Colpa Press - The Basement Tapes

7 x 11 in.

352pp. 

Full Color Offset. 

Section-sewn softcover with return flaps. 

Edited by Luca Antonucci and Mitsu Okubo. 

Essays by William Bostwick, Jon Dieringer and Luca Antonucci. 

Cover design by Shea Hardacre of Disperse Home Media. 

Published by VS Press. 

First printing of 2000. 

2025. 

VS Press presents The Basement Tapes, a curated deep dive into the eclectic VHS archive of The Basement, a studio and art collective based in San Francisco’s Mission District. This book offers a unique look at their collection, shaped by a fascination with greasy horror films, obscure science fiction, niche special-interest nightmares, and exploitation cinema. The Basement Tapes serves as both a visual archive and a passionate tribute to these often-overlooked pieces of analog media history.