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This Artist Paints Badass Horror Movie-Themed VCRs
As of last year, the VCR is officially dead. But one artist is bringing it back to life.
Though we may all have a nostalgic fondness for them, there’s no denying that VCRs were clunky. They were also kind of ugly. And let’s not forget that they’d often eat our tapes. But we love them all the same, don’t we? I still to this day have one right by my TV, because I sometimes do still get the desire to have an old school “VHS night.” I pop some popcorn, pour myself a drink, and slide in a tape, and if only for 90-minutes, I feel like a kid again. In that sense, VCRs are kind of like time machines, transporting us back to a simpler time in our lives. And who doesn’t want that?!
But the VCRs of your childhood, well, they damn sure looked nothing like THESE.
An artist who goes by the Instagram handle @Sorce_CodeVHS has been hand-painting bland videocassette recorders and turning them into colorful pieces of art, and many of his custom creations are themed after his favorite horror movies. These one-of-a-kind VCRs feature paintings inspired by films like Aliens, The Thing, Scanners, and Children of the Corn, and the artist covers every square inch of the devices with art in an effort to make them as cool as possible. The end result? Outdated, obsolete devices that somehow feel completely fresh and new again.
Check out some of the custom VCRs below and be sure to follow the artist on Instagram!
While you wait for Alien: Romulus, the folks over at Devilworks have cooked up their own slice of “mockbuster” fun with Alien Hunt, and we’re debuting the trailer here on BD this morning.
This brand-new sci-fi horror from director Aaron Mirtes (The Bigfoot Trap, Painted in Blood) is set for its US premiere on May 14, and you can find it on digital thanks to Devilworks.
You can exclusively watch the official trailer for Alien Hunt below, which looks to combine elements of Alien and Predator. This particular “mockbuster” has very little interest in hiding its inspirations, with the alien designs plucked straight out of H.R. Giger’s beautiful brain. Hey, if you’re going to pull from other movies, might as well take from the all-time greats!
In Alien Hunt, “On a hunting trip in the wilderness, a group of siblings discovers an abandoned military outpost on their land, but is it what it seems?
“Their trip takes a sinister turn when they find themselves facing off against a relentless army of extra-terrestrial beings. Suddenly, the hunters become the hunted.
“The formidable squad of alien soldiers will stop at nothing to wipe out the enemy and in an all-out, brutal battle for survival, it’s kill or be killed in Alien Hunt.”
Barron Boedecker (Escape Pod, The Bigfoot Trap), Brent Bentley (The Perfect In-Laws, Haunt Season), Deiondre Teagle (The Visitor, Painted in Blood, Death Ranch), Chelsey Fuller (The Bigfoot Trap, The Silent Natural), Jesse Santoyo (A Nashville Country Christmas, Potter’s Ground), and Adam Pietripaoli (The Bigfoot Trap, The OctoGames) star.
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