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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:
THE JOHN SAXON PROJECT Archive
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Cimarron Strip: Journey to a Hanging – 1967 / Director: Vincent McEveety
The family friendly TV western romp, Cimarron Strip aired across the American CBS network between 1967 and 1968 and was, even by today’s bloated standards, only a fleeting, middling success…
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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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Beyond Evil – 1980 / Director: Herb Freed
Happy newly weds Larry and Barbara Andrews move into the colonial mansion of their dreams. But marital bliss quickly becomes the stuff of nightmarish horror when the evil ghost of…
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Mark Strikes Again – 1976 / Director: Stelvio Massi
Mark Strikes Again! which is bad news for the criminals, and the single women, of Europe, but great news for fans of the late, great poliziotto pin up, Franco Gasparri. Of…
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My Mom’s a Werewolf – 1989 / Director: Michael Fischa
Before saying anything else, I think it’s important to state that My Mom’s a Werewolf has the current and unenviable distinction of being, to date, the poorest entry thus far…
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Strange Shadows in an Empty Room – 1976 / Director: Alberto De Martino
Phew! For a moment there, Alberto De Martino‘s Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (also known as the very different sounding Blazing Magnum) was in real danger of sitting too comfortably…
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Violent Naples – 1976 / Director: Umberto Lenzi
Naples is a dangerous city – if you don’t watch your step! Inspector Betti is back! This time under the direction of genre maestro Umberto Lenzi in Napoli Violenta (Violent Naples),…
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Italia a mano armata – 1976 / Director: Marino Girolami
Easily the most energetic and certainly the most cartoonish of the Commissario Betti films, Girolami’s loose sequel to Roma Violenta, whilst still violent enough to satisfy the more aggressive Euro…
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The Swiss Conspiracy – 1976 / Director: Jack Arnold
When a film made in the seventies is peppered with as much acting talent from the period as this, and includes John Saxon; when it sets itself up as a euro crime…
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Il Cinico, L’infame, Il Violento – 1977 / Director: Umberto Lenzi
A young gangster, nicknamed “Chinaman” (Tomas Milian) and his gang of thugs scheme to rip off crime boss Frank Di Maggio (John Saxon), who runs a criminal empire in Rome….
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Pelts – 2006 / Director: Dario Argento
Odious fur trapper Jeb “Pa” Jameson (John Saxon), and his son, snare a bunch of beautiful and untarnished raccoon skins which they plan to sell on. Seizing the opportunity to…
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Vendetta dal Futuro – 1986 / Director: Sergio Martino
Hands of Steel… made from plywood? In the not too distant future, Paco Querak (Daniel Greene) - a cyborg assassin, is sent on a mission to kill an eco revolutionary…
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Blood Beach – 1981 / Director: Jeffrey Bloom
Someone, or something is lurking under the golden sands of Venice Beach, violently yanking and maiming helpless victims beneath the surface…With the questionable help of the bloated and cynical Lieutenant Royko…
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Posse from Hell – 1961 / Director: Herbert Coleman
It’s a man’s, man’s world in Coleman’s highly enjoyable, and highly homoerotic, western romp… Four savage outlaws ride into the small town of Paradise, killing the Sheriff, robbing the local…
