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DEAD FORMATS 6 VHS Convention & Vintage Media Swap

Dead Formats VHS Convention

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Sat, 30 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 am

3317 E 10th St, Indianapolis, IN 46201-2503, United States

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Sat, 30 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 am (EDT)

3317 E 10th St, IN 46201-2503

3317 E 10th St, Indianapolis, IN 46201-2503, United States

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DEAD FORMATS 6 VHS Convention & Vintage Media Swap
VENDOR SPOTS HAVE SOLD OUT AND ARE CURRENTLY WAITLISTED
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DEAD FORMATS 6 - Saturday 8/30/25
3317 E 10th St Indianapolis, IN 46201
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Sixth annual VHS convention and vintage media swap held in Indianapolis, IN. Join us as dozens of vendors from all over the country converge for a day of strictly vintage media mania! Hand-picked vendors specialize in VHS, Audiocassettes, Records, BETA, CED-Videodisc, LaserDisc, Comics/Mags, Posters & Ephemera, Promos, Displays, Standees, Vintage Toys/Action Figs, Presskits, Vintage Videogames, Books, T-Shirts & more! Special emphasis on: independent/underground, horror/gore, sci-fi, cult, action, martial arts, sleaze/adult, hard-to-find films...and, well anything WEIRD

RSVP to this FB event page & follow on IG ( https://www.instagram.com/deadformats_vhscon/)

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SPECIAL GUESTS
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Hugh Gallagher
Tina Krause
Mike Diana
Paul Woodard
Dingo Jones

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DF6 ITINERARY (8/30/25)
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11AM - Convention Floor Opens - Wristbands $10 at door
2PM - Start - Half Price Wristbands at door
2:30PM - Draculina Lookalike Contest
3:00PM - Dead Formats Deathmatch (Hooks v. Thunder Kitty)
4:30 PM - Annual Group Photo
6:00 PM - Convention Floor Closes
7:30 PM - Afterparty Screening (Details TBA)


Itinerary subject to change. Please check back often.

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2025 GUEST OF HONOR: HUGH GALLAGHER
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HUGH GALLAGHER, underground SOV filmmaker & independent publisher, created his character DRACULINA at the age of 12 in a self-published fanzine. Appearing in Gallagher’s subsequent print media, she also served as the namesake of his independent publishing/distribution outfit(s), DRACULINA PUBLISHING and DRACULINA DIRECT.

DF is overjoyed to share the original event art for Dead Formats 6, featuring a newly-resurrected Draculina drawn by Gallagher for the first time in over a decade(!)

Gallagher—the writer/director/producer behind the infamous shot-on-video GORE TRILOGY will be appearing as the 2025 Guest of Honor at DF 6 (Sat 8/30/25 in Indianapolis). The trilogy, consisting of GORGASM (1990), GOROTICA (1993) and GORE WHORE (1994), was made in Edwardsville, IL and Memphis, TN for a total budget of ~$15,000. The series is often referred to by fans as the “American NEKROMANTIK.”

An essential figure in the mail-order distribution of obscure film/VHS-related print and comics, Gallagher’s publications served as a hub connecting a generation of SOV filmmakers. Draculina Magazine in particular provided a rare peek into the production of not only his own films, but other monumental titles in the genre as well.

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SPECIAL GUESTS
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TINA KRAUSE (actress/filmmaker/underground icon)
Mike Diana (artist/underground filmmaker)
Dingo Jones (Star of GOROTICA)
Paul Woodard (Star of GOROTICA and GORE WHORE)

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WRESTLING - 3PM
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Third annual DEAD FORMATS DEATH MATCH
HOOKS (C) vs. THUNDER KITTY

Stayed tuned for announcements related to more SPECIAL GUESTS, film programming, general event info, etc. Follow @deadformats_vhscon for the latest updates.


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DEAD FORMATS 6 VHS Convention & Vintage Media Swap, 30 August | Event in Indianapolis | AllEvents
DEAD FORMATS 6 VHS Convention & Vintage Media Swap
Sat, 30 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 am