![]() Daniel M Peterson) – A young wallflower gets possessed by Satan and transformed into a soul stealing temptress who seduces and terrorizes the gob smacked boys at her high school. Just like on the cover, the wolf comes out of his mouth like that instead of like other werewolf movies.” Baldwin says, “Just the whole transitioning into the werewolf is pretty sweet. Neil Jordan) – This British gothic fantasy horror film presents a modern spin on the classic ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ fairy tale by following a young woman who encounters a werewolf whilst walking to the house of her grandma, played by Angela Lansbury. Baldwin says, “I like this newer version better because of the special effects. This movie features killer special effects that still hold up today. Chuck Russell) – A remake of the 1958 drive-in creature feature, this newer incarnation of “The Blob” is about, well, a blob that oozes all over a small town, consuming all people who stand in its way. So basically none of the zombies in here can be killed.” ![]() Baldwin says, “I enjoy the fact that like, even if you try to cremate these zombies, the smoke wafts up into the sky and it rains and the rain ends up bringing all the other dead people alive. Dan O’Bannon) – Synopsis: Military experiments lead to a zombie outbreak in Louisville, Kentucky in this horror comedy with a splash of vintage punk rock culture. “We would just buy VHS tapes and watch the same movie over and over again.”Īt the core of Baldwin’s VHS obsession is Triad Goodwill.Īnd while it was difficult for her to her to identify her all-time favorite Horror VHS tapes, the following is a list of some of her all-time favorite Goodwill finds: “I didn’t have dial-up internet when I was growing up,” Baldwin says. Now there are VHS collector groups online, traders and vendors who can occasionally sell the especially rare tapes for more than $100 each and even huge VHS parties and events like the VHStival, an annual event hosted by the Alamo Drafthouse in Raleigh.Īccording to Baldwin, a huge factor behind the growing VHS craze is nostalgia. Unlike many contemporary movie watchers, Baldwin does not even have a Netflix subscription.īaldwin, who was introduced to horror films as a kid by watching zombie movies with her dad, is part of an emerging subculture of movie fans who are resurrecting the vintage VHS format. ![]() While VHS tapes edged out Betamax to become the preferred way to watch movies throughout the ‘80s and most of the ‘90s, the VHS tape market was eventually upended by the creation of DVD’s, Blu Ray discs and eventually streaming video services like Netflix. ![]() She adds: “And there’s this one lady at the high point store that sees me and just points to where the tapes are and says, ‘They’re just right over there.” “Every time I go into a Goodwill store, they are like, ‘Oh, Hey, how have you been today?’ says Baldwin, while standing in her home which currently houses horror film memorabilia as well as a collection of VHS tapes that would rival that of many video stores from the early ‘90s. She hits this route day after day on a dedicated quest for VHS tapes of rare and cult horror films. Many of our retail associates know her by name.įor more than a year, scary movie aficionado Brandi Baldwin made daily trips to most of Triad Goodwill’s locations in Greensboro. I had a few small questions at the start, but Alwin was great and responded very quickly.‘VHS Maniac’ Uses Triad Goodwill to Build Horror Movie Collection I like searching for a particular favourite actor then have the app give me a selection of movies to choose from. I would say 99% of the time all info is correct, but if something is slightly wrong it is very easy to edit either immediately or afterwards.Īfter adding your movies, you can then search using various filters etc. Having a mixture of 400+ blu-ray/DVD’s in my collection, all I had to do was scan the covers barcode using the phone’s camera and the app automatically adds and catalogs the movie along with a stack of information (sourced from IMDb). Well what a find! It is perfect and very easy to use. So I searched the App Store and came across CLZ. I had sort of done an excel spreadsheet, but that gave limited information (unless I spent hours - more like weeks inputting info). Tired of physically searching through my blu-ray and DVD collection for a movie to watch, I thought it was time to properly catalog them all.
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