When I lived in Edinburgh I used to go to
Alphabet Video. Here you could find all kinds of obscure or out-of-print videos. I remember renting '
Bang The Drum Slowly' from there. Those types of video shops are all but extinct these days.
Scarecrow Video in Seattle, Washington is one of those video shops, and appears to be fully operational.
Dave Chen of
Slash Film made this entertaining short film about the shop.
Inside Scarecrow Video from David Chen on Vimeo.