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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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The Neptune Factor – 1973 / Director: Daniel Petrie
The United States of America has benefited greatly from our relationship with our neighbors in the Great White North for years. Among the exports that enrich our lives (and this…
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The Black Cobra – 1987 / Director: Stelvio Massi
Although there is no doubt that Stelvio Massi‘s Crime cum Blaxploitation/Action effort is an interesting event in the protracted story of Italian film making, there is a sense that by…
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Robocop 2 – 1990 / Director : Irvin Kershner
Irvin Kershner could never have been referred to as a predictable director. In his three decade-spanning career he covered every genre imaginable and rubbed shoulders with many respected Hollywood names:…
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Rolling Thunder – 1977 / Director: John Flynn
Paul Schrader, film director. Likely his most noticed directorial work was the 1982 remake of Cat People starring Malcom McDowell and Nastassja Kinski, and is actually one of the few…
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The Wild Team – 1985 / Director: Umberto Lenzi
When I agreed to participate in the ‘Week in Residence’ scheme, after a little prevarication (Cronenberg? Romero? Lynch?), I opted to go with Italian journeyman Umberto Lenzi. I felt that…
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Die Hard – 1988 / Director: John McTiernan
For most working adults, the office party is a staple in the festive social calendar. Generally speaking, it’s a let down – the exchange of feigned pleasantries with co-colleagues, drunken…
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Chrome and Hot Leather – 1971 / Director: Lee Frost
Lee Frost‘s Chrome and Hot Leather is a well polished gem of bikesploitation produced, naturally, by the ever ready and willing to exploit, AIP brigade. Tony Young, a Green Beret, returns…
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Fireback – 1983 / Director: Teddy Page
Allow me to pose a question to you. Do you enjoy movies that are pure insanity? Do you like storylines so flimsy and paper thin that a stiff wind could…
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Majestic Thunderbolt – 1985 / Director: Godfrey Ho
There is no greater degree of joy to be found in VHS hunting than to come across dirt cheap, big boxed, old school Martial Arts/ Action movies up for sale…
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Cut And Run – 1985 / Director: Ruggero Deodato
Bad things happen in movie jungles. Very bad things. In the third of Ruggero Deodato’s ‘jungle trilogy’ we avoid cannibals only to run into drugs, cults and Michael Berryman. First…
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Deadly Prey – 1987 / Director: David A. Prior
Despite the online guffaws and cruel sniggering at its expense, somewhere beyond the crass “OMG, THIS FILM IS SO MENTAL, IT’S FRICKING AWESOME!” sensibility, David A Prior’s Deadly Prey remains…
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The Annihilators – 1985 / Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr
A quick glance at Charles E. Sellier’s resume and you could be forgiven for thinking that a vigilante movie would be a strange choice for the creator of The Life…
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Kill Squad – 1982 / Director: Patrick G. Donahue
When his wife is brutally raped and murdered whilst he himself is shot and left wheel chair bound, successful businessman Joseph Lawrence, along with the help of his trusted aide…
