Tuesday, October 27, 2015

"31 Horrors of October"- Video Violence


I pretty much haven't posted anything about SOV horror on here at all, which is a shame because it's a niche genre that you have to have a special mindset to be able to sit through. Home made horror flicks were mostly dominant during the 80's, intertwined with the VHS boom and the pique of the Mom and Pop video rental store. Those were the days. Big box vhs releases where the shizzle. Sorry. When it comes to the SOV sub genre of horror flicks, most of the time your taking a risk of wasting money on something that you're either going to turn off half way, or laugh your ass off at because of how poorly executed everything is in the final product. Not with Video Violence. Gary Cohen is a genius. He made three: Video Violence, Video Violence 2 and Captives (or if you prefer, Mama's Home) and all three of his DIY films are diamonds in the rough.

  Video Violence is a tale of a husband and wife that move from New York to a hole in the ground town to chase their dreams. Neil always wanted to own his own video store, and now is his prime chance. But everyone just wants to rent the occasional XXX feature, or mostly, a gore fest right from the press. Someone returns an unmarked tape that turns out to be a snuff film of sorts and the downward vortex starts spiraling from there. Video Violence is so well filmed and produced that it's almost a shame it didn't have a wider audience until now. Could this happen at your video store?

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