Alamo Presses Play on VHS Celebration

Special shows launch first book from Drafthouse's book imprint

"...another fragile part of movie culture, the good old VHS tape. Starting tonight, the theatre chain kicks off a..."

Jan. 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Conjures Up 'Lords of Salem' and 'S-VHS'

Midnighters lineup loaded with premieres and a surprise return

"...scene. Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard both contribute to S-VHS, the sequel to V/H/S that apparently avoids all the..."

Feb. 6, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

VHS Forever!

Nakatomi, Inc. T-shirts

"...read the story, you've wept over the death of VHS, and now you're thinking of inviting the rest of..."

Jan. 19, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Out-of-Print VHS Titles You might never find on DVD

"...leave casualties: Films that perhaps were once available on VHS but take forever, some fornever, to come out on..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Never Forget

Alamo Drafthouse programmers Lars Nilsen and Zack Carlson talk about the rise of Netflix and their enduring love for old-fashioned tape

"...Alamo Ritz Terror Tuesdays. Both are megafans of the VHS format, with personal videotape collections that rival those of..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scare Package

Horror-comedy anthology pays tribute to the golden age of VHS

"...both a tribute to the golden era of low-grade VHS horror and a comedy about the inherent nerdiness of..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Let It Pop With Double Scorpio This Holiday Season

Merry Christmas, ya filthy VHS

"...before Christmas, when all through the house, not a VHS needed cleaning, not even that one you never returned..."

Dec. 19, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Rings

Japanese horror franchise reboot falls flat

"...JVC may have manufactured the last VHS tape back in October of 2008, but that hasn’t..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One in a Crowd: Jungle Trap

VHS madness needs a little help to get on tape

"...The VHS era was a glorious cavalcade of low-budget debauchery and..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Demons' / 'Witchboard'

Director Kevin S. Tenney talks scream queens and classic posters

"...Kevin S. Tenney, another film borrowed it for its VHS cover. "They stuck it on an Italian video," he..."

Feb. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Home Movies

Q&A with "Family Nightmare" director Dustin Defa

"...his short ”Family Nightmare,” culled from 40 hours of VHS home movies from his home in Salt Lake City,..."

March 15, 2012 SXSW Post by Leah Churner

Housecore Horror Calls for More 'Saw

'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2' revs, plus VHS and 35mm joy

"...Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, and anti-digital joy with special VHS and 35mm screenings...."

Aug. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beware the Jungle Trap

Director Jim Bryan on Hollywood's seedy and sublime

"...the sleaze cinema revolution from 16mm grindhouses to omnipresent VHS...."

July 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Beyond the Gates

Throwback horror resurrects the VHS board-game phenomenon

"...tropes of Eighties independent low-budget horror. Case in point: VHS-inspired Beyond the Gates...."

May 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Soak in the 'Blue Sunshine'

Exclusive: New Mondo vinyl and VHS releases for 70s paranoia classic

"...with their latest release: A poster, vinyl soundtrack and VHS release for political/drug paranoia classic Blue Sunshine, to be..."

Feb. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Paranormal Activity 3

Turns out that the third time is the charm: This one delivers the jolts with subtlety and brio.

"...there is of it, finds a cache of old VHS tapes, circa 1988, purporting to show what happened to..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Son of Rambow

Amid this endearing story about two boys in Eighties England who join together to make their own Rambo movie, lies an uncommon, unaffected portrayal of young male intimacy.

"...it's an inadvertent baptism; Will stumbles upon a bootlegged VHS of the film while taking his first-ever steps toward..."

May 16, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2008

Another compilation of old and new animated spectacles guaranteed to rot your eyeballs.

"...the likes of Spike and Mike or lousy, 10th-generation VHS dubs. Now, too, edgy animation sites like SuperDeluxe.com give..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nightstream Review: Survival Skills

Bizarro educational video reframes the policing debate

"...a fresh look at the inanity of old educational VHS tapes where the well-intentioned officer gets ground down by..."

Oct. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Vulcan Video Gives Back to the Community with Taps and Tapes

The local movie rental store is preserving our shared VHS (and DVD and Blu-ray) heritage

"...new customers, Vulcan has launched Taps and Tapes, projecting VHS gems every Saturday with free beer (provided so far..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Sam Russek

Burning Down The Barn

Director Justin Seaman on the joy of rubber and gore

"...of loving retro-horror The Barn, what his favorite Eighties VHS shocker is, and it's a simple choice. "Night of..."

July 14, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jaw-Dropping, Eye-Popping, Marvelous Relics of Yore

VHS, I can't quit you

"...to find the Movie Store is unloading its entire VHS inventory, for super-cheap, and instead of having to make..."

May 13, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Tape Worms

A new doc and art show celebrate cassette culture

"...soft spot in the hearts of a generation of VHS-renting filmgoers. So it's no surprise that the December 2008..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

VHYes

Bizarro tribute to camcorder culture is silly and profound

"...You never forget your first time. Holding a VHS camcorder, I mean. Although I never owned one of..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vertical Helical Scan, We Hardly Knew Ye

You'd better record this on your VCR – it's probably the last time we'll ever mention it

"...So it goes in the sad demise of the VHS tape. Last month Variety made it official by running..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

A Republic of Indie in a Netflix Nation

How Austin's homegrown video stores are faring against the big red giant

"...according to the Alamo Drafthouse's Terror Tuesday programmer and VHS evangelist Zack Carlson (see "Never Forget"), also suffering. Video..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

1998 Video Wrap-Up

"...VHS, the dinosaur of video formats, is unlikely to go..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Feature

Summoning the Blair Witch

Into the woods with Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard

"...Die, You're Next, The Guest, and their found-footage anthology VHS franchise). Wingard called the 1999 classic "the all-original found..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2013 Film Reviews: 'Rewind This!'

Josh Johnson pays sweet homage to the video format that changed an industry

"...Do you categorize your VHS collection by color, by genre, or alphabetically by title?..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Amy Smith

Cine las Américas Schedule

"...4:30pmStudent Shorts--I (VHS)..."

April 16, 1999 Screens Feature

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