What is this strange retro fascination the kids have these days with watching old crappy horror movies on — what was it called again? V-H-S ? The New York Times investigates. “I like putting it in the VCR and rewinding and pausing and fast-forwarding,” said Lunchmeat founder Josh Shafer. “The best way to watch is to know nothing about how it was created, like it was a tape that was found buried in a ditch or was found unmarked at a Goodwill,” explains Drafthouse Films’ Evan Husney. See kids, once upon a time there were these things called videotapes … that you rented from video stores … before the internet existed . Yes, I know. That’s a lot to digest. Let the nice Gray Lady explain it to you. [ NYT ]
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The New York Times Investigates ‘Neo-VHS’ Culture
