A remarkable discovery has stirred the horror film community: a VHS cassette of the long-banned and near-mythical film The Baphomet Seance has surfaced, sending collectors and fans into a frenzy. The cassette, unearthed from the dusty inventory of a shuttered video rental store, is believed to be only the fourth known surviving copy of the infamous tape.
The rental store, which closed its doors in 1996, had boxed up its remaining inventory and stored it in a private locker where it sat untouched for nearly three decades. When the collection was recently unpacked, it revealed an assortment of bizarre and obscure art films—but the standout find was the elusive Baphomet Seance. The new owner, who has chosen to remain anonymous, confirmed the tape’s authenticity but insists they have no plans to part with it, despite growing speculation about its potential value.
Collectors estimate that if the VHS were to be sold at auction, it could command between $50,000 and $75,000, given both its rarity and the mystique surrounding its troubled history. “It’s the holy grail of horror VHS collecting,” one enthusiast commented. “Most of us never believed we’d even see another copy surface.”
Originally released in the late 1980s, The Baphomet Seance was presented not as a conventional horror movie but as a chillingly serious “instructional video” teaching viewers how to conduct a séance. Its step-by-step ritualistic instructions quickly became the subject of controversy. During the height of the Satanic Panic, religious groups and community leaders campaigned to have the film pulled from circulation, arguing it was a dangerous guide for impressionable youth to contact demonic forces. By the early 1990s, the film was effectively suppressed and vanished from most markets.
Now, decades later, the film is preparing to resurface. Independent distributors have announced that The Baphomet Seance will be officially released to the public this fall, igniting debates once again about its legacy and cultural impact. While skeptics dismiss the film as a relic of hysteria, others warn that its unsettling content still carries a dangerous allure.
For collectors, however, the VHS discovery represents far more than controversy. It’s a tangible piece of horror history—an artifact from a time when fear, folklore, and physical media combined to give certain films an almost mythical status.
The Baphomet Seance website
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