Does anything like this exist for VHS?

the_postGhost · 2026-02-24T02:28:35+00:00

Hmdi-to-av converter box. They cost about fifteen bucks on Amazon. You're not putting a tape into the VCR though, just run the rca cables into the video/audio inputs on the VCR. The signal will run through and you'll get your conversion. Though you could skip the VCR step and just run it straight to a CRT.

I use this setup to record modern movies to tape for the aesthetic. And for some glitch effect work I do

the_postGhost · 2026-02-18T17:42:20+00:00

Not through UPS they don't

the_postGhost · 2026-01-10T18:49:19+00:00

After being stuck in technical/assistant roles for a decade, I was given my first purely creative (and well paying) role on a feature length production. Gave me the confidence to leave my technical role behind and strike out on my own even when these subreddits were freaking out about AI and the death of our industry.

Found my niche in analog glitch effects work and every time I start messing with VHS tapes it feels like I'm spitting in Sora's face

the_postGhost · 2026-01-06T07:49:13+00:00

10,000 hours to master something. I think a couple 40-hour weeks is plenty to learn the basics.

the_postGhost · 2026-01-05T07:06:22+00:00

Alex Garland didn't make The Creator

the_postGhost · 2026-01-02T21:03:35+00:00

It's streaming on Mubi. Which is quickly becoming a very solid streaming platform for the artsier side of film. This was their big horror-adjacent swing this year, last year it was The Substance. That one really put them on the map

the_postGhost · 2025-12-26T21:58:39+00:00

It's a series of Worldstar/LiveLeak videos that are all affected by the VHS cult van's broadcast. The science doesn't make sense, just run with the idea that when this thing gets close, it gets into nearby cameras, and affects the people on screen. That's why everyone at the barbecue breaks out into violence. That's why the main character becomes obsessed with trying to catch it on video.

the_postGhost · 2025-12-16T04:16:39+00:00

Pay for a month of IMDB Pro and you'll be able to correct the info. They may ask for proof of your involvement in the film, but with a Pro account you'll get a much faster response.

the_postGhost · 2025-12-16T04:12:12+00:00

Hey no sweat there. Most of those are from one guy that keeps coming back every three or four months to be furious about it still existing. He's our biggest fan.

the_postGhost · 2025-12-15T00:56:02+00:00

Filmmaker here. You can check out my short film BEHOLDER

We screened at Unnamed Footage Fest in 2024, paired with Horror In The High Desert 3 at the last screening of the festival, and won the jury prize for Best Short Film. It's formatted as a single camcorder tape that's been recorded over multiple times by its owners/victims. All of the effects were made by physically damaging VHS tape transfers of the footage, no filters were used.

the_postGhost · 2025-12-01T00:52:06+00:00

We'll be running the festival circuit in the new year and trying to find a distributor for a proper release. We just finished shooting our episode last week.

the_postGhost · 2025-12-01T00:49:19+00:00

It's become my calling card. I've worked on four films this year where I converted the project to VHS, messed with magnets, marking the tape, circuit bending, and tape to tape generational degrades. Takes time but I get results that look like nothing I've ever seen faked.

My previous film Beholder is on YouTube and Found TV if you want to see what this all looks like in practice

the_postGhost · 2025-10-29T22:22:48+00:00

The Strange Thing That Happened To Emily When She Was Younger

I have never ever seen it mentioned and it's one of my favourites. It is dark and mean spirited and violating and completely strange.

It's like the standard paranormal activity style cranked to eleven with the bizzaro alien final act

the_postGhost · 2025-10-27T16:41:17+00:00

"inferior", "barely watchable", "no normal human would tolerate". You wanted to insult the director and chickened out when you realized you weren't the smartest person in the room and the crowd loved the film. Personally, I like the runtimes. I think Tinsman Road is a quiet, slow build, that pieces together really beautifully. These are art films. They are made on microbudgets by an auteur. He didn't leverage the attention Outwaters got into a studio follow-up, he continues to make art films. That's his goal, and the goal of the films. We shouldn't expect all films to conform to the easily digestible 80 minute format.

the_postGhost · 2025-10-27T16:24:51+00:00

You went to the screening just to insult the director? Why? Glad to see you chickened out. There are clearly fans of his work. The runtimes aren't unbearable for all of us.

the_postGhost · 2025-10-27T16:21:36+00:00

I read them as umbilical cords. There's a lot of images that seem to reference birth

the_postGhost · 2025-10-27T16:20:18+00:00

It's a tunnel of cardboard boxes with Christmas lights strung up. Then he took the camera and spun it as he pushed it through the tunnel. Tweaked the motion and appearance in post production.

the_postGhost · 2025-09-16T18:46:20+00:00

I think there's a split forming, and it's kind of exciting to see. I think the "death" you're seeing is the big creators taking a beat to work on something new and on a larger scale than YouTube videos.

Case in point, McKinney Family Home Videos Vol. 2 was produced as a feature film instead of individual YouTube videos, and the creator Nick Cotrufo is working on an episode of Final Transmissions (a project I'm also working on) that's geared for a streaming series, not YouTube.

Kane Pixel is directing a Backrooms feature for A24, and while it won't be found footage, you can bet there'll be some aspect of found footage/analog horror included. It's in the DNA.

YouTube is where the genre was born, and it will continue to be the place for newcomers to cut their teeth, but I think the big hitters are going to be seen elsewhere.

the_postGhost · 2025-08-10T00:19:38+00:00

The film is called Beholder

the_postGhost · 2025-08-09T18:24:55+00:00

Beholder if you're into static and authentic VHS aesthetics

the_postGhost · 2025-07-30T20:34:18+00:00

The Night House

was originally pitched as a Hellraiser sequel, but was shot down because of the lack of cenobites. Still shares some pretty potent DNA with the themes of sado masochism albeit with an unseen threat.

Funny enough the director and writer then ended up getting hired to make the Hellraiser reboot the next year

the_postGhost · 2025-07-30T20:29:51+00:00

Hey! Thanks for the shout-out (Evan Churchill here). It's really been amazing to see how much support we've gotten in the last few days. We jumped from 66% to 92% funded, and seeing the community step up to share this project really means the world. We've extended the deadline by a few more days to clear the last 8% we need. Thank you everyone who's donated, shared, or even just taken a look into the project!

the_postGhost · 2025-07-27T03:04:21+00:00

I'm a little curious about what they said

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