OBSCURE HORROR AND EXPLOITATION TITLES FOUND IN HOUSTON Legacy collection

MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF CULTURAL ARTIFACTS TELL STORY OF HOUSTON's PREMIER VIDEO RETAILER.

During its run, Houston's premier video rental and retailer Audio/Video Plus maintained a rental library of more than 60,000 titles on a variety of formats. Many of the titles purchased by Video Sanctum in its 2014 acquisition were part of Audio/Video Plus’ original inventory from the late 1970s through the mid 1980s, at the height of the video retail and rental boom.

The Audio/Video Plus collection represents an entire history of the Video Era, from its start in the '70s through its resurgence in today’s video collector community. After Audio/Video Plus shuttered in 2012, Video Sanctum set a goal to preserve one of the last remaining inventories of its kind, which is an important part of Houston’s film and cinema entertainment history.

Founded in 1979 in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood, Audio/Video Plus evolved from a small local storefront to become one of the largest retailers in the US. By 1984, Audio/Video Plus was named the No. 1 video store in the country by Video Store magazine. Because of Audio/Video Plus’ leading status in the 1980s, earning more than $1.5 million in sales, the video retailer stood as one of the select few in the country to buy studio-direct.

1978-2012: The Audio/Video Plus Archive

MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF CULTURAL ARTIFACTS TELL STORY OF HOUSTON'S obscure video history.

OBSCURE HORROR AND EXPLOITATION TITLES FOUND IN HOUSTON Legacy collection

MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF CULTURAL ARTIFACTS TELL STORY OF HOUSTON's PREMIER VIDEO RETAILER.