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The VHS era was like none other in the history of cinema. This new format rose quickly in the early 70s when there was a blockbuster on every street corner, only to die off with the advent of the DVD in the early 2000s. But VHS is rising from the ashes like a phoenix, being relived and retooled by the most dedicated and rabid fanbase of its kind. VHS Lives! goes deep into the psyche of VHS collectors, showing just why VHS is coming back into the public eye and why VHS is the hottest cult collector craze since the full beard and the boom in vinyl record sales.

Popular YouTubers, filmmakers, and collectors lift the curtain on their manic media-collecting obsession that is not only a huge part of their lives, but the lifeblood of their existence! This new collector's documentary goes where no documentary has gone before as we enter a world of horror hoarders, VHS hoarders, vinyl addicts, and laserdisc obsessives. Enter the realm where DVDs and Blu-Rays are king, money is no object, and when a new release hits, it's a must-buy!

In the early '90s, straight-to-video horror films flooded the video store shelves. Movies like Ice Cream Man, Puppet Master, Hard to Die, and Chopping Mall were the new cult hits, and filmmakers like Jim Wynorski, Fred Olen Ray, Lloyd Kaufman, and Charles Band became regular household names. The release of these films directly to the consumer allowed for an entire sub genre of films to grow and gain notoriety in a pre-Scream world, before big budgets and flashy editing devoured the market.

Explore our fascination with horror and all things creepy and macabre as we dissect some of the best cult horror films ever made in this bone-chilling documentary. Featuring interviews from film producers, filmmakers, and horror writers from across the globe, including Troma's Lloyd Kaufman, Billy "Bloody Bill" Pon, P. J. Starks, Justin Beahm, Nathan Hill, Jim Towns, Shawn C. Phillips, and many more.