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- Videotape, VHS,
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it's the blood line of
movies, the home video market.
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- I think the same
way that vinyls have
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had a resurgence
recently, that I think
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the kind of physical product is
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something that people
kind of miss now.
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- You put it into a VCR, and
it starts winding its tape out,
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and the gears start
going and it's
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makes that sound and you
start to watch a movie
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come alive on your TV screen.
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- I love VHS.
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- VHS had this
grainy, smudgy image
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that kind of added this whole
other layer to the movie.
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The old video transfers
coupled with that
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second generation dub quality
and the low resolution.
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It really gave it a unique feel.
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It's almost like an
old analog color grade.
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You can watch it on
an HD TV and an SD TV
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and it looks the same.
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Plus there were more
titles released on VHS
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than any other format
and a lot of those titles
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are still only available on VHS.
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- I think human beings
by nature respect ritual
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and in the VHS era
there was a ritual
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to watching a movie on VHS.
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You often times had
to go to the store,
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select the movie out
of many, pay for it,
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bring it home, you know
physically take it out of a box,
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and physically put it into the
VCR, and physically hit it.
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There was a multi
step process so that
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by the time you were watching,
I Spit On Your Grave,
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or Deep Rider, or
Earnest Saves Christmas,
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you felt like you'd
earned the privilege
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and the right to do it.
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- I remember just the
classic sort of feel of
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watching the tapes, seeing
all the fuzziness on it,
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knowing that every
time you put it on,
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you don't know when
it's gonna skip or
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go a little bit dodgy.
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I do kind of miss that.
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- Sometimes easiness
isn't better,
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it cheapens the experience.
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You're watching something on VHS
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and this tape itself
that you have cost $70,
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because before they were really
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available on the market to buy,
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to rent something
meant that you were
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being trusted with
something that
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had X amount of
value to it that you
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probably couldn't even
pay if you lost it.
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So you had to be careful.
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Then afterwards you
have to eject it
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and take it back to the store.
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Sometimes before
your parents realized
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you'd actually rented the
thing in the first place.
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I think that just, it
lent a specialness,
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a sacredness to the experience
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that's quite easily lost now.
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- It's like hooking yourself
up to an IV monitor.
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It's seeing something
really move,
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really have a feeling to
it, a tangible feeling to it
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come alive on the TV screen.
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VHS lives, it never dies.
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- I run Film Trauma.
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Film Trauma is a small
video distribution company,
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we specialize in VHS, we also
do DVD and other formats too,
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but primarily VHS.
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- We are sitting inside my
video store, Old School Video.
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We've been open
about two weeks now.
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Business has been pretty
steady the entire time.
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We've been setting up
new memberships every day
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which is always awesome.
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A lot of horror fans
have been coming
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and checking out our horror
wall that we have here.
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I'd say that our top renters
are probably the horror movies
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and the new releases and
kids and family films.
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We kind of cater to
two different crowds.
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A lot of horror fans come
here for the rare stuff
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that we have and then
there's a lot of the
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local families in the
neighborhood that come
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to get the new releases
and the kids movies.
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It's been a lot of fun really.
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I didn't really
know what to expect
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at the beginning
of doing this but
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it's a lot better
than I anticipated.
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The first few days that we
were open we were really busy.
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We had an article that got
published in the local newspaper
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and there was a lot of hype
I think because of that.
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After the first
three or four days
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it kind of died
down a little bit,
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and we kind of sat
back and looked at
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what we had to do
to increase business
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and we changed our
hours and our days
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and things picked right back up
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and we've been pretty
steady everyday.
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I've got a two year lease here,
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so we have at least two
years of doing this.
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Hopefully we stay
successful the entire time
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enough that we can continue
after the two years
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and keep expanding and keep
adding to the inventory,
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and keep introducing the
world to rented movies.
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- In 2012 I lost my
day job and that wasn't
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really that bad because I was
sick of working retail anyway.
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I felt like I could be
making money for myself
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instead of some big company.
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I wanted to do artistic
stuff for myself
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and in my spare time
I was actually doing
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VHS releases monthly
with a friend.
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That was doing well so I
figured I could do it myself,
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and so I went off and I
started King of the Witches.
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The first couple releases were
mix tapes that I made myself.
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This is the first one, it's
called Party Levitation.
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Doing stuff like this led on to
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people getting in touch with
me to release their films.
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The first one we did was
Emancipation by Ron Decaro.
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So we started catering to the
more extreme horror films.
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We eventually did Mysterious
First Date by Nick Box,
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we did a bunch of
Ryan Nicholson films.
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We went on to do Inner
Depravity which is an extreme
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really infamous
Canadian gore film,
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but I really wanted to
do obscure documentaries
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and stuff from the 80s,
not necessarily horror.
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We did both of the Desperate
Teenage Love Dolls films
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and those did
really well for us.
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That led us to doing
The Godless Bunny
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which is a crazy documentary.
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We did Movie House Massacre.
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Most recently we did
Barney the Blob which is a
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shlucky throwback to 70s films.
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It was kind of like a
wash film from the 90s
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that never got a release.
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So we did it and
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it's become a full
time job fighting with
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the rights holders and
filmmakers for these films.
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I don't even think about
getting a day job anymore.
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- Back in those days
adult titles were
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kept on the top two
shelves of the rental racks
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and so if you went
up to the rack
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and you looked at the movies,
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but if you looked
through the rack and up
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you could see the
backs of the boxes
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of the adult boxes
on the other side,
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and so that was great
until the video store
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owners got wise to it and
started using the bookcases
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or altogether just put
them in different rooms
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like whole separate rooms.
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- Very very late
1970s and early 1980s
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it was pioneered by
the porn industry.
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The adult film industry,
the XXX industry,
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they were the
filmmakers if you will
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that actually first established
that there was a huge
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viable money making
market for their products
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on home video.
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People wanted to see
uncut XXX rated films
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on videotape in the
privacy of their own homes.
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It was after the porn
industry actually established
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that fact that again,
the other non adult film
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distributors actually
jumped on the bandwagon
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and started releasing a lot
of drive in hits initially
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and then yeah, the
bigger studios like
Paramount Home Video
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and Warner Home Video, they
jumped on that bandwagon too
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releasing their films but
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it was actually that
adult film industry
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that launched the home
video market as we know it.
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- So I remember we rented
Return of the Living Dead,
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that was the first time I
had ever seen that movie
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and I remember we
were watching at night
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and right when Linnea Quigley
starts to take off her top
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the dad comes in and goes oh,
oh this isn't appropriate.
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And then he shuts
it off and then
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I never got to
finish it that night,
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but luckily enough
I talked my dad
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into letting me watch
that the next night
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because he had a copy of
it and he was like okay,
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I'll let you watch it.
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- So the first porno
tape I ever saw
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was this movie called
Beverly Hills Copulator
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with Tracy Lords.
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We went to my friends
house after school
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and his parents were gone and
they left the tape in the VCR.
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So of course we watched it
and we watched the whole tape
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and he was convinced he knew
exactly where we came in
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so he rewound it but I
mean he went way passed it.
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His parents came home
and they figured out
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we watched the tape and
they didn't really care
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so we didn't get busted,
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and Tracy Lords hadn't come
out yet as being underage.
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It was still pretty cool.
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- Don't.
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- Don't
look in the basement.
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The makers of Last House
on the Left warn you again
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to avoid fainting,
keep repeating,
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it's only a movie,
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only a movie,
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only a movie.
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The line between sanity
and madness can be crossed
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in a single step
and with this step
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you enter the nightmare
world of terror.
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Judge Caveman, who's earned
self control hides the urge
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to kill.
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Harriet, a mother's love,
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twisted into the
malignant shape of evil.
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The sergeant, living in
the hell of an aimless war,
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fighting a battle within
himself that he lost long ago.
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Alison, in a desperate
need for love,
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an obsession that could
drive her to murder.
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Dan, who's sense of humor
triggers a violent act of
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revenge.
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Doctor Masters, who has her
own idea of the gentle art of
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healing.
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Aunt Charlotte, who left the
world of sanity and security
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only to be trapped in the
nightmare world of madness.
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A nightmare she cannot escape.
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They all met on the day the
insane took over the asylum.
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Don't look in the basement.
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From Hallmark
Releasing Corporation.
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Rated R.
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- The first VHS
tape I bought was
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actually not a VHS tape at
all, it was a Beta tape.
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I had a Sony Beta Max that
I saved my money and bought
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back in 1978 and
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quite literally, that first
movie that I bought on tape
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was Don't Look in the
Basement, a film that was shot
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actually in the early 70s,
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near where I lived at that time.
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Anyway, it played drive ins
and I had seen it at the
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drive in actually a few years
earlier, as a small kid,
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really small.
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When I bought the movie on video
tape, beta tape at the time
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I was upset because when
I watched it I found that
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they had cut all of the more
graphic sequences out like
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the scene where the
young lady inmate
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is grabbed by the
back of the head
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and she's pushed
down or shoved down
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onto this like pointed
letter holder thing
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and it poked in her eye socket.
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I remembered at the drive
in the scene with her
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falling back and this
letter holder or whatever
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you want to call it had like
a nail protruding upwards
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that you place these
papers down on.
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It was gouged into the
eye and there was a scene
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of her lying there with it
protruding from the eye.
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So I bought this movie
and yet all these scenes
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like that were cut
and man I thought
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well this, this
really sucks right?
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And that was kind
of the beginning of
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the video craze for horror.
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Initially it was felt that
I guess by the distributors
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back then that home
audiences didn't necessarily
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really want to see the gore.
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They were still editing
some of the films that,
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or the horror films
at the very least
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that were being initially
released to video tape.
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It wasn't long before
there was an outcry
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from people left to right
horror fans like myself
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letting the
distributors know that
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hey, we want our
gore intact at home.
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- We're sort of in the beginning
stages of the business.
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I think that after
our first year,
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things will be a lot
different here than it is now
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but right now, I'm just
really having a lot of fun
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just getting to know
people and seeing what
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it's like running a business
and opening a video store
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in 2017, I mean that's
pretty much unheard of.
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I just read an article that
there was a video store
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I think in Arizona
that actually closed
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at the same time that we opened.
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So how's that for irony?
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- I think you had to be good
to be a director back then.
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Although there was of
course the studio system
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I feel like a lot of
directors started out
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with small budgets
and they got somewhere
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by doing these movies
that were released on VHS
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and they got out there
where now it's very hard
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because we're in
this digital age
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where you just got a
guy with a computer
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and like a $3,000 camera and
they're doing ridiculous,
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they're creating a lot of flash,
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and that's something
that I think
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is taking away from filmmaking.
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With computers there's
too much flash.
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You go back to the 80s style,
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and like I said
you had to be good,
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you had to have a feel
without the computers.
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That's impossible for
I think even a lot
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of Hollywood directors
now to really do.
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- I think VHS is so
important because
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it was a time when
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once we had VHS and
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you started renting movies and
bringing them home and going
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like the shot on video stuff,
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I could make that, and
so it opened the door
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for a whole bunch of people
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who would've never
made films otherwise.
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Some of them probably
shouldn't have ever made films
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but it opened the door
and the flood gates
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for tons of people who had
wanted to make a movie,
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thought maybe they
could never do it.
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It gave us a whole
slew of new filmmakers.
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- John Carmander comes to mind.
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That's a guy that
creates, or created,
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just a feel.
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Even the music was
just so iconic.
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Camerawork, everything.
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That, again, that
encompasses those VHS,
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that 80s feel.
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It has its own style where
as we talked about like
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newer directors just,
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it's not like their work.
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It's the studio
systems work, you know.
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- The first VHS tapes that
I purchased were probably
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when the sell through market
started to come into play
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where Star Trek Two,
the Wrath of Khan,
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I think that was like $39.95,
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then later Flash Dance,
and then Staying Alive,
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yes, I have really
pathetic weird taste,
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and then of course when
all the titles started
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coming down to reasonable
prices, anywhere from the
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$12 to $20 range,
boy I went crazy,
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but I do remember the
first titles I bought were
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Halloween on the media label
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and then Texas
Chainsaw Massacre,
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and then as stuff
started to release
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I just would buy everything.
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I had a huge VHS collection.
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But before VHS I had
even collected beta.
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As early as 1983, 84,
I was buying stuff like
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Basket Case, and
Pieces on the beta,
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on the original beta releases
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and those were like
$80 a piece so yeah.
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Limited, I was a
dishwasher, in high school.
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But I was a purchaser
of those and of course
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Pieces just saw the Blu
Ray, 4K transfer Blu Ray
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release not too long ago and
it was like $40 for that.
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There I was buying
it 30 years ago for
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$80 and of course, I've
got the Blu Ray as well so,
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the producers of Pieces
should be fairly rich
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if there's more people
out there like me
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who bought it numerous
times on all these
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crazy formats
starting with beta.
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- Jim Towns, also I
believe has contributed
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to this documentary, he
and I met in third grade
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and have been
friends ever since.
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Our first experience with
shooting movies on video,
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I believe was October,
if I remember correctly,
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October 16th, 1987.
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We rented with a guy
we knew, Bob Houg,
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rented a Sony beta movie
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and Bob wanted to make
a Evil Dead sequel
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which we had never seen
any of the Evil Deads
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but after seeing Evil
Dead realized that
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Bob was just reenacting
all of his favorite scenes
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from the first two
Evil Dead movies.
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But we didn't care, it was our
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first journey into filmmaking.
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That Sony beta movie
looked amazing,
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I wish I'd had one of those
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but that was our first
thing and then I think
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we both just were bit by the
filmmaking bug at that point.
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Couple months later, I
scoured the classified
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of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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and found somebody
selling an old VHS camera
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and it was really old,
it was one that had
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two parts, you had to
carry along the VHS deck
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and you had the
camera attached to it
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with a cord, it weighed
about 3,000 pounds,
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the battery lasted
about 15 minutes,
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and then took about
seven hours to charge
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so it was not practical.
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We usually ended up
running an extension cord
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out of the house and
sitting the deck in the
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middle of the yard
and everything
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had to take place
around the deck.
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Panasonic introduces
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a new lightweight video system,
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that's so automatic,
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it works by itself.
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The Panasonic video
camera focuses by itself,
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adjusts for changing
light by itself,
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even works in extreme
low light, all by itself.
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This Panasonic VHS recorder
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connects almost by
itself and plays back
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a jitter free picture in
slow motion and stop motion.
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- Put the DSL hour
away you know?
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Because it's not needed
to make a good movie.
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- My early days of
being a videographer,
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I was a wedding videographer
with the really big cameras
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that sat ginormously
on your arm,
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you had to hold
it all night long,
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and you had to lift
it up to get the shot
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because you always
have to get the shot.
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By the end of the night,
my arm would be dead,
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I could not drive with this arm.
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Granted driving's a
lot with your foot but
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when your car has the
gear shifter on this side,
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it's kind of hard to drive,
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and you hope you're
not stopped by a cop.
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- Big movies but
they're shot now,
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with the equipment
and effects we have,
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yeah, if you put
some grain in them
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they almost look like
something from the 80s.
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Just put the effects.
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People say that all the
time to me as a director,
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they're like how do your movies
look like the fucking 80s?
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Why don't you just use
some depth to field,
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and I'm like fuck you.
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- I think that we're
gonna do really well,
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I think enough time has passed
since Blockbuster has closed
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that it gives the mom
and pop stores a chance
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to breathe again, to try and
give it a second opportunity.
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A lot of people really miss it,
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and people that were my
age renting movies then
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are adults now with
kids and they want to
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have that experience again,
and introduce their children
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to renting movies, and
relive their childhood.
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So it's not only good for them,
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but I mean it's also really
cool for college kids.
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Sort of the new
vinyl, VHS has kind of
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come back in a way,
a lot of movies are
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put out on VHS now, there's
a lot of collecting,
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there's a lot of interest again.
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I think we cater to a
lot of different crowds
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and it's a really
smart time to do it.
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I think we're riding the wave.
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Hopefully we're not
the first one to do it
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in the new era, I'd
like to think that
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maybe we're paving the way that
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if we prove to be
successful that
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other video stores
will take note
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and open up and give
it a chance like I did.
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- I went to the School of
Visual Arts in Manhattan, 1994,
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class of 98, New York City,
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and I would be editing with
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VHS three quarter inch
beta 16 milometer.
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We also shot on high eight
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which was all the rage
when I started working.
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- For video
reliability and performance
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trust VCRs built by Hitachi.
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Look at Hitachi's warranty,
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a full 24 months on
parts at no extra cost
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and double the competition.
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Hitachi precision
engineers the luminar video
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with the latest in extra
durable space age materials.
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00:24:43,525 --> 00:24:45,527
Better engineered,
best warranty.
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Hitachi, science for the senses.
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- Some of my all time
favorite tapes are
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the Film Trauma tapes, the
ones I put out which are
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The Legend of Boggy Creek.
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This is, you know,
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the 1972 classic.
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Comes with a poster
and a lobby card set
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and a cool red label because
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everything should
have a red label.
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What else?
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Dawn of the Dead
on VHS, on special
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red tape, comes with
a bunch of extras.
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Hm, smells like plastic.
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And of course you
can't go wrong with
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another zombie
classic Necro Files.
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This one comes on a green
tape because why not?
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- So showing off some of my
nice picks of my collection.
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I'll start with actually
one of my own films,
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this was more of a recent,
it was 2010 this one.
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This is the original
videotape release I did
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of Easter Bunny Bloodbath.
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This one actually is
quite rare because
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it has an early cut of the film.
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I personally worked to
get this one put out
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on our videotape, we did sales,
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we did 100 copies of this
one, it did sell very well,
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but again this one
is very rare because
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it's an earlier cut of the film.
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Not my favorite cut, I think
we got a definitive one later
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but this one is a
quite rare tape.
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- Scarlet Fry's Horrorama,
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which is the first
movie I ever made.
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Which was actually, I put out
about 60 of these in the 80s
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and there's only one that
I know of that survived
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and it was in
Scarecrow video which
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00:26:32,721 --> 00:26:35,506
now belongs to a
fellow collector.
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But to finally get
like legit distribution
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and they actually did
a really cool package.
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They put a little lobby
card, had me autograph it,
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it came with a poster so.
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How many people could say they
have a poster of themselves
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so that was awesome.
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- It's nice to see the
physical copies of things,
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to have it in your
hand and tangible,
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you could look at the art.
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- VHS for me kicked off
my first ever experience
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was actually in a hotel
in a jungle in Indonesia,
494
00:27:19,420 --> 00:27:22,945
and my parents dragged
me there on holiday.
495
00:27:22,989 --> 00:27:25,295
Really weird place,
like a five star hotel
496
00:27:25,339 --> 00:27:26,688
in the middle of a jungle.
497
00:27:28,734 --> 00:27:32,563
We got to the bar and
there was a Hammer film,
498
00:27:32,607 --> 00:27:34,783
the Seven Golden
Vampires playing there,
499
00:27:34,827 --> 00:27:37,699
I think it was VHS, it
might've been a beta max.
500
00:27:37,743 --> 00:27:39,092
This was like 1980.
501
00:27:40,615 --> 00:27:41,834
- Kind of similar.
502
00:27:42,835 --> 00:27:44,619
You can stick tapes in there.
- Yeah, yeah.
503
00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:46,621
But that was it really,
that's the first time
504
00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:49,232
I'd seen anything that
bloody and extreme
505
00:27:49,276 --> 00:27:54,194
because being a home
video release in 1980
506
00:27:54,237 --> 00:27:55,804
there was no censorship
on it at all.
507
00:27:55,848 --> 00:27:57,980
So it was all the
blood and boobs
508
00:27:58,024 --> 00:28:01,070
and that kind of freaked
me out completely.
509
00:28:01,114 --> 00:28:03,682
My family were attacked by
leeches the next morning
510
00:28:03,725 --> 00:28:06,467
so that kind of
cemented my horror love
511
00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:08,338
at the tender ago of eight.
512
00:28:08,382 --> 00:28:12,734
- I think one of the hardest
parts of collecting these tapes
513
00:28:12,778 --> 00:28:14,954
isn't necessarily
that some of them
514
00:28:14,997 --> 00:28:16,956
are so hard to get ahold of,
515
00:28:16,999 --> 00:28:18,740
it's just trying to
explain to other people
516
00:28:18,784 --> 00:28:21,874
who aren't interested in
it, quite why you do it.
517
00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:26,095
Sometimes I have some of
these tapes turn up at work
518
00:28:26,139 --> 00:28:28,141
and my other work
colleagues will be like
519
00:28:28,184 --> 00:28:31,753
well, why are you
buying VHS tapes still.
520
00:28:31,797 --> 00:28:35,322
It's like well, many after
so, certain types of wine
521
00:28:35,365 --> 00:28:36,802
these ones which are
like pre certificates
522
00:28:36,845 --> 00:28:41,241
and they formed a
list, what list,
523
00:28:41,284 --> 00:28:42,982
and it's like there's a
list by the Department
524
00:28:43,025 --> 00:28:45,636
of Public Prosecutions
that came up
525
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,857
towards the end of 1983, 1984,
526
00:28:48,901 --> 00:28:50,946
certain films can be prosecuted.
527
00:28:53,122 --> 00:28:54,776
Now some of them are really rare
528
00:28:54,820 --> 00:28:57,170
and really hard to get ahold of,
529
00:28:57,213 --> 00:28:59,955
I'm trying to collect all
39 that are on the list.
530
00:28:59,999 --> 00:29:03,089
And it's like why would
you want to do that?
531
00:29:03,132 --> 00:29:04,699
But to me, it's kind of like,
532
00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:06,788
it's the same as antique
collecting really, isn't it?
533
00:29:06,832 --> 00:29:11,227
It's like you're trying
to keep hold of something
534
00:29:11,271 --> 00:29:14,578
which isn't really
available anymore
535
00:29:14,622 --> 00:29:16,885
and it's kind of part
of film history really.
536
00:29:17,843 --> 00:29:22,586
- In about 83, I think
83, beginning of 84
537
00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:25,415
we got our first VHS player.
538
00:29:25,459 --> 00:29:26,895
I don't think it was a
recorder, I think it was just
539
00:29:26,939 --> 00:29:31,117
a player that we had, one
of the big, top loading ones
540
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:32,988
and there was a
couple of shops that
541
00:29:33,032 --> 00:29:34,773
had opened up in
my area and sort of
542
00:29:34,816 --> 00:29:36,862
it was a family,
started getting them out
543
00:29:36,905 --> 00:29:39,038
on Fridays and Saturdays,
and I was allowed
544
00:29:39,081 --> 00:29:42,519
my one choice, and it started
off with fantasy films,
545
00:29:42,563 --> 00:29:46,262
a lot of the Italian
exploitation fantasy films
546
00:29:46,306 --> 00:29:48,830
like Death Stalker type films.
547
00:29:48,874 --> 00:29:50,832
- My brother used to
have to hide his from me,
548
00:29:50,876 --> 00:29:54,618
which was Blockbuster, I
think it was Ritz at the time,
549
00:29:54,662 --> 00:29:56,533
or was it Hollywood Video,
550
00:29:56,577 --> 00:29:58,709
yeah my brother used to go
down and hide them out from me
551
00:29:58,753 --> 00:30:00,015
because I was too young.
552
00:30:00,059 --> 00:30:01,669
Love Barbarian films,
absolutely loved them.
553
00:30:01,712 --> 00:30:04,541
- Again it was like
quite booby as well.
554
00:30:05,716 --> 00:30:06,935
At that age I was
already sort of taking
555
00:30:06,979 --> 00:30:09,155
an interest in
that sort of thing.
556
00:30:09,198 --> 00:30:12,506
But I think the first kind
of really extreme film I saw
557
00:30:12,549 --> 00:30:16,118
was this film that was
called Superstition.
558
00:30:16,162 --> 00:30:20,122
Or The Witch, I think it
ended up on the banned list,
559
00:30:20,166 --> 00:30:21,820
but I saw an uncut copy.
560
00:30:43,885 --> 00:30:46,148
- At Blockbuster
we believe that everyone
561
00:30:46,192 --> 00:30:49,108
should be able to take
home the film they want.
562
00:30:49,151 --> 00:30:51,023
That's why we promise
to have more copies
563
00:30:51,066 --> 00:30:53,373
of the latest films
than ever before,
564
00:30:53,416 --> 00:30:56,376
so you can take home any one
of this week's new releases
565
00:30:56,419 --> 00:30:57,856
or rent it free next time.
566
00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:00,989
Blockbuster, bringing
entertainment home.
567
00:31:03,992 --> 00:31:05,602
- We kind of double
as like a museum
568
00:31:05,646 --> 00:31:07,387
as well as a video rental store
569
00:31:07,430 --> 00:31:09,302
because of our
collection that we have,
570
00:31:09,345 --> 00:31:10,912
all the different
rare horror movies
571
00:31:10,956 --> 00:31:13,915
and things that you just won't
find on Netflix and Hulu,
572
00:31:13,959 --> 00:31:15,134
people come in here for
573
00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:20,704
big box horror movies, stuff
that you've never even heard of
574
00:31:20,748 --> 00:31:22,228
or was only available
in other countries,
575
00:31:22,271 --> 00:31:25,361
you can come and get at our
store for a dollar a day,
576
00:31:25,405 --> 00:31:27,015
I mean nothing beats that.
577
00:31:28,321 --> 00:31:29,931
It's been tough for a lot
of the horror collectors
578
00:31:29,975 --> 00:31:31,846
that come in and they want
to buy all my horror tapes
579
00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:35,023
but if I did that, I wouldn't
have the stuff to offer,
580
00:31:35,067 --> 00:31:37,504
that's kind of what
draws people in for us.
581
00:31:38,853 --> 00:31:40,376
The new releases do really well,
582
00:31:40,420 --> 00:31:41,943
but definitely our bread and
butter is the horror movies.
583
00:31:41,987 --> 00:31:43,989
I mean people have been
coming in from all over
584
00:31:44,032 --> 00:31:46,339
to rent our movies, and
it's been pretty great
585
00:31:46,382 --> 00:31:47,993
meeting a lot of
different horror fans
586
00:31:48,036 --> 00:31:50,212
and hearing that they like
and what they don't like
587
00:31:50,256 --> 00:31:53,128
and just getting to know
a lot of cool new people.
588
00:31:54,347 --> 00:31:57,089
- My dad used to run
a video horror shop
589
00:31:57,132 --> 00:32:00,614
so there's old mom and pop
shops and I lived in one.
590
00:32:00,657 --> 00:32:02,224
It was a side arm
business for him
591
00:32:02,268 --> 00:32:04,792
and he had ordered
classics, he had Howie,
592
00:32:04,835 --> 00:32:07,273
he had Ghoulies, he had Madman,
593
00:32:07,316 --> 00:32:10,102
which are still three films
to this day that freak me out
594
00:32:10,145 --> 00:32:11,407
because he always said
you watch what you want,
595
00:32:11,451 --> 00:32:13,627
but if you have
nightmares don't blame me
596
00:32:13,670 --> 00:32:16,325
and Ghoulies, oh god,
I've got it on DVD now,
597
00:32:16,369 --> 00:32:17,631
and if I watch it,
or look at the cover
598
00:32:17,674 --> 00:32:20,112
going to the toilet I
still have issues with.
599
00:32:20,155 --> 00:32:22,810
It just freaked me out,
absolutely freaked me out.
600
00:32:24,029 --> 00:32:26,727
- Some of my memories though,
I remember that when I was
601
00:32:26,770 --> 00:32:30,774
preteen, between 10
and 13 my mother and I
602
00:32:30,818 --> 00:32:34,996
had this ongoing project
where whatever movie we rent,
603
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,737
we'd record it onto
a blank VHS tape
604
00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:39,305
and I specifically
remember doing it with
605
00:32:39,348 --> 00:32:41,437
The Dead Zone with
Christopher Walken.
606
00:32:41,481 --> 00:32:43,744
I don't remember why I remember
doing it with that movie,
607
00:32:43,787 --> 00:32:45,659
maybe I think I was
sick and I rented it
608
00:32:45,702 --> 00:32:47,139
and watched it several times.
609
00:32:47,182 --> 00:32:51,578
Whatever the reason may
be, that's what I remember
610
00:32:51,621 --> 00:32:54,146
is recording The Dead Zone
onto a blank VHS tape.
611
00:32:55,408 --> 00:32:56,496
- Look at me.
612
00:32:56,539 --> 00:32:58,150
Do you like what you see?
613
00:32:58,193 --> 00:33:02,067
Good, because it's not me,
it's a recording of me.
614
00:33:02,110 --> 00:33:04,156
On new Memorex video tape.
615
00:33:04,199 --> 00:33:06,723
This remarkable tape has
been recorded and rerecorded
616
00:33:06,767 --> 00:33:09,465
100 times, but I'll bet
you still couldn't tell
617
00:33:09,509 --> 00:33:11,206
if it was Memorex or me,
618
00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:14,079
which really isn't
me, it's Memorex.
619
00:33:14,122 --> 00:33:16,298
New Memorex videotape.
620
00:33:16,342 --> 00:33:18,997
Even after 100
recordings you'll wonder
621
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,174
is is live, or is it Memorex?
622
00:33:22,217 --> 00:33:24,741
- Stand out memories in
a video store, oh yeah,
623
00:33:24,785 --> 00:33:26,004
I have many memories
in the video,
624
00:33:26,047 --> 00:33:28,093
I lived in a video
store in my youth
625
00:33:28,136 --> 00:33:30,095
that was just the thing.
626
00:33:30,138 --> 00:33:32,358
Video was the rage
whether it was beta,
627
00:33:32,401 --> 00:33:36,144
I was in one of the first
beta only video stores
628
00:33:36,188 --> 00:33:39,191
that rented primarily
horror titles
629
00:33:39,234 --> 00:33:41,889
and pornography of
course, way back
630
00:33:41,932 --> 00:33:43,325
even when I was in high school.
631
00:33:44,631 --> 00:33:46,633
Those were like the staples when
632
00:33:46,676 --> 00:33:49,288
beta was first coming into play.
633
00:33:49,331 --> 00:33:53,074
Man, I have so many good
memories of renting movies,
634
00:33:53,118 --> 00:33:55,381
discovering new ones,
discovering the ones
635
00:33:55,424 --> 00:33:57,122
that I had been reading
about in magazines
636
00:33:57,165 --> 00:33:59,341
for the last five or 10 years
before they would hit video
637
00:33:59,385 --> 00:34:01,213
like Last House on
the Left, Maniac,
638
00:34:01,256 --> 00:34:04,042
Dawn of the Dead, all
those great titles.
639
00:34:04,085 --> 00:34:08,307
I would find out the release
dates the day a date releases
640
00:34:08,350 --> 00:34:09,569
and I would call the
owners and they would
641
00:34:09,612 --> 00:34:11,788
reserve the title for
me so I would have
642
00:34:11,832 --> 00:34:12,920
them behind the counter waiting
643
00:34:12,963 --> 00:34:14,443
the minute they were released,
644
00:34:14,487 --> 00:34:16,228
whether I got out of school
or work or whatever it was
645
00:34:16,271 --> 00:34:18,186
I'd be racing to video
stores all over the place
646
00:34:18,230 --> 00:34:20,580
trying to catch up with
things that were released
647
00:34:20,623 --> 00:34:24,932
like The Toxic Avenger or
any numerous Troma releases
648
00:34:24,975 --> 00:34:27,630
or again anything that was
really classic coming out
649
00:34:27,674 --> 00:34:29,806
that had not seen
release and I was there
650
00:34:29,850 --> 00:34:32,722
when all of it was actually
released for the first time
651
00:34:32,766 --> 00:34:35,725
on beta and VHS, so it was
just an incredible experience
652
00:34:35,769 --> 00:34:39,251
after becoming a horror
fan probably and like
653
00:34:39,294 --> 00:34:42,384
a diehard horror
slasher type maniac fan.
654
00:34:44,517 --> 00:34:45,779
Psh.
655
00:34:45,822 --> 00:34:48,216
Probably when I saw
Halloween in 1978,
656
00:34:49,652 --> 00:34:52,046
and the poster and then
on the TV broadcast
657
00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:54,353
and then being able to
finally rent all these movies,
658
00:34:54,396 --> 00:34:57,095
and see them uncut for the
first time on beta and VHS
659
00:34:57,138 --> 00:35:00,489
was just incredible, Dirty Harry
compared to the TV version,
660
00:35:00,533 --> 00:35:03,449
Halloween even compared
to the TV version.
661
00:35:03,492 --> 00:35:05,146
Seeing it on beta
for the first time
662
00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:06,843
and then being able
to buy the VHS later
663
00:35:06,887 --> 00:35:09,150
was just incredible
going into these stores
664
00:35:09,194 --> 00:35:11,979
and the owner always had
a popcorn machine going,
665
00:35:12,022 --> 00:35:13,676
a big pipe in his
mouth and you could
666
00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:16,288
talk to him about
movies and all the stuff
667
00:35:16,331 --> 00:35:18,725
that was going on, so just
really really wonderful
668
00:35:18,768 --> 00:35:22,294
experience socializing
with other renters
669
00:35:22,337 --> 00:35:24,165
while you're in the stores
and perusing aisles,
670
00:35:24,209 --> 00:35:26,863
discovering new things,
and timidly going up
671
00:35:26,907 --> 00:35:30,606
with a box art of something
like I Spit on Your Grave,
672
00:35:30,650 --> 00:35:32,217
putting it on the counter there
673
00:35:32,260 --> 00:35:34,262
and the owner just rents
it to you with no problem.
674
00:35:34,306 --> 00:35:36,395
- Some of my memories
from watching
675
00:35:38,223 --> 00:35:42,052
videotapes and going to the
video stores back in the day,
676
00:35:44,229 --> 00:35:47,232
we would get together,
when I say we,
677
00:35:47,275 --> 00:35:52,280
myself and many other
people my age at that time,
678
00:35:53,238 --> 00:35:54,369
teenagers, okay,
679
00:35:54,413 --> 00:35:58,199
and we would have three and four
680
00:35:58,243 --> 00:36:00,636
and five new horror
films to watch.
681
00:36:02,551 --> 00:36:03,900
Man it was great, it was great.
682
00:36:03,944 --> 00:36:08,949
We would usually go
up and party a bit
683
00:36:11,038 --> 00:36:14,563
drinking and smoking, not
regular cigarettes at that time,
684
00:36:14,607 --> 00:36:18,828
and towards the end of
the evening we would all
685
00:36:18,872 --> 00:36:23,877
end up somewhere watching those
horror films on videotape.
686
00:36:27,402 --> 00:36:30,884
- Back in the 80s, bear
in mind I was born in 82,
687
00:36:30,927 --> 00:36:33,191
so I was quite young when I was
688
00:36:33,234 --> 00:36:35,497
watching a lot of these films.
689
00:36:35,541 --> 00:36:37,673
I had a little scrapbook
and I used to go
690
00:36:37,717 --> 00:36:40,241
to the local video store,
got a little catalog
691
00:36:40,285 --> 00:36:43,375
that had the different
VHS tape covers on,
692
00:36:43,418 --> 00:36:46,378
and one thing I vividly
remember was seeing the
693
00:36:46,421 --> 00:36:49,163
artwork for Nightmare
on Elm Street four,
694
00:36:49,207 --> 00:36:51,252
and remember
absolutely loving it.
695
00:36:51,296 --> 00:36:53,515
I cut that out.
696
00:36:53,559 --> 00:36:57,345
- It's sort of because
I had nothing to do.
697
00:36:57,389 --> 00:37:00,392
- You found that
often the covers had
698
00:37:00,435 --> 00:37:02,002
another version of the
cover on the other side.
699
00:37:03,264 --> 00:37:04,483
Opened up the sleeve
you could see.
700
00:37:04,526 --> 00:37:08,443
There'd be one with
an artist's impression
701
00:37:08,487 --> 00:37:12,230
and the other one with
actual clips from the film.
702
00:37:12,273 --> 00:37:13,970
So you could quite often go,
703
00:37:14,014 --> 00:37:16,843
that looks fantastic, just
check what the other version is.
704
00:37:16,886 --> 00:37:18,323
Alright, nevermind.
705
00:37:20,803 --> 00:37:22,283
- Video store memories.
706
00:37:22,327 --> 00:37:24,329
Yeah, I have a lot actually.
707
00:37:25,808 --> 00:37:28,637
I pretty much grew up
in a video store but
708
00:37:28,681 --> 00:37:31,466
we had at least a half
a dozen stores near us
709
00:37:31,510 --> 00:37:33,642
and everyone of them
had different movies.
710
00:37:33,686 --> 00:37:37,255
This was before Crotch
buster and Hollywang video.
711
00:37:37,298 --> 00:37:38,604
So some of the stores were tiny,
712
00:37:38,647 --> 00:37:41,346
I mean like living room sized.
713
00:37:41,389 --> 00:37:43,173
Some collectors I
know have more tapes
714
00:37:43,217 --> 00:37:44,827
than some of those
old stores did.
715
00:37:46,351 --> 00:37:48,440
A lot of the times the owner
was working behind the counter
716
00:37:48,483 --> 00:37:50,529
and he knew the movies,
you could tell the guy,
717
00:37:50,572 --> 00:37:52,705
hey what's that movie with,
718
00:37:52,748 --> 00:37:54,620
and then he'd be like oh
yeah, that's this over here
719
00:37:54,663 --> 00:37:55,795
and take you to it.
720
00:37:55,838 --> 00:37:58,188
Those were pretty great days.
721
00:37:59,973 --> 00:38:03,019
- You knew the people
who owned the stores.
722
00:38:03,063 --> 00:38:07,328
You basically frequented
a store in specific,
723
00:38:07,372 --> 00:38:09,287
usually you found
the one you liked
724
00:38:09,330 --> 00:38:12,202
and they grew to know you.
725
00:38:12,246 --> 00:38:13,769
And they knew your taste,
726
00:38:13,813 --> 00:38:16,598
and in my case, they knew
that I loved horror films.
727
00:38:18,208 --> 00:38:20,254
- I know back in the 80s I
used to quite often go to
728
00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:23,388
a local video store and
buy X rental VHS tapes
729
00:38:23,431 --> 00:38:26,391
and I had a whole collection
of them, mostly horror,
730
00:38:26,434 --> 00:38:29,132
had a whole host of Arnold
Schwarzenegger films as well,
731
00:38:29,176 --> 00:38:32,397
as well as the entire back
catalog of Bruce Lee movies.
732
00:38:33,572 --> 00:38:35,313
I did speak with my
mother though recently,
733
00:38:35,356 --> 00:38:37,489
because when I had been
quite young when I first
734
00:38:37,532 --> 00:38:39,229
started watching VHS tapes
735
00:38:39,273 --> 00:38:42,363
and she said that the
first film that I would've
736
00:38:42,407 --> 00:38:44,322
been there to watch on VHS was
737
00:38:44,365 --> 00:38:46,498
actually Texas
Chainsaw Massacre.
738
00:38:47,803 --> 00:38:50,371
- If we were driving around
and we saw a new video store,
739
00:38:50,415 --> 00:38:53,548
we'd go check it
out the following
weekend, didn't matter.
740
00:38:56,029 --> 00:38:58,510
- We used to go everyday.
741
00:38:58,553 --> 00:39:00,163
A pound to rent.
742
00:39:00,207 --> 00:39:00,947
- Yeah.
743
00:39:03,253 --> 00:39:04,994
- They had a E
four sheet of paper
744
00:39:05,038 --> 00:39:10,043
on the wall, written on,
what had just come out,
745
00:39:11,174 --> 00:39:12,567
and everyday I
would look at that,
746
00:39:12,611 --> 00:39:14,047
it would never been, we
used to wait weeks for it,
747
00:39:14,090 --> 00:39:15,614
because they only
had one copy in,
748
00:39:15,657 --> 00:39:18,268
because it wasn't like
Blockbuster's or Ritz Video
749
00:39:18,312 --> 00:39:20,183
or Global Video or whatever.
750
00:39:21,881 --> 00:39:24,405
I just used to rent like
Calhoun's and stuff like that.
751
00:39:24,449 --> 00:39:29,410
But, fortunately, my parents
did used to rent for us
752
00:39:29,454 --> 00:39:32,500
Predator, Robocop,
and things like that,
753
00:39:32,544 --> 00:39:34,415
as long as I didn't
repeat the swearing
754
00:39:34,459 --> 00:39:37,375
and I never did
in front of them.
755
00:39:38,767 --> 00:39:41,640
- One of the stores
by my house had this
756
00:39:41,683 --> 00:39:43,816
bright red carpet
in it and it always
757
00:39:43,859 --> 00:39:45,513
smelled like mold in there.
758
00:39:47,036 --> 00:39:49,299
And it's weird because I always
got nosebleeds in that store
759
00:39:49,343 --> 00:39:51,171
and that's really weird
because that's the
760
00:39:51,214 --> 00:39:53,608
only time I've ever
had nosebleeds.
761
00:39:53,652 --> 00:39:55,871
That was also the only
video store in the area
762
00:39:55,915 --> 00:39:57,656
that had the original
Truth or Dare tape
763
00:39:57,699 --> 00:39:59,745
so that was a reason to go there
764
00:39:59,788 --> 00:40:01,616
regardless of nosebleeds or not.
765
00:40:03,488 --> 00:40:06,752
- I think my standard
memory for VHS
766
00:40:06,795 --> 00:40:09,407
would have to be the
first time my brother
767
00:40:09,450 --> 00:40:13,759
brought home Dario
Argento's Suspiria
768
00:40:15,151 --> 00:40:17,327
because we'd never experienced
anything like that.
769
00:40:18,503 --> 00:40:20,418
We were just kids,
we were like 12 or 13
770
00:40:20,461 --> 00:40:23,464
and suddenly we
were putting on this
771
00:40:23,508 --> 00:40:28,469
amazing Italian operatic
vision from this director
772
00:40:29,688 --> 00:40:31,690
whom I came to loved
called Dario Argento.
773
00:40:34,519 --> 00:40:36,172
In Ireland especially
at that time,
774
00:40:36,216 --> 00:40:38,479
you would've experienced
nothing like that.
775
00:40:38,523 --> 00:40:40,481
There was also a great
deal of censorship
776
00:40:40,525 --> 00:40:43,484
in Ireland at the time,
so you were looking
777
00:40:43,528 --> 00:40:46,139
at a cinema that was
either strictly 18
778
00:40:46,182 --> 00:40:48,620
and there was no chance
of getting into it
779
00:40:48,663 --> 00:40:53,625
as a young teenager, but
also the VHS's that you got
780
00:40:54,539 --> 00:40:56,715
were strictly limited
in Ireland too.
781
00:40:56,758 --> 00:41:00,588
So when suddenly we saw
this incredible film
782
00:41:00,632 --> 00:41:03,809
by Dario Argento, and it
was the dubbed version,
783
00:41:03,852 --> 00:41:07,334
which kind of added an
extra eerie quality to it.
784
00:41:07,377 --> 00:41:10,206
It was just, I don't
know, I never forgot it
785
00:41:10,250 --> 00:41:12,600
and from that moment
forward, I had this
786
00:41:12,644 --> 00:41:16,038
huge love of Italian
cinema which has never
787
00:41:16,082 --> 00:41:17,997
weaned in any way shape or form.
788
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:20,390
So thank you, Dario Argento.
789
00:41:23,568 --> 00:41:27,136
- The Toxic Avenger is
a movie that as a kid
790
00:41:27,180 --> 00:41:30,400
I remember the cardboard
cutout in the rental store
791
00:41:30,444 --> 00:41:32,011
how awesome it looked,
792
00:41:32,054 --> 00:41:37,059
and I remember I had
seen that with my uncles
793
00:41:38,234 --> 00:41:41,020
when I was really
young, and I remember
794
00:41:42,630 --> 00:41:45,459
having my mind twisted
by the fact that like
795
00:41:46,678 --> 00:41:48,941
the monster was like the
good guy in the movie,
796
00:41:48,984 --> 00:41:50,551
I thought that was really weird,
797
00:41:50,595 --> 00:41:53,554
and I vividly
remembered being a kid,
798
00:41:53,598 --> 00:41:55,469
the scene where
he takes the girl
799
00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:58,559
and he sits her on like
the steam room coals,
800
00:41:58,603 --> 00:42:00,213
and that whole leading up to it
801
00:42:00,256 --> 00:42:03,042
coming down the hall,
that weird segment.
802
00:42:04,739 --> 00:42:06,698
Yet I didn't know
the name of it,
803
00:42:06,741 --> 00:42:10,658
and then later in
life, I seen it on
804
00:42:10,702 --> 00:42:14,575
USA's up all night, and that
kind of put it together for me.
805
00:42:15,794 --> 00:42:18,057
Then I had to go get
it, to fully watch it.
806
00:42:19,798 --> 00:42:22,670
- So wild stories of VHS.
807
00:42:22,714 --> 00:42:26,369
I grew up with videotape,
I grew up in video stores,
808
00:42:26,413 --> 00:42:28,154
I used to think that
when I got married,
809
00:42:28,197 --> 00:42:30,939
I would probably have to
do it in a video store.
810
00:42:30,983 --> 00:42:33,812
We would walk down the
aisle, down the drama,
811
00:42:33,855 --> 00:42:35,683
we would maybe curve
over in the comedy,
812
00:42:35,727 --> 00:42:38,207
and end up in the horror section
813
00:42:38,251 --> 00:42:40,558
and that's where
we'd say our vows.
814
00:42:40,601 --> 00:42:42,472
Well, it didn't happen,
I did get married,
815
00:42:42,516 --> 00:42:46,564
but no way in hell my wife was
gonna do it in a video store.
816
00:42:46,607 --> 00:42:47,608
Anyway.
817
00:42:49,479 --> 00:42:52,265
Growing up in video stores,
living in video stores
818
00:42:52,308 --> 00:42:56,486
essentially going everyday to
get new movies and old ones,
819
00:42:56,530 --> 00:42:58,663
you really got a feel
for the selection,
820
00:42:58,706 --> 00:43:02,318
and pretty soon, within
just even a month or two,
821
00:43:02,362 --> 00:43:04,320
you would totally
rent out a store.
822
00:43:04,364 --> 00:43:07,454
You would have all the titles
that they had in the stocks
823
00:43:07,497 --> 00:43:09,064
that you would just have rented.
824
00:43:09,108 --> 00:43:11,937
So you'd have to go from
one video store to the other
825
00:43:11,980 --> 00:43:14,461
and I had memberships
all across the place.
826
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:20,380
Different towns, I would
take 40 minute subway transit
827
00:43:21,642 --> 00:43:23,339
to get one place to get
to another video store.
828
00:43:25,777 --> 00:43:29,258
- The Shining was the first
horror VHS that I ever owned.
829
00:43:30,738 --> 00:43:33,828
That I actually personally
went out and bought.
830
00:43:35,177 --> 00:43:39,834
I guess my uncles got me
into horror movies and VHS.
831
00:43:41,227 --> 00:43:45,492
When I was younger, me
and my mother lived with
832
00:43:45,535 --> 00:43:47,712
her brothers and
sisters and her mother.
833
00:43:49,888 --> 00:43:53,805
My uncles, her brothers,
were pretty wild teenagers.
834
00:43:53,848 --> 00:43:57,852
So they showed me a lot of
crazy movies when I was younger
835
00:43:57,896 --> 00:44:00,681
like I Spit on your
Grave, I seen very young.
836
00:44:03,379 --> 00:44:05,164
The Wall, Pink Floyd's The Wall
837
00:44:05,207 --> 00:44:07,688
I remember seeing really young.
838
00:44:07,732 --> 00:44:09,690
House, Motel Hell.
839
00:44:11,344 --> 00:44:13,607
I have vivid memories
of all these movies.
840
00:44:14,739 --> 00:44:17,219
- One of my fondest VHS
memories is a bunch,
841
00:44:17,263 --> 00:44:19,395
but one of the ones
that stick out is like
842
00:44:19,439 --> 00:44:21,615
the time I got this right here,
843
00:44:21,659 --> 00:44:24,662
when I found Deadly Prey,
it was about over a year ago
844
00:44:24,705 --> 00:44:28,361
at some little mom and pop
shop up in the LA area.
845
00:44:28,404 --> 00:44:30,276
I was looking around,
asked the gentlemen
846
00:44:30,319 --> 00:44:32,887
that owned the shop, hey you
guys got any tapes in the back
847
00:44:32,931 --> 00:44:35,673
and he pulled out a
bunch of boxes of VHS,
848
00:44:35,716 --> 00:44:37,718
like about seven
or eight of them.
849
00:44:37,762 --> 00:44:38,893
I was looking through
them and I found some
850
00:44:38,937 --> 00:44:41,504
pretty cool things
but in the last box,
851
00:44:41,548 --> 00:44:44,029
he's like you know what I
got one more box in the back
852
00:44:44,072 --> 00:44:45,595
and he went in the back
853
00:44:45,639 --> 00:44:47,467
and he came up with this
little small crumbled up box,
854
00:44:47,510 --> 00:44:50,165
and he pulled out the
box and I didn't think
855
00:44:50,209 --> 00:44:51,079
that nothing much would be in it
856
00:44:51,123 --> 00:44:52,733
because the box was all tore up,
857
00:44:52,777 --> 00:44:54,343
but inside the box,
I opened it up,
858
00:44:54,387 --> 00:44:56,781
and I saw this on the top.
859
00:44:56,824 --> 00:44:59,218
Deadly Prey and I was
like holy crap, no way.
860
00:44:59,261 --> 00:45:02,090
Deadly Prey, this was
only a dollar, right here.
861
00:45:02,134 --> 00:45:03,657
Only one dollar.
862
00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:06,225
And this tape goes for
like 80 bucks to 100 bucks.
863
00:45:08,444 --> 00:45:11,186
- I'll tell you I remember
being gutted about
864
00:45:11,230 --> 00:45:12,884
when you rented a movie out if
865
00:45:12,927 --> 00:45:14,712
could you imagine
getting it home
866
00:45:14,755 --> 00:45:16,583
and somebody hasn't
rewound the tape,
867
00:45:17,627 --> 00:45:18,498
and you had to put in the video
868
00:45:18,541 --> 00:45:20,761
and you had to rewind it and you
869
00:45:20,805 --> 00:45:22,676
couldn't watch it straight away,
870
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:24,330
and then there
was the other time
871
00:45:24,373 --> 00:45:26,506
where it got played
and played and played
872
00:45:26,549 --> 00:45:29,204
because it was a rental
and when you got it back
873
00:45:29,248 --> 00:45:31,467
the screen was like lines.
874
00:45:33,208 --> 00:45:34,775
- Yeah, yeah.
875
00:45:34,819 --> 00:45:36,342
- Yeah and you had to track it,
876
00:45:36,385 --> 00:45:38,953
or it won't always work and
then you had to take it back
877
00:45:38,997 --> 00:45:40,563
and get, you know...
878
00:45:41,826 --> 00:45:43,958
- Or people just
didn't look after them.
879
00:45:44,002 --> 00:45:45,394
- Yeah, didn't clean the video,
880
00:45:45,438 --> 00:45:47,179
cause you have the
videotape head cleaners,
881
00:45:47,222 --> 00:45:48,397
like you could put the liquid in
882
00:45:48,441 --> 00:45:51,923
and play it for so
long, like five minutes
883
00:45:51,966 --> 00:45:53,751
and then yeah...
884
00:45:53,794 --> 00:45:55,535
Oh, that was annoying.
885
00:45:57,842 --> 00:45:59,757
- Well there's actually two
things that really stand out
886
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:02,194
when I think back
on the VHS era,
887
00:46:02,237 --> 00:46:05,806
the first is walking into
a video store as a kid
888
00:46:05,850 --> 00:46:08,940
and the bombardment of imagery.
889
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:16,991
I mean, the distributor could
only sell the damn movie
890
00:46:17,035 --> 00:46:20,952
with their artwork so
usually when it's all out,
891
00:46:20,995 --> 00:46:24,912
when it came to nudity
or explosions and
892
00:46:26,174 --> 00:46:27,915
maniacs with chains
and all that stuff,
893
00:46:30,875 --> 00:46:34,356
and the second thing
that really stands out
894
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:39,057
is this whole air of
forborne video had,
895
00:46:39,100 --> 00:46:42,843
it was so many people that
really hated this format
896
00:46:42,887 --> 00:46:46,368
and took every opportunity
they had and believe me
897
00:46:46,412 --> 00:46:50,285
they had a lot of them, there
was a lot of lot of space
898
00:46:50,329 --> 00:46:55,334
in this country to spew their
vitreal about the format
899
00:46:56,161 --> 00:47:00,948
and the low culture it offered.
900
00:47:02,558 --> 00:47:07,476
So imagine an impressionable
kid seeing the imagery,
901
00:47:08,564 --> 00:47:11,002
the tantalizing imagery
and then hearing
902
00:47:12,394 --> 00:47:14,309
the people in the
know telling you that
903
00:47:14,353 --> 00:47:16,311
well this is really bad for you.
904
00:47:16,355 --> 00:47:17,878
I mean, come on.
905
00:47:17,922 --> 00:47:19,053
As a kid, you're there.
906
00:47:19,097 --> 00:47:21,142
It's like this is
the best thing ever.
907
00:47:23,710 --> 00:47:26,844
I mean it looks cool and if
it pisses off your parents,
908
00:47:26,887 --> 00:47:27,975
what else do you want?
909
00:47:32,284 --> 00:47:34,242
- My favorite ever
film of all time,
910
00:47:34,286 --> 00:47:36,157
Killer Klowns From Outer Space.
911
00:47:36,201 --> 00:47:39,595
Put behind me, toys behind
me, absolutely love it.
912
00:47:39,639 --> 00:47:41,684
There was a scene in
that where the things
913
00:47:41,728 --> 00:47:45,079
came out of the popcorn, that
thing came out of the toilet.
914
00:47:45,123 --> 00:47:47,038
And plainly fucking spat me out
915
00:47:47,081 --> 00:47:50,128
because it was,
reminded of Ghoulies,
916
00:47:50,171 --> 00:47:53,131
because Ghoulies really
threw me sideways as a kid,
917
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:56,961
and then I just
couldn't hack it.
918
00:47:58,223 --> 00:47:59,572
And because of that
it stuck in my mind
919
00:47:59,615 --> 00:48:02,618
and then when VHS
stops, they used to have
920
00:48:02,662 --> 00:48:04,751
these big mom and pop
shops site shutting down,
921
00:48:04,794 --> 00:48:07,101
Blockbuster kicked
in, had massive sales,
922
00:48:07,145 --> 00:48:08,450
and it was this massive shop,
923
00:48:08,494 --> 00:48:10,191
and it was there for
like five or something
924
00:48:10,235 --> 00:48:13,934
which even back then was
ridiculously cheap for VHS.
925
00:48:13,978 --> 00:48:16,328
So I bought Killer
Klowns from Outer Space
926
00:48:16,371 --> 00:48:18,069
and that sort of
just started my oh.
927
00:48:18,112 --> 00:48:21,942
I think I was only about
14, 13 at the time,
928
00:48:21,986 --> 00:48:23,248
but then I started thinking,
929
00:48:23,291 --> 00:48:24,684
oh, I can start
collecting, that's when the
930
00:48:24,727 --> 00:48:26,207
collector genes
started kicking in
931
00:48:26,251 --> 00:48:28,340
because before when your
parents buy you toys,
932
00:48:28,383 --> 00:48:29,602
you don't need to collect stuff,
933
00:48:29,645 --> 00:48:30,908
but when you're that
age you kind of,
934
00:48:30,951 --> 00:48:32,257
you can pick what
you want to buy,
935
00:48:32,300 --> 00:48:33,954
you don't have to buy
it with your parents.
936
00:48:33,998 --> 00:48:36,478
Then I started going
to places like Camden,
937
00:48:36,522 --> 00:48:40,482
and Camden was this
magical world of
938
00:48:40,526 --> 00:48:44,051
back streets and dodgy copies
of Texas Chainsaw Massacre
939
00:48:44,095 --> 00:48:46,575
which at the time was
then completely legal
940
00:48:46,619 --> 00:48:49,187
and yeah that's what really
kicked off the collection.
941
00:48:49,230 --> 00:48:50,797
It was Killer Klowns
from Outer Space.
942
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:52,973
My fear of Ghoulies transferred
943
00:48:53,017 --> 00:48:55,019
to Killer Klowns
from Outer Space
944
00:48:55,062 --> 00:48:56,585
and the closed down
mom and pop shop
945
00:48:56,629 --> 00:48:59,110
is why I have such a
massive VHS collection.
946
00:49:00,415 --> 00:49:03,331
- I remember going around and
my cousin had got a hold of,
947
00:49:03,375 --> 00:49:04,942
he'd rented this
tape and everybody
948
00:49:04,985 --> 00:49:07,118
was copying it in those days.
949
00:49:07,161 --> 00:49:09,903
I had seen some before
but he had a copy of ET
950
00:49:11,078 --> 00:49:14,125
and this was a few months before
it came out at the cinema.
951
00:49:15,343 --> 00:49:17,258
I went back to school saying
oh I've seen this film
952
00:49:17,302 --> 00:49:18,477
ET, it's great.
953
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:19,957
And they were going
oh yeah, yeah.
954
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:20,827
I've heard of it.
955
00:49:22,350 --> 00:49:24,700
Couple of weeks later everybody
else had seen it as well.
956
00:49:24,744 --> 00:49:26,050
Oh, I was nearly crying.
957
00:49:27,355 --> 00:49:29,705
For a 10 year old boy
to say that was crazy.
958
00:49:32,099 --> 00:49:36,147
- Well I can't say it
was a favorite as a kid,
959
00:49:36,190 --> 00:49:39,019
because it scared the
bejesus out of me,
960
00:49:39,063 --> 00:49:39,846
Mausoleum.
961
00:49:41,108 --> 00:49:44,546
Most definitely one of
the among three titles,
962
00:49:46,026 --> 00:49:47,723
the first horror
movie I ever saw.
963
00:49:47,767 --> 00:49:49,508
This one pretty
much traumatized me,
964
00:49:49,551 --> 00:49:52,772
the transformation
scene in the bathroom.
965
00:49:52,815 --> 00:49:53,991
Jesus.
966
00:49:54,034 --> 00:49:55,122
That one really scared me.
967
00:49:56,602 --> 00:49:59,126
Found it in a thrift
store years later
968
00:49:59,170 --> 00:50:02,869
and well, it doesn't
quite hold up.
969
00:50:07,265 --> 00:50:09,963
Totally worth watching for a,
970
00:50:10,007 --> 00:50:15,012
if you appreciate cheese,
Wisconsin sized cheese.
971
00:50:18,319 --> 00:50:22,802
You have a good time with
this movie, good time.
972
00:50:22,845 --> 00:50:25,239
- I asked my dad, I saw
a preview for Superman
973
00:50:26,762 --> 00:50:30,027
and I said dad, dad can you
get me Superman on video
974
00:50:30,070 --> 00:50:32,246
to watch because I
really want to see it.
975
00:50:32,290 --> 00:50:36,033
So my dad, being my dad, I
wasn't with him at the time
976
00:50:36,076 --> 00:50:38,992
when to go around
and get Superman.
977
00:50:39,036 --> 00:50:41,777
Come back, I thought
oh great, right.
978
00:50:41,821 --> 00:50:44,650
Popped the videotape in,
979
00:50:44,693 --> 00:50:48,045
what came up, a
film called Superman
980
00:50:48,088 --> 00:50:50,569
about some karate people.
981
00:50:50,612 --> 00:50:54,051
Not Superman the super
hero and I'm like
982
00:50:55,095 --> 00:50:57,489
what do you call this, you know?
983
00:50:57,532 --> 00:50:59,186
I was absolutely gutted
because I wanted to
984
00:50:59,230 --> 00:51:02,146
watch it with Christopher
Reeve and see the movie.
985
00:51:04,583 --> 00:51:07,412
- My stand out VHS memory.
986
00:51:07,455 --> 00:51:11,416
I remember years ago
going to my local library
987
00:51:11,459 --> 00:51:15,159
and renting the Evil
Dead, the original.
988
00:51:15,202 --> 00:51:18,814
I wanted it on DVD, but
they only had it on VHS
989
00:51:18,858 --> 00:51:22,949
so I brought it home
to put into my player
990
00:51:22,992 --> 00:51:26,692
and onto my TV and
made some popcorn
991
00:51:26,735 --> 00:51:31,740
and to my surprise, I enjoyed
seeing it on VHS format
992
00:51:32,915 --> 00:51:34,569
because the quality
was so intense,
993
00:51:34,613 --> 00:51:39,618
so real, I saw it later
on DVD and realized
994
00:51:41,185 --> 00:51:44,275
the VHS aspect captured
the realism of the movie.
995
00:51:44,318 --> 00:51:47,321
It's also one of my favorite
horror films of all time.
996
00:51:48,322 --> 00:51:51,064
- Yeah, I think the
first VHS I bought
997
00:51:52,370 --> 00:51:54,023
probably always popped up
on me when I was a kid,
998
00:51:54,067 --> 00:51:56,200
and I was trying to think
of what it would be because
999
00:51:56,243 --> 00:52:00,334
if I've got a VHS, I was
looking for them for Christmas.
1000
00:52:00,378 --> 00:52:02,815
But one I seen it for was
1001
00:52:02,858 --> 00:52:05,339
the return of Optimus
Prime, from Transformers.
1002
00:52:05,383 --> 00:52:07,036
- Yeah.
1003
00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:09,387
- I think that may have been
the first VHS I ever bought.
1004
00:52:11,693 --> 00:52:13,739
- Although I now have
it on DVD as well,
1005
00:52:13,782 --> 00:52:18,309
but a movie that I owned and
watched endlessly as a kid,
1006
00:52:19,310 --> 00:52:22,922
animated was
Transformers the movie.
1007
00:52:22,965 --> 00:52:27,535
The tagline was beyond good,
beyond evil and it was.
1008
00:52:27,579 --> 00:52:29,189
That movie was
like mind blowing.
1009
00:52:29,233 --> 00:52:32,105
It was so dark, it's like
you just never see that
1010
00:52:32,149 --> 00:52:34,890
in a cartoon, like it
actually freaked me out
1011
00:52:34,934 --> 00:52:37,676
when I was a kid because
I'm like is there
1012
00:52:37,719 --> 00:52:40,548
robots in space that could
come and eat the earth.
1013
00:52:40,592 --> 00:52:44,378
That's like a type of fear
that a kid shouldn't have
1014
00:52:44,422 --> 00:52:46,989
but that movie
instilled that in me.
1015
00:52:47,033 --> 00:52:48,208
Here it is.
1016
00:52:48,252 --> 00:52:49,253
Imagine that.
1017
00:52:50,950 --> 00:52:53,213
- When you've got the banned
ones, it's like why's it banned
1018
00:52:53,257 --> 00:52:55,215
I must see it, so then,
1019
00:52:55,259 --> 00:52:56,956
you didn't mess up
Necromantic one and two
1020
00:52:56,999 --> 00:52:58,262
because they're
illegal, oh my god,
1021
00:52:58,305 --> 00:52:59,698
they're fucking
dead people in hell.
1022
00:52:59,741 --> 00:53:01,917
So then your collector
thing started going crazy,
1023
00:53:01,961 --> 00:53:03,049
you've got to have
the next little thing,
1024
00:53:03,092 --> 00:53:05,094
the next tweak or the next...
1025
00:53:05,138 --> 00:53:07,271
- Yeah, I mean I
remember at the beginning
1026
00:53:07,314 --> 00:53:09,316
there was no real sell through,
1027
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:12,058
you just had what was
available in the shops to rent
1028
00:53:12,101 --> 00:53:14,843
and then as they got sort
of worn out or less popular
1029
00:53:14,887 --> 00:53:17,411
the shop owners would
sort of just sell them off
1030
00:53:17,455 --> 00:53:19,413
and there was a market
across the road from me,
1031
00:53:19,457 --> 00:53:22,808
Saturday market, and they
had a bunch of tapes there
1032
00:53:22,851 --> 00:53:24,331
that would sort of revolve
1033
00:53:24,375 --> 00:53:27,813
and new ones would get
added to the pile every week
1034
00:53:27,856 --> 00:53:29,293
but there was a couple of
guys that were basically
1035
00:53:29,336 --> 00:53:32,383
doing rental from a
store, so you paid in
1036
00:53:32,426 --> 00:53:34,863
one pound 50 or what
it was and every time
1037
00:53:34,907 --> 00:53:36,474
you took a tape away it was 50 p
1038
00:53:36,517 --> 00:53:40,173
so it was actually super
cheap and affordable for me
1039
00:53:40,217 --> 00:53:42,175
and then any tapes
that I really liked
1040
00:53:42,219 --> 00:53:44,264
I just kept them and then
I went back and restarted
1041
00:53:44,308 --> 00:53:45,700
with another pound 50.
1042
00:53:45,744 --> 00:53:48,616
I think it was like one
pound 50 or two pound 50
1043
00:53:48,660 --> 00:53:51,271
if it was something quite
new and sought after,
1044
00:53:51,315 --> 00:53:53,708
but up to that point I'd
been doing a lot of trading
1045
00:53:53,752 --> 00:53:55,449
with my mates at
school and it was all
1046
00:53:55,493 --> 00:53:58,583
pirate stuff basically
and a lot of it was
1047
00:53:58,626 --> 00:54:01,325
trying to hunt down the films
that everyone talked about
1048
00:54:01,368 --> 00:54:04,371
at school like Driller
Killer or Zombie Flesh Eaters
1049
00:54:04,415 --> 00:54:06,417
and you know you just
couldn't get them in the shops
1050
00:54:06,460 --> 00:54:10,377
because by then they'd been
pulled out of the shops.
1051
00:54:10,421 --> 00:54:13,075
I remember getting Zombie Flesh
Eaters and I was so happy,
1052
00:54:13,119 --> 00:54:15,469
my mate's uncle did me a copy.
1053
00:54:17,515 --> 00:54:19,952
I just watched it and
watched it and watched it.
1054
00:54:19,995 --> 00:54:21,649
- Okay,
my favorite VHS
1055
00:54:21,693 --> 00:54:23,651
titles I have any number of,
1056
00:54:23,695 --> 00:54:26,654
I have The Gates of Hell,
1057
00:54:26,698 --> 00:54:30,179
I have naturally
Friday the 13th.
1058
00:54:31,877 --> 00:54:33,792
Hell Night, Media
Home Entertainment.
1059
00:54:33,835 --> 00:54:37,535
See here's the great thing
about that era of the early 80s,
1060
00:54:39,406 --> 00:54:41,539
you had so many companies
that popped up naturally,
1061
00:54:41,582 --> 00:54:43,410
Paramount had their own line.
1062
00:54:43,454 --> 00:54:46,108
I mean, anything they
released to theaters
1063
00:54:46,152 --> 00:54:47,545
they were gonna
release under their
1064
00:54:47,588 --> 00:54:49,329
Paramount Home Video line but,
1065
00:54:49,373 --> 00:54:52,463
you had other companies like
Media Home Entertainment,
1066
00:54:52,506 --> 00:54:57,511
and obviously there
was Paragon Home Video,
1067
00:54:59,208 --> 00:55:01,341
there was Vestron as well.
1068
00:55:01,385 --> 00:55:04,431
God knows they released one
of my other favorites, Pieces.
1069
00:55:04,475 --> 00:55:06,868
Let's face it, you don't
have to go to Texas
1070
00:55:06,912 --> 00:55:10,394
for a chainsaw massacre but
by God I always say it helps.
1071
00:55:12,178 --> 00:55:14,746
- Now you've got Rocky
Horror Picture Show.
1072
00:55:14,789 --> 00:55:16,138
Superb.
1073
00:55:16,182 --> 00:55:18,271
This one is a Princer x rental.
1074
00:55:19,054 --> 00:55:20,317
Small box one.
1075
00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:22,536
Original cover, look
at the cover on that.
1076
00:55:24,843 --> 00:55:26,105
Superb.
1077
00:55:26,148 --> 00:55:29,326
I love the old Graham
Humphreys artwork covers
1078
00:55:29,369 --> 00:55:31,023
that he used to do
here, so we've got
1079
00:55:31,066 --> 00:55:32,372
Nightmare on Elm
Street, I think this one
1080
00:55:32,416 --> 00:55:35,157
is an actual
original preset one.
1081
00:55:36,071 --> 00:55:37,551
You got that?
1082
00:55:37,595 --> 00:55:40,075
And one of my favorite pieces
of cover art, Spookies.
1083
00:55:40,119 --> 00:55:41,599
Fantastic that one.
1084
00:55:41,642 --> 00:55:43,905
- Analog video
and it just looks beautiful.
1085
00:55:43,949 --> 00:55:47,431
Oh, Nick Malard,
what do we got here?
1086
00:55:47,474 --> 00:55:49,476
.357 Magnum baby.
1087
00:55:49,520 --> 00:55:52,436
Yeah, that's before he kicked
into his shot on video stuff.
1088
00:55:52,479 --> 00:55:53,741
That's a great
flick right there.
1089
00:55:53,785 --> 00:55:55,395
Oh, Shrek, what do we got here?
1090
00:55:55,439 --> 00:55:56,962
No big ogres.
1091
00:55:57,005 --> 00:55:59,921
Nope, we got Shreck, the killer
Nazi shot on video movie.
1092
00:55:59,965 --> 00:56:01,358
That's a great one.
1093
00:56:01,401 --> 00:56:03,838
Ha, can't go very
far on this shelf.
1094
00:56:03,882 --> 00:56:06,363
Born Killer, that's a Ted Prior.
1095
00:56:07,712 --> 00:56:10,758
Yeah there we go, that's a
great one right there too.
1096
00:56:10,802 --> 00:56:12,369
Gosh, I love those guys.
1097
00:56:12,412 --> 00:56:13,544
Anyway, let's move it on.
1098
00:56:13,587 --> 00:56:15,415
Kindred, we got the Fright Show.
1099
00:56:15,459 --> 00:56:18,157
Oh this was great,
this actually,
1100
00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:20,507
I used to rent this copy
when I was about 12,
1101
00:56:20,551 --> 00:56:24,163
this very copy and when
the store was selling out
1102
00:56:24,206 --> 00:56:27,645
I came to the person working,
I said I gotta buy this,
1103
00:56:27,688 --> 00:56:30,474
sell it to me, and they did,
so they sold that to me.
1104
00:56:32,214 --> 00:56:33,868
Oh yeah and here's
another beauty.
1105
00:56:33,912 --> 00:56:35,566
I mean look it's a
Paragon, it's cut,
1106
00:56:35,609 --> 00:56:37,611
but hell look at
that mongrel man.
1107
00:56:37,655 --> 00:56:39,439
That's great.
1108
00:56:39,483 --> 00:56:40,614
So I've got quite a bit.
1109
00:56:40,658 --> 00:56:41,876
Junior, that's another one.
1110
00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:43,748
No Arnold Schwarzenegger, nope.
1111
00:56:43,791 --> 00:56:46,446
That's a much better
movie, Junior.
1112
00:56:46,490 --> 00:56:49,231
Dabbling in the rape revenge
a bit with that one there.
1113
00:56:49,275 --> 00:56:53,105
Oh a beauty, Victims,
that's a great flick.
1114
00:56:53,148 --> 00:56:55,542
Yeah, yeah, girls in the desert.
1115
00:56:55,586 --> 00:56:58,632
These movies I grew up on so
I don't watch them a lot now,
1116
00:56:58,676 --> 00:57:01,592
I've got kids, you know,
but just to have them.
1117
00:57:01,635 --> 00:57:03,637
I used to rent those
like 15 years ago
1118
00:57:03,681 --> 00:57:05,857
and I still got them here.
1119
00:57:05,900 --> 00:57:09,251
Oh some newer ones, Palone
Brothers Lethal Nightmare,
1120
00:57:09,295 --> 00:57:12,472
it's the remake
of Hallucinations.
1121
00:57:12,516 --> 00:57:13,865
The original cut of Feeders.
1122
00:57:13,908 --> 00:57:15,780
This is a nice one and
this stuff is limited.
1123
00:57:15,823 --> 00:57:20,567
They've got right there 47
of 50 signed by Mark Palone.
1124
00:57:20,611 --> 00:57:21,655
That stuff's great.
1125
00:57:22,961 --> 00:57:25,354
Moving on, this was a
nice box cover for it,
1126
00:57:25,398 --> 00:57:26,573
East End Hustle.
1127
00:57:26,617 --> 00:57:28,532
Cindy used to be a hooker.
1128
00:57:29,402 --> 00:57:30,838
Yeah, that's just a great movie.
1129
00:57:32,361 --> 00:57:35,582
They just don't make box covers
like that anymore nowadays.
1130
00:57:35,626 --> 00:57:37,323
We've got Blood Shack here.
1131
00:57:37,366 --> 00:57:38,890
Check that out.
1132
00:57:38,933 --> 00:57:41,327
I know it's all cut, there's
the old Rodgers Video logo.
1133
00:57:41,370 --> 00:57:43,503
I know it's a cut box
but it's still beauties
1134
00:57:43,547 --> 00:57:45,462
like these ones I used to rent,
1135
00:57:45,505 --> 00:57:47,681
and they're now just
sitting here on my shelf.
1136
00:57:47,725 --> 00:57:49,509
You got the classics.
1137
00:57:49,553 --> 00:57:51,511
Oh, more beauties
here, we've got some,
1138
00:57:52,904 --> 00:57:55,515
old school as they call
it Evil Night, a classic.
1139
00:57:55,559 --> 00:57:57,604
Yeah, that's a great one,
and of course the remake
1140
00:57:57,648 --> 00:57:59,476
I've got down
there, Chris Sever.
1141
00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:02,566
Some of these from
the 90s came out,
1142
00:58:02,609 --> 00:58:07,005
and they're just the DVD's
transferred to videotape really.
1143
00:58:07,048 --> 00:58:08,659
Anchor Bay releases.
1144
00:58:11,183 --> 00:58:13,098
Just kept for the hell of it.
1145
00:58:13,141 --> 00:58:15,317
Got some Troma videotapes there.
1146
00:58:17,929 --> 00:58:21,672
Toxic Avenger, the unrated
and R rated versions.
1147
00:58:21,715 --> 00:58:23,891
Of course I got the
director's cut too.
1148
00:58:23,935 --> 00:58:24,936
So those are great.
1149
00:58:26,590 --> 00:58:30,028
Home Sweet Home, this is another
beauty that's not on DVD.
1150
00:58:30,071 --> 00:58:33,335
Thanksgiving slasher from
Media, that's just wonderful.
1151
00:58:33,379 --> 00:58:36,382
Had a couple copies of
this, sold one a while ago.
1152
00:58:36,425 --> 00:58:38,602
Howling seven, I think that's
one of my most favorites
1153
00:58:38,645 --> 00:58:41,996
of the Howling series, it
just feels so bad, it's great.
1154
00:58:43,563 --> 00:58:46,523
Reminds me of a shot on video
movie even though it's not.
1155
00:58:46,566 --> 00:58:49,482
Moving on, we've got a great
load up of Vestron's here.
1156
00:58:49,526 --> 00:58:53,312
I somehow got those Vestron's
in order but there they are.
1157
00:58:53,355 --> 00:58:56,315
Oh, Last Slumber
Party, what a beauty.
1158
00:58:56,358 --> 00:58:58,056
That's a classic, I
remember buying this
1159
00:58:58,099 --> 00:59:00,493
when I came back
from a camping trip.
1160
00:59:00,537 --> 00:59:01,625
What was the price on this?
1161
00:59:01,668 --> 00:59:02,887
Do I even have it?
1162
00:59:02,930 --> 00:59:05,542
No, but anyway there's
the sale tag number.
1163
00:59:05,585 --> 00:59:07,761
But yeah, just a beauty.
1164
00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:13,550
More Paragons we got
here, Doctor Butcher MD.
1165
00:59:13,593 --> 00:59:14,551
Medical deviate.
1166
00:59:15,639 --> 00:59:17,554
Always liked Savage Weekend.
1167
00:59:17,597 --> 00:59:20,034
This is a really old tape,
you can tell by the box cover.
1168
00:59:20,078 --> 00:59:22,210
This is an original release.
1169
00:59:24,082 --> 00:59:26,127
Just beauties to
have on my shelf
1170
00:59:26,171 --> 00:59:28,913
because otherwise they'd be
gone, they'd be in the trash.
1171
00:59:28,956 --> 00:59:30,262
Mayhem.
1172
00:59:30,305 --> 00:59:32,569
Not the best movie but
still pretty damn good
1173
00:59:32,612 --> 00:59:34,135
and I like the box cover.
1174
00:59:34,179 --> 00:59:36,442
First it was the child
molesters, the dope pushers,
1175
00:59:36,485 --> 00:59:39,837
and the pimps, now it's
the police, can he survive?
1176
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:40,707
Mayhem.
1177
00:59:42,883 --> 00:59:45,756
And lots of gory good
pictures on that one.
1178
00:59:45,799 --> 00:59:48,585
Just stuff that isn't even
on DVD, never came out.
1179
00:59:48,628 --> 00:59:50,543
I got a couple
Boarding House's here
1180
00:59:50,587 --> 00:59:53,328
because I knew that, this
is an original release
1181
00:59:53,372 --> 00:59:56,854
of Boarding House from the
shot on video video transfer
1182
00:59:58,377 --> 01:00:01,728
and this one which was a
later printing from Paragon
1183
01:00:01,772 --> 01:00:05,340
is actually struck from
the 35 millimeter master
1184
01:00:05,384 --> 01:00:07,778
so it's very interesting
to compare the two.
1185
01:00:08,735 --> 01:00:10,345
Got a lot, oh Creep in there.
1186
01:00:10,389 --> 01:00:13,566
Yeah, Tim Ritter, what a
beauty in that one there.
1187
01:00:13,610 --> 01:00:15,873
My Splatter Farm, I've
got a sealed Saurians.
1188
01:00:15,916 --> 01:00:19,659
Got that in a nice deluxe
package from SRS cinema.
1189
01:00:19,703 --> 01:00:20,834
Thank you guys.
1190
01:00:21,748 --> 01:00:23,794
Skullduggery.
1191
01:00:23,837 --> 01:00:26,579
Great cover, always
loved that cover.
1192
01:00:26,623 --> 01:00:27,711
Original labels there.
1193
01:00:28,755 --> 01:00:30,844
Moving along, Hollow Gate.
1194
01:00:30,888 --> 01:00:32,629
Halloween time guys.
1195
01:00:32,672 --> 01:00:34,152
Hollow Gate.
1196
01:00:34,195 --> 01:00:37,242
There's a nice wizard for
you, Carnival of Blood.
1197
01:00:38,678 --> 01:00:40,680
This one I haven't
even seen yet but
1198
01:00:40,724 --> 01:00:44,684
Twiggy, W, starring Twiggy.
1199
01:00:44,728 --> 01:00:46,860
Werewolf, don't know,
haven't seen it.
1200
01:00:46,904 --> 01:00:49,167
This is a great one
actually, comedy movie,
1201
01:00:49,210 --> 01:00:52,692
Blue Movies, a couple of guys
that want to make a porno.
1202
01:00:52,736 --> 01:00:54,781
It's just hilarious,
Chris Stone is in this.
1203
01:00:54,825 --> 01:00:57,305
D Wallis, her old husband.
1204
01:00:57,349 --> 01:00:58,698
Great movie.
1205
01:00:58,742 --> 01:01:00,831
Boogeyman Two,
Pumpkinhead, Blood Rage.
1206
01:01:00,874 --> 01:01:01,919
A lot of people love Blood Rage.
1207
01:01:01,962 --> 01:01:03,485
Came out on Blu Ray recently.
1208
01:01:03,529 --> 01:01:04,748
It's a great new release.
1209
01:01:04,791 --> 01:01:06,706
It actually was
from Blockbuster.
1210
01:01:06,750 --> 01:01:09,753
You can see there it
was 94 I bought it, eh?
1211
01:01:09,796 --> 01:01:11,624
Nice.
1212
01:01:12,712 --> 01:01:13,844
- Okay so here are a few of my
1213
01:01:13,887 --> 01:01:17,195
favorite tapes in
no particular order.
1214
01:01:17,238 --> 01:01:21,416
We'll start out with
Night of the Zombies,
1215
01:01:21,460 --> 01:01:23,070
that's a great one.
1216
01:01:23,114 --> 01:01:24,724
I got a good deal on
it, I don't remember
1217
01:01:24,768 --> 01:01:26,857
even where I got it, I
just remember I was like
1218
01:01:26,900 --> 01:01:28,293
oh cool tape.
1219
01:01:28,336 --> 01:01:30,687
So Night of Zombies.
1220
01:01:33,515 --> 01:01:37,389
This one The Devil Master, aka
1221
01:01:40,305 --> 01:01:43,743
Demon Lover is just constantly
in my VCR right now,
1222
01:01:43,787 --> 01:01:46,050
I just can't get
enough of this movie.
1223
01:01:46,093 --> 01:01:47,834
The versions are
slightly different,
1224
01:01:47,878 --> 01:01:51,577
this one has all the gore, and
less of the hippie partying
1225
01:01:51,620 --> 01:01:54,798
and the other one has like
extending hippie partying
1226
01:01:54,841 --> 01:01:56,843
and no gore, it's weird,
so between the two,
1227
01:01:56,887 --> 01:01:59,759
you get a really good
version of the movie.
1228
01:01:59,803 --> 01:02:04,721
Next up is Yeti, ah,
the Italian movie
1229
01:02:05,939 --> 01:02:09,638
where he's like giant and
like King Kong's size.
1230
01:02:09,682 --> 01:02:12,990
This is great, this was
really hard to find.
1231
01:02:13,033 --> 01:02:14,861
I don't remember how
much I paid for it.
1232
01:02:14,905 --> 01:02:18,038
It was you know
not super expensive
1233
01:02:18,082 --> 01:02:20,867
because it is slightly trimmed
1234
01:02:20,911 --> 01:02:23,174
to fit into a smaller clam, but
1235
01:02:23,217 --> 01:02:25,611
other than that pretty good.
1236
01:02:27,831 --> 01:02:29,746
Here we have one of
my all time favorites,
1237
01:02:29,789 --> 01:02:31,791
can you see that
it's kind of glary.
1238
01:02:31,835 --> 01:02:35,403
Night of the Demon
in a heavily cut,
1239
01:02:35,447 --> 01:02:38,842
heavily, heavily cut box, but,
1240
01:02:38,885 --> 01:02:41,845
Night of the Demon, 1980,
the bigfoot horror movie.
1241
01:02:43,063 --> 01:02:45,500
Actually even though
this is cut to pieces
1242
01:02:45,544 --> 01:02:46,763
I did pay like 50 bucks for it
1243
01:02:46,806 --> 01:02:48,329
and it was actually a good deal.
1244
01:02:48,373 --> 01:02:50,114
This is really rare.
1245
01:02:52,029 --> 01:02:54,379
- Another one, you know,
1246
01:02:54,422 --> 01:02:56,903
good favorite of
mine, Bigfoot 1970,
1247
01:02:56,947 --> 01:02:58,209
can't go wrong with this.
1248
01:02:58,252 --> 01:02:59,384
This is the cool one.
1249
01:03:01,429 --> 01:03:03,431
Actually, I think
they're all the same.
1250
01:03:04,606 --> 01:03:09,089
My all time favorite,
Doctor Butcher MD.
1251
01:03:10,656 --> 01:03:12,440
That's kind of glary, but
yeah Doctor Butcher MD.
1252
01:03:12,484 --> 01:03:16,140
This is a really great movie.
1253
01:03:16,183 --> 01:03:18,838
Though this is cut
to fit in a clam
1254
01:03:18,882 --> 01:03:20,318
so I got it at a
pretty good price
1255
01:03:20,361 --> 01:03:22,886
but it is still just a great
movie and a great tape,
1256
01:03:22,929 --> 01:03:25,105
it's got the cool
red label on it.
1257
01:03:25,149 --> 01:03:28,892
- We've got Basket
Case, the Evil Dead,
1258
01:03:28,935 --> 01:03:31,982
Godzilla, Bigfoot,
Zombie Holocaust,
1259
01:03:32,025 --> 01:03:33,940
Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
1260
01:03:33,984 --> 01:03:35,855
We've got some other ones here.
1261
01:03:35,899 --> 01:03:38,466
Now these are the covers I
actually have on display.
1262
01:03:42,688 --> 01:03:44,690
Everyone's got to
have Dawn of the Dead.
1263
01:03:45,647 --> 01:03:47,388
Nightmare City Alien Terror.
1264
01:03:58,835 --> 01:04:00,314
Media, I bloody love Media.
1265
01:04:09,802 --> 01:04:13,414
Everyone's got to have
Hollywood Chainsaw Hooker
1266
01:04:13,458 --> 01:04:14,851
and Deadly Prey.
1267
01:04:19,072 --> 01:04:21,335
Okay, some other classics here.
1268
01:04:21,379 --> 01:04:22,989
We've got Exterminator films.
1269
01:04:23,033 --> 01:04:24,948
Oh my god, there are two.
1270
01:04:31,519 --> 01:04:33,782
- I started collecting
tapes in high school.
1271
01:04:34,696 --> 01:04:36,916
It was while DVD was coming out
1272
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:39,005
so all the tapes
were going on sale
1273
01:04:39,049 --> 01:04:40,833
and after school
everyday I would go to
1274
01:04:40,877 --> 01:04:42,269
one of the local video
stores, there was probably
1275
01:04:42,313 --> 01:04:46,056
three or four at the time, and
1276
01:04:46,099 --> 01:04:47,144
I would just try
to buy everything
1277
01:04:47,187 --> 01:04:48,580
I could out of the
horror section.
1278
01:04:48,623 --> 01:04:51,017
There wasn't really
ever anything that rare,
1279
01:04:51,061 --> 01:04:52,845
it was always stuff like
Nightmare on Elm Street
1280
01:04:52,889 --> 01:04:55,979
or Friday the
13th, common stuff.
1281
01:04:57,545 --> 01:05:00,679
But I still had to
have everything and
I became obsessive.
1282
01:05:00,722 --> 01:05:01,898
That was the gateway for me,
1283
01:05:01,941 --> 01:05:03,247
I never really
stopped after that.
1284
01:05:06,076 --> 01:05:10,994
- I began collecting VHS tapes
honestly not that long ago
1285
01:05:11,037 --> 01:05:14,040
because I grew up with
them and when the world
1286
01:05:14,084 --> 01:05:17,739
made the switch to DVDs I was
1287
01:05:17,783 --> 01:05:21,178
kind of oblivious to
the whole aesthetic and
1288
01:05:22,701 --> 01:05:24,964
vintage aspect of the VHS,
1289
01:05:25,008 --> 01:05:27,749
the significance of it
being one of the first,
1290
01:05:27,793 --> 01:05:31,710
well pretty much the first
major home video medium.
1291
01:05:35,975 --> 01:05:37,759
- Oh, I do enjoy an evening with
1292
01:05:37,803 --> 01:05:40,327
a little light entertainment.
1293
01:05:40,371 --> 01:05:45,115
But when your video heads get
dirty, you lose your picture.
1294
01:05:45,158 --> 01:05:47,030
Not a pretty sight.
1295
01:05:47,073 --> 01:05:50,511
Happily this new Polaroid
Video cassette will help you.
1296
01:05:51,948 --> 01:05:54,994
It actually cleans
your heads as it plays
1297
01:05:55,038 --> 01:05:57,431
so dirty heads
needn't haunt you.
1298
01:05:58,563 --> 01:06:01,000
New Polaroid Video cassettes.
1299
01:06:01,044 --> 01:06:02,262
Get the picture?
1300
01:06:02,306 --> 01:06:04,308
- Many people have a
list as I've found,
1301
01:06:04,351 --> 01:06:07,180
which I found only from
collecting VHS tapes.
1302
01:06:07,224 --> 01:06:11,837
I'll go into a store, or
a vendor at a flea market
1303
01:06:11,880 --> 01:06:14,100
and there will be, I'll
have my list with me,
1304
01:06:14,144 --> 01:06:15,319
and someone will walk in and say
1305
01:06:15,362 --> 01:06:16,494
oh you've got a list,
I have a list too
1306
01:06:16,537 --> 01:06:19,236
or the owner, the
vendor himself will come
1307
01:06:19,279 --> 01:06:21,020
over and say oh you've
got a list, I have a
1308
01:06:21,064 --> 01:06:22,717
few more customers with lists,
1309
01:06:22,761 --> 01:06:24,763
so I guess I'm not alone,
I didn't think I was alone.
1310
01:06:24,806 --> 01:06:28,114
I thought it was a
pretty standard thing
for VHS collectors.
1311
01:06:30,508 --> 01:06:33,859
- I don't know whether
I would consider
1312
01:06:33,902 --> 01:06:36,079
the VHS collection I
have to be valuable
1313
01:06:37,254 --> 01:06:40,822
but to me, personally
it's a collection
1314
01:06:40,866 --> 01:06:43,651
that I would never get
rid of because they're
1315
01:06:43,695 --> 01:06:46,785
early VHS releases of some of my
1316
01:06:46,828 --> 01:06:48,830
favorite ghost
stories for example.
1317
01:06:50,093 --> 01:06:53,357
A ghost story for Christmas
released by the BBC in the 70s
1318
01:06:54,184 --> 01:06:57,056
was released by the BFI on VHS
1319
01:06:57,100 --> 01:07:00,277
so I was one of the first to
go out and purchase those.
1320
01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:02,931
Also even have a collection
of Charles Bronson films
1321
01:07:02,975 --> 01:07:06,065
like Cold Sweat which
is an excellent film.
1322
01:07:06,109 --> 01:07:11,070
And also The Woman in Black,
when that was released on VHS
1323
01:07:12,245 --> 01:07:15,988
after its run on U TV or I TV,
1324
01:07:17,207 --> 01:07:19,296
that was a must have,
an absolute must have
1325
01:07:19,339 --> 01:07:21,080
and actually I
remembered the time,
1326
01:07:21,124 --> 01:07:26,042
I found the VHS itself
in a bargain bin
1327
01:07:26,085 --> 01:07:27,869
but there was no cover
so I nearly missed it
1328
01:07:27,913 --> 01:07:29,567
and then I said that's
The Woman in Black.
1329
01:07:29,610 --> 01:07:33,223
And then a couple of weeks
later, somebody was throwing out
1330
01:07:33,266 --> 01:07:37,227
a case for a film
and I looked at it
1331
01:07:37,270 --> 01:07:39,403
and it was the case
for The Woman in Black
1332
01:07:39,446 --> 01:07:41,187
and there was no video in it.
1333
01:07:41,231 --> 01:07:45,104
So I felt the two were
meant to be married so
1334
01:07:45,148 --> 01:07:49,543
I took that and I've held that
in my collection ever since.
1335
01:07:49,587 --> 01:07:52,590
Also films like Nicolas
Roeg's Don't Look Now
1336
01:07:52,633 --> 01:07:54,592
which would be one of
my all time favorites.
1337
01:07:54,635 --> 01:07:57,812
In fact pretty much anything
that Nicolas Roeg did,
1338
01:07:57,856 --> 01:07:59,858
Walkabout being another classic.
1339
01:07:59,901 --> 01:08:01,860
Even though walkabout
isn't a horror movie,
1340
01:08:01,903 --> 01:08:06,604
it has horrific elements and
it's a disturbing picture.
1341
01:08:08,693 --> 01:08:11,261
- My most valuable tape,
or how much did I pay,
1342
01:08:11,304 --> 01:08:13,263
I'm a bargain
shopper, I'm thrifty.
1343
01:08:13,306 --> 01:08:17,267
I'll sit and spend months
getting a good deal on a tape,
1344
01:08:17,310 --> 01:08:19,443
I'm just, I'm like that.
1345
01:08:20,618 --> 01:08:22,446
On average I pay 30 to 50.
1346
01:08:23,882 --> 01:08:25,449
For me the most expensive
tape I ever bought
1347
01:08:25,492 --> 01:08:28,495
was probably my Night of
the Demons from 1980 box
1348
01:08:28,539 --> 01:08:31,716
because I paid 50 for
it and it's cut to shit,
1349
01:08:31,759 --> 01:08:33,935
but it's actually a
pretty good deal because
1350
01:08:33,979 --> 01:08:37,374
I don't see them for
less than $100 normally.
1351
01:08:38,940 --> 01:08:39,854
You know, whatever.
1352
01:08:43,510 --> 01:08:45,208
- I didn't really aggressively
start collecting tapes
1353
01:08:45,251 --> 01:08:47,558
until maybe six years
ago and since then
1354
01:08:47,601 --> 01:08:49,255
I've probably spent
something ridiculous
1355
01:08:49,299 --> 01:08:52,084
like at least $15,000 on tapes.
1356
01:08:52,128 --> 01:08:53,520
Somewhere along the way
I got into collecting
1357
01:08:53,564 --> 01:08:56,262
exploitation films and
that led me into collecting
1358
01:08:56,306 --> 01:08:59,439
adult films, and it's been
all downhill from there.
1359
01:09:03,008 --> 01:09:05,271
- So rare and valuable tapes.
1360
01:09:05,315 --> 01:09:06,577
I imagine I have a few.
1361
01:09:07,752 --> 01:09:09,188
From a collector's
point of view,
1362
01:09:09,232 --> 01:09:12,800
I would say America's
Deadliest Home Video
1363
01:09:12,844 --> 01:09:16,152
which I found for a
dollar at a Vineland
1364
01:09:16,195 --> 01:09:18,415
you sell flea market
in Vineland New Jersey
1365
01:09:18,458 --> 01:09:20,025
right near my hometown.
1366
01:09:20,068 --> 01:09:21,200
This flick is pretty rare.
1367
01:09:21,244 --> 01:09:23,594
I did reanimate with
Cat Motion Pictures
1368
01:09:23,637 --> 01:09:25,161
so now you can get it.
1369
01:09:25,204 --> 01:09:27,554
But this original
copy is pretty rare.
1370
01:09:30,340 --> 01:09:32,690
- So a couple of my
prized possession tapes.
1371
01:09:32,733 --> 01:09:35,301
The first on the list would
be Wet Wilderness on VCX.
1372
01:09:36,868 --> 01:09:38,652
There's only two of these
known in collector's circles
1373
01:09:38,696 --> 01:09:39,958
and this is one of them.
1374
01:09:41,002 --> 01:09:45,268
It's a crazy
backwoods slasher and
1375
01:09:46,921 --> 01:09:51,622
there's a ski masked killer
running around in the woods
1376
01:09:51,665 --> 01:09:55,234
raping and torturing people
and forcing incest on families.
1377
01:09:56,844 --> 01:10:01,284
There's gore and it's insane.
1378
01:10:01,327 --> 01:10:03,503
I can't even really
explain it that well.
1379
01:10:03,547 --> 01:10:06,245
I spent $600 on this and I
know that's a crazy price
1380
01:10:06,289 --> 01:10:09,814
for a single tape but
it's worth every penny
1381
01:10:09,857 --> 01:10:11,337
as far as I'm concerned.
1382
01:10:11,381 --> 01:10:13,992
Like I said, there's only
two in collector's circles.
1383
01:10:14,035 --> 01:10:15,036
This is one.
1384
01:10:19,302 --> 01:10:21,478
And there's the other one.
1385
01:10:23,349 --> 01:10:25,786
- Another is
1386
01:10:27,223 --> 01:10:30,182
this copy of The Sorcerers
on Allied Artists.
1387
01:10:30,226 --> 01:10:31,966
These tapes are
really hard to find.
1388
01:10:33,490 --> 01:10:35,796
They're just rare like as
a collector's standpoint
1389
01:10:35,840 --> 01:10:37,233
point of view.
1390
01:10:37,276 --> 01:10:39,235
They're just a
hard tape to find.
1391
01:10:39,278 --> 01:10:41,280
But a different kind
of rarity for me
1392
01:10:41,324 --> 01:10:46,285
is stuff like Learn the
Easy Art of Needle Tatting
1393
01:10:46,329 --> 01:10:51,290
with a gate fold sleeve that
has an actual needle in it.
1394
01:10:52,683 --> 01:10:53,901
Now how many of these do you
really think have survived?
1395
01:10:53,945 --> 01:10:56,164
Who really gives a
crap about these tapes?
1396
01:10:56,208 --> 01:10:58,166
Probably not many so there's
probably not that many of these
1397
01:10:58,210 --> 01:10:59,864
and that's a different
kind of rarity.
1398
01:10:59,907 --> 01:11:03,563
On the same page, how
about the Eye Improvement
1399
01:11:03,607 --> 01:11:06,392
System Home Video, I
mean like what is this?
1400
01:11:06,436 --> 01:11:07,959
You ever seen this before?
1401
01:11:08,002 --> 01:11:11,441
I mean, is this rare, I mean
that makes it rare I guess.
1402
01:11:11,484 --> 01:11:13,312
Probably many of
them didn't survive.
1403
01:11:15,619 --> 01:11:18,404
- So my second favorite
tape is Water Power on VHL.
1404
01:11:18,448 --> 01:11:21,102
Unlike Wet Wilderness
on VCX, VHL released it
1405
01:11:21,146 --> 01:11:24,410
several times in different
covers and variance.
1406
01:11:24,454 --> 01:11:27,195
There's several clam
shells, there's a big box,
1407
01:11:27,239 --> 01:11:31,722
there's a small carton
and there's Beta
Max releases of each
1408
01:11:31,765 --> 01:11:34,942
and so I spent
$250 on this tape,
1409
01:11:34,986 --> 01:11:36,335
but I've been trying
to get every other tape
1410
01:11:36,379 --> 01:11:40,513
and those $250 add up
and I'm at six now,
1411
01:11:40,557 --> 01:11:44,430
and close to $2,000 in
on Water Power tapes.
1412
01:11:44,474 --> 01:11:45,997
But again, I don't
really regret that
1413
01:11:46,040 --> 01:11:48,434
because this is the only
one of these I've ever seen
1414
01:11:48,478 --> 01:11:51,350
and I've been keeping an
eye out for four years now.
1415
01:11:53,265 --> 01:11:54,397
So yeah that's Water Power.
1416
01:11:57,051 --> 01:11:59,706
- And on that suit,
how about a video tour
1417
01:11:59,750 --> 01:12:01,360
of your new Meyer's
store in Ontario.
1418
01:12:01,404 --> 01:12:03,057
I mean this is
probably pretty rare,
1419
01:12:03,101 --> 01:12:06,278
how many of these did they
make and who really cares?
1420
01:12:06,322 --> 01:12:07,714
Who didn't just throw this away?
1421
01:12:07,758 --> 01:12:09,499
And you gotta think
when's the next time
1422
01:12:09,542 --> 01:12:11,501
you're gonna find
something like this
1423
01:12:11,544 --> 01:12:13,503
and that's the
type of rarity that
1424
01:12:13,546 --> 01:12:15,505
I'm really interested
in stuff that
1425
01:12:15,548 --> 01:12:19,639
really wouldn't exist anymore.
1426
01:12:19,683 --> 01:12:21,511
Because it gets thrown
away or you know
1427
01:12:21,554 --> 01:12:22,816
just nobody cares about it.
1428
01:12:22,860 --> 01:12:23,861
It's not like a
collector's piece.
1429
01:12:23,904 --> 01:12:25,297
It's not like a hot horror tape
1430
01:12:25,341 --> 01:12:27,430
or like a sexy
exploitation tape.
1431
01:12:29,693 --> 01:12:31,434
- So aside from
collecting adult tapes,
1432
01:12:31,477 --> 01:12:32,826
I've also been collecting
copies of X rated films
1433
01:12:32,870 --> 01:12:35,263
from around the world
for about four years now.
1434
01:12:36,439 --> 01:12:40,138
They range from this American
tape from Wizard Video
1435
01:12:42,009 --> 01:12:43,663
to this Israeli tape.
1436
01:12:45,230 --> 01:12:46,840
This one's cool, I never
thought I would own this.
1437
01:12:46,884 --> 01:12:48,799
I saw one sell for $400 one day
1438
01:12:48,842 --> 01:12:50,844
and the next day I
found one for $100.
1439
01:12:54,544 --> 01:12:58,025
To copies from South Korea
and several countries
1440
01:12:58,069 --> 01:13:01,028
that released it and it looks
nothing like the actual movie.
1441
01:13:02,552 --> 01:13:06,207
To copies like this
one from Sweden,
1442
01:13:06,251 --> 01:13:10,037
and it's from a company
called Viking Video which was
1443
01:13:10,081 --> 01:13:15,086
apparently co distributed or
licensed under Wizard Video
1444
01:13:16,348 --> 01:13:17,567
and if you collect
tapes from America
1445
01:13:17,610 --> 01:13:18,959
you know that Wizard
Video's important
1446
01:13:19,003 --> 01:13:20,570
because they released
all the big boxes
1447
01:13:20,613 --> 01:13:21,875
and those were some
of the flashiest
1448
01:13:21,919 --> 01:13:23,790
covers that there
was in the 80s.
1449
01:13:25,531 --> 01:13:27,577
As far as these
X rated tapes go,
1450
01:13:27,620 --> 01:13:29,013
I've probably got like 40 now.
1451
01:13:29,056 --> 01:13:31,407
I hate to think about
how much I spent on them
1452
01:13:31,450 --> 01:13:33,452
and how much I'm going to
spend on them in the future
1453
01:13:33,496 --> 01:13:37,325
because only rare and
rarer ones out there.
1454
01:13:39,589 --> 01:13:40,981
But it gives you something
to look forward to
1455
01:13:41,025 --> 01:13:43,288
finding new tapes like that.
1456
01:13:43,331 --> 01:13:47,205
- I love the fact that it's
kind of part of history really.
1457
01:13:47,248 --> 01:13:49,686
It's kind of these
tapes all came out
1458
01:13:49,729 --> 01:13:54,734
sort of 1979, 1980
and were available for
1459
01:13:55,909 --> 01:13:59,043
three, four years until
1983, 1984 when the
1460
01:13:59,826 --> 01:14:01,175
VRA act came in.
1461
01:14:02,525 --> 01:14:05,310
They weren't produced
in massive numbers
1462
01:14:05,353 --> 01:14:07,921
and now they're just
kind of part of history
1463
01:14:07,965 --> 01:14:10,620
and part of a time when you
could go to the video store
1464
01:14:10,663 --> 01:14:14,450
and pick up a tape and
not have to have ID.
1465
01:14:16,408 --> 01:14:18,497
Just go to a video store really.
1466
01:14:18,541 --> 01:14:22,545
- But I think the most
valuable tapes in my collection
1467
01:14:23,807 --> 01:14:25,722
are the tapes that I have
from when I was a kid.
1468
01:14:25,765 --> 01:14:28,289
My original copy of
All Dogs Go to Heaven.
1469
01:14:28,333 --> 01:14:32,032
Or The Sandlot, or the home
videos of me and my dad
1470
01:14:32,946 --> 01:14:34,513
rough housing in the living room
1471
01:14:34,557 --> 01:14:36,036
or like playing in the yard,
1472
01:14:36,080 --> 01:14:39,692
or like my third
grade holiday play,
1473
01:14:39,736 --> 01:14:40,867
those are one of ones.
1474
01:14:42,390 --> 01:14:44,392
- So again some of
my more rare tapes,
1475
01:14:44,436 --> 01:14:45,872
we'll just take a quick peak.
1476
01:14:45,916 --> 01:14:48,396
Now this one is not as rare,
rare, rare as you've got
1477
01:14:48,440 --> 01:14:50,442
but Blood Lake is
a damn classic,
1478
01:14:50,486 --> 01:14:52,226
in fact, it's one of
my most favorite films
1479
01:14:52,270 --> 01:14:54,838
perhaps the most favorite film.
1480
01:14:54,881 --> 01:14:56,535
This I bought many times.
1481
01:14:56,579 --> 01:14:59,538
I had a few copies of
it and what I was doing
1482
01:14:59,582 --> 01:15:02,193
when I was buying multiple
copies of Blood Lake
1483
01:15:02,236 --> 01:15:04,543
was I was creating
a composite because
1484
01:15:04,587 --> 01:15:07,764
it's not on DVD and I wanted
to have the best quality
1485
01:15:07,807 --> 01:15:10,244
I could get, so I had
two or three different
1486
01:15:10,288 --> 01:15:12,551
quality copies and I
was taking the video
1487
01:15:12,595 --> 01:15:14,379
from parts if there
was a video dropout
1488
01:15:14,422 --> 01:15:16,860
I'd switch to another
copy and use that video
1489
01:15:16,903 --> 01:15:19,645
and I took all the sounds,
so we've got nice hi-fi
1490
01:15:19,689 --> 01:15:21,212
quality stereo sound.
1491
01:15:21,255 --> 01:15:22,692
It just sounds beautiful.
1492
01:15:22,735 --> 01:15:24,911
Transfer that to a digital copy.
1493
01:15:24,955 --> 01:15:27,218
So Blood Lake videotape is one
1494
01:15:27,261 --> 01:15:29,960
of my most prized possessions.
1495
01:15:30,003 --> 01:15:33,050
I think the most valuable
tape I have right now
1496
01:15:33,093 --> 01:15:35,313
because I've sold off so many
1497
01:15:35,356 --> 01:15:39,317
is Splatter Farm, the
original Splatter Farm.
1498
01:15:39,360 --> 01:15:43,582
I did pay a pretty penny
for this a few years ago
1499
01:15:43,626 --> 01:15:48,587
but I'm a Palone lifer
and just had to have it.
1500
01:15:48,631 --> 01:15:52,243
Even though I had already
gotten copies of this
1501
01:15:52,286 --> 01:15:54,724
first edition of the
movie because it's
1502
01:15:54,767 --> 01:15:56,856
not the same as
what's on the DVD.
1503
01:15:56,900 --> 01:16:01,121
The original video cassette
release is just a treasure.
1504
01:16:01,165 --> 01:16:03,602
I always say it's kind of like
owning a negative of a movie
1505
01:16:03,646 --> 01:16:06,387
because it was shot on
video, it's on video,
1506
01:16:06,431 --> 01:16:08,607
yeah it's an editing
later generation,
1507
01:16:08,651 --> 01:16:10,740
but to have an original, yeah,
1508
01:16:10,783 --> 01:16:12,785
I think that's probably my most
1509
01:16:12,829 --> 01:16:15,614
valuable tape I have right now.
1510
01:16:15,658 --> 01:16:17,181
- I quite like this
Evil Dead version.
1511
01:16:17,224 --> 01:16:21,577
You've got the palace
logo on the inside.
1512
01:16:23,013 --> 01:16:24,971
I've got this off a tractor.
1513
01:16:26,233 --> 01:16:29,193
Other tapes, I think my
two kind of prized items
1514
01:16:29,236 --> 01:16:32,762
is SS Experiment Camp,
because it's kind of
1515
01:16:32,805 --> 01:16:36,504
one of the core titles in
the whole nasty scandal
1516
01:16:36,548 --> 01:16:39,595
and you've got the
great cover there,
1517
01:16:41,684 --> 01:16:44,643
that nasty looking
woman upside down.
1518
01:16:44,687 --> 01:16:47,733
Actually this copy's
really really nice quality,
1519
01:16:47,777 --> 01:16:50,214
and if you open inside,
you've got the original
1520
01:16:50,257 --> 01:16:52,085
kind of Go Video case there.
1521
01:16:52,129 --> 01:16:56,220
The kind of gold
Go label on there
1522
01:16:56,263 --> 01:16:59,179
and the take itself is
really nice condition.
1523
01:16:59,223 --> 01:17:03,314
For that I paid 100 pounds for
1524
01:17:03,357 --> 01:17:07,057
off of a private
seller through Facebook
1525
01:17:07,100 --> 01:17:08,885
which is quite a lot of money.
1526
01:17:08,928 --> 01:17:13,759
But I think they're kind of
worth around about 200, 250 now
1527
01:17:13,803 --> 01:17:15,239
if you try and get one on Ebay.
1528
01:17:16,544 --> 01:17:18,285
Another tape I
really like is Snuff.
1529
01:17:19,852 --> 01:17:21,811
Another tape I like to
own, not actually watch
1530
01:17:21,854 --> 01:17:25,510
because it's actually a
terrible terrible film.
1531
01:17:25,553 --> 01:17:26,685
But this was quite a hard one
1532
01:17:26,729 --> 01:17:27,860
to get ahold of back in the day
1533
01:17:27,904 --> 01:17:30,689
because as far as I understand,
1534
01:17:30,733 --> 01:17:33,126
Astro Video who had
I Spit on Your Grave
1535
01:17:34,301 --> 01:17:35,781
they had the rights
to put this out
1536
01:17:35,825 --> 01:17:37,696
and they actually
had covers printed up
1537
01:17:37,740 --> 01:17:39,655
and they had others
printed up for it
1538
01:17:39,698 --> 01:17:41,569
and then for some
reason they withdrew it
1539
01:17:41,613 --> 01:17:43,833
and they said they
weren't gonna release it,
1540
01:17:43,876 --> 01:17:48,794
but shortly after that
tapes came onto the market
1541
01:17:48,838 --> 01:17:52,929
and I think the
official explanation is
1542
01:17:52,972 --> 01:17:56,715
there was an underground
pirate company or something
1543
01:17:56,759 --> 01:17:58,674
which were putting
these tapes out.
1544
01:18:00,414 --> 01:18:03,548
But they're very good
quality and I think
1545
01:18:03,591 --> 01:18:05,768
I honestly think
the real reason was
1546
01:18:05,811 --> 01:18:08,509
that Astro put these
tapes out themselves,
1547
01:18:08,553 --> 01:18:10,120
the reason why they didn't
put their name on their
1548
01:18:10,163 --> 01:18:13,689
and the reason they left
the actual tape itself
1549
01:18:13,732 --> 01:18:16,126
pretty blank with just
a basic sticker on it
1550
01:18:16,169 --> 01:18:19,259
is they were trying to sort of
1551
01:18:19,303 --> 01:18:21,871
play on the whole mythology
of this being like
1552
01:18:21,914 --> 01:18:24,830
a real life Snuff
movie and this is like
1553
01:18:26,789 --> 01:18:29,705
something you shouldn't have.
1554
01:18:29,748 --> 01:18:33,709
- This is an original
VHS, if you can see it,
1555
01:18:34,579 --> 01:18:37,060
big box of Nightmare.
1556
01:18:38,583 --> 01:18:43,240
I love this over art because
it says clearly on here
1557
01:18:43,283 --> 01:18:48,158
that it contains the
effects work of Tom Savini.
1558
01:18:51,074 --> 01:18:54,904
This tagline was later removed
1559
01:18:54,947 --> 01:18:58,908
because I think there
was some disagreement
1560
01:18:58,951 --> 01:19:01,519
between Tom and the
filmmakers as to
1561
01:19:01,562 --> 01:19:04,565
whether or not he actually
applied the effects
1562
01:19:04,609 --> 01:19:08,134
or just consulted, but
claimed, it boasted anyway
1563
01:19:08,178 --> 01:19:11,747
that the film itself
and the effects,
1564
01:19:13,009 --> 01:19:16,012
the effects in the film
were done by Tom Savini
1565
01:19:16,055 --> 01:19:19,406
when in reality Tom said
no, I was a consultant
1566
01:19:19,450 --> 01:19:21,713
but didn't actually
do the effects.
1567
01:19:22,975 --> 01:19:26,413
- Well I don't monitor value,
1568
01:19:26,457 --> 01:19:30,069
has very little to do with
my collecting of VHS tapes.
1569
01:19:30,113 --> 01:19:32,071
There's definitely
a limit to how much
1570
01:19:32,115 --> 01:19:33,812
I'm willing to pay for a tape,
1571
01:19:33,856 --> 01:19:38,164
and if I don't like the
movie, I'm not gonna buy it.
1572
01:19:38,208 --> 01:19:39,296
I couldn't care less.
1573
01:19:43,039 --> 01:19:45,868
But I checked around
online and apparently,
1574
01:19:45,911 --> 01:19:50,916
this one is sort of
valuable, I don't know.
1575
01:19:52,004 --> 01:19:53,005
It's an Australian edition.
1576
01:19:53,049 --> 01:19:56,052
A semi legit edition apparently
1577
01:19:56,095 --> 01:19:58,968
of George Romero's
Dawn of the Dead.
1578
01:20:02,319 --> 01:20:05,365
- Let's just see, this
one is quite rare.
1579
01:20:05,409 --> 01:20:08,978
It is the Massacre Up
North original release,
1580
01:20:09,021 --> 01:20:11,458
it's a Canadian shot
on video slasher.
1581
01:20:11,502 --> 01:20:15,158
It was funny because it's
put out by Rodgers Video.
1582
01:20:15,201 --> 01:20:17,856
For a while they were doing
their own label of releases
1583
01:20:17,900 --> 01:20:20,859
called the first rights
and it was meant to be
1584
01:20:20,903 --> 01:20:22,818
for the independent
films so that
1585
01:20:22,861 --> 01:20:25,124
the independent films that
did not have a distributor
1586
01:20:25,168 --> 01:20:29,085
at the time, Rodgers Video
which was a video store
1587
01:20:29,128 --> 01:20:31,827
and a cable company
were dabbling
1588
01:20:31,870 --> 01:20:33,524
in releasing their video line.
1589
01:20:33,567 --> 01:20:36,440
So this is from
early 2000 release.
1590
01:20:36,483 --> 01:20:39,791
It's a late 90s shot on
video slasher Canadian,
1591
01:20:39,835 --> 01:20:43,142
Massacre Up North, that's
one of the valuable ones.
1592
01:20:43,186 --> 01:20:46,537
- The most I spent on a
VHS is a Korean version
1593
01:20:46,580 --> 01:20:51,498
of Monster Dog with Alice
Cooper, cost 100 bucks.
1594
01:20:51,542 --> 01:20:53,631
And it's in the mail.
1595
01:20:55,938 --> 01:20:58,331
- Well I think this
one's kind of nice.
1596
01:20:58,375 --> 01:20:59,942
First it's like a
double value for me.
1597
01:20:59,985 --> 01:21:01,987
It's Fart, the movie.
1598
01:21:03,423 --> 01:21:04,903
Great flick.
1599
01:21:04,947 --> 01:21:07,384
It's really interesting
though because like they say
1600
01:21:07,427 --> 01:21:09,908
it's the movie they said
could never be made.
1601
01:21:09,952 --> 01:21:12,911
Well, I guess they caught
the Fart on camera,
1602
01:21:12,955 --> 01:21:16,132
but anyway, what's cool
about this release is that,
1603
01:21:16,175 --> 01:21:19,439
this movie I actually like 90
minutes long, or 80 minutes,
1604
01:21:19,483 --> 01:21:22,094
something like that
but this release itself
1605
01:21:22,138 --> 01:21:25,663
is only 30 minutes, says
so right on the back there.
1606
01:21:25,706 --> 01:21:27,012
It's a 30 minute tape.
1607
01:21:27,056 --> 01:21:29,536
It's actually a condensed
version of the movie.
1608
01:21:29,580 --> 01:21:31,321
You can see the
big wheels there,
1609
01:21:31,364 --> 01:21:32,670
it only has a
little bit of tape.
1610
01:21:32,713 --> 01:21:35,978
It's a 30 minute long
from Wavelength Video.
1611
01:21:36,021 --> 01:21:38,415
I kind of had to
read about this a bit
1612
01:21:38,458 --> 01:21:41,940
but it seems like this
version, the 30 minute version
1613
01:21:41,984 --> 01:21:44,073
was released straight
to the distributors
1614
01:21:44,116 --> 01:21:45,988
or companies or something
but it was for them
1615
01:21:46,031 --> 01:21:48,816
to get just basically a
condensed version of the movie.
1616
01:21:51,645 --> 01:21:53,212
- One of my favorite
VHS as a kid was
1617
01:21:53,256 --> 01:21:55,649
this is one of those ones
that I rented so many times,
1618
01:21:55,693 --> 01:21:56,650
lucky enough I have
a copy of this one.
1619
01:21:56,694 --> 01:21:58,696
This is a very rare one to find.
1620
01:21:58,739 --> 01:22:02,526
This is Popples Funhouse
Folly and Other Stories.
1621
01:22:02,569 --> 01:22:05,050
This is basically, the only
reason that I love this one,
1622
01:22:05,094 --> 01:22:06,747
is not just cause
it's the Popples,
1623
01:22:06,791 --> 01:22:10,055
it's because it has the live
action Popples pilot movie
1624
01:22:10,099 --> 01:22:11,535
that Shelly Duvall produced.
1625
01:22:11,578 --> 01:22:13,929
It's supposed to I think
be a pilot TV series,
1626
01:22:13,972 --> 01:22:16,235
they were gonna pilot it
and see if they actually
1627
01:22:16,279 --> 01:22:17,802
continued it on to
do a series of this
1628
01:22:17,845 --> 01:22:20,109
and it didn't work out
or something like that
1629
01:22:20,152 --> 01:22:23,590
so they put this on this VHS
and it had this great music.
1630
01:22:23,634 --> 01:22:25,070
♪ This popples magic popples
1631
01:22:25,114 --> 01:22:27,986
I don't know, as a kid, I
absolutely loved this one
1632
01:22:28,030 --> 01:22:31,250
so much, I would rent
this one so many times.
1633
01:22:31,294 --> 01:22:33,818
This, and one I don't
know where it is anymore,
1634
01:22:33,861 --> 01:22:35,559
was My Pet Monster, live action.
1635
01:22:35,602 --> 01:22:38,562
Those two are some of my all
time favorite things to watch
1636
01:22:38,605 --> 01:22:41,478
but this one is probably my
top favorite one of all time
1637
01:22:41,521 --> 01:22:43,741
especially as a kid's rental.
1638
01:22:43,784 --> 01:22:44,655
- Maniac.
1639
01:22:46,874 --> 01:22:50,052
Maniac on VHS, I think
I bought this where a
1640
01:22:52,880 --> 01:22:55,013
a video rental store in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1641
01:22:55,057 --> 01:22:56,754
was going out of business.
1642
01:22:56,797 --> 01:22:58,103
I think this is one of the
films that I bought there,
1643
01:22:58,147 --> 01:23:00,192
and I only think that because of
1644
01:23:02,238 --> 01:23:04,109
the dot of the price sticker.
1645
01:23:17,035 --> 01:23:20,604
- First laser disc I ever
purchased was The Lost Boys,
1646
01:23:20,647 --> 01:23:22,127
I still have it.
1647
01:23:22,171 --> 01:23:24,608
I was so excited because I
hadn't seen this in the theater,
1648
01:23:24,651 --> 01:23:27,045
I got to finally see
it widescreen because
1649
01:23:27,089 --> 01:23:28,394
at that point,
laser disc was the
1650
01:23:28,438 --> 01:23:30,309
only way to watch
anything widescreen.
1651
01:23:33,051 --> 01:23:36,098
Yeah, this was the first
one, I think I ordered
1652
01:23:36,141 --> 01:23:38,056
the Star Wars Trilogy
from Columbia House
1653
01:23:38,100 --> 01:23:39,362
but that hadn't arrived yet.
1654
01:23:39,405 --> 01:23:41,233
I drove out to a store
and purchased this one
1655
01:23:42,800 --> 01:23:44,062
just because I had
to watch something,
1656
01:23:44,106 --> 01:23:45,281
I had a laser disc
player sitting there
1657
01:23:45,324 --> 01:23:48,066
with nothing to play
on it, that can't go on
1658
01:23:48,110 --> 01:23:50,721
so I picked up The Lost Boys.
1659
01:23:55,030 --> 01:23:57,075
- Yes, I can understand you.
1660
01:23:57,119 --> 01:23:58,381
I'm Leonard Nimoy.
1661
01:24:04,735 --> 01:24:06,215
Interesting.
1662
01:24:06,258 --> 01:24:08,391
A record player that
produces beautiful sounds
1663
01:24:08,434 --> 01:24:10,523
and pictures through my TV.
1664
01:24:10,567 --> 01:24:13,961
- One thing that I really
loved about laser discs,
1665
01:24:14,005 --> 01:24:16,225
that you really
couldn't, I guess,
1666
01:24:16,268 --> 01:24:18,053
actually I never
tried but I don't know
1667
01:24:18,096 --> 01:24:20,098
that it was as prominent
with VHS tapes,
1668
01:24:20,142 --> 01:24:22,579
but with laser discs
it was always fun to
1669
01:24:22,622 --> 01:24:25,016
look for the import movies,
1670
01:24:25,060 --> 01:24:27,758
alternate versions
of movies on import.
1671
01:24:27,801 --> 01:24:31,066
One of my favorites is,
what they called in Japan,
1672
01:24:31,109 --> 01:24:34,808
Captain Supermarket, which was
the uncut Army of Darkness.
1673
01:24:35,635 --> 01:24:37,115
This one was pretty hard to get.
1674
01:24:38,899 --> 01:24:40,510
I really enjoyed at that point,
1675
01:24:40,553 --> 01:24:41,859
not that I knew
I would enjoy it,
1676
01:24:41,902 --> 01:24:44,253
but looking back I
enjoyed the fact that
1677
01:24:44,296 --> 01:24:46,864
it took some effort
to get these movies.
1678
01:24:48,083 --> 01:24:50,128
You couldn't just download it,
1679
01:24:50,172 --> 01:24:52,130
you couldn't just
buy the DVD that had
1680
01:24:52,174 --> 01:24:54,132
11 different versions
of the movie on it,
1681
01:24:54,176 --> 01:24:55,829
you had to actually, and
you couldn't even look
1682
01:24:55,873 --> 01:24:57,744
them up on the
internet at that point.
1683
01:24:59,355 --> 01:25:01,183
- At first glance this player--
1684
01:25:02,271 --> 01:25:03,794
Excuse me, Magna vision,
1685
01:25:03,837 --> 01:25:06,840
gives the appearance of a
highly stylized record player.
1686
01:25:06,884 --> 01:25:10,192
However, I notice the absence
of a stylus or needle.
1687
01:25:11,193 --> 01:25:13,456
An optical laser scanner?
1688
01:25:14,805 --> 01:25:16,502
And Magna vision was
the first consumer
1689
01:25:16,546 --> 01:25:19,331
product in our galaxy to use it?
1690
01:25:19,375 --> 01:25:22,987
Now that is an entirely new
dimension in entertainment.
1691
01:25:24,206 --> 01:25:25,903
- But yeah, that's one
thing I really enjoyed
1692
01:25:25,946 --> 01:25:28,601
about laser discs
was just the effort
1693
01:25:28,645 --> 01:25:31,474
and the struggle
and the research
1694
01:25:31,517 --> 01:25:33,171
and just all the
detective work it took
1695
01:25:33,215 --> 01:25:37,306
to pick up these unavailable
movies in the states
1696
01:25:37,349 --> 01:25:38,698
on laser disc in Japan.
1697
01:25:41,266 --> 01:25:44,226
I just still have my
collection in my room
1698
01:25:44,269 --> 01:25:46,097
with all my stuff, so it's not,
1699
01:25:47,229 --> 01:25:48,447
I don't think it's
in any danger.
1700
01:25:48,491 --> 01:25:50,797
I didn't stuff it in
a garage or something.
1701
01:25:50,841 --> 01:25:53,322
Laser discs, they
don't get mold,
1702
01:25:53,365 --> 01:25:55,280
but they do get
what's called disc rot
1703
01:25:55,324 --> 01:25:59,980
which is a rust that develops
between the layers of the disc
1704
01:26:00,024 --> 01:26:02,113
if it wasn't air tight when
they glued them together
1705
01:26:02,157 --> 01:26:03,767
and that you can
do nothing about.
1706
01:26:03,810 --> 01:26:06,204
That is dreaded and
that will ruin a disc,
1707
01:26:06,248 --> 01:26:08,250
it looks like
little colored blips
1708
01:26:08,293 --> 01:26:10,165
that just go all
over the screen.
1709
01:26:10,208 --> 01:26:11,253
It's a nightmare.
1710
01:26:12,210 --> 01:26:13,820
Once that happens, you're done.
1711
01:26:13,864 --> 01:26:15,692
I had heard that you
have to play your discs
1712
01:26:15,735 --> 01:26:17,911
at least once a year because it
1713
01:26:17,955 --> 01:26:20,262
redistributes the glue
inside when they heat up
1714
01:26:20,305 --> 01:26:23,265
and start spinning, I don't
know how true that is.
1715
01:26:23,308 --> 01:26:28,313
Did not have time to
play everyone of my
discs once a year.
1716
01:26:56,385 --> 01:27:01,303
- So, VHS was a big big
part of my life for about
1717
01:27:02,521 --> 01:27:05,089
I guess 10, 12 years,
something like that.
1718
01:27:06,308 --> 01:27:08,310
And then of course we
had laser discs came out
1719
01:27:08,353 --> 01:27:09,659
but I never really...
1720
01:27:09,702 --> 01:27:11,269
- No, I never got
the laser discs.
1721
01:27:11,313 --> 01:27:13,271
- It was just way
out of my price range
1722
01:27:13,315 --> 01:27:16,361
and most of the stuff that I
really wanted to get ahold of
1723
01:27:16,405 --> 01:27:18,233
never really came out,
it only seemed to be
1724
01:27:18,276 --> 01:27:22,411
the bigger films like I don't
Aliens or something like that.
1725
01:27:22,454 --> 01:27:24,282
- Pretty much anything on
DVD was gonna be printed
1726
01:27:24,326 --> 01:27:26,763
and printed and printed with
obviously some major exceptions
1727
01:27:26,806 --> 01:27:29,287
but for the most part,
they're still being made.
1728
01:27:29,331 --> 01:27:32,638
VHS tapes, again
with some exceptions,
1729
01:27:32,682 --> 01:27:33,944
are not being made anymore.
1730
01:27:33,987 --> 01:27:35,424
What is out there is
what is out there.
1731
01:27:35,467 --> 01:27:37,774
There's nothing else
being fed into the pool
1732
01:27:37,817 --> 01:27:39,428
into the population.
1733
01:27:39,471 --> 01:27:43,606
So if you find a VHS tape,
it's one of a limited number.
1734
01:27:43,649 --> 01:27:44,955
For some reason,
that attracts me.
1735
01:27:44,998 --> 01:27:46,696
There's something about it.
1736
01:27:46,739 --> 01:27:51,527
Whereas a DVD if I buy
a copy of Friday on DVD,
1737
01:27:52,702 --> 01:27:55,357
and then I buy the other
million or so copies
1738
01:27:55,400 --> 01:27:58,360
out there of Friday,
they're gonna make more,
1739
01:27:58,403 --> 01:28:00,318
or they'll make Blu Rays but
they're still making DVDs
1740
01:28:00,362 --> 01:28:02,277
so they're gonna
make more of them.
1741
01:28:02,320 --> 01:28:05,802
That makes it so that owning
Friday isn't that special
1742
01:28:05,845 --> 01:28:07,238
because truth be
told, I'll never
1743
01:28:07,282 --> 01:28:08,674
watch most of
these movies again.
1744
01:28:08,718 --> 01:28:13,636
Why, because my 1500 movie
long movies to see list
1745
01:28:16,421 --> 01:28:17,596
is gonna keep
growing faster than
1746
01:28:17,640 --> 01:28:20,686
I can re watch
movies that I love.
1747
01:28:20,730 --> 01:28:22,862
- You will find a
selection of coming attractions
1748
01:28:22,906 --> 01:28:26,475
available on the
VRO network labels.
1749
01:28:26,518 --> 01:28:28,868
- There's a lot of films,
I think My Lie was one
1750
01:28:28,912 --> 01:28:31,262
which was one of the
first, if I remember,
1751
01:28:31,306 --> 01:28:32,350
I could be wrong here,
one of the first found
1752
01:28:32,394 --> 01:28:37,050
footagy of the recent period
1753
01:28:37,094 --> 01:28:39,009
where they kind of took the
whole big brother thing,
1754
01:28:39,052 --> 01:28:41,490
and I didn't like
it until the end
1755
01:28:41,533 --> 01:28:43,405
and then once the
end hit, I got it,
1756
01:28:43,448 --> 01:28:45,624
and was ah, that's amazing,
and then I loved it.
1757
01:28:45,668 --> 01:28:47,757
So with Netflix
and that sort of,
1758
01:28:47,800 --> 01:28:50,455
because they're so blood,
even love film which I love,
1759
01:28:50,499 --> 01:28:55,068
and I use because it's cheap,
it's efficient and it's easy.
1760
01:28:56,940 --> 01:28:58,115
I'm a film person,
1761
01:28:59,595 --> 01:29:01,901
we make films ourselves,
and people sag off my films,
1762
01:29:01,945 --> 01:29:04,382
some people love them,
some people hate them.
1763
01:29:04,426 --> 01:29:06,166
But I know how much
effort I've put in
1764
01:29:06,210 --> 01:29:08,821
and so I know how much effort
someone else has put in
1765
01:29:08,865 --> 01:29:10,867
so I feel I should at
least give the film,
1766
01:29:10,910 --> 01:29:12,956
it's entire chance,
so when you've got the
1767
01:29:12,999 --> 01:29:15,741
disposable ness of it,
sometimes you don't.
1768
01:29:16,960 --> 01:29:18,527
- I think because of
that a lot of people,
1769
01:29:18,570 --> 01:29:21,225
a lot of my friends when
I ask them what they watch
1770
01:29:21,268 --> 01:29:24,446
they just watch series
because it's easier,
1771
01:29:24,489 --> 01:29:25,882
because they don't
want to sit there
1772
01:29:25,925 --> 01:29:28,624
and sort of go through
the first two minutes
1773
01:29:28,667 --> 01:29:30,190
of each film before they decide.
1774
01:29:30,234 --> 01:29:32,889
If they know whatever
series, whether it's Dexter,
1775
01:29:32,932 --> 01:29:35,370
or if they know that
they kind of like that
1776
01:29:35,413 --> 01:29:36,283
and they don't want
to think about it
1777
01:29:36,327 --> 01:29:37,807
so that's what they put on,
1778
01:29:37,850 --> 01:29:39,504
and they just watch one
series and when that finishes
1779
01:29:39,548 --> 01:29:40,723
they watch another
one, they don't really
1780
01:29:40,766 --> 01:29:43,465
watch films that
much on Netflix.
1781
01:29:43,508 --> 01:29:47,686
That's generally what the
people give me as feedback.
1782
01:29:47,730 --> 01:29:52,082
I mostly watch DVDs
and Blu Rays, still
1783
01:29:52,125 --> 01:29:53,866
but we do use Netflix.
1784
01:29:54,911 --> 01:29:58,523
My partner particularly
likes Netflix.
1785
01:29:58,567 --> 01:30:00,090
I often find that
there's nothing
1786
01:30:00,133 --> 01:30:01,787
that I really watch
to watch on it.
1787
01:30:15,540 --> 01:30:17,803
- Quality's fantastic
on Blu Rays but I'm
1788
01:30:17,847 --> 01:30:22,852
unamused that yet another
technological advance in media
1789
01:30:25,463 --> 01:30:29,467
when VHS is fine with me,
I like the rawness of it,
1790
01:30:29,511 --> 01:30:31,600
I like how it's a
little bit dated.
1791
01:30:32,992 --> 01:30:36,431
Why keep printing the same
things over and over and over
1792
01:30:36,474 --> 01:30:38,041
that are just a little
bit better each time.
1793
01:30:38,084 --> 01:30:39,521
You know, obviously
it's for money
1794
01:30:39,564 --> 01:30:43,307
and frankly, I just I have
no desire to get Blu Rays,
1795
01:30:43,350 --> 01:30:44,439
to watch Blu Rays.
1796
01:30:45,875 --> 01:30:48,007
- So the point being, this
whole tangibility thing
1797
01:30:48,051 --> 01:30:51,010
brings us back to VHS
and why we collect them,
1798
01:30:51,054 --> 01:30:54,231
because we've gone
from big chunky things
1799
01:30:54,274 --> 01:30:55,841
to nothing.
1800
01:30:55,885 --> 01:30:58,714
So I think that's
where VHS lies now.
1801
01:30:58,757 --> 01:31:00,150
Why are we still collecting?
1802
01:31:00,193 --> 01:31:03,370
Because we like going
back to the days which
1803
01:31:03,414 --> 01:31:05,503
it was an adventure,
going to the shop
1804
01:31:05,547 --> 01:31:08,158
and looking through those
rows and rows and rows
1805
01:31:08,201 --> 01:31:09,725
and trying to look
at the horror ones,
1806
01:31:09,768 --> 01:31:11,509
and the ones with horror
ticks on the front
1807
01:31:11,553 --> 01:31:12,815
which you're not
going to look at
1808
01:31:12,858 --> 01:31:14,556
when you're with your
parents or when you're
1809
01:31:14,599 --> 01:31:16,209
a bit older, with your Misses
1810
01:31:16,253 --> 01:31:18,037
and you're kind of
like just trying...
1811
01:31:18,081 --> 01:31:20,779
There's a whole thing to
it which you don't get now
1812
01:31:20,823 --> 01:31:23,869
and I think that's what
a lot of collecting is.
1813
01:31:23,913 --> 01:31:25,480
Other people collect
antiques or anything
1814
01:31:25,523 --> 01:31:27,438
you're harking back to
something you're enjoying.
1815
01:31:27,482 --> 01:31:28,918
That was such an
enjoyable experience.
1816
01:31:28,961 --> 01:31:31,094
I think holding the VHS
you are getting that again.
1817
01:31:31,137 --> 01:31:32,530
- Exactly, picking
up some of the,
1818
01:31:32,574 --> 01:31:36,534
I've still got some of the
big box soft cover ones.
1819
01:31:36,578 --> 01:31:37,709
They're a bit squiggly.
1820
01:31:37,753 --> 01:31:38,623
- Clam shells?
1821
01:31:38,667 --> 01:31:39,929
- Clam shells, that's it.
1822
01:31:39,972 --> 01:31:42,584
And when you open that
up and inside you've got
1823
01:31:42,627 --> 01:31:47,545
the stamp of the video shop
over the film title label
1824
01:31:47,589 --> 01:31:49,678
and all of that,
they're so beautiful.
1825
01:31:50,635 --> 01:31:52,550
If you do have the
space to display them
1826
01:31:52,594 --> 01:31:54,552
I think they're just
valued works of art
1827
01:31:54,596 --> 01:31:58,034
because as you said the
posters are incredible.
1828
01:31:58,077 --> 01:32:00,297
You generally very rarely get
1829
01:32:00,340 --> 01:32:02,255
real posters on films nowadays.
1830
01:32:02,299 --> 01:32:06,346
There are a few sort of
genre famous artists like
1831
01:32:06,390 --> 01:32:08,000
Graham Humphreys.
- Graham Humphreys.
1832
01:32:08,044 --> 01:32:09,741
- Okay here's a VHS phenomenon
1833
01:32:09,785 --> 01:32:12,570
no one's ever been
able to explain to me
in my satisfaction.
1834
01:32:12,614 --> 01:32:14,964
Fricken clam shells.
1835
01:32:15,007 --> 01:32:16,705
Certain companies didn't
believe in the same
1836
01:32:16,748 --> 01:32:18,097
cardboard cases that
everyone else is
1837
01:32:18,141 --> 01:32:19,708
shipping out their VHS tapes in.
1838
01:32:19,751 --> 01:32:21,448
No, no, no, these guys,
their stuff is so precious
1839
01:32:21,492 --> 01:32:22,885
they have to develop
this technology
1840
01:32:22,928 --> 01:32:26,062
of this padded plastic
kind of case thing
1841
01:32:26,105 --> 01:32:27,629
to send their stuff out in.
1842
01:32:27,672 --> 01:32:30,849
Unfortunately, this case is
about one point two seven times
1843
01:32:30,893 --> 01:32:33,504
the size of a normal VHS
tape so you know what
1844
01:32:33,548 --> 01:32:36,376
it's not fitting on
your shelf kids, sorry.
1845
01:32:38,161 --> 01:32:42,382
- I think my strangest
VHS memory has to be
1846
01:32:42,426 --> 01:32:46,604
as a young boy, when
Poltergeist and ET
1847
01:32:47,692 --> 01:32:49,694
hadn't yet been
released in our cinemas,
1848
01:32:51,130 --> 01:32:53,132
a friend of the family
decided to go up to this place
1849
01:32:53,176 --> 01:32:56,048
in Tallah which is
a suburb of Dublin
1850
01:32:56,092 --> 01:32:59,704
and he decided that he was
going to get us a surprise
1851
01:32:59,748 --> 01:33:01,619
and he knocked on this door.
1852
01:33:01,663 --> 01:33:05,231
The guy behind the door,
didn't open the door
1853
01:33:05,275 --> 01:33:08,626
but he responded and he said
what are you looking for?
1854
01:33:08,670 --> 01:33:11,673
And the friend of the family
said, "ET and Poltergeist."
1855
01:33:11,716 --> 01:33:13,675
So he was instructed
to put some money
1856
01:33:13,718 --> 01:33:16,460
through the letter box and
then he just passed out
1857
01:33:16,503 --> 01:33:20,507
these two blank VHS tapes,
and when we got them home
1858
01:33:20,551 --> 01:33:23,859
to our shock and
incredible surprise,
1859
01:33:23,902 --> 01:33:27,166
it was Poltergeist and ET.
1860
01:33:27,210 --> 01:33:30,474
So we got to see them pretty
much before nearly anyone else
1861
01:33:30,517 --> 01:33:32,694
in Ireland in the early 80s.
1862
01:33:33,651 --> 01:33:37,046
So that probably is the
strangest experience
1863
01:33:37,089 --> 01:33:39,744
I would've had with VHS.
1864
01:33:41,485 --> 01:33:43,661
There's been other
odd experiences but
1865
01:33:43,705 --> 01:33:45,968
I think that tops them all.
1866
01:33:46,011 --> 01:33:48,666
- One of the most
bizarre situations
1867
01:33:48,710 --> 01:33:52,627
I was ever thrust into for
finding VHS tapes probably
1868
01:33:54,280 --> 01:33:56,674
me and my girlfriend found
this ad on Craigslist
1869
01:33:56,718 --> 01:33:59,721
and they said they had a
bunch of adult VHS titles
1870
01:33:59,764 --> 01:34:01,244
and I don't really
collect adult titles
1871
01:34:01,287 --> 01:34:03,681
but I have a lot
of friends that do,
1872
01:34:03,725 --> 01:34:05,161
so we decided to
go check it out.
1873
01:34:05,204 --> 01:34:08,251
So we get to this two
story house in suburbia,
1874
01:34:09,731 --> 01:34:12,777
fairly like rich looking house.
1875
01:34:12,821 --> 01:34:15,737
They opened the door
and it's just like two
1876
01:34:16,912 --> 01:34:20,219
harmless looking
middle aged people,
1877
01:34:20,263 --> 01:34:22,482
very normal looking people,
1878
01:34:22,526 --> 01:34:25,181
and it's already like
hm, that's kind of weird.
1879
01:34:25,224 --> 01:34:28,053
We walk in and they
are having like
1880
01:34:28,097 --> 01:34:31,927
a pseudo estate sale and
everything in their house
1881
01:34:31,970 --> 01:34:33,885
is marked with like
little post it notes,
1882
01:34:33,929 --> 01:34:37,280
and they have prices on
the little post it notes.
1883
01:34:37,323 --> 01:34:39,804
They're trying to
sell us a cookie jar
1884
01:34:39,848 --> 01:34:42,154
and a whole fireplace
and stuff like that.
1885
01:34:42,198 --> 01:34:44,809
So finally we get to the porno,
1886
01:34:44,853 --> 01:34:48,073
and they have like
20 banana boxes,
1887
01:34:48,117 --> 01:34:52,034
like boxes like this big
full of big box porno
1888
01:34:52,077 --> 01:34:55,559
and it's all from later
era like 80s and 90s
1889
01:34:55,602 --> 01:34:58,040
and we're going through it,
and as we're going through it,
1890
01:34:58,083 --> 01:35:01,130
you can just feel the
embarrassment in the room
1891
01:35:01,173 --> 01:35:03,610
and they're just like
super uncomfortable
1892
01:35:03,654 --> 01:35:04,655
and they're sitting there
like biting their nail
1893
01:35:04,699 --> 01:35:06,048
as we're going through it.
1894
01:35:06,091 --> 01:35:08,877
And we're not really
feeling it, or whatever,
1895
01:35:08,920 --> 01:35:11,706
there wasn't much, anything
we really wanted there,
1896
01:35:11,749 --> 01:35:13,751
and at the end of
it they were like
1897
01:35:13,795 --> 01:35:16,362
are you sure you
can't take any of it?
1898
01:35:16,406 --> 01:35:18,713
They seemed desperate to
get rid of this porno,
1899
01:35:18,756 --> 01:35:20,889
like it was this dirt
or blood on their hands
1900
01:35:20,932 --> 01:35:22,847
and they were just like
so embarrassed to have it
1901
01:35:22,891 --> 01:35:26,155
and the whole vibe was kind
of bizarre and kind of funny.
1902
01:35:26,198 --> 01:35:29,767
Really nice people but
man it was just weird
1903
01:35:29,811 --> 01:35:31,247
and really funny.
1904
01:35:31,290 --> 01:35:35,773
So yeah, porno at the
suburban white people's house
1905
01:35:36,731 --> 01:35:37,557
was pretty weird.
1906
01:35:39,081 --> 01:35:43,433
- Actually, I have a funny
story about adult VHS tapes.
1907
01:35:43,476 --> 01:35:48,481
In college a buddy of mine
found a girlfriend finally,
1908
01:35:49,656 --> 01:35:51,876
loved the guy, Vinny the mouse.
1909
01:35:51,920 --> 01:35:54,749
He was a very tiny guy,
very short, very thin,
1910
01:35:54,792 --> 01:35:55,837
wonderful guy.
1911
01:35:56,925 --> 01:36:00,929
Met this really tall
beautiful woman,
1912
01:36:00,972 --> 01:36:03,583
she dwarfed him in every way.
1913
01:36:03,627 --> 01:36:04,628
Love at first sight.
1914
01:36:06,021 --> 01:36:10,765
Unfortunately he had a
extensive porn collection.
1915
01:36:12,157 --> 01:36:14,986
She did not agree with
the porn collection.
1916
01:36:16,292 --> 01:36:17,815
So he had to get rid of it.
1917
01:36:19,164 --> 01:36:23,690
He was stashing it in friends
places because he wasn't sure,
1918
01:36:24,779 --> 01:36:26,302
they'd only been
dating a couple months.
1919
01:36:26,345 --> 01:36:30,262
So he stashed his
porn collection
1920
01:36:30,306 --> 01:36:32,221
with a bunch of
different friends.
1921
01:36:32,264 --> 01:36:33,135
I was one of them,
1922
01:36:34,353 --> 01:36:36,399
and I found myself
in possession of
1923
01:36:38,793 --> 01:36:40,229
The Ass Master.
1924
01:36:48,063 --> 01:36:48,803
Thanks, Vinny.
1925
01:36:50,935 --> 01:36:53,285
- So collecting tapes has
gotten me out of my house
1926
01:36:53,329 --> 01:36:56,332
and brought me to some
pretty strange places.
1927
01:36:57,724 --> 01:37:00,118
Two stories that
happened on the same day.
1928
01:37:01,337 --> 01:37:02,817
We were in New York
hosting a screening of
1929
01:37:02,860 --> 01:37:05,036
Desperate Teenage Love Dolls
1930
01:37:05,080 --> 01:37:07,299
and our friend Matt
from Horror Boobs
1931
01:37:07,343 --> 01:37:08,953
decided that he
wanted to take us out
1932
01:37:08,997 --> 01:37:11,216
to look for tapes at
the old porn stores
1933
01:37:11,260 --> 01:37:13,566
near 42nd St in Times Square.
1934
01:37:15,003 --> 01:37:16,439
The first few stores we went to
1935
01:37:16,482 --> 01:37:17,875
we didn't really find much.
1936
01:37:19,572 --> 01:37:20,922
We were buying stuff
just to buy stuff
1937
01:37:20,965 --> 01:37:22,532
and say we bought stuff,
1938
01:37:22,575 --> 01:37:26,492
but the third place we
went to we went upstairs
1939
01:37:26,536 --> 01:37:28,016
because that's where
they kept all the tapes
1940
01:37:28,059 --> 01:37:29,582
and the guy that owned the
place didn't really tell us
1941
01:37:29,626 --> 01:37:32,847
what else was
upstairs but there was
1942
01:37:32,890 --> 01:37:37,677
lap dance booths, and there
was probably like 12 of them
1943
01:37:37,721 --> 01:37:40,550
and there was these girls
that were walking around naked
1944
01:37:40,593 --> 01:37:42,595
and they were bringing
guys into get lap dances
1945
01:37:42,639 --> 01:37:44,119
while we were looking for tapes.
1946
01:37:45,685 --> 01:37:47,905
They'd be walking past us
to have cigarette breaks
1947
01:37:47,949 --> 01:37:49,864
on the fire escape.
1948
01:37:49,907 --> 01:37:50,995
It was pretty weird.
1949
01:37:51,039 --> 01:37:53,345
The second story
is kind of weirder.
1950
01:37:53,389 --> 01:37:57,045
We went to another porn
store and we asked if
1951
01:37:57,088 --> 01:37:59,221
they had tapes, the guy
that owned the place, said,
1952
01:37:59,264 --> 01:38:01,397
"Oh yeah, we get a lot of tapes
but they're in the basement.
1953
01:38:01,440 --> 01:38:03,181
"And I'm only going to let two
of you down there at a time."
1954
01:38:03,225 --> 01:38:06,924
So Matt and I decided
that we'd go downstairs
1955
01:38:06,968 --> 01:38:09,013
and all the tapes
were in these giant
1956
01:38:09,057 --> 01:38:12,582
industrial size trash
bags, and the guy that
1957
01:38:12,625 --> 01:38:15,063
brought us downstairs kept
on saying not to look around.
1958
01:38:15,106 --> 01:38:17,587
Don't look around, and I noticed
1959
01:38:17,630 --> 01:38:21,939
that there was
probably a dozen racks
1960
01:38:21,983 --> 01:38:25,073
of VHS duplicators
running and they were
1961
01:38:25,116 --> 01:38:29,947
duplicating some
pretty interesting porn
1962
01:38:29,991 --> 01:38:32,036
while we were digging
around through tapes
1963
01:38:32,080 --> 01:38:34,734
and we actually found
some good stuff that day
1964
01:38:34,778 --> 01:38:39,478
in that place there was big
boxes and rare kung fu shit.
1965
01:38:39,522 --> 01:38:44,135
It was worth being in
a nasty basement with
1966
01:38:44,179 --> 01:38:45,920
gross Japanese playing.
1967
01:38:50,141 --> 01:38:54,276
- So my strangest VHS memory
1968
01:38:55,538 --> 01:38:57,583
is probably when I was
a kid and I walked into
1969
01:38:57,627 --> 01:39:01,109
this small Indie video
store and there it is
1970
01:39:01,152 --> 01:39:04,286
eye level with me, the
continental big box for
1971
01:39:04,329 --> 01:39:06,462
City of the Walking Dead.
1972
01:39:06,505 --> 01:39:08,768
Now, if you don't
know what that is
1973
01:39:08,812 --> 01:39:11,336
or what I'm talking
about, let me explain.
1974
01:39:11,380 --> 01:39:13,251
The cover of the box is
a still from the movie
1975
01:39:13,295 --> 01:39:16,385
and it's this naked chick
with her eye gouged out.
1976
01:39:16,428 --> 01:39:19,997
So here I am this pubescent
kid and I'm seeing this
1977
01:39:20,041 --> 01:39:22,695
and it's totally
weirding me out with this
1978
01:39:22,739 --> 01:39:26,047
mix of like sexuality
and repulsion,
1979
01:39:26,090 --> 01:39:28,092
so every time I was
in that video store
1980
01:39:28,136 --> 01:39:29,485
I'm staring at that box,
1981
01:39:29,528 --> 01:39:32,183
just kind of trying
to figure it out.
1982
01:39:32,227 --> 01:39:35,143
Trying to figure out
how I feel about it.
1983
01:39:36,144 --> 01:39:37,884
Personally I think
it traumatized me.
1984
01:39:39,843 --> 01:39:42,454
- Now when it comes to
strange VHS memories,
1985
01:39:42,498 --> 01:39:44,195
one thing I always remember
that was kind of weird
1986
01:39:44,239 --> 01:39:46,502
was how VHS used to be released.
1987
01:39:46,545 --> 01:39:48,765
When the things
used to come out,
1988
01:39:48,808 --> 01:39:50,854
now when a movie comes
out, it's a new release,
1989
01:39:50,897 --> 01:39:53,857
it comes out to Red
Box, DVD, Blu Ray,
1990
01:39:53,900 --> 01:39:55,293
you can buy it
everywhere, on Amazon,
1991
01:39:55,337 --> 01:39:56,294
everywhere you can get stuff,
1992
01:39:56,338 --> 01:39:57,992
it comes out the
exact same time.
1993
01:39:58,035 --> 01:40:00,124
When VHS first was coming out
1994
01:40:00,168 --> 01:40:02,126
you used to have to actually
go and rent it first.
1995
01:40:02,170 --> 01:40:04,041
That was the only
place you could get it.
1996
01:40:04,085 --> 01:40:06,043
So it was always a weird
thing because I always
1997
01:40:06,087 --> 01:40:09,046
me, loved to have tapes and
loved to have the collection.
1998
01:40:09,090 --> 01:40:10,917
So it was always
for me as a kid,
1999
01:40:10,961 --> 01:40:12,354
always such a strange
thing that you would
2000
01:40:12,397 --> 01:40:16,010
have to wait another like
six months to a whole year
2001
01:40:16,053 --> 01:40:17,620
to actually buy the movie,
2002
01:40:18,969 --> 01:40:20,057
because like I said you
could rent it first,
2003
01:40:20,101 --> 01:40:21,319
but you could not buy it.
2004
01:40:21,363 --> 01:40:23,365
So as a kid, it used to
always drive me crazy,
2005
01:40:23,408 --> 01:40:25,454
and if you really
really had to have it
2006
01:40:25,497 --> 01:40:29,110
right when it first came
out, it would be like $110
2007
01:40:29,153 --> 01:40:31,155
or something like that
to buy it right away.
2008
01:40:33,070 --> 01:40:36,117
- Well I got into a fight
once in a video store
2009
01:40:36,160 --> 01:40:41,165
with the clerk, after renting
a Swedish horror movie
2010
01:40:42,775 --> 01:40:44,908
or slasher.
2011
01:40:45,822 --> 01:40:46,910
God bless them.
2012
01:40:49,652 --> 01:40:54,091
Basically I demanded a refund
and the guy refused to.
2013
01:40:54,135 --> 01:40:55,788
I was furious.
2014
01:40:59,270 --> 01:41:01,272
I'm kind of big on bad movies.
2015
01:41:01,316 --> 01:41:06,190
I'm a huge Ed Wood fan
and I like Trough too
2016
01:41:07,800 --> 01:41:09,933
but this one was awful and
I demanded my money back.
2017
01:41:09,976 --> 01:41:12,327
The guy finally
just got tired of me
2018
01:41:12,370 --> 01:41:16,766
and told me sure, you can
have your money back but
2019
01:41:18,159 --> 01:41:19,508
does this work the
other way around
2020
01:41:19,551 --> 01:41:22,250
so you're willing to
pay double if you rent
2021
01:41:22,293 --> 01:41:23,686
something you really like?
2022
01:41:24,730 --> 01:41:26,558
And for like a
millisecond you just go.
2023
01:41:28,734 --> 01:41:29,648
No.
2024
01:41:29,692 --> 01:41:30,997
God damn it.
2025
01:41:31,868 --> 01:41:33,348
So he kind of won that argument.
2026
01:41:38,004 --> 01:41:40,181
- So that was always a
very strange thing for me
2027
01:41:40,224 --> 01:41:43,140
as well, as back then
too before you could go
2028
01:41:43,184 --> 01:41:45,142
on the internet and you
could look things up,
2029
01:41:45,186 --> 01:41:46,970
I didn't know things
were coming out.
2030
01:41:47,013 --> 01:41:49,538
Some of my favorite things
like some of the Ernest movies
2031
01:41:49,581 --> 01:41:51,888
I used to kind of just
discover they were out
2032
01:41:51,931 --> 01:41:53,150
when I went into the
video rental place.
2033
01:41:53,194 --> 01:41:55,283
That was the thing
that was kind of cool
2034
01:41:55,326 --> 01:41:57,154
about renting movies as a kid,
2035
01:41:57,198 --> 01:41:59,722
you didn't know what was
out until you actually
2036
01:41:59,765 --> 01:42:01,202
got to the video rental store.
2037
01:42:01,245 --> 01:42:04,335
Now you kind of know,
you can look on websites
2038
01:42:04,379 --> 01:42:05,902
and see upcoming new releases
2039
01:42:05,945 --> 01:42:08,296
and you can go on the digital
bits and see cover arts
2040
01:42:08,339 --> 01:42:10,254
and things like that, if
things are actually coming out.
2041
01:42:10,298 --> 01:42:13,127
But back then, the cool
thing was going into
2042
01:42:13,170 --> 01:42:14,954
the video store every
Friday, because that's when
2043
01:42:14,998 --> 01:42:16,695
I used to always go as a kid,
2044
01:42:16,739 --> 01:42:18,610
and actually go in there
and see what new things
2045
01:42:18,654 --> 01:42:20,264
were out on the shelves,
it was the experience
2046
01:42:20,308 --> 01:42:21,831
to go oh yeah,
what is this movie,
2047
01:42:21,874 --> 01:42:24,225
and you kind of were discovering
things way more than now.
2048
01:42:24,268 --> 01:42:26,966
There's not as much
discovery with movies.
2049
01:42:28,142 --> 01:42:31,319
- It was funny, I
think Palace Pictures,
2050
01:42:31,362 --> 01:42:34,844
Palace Video had to
be the most exciting
2051
01:42:34,887 --> 01:42:37,194
because when the logo came up,
2052
01:42:37,238 --> 01:42:39,457
it appeared at the
opening of the film,
2053
01:42:39,501 --> 01:42:42,373
you always knew you were in
for something really exciting.
2054
01:42:44,462 --> 01:42:46,421
You know some of the best films,
2055
01:42:46,464 --> 01:42:49,815
like Evil Dead appeared
on the Palace label.
2056
01:42:51,208 --> 01:42:53,167
For some reason every
time we get a copy
2057
01:42:53,210 --> 01:42:58,128
of a Palace release,
it always seemed to be
2058
01:42:59,869 --> 01:43:02,219
I don't know, it
always looked as though
2059
01:43:02,263 --> 01:43:04,047
it would never play
and then suddenly
2060
01:43:05,266 --> 01:43:06,484
the I can't remember
what it's called,
2061
01:43:06,528 --> 01:43:08,704
the tracking, the
tracking system,
2062
01:43:08,747 --> 01:43:12,273
when that kicked in, then
suddenly the video played
2063
01:43:12,316 --> 01:43:15,885
because so many people would
have rented a Palace Pictures
2064
01:43:15,928 --> 01:43:18,322
release so by the
time you got to it,
2065
01:43:18,366 --> 01:43:22,587
and our local video store
there would have been
2066
01:43:22,631 --> 01:43:25,286
a lot of people booking
out certain types of films,
2067
01:43:25,329 --> 01:43:28,419
Evil Dead being the main
one of the Palace releases
2068
01:43:28,463 --> 01:43:31,248
that everyone wanted
to see at the time.
2069
01:43:31,292 --> 01:43:35,209
It was just, I don't know,
it was always quality.
2070
01:43:35,252 --> 01:43:37,254
I think Palace Pictures,
they only really
2071
01:43:37,298 --> 01:43:39,909
acquired the very best
that came in from America
2072
01:43:39,952 --> 01:43:42,738
or in fact
terrestrially in the UK.
2073
01:43:43,956 --> 01:43:47,699
It was just always an
exciting experience.
2074
01:43:47,743 --> 01:43:50,354
- I don't know, I have so
many great memories associated
2075
01:43:50,398 --> 01:43:53,618
with so many companies, I
mean, the logo would come on
2076
01:43:53,662 --> 01:43:55,272
and kind of set the
mood, and you knew you
2077
01:43:55,316 --> 01:43:59,189
were gonna see something you
probably shouldn't be seeing.
2078
01:43:59,233 --> 01:44:01,931
Some of the logos themselves
were pretty spooky.
2079
01:44:01,974 --> 01:44:05,848
But for me, it's kind
of a tie between Gorgon,
2080
01:44:05,891 --> 01:44:10,287
because I mean, that logo is
probably one of the best ever
2081
01:44:10,331 --> 01:44:12,158
plus they released
Night of the Bloody Apes
2082
01:44:12,202 --> 01:44:15,466
which is probably one
of the best movies ever.
2083
01:44:15,510 --> 01:44:18,556
Then Embassy because
they released Phantasm
2084
01:44:18,600 --> 01:44:22,256
which is definitely one of
the greatest movies ever.
2085
01:44:24,214 --> 01:44:27,565
- So my favorite
distributor for video tape.
2086
01:44:27,609 --> 01:44:30,089
I've had to think about this
because there's been a lot.
2087
01:44:30,133 --> 01:44:33,963
I really just there's great
films, and you see one,
2088
01:44:34,006 --> 01:44:35,443
you start to see other
ones on the same label
2089
01:44:35,486 --> 01:44:37,488
and you realize right
away, oh these guys,
2090
01:44:37,532 --> 01:44:39,185
whoever's releasing
this on this label
2091
01:44:39,229 --> 01:44:40,665
must be really having
a good idea because
2092
01:44:40,709 --> 01:44:43,320
they're putting out great
flicks one after the other.
2093
01:44:43,364 --> 01:44:45,496
So there's obviously
my favorites,
2094
01:44:45,540 --> 01:44:48,412
but I would have to say
when it comes to videotape,
2095
01:44:48,456 --> 01:44:53,461
my deep down 100% favorite
company, favorite company is
2096
01:44:54,288 --> 01:44:55,593
Paragon Video.
2097
01:44:55,637 --> 01:44:58,248
Yeah, it's Paragon,
and it's everything.
2098
01:44:58,292 --> 01:45:02,426
It's the way that the
star field opens up,
2099
01:45:02,470 --> 01:45:04,298
the way the music comes in,
2100
01:45:04,341 --> 01:45:06,648
the way, just Paragon comes with
2101
01:45:06,691 --> 01:45:09,346
the many layers of
Paragon behind it.
2102
01:45:09,390 --> 01:45:10,913
Everything about it is so,
2103
01:45:10,956 --> 01:45:15,439
it's so over the top, and
it's so hard set on early 80s.
2104
01:45:15,483 --> 01:45:19,530
It knows it's getting
into a new field video.
2105
01:45:20,749 --> 01:45:23,969
Nowadays you look at it
and it's almost cliched
2106
01:45:24,013 --> 01:45:27,886
the way it's so
electronic, and over stars,
2107
01:45:29,410 --> 01:45:32,064
like almost a Superman
effect to it, but Paragon.
2108
01:45:32,108 --> 01:45:34,502
Their output was just wonderful.
2109
01:45:34,545 --> 01:45:36,460
Paragon did a smart
thing which is probably
2110
01:45:36,504 --> 01:45:38,244
why I love it so much, is that
2111
01:45:38,288 --> 01:45:40,116
not only did you have
their opening logo
2112
01:45:40,159 --> 01:45:42,597
but then they ran like
15 minutes worth of
2113
01:45:42,640 --> 01:45:45,339
other trailers before
their own movie.
2114
01:45:59,222 --> 01:46:00,789
- Another one here to put you.
2115
01:46:00,832 --> 01:46:02,138
Superb little film.
2116
01:46:03,661 --> 01:46:07,361
Films like Cannibal Ferox,
some of the old video nasties.
2117
01:46:07,404 --> 01:46:08,579
Brilliant art and super,
2118
01:46:08,623 --> 01:46:10,189
you've got to have these
in your collection.
2119
01:46:10,233 --> 01:46:12,191
Pieces, one of my all
time favorite films.
2120
01:46:12,235 --> 01:46:14,237
Preset of Pieces, brilliant.
2121
01:46:14,280 --> 01:46:16,892
Now these presets
like this video drone
2122
01:46:16,935 --> 01:46:19,503
stuff like that, they were
small box, not big box,
2123
01:46:19,547 --> 01:46:22,593
but really a valued edition
to anyone's collection.
2124
01:46:24,116 --> 01:46:26,162
One of my favorite
all time distributors
2125
01:46:26,205 --> 01:46:27,903
has got to be Wizard.
2126
01:46:27,946 --> 01:46:29,426
I love their huge big box,
2127
01:46:29,470 --> 01:46:31,428
they're like bloody twos.
2128
01:46:31,472 --> 01:46:34,344
I would say probably
Media and Wizard
2129
01:46:34,388 --> 01:46:37,303
are my two favorite all
time bloody distributors.
2130
01:46:37,347 --> 01:46:40,350
Both in boxes are
literally so heavy.
2131
01:46:40,394 --> 01:46:41,177
Look at this.
2132
01:46:44,180 --> 01:46:45,703
Superb.
2133
01:46:45,747 --> 01:46:48,445
So my two favorite distributors
are Wizard Video and Media.
2134
01:46:50,316 --> 01:46:54,146
- Some of my favorite
VHS distributors,
2135
01:46:55,496 --> 01:47:00,501
Midnight Video, they
had the best big boxes,
2136
01:47:01,763 --> 01:47:03,112
they put out a lot of the
Herschell Gordon Lewis movies,
2137
01:47:03,155 --> 01:47:04,722
Microwave Massacre.
2138
01:47:04,766 --> 01:47:08,683
I love Vestron, Lightning Video.
2139
01:47:10,511 --> 01:47:12,469
Gorgon, all that stuff,
but I would have to say
2140
01:47:12,513 --> 01:47:17,474
my favorite one is probably
2141
01:47:19,041 --> 01:47:23,828
probably Vestron because
of the amount of titles
2142
01:47:23,872 --> 01:47:26,962
they had and I have so many
memories about those movies.
2143
01:47:29,486 --> 01:47:31,619
- What does VHS mean to me?
2144
01:47:31,662 --> 01:47:33,447
Well VHS is happiness.
2145
01:47:33,490 --> 01:47:36,101
I discovered almost all
of the movies that I love
2146
01:47:36,145 --> 01:47:38,539
by first seeing them on tape.
2147
01:47:38,582 --> 01:47:40,671
I've always loved movies,
and I'd rather watch
2148
01:47:40,715 --> 01:47:42,194
a low budget movie with heart
2149
01:47:42,238 --> 01:47:45,546
than a giant Hollywood
flick made by producers
2150
01:47:45,589 --> 01:47:47,635
trying to appeal to
the largest demographic
2151
01:47:47,678 --> 01:47:50,594
so they can make a
billion dollars worldwide.
2152
01:47:50,638 --> 01:47:53,379
VHS is the complete
opposite of that.
2153
01:47:53,423 --> 01:47:55,599
It's awesome art,
it's discovery,
2154
01:47:55,643 --> 01:47:58,080
it's taking a chance
on something new.
2155
01:47:58,123 --> 01:47:59,603
Sometimes renting a movie twice
2156
01:47:59,647 --> 01:48:01,866
because you got fooled
by an alternate version
2157
01:48:01,910 --> 01:48:04,521
or retitle.
2158
01:48:04,565 --> 01:48:07,437
The days when VHS was king,
even if something sucked,
2159
01:48:07,481 --> 01:48:10,527
you could still have fun taking
about how shitting it was.
2160
01:48:10,571 --> 01:48:12,529
Unlike now, when
you finish a movie
2161
01:48:12,573 --> 01:48:15,401
and 20 minutes later you forget
you've ever even seen it.
2162
01:48:16,794 --> 01:48:19,884
- And my daughter, my
five year old daughter
2163
01:48:19,928 --> 01:48:22,104
who's turning six soon,
2164
01:48:22,147 --> 01:48:24,715
knows how to work a VCR.
2165
01:48:27,588 --> 01:48:29,415
- Honestly, VHS changed my life.
2166
01:48:29,459 --> 01:48:31,417
I don't think that I would
be where I am without
2167
01:48:31,461 --> 01:48:33,985
the hobby and without the
sub culture surrounding it.
2168
01:48:35,160 --> 01:48:37,554
I've traveled so much
because of tapes.
2169
01:48:37,598 --> 01:48:39,991
I've met so many people
because of tapes.
2170
01:48:40,035 --> 01:48:43,081
I've gotten into
filmmaking myself
2171
01:48:43,125 --> 01:48:45,736
which has been a goal of
mine since I was little.
2172
01:48:46,911 --> 01:48:48,304
It's crazy to think
that something
2173
01:48:48,347 --> 01:48:50,262
that so many people
think is obsolete
2174
01:48:50,306 --> 01:48:55,311
and people throw away could
do so much for someone.
2175
01:48:56,138 --> 01:48:57,487
So I'm grateful for that.
2176
01:48:57,531 --> 01:48:58,706
- The reason why I
really like VHS is
2177
01:48:58,749 --> 01:49:01,186
because to me when I
think of childhood,
2178
01:49:01,230 --> 01:49:05,321
when I think of back to us
being a kid, I think of VHS.
2179
01:49:05,364 --> 01:49:06,583
- I love VHS!
2180
01:49:06,627 --> 01:49:08,585
VHS lives!
2181
01:49:09,934 --> 01:49:11,153
- Look in
here, I got boxes,
2182
01:49:11,196 --> 01:49:13,416
I got like four or five
boxes just filled up
2183
01:49:13,459 --> 01:49:14,417
with tapes like this.
2184
01:49:14,460 --> 01:49:16,419
Let's see what's
inside this one.
2185
01:49:16,462 --> 01:49:19,117
It's this Nasty Hero one.
2186
01:49:19,161 --> 01:49:20,815
This one's Gor, I
have a lot of Gor,
2187
01:49:20,858 --> 01:49:24,035
it's the sequel to this Gor.
2188
01:49:25,733 --> 01:49:28,649
Fancy cheese ball movie,
I think it's Italian.
2189
01:49:28,692 --> 01:49:31,347
This one's great, we
have Ninja The Protector.
2190
01:49:31,390 --> 01:49:32,696
Transworld Entertainment.
2191
01:49:34,089 --> 01:49:36,352
I love that so good cheese.
2192
01:49:36,395 --> 01:49:38,093
It's not even in the
movie, this cover,
2193
01:49:38,136 --> 01:49:40,312
it's not even in it,
but it's awesome.
2194
01:49:40,356 --> 01:49:41,749
What we got here,
also a classic.
2195
01:49:41,792 --> 01:49:45,666
Madballs, I got this sort
of like four months ago.
2196
01:49:45,709 --> 01:49:48,625
I got this at a convention.
2197
01:49:48,669 --> 01:49:50,627
Very good one right there.
2198
01:49:50,671 --> 01:49:52,455
Gotta love some junior.
2199
01:49:52,498 --> 01:49:54,152
Great, great movie.
2200
01:49:55,676 --> 01:49:57,895
Not really like a slasher, more
like a revenge kind of movie
2201
01:49:57,939 --> 01:50:00,594
but it's still super
fun and cheese ball.
2202
01:50:00,637 --> 01:50:01,812
What do we have here?
2203
01:50:01,856 --> 01:50:04,249
Freakmaker by Vidcrest.
2204
01:50:04,293 --> 01:50:07,601
Donald Pleasence's great
great monster kind of movie.
2205
01:50:07,644 --> 01:50:08,776
Love it.
2206
01:50:08,819 --> 01:50:10,560
What else do we have here?
2207
01:50:10,604 --> 01:50:12,127
Hardrock Zombies.
2208
01:50:12,170 --> 01:50:13,432
Good good stuff.
2209
01:50:17,045 --> 01:50:18,220
Love the cover of this.
2210
01:50:18,263 --> 01:50:19,482
This is a great one.
2211
01:50:19,525 --> 01:50:22,616
One of the better heavy
metal horror movies.
2212
01:50:22,659 --> 01:50:24,052
The best one is Trick or Treat.
2213
01:50:25,314 --> 01:50:27,446
This is right up there
with some good cheese.
2214
01:50:29,797 --> 01:50:32,277
Look at this, Nico
Mastorakis' Grandma's House.
2215
01:50:32,321 --> 01:50:34,105
Also did Island of Death.
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