REVIEWED
Low rent, nostalgic documentary about the home vcr era of movies, centering mostly on the fans who avidly collect(ed) vhs & betamax.
Being an old tape collector myself (I stopped counting around the 7k region, and collecting many years back) I didn't enjoy this documentary half as much as I'd expected. Its clearly made by guys with a genuine regard for their material, but was far too centered on the US NTSC market, with far too much coverage of fans hanging around their homes or at conventions and not enough involving the trade insiders/distributing side.
It just slightly touched on the Japanese market for a few brief minutes of its duration and totally missed EU & Oz/Nz side of the scene where unlike the US censorship played a huge part in pushing price and rarity of tapes up for collectors.
The docus at its best during its interviews with the likes of Street Trash's Roy Frumkes and Basket Cases Frank Henenlotter. Who both admit owe a huge part of their movies success due to selling units through low-fi distributers.
[Personal Reasons For Remembering]
Cassandra Peterson out of her Elvira persona looking mighty fine for her age. Frank Henenlotter making me laugh shortly after describing his original Frankenhooker tape gimmick of a speaking case, then going into a rant at how the modern eras bland especially the DVD sleeve designs for Criterions releases.
Originally taken from Letterboxd
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