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A documentary about the direct-to-video horror hits of the 90s.
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
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12 Oct 2019
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Reminder that DTV horror in the 90s was flourishing regardless of how niche it seemed to most. This succeeds at being more of a promotional video for distributors like Troma and Full Moon and boutique media labels like Vinegar Syndrome and Vestron that are still cashing in on so many of these titles. Kind of an enhanced trailer compilation with tidbits from various creators and genre talent. Free on tubi and so are most of the flicks featured within.
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i love horror i love dtv shit i am totally ok with talking head documentaries, it is fun to listen to the people who were involved in creating the dumb shit i like! these are all kinda the same and that's not a big deal to me at all. however why do these documentaries always interview overzealous horror fans lol not just horror fans but....male horror fans??? i mean my feeling is generally that theyre buddies so that's why i just mean i do not want to watch it. if i was in a better mood i could probably tolerate it but i'm not so i won't! like this guy from a magazine youve never heard of or read so…
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Not really what I thought it was going to be, more just clips and interviews than a actual documentary.
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Unfortunately kinda boring except for the awesome trailers and the musings of Clint Howard and Tommy Hinckley in the final fifteen minutes. The problem is it’s more recollections of the movies by its cast and crew and not nearly enough behind the scenes stories. You know, like stuff you wouldn’t already know after watching the trailer.
Disappointed.
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So this documentary doesn’t actually talk about the 90’s direct-to-video history like it implies, instead it follows a Beyond the Darkness format where actors, directors, effect guys, scream queens, and everyone else talks about specific 90’s DTV horror movies.
A shame for sure but I’m such a sucker for stories and background revolving around these lesser talked about films. And this provides tons of that (almost 2 hours worth).
It’s always great to see my icons like Fred Olen Ray, Lloyd Kaufman, Jim Wynorski, and others reminisce about films like Evil Toons, Sorority House Massacre II, Jack-O, and Tromeo and Juliet.
I loved watching Rolfe Kanefsky show off one of the monster puppets from There’s Nothing Out There! That alone made this worth the watch.
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When I started Direct to Video, I wasn't expecting much. Maybe some interviews featuring the same stories told in every doc about low budget horror. Then something happened, in the middle of the movie, I actually started to care about what they were talking about. Then Clint Howard appears on the screen and bam, I was sold on this documentary. Yes, there are stories I have heard before, but the presentation was excellent and overall entertaining.
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just need to stop watching these actually because theyre never as interesting as i think they could be, and also its just all dudes all the time which i get for director intvs but like, this came out 2019 and if youre making this you can literally go on any of these movies on this very site!!! and find someone other than a man being passionate about them. should have realised this was a dud when linnea and michelle arent in it but brinke is lol. also pls get traci to talk about wynorski and NoTE she must have some stories!!!!!
also not a documentary, its a clip show with some stories thrown in.
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watching this so soon after watching evil bong 777 is so crazy like these grifters actually used to make real movies! also this documentary is made out of duct tape and popsicle sticks but i hope more are made about horror films outside of the 1980s. would love something that actually explores DTV/SOV horror that gets really niche and weird with it
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A badly edited and sloppily structured talking heads documentary about straight to video horror flicks from the nineties. It wasn't always immediately clear about what movies some of the crew members were talking about, but showing a part of the trailer or movie clip afterwards filled in the blanks. A simple title fade now and then would have solved that quite easily.
Adding that uberfan with nothing interesting to say yet exclaiming how great it was to be alive during the video store/ DVD boom in the nineties, could have been omitted entirely. Luckily there were enough interesting directors, writers, scream queens and actors involved with small anecdotes you could also find on the extra's of the DVD/ Blu-ray sets…
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I gotta be honest. I was pretty underwhelmed by this documentary. I thought it would go more into detail what these movies were about and how they were perceived within the horror-audience. Most of the time someone from the film (mostly the actors) talk about minor things that happened on the set and we don´t really see why these flicks were so important in the 90ies.....There is also the picture of "Return of the Living Dead 3" on the cover....this movie is mentioned in one or two minutes at the end....very disappointing....
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The nineties was such a garbage decade for horror movie.
I almost forget all the trash coming out while I worked in video stores. This served as a great reminder of why I pretty much only watched indie films during that time.
It is kind of funny seeing a doc on horror films that I'm sure no one has even thought about in years.
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Daily Horror Hunt #62 - Prompt #7: Watch a horror documentary.
A lot of this doc is rambling and practically incoherent. A total mess. Still, it has some fun clips, and I did find a few things to add to my watchlist. Not bad for background noise but not worth a rewatch.