Geeking Out Over the Bloody Legacy of VHS
By Hunter Oatman-Stanford
— Slowly but surely, underground film aficionados are returning to the golden age of home cinema, resurrecting an archaic device most have consigned to the trash heap. Is it the 35mm projector? Nope. Cathode ray tube televisions? Not even close. In fact, all these film fans want is a good old-fashioned VCR.
"VHS is closer to the old drive-in or grindhouse theater, the way the director intended it to look."
Once a fixture of every American living room, the VCR and its beloved VHS tapes have...