Press

  • Jonathon Carmichael, founder, is wearing a black shirt that says "Dead Media". He is browsing the racks of the video rental exhibit in the Killer Video museum.

    Cleveland magazine

    “Akron’s Killer Video Celebrates and Archives Dead Media”

    8.10.26

  • Ohio Magazine

    “Killer Video Pays Homage to Vintage Horror and VHS Culture”

    1.1.26

  • Video store exhibit in Killer Video featuring Freddy Kruger, Fright Night, and Gremlins 2 standees.

    Pittsburgh Magazine

    “Sick of High-Tech Entertainment? Rewind at Killer Video”

    10.10.25

  • Ad for Akron Independent Horror Short Film Festival

    WAOH Good Morning, Akron

    Jonathon Carmichael, Killer Video founder, talks about Akron’s Independent Horror Short Film Festival

    10.8.25

  • Lloyd Kaufman of Troma films stands behind a movie counter with owners of Killer Video Retro Horror Museum in Akron, Ohio

    Signal Akron

    “Like horror? The Akron Independent Horror Short Film Festival’s got you covered (in gore)”

    10.7.25

  • Killer Video museum's exhibit of 100 first issues of Fangoria magazine on display.

    Akron Life Magazine

    “Creepy Collection: Killer Video Resurrects VHS Horror”

    10.6.25

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  • An analog CRT television with the Killer Video logo on the screen sits on an asphalt road.

    93.5 WAKR - This Week in Tech

    “Retro Tech Rewind: Dawn of The Living VHS!” Radio Interview with Jeanne Destro

    9.26.25

  • Video of retro horror museum's Killer Video logo on entry door to museum

    WKYC

    “Be Kind, Rewind: Akron's Killer Video brings the VHS era back to life”

    9.15.25

  • Cleveland.com

    “Killer Video museum offers thrilling, nostalgic experience in Akron”

    8.12.25

  •  inside a horror and movie memorabilia store. Two men and one woman stand behind a glass display case filled with VHS tapes, DVDs, and collectibles. One man is on the left behind the counter, another man is on the right with arms crossed, and a woman stands in the middle smiling. The background features a purple lighting, posters, and a menu board with movie titles.

    Signal Akron

    “Killer Video museum in downtown Akron offers nostalgic, frightful fun”

    7.15.25

  • Two smiling people standing between life-sized cardboard cutouts of horror movie characters in a bookstore aisle. The woman has long hair and is wearing a black t-shirt, and the man is wearing a black hoodie and cap. He has his arm around the woman's shoulders. The cutouts include Jason Voorhees from "Friday the 13th" in a hockey mask holding a machete, and a chainsaw-wielding character from "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Part 2" with a bloody chainsaw and wearing a yellow apron.

    Akron Beacon Journal

    “Coventry grad opens Killer Video in Akron as a 'love letter' to '80s video rental stores”

    3.25.25