Not bad, honestly. Well, OK, let me rephrase that: not bad by ’80s SOV standards. By most sensible standards—uh, never mind. Anyway, based on reviews, I thought it might be a colossal bore, but I kinda enjoyed this made-for-Canadian-TV thriller about a gun-toting serial killer in a small Ontario town. It lacks the charming techno-future aesthetics of the more popular Emmeritus/CHCH-TV feature The Tower, but it has better-defined characters. Mainly the two leads—the young serial killer with terminal cancer who…
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The Tower 1985
While United Entertainment Pictures (Blood Cult, The Ripper) was raising the production quality of SOV features in the states, Emmeritus Productions was doing the same in Canada. Considering SOV’s first few years, that’s not saying much, but compared to Sledgehammer or Black Devil Doll from Hell, things were approaching David Fincher levels of cinematic prowess and precision. Or, more accurately, halfway to daytime soap levels. As detailed on Canuxploitation.com, Emmeritus produced over 30 shot-on-video movies in the ’80s. They usually…
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Out There Halloween Mega Tape 2022
This isn’t a review but instead a rundown of 60+ references in Chris LaMartina’s Out There Halloween Mega Tape. Together, they could almost function as an encyclopedia of ’80s and ’90s micro-budget sci-fi and horror filmmaking, especially on the shot-on-video side of things. So if anyone digs WNUF and Out There (WNUF 2) but hasn’t delved into this neglected cinematic corner, maybe this tangled web of references will kick-start your exploration. Or if you’re already hip to that scene, perhaps…
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