Never Stop Filming! The New York Times celebrated feature-length documentaries and podcast, with over 500 episodes since 2012, explore independent genre filmmaking. Directed by Tom Seymour and produced by Tim Kulig, Troma Entertainment’s VHS Massacre documentaries are “informative and enlightening, with copious commentary from the people who make these movies, and those who love them,” writes Jason Bailey of The New York Times. Watch VHS Massacre films on Tubi, Prime Video, Peacock, Troma, Screambox, & Cineverse.
Video Dreams, along with VHS Massacre 1 & 2 and American Expendables, has earned over 60 awards from top underground/genre fests & chronicles the video store era & the impact of media consolidation on indie and exploitation cinema. Distributed by Troma Entertainment, MVD, and Vinegar Syndrome, & podcast has amassed millions of views online. Seymour began covering B-movies on public access television in the late 1990s & has worked with CBS, NBC, IGN, College Humor, & Troma.
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This was a special one! 🎬🏆
A weekend at the Smodcastle Film Festival with Tom Seymour (VHS Massacre), Tim Kulig, Ernest O'Donnell, and Stephen from the Smodcastle crew! And a special shout-out to my awesome wife Stephanie Perez (Yeah Food Beer), who was behind the camera!
Growing up watching Kevin Smith movies, we were huge fans of Ernest, aka Rick Derris from the Clerks trilogy. So having our own film, Enter the Television, receive a BEST DOCUMENTARY NOMINATION at Smodcastle was pretty surreal!
This is my 14th feature-length film as a director/writer, and we had a fantastic screening followed by a director/producer Q&A. Kevin Smith himself even joined the awards ceremony via Zoom to congratulate the nominees!
AND our film trailer was featured on Kevin Smith's YouTube channel! How cool is that?! @KevinSmith
A huge thank-you to Kevin Smith, Ernest O'Donnell, and the entire Smodcastle gang for making this such a memorable experience. Most importantly, this nomination belongs to everyone who helped bring Enter the Television to life. WE SHARE THIS ONE!
Never stop filming! 🎥
Featuring: Rhonda Shear, Lloyd Kaufman, Debbie Rochon, John Brennan, Bill D. Russell, James Richardson & Greg Brewer. @timkuligfreemusic
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AWESOME NEWS! “Enter the Television” about the dark corners of commercials & cable programming is nominated for "Best Documentary" at KevinSmith's Smodcastle Cinemas Film Festival THAT KEVIN HOSTS! So cool! Nov. 5-8 (exact screening date and time to come) So thankful Congrats Lloyd Kaufman Rhonda Shear Debbie Rochon FanZcene Vids Tim Kulig Free Music John Brennan James Richardson Bill D. Russell
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Great review of Enter the Television by Alan Ng of Film Threat! “A fun, nostalgia-packed watch that might leave you a little more suspicious of your TV …textbook viewing for any marketing history class.” - Alan Ng, Film Threat
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My 14th feature-length film as director/writer 'Enter the Television" featuring Rhonda Shear Lloyd Kaufman Debbie Rochon John Brennan Timothy Kulig and many other will premiere at the Arizona Underground film Festival Sept. 20th. The AZUFF is considered a leading U.S. underground film festival so we're exiting to have our World Premiere at this amazing film festival!
Schedule
azuff.org/2026-festivals/2026schedule/
Trailer
https://youtu.be/cyiECR7s-E4?si=wdi7Y...
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Our documentary feature "Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story" directed by Tom Seymour was just nominated for "Best Independent Feature Film" at the 17th Underground Cinema Film Festival, an Irish Film & Television Academy affiliated festival. Congrats everyone! Timothy Kulig, Debbie Rochon, John Brennan FanZcene, Mike Aransky and Lloyd Kaufman
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Hello everyone! Some fun news, our feature film "Late Night with Louanne" will premiere on the legendary Horror Hound TV at midnight tonight. Starring Lloyd Kaufman, Maggie Champagne and Double Dementia! It's very much in the vein Up All night with Rhonda Shear and the Last Drive-in. Thanks for watching!
Get ready for a wild ride through the strangest corners of cult cinema. Featuring outrageous films like Merminators from Outer Space, Groom of Bigfoot, Flying Snake Attack, and more, this satirical late-night movie marathon celebrates everything weird, wonderful, and wonderfully absurd about genre entertainment. A loving tribute to the golden age of offbeat TV programming-think USA Up All Night, Troma's Edge TV and MonsterVision-this show doesn't just play the hits. Every commercial, trailer, and short film is an original creation, crafted specifically for this surreal, VHS-soaked experience. Nostalgic, anarchic, and utterly unpredictable, it's cult cinema like you've never seen it before.
horrorhound.com/tv/late-night-with-louanne
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In its 10th year, Scumdance Film Festival has become a well-respected underground institution in the San Francisco Bay Area. We’re thrilled that Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story received an Honorable Mention Award! This marks our second “dance” festival to recognize the film, following the kind words we received from Dances With Films a few months ago.
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Video Dreams picks up the Silver Telly Award for Best Documentary Feature, bringing us to 25 wins and 50 selections worldwide from several of the top genre/underground film festivals and competitions in the world. We’ll be staying on the festival circuit through most of 2026, and there are still a few major festivals that could put us over the top. You never know unless you enter. More news soon — never stop filming!
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Thanks to all the film festivals that are playing our film and to the people who watch our films and shows, you are most appreciated! Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story recently won a "Best Documentary Feature" award at the New York Movie Awards. The Manhattan based festival/competition typically screens films at the end of year at the at the Krane Theater. More news to come on that one. Video Dreams continues to make progress in the film festival circuit with 22 wins, 11 nominations and 46 official selections to date with multiple wins from top underground film festivals in the world like Melbourne Underground and Arizona Underground as well as selections and director's Q &A's at top genre film festivals in the world like Cine-Excess, Torino Underground, BIFA qualifying Spirit of Independence and a Saturday screening at the historic Roxie Theater at the legendary San Francisco Independent Film Festival! This is shaping up to be a fantastic film festival run for Video Dreams!
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Film Threat recently gave our documentary feature Video Dreams a 9/10 review! Some great quotes here, "I definitely see why film festivals have awarded this film. It’s quite the gem. For all filmmakers out there, this is a must-watch." -Benjamin Franz
filmthreat.com/reviews/video-dreams-a-vhs-massacre…
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