Episode 118-Death or Glory: S.O.V. Horror (Tape One)
The picture has a large VHS tape as a background, while in the foreground an Asian woman dressed in fetish gear holds two guns and she screams…she has no eyelids. On her right is a man with no skin on his head and he’s drenched in blood. His tongue hangs out of his mouth.
Horror is the Punk Rock of Cinema, and S.O.V. (shot on video) movies prove it!
For decades, fans made movies without Hollywood, money, or distribution deals. Following the DIY ethos, regional horror movies sprung up everywhere and told crazy, original, and personal stories and created a subculture.
Just like punk rock did!
Join me on "Tape One," where I discuss the long history of renegade moviemaking outside the system, some of my favorite SOV movies, and make a confession about my own SOV film from 1993!
("Tape Two," a discussion of ten more SOV movies, will drop on Black Friday!)
I hope you enjoy the show!
Movies Discussed:
LET'S GET DEAD (1993) Dir. Scott Bradley
SLEDGEHAMMER (1983) Dir. David A. Prior
BOARDINGHOUSE (1982) Dir. John Wintergate
DARKNESS (1993) Dir. Leif Jonker
SHATTER DEAD (1994) Dir. Scooter McCrae
SIXTEEN TONGUES (1999-released 2005) Dir. Scooter McCrae
WEASELS RIP MY FLESH (1979) Dir. Nathan Schiff
KILLING SPREE (1987) Dir. Tim Ritter
THE PACT (1995) Dir. Brad Sykes
LIST OF EARLY REGIONAL INDIE MOVIE MAVERICKS DISCUSSED:
William Grefe in Florida (MAKO: THE JAWS OF DEATH, STANLEY)
Larry Buchanan in Texas (THE EYE CREATURES, MARS NEEDS WOMEN)
Bill Rebane in Wisconsin (THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION)
Long Islander Andy Milligan (THE GHASTLY ONES)
Martin Folse in Louisiana (TERROR IN THE SWAMP)
J.R. Bookwalter in Ohio (THE DEAD NEXT DOOR)
Herschell Gordon Lewis in Florida (BLOOD FEAST, TWO THOUSAND MANIACS!)