Great book to flip theough
"This book is great. Bigger than expected. It's a blast to flip through and look at all the great box art. Looking forward to reading the pieces too and getting some history."
Details
VS Press was initially founded as an in-house artisan screen printing studio, focusing on VS-related shirts and posters. We are thrilled to announce the expansion of VS Press into books and print media, where we will bring art books, critical explorations, novelizations, and more to the publishing space.
VS Press presents The Basement Tapes—a curated deep dive into the eclectic VHS archive of The Basement, a studio and art collective based in San Francisco’s Mission District. This book offers a unique look at their collection, shaped by a fascination with greasy horror films, obscure science fiction, niche special-interest nightmares, and exploitation cinema. The Basement Tapes serves as both a visual archive and a passionate tribute to these often-overlooked pieces of analog media history.
edited by: Luca Antonucci & Mitsu Okubo
essays by: William Boswick, Jon Dieringer, and Luca Antonucci
cover design by: Shea Hardacre
2025 / 352 pages / Color / English / 11" x 7" x 1.25"
Additional info:
- Limited run of 2,000 units
Overall rating: 4.869565 / 5 from 23 reviews.
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Excellent
"A well curated journey through a mad collector's vhs library. The perfect coffee table book for VS fans."
The Basement Tapes
"Anyone who loved the glorious VHS days will love this book . Tons of great images of some well known and many obscure movies . Quality book and an enjoyable read ."
Great coffee table book
"Beautifully manufactured, sturdy binding, crisp pages, and quality printing. It arrived exceptionally well packed and super fast shipping."
Awesome Coffee Table Book!
"This sort of product is really cool for anyone to just pick up and flip through. Filled to the brim with interesting covers. Very high quality and well made."
A Treasure Trove of Weirdness
"There's been a spate of books recently that feature old VHS box art, but this one stands head and shoulders above the crowd. Whereas most of the others go in for straightforward collections of genre movies, not only does The Basement Tapes feature a selection of truly obscure oddities from the furthest corners of horror, sci-fi, crime, action, and beyond, but the book is also full of the kind of incredibly strange VHS tapes you used to come across at library sales or in the home of a slightly odd relative. "A Celebration of Jackets"? "Tree Stand Safety"? "Hip Hop Pronunciation for the Classroom"? What looks a lot like a video catalog for a mailorder bride company? All these and more can be found in the pages of The Basement Tapes, beautifully scanned to show the creases, dings, and price stickers that accumulate like battle scars on these old tapes. Unlike most similar books, they also scan the back covers, so you can read the unbelievably overheated ad copy and review excerpts. A truly fun book to own."
Awesome Coffee Table Book!
"Amazing artwork and content."
Perfect Coffee Table Book
"This is a high-quality book with beautiful images of some of the best VHS artwork. They certainly don’t make ‘em like they used to."
The Basement Tapes - Softcover Art Book
"Lovely book that I managed to get at a very decent price. Full of rare and unknown to the classic we love."
The Basement Tapes
"Love this book!!!!"