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Indie documentary CHUCK NORRIS VS COMMUNISM shows that the Hammer and Sickle was no match for the VCR!

In the 1980s, the Romanian people were under the rule of an unbelievably harsh regime which removed any form of entertainment or sense of personal freedom from their lives. But through an incredible underground circuit of pirated VHS tapes, select Romanians were able to find a viable mode of escape. It enabled them to extract themselves from a decidedly hapless situation, if only for a runtime of an hour and some change. The team of a man named Zamfir and his translator colleague Irina Nistor were instrumental in establishing this clandestine distribution of bootleg analog treasures. Their operation was illegal,...

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Warlock Home Video is keeping the SOV and DIY dream in focus with SEXQUATCH!

When it comes to preserving the essence of shot-on-video filmmaking, Chris Seaver is a true champion. He’s been crafting his own army of low-budget trashterpieces for over 20 years now, and has recently been recognized by The Buffalo Screams Horror Film Fest, receiving the honor of their Genre Spirit Award which is bestowed on individuals who exemplify the soul of genre filmmaking. Throughout his film career, Chris has also established two releasing entities to help spread his nostalgia-driven, fun-loving works of cinema: the long-running, but now defunct Low Budget Pictures and the Phoenix that has risen from LBP’s ashes, and...

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Museum of Arts and Design VHS retrospective creates an authentic video rental store as Grand Finale! And no late fees! Dig it!

Over the past few months, The Museum of Arts and Design in New York has hosted a nostalgic retrospective on the VHS format. Spearheaded by Matt Desiderio of Horror Boobs and Blood Video along with collaboration with an army of other VHS fanatics including Dan Kinem and Levi “Dabedoo” Peretic from VHShitFest, Mark Freado, Jr. from Spectacle Theater and, of course, yours truly, VHS culture, appreciation and celebration has been abounding within MAD’s walls and spilling out onto the streets as a result. We’ve presented VHS-era films with Q&As, crazy found VHS footage collections, presentations on the impact VHS aesthetics...

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VHS proves the existence of Russian "Baseballists" and their strange black market trades!

On one of my recent video hunting jaunts to a Millville, New Jersey Goodwill, while sifting through a mess of assorted family entertainment and “Big Bucks of the Wild” videos, I happened upon an intriguing little flick entitled Comrades of Summer. The cover struck me not only because it was apparently about a Russian baseball team (?!), but it appeared that the versatile and always solid Joe Mantegna (Airheads, The Money Pit), was playing the lead. Being the Mantegna fan that I am, and also because I've inherently been an avid watcher of all types of baseball flicks e.g. Bad...

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Groovy Analog Appreciation invades ArtScape in Baltimore with VHS/VIP!

Just a couple of weekends ago (July 20th-22nd, 2012), I had the extreme pleasure of groovin’ my caboose on down to Baltimore, MD to assemble with the incredible creative cadre that is the nation’s largest free arts festival: ArtScape! I collaborated with local Baltimore filmmaker Chris LaMartina (along with some help from Rob Hatch from 48-Hour Film Fest!) and together we unleashed some unbridled VHS appreciation and celebration on the hundred thousand some-odd folks who dared journey through the sprawling array of installations and creations. The front of VHS/VIP! Check out those huge VHS covers! Mega-groovy! Our installation was deemed...

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