My VHS Collection (Why I Collect Old Tapes)

[@marypruitt444]

Omg... this takes me back!! 😭😭😭 I'm a 55 year old GenX'er and VHS was my LIFE!!! I'm so here for this channel!

[@joeybaseball7352]

You a boomer

[@marypruitt444]

@@joeybaseball7352 I was born in '68. I'm GenX. 🤨

[@louistournas120]

@@joeybaseball7352 Boomers are born in the 194x to 1950x. They would get married in the 197x and have children. The kid might grow up with the first generation of home video game systems, color TV, the first generation of home computers. VHS. I think around 78, you get the laser disc. In 1985, you get the first CDs. You get the first dial up modems in the 80s. You get the first car cellphones. I’m a Gen X as well. Born in 1975.

[@joeybaseball7352]

@@louistournas120 it's not that deep bro. its just a meme.

[@CianneDoodles]

I just…after all these years, sat down and watched The Breakfast Club, I absolutely adored it! What a perfect movie imho. I also still have a VHS player and have some old tapes. I’m now determined to find a lot of my favourite ‘80’s flicks. Great video you got here!

[@izzyalivevideo]

The Breakfast Club truly is a perfect movie. When I was capturing the b roll off the VCR for that one I basically just watched the whole movie because I was so locked in haha

[@Brandon12983]

I spent a lot of time and effort programming a virtual video store for my digital movie library, but in the end I realized nothing can replicate all the qualities of tangible things. I missed the feeling of exploration I'd get by walking past walls of movies, and then going in blind on a movie because you liked the cover art. A piece of physical media has a history - you can pick it up and remember where it came from, or see where your cat chewed on a corner of the box. You can let a friend borrow your movie, or trade for something else, because it's a physical item that you actually own.

[@tammylejuneNYS]

I graduated in 1988, thanks for the blast from the past❣️

[@debraeckhardt4892]

I've never seen Riding in Cars with Boys. 2 of my favorite actresses.

[@izzyalivevideo]

Oh you've got to check it out! Absolutely one of my favorites.

[@cuttlebugs]

wow that was a trip down memory lane ❤ going to go binge watch old movies now 😊

[@mandyballge632]

Love this content. Great job. You seem so natural and calm being on camera.

[@betamaxblocker]

Nice collection! Nothing beats VHS. The box art, the grainy picture, it's all so authentic in a way...

[@izzyalivevideo]

Agreed!

[@DavidMander-rs4uk]

​@@izzyalivevideo disagree!

[@FiercedeityBrad]

Love having HD and everything but vhs quality with the popping and tracking adjusting and old videos my mom recorded for me off tv that I binge watched like Neverending Story and Legend and Wizard of Oz with the 1987 commercials cannot be beat. I own blu rays of all of them but sometimes the nostalgia is the quality and process of inserting a vhs.

[@louistournas120]

As a kid, I would tape stuff and I would stop the tape when commercials started. Sadly, I have very few commericals from the 80s and 90s. We didn't listen. We didn't listen. I should have listened to my brother and left the commercials in.

[@elenaishere8909]

Nice to see you have a broad and diverse choice of movies .

[@deadfairfieldexpedition]

Love seeing other people collecting VHS. I, myself, have about 500+ different ones. I also collect every copy of Space Jam that I find :×

[@izzyalivevideo]

That's awesome!

[@karenborden6776]

So many good movies I need to rewatch.😊

[@Grover1234]

Pretty neat collection so far that you have shown. Some really great films you have! I do hope to see more videos like this. I too grew up on VHS (Millennial here) and just remember getting to go to the video store or rental place to find whatever movie or even ones I had already watched over a 100 times. Keep up the work!

[@izzyalivevideo]

Right?! It felt like when we were young a movie or band could really be one such a staple of your personality and life because you didn't have access to literally EVERYTHING.

[@Catallano1981]

This is by far the coolest t-shirt i have ever seen

[@debbieharris5667]

I loved the flashbacks! I enjoyed your reviews and trivia tidbits! When you were doing Adam Sandler i was like "what about wedding singer!" You saved the best for last! I've never seen Mall Rats !😮 what!? I'll have to check ot out!

[@Leah-1213]

you are so refreshing to listen to and I love your critiques,you know sooo much! :)🌹

[@TheJimbo1791]

YES a great channel with lots of love for VHS. I agree with your opinions, the best is "I dont think there is a bad Scream movie" (!) so true. Subbed and will follow, I would love the ranking videos. Greetings from a VHS - collector from Finland (we have a small but quite a passionate community of vhs-enthusiasts in Finland)

[@leandabee]

I loved Spaceman 👌, a serious role for Adam, but he was great 😊, each to there own though 🤷🏼‍♀️. I loved wedding singer because Billy Idol was in it 😅👍. I still have my vcr player, but unfortunately a lot of my vhs had deteriorated over time 😢, so with the rest, I transferred to dvd before they went too, but I still have kept them 😃

[@CrazyAboutPurple]

Thanks for the walk down memory lane, I enjoyed it!

[@izzyalivevideo]

Thanks for watching! I may have teared up a bit watching these tapes to make this video haha

[@maviscruet277]

Oh this takes me right back , i havent seen some of those films but will be looking them up ......i think i need to get in the loft to sort through mine , i get what u say about VHS , the same as listening to vinyl records ....Love Forest Gump , Bill & Ted , Back To The Future....Tom Hanks & Keanu Reeves are 2 of my favoutite actors & the Halloween films scared me to death 😂...thanks for sharing ❤

[@Happy_Hauls]

I love your shirt! That's awesome! John Hughes films were just epic! 😊

[@izzyalivevideo]

Absolutely! One of the greatest of all time. He captured the human experience unlike anyone!

[@samcooper430]

I Was a teen in the 80s and 90’s. I grew up with VHS tapes and started collecting them a few months ago and having a blast doing so. A cheap hobby full of memories. I absolutely love better off dead. One of my favorites as a teen. I found the same copy you have at our local HOW thrift store about 2 weeks ago and was so thrilled. Definitely one of my grail movies I was looking for. It is sad how many people have never even heard of it. Very fun movie!

[@raymondgallardo576]

You are not alone!

[@michellewright8094]

Back to the future is my absolute favorite movie, i remember watching in the theater when it first came out😀, riding in cars with boys was such a good movie, i love better off dead 😅 "i want my 2 dollars, i have 3 sons and we watched small soldiers so much, but i enjoyed it as much as they did, love the wedding singer ❤, i have a lot of vhs but no way to watch them, thanks for sharing 😊

[@izzyalivevideo]

Wow, I'm sooooo jealous you got to see Back to the Future in the theater! I'm glad to see some mutual respect for Small Soldiers and Better Off Dead here. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@michaelmcgee8543]

I still have my VHS along with DVD and Blu-ray especially 3D. I bought a preserved vhs recoding machine and got three blank high quality tape tapes , barely use it

[@louistournas120]

I prefer to have my own VHS tapes, my own DVD and such. I had IPTV and when the internet went out, I could still watch some DVDs. Apparently, a certain online service went down and people who had bought movies lost access. Also, I don't use cloud services. I have lots of hard drives.

[@Jethro-ts]

I have just one vhs tape and it's called 'H.R. Pufinstuf'.

[@dngillikin]

He's your friend when things get rough.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

🎸Adam Sandler was really milking the VHS📼tape in 50 First Dates LOL! So it's only fitting that it would have a VHS release albeit they were still around then but pretty much on the decline! And yes I still have my VCR and video tapes and audio cassettes! Nothing like that analog sound! 🏝🥥⛵🛥

[@debrawheeley9374]

Love vhs movies I think I still have our old vhs player and still have a lot my old vhs tapes thank you for bringing back many old memories ❤ I remember riding in cars with boys what a great movie. 80s were my jive John Hughes movies were so a part of my life. Pretty in Pink was one of my favorites ❤

[@lorraineshea296]

I love the VHS days 50 First Dates was a great movie i'm in Australia and we would hire heaps for for weekend and bing fabulous days Thanks Izzy 😂🤗

[@soniacintronjohnson]

Dogma now I want to watch this one again!

[@PattieTweedie]

I think it is fantastic that you have saved your vhs tapes. I have a lot of them too but you definitely have some classics that I don't. I'm really looking forward to you going through your horror collection and hearing your take on those.

[@sharonellis8776]

I feel that some 70s / 80s movies are more enjoyable on VHS ! xx

[@DavidMander-rs4uk]

As if, they suck!! 🗑️👎

[@nicholaswoodall3840]

i still have 200 vhs tapes they are 30 years old and still play good i was born in 1976

[@izzyalivevideo]

That's awesome!

[@LMI2020]

Hi vhs tapes bring so many happy memories especially with my Dad, we loved watching movies together ❤️ see you next time tfs 😊

[@yvlani]

I have tons of VHS tapes,DVDs etc. Birthday parties and vacation home videos! Would not let them go for anything. I’d like to have the digitized for safe keeping, but will continue to keep them in their special VHS cabinet 😂 Great movie reviews and recaps of specific scenes or moments. Thank you and Stay Safe. Namaste 🕉️

[@boonelee2880]

Oh, the memories! This was really fun!

[@izzyalivevideo]

Thanks for watching!

[@valeriestokes4663]

I collected VHS tapes also. Then the tape recorder broke and I threw everything away. Had I known about you, I would have checked to see if you wanted any of them before I threw them in the dumpster. Drama, comedy and crime where my favorites.

[@nigeldonaldson1647]

I assume you know that some of your nostalgic collection are quite valuable know DESPITE dvd being so much clearer digital technology. I never thought that prerecorded video tape films would one day become collector's items, I can see it more with records.

[@user-gr16]

You have a great collection vhs tapes💖❣️

[@powerkontroller4874]

Dogma is a good movie!

[@pudee3]

Another really interesting video. Love your taste in films. ❤️

[@toryberch]

Heyyy Izzy 🙋😃 Oh it's so funny as soon as you donate to Goodwill VCR DVD or movies it always comes back to bite you lol 😄 however I do have 1 VCR 😁

[@thelastmoviestanding]

great collection! I have that same blue Scream Drew Barrymore VHS, love it! I really want to get Legend on VHS, 1 of my favorite 80s movies, but I really don't like the US cut lol

[@izzyalivevideo]

That's really interesting to hear! I'm not familiar with the non US cut I guess! And yes, I'm a scream stan haha

[@thelastmoviestanding]

@@izzyalivevideo does your Legend VHS have Darkness with green eyes & long green names at the beginning? The US & Euro/Dirctor's Cut have 2 totally different soundtracks. The US version is Tangerine Dream 80s pop soundtrack & others have the original orchestral score.

[@alice73322]

I’ve never seen Mallrats I will rectify that now 😶

[@kittyallison6359]

just watched a great series from china called three body the first episode is kind of boring but the rest is pretty good i still have vhs tapes and a working vcr

[@timothyrawles2924]

The 80s were a big time for Giallo. Do you like that genre? If so, any favorites? On the American side, Brian De Palma replicated some of the elements and tones of that genre. Do you like his 80s work?

[@izzyalivevideo]

I gotta be honest I have not done the giallo deep dive myself. I've heard so many people praise Italian horror so it's definitely on my radar to watch. What would you recommend as a starting point?

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

How about cassette tapes?🤗📼🤔👍

[@Nzwallflower]

I apologise for telling you to shut up, when you mentioned the movie was from 1990, before you were born... Lol I'm not sensitive about growing old at all lol

[@thagrifster594]

Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?

[@DavidMander-rs4uk]

VHS absolutely sucks in the modern age....low quality trash!! 🗑️👎

[@joannlovespapillons]

Wow, you brought back some good movies. This is my 2nd time watching this video but this time I’m taking notes, as I haven’t seen a few you mentioned. I believe I’ve seen all of Adam Sandler’s movies, except Zohan…don’t know why but keep overlooking that one. 😊

[@amyganshert6429]

Definitely old enough to be your mom 😂 loving the trip down memory lane. My three sons and I watched Back to the Future more times than I can count.

[@elfena5438]

Wow I have probably a quarter of what you have in VHS tapes. i play them on a very small tv/vhs player. 😊

[@judithlabarbera1620]

Matilda is one of my favorite's!! And now i have to see all the Halloween movies again. Its been too long, and i miss them.

[@tinariley5559]

The Breakfast Club, Bill and Ted, Forrest Gump, Happy Gilmore, Back to the Future, The Wedding Singer...Classic 80s & 90s movies. You have a great collection of different genres. Tfs! Look forward to the next time.

[@ChitChat5]

Wow I remember sooo many of those movies…I too was a teenager in the 80’s…..love many of them…they bring back a lot of fond memories…..thanks for sharing

[@Happy_Hauls]

Any Kevin Smith movie again EPIC! ❤