Editing VHS (section)

== Legacy ==
Often considered an important medium of film history, the influence of VHS on art and cinema was highlighted in a retrospective staged at the Museum of Arts and Design in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=VHS|url=http://www.madmuseum.org/series/vhs|website=Museum of Arts and Design|access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Piepenburg|first1=Erik|title=An Armchair Revolution, and Barbie, Too VHS Film Retrospective at Museum of Arts and Design|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/movies/vhs-film-retrospective-at-museum-of-arts-and-design.html?_r=0|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=28 June 2012 |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Lokke|first1=Maria|title=Going Back to VHS|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/going-back-to-vhs|magazine=The New Yorker|publisher=Condé Nast|access-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bianconi|first1=Giampaolo|title=VHS @ MAD|url=http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/jul/5/vhs/|website=Rhizome|date=5 July 2012 |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref> In 2015, the Yale University Library collected nearly 3,000 horror and exploitation movies on VHS tapes, distributed from 1978 to 1985, calling them "the cultural id of an era."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kitroeff|first1=Natalie|title=Yale Is Building an Incredible Collection of VHS Tapes|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-03-05/yale-is-building-an-incredible-collection-of-vhs-tapes|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=5 March 2015|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rogers|first1=Stephanie|title=Library acquires 2,700 VHS tapes|url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2015/03/03/library-acquires-2700-vhs-tapes/|website=Yale Daily News|date=3 March 2015|access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rife|first1=Katie|title=Even Yale University is getting into VHS collecting|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/even-yale-university-getting-vhs-collecting-216176|website=A.V. Club|date=6 March 2015 |publisher=Onion Inc|access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/latest-links/yale-acquires-2700-vhs-tapes/|title=Yale Acquires 2700 VHS tapes|website=American Libraries Magazine|publisher=American Library Association|access-date=August 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120235340/http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/latest-links/yale-acquires-2700-vhs-tapes/|archive-date=November 20, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The documentary film ''[[Rewind This!]]'' (2013), directed by Josh Johnson, tracks the impact of VHS on film industry through various filmmakers and collectors.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sorrento|first=Matthew|date=June 27, 2013|title=Rewinding the Story of Home Video: Interview with Filmmaker Josh Johnson on Rewind This!|work=Film International|url=http://filmint.nu/rewinding-the-story-of-home-video-interview-with-filmmaker-josh-johnson-on-rewind-this/|access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref>

The [[Blockbuster (Bend, Oregon)|last Blockbuster franchise]] is still renting out VHS tapes, and is based in Bend, Oregon, a town home to under 100,000 people as of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-18 |title=9 Things You Didn't Know About the VHS {{!}} Video 2 DVD Transfers |url=https://www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk/blog/2019/09/18/things-you-didnt-know-about-vhs/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Video 2 DVD Transfers News {{!}} Transfer your previous VHS Tapes to DV format at competitive prices}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://bendblockbuster.com/about/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Blockbuster |language=en-US}}</ref>

The VHS aesthetic is also a central component of the [[analog horror]] genre, which is largely known for imitating recordings of late 20th century TV broadcasts.