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I have been collecting VHS tapes since the age of 13, now 26, and i've gathered together a collection of well over 2,500 tapes. As most of you are aware i'm a lover of post-certs more than pre but that's largely down to my age, although i'm more about the movies themselves rather than their rarity or value.
My wife is due to give birth to our first child in March and as such my VHS library has to go into storage until such time as we can move into a bigger place.
Anyway, here are a few pics of my collection;
As you can see from the pictures above, the room is a little cramped, with each shelf double stacked and jam packed with tapes. My hope is to have them all out on display one day, even the 600 or so I have in the attic.
These are the few Video Nasties, DPP and 'Unofficial' Nasties that I have amassed so far;
I have tons more on various labels that I just haven't got the time to share at present, labels like Vestron, New World, CIC, CBS/FOX, New World, RCA, Warner and so on.
My collection may be in storage soon but this does not mean that i'm not on the lookout for more titles, my wants list increases by the day. I may even post a copy of my wants on here. I've been given some great help this past year and hopefully it can continue.It will be a very sad day when the room is finally taken down but I know it's only temporary.
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VivaVHS
With VHS, anything is possible.
My VHS Collection on PAUSE
Bottom 10 Movies of 2011
With every top 10 list comes a bottom 10. I've seen some really awful movies this year but thankfully not many of them have been released in 2011, which made the task of finding 10 movies quite difficult for me. Most were decent, far from awful, but these few were truly terrible.
A few on the list are present because of expectation more than anything else, some directors should know better.
1 - Red Riding Hood
2 - The Resident
3 - Sucker Punch
4 - Unknown
5 - Hall Pass
6 - Shark Night
7 - Zookeeper
8 - Mars Needs Moms
9 - Horrible Bosses
10 - Your Highness
Honourable mentions;
We don't even need to speak about Yogi Bear (2010).
My Top 25 Favourite Older Movies Seen in 2011
This list is compiled of my favourite older movies seen for the first time in 2011.
In addition to the many new releases that I have caught this year, I have also seen well over 200 older movies for the first time. Some completely blew me away, others bored my eyes to the point of sleep. Thankfully these handpicked titles are the better ones.
I found it far too difficult to cut the list down to just 10, hopefully you can forgive me.
3 - Freebie and the Bean (1974)
4 - The Silent Partner (1978)
5 - Into the Night (1985)
6 - Charley Varrick (1973)
7 - Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
8 - Venom (1981)
9 - Crusing (1980)
10 - Hardcore (1979)
11 - Last Embrace (1979)
12 - Of Unknown Origin (1983)
13 - Sorcerer (1977)
14 - Who Can Kill A Child? (1976)
15 - American Gigolo (1980)
16 - Thief (1981)
17 - 52 Pick-Up (1986)
18 - Rollercoaster (1977)
19 - Bells aka Murder by Phone (1982)
20 - The Hidden (1987)
21 - California Split (1974)
22 - The Night Before (1988)
23 - The Hot Rock (1972)
24 - Dressed to Kill (1980)
25 - Cobra (1986)
Honourable mentions;
Taffin (1988), 8 Million Ways to Die (1986), Quick Change (1990), The Club (1980), Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), Loverboy (1989), Youngblood (1986), Two Crippled Heroes (1980), Pulsebeat (1984), Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985), Trojan War (1997), North Shore (1987), Christmas Evil (1980), Dead Heat (1988) and Raw Force (1982). I could just go on and on...
As you can see, 2011 has been a very good year for older movies.
My Top 10 Favourite Movies of 2011
Although there are tons of movies that still haven't made it to British screens, plus the possible list breakers that I have yet to see - Hugo, Snowtown, The Skin I Live In, Midnight In Paris, The Tree of Life, Melancholia and Take Shelter to name but a few, the following movies are the ones that have made the biggest impression on me throughout the year.
As we go to press, I have currently seen 124 new movies this year.
My Top 10:
1 - Drive
2 - Captain America
3 - Hanna
4 - Source Code
5 - Super 8
6 - Cell 211 (2009)
7 - Submarine (2010)
8 - Attack the Block
9 - Rise of the Planet of the Apes
10 - Moneyball
Take Me Home Tonight, Warrior, The Guard, Cedar Rapids, 50/50 and Tangled (2010).
