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Started by SaintMort, June 17, 2007, 10:02:32 PM

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SaintMort

June 17, 2007, 10:02:32 PM
Alright guys,

So as you may or may not know... I've recently been named manager of a video store in DE. So I'm trying to do alot of things... the video store is pretty mom and pops but the last owner/manager wasn't into sci-fi or horror movies at all!

Basically our horror/sci-fi section is a disgrace (example... we have all the saw movies and hellraiser films but nothing by troma and only 1 nightmare on elm street film and 1 halloween film) basically I'm trying to make us have a really impressive B-movie section so I was wondering 2 things

1) anyone give me suggestions of films to see if we have because we've got so little that I don't even know where to start on ordering films

2) If you're form the general area... you should come and rent from me and give me advice or just talk to me (pathetic yes... but it's a very low traffic store right now and I get lonely lol)

Thanks guys!

Andrew

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June 17, 2007, 10:30:19 PM
Where in DE?  I am in Baltimore and often come to northern DE to visit my sister.
Andrew Borntreger
Badmovies.org

Shadow

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June 17, 2007, 10:33:35 PM
Jordan, webmaster of the B-Movie Film Vault  is in PA, but I think he's in the northern parts. However, he worked for years at a video store, so he probably has all sorts of insight, ideas and stories on that front. I wonder where he is....

JORDAY!!!! :teddyr:

Andrew, I've only been to Baltimore once, but I have seen the docks there far more than I ever wanted to.
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SaintMort

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June 18, 2007, 07:05:33 AM
Quote from: Andrew on June 17, 2007, 10:30:19 PM
Where in DE?  I am in Baltimore and often come to northern DE to visit my sister.

Whilmington on Marsh road... real close to 202

Andrew

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June 18, 2007, 10:50:31 AM
Quote from: SaintMort on June 18, 2007, 07:05:33 AM
Quote from: Andrew on June 17, 2007, 10:30:19 PM
Where in DE?  I am in Baltimore and often come to northern DE to visit my sister.

Whilmington on Marsh road... real close to 202

I can definitely stop by there sometime.  Maybe not this month, but July should be feasible.

Jordan should be a wealth of knowledge.  While I've always been interested in DVD rental stores, I do not know some of the rules.  For example:  can you just buy any more and then rent them out?  I am assuming so, but assuming is not always a good idea.

Another thing is that we do not know your customers.  Will they like classics such as "Robot Monster" or would real classics along the lines of "Forbidden Planet" be a better choice?  Do they like "Evil Dead 2?"

How about a few classifications to start?

CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION
Forbidden Planet
It Came from Outer Space
The Thing from Another World
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

GIANT MONSTERS
Godzilla movies
Gamera films

RAY HARRYHAUSEN FILMS
20 Million Miles to Earth
All 3 Harryhausen "Sinbad" films
Clash of the Titans
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
One Million Years BC
The Valley of Gwangi
Jason and the Argonauts


CLASSIC B-MOVIES
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Robot Monster
The Beast of Yucca Flats
The Day the World Ended


SWORDS AND SORCERY
Hundra
Ator
Deathstalker
Krull
Hawk the Slayer
Dragonslayer
The Sword and the Sorcerer
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Andrew Borntreger
Badmovies.org

SaintMort

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June 18, 2007, 08:39:47 PM
Quote from: Andrew on June 18, 2007, 10:50:31 AM
Quote from: SaintMort on June 18, 2007, 07:05:33 AM
Quote from: Andrew on June 17, 2007, 10:30:19 PM
Where in DE?  I am in Baltimore and often come to northern DE to visit my sister.

Whilmington on Marsh road... real close to 202

I can definitely stop by there sometime.  Maybe not this month, but July should be feasible.

Jordan should be a wealth of knowledge.  While I've always been interested in DVD rental stores, I do not know some of the rules.  For example:  can you just buy any more and then rent them out?  I am assuming so, but assuming is not always a good idea.

Another thing is that we do not know your customers.  Will they like classics such as "Robot Monster" or would real classics along the lines of "Forbidden Planet" be a better choice?  Do they like "Evil Dead 2?"

How about a few classifications to start?

CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION
Forbidden Planet
It Came from Outer Space
The Thing from Another World
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

GIANT MONSTERS
Godzilla movies
Gamera films

RAY HARRYHAUSEN FILMS
20 Million Miles to Earth
All 3 Harryhausen "Sinbad" films
Clash of the Titans
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
One Million Years BC
The Valley of Gwangi
Jason and the Argonauts


CLASSIC B-MOVIES
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Robot Monster
The Beast of Yucca Flats
The Day the World Ended


SWORDS AND SORCERY
Hundra
Ator
Deathstalker
Krull
Hawk the Slayer
Dragonslayer
The Sword and the Sorcerer
The Warrior and the Sorceress

You'd love our selection if you have a VCR... we have a giant Archves room that's literarly thousands of Horror/sci-fi films (i made a b-movies wall recently) but we're thinking of selling the VHS tapes that we can get on DVD and turning it into a "Special Interest" section with Documentaries, Stand Up Comedy, Cult Classics, Indie Films, Horror Movies, Foriegn, War, Western, Sci Fi and Concert videos
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