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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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OUR DISTINGUISHED FRIENDS:
NASTY Archive
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The Witch Who Came From The Sea – 1976 / Director: Matt Cimber
Graham on SKUNK. Who would have thought a film once deemed a video nasty unfit for consumption on these hallowed shores could be quite so surreal, poetically slow and elegantly made? And just…
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Cannibal Apocalypse – 1980 / Director: Antonio Margheriti
The odds were heavily stacked against Antonio Margheriti’s grossly misrepresented Cannibal Apocalypse right from the outset. The film’s anglicized and unimaginative title is criminally misleading and deceptively exploitative. It hints…
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The Driller Killer – 1979 / Director: Abel Ferrara
In true Punk Rock spirit, the opening title card of The Driller Killer proudly instructs its audience that “THIS FILM SHOULD BE PLAYED LOUD” which is appropriate because the sound…
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Lisa Lisa (aka AXE) – 1977 / Director: Frederick R. Friedel
Frederick Friedel‘s Lisa Lisa is a strange little film that despite numerous viewings (it’s only an hour long) still intrigues me in a similar way The Texas Chainsaw Massacre did…
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The Last House on the Left – 1972 / Director: Wes Craven
‘To avoid fainting keep repeating, it’s only a movie… only a movie… only a movie… only a movie’. If you’ve never seen Wes Craven’s 1972 horror film Last House on…
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Island of Death – 1975 / Director: Nico Mastorakis
Island of Death is a film that has an automatic infamy in the UK because of its “video nasty” label, due to the fact it was banned outright on its…
