Author: VHS Tracking
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Devil Story (1986)
What drew me to Devil Story (1986) was the poster art: a bald Gollum-like mutant wearing a SS uniform and toting a shotgun. As a low budget French horror flick, its first scenes grab you with a lone camping tent in an open forest field rustling with something happening inside. Then out pops the monster… Read.
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Shocker (1989)
Childhood memories of Movie magazine, which would cover upcoming cinema releases and seeing a still of Shocker (1989), Peter Berg in a room splattered with blood, anguished and crying. I was pretty scared of horror movies back then, so that image and the poster of Horace Pinker on the electric chair creeped me out. Years… Read.
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WNUF Halloween Special (2013)
“The Demons of Demolition Derby – we’ll sell you the whole seat, but you’re only gonna need the edge.” Directed by Chris LaMartina and other collaborators, WNUF Halloween Special (2013) takes the form of a recorded piece of public access television, evidently a videotape being played as signified by the occasional bursts of fast-forwarding that… Read.
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Nothing Underneath (1985)
Nothing Underneath (1985) is a 1980s-era late-period giallo thriller that fully knocks off the Brian De Palma style. Even composer Pino Donaggio reuses a variation of the ‘Telescope’ theme from Body Double a few times. An American model, Jessica Crane (Nicola Perring), in Milan is in danger (also she has the same blonde punkish cut… Read.
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Issue 30: Romance
“We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts” – Moonstruck (1987) Cinema… isn’t it romantic? Going out to the movies is obviously a perfect choice for a date choice. But what to see? A Romantic comedy or a drama about heart-break? And did the movies set us up for unrealistic expectations or… Read.
