AKRON, Ohio — If you’re of a certain age, you can remember a time before streaming, before YouTube, even before the now-defunct Netflix queue — the video rental store .

You had your local Blockbuster, but even a neighborhood mom-and-pop shop could make a good living offering the latest movies for home viewing. And if you grew up in that era, you probably remember the pull of the horror section — where VHS box art could haunt your imagination long before you ever saw the movie itself.

It’s a near-universal experience for a certain generation. And now, it’s one you can re-live in downtown Akron at Killer Video — a half-museum, half-art installation that recreates the magic of the video rental era.

Founder Jonathon Carmichael says the project came from a lifelong passion for physical med

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