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videotapeswapshop. (aka VTSS.) is our pleasantly unhinged tribute to the peculiar world of genre film. We're equally interested in both the ridiculous and the sublime efforts that have emerged from the depths of the genre pool, and in particular, those between the late 1950's and early 90s...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
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The Brain Eaters – 1958 / Director: Bruno VeSota
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Rolling Thunder – 1977 / Director: John Flynn
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The Incredible Melting Man – 1977 / Director: William Sachs
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Panic in Year Zero! – 1962 / Director: Ray Milland
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Frogs – 1972 / Director: George McCowan
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La Nuit Des Traquees (1980) – Film Office ‘Collectorror’ Jean Rollin Collection / 1996
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What is the Canadian Tax Shelter?
The “Tax Shelter Films” sounds like it would be referring to a handful of films, but actually, Tax Shelter Films has become more of a term referring to an entire…
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CANUCK-MONTH: SHIVERS in May
VTSS. stable mates Vince D’Amato and Nadeem Ali have joined forces to work on an exciting trans-atlantic film screening project – the delightfully named Shivers. SHIVERS PRESENTS: The Influence of…
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La Rose de Fer (1973) – Film Office ‘Collectorror’ Jean Rollin Collection / 1996
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La Venganza del Reportero Radiactivo / Revenge of the Radioactive Reporter (1990) – CIC Video, Video Visa AC2923/ 1990(?)
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Caroline Kopko on DRUGS.
This list was more difficult to assemble than I imagined. Am I making a list of movies about drugs or a list of movies to watch on drugs? Very different ideas. I…
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Shaun Anderson on DRUGS.
Corridors of Blood – 1958 / Dir: Robert Day Boris Karloff’s extended sojourn into British horror saw him take on the role of Dr. Thomas Bolton in this underrated little gem…
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Colin Stone on DRUGS.
The Good, The Bad,The Unseen‘s very own Colin Stone jacks up his Top Five cinematic opiates with us as part of our week long, wanton, abuse of DRUGS… 1. Blue…
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Rich Flannagan on DRUGS.
Rich Flannagan drops his top five Drug related Movies… 1. Last House on Dead End Street – 1977/ Dir. Roger Watkins The cinematic equivalent of alpha-methylphenethylamine. Starts off with a little…
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VTSS on DRUGS
This week, we’re having a party at VTSS HQ. Everyone’s invited. We’ll have pineapple rings on slabs of Gammon, a bowl of Doritos with a cheap dip from Iceland, and…
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Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) – Ascot Video
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One Dark Night (1982) – Atlantis / 1983
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Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973) – Careyvision ‘Horror Theatre’ Collection / 1985
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Le Frisson des Vampires (1971) – Film Office ‘Collectorror’ Jean Rollin Collection / 1996
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Dear Umberto Lenzi…
What happened? Umberto started well, cutting his teeth on historical stuff, like a couple of Sandokans and a Robin Hood film. These early efforts were competent enough, if unspectacular. Giallo,…
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Schulmädchen Report : Gert Wilden & Orchestra, 1996, Crippled Dick Hot Wax!
“ Before every recording session I have the same dream: a million green men in the orchestra pit playing a million wrong notes…” Back in 1970, more than 7 million Germans…
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BREAKDOWN: Barefoot Gen – 1983 / Director: Mori Masaki
In their highly resourceful Anime reference guide The Anime Encyclopedia – A Guide to Japanese Animation since 1917 (Stone Bridge Press, 2001), Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy, comment on the…
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An Interview with Award Winning London Filmmaker PRANO BAILEY-BOND
Having just walked away with the award for Best Music Short at London Short Film Festival 2012 for her latest music video House, Graham Bywater has a chat with London-based,…
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Friday the 13th – Barry Abrams, Point of View and Gender Ambiguity
note – this article is the first of three that attempt to reconsider the much maligned series of Friday the 13th films in context of the American Horror Film, their…
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A Special Message from VTSS…
Merry Christmas and a very happy new year! with lots of love from all at videotapeswapshop. xxx
