The Tv And Movie Store Norwich

Let me tell you about The TV and Movie Store in Norwich, a place that looks like your gran’s attic vomited all over a Blockbuster from 1994. It’s a glorious dump of DVDs, VHS tapes, and dusty collectibles that smell faintly of regret and microwave popcorn. You walk in, and the floor creaks like it’s personally offended you’re daring to browse.

The owner is a legend who greets you with the energy of a man who has watched Die Hard 847 times and is ready to debate whether it’s a Christmas movie. He’ll squint at you and say, “You look like a Wes Anderson fan,” which is code for “I’m about to sell you a Criterion Blu-ray of a Japanese film with no subtitles.” Don’t argue. Just take it.

The chaos is the charm.

Shelves are organized by a system that only a feral raccoon could understand. You’ll find Shrek 2 sandwiched between a bootleg Rambo and a documentary about Norfolk’s turnip-farming history. But that’s the magic—every visit feels like a treasure hunt where the treasure is a 1987 horror movie called Slaughter High with a cracked case.

I once found a VHS of The Muppet Christmas Carol that still had a rental sticker from a shop that closed in 2003. The owner told me, “That one’s rare—Michael Caine signed it with his mind.” I believed him for a solid three minutes. That’s the power of this store: you leave questioning reality and your own taste in films.

And the prices? A joyfully unhinged rollercoaster.

You can grab a stack of pre-loved DVDs for £1 each—a bargain so good you’ll buy five copies of Hot Tub Time Machine by accident. But then you’ll spot a signed poster of Gremlins 2 for £200, and the owner won’t haggle because “that gremlin saved my cat from a fire.” The pricing is based on vibes, not logic.

Bbc Store

Here’s a surprising fact: the store once famously hosted a midnight screening of Plan 9 from Outer Space in its back room, complete with a cardboard spaceship and a guy in a gorilla suit. Only seven people showed up, but two of them were reportedly aliens. Or maybe they were just drunk students from UEA. The owner still calls it “the best night of my life.”

You’ll also find the weirdest movie merch known to humanity.

There’s a life-sized standee of Arnie from Commando with a broken finger that nobody has fixed since 1989. And a bin of unlabeled VHS tapes that the owner claims “fell off a UFO.” I bought one once. It was 90 minutes of a man filming his pet tortoise. Best £2 I ever spent, honestly.

Norwich Dvd Shop at Iris Morris blog

But the real gem? The glass counter of cursed objects. You’ll see a Fight Club soap bar that looks suspiciously like a potato, and a single earring supposedly worn by Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice. The owner will whisper, “Don’t touch it—it still has her energy.” You’ll nod, because you’re fully in his world now.

If you’re in Norwich and need a laugh, a cheap movie, or a philosophical debate about whether The Room is high art, go to The TV and Movie Store. Just bring cash, a sense of humor, and zero expectations of finding a clean copy of Titanic. You’ll leave with a LaserDisc of Speed and a new best friend who smells like old carpets. And honestly? That’s cinema.