VHS Appreciation Thread...

[MouthForWar]

ITS ALIVE!

I have resurrected this thread. A local video store is going out of business. The DVD section is already pretty much wiped out but the VHS section is practically untouched. And going for $2 each, I've been getting some awesome stuff, a lot of which hasn't been released on DVD. So far, I've gotten the following tapes:

-Piranha II: The Spawning (James Cameron's cut)- This is the cut that James Cameron did himself when he broke into the editing room after being barred from post production. He then made a deal with the manufacturer to release this version of the film on VHS and Laserdisc. VERY hard to find and never released on DVD (and probably never will be).
-Necronomicon- Also never released on DVD) Lovecraft anthology with Jeffery Combs as Lovecraft- Stories are directed by Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans and our beloved Shusuke Kaneko.
-Return of the Living Dead 3- This unrated cut has never been on US DVD.
-Deadly Blessing- Early Wes Craven movie that's never been on DVD.
-The Offspring (80s horror anthology hosted by Vincent Price)
-Food of the Gods Part 2
-The Willies
-Halloween III: Season of the Witch- Obviously this is on DVD, but I hadn't seen it in awhile and don't care enough about it to have the DVD, so I decided to pick it up.
-A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors- See Halloween III description.

I'll be making a few more trips before they close.

And looking through the shelves, I just noticed how FANTASTIC so much of that old VHS art was. They REALLY tried to sell the films on those covers. These days, they just photoshop a bunch of images together. At this store, I saw old tapes for the Mysterians and Son of Godzilla, and the artwork is gorgeous on those tapes. Why don't they do art like that for DVD/Blu-Ray releases? They could at least re-use the VHS art. Its really sad if you ask me.

[jellydonut25]

Don't get me wrong, I really like old VHS jacket art...

but that's it.

i don't think i'd ever spend a dime on a VHS anymore...and I do have a functional VHS player

[MouthForWar]

[Reaper G]

[Dr Kain]

[metal_bryan]

[jellydonut25]

[king_ghidorah]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

I have to agree with Jelly, don't get me wrong as a kid there was nothing like going into a store heading straight for the VHS section and buying whatever new Godzilla movie I could find.

I couldn't see myself going back to the format ever since experiencing DVD and now BD. Yeah there's some rare stuff out there that you can only get on the VHS format but that stuff has probably been uploaded on private torrent sites.

I know one of which I got banned from for not seeding enough had some really cool stuff on it but alas that's all I'll say.

[MouthForWar]

Why go through all the trouble of getting DVD-Rs, downloading something and burning it when I can just spend $2 and get the VHS at a store that's closing? I'd rather just spend the $2 (or less, even) and be done with it.

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

[emeGoji]

[jellydonut25]

[jettojagga]

[JimPV]

^ ^ ^
And not one of those actually feature a shot from Godzilla vs. Megalon...!

[Baltan II]

Least the Star Classics one had that one publicity still!

Come to think of it, I believe that one is the version of Megalon I had on VHS as a child, though mine was shrink-wrapped alongside Gorgo.

[lhb412]

I had the Goodtimes VHS with the awesome original US poster art for Godzilla vs. Megalon as the cover.

[Gojilove]

I adore alot of the boxwork for all the old Godzilla films, I mean - thats what I grew up with. So I have them in a box somewhere. I've been meaning get crafty and make a coffee table out of them or something.... some sort of art project.

[jettojagga]

[O.Supreme]

I have purged my home of all VHS tapes sans Toho films. There are 2 Dimple stores (used media books etc..) They have thousands of VHS that are usually $1.00 but occasionally do on sale 3 for $1. I dont go very often, but will occasionally pick up a lone Godzilla film if they have one. If I get any others films on VHS I just made digital copies onto my hard drive and toss the tape.

[Gwangi]

One of my many, many faults is that I am way too nostalgic for things. This year marks 25 years since I bought my first VHS. And this was it:



Over the years, my old VCR would eventually eat up the tape and I had to discard it. Well, to celebrate 25 years, I bought the Nostalgia Video not too long ago and can't wait to see it. Oh sure, it will look vastly inferior to the blu-ray, but I really don't care. It will be nice to have it in the fold again!