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Video Violence... When Renting is not Enough
USA 1987
produced by Ray Clark, James Golff (executive), Salvatore Richichi (executive) for Little Zach Productions
directed by Gary Cohen
starring Art Neill, Jackie Neill, Uke, Bart Sumner, William Toddie, Kevin Haver, David Christopher, Bonnie Schedin, Gary Schwartz, Chick Kaplan, Robin Leeds, Paige Lyn Price, Bill Biach, Joseph Kordos, Chris Williams, Ricky Kotch, Jennifer Biach, Madison Schedin, Judy Seplowin, Karen Oujo, Linda Herman, Cara Biach, Joann Poll, O. Selig Stokes, Susan Speidel, Marci Garfinkel, Jarry Kopf, Christa Somma, Susan Stern, Mike Yonone, Barbara Brunnquell, Bob Brunnquell, Richard Dick Haig, Ray Clark, Ellen Dreyer, Lori Andres, Richard Johnson, Lisa Cohen
written by Gary Cohen, Paul Kaye, music by Gordon Ovsiew, special makeup effects by Mark Dolson, Mark Kwiatek
Video Violence
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Steve (Art Neill) is new in town and has opened up a video rental, and
though the locals are unfriendly and don't accept him, they love his store
and make it a big success - even though all they rent out are gory horror
movies. One day a tape is dropped off at the store though turns out to be
a real snuff movie, showing a local, the postmaser (Joseph Kordos), being
brutally murdered. Steve is shocked and goes to report it immediately, but
the chief of police (William Toddie) shows remarkably little interest.
Later, when Steve returns to his shop, his assistant (Kevin Haver), who
was to watch over the tape, is gone, and the tape has been replaced. The
next day, Steve receives a tape that shows the murder of his assistant,
but when he tries to show this to the chief of police, the cop erases it
accidently ... only this didn't look like an accident to Steve. Steve
turns to his wife Rachel (Jackie Neill), about the only one who seems to
believe him, and she helps him investigate the whole affair, but whichever
way she seems to be turning, she always hits locked doors, as if the whole
thing was a conspiracy. In the meantime, the snuff tapes seem to be piling
up. Eventually, a woman from outside of town shows up in Steve's store,
and she tells him she finds the local viewing habits slightly disturbing,
as if everybody around here was into snuff ...
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Gory black comedy that
might suffer a bit from its weaknesses (shot on video, low budget,
mediocre acting, flat direction) but more than makes up for it by basing
an intelligent script on its silly premise, and its fittingly macabre
humour. If you can at all accept low-to-no budget shot-on-video genre
movies from the 1980's (and there are many people who can't), this one's
pretty much a must-see.
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