One of the many things I miss about the glory days of VHS is going to the local mom-and-pop video store (Bob’s Video Haven, on N.W. 63rd and Meridian) in the pre-Blockbuster era and looking at all the oversized boxes for obscure horror movies my mother was not about to let a middle-schooler like me rent. Grisly photos, garish coloring — they called out to me like forbidden fruit.

Camp Motion Pictures must understand this with its release of “The Basement: Retro 80s Horror Collection.”  The multidisc set offers five — count ’em, five! — movies from that decade of ribald rentals. You’ve never heard of these titles, and that’s what makes this item so alluring: “The Basement,” “Captives,” “Cannibal Campout,” “Video Violence” and “Video Violence 2.”

Making this 10-hour collection extra-special is that “The Basement” is a lost Super 8 production made in 1989 but unreleased until now. Better yet, it’s an anthology film that pays tribute to “Creepshow,” a flick I rented so many times back in the day, I still have it memorized. And better better yet, it’s not only included on the DVD, but on VHS, also in the package.

Anyway, check out the trailer for “The Basement.” Hoping to get my hands on this one for you, dear readers. —Rod Lott