Blockbuster is back! Nostalgic film buff builds his own version of much-loved video store for fellow villagers to borrow DVDs

A nostalgic film buff has built his own miniature version of much-loved video store Blockbuster outside his home for fellow villagers to borrow DVDs.

Peter Goddard, who lives in the village of Alderholt, Dorset, came up with the idea of reviving the 1990s nostalgic store from a local who had set up a book library outside their home.

Getting to work putting the mini store together, he painted an old record cabinet in royal blue and yellow and topped it with the famous Blockbuster sign which he bought from Etsy that lights up.

The 39-year-old also added miniature movie posters and even a sign stating 'Please remember to rewind!' in a nod to the polite instruction that used to be given to customers who had to return video cassette tapes with the reel at the beginning.

Film buff Peter Goddard, of Alderholt, Dorset, has built his own miniature version of the much-loved Blockbuster video store outside his home for villagers to borrow DVDs

The 39-year-old also added miniature movie posters such as the one pictured above of ET

A 'Back to the Future' sign that is nailed to the side of the hand-made mini store

Mr Goddard thinks the art of choosing a movie has been lost in the current world of streaming and Netflix and wanted families to be able to enjoy that experience.

He already had an impressive collection of DVDs which now fill his miniature store in Alderholt.

Mr Goddard, who is a site manager at a school and an independent film maker himself, said: 'I remember going down the video and DVD shop and browsing through the aisles and getting the film choice for the weekend.

'All these places went under and I went down and bought as many DVDs as I could get.

'This is my collection over the years, I've got thousands of DVDs.

'I keep going to charity shops and buying films to realise when I get home I've already got that film. I must have at least five copies of Heat at this point.'

Speaking of the art of watching rented films, Mr Goddard said: 'With rented films, you're more committed to it. You go home, start watching it and if you don't like it, you have to keep watching because you rented it.

'With Netflix you can start watching and within the first five minutes, if you don't like it, you change to another one. It's a lot easier to be fickle.

'I just thought it would be a fun little thing to do. It's just spare DVDs I had or picked up from charity shops so I don't mind if people want to borrow them or keep them.'

The store seems to be garnering attention in the local community, with villagers also providing DVDs to add to Mr Goddard's impressive collection.

He said: 'It seems to be getting some attention - three or four people came down and left a bag of DVDs to put in there.

'I think the main audience will be older people who may not have streaming services or younger kids who know nothing about video shops.

'I thought it would be a nice for families with kids who may never have been to a video shop.

'They can come down, get a bag of popcorn to go with it and have an experience of physically leaving the house to get a film to watch for the evening.'

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