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Retro Tech Rewind: Dawn of The Living VHS!

Retro Tech Rewind: Dawn of The Living VHS!

Update: 2025-09-26
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This week, we're time-tripping back to the 1980s, when hair was big, ties were skinny, and everybody headed over to the video store on Friday night to score the latest movies on VHS.

But we don't have to rely on dim memories of Blockbuster days gone by, because we've got a museum with a real-life replica of an actual video store inside, called "Killer Video", in downtown Akron

The museum, at 453 S. High Street, has a twist though, that makes it even more of "must see" this Halloween season.

It is entirely dedicated to the Horror film genre that that really exploded as a cultural phenomenon in the '80s with box office juggernauts like "Poltergeist", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", and "The Evil Dead".

So take a walk down memory lane with us today, as we talk with the museum's owner and creator, Jonathan Carmichael, who is originally from the Akron area, and spent 20 years working in the film industry out in Los Angeles, before returning home to open the Killer Video Museum, Gallery, and Gift Shop.

Also please note if you're really into horror flicks; there's a big event event you might want to check out coming up in Akron on Saturday, October 11 at the Akron Civic Theater. It's the "Akron Independent Horror Short Film Festival", and tickets are on sale now.
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Retro Tech Rewind: Dawn of The Living VHS!

Retro Tech Rewind: Dawn of The Living VHS!

Jeanne Destro