It’s up to us fans to keep the spirit of VHS alive.
I write a lot of VHS-centric posts here on Bloody Disgusting, and that’s simply because it’s a format that I hold near and dear to my heart; and I know, based on responses I’ve been getting, that many of you guys feel the same way. VHS tapes introduced me to the horror genre long before DVD, Blu-ray, and digital downloads came along, and I’ll always cherish them for that.
The man behind both Warlock Video and Crimson Mask Studios has a pretty unique hobby that relates to this very topic: he personalizes the horror VHS tapes in his collection, rebuilding them from the ground up and turning those boring black tapes into colorful pieces of art. How does he do this? He swaps out the cases using parts from, well, other VHS tape cases.
While most movies released on VHS of course had black cases, some of them (particularly children’s tapes) had colorful ones. To build his latest creation, Collin used parts of white, orange, and yellow tapes, giving his Halloween 2 tape a candy corn-inspired color scheme that is just so damn cool. The innards remain the same, but the outward appearance is something special.
Says Collin:
I implore everyone to start doing this. It’s super easy and fun to personalize your collection.
Check out the VHS creation below, along with a custom Halloween 3 tape he also made!