The Weekly Pulse – Breaking the Mold
Mold! Mooooold! We have so much Mold! On VHS and DVD. The VHS version comes with a copy of the soundtrack on vinyl! The only way this set could be MORE retro would be if Thomas Edison himself showed up at your house upon purchase, to shake your hand and badmouth Nikola Tesla. Or if [...]
Signed Toxic Avenger VHS pre-order starts now!
So you can’t make it to our event but you still wanna get a copy of The Toxic Avenger VHS Big Box signed by Lloyd Kaufman… don’t sweat it FP got your back. Just check out this video for more details. OR Just pre-order it here! <— by clicking this duh!
Severed’s First Ever VHS Convention Saturday 5/19
VHS is alive all over! Come out and support Severed’s first VHS Convention, an all day event as part of Severed’s 3rd Annual Short Film Night! Tons of like minded film fiends will be in attendance soaking up the analog insanity. As well as a bunch of cool vendors like Wild Eye Releasing, Lunchmeat Magazine [...]
Thursday May 24th Toxic Avenger VHS Release Party!
Forbidden Planet gets Tromatized Thursday May 24th at 7:30 PM. Toxic Tapeheads Rejoice! This killer collector’s edition VHS of the Toxic Avenger is limited to only 300 copies, comes on a nuclear green tape and comes in a classic oversized Big Box with a hard Clamshell case inside. Forbidden Planet is proud to play host [...]
BOARDING HOUSE at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca
92 Y Tribeca, Junk Food Dinner, and Horrorboobs present BOARDING HOUSE at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca May 11th, 9:30pm In the ’80s, with affordable video cameras available, people realized they could make movies cheaply—just add friends and beer—and the video floodgates opened. John Wintergate’s 1982 effort Boardinghouse was one of the first and, arguably, the [...]
MOLD! VHS Exclusively Available @ FPNYC
Mold! The new splatstick sci-fi horror flick is now available on VHS exclusively at Forbidden Planet. Each limited edition VHS collectors pack comes in an oversized clamshell case with a green tape, a vinly 7 inch of the Mold! Theme song and an official Anti-Mold Mask. So come into the NYC store to get your [...]
MICROWAVE MASSACRE Midnight Saturday @ Spectacle
Saturday, May 5th / Midnight Spectacle Theater 124 South 3rd Street. Williamsburg Brooklyn HORROR BOOBS presents: MICROWAVE MASSACRE dir. Wayne Berwick, 1983 76 mins, USA Donald & May are a working class couple in Los Angeles. When May decides she want to try up their social status by getting gourmet in the kitchen, she purchases a humongous new microwave. Donald, content [...]
Monday 4/23 @ 6PM Rock N Roll Comics In-Store Signing
Just one more day till The Story of Rock N Roll Comics signing! The DVD’s are here and so are a handful of original Rock N Roll Comics! There will be giveaways all throughout the signing including free tickets to the screening of The Story of Rock N Roll Comics at Cinema Village that same [...]
It’s Chiller Time!
It’s not too late for all you boys and ghouls to plan a wicked weekend at Chiller Theater Expo! Meet Zacherley, Alice Cooper, Butch Patrick, Linda Blair, and tons of other awesome guests! Friday April 27th – 29th Chiller Theater Expo Hilton Parsippany One Hilton Court, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
Adjust Your Tracking
Check out the teaser trailer for the upcoming documentary Adjust Your Tracking The Untold Story of the VHS Collector. The good kids over at VHShitfest were nice enough to involve me, and you will see a quick second of me making a fool of myself as usual! Woo-hoo! While your at it hit up their [...]
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh – 4/20, Midnight – Spectacle Theater
Friday, April 20th / Midnight Spectacle Theater 124 S. 3rd Williamsburg Brooklyn HORROR BOOBS presents: Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh dir. Alan Smithee, 1991 89min/USA/In English Investigating a horrible murder, Sgt. Joe Blocker and his partner Sgt. Sweeney Birdwell notice a curious similarity to case from their past. When more details surface – wearing Egyptian paraphernalia to [...]
Brooklyn Zine Fest One Week Away!!!
Alright kids it’s almost here!!! The First Annual Brooklyn Zine Fest is taking place on Sunday April 15th 2012 from 11am to 6Pm at Public Assembly, located at 70 N6th st in Williamsburg. Not only is this gonna be an awesome event where tons of zinesters will be tabling, hocking, and talking all things ziney, [...]
SATURDAY – MARCH 31st – SPECTACLE SPACE JAM: SCI-FI MARATHON!
SATURDAY – MARCH 31st – SPECTACLE SPACE JAM: SCI-FI MARATHON! SPECTACLE THEATER • 124 South 3rd Street • Brooklyn, NY 11211 $25 Full Day Passes • $5 Individual Films • Visit Spectacle to purchase Noon – Last Man on Earth (dir. Ubaldo Regola, 1964) 1:30pm – Brother from Another Planet (dir. John Sayles, 1984) 3:30pm – [...]
METAL UP YOUR VCR!
This Thursday March 29 8PM @ Nitehawk Cinema METAL UP YOUR VCR! A VHS Tribute to HEAVY METAL! FREE! We’re cranking it to 11 with all new clips, videos, trailers and surprises – all headlined by a very special screening of the 1984 heavy metal (and aerobics) slasher classic ROCKTOBER BLOOD! Plus all the usual [...]
I LOVE BAD MOVIES #5 AVAILABLE NOW!
I Love Bad Movies Issue Number 5 hit the FP shelves late last night and they’re already selling like hotcakes… hotcakes filled with essays, reviews and illustrations about some of our favorite bad movies that is! Amy Adams trying to be sexy! Jim Carrey dancing and Nicolas Cage eating a cockroach! Kirk Douglas fashion show! [...]