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The Video Store
USA 2020
produced by
Rickey Bird jr, Rachel Bird, Jason Sanders, John R. Blythe, Leonard McLeod II, Jonathan Boda (executive), Jessica M. Boda (executive) for Hectic Films
directed by Rickey Bird jr
starring Theoden Wuillamey, Kyle Palla, James Duval, Kelli Maroney, Chess Maxwell, Thomas Brill, Jake Thoene, D.T. Carney, Mike Hart, Danny Spanks, Rickey Bird jr, Matt Pelishek, Aaron Pearlman, Jarad Mann, Orlando J. Gomez, Patrick Spurlock, Jesse Lowe, Hermie, Brianna Young, Brent Van Tassel, Brad Taylor, Dave Moton, Michael Prince, George the Giant, Aaron Novak, Erica Rey, Rickey Bird 3, Mychael Bird, Jason Sanders, Seggan Sanders, Kingston Sanders, Corbett Sanders
written by Rickey Bird jr, music by Aaron Novak, songs by Ghost Coast Productions, visual effects by Jason Sanders, alien design and puppetry by Nick Reisinger
short
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Bakersfield, CA, 1997: The new shocker Killer Vampires has just
been released on video, and young Jason (Theoden Wuillamey) can't wait to
get it from the local video store - there's just one problem, he's much
too young to rent it, and storeclerk Chess (Chess Maxwell) has a watchful
eye on him. Good thing then that FBI agent Thomas (James Duval) storms in
out of nowhere, with a briefcase containing something that seems to be
alive, and he commandeers the place - giving Jason an opportunity to
slip the tape under his coat and make a swift getaway. At his friend
Rickey's (Kyle Palla) house he wants to immediately watch the tape, but
then they get distracted by a newsreport about UFO sightings in the area,
that seem to have to do at least something with agent Thomas, a report
that gains a lot in urgency when out of the blue Rickey's mother (Kelli
Maroney) is abducted by aliens - and suddenly the boys realize to get
Rickey's mother back, they need to go back to the video store to try and
get in touch with agent Thomas. But there's much more to the story than
they can even imagine ... Basically a fun throwback to the 90s
when video stores still reigned supreme and the internet was something for
conspiracy theorists mostly (as pointed out in a subplot). And what makes
this movie work so well is that it really stays true to the era, not only
in terms of story that borrows heavily from science fiction movies from
back when but also in terms of looks and effects (mostly practical from
miniature work to puppetry), and does so without any post-modern
snarkiness, making this one very good fun to watch.
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