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LO FI VIDEO Prepares to Whip Videovores Into Shape with a Most Radical VHS Re-Issue of LINNEA QUIGLEY’S HORROR WORKOUT with Much More Magnetic Magic to Come! DIG IT!

Enterprising analog aficionado Daniel Del Pozzo and his nascent Lo-Fi Video label are gearing up to whip your VCR into primo VHShape. Fast-forwarding from the bootleg tapes of his teens and entering into the realm of Official rewindable releases, Del Pozzo has already unleashed a most radical (and now sold out) limited edition of the fleshy cult splatterpiece Werewolf in a Woman’s Prison; and now, much to many magnetic munchers delight, Lo-Fi has acquired the rights to Videovore favorite Linnea Quigley’s Horror Workout and is almost ready to bounce that bad boy right back into your VCR replete with a...

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Japanese Releasing Label High Burn Video Unleashes Some Fresh VHS with an Analog Edition of Cult Splatterpiece 555! You Gotta NTSC It to Believe It!

The Tapeheads that are regularly tuned in to this analog obsessed slice of internet are no VHStranger to the multitude of fresh magnetic magic creations that are steadily stacking up next to contemporary Videovore’s VCRs. The vast majority of the fresh VHS incarnations are re-animated here in the States, but of course there are a few analog exceptions to that re-animated rewind rule with titles like A Gun for George from Australian label Celluloid Apocalypse and the radical Uruguayan splatter comedy Achuras 2 getting the analog treatment; and now, Japan-based releasing company High Burn Video is unleashing an analog edition...

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Traveling Tapehead Uncouth Uncovers Real Live Video Rental Stores Along the West Coast with 321 Video and Ya Hots Video! Where is YOUR favorite Rental Store, Videovores? Past or Present! Shout It Out in the Comments!

The wide expanse of the wild offers Videovores many an analog treat. From the people-flooded flea markets to dingy dirt malls, the endless second-hand hubs contain piles of unloved analog glory begging to be picked up and placed back into a VCR with love and care, ready to help Tapeheads unwind with the power of play and rewind. But perhaps the most exciting random roadside encounter is the surprise existence of a still thrivin’ and jivin’ independent video rental shop. They’re a disappearing entity in the world of today, which makes it all the more exciting and interesting to see...

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Veteran Filmmaker Brad Sykes Brings Together Old and New SOV Elite to Create the Throwback Horror Anthology HI-8! Coming Soon to VCR Near You from the VHS Vindicators at Wild Eye Releasing!

After completing his first feature length film while still in high school, writer, director and producer Brad Sykes has kept his analog-charged cinematic drive alive by injecting his creative force into dozens of horror-soaked projects over the span of his fifteen year career. His most recent film endeavor is entitled Hi-8, and with this project Brad has orchestrated a most excellent and heady assembly of OG SOV elite and modern day analog-adoring indie all-stars to create a throwback horror anthology that sincerely adheres to the essence of the low-budget inclinations and those tried and true homegrown movie-making methods. Sykes' film...

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Manor Video Main Brain Jared Rexer Prepares to Inject BLACK METAL VEINS Into Your Decks via Fresh VHS with Lots More Analog Glory in Store!

With humble horror-influenced beginnings in the DIY punk and hardcore scene, Michigan-based Tapehead Jared Rexer has recently crossed over into the realm of fresh VHS, endeavoring to purvey slabs of magnetic magic with his very own analog entity entitled Manor Video. When he's not pounding out some skull-fracturing jams or slammin’ down slabs of pizza and copious cans of Hamm’s, Rexer's keeping mad busy injecting his analog-inclined energy into fostering our favorite format and re-animating chunks of fringe film in order to up the appreciation and distribute some genuine VHS celebration. Read on, my fellow Videovores, and dig the candid...

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