Nostalgic for video stores yet?

[samurainoir]

I mean it was like they were daring you not to rent it at your own peril... What?! And miss out on the four breasted girl?!


And I would pretty much watch any movie with a Boris Vallejo box cover. They actually sometimes delivered the goods.

[mazinz]

Very cool. I remember so many illustrated video covers back then that were so much more awesome than the movies inside.

http://www.critcononline.com/images/night%20warning%20hbo%20vhs%20front.jpg

http://www.critcononline.com/images/warrior%20of%20the%20lost%20world%20hbo%20vhs%20front.jpg

http://www.critcononline.com/images/future%20kill%20vestron%20vhs%20front.jpg

http://www.critcononline.com/images/house%20on%20the%20edge%20of%20the%20park%20vestron%20vhs%20front.jpg

And of course there were the actresses who thrived in the era of home viewing, despite not being box office draws.
http://www.critcononline.com/images/...hs%20front.jpg

I think that has a lot to do with the more so recent collecting point of it. The film and tape can be god awful, but give some really good box art and you have gold. I am a mix of both. Some tapes for the type of film or it's infamy, some for memories, some because I actually liked the film, some for no other media release other then the tape and others for box art galore and some for all the reasons already listed

[ctc]

Mmmmm.....

Cheesy, exploitive VHS boxes....:

MONSTER BRAINS: Hideous Rampage Of The Grotesque VHS Box Art!!!

He's got a LOT of 'em on the site, including more than a few for movies I don't think I've seen.

Don C.

[EmergencyIan]

I used to like going to the video store to look for Ninja/Martial Arts and other action movies. At that time, the WWF also released many VHS videos that I loved. I remember getting Eddie Murphy's Delirious, as well.

- Ian

[mazinz]

Mmmmm.....

Cheesy, exploitive VHS boxes....:

MONSTER BRAINS: Hideous Rampage Of The Grotesque VHS Box Art!!!

He's got a LOT of 'em on the site, including more than a few for movies I don't think I've seen.

Don C.

Thanks Don and in turn he actually got them from here (which he gives the link to at the very bottom):

http://serialkillercalendar.com/VHSWASTELAND/

I used to like going to the video store to look for Ninja/Martial Arts and other action movies. At that time, the WWF also released many VHS videos that I loved. I remember getting Eddie Murphy's Delirious, as well.



- Ian

ahhh I used to love renting those old WWF tapes. Though a lot of the matches used to be slightly edited down or over dubbed with new commentary

[Funkyterrance]

VHS rental stores, yes. They were especially thrilling back in the day when my family had to rent the VCR too! I sort of lost interest when DVD rentals started costing 5 dollars to rent and Hollywood simultaneously went down the tubes. I must admit I do miss the smell .

[cjefferys]

You guys might like this- a rather large visual archive of vhs covers from various companies all courtesy of Critical Condition. I contributed some of the covers for this. Also an encyclopedias of B grade and the weird. Def should check out his site if interested in any of that

http://www.critcononline.com/video_c..._cover_art.htm

Yeah, that's a great site. Sadly, it's founder recently passed away, but some good folks are still keeping the site going.

[mazinz]

Yeah, that's a great site. Sadly, it's founder recently passed away, but some good folks are still keeping the site going.

AHHHHH I had no idea!!! Someone updated the site on March 17. I spoke with a Fred a few months back. He told me he was sick for a while. We spoke about his massive dvd-rom scan collection that he was selling (over 60,000 images!!!), because I bought it and we got to talking (and that explained why he just stopped with the email after more vhs cover scans I sent over to him about a year ago with no reply). Man that really sucks. RIP Fred

found this link with more info:
http://www.horrorsociety.com/2012/02...man-1957-2012/

[samurainoir]

Lurking Fear! Is this one worth watching?

[mazinz]

Lurking Fear! Is this one worth watching?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2434/...a1b8bfde_o.jpg

Couldn't tell you as i never saw it. Though I see it was about a mid 90's film and it would have that feel to it (which I do not like so much) but ehh if it is not going to really cost you anything, sure give it a watch

[cjefferys]

AHHHHH I had no idea!!! Someone updated the site on March 17. I spoke with a Fred a few months back. He told me he was sick for a while. We spoke about his massive dvd-rom scan collection that he was selling (over 60,000 images!!!), because I bought it and we got to talking (and that explained why he just stopped with the email after more vhs cover scans I sent over to him about a year ago with no reply). Man that really sucks. RIP Fred

found this link with more info:
http://www.horrorsociety.com/2012/02...man-1957-2012/

Yeah, Fred used to be quite active on another forum I'm a member at, and that's where I heard the news. Everyone was quite shocked about his passing, although he had been sick for quite some time. I only had limited interaction with him, but he always struck me as a cool guy, and hugely knowledgeable. It was very sad news to hear of his passing.

[spacecaps]

There was a video store by me, Dollar Video, it went out a few years ago but they had a huge selection of horror films from the 70's & 80's. Most of them I've never seen since. It seems to me though that the value in these tapes depends on if they've been released on DVD or not. Once a film gets put out on disk after having only been available on VHS, the value seems to plummet. I can't tell you how many VHS tapes I had that were worth something at one time but have been rendered worthless since a Netflix or DVD release. I think the horror films still retain a value since some of them are so obscure, it's less likely to see a mass release. Aside from a fickle market, I'd also be very leery on collecting tapes since they do seem to deteriorate over time especially if you store them poorly.

One cool thing, I forgot to mention, the other day I was at my Grandmothers house and she still has her top loader VCR hooked up to the TV in virtually brand new condition. All the buttons are brightly colored in bold prime colors and she's maybe used it 20 times in the last 30 years.

[mazinz]

There was a video store by me, Dollar Video, it went out a few years ago but they had a huge selection of horror films from the 70's & 80's. Most of them I've never seen since. It seems to me though that the value in these tapes depends on if they've been released on DVD or not. Once a film gets put out on disk after having only been available on VHS, the value seems to plummet. I can't tell you how many VHS tapes I had that were worth something at one time but have been rendered worthless since a Netflix or DVD release. I think the horror films still retain a value since some of them are so obscure, it's less likely to see a mass release. Aside from a fickle market, I'd also be very leery on collecting tapes since they do seem to deteriorate over time especially if you store them poorly.

One cool thing, I forgot to mention, the other day I was at my Grandmothers house and she still has her top loader VCR hooked up to the TV in virtually brand new condition. All the buttons are brightly colored in bold prime colors and she's maybe used it 20 times in the last 30 years.

I kind of disagree with the value going down, most of them are all going up because the nostalgia feeling is starting to take hold. I suppose more of the common releases would go down (example fright night) but some of those others (like the wizard big box for fulci's Zombie) despite having 32 million different dvd (and now blu) releases are all going up in price

That is awesome that your Grandmother still has that old of a machine. The weight on those older monsters was insane. It could crush a tv of today

[spacecaps]

I had this movie once on VHS called Inside the Labyrinth which was basically a one hour documentary on the Jim Henson movie. Before Labyrinth was released on DVD, I could sell copies of the film on VHS for $60 a piece. I sold the original tape for $145. When the DVD came out, they included the documentary as one of the special features and the value of the tape went to nothing. That was about 10 years ago so I guess if your a completest today and want all things Labyrinth, you would seek out such a thing and maybe pay a few bucks for it but if you just want to watch the feature, you can pick it up along with the movie at Best Buy for $5.

I do notice that there are some DVD's that have edited versions of the films from when they were out on VHS. For example, Fast Times at Ridgemont High on VHS is about 25 minutes longer than anything on DVD. I also have two VHS versions of the Paul Simon movie One Trick Pony (which has never seen a DVD release and is pretty rare) that has two different cuts of the movie. The oversized clamshell release of the film is a half hour longer than the slipcase version! Even some DVDs, like the Criterion Spinal Tap, is a huge money maker despite having been rereleased on Blu-Ray and available for $10. I think the king of movies that has the most released incarnations is Blade Runner and there are some versions that sell very well too. I think anything that is generic and mass produced is going to have little value but if it's something quirky and specific, it will always retain some value.

[VintageMike]

The best way to describe it is I miss for it's time. Movies were too expensive to buy so rentals made sense. Plus I did not have the disposable income I have now so I had to be careful about my purchases. My parent still use Red Box but since I like to re-watch movies, I tend to just buy them and have my own collection to watch whenever I want.

Some of my stuff: VHS







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New addition to the "family" Blu-Ray