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From the early 90s to around 2003, one common way of watching movies was through movie rental shops where you could register with a small amount of money, and obtain access to movies (both local and foreign).

Na this movie rental shop, popularly called 'video club' we take rent movies like Issakaba, Suicide Mission, Died Wretched: Buried in 2.5m Casket, Sakobi, Samadora, Karishika, Glamour Girls, Battle of Muzanga, Igbudu, Uncle Wayward, Rituals, Mr Ibu, Common Man, Aki Na Ukwa, Osuofia In London, End of the Wicked, and a host of others.

We also rented foreign movies like Delta Force (Chuck Norris), Nam Angels, Jungle Rat, Cyborg (Van Damme), Return From The River Kwai, The Never Ending Story, Escape From Sobibor, The Rock (Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery), Titanic, The Wizard of Oz, Jack the Giant Killer, Sinbad and the Seven Seas, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, etc.

Kai, I feel so nostalgic to see those movies again.

What a good memory to share.

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On a good memory topic. God bless nigeria. Always chose Wisley. Is either u add good things to ur life for 8 years, or u wasted ur 8 years. Chose wisely.

princeade86:
What a good memory to share.

Thank you. It can really take you down memory lane when things were less complicated.

This one na modern rental shop. VCD plate.


When we dey rent video cassette, the shop owner will give you manual-rewinder, you go use rewind the cassette you rented.

My sister had one in the 2000's...


She made a lot of money then renting movies and selling/distribution in bulk to retailers.


The business became shaky in the late 2000s with the arrival of cable tv and crashed completely much later with stronger reception of people to Internet movies- tiktok, you tube.


It was very solid business at the time. She built a bakery and a restaurant from it. I used to go to her shop to help out then when I came home for holidays!

brain54:
My sister had one in the 2000's...


She made a lot of money then renting movies and selling/distribution in bulk to retailers.


The business became shaky in the late 2000s with the arrival of cable tv and crashed completely much later with stronger reception of people to Internet movies- tiktok, you tube.


It was very solid business at the time. She built a bakery and a restaurant from it. I used to go to her shop to help out then when I came home for holidays!

You have a business oriented sister yet you didn't learn anything about business from her. Very shameful, my friend.

Good old days, how time flies

brain54:
My sister had one in the 2000's...


She made a lot of money then renting movies and selling/distribution in bulk to retailers.


The business became shaky in the late 2000s with the arrival of cable tv and crashed completely much later with stronger reception of people to Internet movies- tiktok, you tube.


It was very solid business at the time. She built a bakery and a restaurant from it. I used to go to her shop to help out then when I came home for holidays!

This is the only good thing u don ever type here... You had a good childhood then and now you're happy that your current government is worse than every other existed government in the past.

I can't see myself sitting to watch a movie esp if then turns out to be boring which most movies turn out to be

Switruth:
This is the only good thing u don ever type here... You had a good childhood then and now you're happy that your current government is worse than every other existed government in the past.

You dey mind the otondo. He's a supporter of evil.

I remember when me and Jacob they save money to buy wrestling that year..

Any recent wrestling, we don start to they save money to buy am

Back in the days of Ishawuru

I used renting the movies to hook babies by sharing with them and inviting them to watch with me.

Wow ! Nostalgic. How time flies !

Switruth:
This is the only good thing u don ever type here... You had a good childhood then and now you're happy that your current government is worse than every other existed government in the past.

Nor mind dem. Na selfishness dey worry dem. As long as their personal interests are met, the rest rest of the country can burn to ashes.

Upper Iweka Onitsha and Idumota Lagos really help create the real nollywood. Back then nollywood movies where unpredictable and worth the time.

Now, a thousand films will be produced, same story line. rich man fall in love with poor woman or vice versa. Thats all.

Mehn gone are the good olden days.... It unite the hommie ( boyhood) back then..... SavIng up to rent America nija, matrix, that year

People don old for dis forum o.
Kids on Nairaland won't know.


......This and many others.
Let's reminisce......

The good ol' days when men were boys.
And women were girls.
And virginity was sweet

My elder bro was watching BF then and nepa took the light back then 2000 in Port Harcourt, and when dad came back the rest was history... War war war... Blood full ground... Teeth pore for ground...

Those days. While returning back home, we will queue up in one video renting shop . The time of Evil dead movie ( if you can still remember the movie), Jamina (one Indian movie), Ninty minutes in Entebe. My dad used to rent movie from British Council, Enugu that time. Movies such as Dracula.

How hotest things just disappear like they never were.
Only change is constant.

I remember they interviewed Bill Gates then and he said there'd soon be no need to have physical videos because everything would be online.
It sounded so ridiculous at the time.
HOW do they KNOW these things??!!

Even renting of Blue filmm that year

Gap video club in Jibowu

Wetin dey always pain be me say, you rent a movie that has part 1 and part 2. They only have part one and they told you someone rented part 2 so you have to come back to rent part 2 when you are done with part 1.
When you finally get access to part 2, they have rented the CD to the extent that it's cracking making the part 2 not interesting to watch.

Zonefree:
You have a business oriented sister yet you didn't learn anything about business from her. Very shameful, my friend.

Instead he is here wasting his life defending criminals.

I remember renting these VCDs for free because I talked about Arsenal with the owner of the rental club - a staunch Arsenal fan who thought I was also an Arsenal fan. He didn’t realise I was more of a fair-weather Manchester United supporter at the time. Most days, I barely even cared about football. I just wanted those VCDs for free man. Good old days.

Zonefree:
This one na modern rental shop. VCD plate.


When we dey rent video cassette, the shop owner will give you manual-rewinder, you go use rewind the cassette you rented.

Yes. The rental shops I am talking about had all those movies in video cassette player.

Dat year sha, we dey watch film like winsh.

I watch almost all the movies for the two video clubs wey dey my neighbourhood, (the few films wey I nor watch na the ones wey dia posters nor dey captivating) whenever I enter the shops na door mouth the shop owners dey stop me say dem never buy new films. Say dem go halla me whenever dem come back from onitsha.



My friend come give me one correct update, I come switch to film hall. The film hall come make me dey watch latest action movies. Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Van Damme etc suppose send me gift because e nor get any of their movies wey I nor watch back then.

I manage one those days life

The effect of technology convergence. Those movies are not been streamed online etc