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Mondo Kim’s

Still the best, and increasingly the only, video and DVD store (particularly with the demise of Tower), Kim’s offers the most complete selection of down-and-dirty vids, including pervy Russ Meyer boobsploitation and Jess Franco horror flicks.
6 St. Marks Pl between Second and Third Aves (212-505-0311)

Something Weird Video

No other online video store has so devoted itself to all things slimy, sleazy and truly special. With subcategories like “Nudie Cuties,” “Dragon Art Theatre” and “Scare Films,” you’ll find X-rated kung fu flicks and that traumatizing driver’s-ed video you never wanted to see again. somethingweird.com

Video Vault

Proudly guaranteeing the “worst movies in town,” this online DVD house is the ultimate magnet for trash hounds—and your first bookmark if you’re a fan of psychotronica, biker movies or Ed Wood trannie epics.
videovault.com

IFC Center

This palace—currently home to Buffy the Vampire Slayer—once trotted out the ultimate midnight title: 1970’s El Topo (above). 323 Sixth Ave at 3rd St (212-924-7771)

Two Boots Pioneer

On a weekly basis, this Lower East Side pizza joint–cum-theater demonstrates a love for Italian splatter flicks, blaxploitation and deep-dish ’70s-era silliness. (Past gems: Two Thousand Maniacs! and The Honeymoon Killers.) Its connected video store will slake your postscreening thirst for even more crudity.
155 E 3rd St at Ave A (212-591-0434)

Landmark Sunshine Cinema

Friday and Saturday nights mean a generally pristine 35mm print of an older movie—anything from The Dark Crystal to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Next week: Bruce Lee’s immortal Enter the Dragon. 143 E Houston St between First and Second Aves (212-777-FILM, #687)

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