Yes, I did say new VHS copy! If you purchase the DVD at Amazon.com, you will also receive a brand spankin’ new VHS copy of the film. There are only 1,000 copies produced of the VHS, so get your copy if you’re interested!

Sam (Donahue) is a pretty college sophomore, so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job even after she finds out there is no baby. Mr. and Mrs. Ulman (cult actors Noonan and Woronov) are the older couple who lure Sam out to their creeky Victorian mansion deep in the woods, just in time for a total lunar eclipse.

Megan (Gerwig) is Sam’s best friend, who gives her a ride out to the house, and reluctantly leaves her there despite suspecting that something is amiss. Victor (Bowen) at first seems like just a creepy guy lurking around the house, but quickly makes it clear that Sam will end this night in a bloody fight for her life….

Movie will be released on February 2nd.

I had a dscussion about this very topic in a forum last week. Where has all of the original cover art gone  for home movie releases? Well, on that forum I was pointed to this book.  The book is packaged in a pseudo VHS cover, which I think is awesome. I will be buying this soon! Check out the description by the publisher.

Harken back to those thrilling days of yesteryear when the advent of rental videos astonished the movie-going consumer who could only feed his addiction by going to the theater or watching chopped up movies in between commercials on TV. Like vinyl, here is the revenge of another analog cast-off: the VHS is once again insinuating itself into American culture, and this book celebrates the anarchic design art of those early VHS boxes.     more…