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CAMP MOTION PICTURES AND LUNCHMEAT MAGAZINE CELEBRATES THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF VIDEO VIOLENCE WITH the VIDEO VIOLENCE DIEHARD VIDEOVORE EDITION!!

And here it is, my fellow tapeheads! It's the official press release from Camp detailing all of the info about the upcoming VIDEO VIOLENCE DIEHARD VIDEOVORE EDITION that I've been cooking up for the past few months. I'm absolutely STOKED about the release of this, and super-happy to finally be able to share the news with everyone! Read on through for a bunch of details about it and sneak peeks at the brand new artwork from Michael Parsons and Earl Kess! DIG IT! April 8, 2013 New York, NY – Independent home entertainment company Camp Motion Pictures, in conjunction with...

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Internet Giant YouTube employs a "Tape Mode" for videos to celebrate 57 years of magnetic tape magic!

Yes, indeedy, my fellow Videvores. It seems like the analog fever is spreading like we could have never imagined. Apparently even Google-owned internet giant YouTube is giving some attention to our favorite format in celebration of the 57th anniversary year of the release of the Ampex VRX-1000, the world's very first commercially successful videotape recorder, released in 1956. Well, gentlemen... It WORKS! Now... how the heck are we gonna get this thing to my living room? As insane and backwards as it might seem, YouTube is now giving their millions of video-craving visitors a chance to experience some analog age...

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Director Mike Malloy conjures up PLASTIC MOVIES REWOUND and sends excitement through the Videovore community as it looks to be the most expansive study on the Video Boom of the 80s yet! DIG IT.

The resurgence of VHS interest, appreciation and celebration is now in full swing. There’s been a thrilling influx of activity going on in the Videovore community with a plethora of VHS-oriented events, new home video releases from an impressive array of labels, new DIY zines and blogs focusing on our favorite format, and now, there’s a veritable army of VHS-crazed documentaries assembling to create what could very well round out to be the full vision and definitive history of the video era. Rewind This! is looking at how the VHS tape completely changed the face of the planet, Adjust Your...

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The Wizard Video Re-Issues Fake? Video Evidence Says "Yes!" and Charles Band Speaks out with his Rebuttal!

Ignited nearly 3 months ago, the burning controversy persists about Charles Band’s Wizard Video big box re-issues. And now, with VHSCollector.com’s Paul Zamarelli creating a fervent and highly detailed video in an attempt to debunk the authenticity of the boxes, the debate has now been brought back to the forefront of the Videvore community bringing about a split of opinions. Chris Alexander, former Rue Morgue contributor and now Fangoria Ed-in-Chief, took the initiative to contact Band about the entire ordeal, and consequently, we now are exposed to Band’s rebuttal to all of the accusations of fraud: Clickity-click the image to...

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DEATHERMAN invades your VCR and dares you to love the lousy with a dose of old-school SOV schlocky goodness!

Armed with an RCA Home Video Camera and a lifetime of low-budget movie making, director Bobby Keller has recently completed his SOV-era throwback trashterpiece DEATHERMAN. Committed exclusively to the VHS format and done up completely DIY, DEATHERMAN is the kind of film that wants you to think it’s schlocky, hokey and a bit undercooked... and have a blast the entire time. Keller revels in the so-bad-it’s-awesome state of mind, and with his newest effort invites all the Videovores out there to hunker down, kick back and frolic in the shot-on-video slop. The forecast is looking funny with a chance of...

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