Gore-met, Zombie Chef from Hell – VHS cover
Gore-met's video cover brings back waves of nostalgia. I remember seeking it out every time my parents and I visited the local video store, staring at it from a safe distance.
Contamination – US VHS cover
I am quite a fan of Luigi Cozzi's wonderful gem, Contamination. It's a solid film worthy of one's time. It's hard to imagine the audience the below cover is appealing to however.
Body Shop – US VHS cover
Take this glorious cover for Body Shop. It's not quite right, is it? The face is out of proportion. Those fingers aren't quite long enough. So why does it look so good?
Ozone: The Attack of the Redneck Mutants – US VHS cover
When you call your film Ozone: The Attack of the Redneck Mutants, you do so with the understanding you are engaging in a certainly level of deliberate b-grade dreck. It stands to reason that when developing imagery to advertise such a film, that imagery will also waltz toward a similar level of b-grade dreck-ed-ness.
Masterblaster – VHS cover
Wow. Prism Entertainment went all out with this one. The image of a smoking sexy lady-gun is one of the odder things I've seen in my lifetime.
Weird porny Japanese trailer I found on a sticky old tape
I totally forgot about Clip of the Week today. I'm in the middle of shooting a feature, so you'll have to forgive me. Anyway, I dug through my piles of garbage and pulled out this confusing porny trailer.
The Human-Faced Dog (1990)
This video is the definition of nothing. It's a worthless waste of a good puppet and certainly a worthless waste of tape.
Running from the Guns (1987)
Running from the Guns, the seldom-seen Australian crime caper from the late eighties, has almost everything you want in a buddy/car chase film. It contains fast things and furious things. In fact it reminds me of that car movie franchise that has both fast and furious things.
Clifford (1994)
Clifford was kept on the shelf for 3 years, but trust me, if you haven’t seen it and when you do, not only will you be asking "Why does this exist?" you will also be asking "Thank you?"
Welcome to the Video Nasties #5
The following nine films represent the remaining films from the official video nasties list. Beyond this official list of 39 films was a list of 33 more films that were ultimately non prosecuted (despite some effort). The following films are also noteworthy for the inclusion of several Italian horror heavyweights, such as Argento, Bava and Fulci. Find...
Welcome to the Video Nasties #4
It’s been personally very rewarding to revisit the films that comprise the video nasties list. Today’s installment includes some of my personal favourite covers and a couple of the more notorious nasties. It includes the world’s introduction to Wes Craven, as well as the Nazisploitation genre. This selection also proves that films were added to...
Sleazy Video Covers #3
The wonderful world of sleazy video covers continues with ten more additions. Find previous entries from this series here. www.matthewrevert.com www.trashcomplex.wordpress.com
