gorehoundscrimm

I worked as a video clerk when I was a high school junior and, being the horror junkie that I am, I had access to a ton of movies. Every Saturday night I'd pick up a few obscure titles to bring home for the weekend and gorge myself on popcorn. Video Violence was one such film, and I loved it. Pleasingly cheesy and ultra-low budget, filmed in my homestate, and so horribly acted, it was perfect!! Husband and wife move to small town to run video store, where the locals only rent horror movies and the occasional porno. Someone unseen starts slipping homemade snuff films into the store and the husband investigates. Borrowing some from RACE WITH THE DEVIL aside, I really enjoyed this movie, as well as the sequel. Howard & Eli are over the top and the whole feel of the movie is such camp it's classic. I would say if you haven't seen it check it out.

I saw this for the first time when I was a freshman in high school, after hearing some of my peers whisper about it. I managed to sit through the whole thing (even the animal killings, just so I could say I saw the entire movie. What a mistake!!)I was interested in the autopsies and the cadavers, being the budding future embalmer at the time. A lot of the sequences were obviously staged, but at the time when you're 12 or 13, they look darn realistic. Real footage is woven into the film here and there and the cult following can't be denied. The sequels were worse, so I would recommend this, the original, for the curious out there.