VHS & Chill

This summer was filled with blockbuster movies hitting the big screen. But in Oklahoma City, you could find pop-up retro screenings in bars, art galleries and toy stores thanks to VHS & Chill. For the last 10 years, Sean Peel has been making it his mission to spread cinema across Oklahoma City via VHS tapes. He screened nostalgic and obscure movies across the metro area and even hooked up his VHS tape deck to a big screen movie projector. At one point, he had thousands of VHS tapes, probably the most in Oklahoma. But now he’s letting them all go. “When I would do VHS and Chill Screenings, I would always introduce it by saying this is not an art house screening," said Peel. "You can talk, you can laugh, you can throw popcorn at the screen.” His last screening is at the Oklahoma Film Exchange Friday, August 14th, but VHS & Chill will be continuing under new owners.