The Rewind Zone.
Rue Morgue TV just started a new series hosted by Yasmina Ketita (of the Witch Finger Podcast) called The Rewind Zone. For those of us who grew up in the eighties, I'm sure this will get you nodding...
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They've Doomed Us All, Church Man!
This week's VHS is James W. Roberson's Superstition from 1982.An old estate haunted by the spirit of an executed witch seeks revenge on all that cross her path.I'd been waiting a long time to re-watch...
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Blank Tape Bazaar!
I have done countless posts on VHS coverbox art over the years, but now I want to turn your attention to an item that some of us may have had hundreds of back in the day - Blank VHS. They were many...
View ArticleShort of the Week #69: Wild
This week's short film is the latest from the super talented Morgana McKenzie entitled Wild. I programmed this for last year's SFFF and was happy to see it recently hit the Web.McKenzie has been making...
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Pulled From The Ashes.
This week's VHS was Paul Rinehard's super obscure 1993 flick Ashes To Ashes.A grieving family moves into an old house/diner only to realize it is inhabited by some pretty angry spirits.A cool cat by...
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Full Moon Over Niagara.
I worked the Full Moon booth at Niagara Comic Con yesterday and it was a gas. It had been sometime since I'd been to a non-horror con and the cosplayers were out in force. It's always fun to see what...
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Blank Tape Bazaar Vol. 2
Now as I said before, there are likely millions of blank VHS (if they haven't been melted down) made by dozens of different electronics companies languishing out there. At the end of their run, they...
View ArticleShort of the Week #70: ABE
At E3 this week, Hammerhead Studios announced a VR game called ABE that is based on this 2013 short film of the same name by Rob McLellan.I'm in. ABE first screened in 2013 so this project has...
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In The Year Nineteen Ninety-Two!
This week's VHS is Charles Band's 1982 flick Parasite. I acquired one of those infamous Wizard “big boxes” while working the Full Moon booth last weekend and decided to crack it.A scientist (Robert...
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Blank Tape Bazaar Vol. 3
In the inaugural BTB post I mentioned that, much like their rental counterparts, recordable VHS often had colourful covers to catch the eye of the consumer. This week I wanted to showcase some of the...
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Bouncing... On The Beach!
This week's VHS is David DeCoteau's 1993 alien sex comedy Beach Babes From Beyond.Three babes from space (Sarah Bellomo, Tamara Landry& Nicole Posey) crash land on Earth and quickly find themselves...
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Blank Tape Bazaar Vol. 4
As like my own piles of recordable VHS, when looking through my mom's old stash (which is ninety-five per cent old Days of Our Lives episodes) I noticed some brand trends. Also like me, the older tapes...
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Emmeritus Triple Bill Part Deux
With it being Canada Day weekend, it felt right to do another Emmeritus Triple Bill. For those who didn't see my first post, Emmeritus was an Ontario-based film company that made a slew of...
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R.I.P. Billy Drago 1945-2019
Billy Drago, actor and quintessential villain of the home video era and beyond, passed away this week in Los Angeles. He was 73.Rest in peace, Billy.
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Blank Tape Bazaar Vol. 5
This week, I've got a few more recordable VHS from the past starting with consummate electronic brands in Sony and JVC.Perhaps the most distinct looking brand, next to maybe Polaroid, would have to be...
View ArticleShort of the Week #71: The Cure
Here below is Mike Olenick's 2017 short film, The Cure. A weirder work you may never see. Buckle up.
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Lustig's Last Gleaming
This week's VHS was Bill Lustig's 1996 holiday horror Uncle Sam.A soldier killed by friendly fire in Kuwait returns to his hometown on Independence Day to seek revenge on unpatriotic Americans.I love...
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Blank Tape Bazaar Vol. 6
Hey all. For the last edition of BTB, I'll be posting what I'm sure a lot of you still have kicking around in your junk drawers or behind your TV wall units - blank VHS labels.I must confess I was...
View Article...makes Jim a dull boy.
Newest on the list of scary good deepfake videos is this one cribbing Kubrick's masterpiece The Shining.I wonder. What is it about The Shining that makes it such fertilegroundfor fan videos?
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