{"id":496,"date":"2024-05-22T10:57:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T14:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.videoscopemag.com\/?page_id=496"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:57:29","slug":"welcome-to-videoscope-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to VideoScope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-677\" style=\"width: 150px;float:left;padding-top:6px;padding-right:10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VS132_coverweb2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">Joe Kane was a genre-film name you could trust since 1972, when he joined the editorial staff, then became editor of the pioneering pop culture\/film review tabloid <em><strong>The Monster Times<\/strong><\/em>. In 1984, he adopted the even more trustworthy persona of The Phantom of the Movies\u00ae, covering the genre-movie and home entertainment beat for <em><strong>The New York Daily News<\/strong><\/em> and authoring two essential tomes,<strong> The Phantom\u2019s Ultimate Video Guide <\/strong>and <strong>The Phantom of the Movie\u2019 VideoScope: The Ultimate Guide to the Latest, Greatest, and Weirdest Genre Videos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1993, the Phantom begat <em><strong>The Phantom of the Movies\u2019 VideoScope\u00ae <\/strong><\/em>, The Ultimate Genre Guide, which began life as a newsletter but soon morphed into a nationally distributed magazine, a one-stop source for the latest in genre home entertainment coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe died in 2020 but his legacy lives on with those who love cinema. His vision continues in <em><strong>VideoScope<\/strong><\/em> which is committed to celebrating the Latest, Greatest and Weirdest genre releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each issue of <em><strong>VideoScope<\/strong><\/em> includes over 100 new genre reviews covering the entire spectrum: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action, Asian, Cult, Camp, Animation, Thrillers, Indies, Noirs, Art-House, V\u00e9rit\u00e9, Vintage,Tele-video, Exploitation and more! <em><strong>VideoScope<\/strong><\/em> features exclusive interviews with genre celebs from \u201cA\u201d (Dario Argento) to \u201cZ\u201d (Rob Zombie), along with Linda Blair, Jackie Chan, Wes Craven, Willem Dafoe, Guillermo del Toro, Lance Henriksen, Walter Hill, Julie Newmar, John Waters and scores more. You\u2019ll discover behind-the-scenes features, info on new releases, making-of scoops, and all the usual much, much more\u2014told the untamed way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the best in genre entertainment, subscribe to <em><strong>VideoScope<\/strong><\/em> and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Keep watching the screens!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/JoeKane8x10-bxw-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dedicated to the Memory and Living Legacy of Joe Kane, The Phantom of the Movies (1947-2020)\" class=\"wp-image-681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/JoeKane8x10-bxw-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/JoeKane8x10-bxw-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/JoeKane8x10-bxw-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/JoeKane8x10-bxw-1117x1536.jpg 1117w, https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/JoeKane8x10-bxw.jpg 1309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Dedicated to the Memory and Living Legacy of Joe Kane<br>The Phantom of the Movies (1947-2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58e9bc28 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;line-height:1.6;text-transform:capitalize\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/index.php\/current-issue\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-693\" style=\"width: 100px;float:right;\" src=\"https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/VS_132_smtilt.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><strong>current issues<\/strong><br>Take A Peek at What&#8217;s Inside the Magazine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/index.php\/current-issue\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"698\">READ MORE &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top has-luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/index.php\/back-issues-for-sale\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"105\" height=\"116\" class=\"wp-image-134\" style=\"width: 105px;float:right;\" src=\"https:\/\/videoscopemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/subscribe.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><strong>BACK ISSUES!<\/strong><br>Voluminous Phan-tastic Reading! 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