SOV "Shot-on-Video" & "Video Nasty" Reviews by R.D Francis
A homage to oddball VHS tapes from the '80s video store era. Look under "Critic Reviews" for B&S About Movies, for each.
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- DirectorChristopher LewisStarsJuli AndelmanCharles EllisJames VanceFemale students on a college campus are being killed and their body parts used for blood sacrifices.
- DirectorJon McBrideJohn PoloniaMark PoloniaStarsJon McBrideBrice KennedyMark PoloniaPolonia Brothers horror anthology, includes four short stories of terror.A Jon McBride film with the Polonia Brothers -- with a crazy release history.
- DirectorTom FisherJon McBrideStarsJon McBrideAmy ChludzinskiChristopher A. GrangerFour teenagers on an outing in the woods are attacked by a trio of mutant cannibals.Your introduction to the SOV resume of filmmaker Jon McBride with his first film.
- DirectorDonald FarmerStarsDrew GodderisSky NicholasDonald TrimbornAs a sorority initiation, two girls have to pose as hookers. Then they turn into zombies and start killing and eating the locals.
- DirectorDonald FarmerStarsCarol CarrMelissa MooreNikki RigginsOne of the girls in a rock band is fired from the band. She is, in reality, a witch, and possesses the body of the girl who replaces her in order to take revenge on the rest of the band.
- DirectorDonald FarmerStarsMary FanaroDennis StewartClifton DanceA female vampire goes on a rampage seeking blood.
- DirectorDoug UlrichAl DaragoStarsAl DaragoMark WilliamsAnn JagermanDoug, a horror movie fan, and Ralis, lead singer of a rock band, start making a slasher film but Ralis gets carried away.
- DirectorDoug UlrichAl DaragoStarsAl DaragoAlbert Darago IIITony Murphy Jr.A faceless storyteller relates three tales of terror: 1) An ancient evil necklace gradually takes possession of a man's soul in "Satan's Necklace;" 2) A guy goes off the deep end after discovering his wife's infidelity in "Sliced in Cold Blood;" and 3) A man becomes so obsessed with a video game that he can't stop playing it to the point that he eventually gets pulled into said game for real in "Level 21."
- DirectorDoug UlrichStarsAl DaragoJeff WitteHeather BrownTwo buddies go from job to job, creating trouble and getting fired. They soon begin work at a local cemetery where they decide to steal from freshly placed coffins. Their crimes continue to progressively involve more debauchery.
- DirectorDoug UlrichStarsDarla AlbornozNancy DallAlbert Darago IIIAlluring vampire woman infest an urban jungle, posing as hookers to lure their prey and then tearing out their hearts and other body parts. Veteran police detective Groper and his rookie partner Slimski are assigned to investigate a bizarre series of murders, corpses found completely drained of blood. A hot lead brings the lawmen to an abandoned house where the vampire hookers and their vampire pimp dwell.
- DirectorWim VinkStarsAngelique VieseeJudith DriessenAd KleingeldWim Vink's classic splatter short about a girl who takes bloody revenge on those who tormented her.
- DirectorWim VinkStarsEric NuytenAnnemiek PolBonnie Van Der PoelAs long as humanity exists, there's a desire for eternal life. Many religions promise to give that, but all they offer are only empty promises. Only "The Dark Forces" really offer the opportunity to get eternal life.
- DirectorBruce ToscanoStarsGary WallaceKarin SjöbergRobert Gerald WittA motorist who comes upon an auto accident finds a bottle at the scene. The bottle contains a demon who proceeds to possess him.
- DirectorTodd SheetsStarsKelly HodgesLisa KruegerHolly StarrSorority sisters make contact with a demon using a crystal ball.
- DirectorRussell KernStarsJames AerniChopper BernetRex CutterThe planet Jupiter has moved closer to the Earth causing an increased gravitation pull which affects the human brain, and people with certain blood types in higher elevations. The result is that the citizens in a town in the Rocky Mountains have become blood-hungry, flesh-eating, and insane.
- DirectorBrigida CostaMassimo LavagniniStarsMassimo LavagniniDardano SacchettiMaurizio RagazziAnthology horror film with three tales consisting of a killer sex doll, a killer handbag and a parody of Joe D'amato's Anthropophagous.
- DirectorJim LarsenStarsRob HaywardJim LarsenJames KirkA psychotic maniac with a gas mask lurks the local playgrounds and kills all the children in his path.
- DirectorMatthew FrazziniStarsPatty ColemanDale CrawfordMatthew FrazziniThis award-winning cult masterpiece spins the story of Lazarus, who is forced to face an ancient challenge in a win-or-die confrontation. In this elaborately spun 78-minute martial arts spoof, Lazarus gradually evolves into a real force.
- DirectorL. Scott Castillo Jr.StarsTom BongiornoStephanie Leigh SteelThomas CueGuests at a mountain ski resort are terrorized by a local possessed by the vengeful spirit of an ancient Native mountain man.
- DirectorPeter B. GoodStarsBlake BahnerEna O'RourkeDan SchmaleThe great grandson of the infamous Jack The Ripper is a photographer who murders women in bizarre ways. He photographs them and drinks their blood in order to increase his sexual potency. One day, he meets the girl of his dreams to carry on the family name, but he uses her to lure in more female models to murder and add to his collection. With the body count rising, Erica is unaware of her new boyfriend's hobby, and soon he starts making mistakes.
- DirectorJim WhiteakerStarsKate AlexanderJonathan ZeichnerCaleb DreneauxFear chokes the free-wheeling underbelly of San Francisco's punk scene as a killer stalks the night to feed an unspeakable appetite. Community suspicion focuses on Disease, a band that is tainted by groupie deaths allegedly induced by the drug DZS, and on "The Creeper" a misshapen outcast from the bowels of the city. A writer probes the gruesome murders and the story hits close to home, as the web of death devours neighbors, friends, and lovers.
- DirectorCharlie WienerStarsJamie SpearsTerry LoganPeter BrikmanisA reporter tries to track down a psycho who is killing people involved in the porn industry.
- DirectorDonald M. JonesStarsEli RichRochelle TaylorDennis GannonA Sunday school teacher/security guard named Steve is a vicious serial killer who is strangling innocent women and dumping their bodies in the desert.
- DirectorDeryn WarrenStarsAarin TeichAnthony JenkinsTwink CaplanA teenage boy is hidden at an orphanage by his mother to protect him against his father, who wants to use the boys body to be reborn.Two-fer with the writer-director's Mirror of Death!
- DirectorWilliam SzarkaStarsJohn GiganteJon HammerPatrick MolloyA teen-ager is left orphaned by a car crash that wipes out his entire family; he is subsequently haunted by his dead brother.
- DirectorHerb RobinsStarsJonathan MittlemanMarjorie MorrisHerb RobinsA psycho killer uses a corkscrew to stick into the brains of his victims.
- DirectorLeland ThomasStarsS.E. ZygmontSuzanna SmithBrian BurtA psychopath with a mother fixation terrorizes a city, picking out young beautiful women as his victims.
- DirectorMichael KruegerStarsJoe McDonaldWade KelleyShirley RossA lonely library clerk stumbles across a manuscript that he uses to develop psychic powers, which make him irresistible to women. Soon, his powers get out of control, just as they start showing up in his friends.
- DirectorMichael KruegerStarsStacy CarsonShirley RossTony CarpenterA stolen VCR enables whoever watches it to predict the future--but it also shows satanic rites and devil worship.
- DirectorDon DohlerStarsDon LeifertRichard NelsonElaine WhiteAn evil spirit Possesses the corpse of a diseased man. It must absorb the life energy of the living, in order for the corpse to not rot away. It moves to the suburbs, where, a neighbor begins to suspect something isn't right.
- DirectorChristopher LewisStarsPatrick WayneJohn CarradineBennie Lee McGowanA Cult of devil-worshippers prey on students for human sacrifice.
- DirectorWill MacMillanStarsWill MacMillanRon KologieShamus SherwoodCenters around a cop and two brothers hot on the trail of a murderous card game in which masked participants must murder the loser or be killed themselves.
- DirectorFrank RoachStarsRenee HarmonLynne YeamanWolf MuserMad scientists turn people into frozen zombies and the zombies wreak havoc and kill people.Most unseen on release; retooled for a new life during the home video VHS era.
- DirectorPeter MarisStarsTurk CekovskyDebi ChaneyTerry TenBroekAn ex-soldier is hired by local right-wingers as a vigilante to clean up criminals and street people. However, he freaks out and starts killing off everybody.Pull-quoted on the 2022 hard media reissue by Severin.
- DirectorDavid Kent-WatsonStarsCliff TwemlowJane CunliffeAnthony SchaefferA bouncer is called in to help fight off a mob boss who is trying to take over local night clubs.A two-fer with a review for "Part 2" of the series.
- DirectorJerry SangiulianoStarsFarrah ForkeTerry LondereeJoe LombardoEmployees of a software company discover a conspiracy to use the games made by the company to control the thoughts of its customers.
- DirectorDennis DevineStarsLane CoyleKay SchaberAngela EadsA crazy serial killer kills himself by sealing his soul in to his camera. Years later a woman buys the camera, and everyone she photographs begins being tracked down and killed by the killers spirit.Introduction to the resume of Dennis Devine.
- DirectorDon DohlerStarsDon LeifertTom GriffithRichard DyszelA science ship with three dangerous specimens collected from around the universe crash lands on Earth. A mysterious stranger named "Ben Zachary" shows up claiming to be able to save the day. Can he do what he claims?
- DirectorJim Van BebberStarsPaul HarperJim Van BebberMegan MurphyOne last job separates the leader of the Ravens gang from an early retirement. When he finds his girlfriend beaten to death by members of a rival gang, he seeks revenge, knowing that he may be dead by dawn. Will more blood bring her back?
- DirectorRobert RundleStarsRobert Z'DarDree LangeColleen CorriganIn the year of 2008, war and sickness have overtaken the planet. The deranged government declares single women a threat to the human race. Singles women are imprisoned. The corrupt warden is determined to keep the prisoners locked up.Post-apoc sci-fi shot-on-video.
- DirectorNick KimazStarsGary BergmanBryan ClarkMichael GaglioTo rule the galaxy an evil dictator kidnaps a scientist together with his invention which will provide limitless energy for his robots.SOV sci-fi.
- DirectorPhilip J. CookStarsTracy DavisHans BachmannMichael MackAn alien spaceship is being sought by various factions on Earth. A female cyborg and a rogue trader team up to stop evil forces from taking over the ship.SOV sci-fi.
- DirectorWilliam J. MurrayStarsKenneth McGregorSharon MasonJulie MillerIn the future, a private detective tries to stop a large corporation from mining an element whose side effects include igniting human flesh and destroying internal body parts.SOV sci-fi.
- DirectorDavid HueyStarsRichard NortonDon StroudLynn-Holly JohnsonIn the 21st Century, the "Corporation" sends a spaceship to dispose of earth's severe nuclear waste to a distant region in the cosmos. The astronauts awaken from their "cryo-sleep" to truly cry over finding themselves marooned... their fuel is not sufficient to bring them back home. The shuttle craft on board that can accommodate no more than two passengers presents the only hope, and soon a "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" type of distrust and betrayal sets in, until one by one, only one sole survivor remains.SOV sci-fi.
- DirectorArmand GazarianStarsNicholas HillCindy CoatmanSteve DaltonA warrior from another planet must battle six opponents from different parts of the universe.SOV sci-fi.
- DirectorArmand GazarianStarsJames PhillipsMichael M. FoleyDeborah ThompsonBlaine now a 'Freeedom fighter' is forced to rescue a man and kill an evil tyrant.AKA Badlanders.
- DirectorDennis DevineStarsDiana KaranikasAngela EadsKay SchaberA female band, who are exponents of "death rock", retreat to a cabin for the weekend. They soon find themselves being knocked off by a masked killer who uses weapons they have mentioned in their songs.
- DirectorWilliam J. OatesStarsBrian AbentCarolina AntoniniSchelli Marie BarbaroA young boy checks out a book titled Evil in the Woods from his local library. He immediately takes the book home, begins to read it and is soon sucked into a strange world set in Mildew Georgia. As the boy reads the book he starts to get sucked into the story just a little too much. Will this will be enough to finish the fractured fable or will he forever get sucked into the pages.
- DirectorJohn Henry JohnsonStarsBrent RitterBettina JuliusClayton A. McCawA group of teenagers battle a horde of zombies and evil creatures that live underneath a graveyard.
- DirectorBlair MurphyStarsShaun IronsStan LeeFrank MillerAn anthropologist, on a sea voyage to Alaska, meets a beautiful woman aboard the ship, who turns out to be a vampire and attacks and bites him. As he begins to slowly transform into one of the undead, he starts a journey around the country, searching for answers.
- DirectorBrent CoteStarsAlan Van SprangJohn RalstonAaron PooleAn ex-con, Lance, with ties to the Russian mob and Aryan brotherhood, attempts to live a quiet life after spending fifteen years in prison. His plans for a quiet life are disrupted when members of the Russian mafia recruit him to complete one last assignment to earn his freedom. Lance's last mission goes awry as he finds himself in a bloody retaliation that impacts everyone who crosses his path.
- DirectorLarry BuchananStarsSandy KenyonJoe CampToni SawyerThe story of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin, and how their message for their generation made them targets of a US government plot.Yep, that Doors movie you heard about.
- DirectorBrett PiperStarsPaula TaupierBoydd PiperMichael QuigleyA spaceship crash-lands on a planet, and the crew is astonished to find that it holds a beautiful woman who can heal the sick and injured and a race of super-intelligent beings.SOV sci-fi.
- DirectorDon DohlerDave GeattyStarsTom GriffithJamie ZemarelKarin KardianA creature from outer space crash lands in a small town and starts killing people.SOV sci-fi.
- DirectorJohn HowardNiels RasmussenStarsClint WalkerEartha KittChristopher MitchumA zoologist is called to a construction site that has been plagued by snakes. He finds out that the place once was the ancient headquarters of a snake-worshiping cult and that the same cult placed a curse on the grounds. Soon the zoologist and the workers find themselves under attack by hundreds of deadly snakes.The U.S. '80s SOV-version of the Asian classic Calamity of Snakes.
- DirectorJohn HowardJustin SimmondsStarsR. Eric HuxleyJanus BlytheLise RomanoffA madman stalks nurses, brutally stabbing them to death. In his fevered mind, he believes his victims to be a woman from his past named Linda. Police struggle to apprehend him before he can murder and mutilate again.Yep, that "mainstream" bondage-slasher you've heard of.
- DirectorPeter McCubbinStarsNancy CzerJeff HolecCraig WilliamsIn this Canadian rendering of a potential "apocalypse then", in 1996, after the collapse of modern civilization (due to atomic "accidents" and the "failure" of the world's economy), a young couple tries to carry on a quiet life in an uncivilized world. They are joined by a wandering soldier-of-fortune, who helps them survive the repeated attacks of mutant packs of human scavengers that have begun to evolve (mysteriously) back into animals. Mister soldier also eats their dog at one point. But an even darker threat comes from a lone figure, shadowing them wherever they go.Sci-fi tomfoolery in the Canadian woods.
- DirectorJeff HathcockStarsAva KauffmanRobert AxelrodLonny WithersFour young girls on a camping trip in the woods are stalked by a pair of crazed serial killers.A tag team review on an SOV classic.
- DirectorLuigi BatzellaStarsRichard HarrisonLea LanderIsarco RavaioliDurng World War II, an American major is captured by the Germans and thrown into a POW camp run by a sadistic Nazi officer, whose main pleasures are whipping the local female population and torturing prisoners. The major organizes an escape attempt using the camp's nubile female doctor as a hostage.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s.
- DirectorCesare CanevariStarsAdriano MicantoniDaniela PoggiMaristella GrecoA Jewish woman who survived the horrors of a concentration camp revisits the ruins of the camp, along with a former SS officer, and recollects the humiliation, the torture, and the constant abuse she went through.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s.
- DirectorLee FrostStarsBob CresseMaria LeaseKathy WilliamsTwo female Army agents go undercover at a Nazi prison camp to get information from a scientist being held there.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s.
- DirectorSergio GarroneStarsMircha CarvenPaola CorazziGiorgio CerioniNear the end of WW2, prisoners of war are used in experiments to perfect the "Aryan" race.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s.
- DirectorJesús FrancoFrancesco ProsperiStarsAl CliverSabrina SianiJérôme FoulonA man who lost an arm and his family to a tribe of cannibals returns ten years later to bring back his teenager daughter, only to find that she grew up into a beautiful blonde woman who became the cannibals' queen.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsUrsula BuchfellnerAl CliverAntonio Mayansa young woman modelling in South America is kidnapped for ransom in the jungle when a Vietnam veteran is going to rescue her only to find out that the jungle is filled with cannibalsA U.K Video Nasty of the '80s.
- DirectorAlain DeruelleOlivier MathotJulio Pérez TaberneroStarsSilvia SolarGérard LemairePamela StanfordAfter botching a kidnapping, two criminals hide with their victim in a friends house in the jungle. After one of them rapes the friend's wife, they're left to be eaten by a nearby cannibal tribe.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s.
- DirectorJean RollinJulian de LasernaStarsHoward VernonPierre-Marie EscourrouAnouchkaIn a small village, somewhere in France, German soldiers, killed and thrown into the lake by the Resistance during WW II, come back.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s.
- DirectorSisworo Gautama PutraStarsEnny HaryonoBarry PrimaJohann MardjonoAfter a raft accident in the jungle, three anthropology students and their guides attempt to escape from a primitive cannibal tribe that has hunted them down.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsMassimo FoschiMe Me LaiIvan RassimovAn oil prospector is captured and imprisoned by a violent and primitive cannibal tribe in the Philippines' rain forest. He manages to escape with a female hostage, and begins searching for his missing companion and their airplane.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s. AKA Jungle Holocaust, AKA Cannibal.
- DirectorJoel M. ReedStarsJamie GillisRyan HilliardRon ArmstrongInvestigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. Dismissing those rumors they set out to investigate. After two men are found dead, CIA special-agent Nick Monroe is sent to flush out what are suspected to be deserters from the old U.S. Army Chemical Corps unit. Nick's ruthless investigation uncovers a ghoulish plot of world domination, but first he must escape the horror that does not want to be known... yet!AKA Gamma 693, AKA The Chillling, AKA Hell of the Living Dead. An SOV connected to the adult film industry!
- DirectorPaul GrauStarsJosé GrasLaura PremicaAndrea AlbaniA man seeks revenge after a biker gang murders his family.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s featuring the music of Swiss rockers, Krokus!
- DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsRobin ClarkeJennifer AshleyStephanie BeachamA crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s; a sloppy, graphic alien ripoff.
- DirectorWilliam FruetStarsBrenda VaccaroDon StroudChuck ShamataA rich playboy has a large house in the Ontario countryside. One weekend he invites his girlfriend, a fashion model, but on his way to the house he drives past a gang of crazed young men. The men find out where the house is and terrorize the couple.A U.K Video Nasty of the '80s.
- DirectorBrett PiperStarsErin WaterhouseTitus HimmelbergerKristen GyllingMonstrous alien creatures have taken over the earth and wiped out most of human civilization. Now a small band of renegade fighters must find the secret to defeating the aliens for the sake of all mankind.Later day, SOV homage to streaming and DVD.
- DirectorJim HickcoxStarsRuby Lee Dove IIHal SchneiderMary AnzaloneTwo trespassing graffiti artists, two immortality-obsessed scientists, and one furious sea-god.Later day, SOV homage to streaming and DVD.
- DirectorOmar JacoboStarsGénesis AristaImelda CastroAgustín ElizondoA portrait of Mexico City, reflected in a series of dark , grotesque , dirty , sordid and violent characters , from a blind prostitute, a pornographer milkman and a pair of sisters dedicated to persuade girls to take them home and use their body in the craft of taxidermy. An insane, funny , absurd and grotesque tale, immersed in neighborhoods and sordid scenarios.Later day, SOV homage to streaming and DVD/review became part of the film's marketing.
- DirectorEric EichelbergerStarsJoshua CheramieVance ClementePenelope GrandFour girls find themselves in a reform school run by an evil woman that joins forces with her equally demented scientist brother who creates a serum to turn attractive rocker guys into lobotomized sex slaves for his underground porn business. The scientist brother laces Girl Scout cookies with the serum while his sister offers full pardons to the girls to sell them. They are aware that they aren't your average cookies and agree. The evil plan backfires and the rocker guys turn into flesh-eating zombies and terrorize the town. It's up to the girls to clean up the mess and restore peace before it's too late.Later day, SOV homage to streaming and DVD.
- DirectorDennis DevineStarsRhei LiuPhoebe DollarSally MullinsWhen a team of volleyball players get lost in the woods, they encounter a killer clown and his psychotic exhibitionist mother. Will he kill them all or will they find a way to defeat him?Later day, SOV homage to streaming and DVD.