It's not everyday that you get a homage to the guys who pretty much invented DIY b movie filmmaker. So when I first heard that they were making an anthology featuring the likes of Tim Ritter, Todd Sheets, Donald Farmer, etc. I knew I had to give it a viewing sadly it took me nearly five years to finally give this thing a shot so here's each segment ranked from best to worst.
1. "The Tape" (Tony Masiello) - Without a doubt the best segment of the bunch, its pretty much a throwback to to the SOV days, with a video store employee finding a long lost SOV film. Fun with a nice and gory twist. It's really the only one that takes advantage of the video format.
2. "A Very Bad Situation" (Marcus Koch) - This one suffers from its two short run time, but, it's glorious use of practical effects towards the end makes it the second best of the bunch. Plus it also has Joel Wynkoop in it, so that helps.
3. "The Scout" (Brad Sykes) - Not really sure much about the story for this one, but, its helped by some really impressive gore at the end and the fact it takes place in the desert.
4. "Thicker Then Water" (Donald Farmer) - A really impressive effort from Donald Farmer, about a mans insane wife/gf who doesn't want to take the risk of his past gf getting in the way of there new relationship.
5. "The Request" (Todd Sheets) - This one seems to be the most dramatic of the bunch, I was sorta zoned out during most of it, but, it has a really nice twist.
6. "No Budget Films Presents..." (Brad Sykes) - The wraparound segment that plays between the actual eight segments, I'm not really sure what the point is for it, as nothing is really explained in it why any of it is happening, but, it has some nice effects towards the end.
7. "Switchblade Insane" (Tim Ritter) - Average tale of a husband/wife serial killer team, or is it? Has some nice gore going for it, but, that's sadly about it, a rather unimpressive effort from Tim Ritter.
8. "Gang Them Style" (Ron Bonk) - A throwback to 80s action films with a zombie twist, but, its sadly rather goofy and uninteresting. Played for obvious comedic effect.
9. "Genre Bending" (Chris Seaver) - It starts out somewhat interesting with a woman being stalked by a obviously strange and unbalanced man, but, it gets really stupid really fast and I just found no interest in it.
Of the eight segments including the wraparound the first two are the only ones that seem to get really ambitious with the concept and go for it, as for enjoyment the first five all together are worth the watch everything for six on done is just a waste of time. Overall, I'm glad to have finally gave this a watch, the final result is sadly a mixed bag, that I'm not for sure pays tribute to the bygone formats of VHS and Super 8 as it thinks it does, but, still some enjoyment to be found regardless.
1. "The Tape" (Tony Masiello) - Without a doubt the best segment of the bunch, its pretty much a throwback to to the SOV days, with a video store employee finding a long lost SOV film. Fun with a nice and gory twist. It's really the only one that takes advantage of the video format.
2. "A Very Bad Situation" (Marcus Koch) - This one suffers from its two short run time, but, it's glorious use of practical effects towards the end makes it the second best of the bunch. Plus it also has Joel Wynkoop in it, so that helps.
3. "The Scout" (Brad Sykes) - Not really sure much about the story for this one, but, its helped by some really impressive gore at the end and the fact it takes place in the desert.
4. "Thicker Then Water" (Donald Farmer) - A really impressive effort from Donald Farmer, about a mans insane wife/gf who doesn't want to take the risk of his past gf getting in the way of there new relationship.
5. "The Request" (Todd Sheets) - This one seems to be the most dramatic of the bunch, I was sorta zoned out during most of it, but, it has a really nice twist.
6. "No Budget Films Presents..." (Brad Sykes) - The wraparound segment that plays between the actual eight segments, I'm not really sure what the point is for it, as nothing is really explained in it why any of it is happening, but, it has some nice effects towards the end.
7. "Switchblade Insane" (Tim Ritter) - Average tale of a husband/wife serial killer team, or is it? Has some nice gore going for it, but, that's sadly about it, a rather unimpressive effort from Tim Ritter.
8. "Gang Them Style" (Ron Bonk) - A throwback to 80s action films with a zombie twist, but, its sadly rather goofy and uninteresting. Played for obvious comedic effect.
9. "Genre Bending" (Chris Seaver) - It starts out somewhat interesting with a woman being stalked by a obviously strange and unbalanced man, but, it gets really stupid really fast and I just found no interest in it.
Of the eight segments including the wraparound the first two are the only ones that seem to get really ambitious with the concept and go for it, as for enjoyment the first five all together are worth the watch everything for six on done is just a waste of time. Overall, I'm glad to have finally gave this a watch, the final result is sadly a mixed bag, that I'm not for sure pays tribute to the bygone formats of VHS and Super 8 as it thinks it does, but, still some enjoyment to be found regardless.