What is the last VHS you purchased and what's your excuse?

[SterlingBen]

Basket Case 2 was the last VHS I ever bought, about 1-2 years ago when there was no release forthcoming. I needed to keep torturing my friends.

[BlueCC]

Howard the Duck - a few years ago - new at Suncoast and not on DVD

[TheMovieman]

I can't even remember... I don't think I've purchased a VHS tape since I went over to DVD back in (I think) 1999. I've only been selling most of them off over the years.

[Abe.]

I think the last VHS tape I bought was a double-tape release of Dawn of the Dead: Director's Cut. I owned the EP version, but saw the LP version for around three dollars at Blockbuster.

[Bandit03]

Star Wars Episode 1. A few months later, I got into DVDs

[BuckNaked2k]

Artistry: In Conversation with Patrick Nagel

Only available in VHS: http://www.tbfa.com/nagel/listings/artistry.html

[shacmasta]

The Usual suspects. Only because it was the the Limited edition VHS gift set that included a script, zippo lighter and whatnot. I tossed the tapes, stuck a dvd in it's place and displayed it on my shelf. I got myself a sweet conversation piece now.

[Lee Harvey Oswald]

Anthrax - "NFV" and "Persistance of Videos"
Iron Maiden - "Maiden England"

My excuse? They're not on DVD!

[Spiral Staircase]

Hamlet (1996)

I think I bought it three years ago for 2 or 3 dollars. I was not sure when WB would get around to releasing it and at least it was letterboxed.

[starseed]

The last VHS I bought was Threads (a great British TV-movie not on DVD in the U.S.) about two years ago. Before that, it was Lost Highway (there's a 1.33:1 pan-and-scan Canadian R1 DVD, but the 2.35:1 widescreen VHS is pretty readily available on Amazon Marketplace, eBay, etc.). Of course, I no longer own a VCR...

[paulringodaman]

Star Wars Episode 1..........That's all you could get at the time!

[Sondheim]

About two years ago I bought "The Magnificent Ambersons" from my local video rental place, which was clearing out most of its VHS stock.

I bought it because it was $1 and it wasn't (and still isn't) available on DVD.

[llandros]

My last VHS was also Star Wars: Episode I. It was the collector's edition with the 35mm film strip and excerpted version of "The Art of Star Wars".

VHS was the only release available unless you wanted to spend a ridiculous amount importing the laserdisc.

[PopcornTreeCt]

Never. I've never bought a VHS tape.

[zombiezilla]

AC/DC's Let There Be Rock, and a few other 70s & 80s music video tapes, to transfer to DVD (they're not out on DVD).

[rw2516]

Francis in the Haunted House, after it became apparent Universal wasn't going to finish out the series on dvd.

[PatrickMcCart]

Holy Matrimony (1943) last December. Fox has never released it on VHS, CED, Beta, laserdisc, CD-i, DVD, etc.

Thankfully, the bootleg is studio-quality (it's something I'd expect right from Fox) and I was able to make a fully progressive 24p DVD-R from it (no ghosting). It's a pity it's not on DVD since it's a hilarious movie.

Before that, I think I picked up a rare VHS of some cartoons back in 2001.

[C_Fletch]

Cops - Too Hot For TV

It was the 'Deluxe Edition' with 20 minutes of added nasty whores, etc added on after the credits. It was scary. I couldn't pass it up for $1. Plus I sold it on Ebay for a profit.

[Mondo Kane]

Probably my last VHS purchases (At Suncoast) was blind-buying 2 Anchor Bay spaghetti westerns, Keoma and Companeros. Loved the latter, the other is still slowly growing on me (Already pre-ordered Blue Underground's release for next month)

There's this flea market-type store in town that still sells used VHS movies that haven't made it to DVD yet (Or went OOP) Black Belt Jones and MST3K The Movie were among my last purchases there.

[Hammer99]

I think it was Ken Russell's "Savage Messiah" a few years ago, couldn't find it in any other format.

[The Monkees]

I'm not quite sure, it might have been Last House on the Left way before a DVD release was ever announced, and this was at Best Buy so that shows how long it's been.

Well, actually if you count used I did buy Twilight Zone: The Movie last year or so because I didn't think it would ever see the light of day on DVD.

[Ginwen]

I'm not sure, maybe Yellow Submarine or Once Upon a Time in the West.

I've thought about buying Decline of Western Civilization since my copy is pretty faded, and maybe by me buying it it will finally come out.

[critterdvd]

"Howard the Duck" because its not available in DVD...

[NavinJohnson]

Picked up Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure earlier this year; my excuse being that it is still not on DVD...

"Now, Mr. Gray, don't you think life is too short to be worried about catching rabies... from a well?"

[slaps himself]

"ALMOST"

[NoirFan]

Bought the pilot of Twin Peaks on vhs a few months ago. We'll see if I get to dump it in the fall.

[The Eliminator]

Threads, because for some funkin' reason its not on DVD yet.

[Icon769]

Howard The Duck. It wasn't on DVD at the time.

[CertifiedTHX]

Last VHS I bought were those for Scream 3 and Sleepy Hollow. Wasn't into DVD yet. Last VHS I ever got, though-- from someone else-- was probably Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Oh-- now that I think, there has been another, more recently. Acquired the Disney version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in its original clamshell case from a wonderful seller on eBay. Amazingly, still shrinkwrapped and in mint condition. Always loved that packaging and artwork as a kid.

--THX

[AOD]

Black Beauty. Gotta justify the $600 I spent on my JVC HR-S9900 right?

[SPiRAL]

I bought : A Mighty Wind & Free Enterprise at the .99c Store, maybe 3 months ago. My aunt has mental disabilities and can only work a VCR. She was happy with them.

[speedyray]

I purchased a recording of Crash Course on VHS. It was half the price of DVD. Since this has never been officially released and was recorded off TV years ago, I figured VHS over DVD was no big deal since I saved about $10 or $15.

[asianxcore]

The Hills Have Eyes

Excuse: It wasn't on DVD yet (and it would be a while)

[hilts]

Nosferatu - remake with Klaus Kinski, Anchor Bay release. 2.00 at Goodwill, I figured I would be watching this one time only and it's still waiting...

[CKMorpheus]

The Matrix (Widescreen Edition)

Before I had a DVD player, and I bought the widescreen version before I knew the difference. It just felt right.

[mike45]

"Art Of The Western World" 4 VHS tape set.

The past few years I have bought documentary programs I know will probably never make it DVD.

[cranberries fan]

Henry 5th with Laurence Olivier it was $1.00 could not pass that up.Hey Hilts that Nosferatu - remake with Klaus Kinski is very good re-make of a classic flim I would watch it when you get the time.

[danwiz]

If I could find a legitimate VHS of "SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION" I'd get it in a second. Never been released on DVD and may never be. Anybody got a legitimate one they want to sell??? I'm in Japan, so I'm never going to find one here!!

[Tomboymama]

I bought the VHS of Short Time recently because it is not on DVD yet and I really wanted to watch it again.

[dom56]

Motorhead - Live in Toronto.

As to why I have this on VHS cause I didn't have a DVD player yet.

[E. Honda]

Willie McBean And His Magic Machine (Rankin/Bass, not on DVD)
Time Walker (not on DVD)
Holiday Sing Along with Mitch Miller and the Gang (not on DVD)

With the help of my Hauppauge PVR-250 ... these relics are now on my DVD shelf, until the blessed day when they are officially released.. lol...

[Iron_Giant]

Star Wars I - Was not on DVD and I like the collectors set.

Nice while it lasted, but I have not watch it in years and I just threw away the box it came in.

[Dr. Phibes]

The last VHS I purchased were a few at Hollywood Video recently:
Cellar Dweller
MST3K - The Amazing Colossal Man
Mama Dracula
Necropolis
I bought them because there aren't on DVD yet (well, Mama Dracula is on one of those crappy multi-movie sets) and they were only $2 each, plus half of them were already out of the system so they just gave them to me.

[Case01]

No Holds Barred, found a sealed copy at a thrift store. I had hopes to transfer it for a super clean VHS>DVD but I may just leave it sealed.

[Misty Eyes]

Monster Squad - at least 6 years ago when a video store was going out of business. I bought it because it was one of my favorites growing up and was, at the time, very rarely shown on TV.

[MANBREASTS]

I bought "some girls" because it's not on DVD and I bought "Mischief" so I could see Kelly Preston's bush on Fullscreen. Bought them both used at hollywood video last year for I think a couple bucks each.

[Living Dead]

Last year I bought the Director's cut of "Lawnmower Man" on ebay. It is currently the only VHS tape I own.

Reason I Keep Telling Myself I Did It: It's never been released except as the theatrical cut with all the extended stuff as deleted scenes. The director's cut is over thirty minutes longer and improves the film significantly! Yes, I know that I am one of only five people in the world that actually like this movie.

Real Reason I Did It: I was delusional the day I sold off my VHS collection, and didn't now what I was doing. VHS picture and sound quality are far superior to DVD. And HD? Forget it. You're all crazy. I don't even know why I'm a member on this site, or why I've bought all these useless DVD's.

[FantasticVSDoom]

A PAL version of Song of the South off of Ebay in 2001 I think... Before that, hell if I know. I stopped buying VHS in '99 and just cant remember.

[lordwow]

Apollo 13. It was before DVDs came out.

[JaxComet]

I no longer own a VCR........

[Joel Goodsen]

Humongous - No, it doesnt star Ron Jeremy....You sick twisted, messed up thought process of a human stain on the governments tax list . It's a slasher flick which I only bought a few weeks ago. I've seen it before and got it because I am sick of waiting for all these 80s slasher flicks to finally come out on DVD.

[Yavin]

Either The Matrix special edition widescreen VHS or the Star Wars: Episode I collector's VHS set (with the film cell and the art booklet). My excuse: the latter wasn't available on DVD yet, and, oh, I didn't own a DVD player yet.

[cordobes]

I haven't purchased any in a long time, but as I replace the VHS in my collection with DVDs, I take them to a local used book, cd and video store that will trade one vhs tape for two. Last time I was there I got a nice Kino edition of Buster Keaton's "The General".

[marty888]

I can't even remember. I started buying VHS in the mid-80's, and know I haven't bought any at all since spring of 2000 when I got my first DVD player.

[Giles]

just recently Ralph Bakshi's Street Fight - cause it ain't on DVD... still

[Giggles]

In 2001 when I still didn't want to hear anything about some new format called "DVD" (as now I stubbornly ignore HD-DVD and Bluray), I continued to collect horror movies on VHS. That year I had a trip to Finland and bought Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer on VHS in a Filmfrikki shop. I was frustrated about how few VHSs were in the store (just one little shelf), but there were a lot of DVDs. So this movie became my last VHS shopping. And it took me 4 years to finally open my eyes and start with DVDs.

[Dean Kousoulas]

A couple old WWF wrestling tapes, since they will never be released on DVD.

[madcougar]

Star Wars EP 1, because that was the only way you could get it.

[joltman]

I think the last one I got was The Compleat Al on VHS on eBay a few years ago because it's still not on DVD. That, or Ramones - We're Outta Here which also isn't on DVD.

[Linko]

I never bought VHS tapes even before DVD. I just recorded movies of HBO, Showtime, etc. That was all until recently. Not too long ago I finally bought Almost an Angel and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980, Jeff Goldblum) because I'm starting to think they'll never be released on DVD.

[Jason Reynolds]

The X-Files movie.

I bought it the same weekend I bought my first DVD player, Memorial Day weekend 1998.

-Jason

[Egon's Ghost]

Bootleg of Rock and Rule, back in 1999, when I was new to Ebay and easily suckered. Paid too much for it. Not bad quality, though. Satisfied my wife. When Unearthed's 2-disc SE came out, I was more than happy to toss the #$%!in' thing.

How about VHS that I hang on to, even though I don't have a VCR any more?

Real Ghostbusters collections from Magic Window--some are on DVD now
Little Mermaid, for the hidden penis on the cover, just for shits and giggles
Fantasia, not sure why any more
Faith No More Who Cares a Lot, I can get rid of that now
Stuff I taped years ago--Damon Wayans stand-up, Real Ghostbusters, HBO special Alien 3: Behind the Screams, Star Trek 25th Anniversary, etc.
Star Wars Widescreen Box--I suppose I can get rid of it now, but...it's cool

[Oakland]

Coldblooded starring Jason Priestley, Janeane Garofalo, Michael J Fox, Robert Loggia, Kimberly Williams, and Peter Riegert. Still not on DVD, and its a crime that such is the case.

[AGuyNamedMike]

It's been at least 9 years. It was a special order at Reel Collections in the mall: The Conversation in widescreen.

Wait. I bought a VHS of the LA stage production of Bullshot Crummond about 4 or 5 years ago off eBay.

[Jaymole]

I was never really a VHS collector, I was strictly a Laser buyer. However I would buy a few old sci-fi/horror films that were not on Laser.

My last purchase was 13 years ago; I Was a Teenage Werewolf. I sold it last year on ebay after my VHS machine died and I decided not to get another one.

[Johnny Zhivago]

The Wild Bunch... I needed a VHS tape for testing equipment at work.

For myself... Day of the Dead widescreen. But that was before DVDs really exploded.

[drainout]

Phantasm one through four, a few years ago, probably six months before the ball set got released. I started collecting different copies of Phantasm, kinda like how a bunch of you collect the Evil Dead series. And Body Bags around the same time, was trying to complete my John Carpenter and couldn't wait to find a good price on the dvd.

[Josh H]

Star Wars the Phantom Menace.

Didn't look like it would be on DVD anytime soon, and was a good year or 2 until it was IIRC.

[woemcats]

The last VHS I purchased were a few at Hollywood Video recently:

MST3K - The Amazing Colossal Man

I bought them because there aren't on DVD yet (well, Mama Dracula is on one of those crappy multi-movie sets) and they were only $2 each, plus half of them were already out of the system so they just gave them to me.

That episode of MST3K for $2 is a steal... it's out of print and will likely never be on DVD. I used to have it but sold it for about $60 about 4-5 years ago. Dunno what it runs now.

[aintnosin]

I think it was an MLB tape about the Mark McGwire/Sammy Sosa home run race in 1998.

[dick_grayson]

Le Feu Follet a couple months ago off ebay since it's not available on dvd

[big e]

That episode of MST3K for $2 is a steal... it's out of print and will likely never be on DVD. I used to have it but sold it for about $60 about 4-5 years ago. Dunno what it runs now.
I got it off ebay for less than $10 with shipping.

As for me, my last VHS purchases were Adieu, Galaxy Express 999, The Guyver: Out of Control, Macross: Clash of the Bionoids, and MST3K: The Amazing Colossal Man. My reason: none of these are on DVD, nor will they possibly ever be.

[Alan Smithee]

One of the last brand-new VHS tapes I bought was HR Pufnstuf Live at the Hollywood Bowl- DVD hadn't even come on the market yet and figured there was no way in hell this would ever come out on laserdisc. Transferred the tape to DVD since there's still no official DVD.

Bought a bunch of used rentals a few months ago, including Legend of Billie Jean, What Do You Say To A Naked Lady? (Candid Camera movie from 1969), Mr. Mike's Mondo Video and a bunch of bad 80s movies that never came out on laserdisc.

[ReduxGuy]

Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS - better to get a widescreen video than deal with a bootleg DVD

[BenboC]

I can't remember which one I bought last, but it was either The Thin Blue Line or Hoop Dreams. At the time I bought them, they looked like they were never going to be released on DVD. I was wrong :).

[DarkEye]

The Road Warrior SE Video, mainly because it contains some extras not on the DVD.

[TheKing]

I was out with a friend on Thanksgiving Eve last year, and we stopped in a small video store that was selling off their VHS cheap. I found copies of Zapped! and No Holds Barred, so with no DVDs in sight I picked em up.

[mattjones124]

I bought Batman: The Movie with Adam West. Cost me $1, and I thought it would be a funny thing to buy.

[nateman]

3 years ago I was taking my usual 2 weeks off in August & I love to go to Sioux Narrows & Nestors falls (Northern, Ontario, Canada) for the time off I get so while I was in Nestor falls I wasn't feeling that great so I decided to buy a movie at the local video store which is also a food store (small towns) & they only had like maybe 14 different movies so I ended up buying Bad Boys on VHS for $2.50.
I left it there accidentally & I ended up buying it on DVD when I got home a week & 1/2 later for $15.

[crazyrabbits]

The Toy Story Limited Edition Video Edition. It was $10 dollars on Ebay, so I figured I'd go for it. It's got lenticular artwork of the movie cover, another VHS called "The Story Behind 'Toy Story'" (same content as the DVD?), a book showcasing early concepts and pre-production designs, and a COA. It's in this huge silver case, and it's quite cool.

[Randy Miller III]

Probably the Star Wars Trilogy limited edition, as a gift for my dad.
This was probably about 7-8 years ago.

Although recently I re-bought an exercise tape for my wife.
It was her favorite one (from 1994) and will likely never make it to DVD.

[Rockmjd23]

Spartacus, bought in 1999 for a friend.

[Michael Ballack]

It was Star Wars The Phantom Menace Letterbox version. This was back when Lucas was anti dvd.

[BrentLW]

Conqeror Worm for $1 at Deals and the same day Adventures Of A Private Eye from a video store for $2. I just gave the Conqueror Worm tape to a friend because he wanted to see it to see if he would buy the DVD when it comes out later this year. I told him to just keep it circulating amongst out friends.

[dom56]

It was Star Wars The Phantom Menace Letterbox version. This was back when Lucas was anti dvd.

I got the Phantom Menace Collectors's Edition at Toys R Us before they closed the door for good at my town. It's come with a beautiful 48-page "Art of Episode 1" book and a 35mm film strip. Nice looking set. :)

[MisterHowie]

20 Dates (documentary) because 1) it was pre-viewed and cheap and 2) still is not available on DVD. Great flick!