really horrible horror videos

Chopper · July 07, 2003, 01:04:05 PM

ok, we all go to our video store to get our b-movie fix. we then manage to travel over to the horror section (or as i like to call it 'that one section where only that wierd guy-being me-goes). now i know we've all seen these really horrible videos that look like they were shot in someone's back yard in the 70's, they have a photograph that covers the whole front cover, the font looks crappy, it's usually on Gorgon video or an even lesser known ghetto company, they usually have titles like "Satanic Attraction" or "Cannibal Feast," AND there usually isn't a pic on the back. now to my point: does anyone out there rent these? i would, but they look like they would be a waste of my time and money. some films are made to be bad for fun, like Jack Frost. other movies are just sad and irritating they're so bad!

The Burgomaster · July 07, 2003, 01:19:19 PM

I used to rent these kinds of movies on tape . . . now I buy them on DVD whenever possible.

Back in the early days of videotape rentals, a great company for B-Movies was MEDIA (earlier, known as MEDA, without the "I"). MEDIA released some great trash like THE GROOVE TUBE, SPAWN OF THE SLITHIS, IF YOU DON'T STOP, YOU'LL GO BLIND, and CAN I DO IT 'TIL I NEED GLASSES?

I love movies that look like they were filmed in someone's back yard during the 1970s. A great example is INVASION OF THE BLOOD FARMERS. Most of it WAS filmed in a back yard!

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Chopper · July 07, 2003, 01:50:25 PM

talk about some funny titles. some of those titles you mentioned though like Slithis, and Blood Farm actually have some kinda cult following. in this little crap-ass redneck town we got a video store with some videos that are totally obscure, and for good reasons i'm sure.

JohnL · July 07, 2003, 05:44:13 PM

Back when my family had just gotten a VCR and renting movies was a novelty, I used to browse through all the old horror movies. Not knowing much about video packaging at that time, I rented a movie that was described as one of the most shocking movies ever made. It was The Severed Arm. A bunch of trapped miners hack some guy's arm off for food and are rescued like 10 seconds later. Years later, someone is going around killing the miners by various means that usually involve ripping one of their arms off. It was both bad and boring. Ever since then, I usually pass over those old horror movies unless it's something I know.

Brother Ragnarok · July 08, 2003, 01:19:54 AM

Renting one of these is taking a chance, which is what we cinemasochists are all about. Russian Roulette with a video box. You might end up with Blood Suckers From Outer Space (awesome flick), or you might grab Four Cheerleaders of the Apocalypse on an obviously farcical recommendation from a friend or bandmate (thanks a lot there, Snook).

Brother R

Mr_Vindictive · July 08, 2003, 07:49:00 AM

The video store I used to rent from had a massive wall of well over 700 horror titles, most obscure. I found some greats there. The Mutilator, which is now a personal fav. of mine was hiding in there. So was Cannibal Campout, a great little SOV psuedo-explotation flick.

Mom and Pop video stores are a goldmine when it comes to obscure flicks. Too bad there are few left.

Chopper · July 08, 2003, 09:46:44 AM

haha yeah Cannibal Campout is at one my ma' & pa' stores also. i would rent it, but i have this wierd thing about renting SOV movies. but then again if i made a movie that's probably how i would have to make one. video just makes a movie automatically look so much more cheaper and crappy.

Brother Ragnarok · July 08, 2003, 03:17:45 PM

Holy s**t, other people know Cannibal Campout. We found it in the local Mr. Money one day before heading off to see a concert (Jerry Cantrell, I believe). It's not as bad as you'd think, surprisingly. It takes a couple viewings to take it in, but it's a likeable effort.
And those looks from the clerks, how can you NOT like those? That's half the fun of renting these movies.

Brother R

wickednick · July 08, 2003, 05:44:13 PM

Oh god I have seen my share of these videos.My friend loves these cheesy movies.We call them Dricken specials.Some of the worst ones I have seen have been Hell Asylum,Arachnid,Spiders,Ablaze,
Hellraiser 5,and Leprachan in space and Leprachan in the hood.

MoonShadow · July 08, 2003, 08:53:20 PM

I ventured into this corner a few times after I'd rented everything else in the shop, but I've yet to pick up a good title, save for Leprechaun 2 (am I the only person who loves that flick?). Apart from that, everything else has pretty much sucked. Especially "Food of the gods 2". Oh man, that was agony... I hated it even though I was extremely intoxicated, which is a first... A wonder the VCR didn't spit it out in disgust.

MoonShadow · July 08, 2003, 08:53:39 PM

I ventured into this corner a few times after I'd rented everything else in the shop, but I've yet to pick up a good title, save for Leprechaun 2 (am I the only person who loves that flick?). Apart from that, everything else has pretty much sucked. Especially "Food of the gods 2". Oh man, that was agony... I hated it even though I was extremely intoxicated, which is a first... A wonder the VCR didn't spit it out in disgust.

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Chopper · July 09, 2003, 07:50:07 AM

haha, Food of the Gods II, what a piece! it looked like it was shot on video almost it was so bad, didn't it take place in canada too? the scene where the rats burst into the swimming pool and start eating people is truly one of the worst scenes i've ever seen. this movie made me not want to eat for a week it was so bad.

really horrible horror videos

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