I recently picked up a great DVD (and VHS) set from Camp Motion Pictures, titled The Basement after one of the films in the set. I did not go straight for the titular film, instead I dug into Video Violence (1987) – or Video Violence… When Renting Is Not Enough, if you want to go by the full title. Video Violence is an absolute blast and easily one of the best and silliest DIY shot-on-video flicks of the 1980s. Following the story of a goofy video store owner who believes that his customers are shooting their own snuff films, Video Violence is gory, demented and hilarious. Best of all is its ending (yes, there are spoilers in this, I guess) where the store owner finds out the secret of the town and is greeted with a slow motion shot that had me gagging with laughter. (Keep an eye out for the clearly disinterested grandmother.)
