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Issue 18: Noir
Down these dark streets, a zine must go… Yes, VHS Tracking zine returns with a new issue all about Noir. An A5 fold-out double-paged zine of movie recommendations with risograph printing from Neighbourhood Press. Cover is by Heidi Baile based on The Third Man. Contributing writers include Heidi Baile, Dwayne Tillman, Libby Caldwell, Liam Dunn,… Read.
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House On Haunted Hill (1999)
The ghost of an ooky kooky spooky 1950s William Castle is haunting the set of the Nine Inch Nails ‘Closer’ music video (or vice versa). That’s the experience of House On Haunted Hill (1999), the first movie from Dark Castle Entertainment, a production company from Robert Zemeckis, Joel Silver and Gilbert Adler, initially set up… Read.
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Eaten Alive (1976)
Look, I really liked Ti West’s 1970s horror throwback X, but when you catch up with something like Tobe Hooper’s Eaten Alive (1976; also known as Death Trap), I couldn’t help but think a little less of X. No doubt Eaten Alive is an acknowledged influence, but when it comes to exploitation hicksville horror, there’s… Read.
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The Hidden (1987)
Somewhere between The Thing and The Terminator lies… The Hidden (1987). I have a strong memory of the VHS in my local video store being adorned with a “Recommended” sticker, which always jumped out at me, particularly for movies that I’d never heard of or felt had received a cinema release, and getting that extra… Read.
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Mutant Hunt (1987)
Some films deserve to be seen in shitty video quality rather than remastered to pristine condition. Not to worry because the copy of Mutant Hunt (1987) on Tubi is basically a VHS rip with that wavy ‘dirty tapehead’ quality over the opening credits. This is low budget cyberpunk trash that I had a blast with,… Read.
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