Some Films Were Never Meant to Leave Tape
A hand-checked collection of rare and cult VHS video tapes, sourced and shipped from Blackwood, South Wales — anime, horror, sci-fi, war and action films that never made it to a proper digital release, and never will.
Every tape in this collection started life the same way — recorded, dubbed, or released once, on a format that was never built to last forever. Magnetic tape degrades. Playback decks are getting harder to find. And a good few of the titles here were only ever released on VHS in the first place, meaning once the last working copy is gone, that release is genuinely gone — not "hard to find," gone for good.
That's the whole reason this collection exists. Preserving rare VHS isn't nostalgia for nostalgia's sake — it's keeping a physical piece of film history playable for a bit longer, in a format a lot of studios never bothered to remaster, restore, or even acknowledge still exists. Every tape here is checked before it's listed, stored properly, and shipped carefully, so it arrives ready to actually go in a player and be watched — not just sat on a shelf as a curiosity.
ONCE A TAPE'S SOLD, THAT EXACT COPY DOESN'T COME BACK.
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A few honest reasons this matters, beyond just collecting for the sake of it:
Plenty of cult anime, horror and B-movie titles were dubbed or released once on VHS and never remastered — the tape is the only surviving version most people can get hold of.
Studios lose, destroy, or simply never digitise back-catalogue masters — a working VHS copy can outlast the "official" archive.
Tape degrades with every play and every year that passes, so a well-stored, hand-checked copy today is worth more than one left in a damp loft for a decade.
Watching it the way it was originally released — dub, cut, packaging and all — is a different experience to a cleaned-up streaming re-release, if one even exists.
WHAT ACTUALLY MAKES THIS COLLECTION DIFFERENT
Asked a lot, so here's the honest answer, no sales fluff:
- Hand-checked, not blind-shipped. Every tape is looked over before it's listed — this isn't a job lot dumped online unseen.
- Genuinely rare titles. A fair few of these are marked rare or super rare because they simply don't turn up often — UK anime dubs, banned cuts, and cult titles that slipped through the cracks.
- Still fully playable. These are sold to be watched on a working VHS deck, not just displayed as a collector's shelf piece.
- Spans genres properly — cult classics, Japanese and anime, horror and occult, action, sci-fi, war films, car films, drama adaptations and adult animation.
- Prices that reflect real rarity — from a few pounds for common titles up to £50+ for the genuinely hard-to-find anime and cult releases.
- Ships properly protected — tape cases and sleeves get packed to survive the trip, not just chucked in a jiffy bag.
BROWSE BY CATEGORY
The full collection is split by genre, so it's easier to find the corner you're actually after:
A FEW TAPES CURRENTLY IN STOCK
A taste of what's on the shelf right now. Limited availability on every single one — most titles are a single physical copy.
WHY I'M TELLING YOU THIS NOW
Because stock here is genuinely one physical tape at a time. Titles like Perfect Blue, Megazone 23 and Angel Cop have already sold as single copies — once they're gone, there's no "restock" button to press, because there's no factory still pressing these onto tape. What's listed on the shelf right now is what actually exists.
If there's a film you watched on tape years ago and never saw again, or a title that never got a proper UK disc release, this is worth a proper browse while there's still a copy sat on the shelf.
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The full VHS collection runs from cult classics and Japanese cinema to horror and occult, action and adventure, anime, drama adaptations, adult animation, sci-fi, car films and war films. Stock turns over constantly as tapes are sourced, checked, and listed, so what's here today might not be here next week.
While you're browsing, it's worth a look round the rest of the shop too. Alongside VHS, there's a growing range of DVDs and music CDs — albums, singles and promo pressings — plus retro games, handmade jewellery and personalised gifts, all sourced and hand-picked from the same corner of South Wales.
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Cheers for reading — hope you find a tape that means something to you. Any questions about a specific title, condition, or playback, just drop a message, always happy to help.
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