Christian and I went to eat at this Thai place we always go to that's right by my house earlier today. When we were leaving, I said, oh, let's look into this store that's right next to it, because it looked like it had old VHS players in there, like my beloved Gigantor top loader from back in the day. The place looked kind of like a shop where old electronics go to die. Cool in and of itself, right? Even cooler is the AMAZING collection of horror VHS in there! I almost exploded! He had some big boxes like you wouldn't fucking believe - including all the Midnight Videos (Microwave Massacre has GOT to be one of my most favorite VHS boxes of all time) in pristine condition and the much sought after Torture Dungeon (!), a ton of Thriller videos, clamshells out the wazoo, I was literally about to freak out and possibly throw up. I could fill in a lot the gaps in my personal collection with the pieces from this one. So while I'm doing flipping my shit and fondling all the boxes, Christian's like, stay calm, I'll ask him if they're for sale or rent. So the guy tells him they're for rent, but he's willing to sell them for two or three dollars (!!) given that he can get replacements (which I'm not really sure what he meant, I know he's not just gonna go out and get an original big box of Make Them Die Slowly at Wal-Mart or anything, but Cannibal Holocaust is readily available on DVD, which makes it replaceable, right?). I don't know if the guy knows that these things are worth anything to collectors and that's why Christian's like, Jenn, remain calm. Stop hyperventilating - we'll leave and come back in a couple of days and play it off like, oh hey, we liked these movies when we were kids, is it cool if we buy a couple? I'm the worst at situations like this - I just want to scream and start jumping up and down like a fool and pile all the movies on the counter and give the guy a 20 and have that be it and walk outta there just like that. But then he'll know that he could put these things on ebay and make a good deal of money. I was literally buzzing when we left the store and then I had to take Christian to work and got on the highway going in the wrong direction and then I couldn't drive and had to pull over at a school. Just the thought of those movies being for sale for a very low price made me insane.
Christian made me promise not to go back after I dropped him off at work and I didn't, even though I was tempted. We'll go back Tuesday or something and do the whole I don't know that these things are worth anything and I don't even really like horror movies or collect rare horror VHS tapes that much really either, so can I buy these routine. You know, the oldest trick in the book. It'll either work or it won't. If it does, you're likely hear I've spontaneously combusted.
There's another spot in town with a rival (even better, really) collection - but that dude knows what that collection is worth and it is NOT for sale. He was recently profiled in a fairly well-known horror mag, so so much me acquiring any piece of that. But this seems promising!
Viva la VHS! And long live shops like this - I love retailers that specialize in throwbacks and wind up being throwbacks themselves.
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