Pet Detective. Cable Guy. Reality TV star. Lawyer. Comic book hero. Comic book villain….mentally disturbed dog catcher?

They can’t all be classics, folks. Join us as we venture deep into the absolutley insane world of conspiracy, murder, and obsession - The Number 23.

Starring Jim Carrey with the most 2005 haircut of all time, this Joel Schumacher directed madness is operating on such a wild wavelength and it truly needs to be seen to be believed.

As always the movie, beer, and lifelong friendships are free!

The year is 1987 & cocaine is king.

Motorcycle ridin' ninjas have seized control of the Miami drug trade with their "stupid cocaine" & the only men brave enough to stand up & fight for what's right are Orlando's favorite Taekwondo lovin' rock band, Dragon Sound. With the power of friendship on their side, five orphans must put their black belt skills to the test & eliminate the threat of ninja biker violence once & for all. Just when you think this movie can't get any weirder it does. Then again, it wouldn't be an accurate portrayal of Florida life if it wasn't a lil bizarre, am I right? From the mind of martial artist Y.K. Kim comes a hilariously weird & oddly charming film that will make you feel things you don't understand. It stars a bunch of people you've never heard of, boasts a wicked cool soundtrack & is guaranteed to change you forever.

Come for the action, stay for the bros.

Bring the whole fam for our fave school episodes from toons past and present. We’ll have snacks, pillows and blankets for a real living room experience. It’s FREE and feel free to come and go!

For a movie which is, ostensibly, about a shark/ octopus hybrid which can reproduce asexually menacing Florida’s central coast, there are a shocking number of Galli-adjacent murders in MONSTER SHARK (or DEVILFISH, if you had the pleasure of encountering it on video store shelves in the golden age).

But, really, what can we expect when Lamberto Bava directs his JAWS? Monster Shark is an off the wall favorite, featuring corporate conspiracy, Italian men in shorts pretending to be American, our favorite cinematic shark, bad science galore, a score by maestro Fabio Frizzi (Zombi, The Beyond), and, of course, lots of limb loss. Is it the best shark movie ever made? Absolutely not. But that’s kind of the point.

Celebrate WE LUV’S third birthday with SILENT MADNESS in glorious 3D.

After our block party, join us for a film in the micro cinema. When a computer error results in the release of an irredeemable serial killer from the forensic high security psychic unit, he returns to the sorority where he committed his deranged crimes years earlier. A tough-as-nails psychiatrist fights the subsequent coverup, and follows the bodies to solve the problem and save the girls.

Featuring the greatest game of Dragon Slayer ever devoted to film, Silent Madness is not to be missed. 3D glasses will be provided, but feel free to bring your own.

We Luv Video is going 3D as we turn 3 years old and we want YOU to be apart of it! Come join the festivities for our 3rd anniversary block party on July 25th from 12-7 PM. We have a jam packed schedule so we're shutting down the whole 100 E North Loop Blvd block to celebrate. Check out all the activities in store..

Inside the store we will have new member sign-up deals, mystery DVD bundles, and our new merch items that y'all voted on for our design contest will be available for sale! Check out the raffle table to win some cool prizes like the soft sculptures by our window display resident Maura Murnane and so much more. There will also be movie-themed flash tattoos courtesy of Slowpoke Tattoo's resident Artist Annika (@pin_and_pencil).

From 12-2 PM join us for TAMI's Curation Workshop in our microcinema. TAMI (Texas Archive of the Moving Image) is leading a curation and archiving workshop and screening some wonderfully weird digitized Austin clips. Come learn how film gets preserved and rediscovered and check out a little piece of local history you probably didn't know existed. 

From 3-6 PM Howdygals put together the sickest line-up of local bands featuring Nova, Team Trust, Whisper and Queen Serene. We don't put together many shows in our microcinema so you don't want to miss this!! 

Outside the party continues, Subculture Swap is bringing out the coolest vendors. Come browse some wares while DJ 007" plays some tunes. We'll having the coolest kidz zone with face painting, a "design your own VHS tape cover and 3D glasses" station, temporary tattoos, and so much more. Stay cool and support our local neighbors and check out their drink specials they will have that day.

To close out the fun we will be screening the 3D classic - Silent Madness at 7:30 PM in our microcinema.  

There's so much more in store and we can't wait to celebrate you for keeping physical media alive! 

Picture a world where negligent humans have led the environment around them into destruction & ruin. The elite rich have moved underground leaving everyone else to fight for survival amidst the polluted landscape above.

Enter Jason Storm (Billy Blanks), a member of the elite security force simplistically dubbed the Tracker-Communicators, who must protect the city against the surface world survivors who could not afford to escape below. Blanks stars alongside renowned martial artists Bolo Yeung & Jalal Mehri in this post apocalyptic action flick where everyone knows martial arts & shirts are optional. If you like movies where lots of people explode & stuff then this is your kind of movie.

Who needs a plot when you know kung fu?

It’s summer time and there’s no better way to enjoy a hot day in the modern age than a comic book blockbuster, right?….Right?

Odd World is back and ready to tackle the better era of superhero movies, with 1997’s absolutley batshit insane adaptation of Todd McFarlane’s Spawn!

See Johnny Legs give the performance of a lifetime as Clown. See CGI that was dated before the movie wrapped filming! See Martin Sheen, he was in Apocalypse Now! See what had churches shaking in their pews and all the kids ready to go to hell, on July 14th!

As always the movie, beer, and lifelong friendships are free!

Hello, I’m Shelley Duvall 👋🏻 Come join the Shelley Duvall Archive (@shelleyduvallxo) and We Luv Video in celebration of the life and legacy of actress Shelley Duvall!

July 11 marks two years since she left us (July is also her birth month so extra special) but we still want every fan to come together to honor our beloved Shelley through a curated series of Faerie Tale Theatre episodes, behind the scenes clips, and personal interviews! We couldn’t just decide on one Shelley movie to show (The Shining, Popeye, 3 Women, etc), so we’ll have a variety!

The event will take place 6:30-9:00PM and is open to all Shelley fans for FREE but please RSVP for a headcount!. Snacks and Concessions available at the event 🎟️

Come enjoy the sweet memories of childhood summers with us! Join us for a beach-themed cartoon afternoon featuring classic, sun-filled episodes everyone can enjoy.

Whether you’re bringing the kids or embracing the nostalgia solo, grab your favorite summer snacks and settle in—we’ll provide the pillows, blankets, and plenty of fun!

Have you ever been called crazy? An emotional freak? Or just a straight up BASKET CASE? You probably have your reasons, we all do. Maybe you were just dumped. Or maybe a doctor separated you from your conjoined twin without your consent and now the two of you (yes, your twin is still alive in your wicker basket) are out for revenge.

To celebrate our window display, please join us in our chosen screening of Basket Case (1982), a gory, schlocky, body horror film guaranteed to make you feel sick and uncomfortable with how much you enjoy it. Directed by Frank Henenlotter, Basket Case explores the grotesqueness of the body, and shockingly, how essential that quality is to our sense of being. TLDR, having a body is weird and we all have weird bodies to embrace.

Make this your Summerween and show up in costume! Bonus points if it’s twins! Come early to chat with the display artists and catch some of their video art before the screening.

This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.

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Gabrielle Clemente is a multimedia artist born in Hanau, Germany, and based in Austin, Texas. Their work displays interpersonal relationships and individuals' roles within their environment through archival preservation and documentation. Clemente explores femininity, gender outside a Western perspective, immigration and citizenship, and the political atmosphere of the Philippines through mixed media and found objects. Clemente graduated with a BFA in Studio Art with a track in transmedia, printmaking, and painting and drawing at the University of Texas at Austin in 2023.

Esha Nigudkar is a filmmaker and multimedia artist based in Austin, Texas. Her work centralizes on realizations of personal identity within the environmental context. Through visual mediums such as documentaries, transmedia, and traditional art, Nigudkar examines the behavioral patterns, loss of innocence, and the comedic anguish occurring within modern-day America. Nigudkar graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2024 with a BS in Radio-Television-Film and a certificate in Digital Arts & Media. She currently works as a Radio-Television-Film Specialist at the University of Texas at Austin.

Zach Larkin is an artist based in Austin, Texas. He received a B.F.A in Studio Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. His media often branches through illustration, printmaking, bookbinding, and performance. His work explores the intersections of queer identity, interpersonal relationships, and health, through the lens of urban infrastructure. Larkin has exhibited work at UT Visual Art’s Center (VAC), Dell Medical school, ICOSA Collective, Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking, and UpFront Gallery through Creative Action. He has also exhibited work with PrintHouston and PrintAustin. His current juried solo exhibition at UpFront Gallery investigates healthcare obstacles through studies of Austin infrastructure and the body.

Join We Luv Video, Utopia Pictures, and Workhorse Bar for a screening of Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, a love letter to dive bars and the "regulars" that occupy them (featuring a killer jukebox soundtrack).

We luv our neighbors at Workhorse, help us celebrate National Dive Bar day with this incredibly underseen documentary and stop over to workhorse bar before or after the screening for a special drink tied to this screening.

Long Live Dive Bars!

On Sunday, May 28th at 7PM, We Luv Video presents Gamera: Guardian of the Universe as a part of our KaiJune series. KaiJune is our month long summer series celebrating the Kaiju Film in all its forms.

Following a long absence from the big screen, Gamera made a triumphant return to form in time for his 30th anniversary, with upgraded special effects and a more serious tone. Now a guardian deity, Gamera tussles with a new incarnation of his old foe — the flying monster Gyaos — first in Fukuoka, and then in a spectacular aerial battle over Tokyo.

A highlight of the Heisei kaiju renaissance of the 90s, director Shusuke Kaneko (Giant Monsters All-Out Attack) crafted an emotive Spielbergian twist to the genre. An essential watch for kaiju fans of all ages.

Are you ready to plug into the organic gaming console of your nightmares? Join us at We Luv Video on Friday, June 26th, for a special screening of David Cronenberg’s fleshy, mind-bending sci-fi thriller, eXistenZ. Grab a drink, pick your favorite movie snack, and question reality with us.

Doors: 7:15 PM Showtime: 7:30 PM

In a world created by aliens, one man is forced to transform into an alien super soldier in order to save his girlfriend.

Loosely based on the Japanese manga series, The Guyver follows the story of Sean Barker who discovers a strange biomechanical device & suddenly finds himself on the run from the ZOANOIDS; humans who can change into super monster soldiers at will. This tokusatsu superhero style film from the brilliant minds of Screaming Mad George & Brian Yuzna packs in one punch after another. Starring b-movie bigwigs like Mark Hamill, Michael Berryman, Jeffrey Combs & David Gale you will soon find yourself drenched in glorious practical effects, beautifully crafted animatronics & elaborate prosthetic suits. Linnea Quigley even has a cameo in this campy sci-fi fest! Join us at the store for some essential 90's schlock therapy.

KaiJune is our month long series celebrating the Kaiju film in all its forms.

If you ever wondered what a serial killer film would look like shot as a stylized 80’s music video, White of the Eye is your answer. As a killer slashes through an upper-class desert community outside Tucson, suspicion falls on a custom hi-fi installer (David Keith), and his wife (Cathy Moriarty) faces dangerous consequences after she uncovers a disturbing secret.

Directed by cult filmmaker Donald Cammell (Performanc), White of the Eye is a strange concoction of toxic masculinity, suburban opulence, and cosmic dread, edited with painterly precision and featuring a score by Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and 10cc's Rick Fenn.

Three years before Peter Jackson’s BAD TASTE, David Blyth gave us this punk rock mutant brain surgery epic which also happens to be a strong contender for the first horror movie from the great country of New Zealand. DEATH WARMED UP is a revenge story on the Island of Dr Moreau.

It features some of our favorite mutant freak dudes, lingering dread, gore galore, incredible outfits and that wonderful sense of otherness you can only get watching a bonkers-but-beautiful movie like this.

It’s Kaijune and Odd World is ready to celebrate it the best way Joel knows how- with 1998’s wildly divisive American take on Godzilla.

See Matthew Broderick wear a backwards newsboy cap, see Roland Emmerich and Dean Devil desperately attempt to recreate the success of Independence Day, see a giant toad rampage through the streets of Manhattan!

Listen, this movie is bonkers but it kind of rules. Incredible and incredibly dated 90s soundtrack propelling the kind of epic disaster nonsense that permeated the culture at the time.

KaiJune is our month long summer series celebrating the Kaiju Film in all its forms.

Toss in a banger Taco Bell marketing campaign and you have the makings of an Odd World classic.

As always the movie, beer, and lifelong friendships are free!

Join SunGays at We Luv Video for a very Kaijune screening.

From Greek and queer filmmaker Panos H. Koutras comes the campiest movie you’ve never seen. A giant piece of Moussaka is terrorizing the streets of Athens in the year 2000. and yes, we do mean the Greek dish. I can’t be monster piece that can’t be beat. This is a silly out of this world cult film from Europe.

KaiJune is our month long summer series celebrating the Kaiju Film in all its forms.

Depressed high school student, Hitomi Kanzaki wishes to disappear from the world. Unexpectedly her dreams magically come true when she is magically transported to another world called Gaea, where a battle for world domination is full on ragin'. This abbreviated version of the animated series The Vision of Escaflowne is a much darker reimagination featuring music from acclaimed Japanese composer Yoko Kanno. Infusing depression & suicidal thoughts with fantastical dragon beasts & consuming flesh armour in this epic allegory drenched in teenage angst.

Whether you are a fan of the series or a newcomer enjoy us for an evening of brutal mecha battles & gorgeous animation. Who knows maybe you'll even meet your new trauma buddy!

Instead of going directly to the Japanese legends like Godzilla, Mothra, or even Gamera, this Kaijune kicks off in the streets of Chicago. Everyone knows the urban legend: a child is given a baby alligator as a pet, it gets flushed down a toilet, and then it grows to a hulking, monstrous size, terrorizing the sewer system and beyond. Lewis Teague (Cat's Eye, Cujo) uses this as a launchpad for 1980's Alligator, a creature feature that takes the classic elements of Eastern cinema and infuses them with an inimitably American flavor.

Alligator has so much going for it, not the least of which is a gator the size of a bus. Penned by the legendary John Sayles between his work on Joe Dante's Piranha and The Howling, he takes a potentially absurd concept and grounds it with realistic, human characters. Starring the great Robert Forster (Twin Peaks: The Return, Jackie Brown) as a detective whose partners seem to have trouble staying alive alongside the woefully underappreciated Robin Riker (Get a Life) as a herpetologist whose childhood alligator (Ramon!) just happens to be the beast wreaking havoc, they join forces to hunt down the voracious reptile before it figures out how to ascend to street level.

Don't miss the monster madness when Ramon's rampage hits the screen on June 7th! KaiJune is our month long summer series celebrating the Kaiju Film in all its forms.

Welcome to Camp Arawak! We Luv Video and Slowpoke Tattoo are teaming up to bring you the ultimate summer horror kickoff at Camp East! Hosted by Lunchbox Cinema, we’re hosting a special outdoor screening of the 1983 slasher classic Sleepaway Camp.

Come hungry, thirsty, and ready for some ink: - Wood-fired pizzas from Samataro -Wine selections from Cork & Screw -Flash tattoos on-site from Slowpoke Tattoo

Saturday, June 6th Movie starts at 8:30 PM Camp East (2905 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702) Seating is limited, so we highly recommend bringing your own lawn chair or blanket!

Entry is free/donation-based! We will be proudly accepting donations at the event for Out Youth, supporting Central Texas LGBTQIA+ youth. Come out for a killer night under the stars!

Relive your 90s childhood either by yourself or with your little ones! We’ll be showing classic episodes from all our family-friendly faves.

BYO-snax and we’ll bring the pillows, blankets, and fun!

Before Jeff Goldblum became everyone's favorite eccentric pitchman, he starred in a string of diverse and unusual films, including this forgotten thriller where he plays a charming, enigmatic person arrested for a series of murders who calmly insists that he is in fact the Devil himself.

If you haunted video stores in the early '90s, there's a good chance the cover of Mister Frost stared back at you from the shelf more than once. The film has since slipped into near-total obscurity, making this screening a rare chance to experience yet another unique performance from Golbum that sits comfortably alongside his fascinately weird roles in The Fly, Transylvania 6-5000, and Earth Girls Are Easy.

Austin Clubhouse is a non-clinical, community-based mental health organization dedicated to supporting adults living with mental health diagnoses through meaningful work, connection, and purpose. We believe recovery is possible when people have places to belong, contribute, and create.

As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, Austin Clubhouse is proud to partner with We Luv Video to screen 'My Missing Screw', a striking documentary that explores art, struggle, and the search for meaning in the aftermath of a mental health crisis. 

"After a failed suicide attempt and time in a psychiatric hospital, Raffael decides to sculpt his own "missing screw' and take it on an epic, poignant, often hilarious journey around the world. Leaving his son behind, he travels with the 10-foot-tall screw to Dachau, Van Gogh's grave, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Ganges River. Along the way, Raffael finds patrons, lovers, and friends - but the son feels abandoned. Can Rafael reinvent himself, his art, and his family?"

Join us for this special screening and conversation about what it means to support one another through life’s hardest moments.

On Sunday, May 17th at 6PM, We Luv Video will screen Georgian filmmaker Alexandre Koberidze’s new film Dry Leaf.

When a sports photographer goes missing, her father embarks on a journey through the countryside to find her. Shot entirely on a 2008 cell phone camera (Sony Ericsson W595), Koberidze crafts a three hour personal epic across rural Georgia in 144p. At the forefront of the los-res DIY filmmaking movement, Dry Leaf is essential viewing for fans of adventurous cinema.

Please note the run time for this film is 3 hours and 6 minutes. We will be starting the film no later than 6:10 so please arrive on time.

Join We Luv Video and Slow Poke Tattoo at Camp East for a special outdoor screening of Chef (2014), starting at dusk around 8:00 PM. We’re coming together to support our community with a canned food drive benefiting the Central Texas Food Bank, so please bring along non-perishable donations to help feed our neighbors.

You can grab a bottle from Cork & Screw or a pie from Sammataro Pizza while you watch, and while there is some picnic table seating available, we highly recommend bringing your own lawn chair or blanket to ensure a cozy spot under the stars. Come enjoy a night of film, food, and East Austin community spirit—we’ll see you there!

The Convent is DEMONS meets DEMONIA meets DOOM GENERATION. Straight up Y2K brilliance from director Mike Mendez, featuring satanic ghost nuns, cyber AND trad goth teenagers, co-eds plus Bill Mosely, and Adrienne Barbeau kicking the Devil’s ass. Oh, did we mention Coolio? Join us at the store for this gem of video rental old school horror perfection.

Odd World is back and ready to continue Video Game Summer with the most disappointing movie you ever saw at a birthday party in 3rd grade- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation!

See all new actors, terrible CGI, incomprehensible action, and a complete bastardization of everything you loved about 1995s original Mortal Kombat!

Nothing on earth can prepare you…for how absolutley terrible this movie is. As always the beer, friendships, and tickets are free!

Knife+Heart is a love letter to community, slashers, and pornography.

We follow Anne Parèze, a lesbian pornographer as she tries to make Anal Fury V but her crew keep mysteriously dying. Is the she culprit? Is it the specter of homophobia in late 70's France?!

Fantastical, pornographic, beautifully lit, made me cry. We could go on and on about what makes this film so unique (and so SO hot). With an original score by M83, this is one giallo-inspired film you don't wanna miss!