed apt to get excited about this little morsel of fresh VHS news from analog-obsessed experimental / noise label Lighten Up Sounds. LUS has teamed up with experimental psych / noise / rock group Brute Heart out of Minneapolis to release the silent black and white expressionist classic on Limited Edition VHS set to an original and all-new soundtrack crafted by Minnesota's Brute Heart. The Lighten Up Sounds Limited Edition VHS of THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI featuring a new score by Brute Heart. VHSexy, indeed. Here’s...

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ROTTEN RENTALS Offers a KRAMPUS Clamshell VHS Pack Stuffed with Groovy Vintage Goodies and Promo Items from the Flick!

If you’re a frequent visitor to the VHS-obsessed landscape of Lunchmeat Land, you’re sure to recall a recent feature on modern day movies receiving the retro VHS treatment where films such MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Spike Jonze’s HER and ONLY GOD FORGIVES were transformed into fantasy video tapes much to the visual pleasure of Videovores everywhere. At the end of that piece, we sent out a small rewind wish to see the newest holiday horror hit KRAMPUS done up in analog aesthetics with hopes of seeing it spill from the top of our VHStocking on Christmas morn. It seems that...

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PATTILAPEL.com Remembers Video Store Glory with their PLEASE REWIND Limited Edition Lapel Pin featuring a Blockbuster Video Rental for The Burbs! PLUS, Pizza Press Soon Offers a Classic BE KIND, REWIND Smiley Face Pin!

We’ve got a couple more VHStocking stuffers for the all those Videovores on your list this year! This first piece comes from an outfit called Patti Lapel (I see what you did there, and I can dig it), and it celebrates one of the most iconic video stores of all-time in former rental fashion. Yeah, that’s right, Tapeheads: Patti Lapel and crew have finally found that copy of The Burbs you never returned and transformed that bad boy into a limited edition enamel pin! The likeness is just too groovy, Tapeheads. And the fact that it's THE BURBS? VHS IS...

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TRASHMONGER VIDEO Rings in the Christmas VHSpirit with a Limited Edition VHS Release of Their Shot On Video Holiday Special THE TRASHMONGER CHRISTMAS TALENT SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA!

We’ve got another slice of exclusive and exciting holiday-oriented fresh VHS news for you, Tapeheads, and it’s apt to bring your VCR a heaping helping of insano analog warmth and magnetic merriment to help make your holiday VHSeason most excellent, indeed! Those shot-on-video heroes over at Trashmonger Video HQ have assembled a most mind-bending musical holiday tape treat for all the Videovores out there with their newest release THE TRASHMONGER CHRISTMAS TALENT SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA! The Limited Edition VHS featuring groovy cover art by resident Trashmonger designer, actor and co-founder Ben Kepley. VHSanta Approves, dude. Yes, my fellow Videovores, this hand-numbered,...

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Rewind-Inclined Radness: Nerdist.com Shares a Set of Modern Movies Transformed into VHS Tapes!

Nostalgia for the almighty VHS is running high right now, Tapeheads, perhaps higher than ever before, with a revival of appreciation that mirrors the fervent feelings for the format upon its arrival and subsequent home entertainment takeover in the 80s and early 90s. With all of the retrospective praise for its now-missed analog aesthetics and the collective aversion to the ennui caused by endless streaming media outlets, it seems the VHS and it’s often eye-catching, vibrant artwork along with its staunch physicality helps us back to a time when things were simpler, more fun and picking out a movie for...

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