PRODUCT INFORMATION
A love letter to video rental stores and the B-movie treasures that lined their walls, Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford’s debut feature, The Last Video Store, is a genre-loving blast of pure joy: “a real treasure trove for genre fans, both new and old.” (Kat Hughes, THN)
When her estranged father passes, twenty-something Nyla is tasked with the thing she hates the most – cleaning up his mess. Left behind are a collection of VHS tapes, and with them, the burden of returning them to “Blaster Video” a time capsule to an era in which cover art and a catchy movie title were king, run by Kevin, a human encyclopaedia of VHS history and a friend of her father. Amongst the returns is an unknown tape, a movie not even Kevin has heard of. Was this the last movie Nyla’s father watched before he died? The mystery is too much to resist. But when Kevin and Nyla press play, they unwittingly activate a long-dormant curse and a series of classic cinematic villains are plucked from B-movie heaven and hell to be unleashed into the store itself!
With style, charm and note perfect performances, The Last Video Store is a must for physical media fans. An elegy to the cinephilic havens of movie wisdom that could once be found on every corner, and the heroes like Kevin who staffed them.
FEATURES:
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
Original DTS HD M5.1 audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
New audio commentary by film critics Matt Donato & Meagan Navarro
The Videonomicon Unleashed, a new visual essay by film critic Heather Wixson co-author of In Search of Darkness
Nostalgia Fuel, a new visual essay by film critic Martyn Pedlar
’Twas the Night of the Tree Beast, a 2012 short by Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford
M is For Magnetic Tape, a 2013 short film Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford
The Last Video Store 2013, the original short from which the feature grew
The Video Store Commercial, a 2019 short film by Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford
Clips from the first attempted feature version
Behind the Scenes
3 previs shorts
Trailer
Image gallery
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by film critics Anton Bitel and Alexandra West
Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by John Pearson
Double-sided fold-out poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by John Pearson
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