We've been working our way up to a particular store for this entire trip thus far. A store with a supposed 50,000 tapes. The anticipation has been killing me. What hidden treasures could possibly be hidden with a store with such a massive selection?
I walk into the store to find tapes everywhere. Good tapes. Rare tapes. There was only one issue. THEY WERE ALL CUT!! Let's take a moment to talk about the evil that is the VHS cut box. Why do these exist? Who ever thought it was a great idea to invest into these tapes and completely ruin some of these beautiful covers? I've seen so many stores keep boxes in tact that it makes no logical sense to me that some stores saw it necessary to mutilate these cases. The worst is cut Big Boxes. Holy fucking Christ! It makes me sick to my stomach thinking about cut big boxes!
Some of the tapes at this particular store were originally big clam shell releases that for WHATEVER reason were cut down to size....AND THEN PUT INTO A BIG CLAM AGAIN!!! Explain that to me. I dare anyone to find the logic in that. I've seen some stupid things done to tapes but this has to be the peak.
Anyway, we were able to find several slipcase titles at the store that weren't cut and a couple of uncut clams. Among these was one of my wants, The Town That Dreaded Sundown. Another notable pickup being Death Spa (of course it was cut, but I still had to get it.) There were several tapes I could have picked up, but at $5 a piece I had to stop myself at 14.
The hunt is almost over. This was to be our biggest stop and I have mixed feelings about it. Regardless, good tapes and based on titles alone it was an incredible library.
Still Searching:
Deadly Prey
555
Woodchipper Massacre
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (Big Box)
Dark Night Of The Scarecrow
Samurai Cop
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