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Most any certifiable Videovore will readily admit that nostalgia is a major player when it comes to their affection for slabs of analog amazement. Our collective video era memories will attest to the notion that there’s just nothing quite like the experience of roaming through those stacks and racks of video excess featuring an arsenal of too groovy video covers leering out at you, offering an assortment of arresting images, titillating titles and the distinct aesthetic allure that only VHS can capture. And for the past couple of years now our fellow video era enthusiast Eric Plouffe has been sharing...

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Season’s Meatings, Videovores! It’s that time of the year when slay bells are wringing and axe grinders are singing… and bad Christmas puns abound, as if there were no better words worth slinging! And after you’ve ripped the paper flesh from your gifts aplenty, and you realize your credit cards are maxed out from too much spending, there sits your VCR patiently waiting... for fresh VHS flesh to chew in order to make the season bright, illuminating your face with awe and with fright... to bring you yuletide evenings full of strange seasonal cinematic delights! Well, that’s just about what...

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Born and bred analog addicts and perpetual proponents of the physical media experience, the Videovores turned vinyl entrepreneurs Tom RedRum and Mike Paine are just about ready to unleash yet another analog beast for Chester N. Turner’s SOV trashterpiece BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL courtesy of their Poisoned Mind Records imprint. Working in conjunction with Massacre Video on this initial release, these dudes have amped up the score even more, revisiting the raw tracks and re-mastering them to create the ultimate BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL aural experience. The limited edition EP is set to be jam-packed with amazing extras...

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One of the most talked about slabs of new VHS flesh to be recently issued is Mondo Video’s clamshell-encased analog edition of the 2012 Franck Khalfoun remake of the indisputable slasher classic MANIAC. The release was met with much anticipation from tapeheads worldwide, and upon its release, sold out 500 limited edition copies quicker than most could have anticipated. And, of course, now that they are officially sold out, we’re seeing a slew of tape flips and trades on sites like eBay and Horror VHS Collectors Unite! due to the beastly nature of supply and demand. And now, in the...

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In my tenure as a Videovore or Cinemaphile or whatever you want to call it, I've always sought out the darker depths of film. That being said, I've seen some serious shit. Recently, I stumbled upon an independent filmmaker named James Bell, who had completed a project that he had been working on for several years. Upon exchanging emails, he sent me a copy of the film and I was taken back. I go into most independent films with low expectations and they're usually met… not everything can be SLAUGHTER TALES. But as rough and shaky as James' film was,...

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