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ACTOR
Ricky BakerMark J. BanvilleGary BaxterAllan Bryce
DIRECTOR
Darren J. Perry,Mark Williams
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VHS Forever? Psychotronic People (2014) is a English movie. Darren J. Perry,Mark Williams has directed this movie. Ricky Baker,Mark J. Banville,Gary Baxter,Allan Bryce are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2014. VHS Forever? Psychotronic People (2014) is considered one of the best Documentary movie in India and around the world.
A feature length documentary shot over 9 months taking a look at the explosion of movies that became available on VHS in the U.K. Taken from the perspective of those who tried to unearth that elusive movie at all costs known as psychotronic cinema.
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VHS Forever? Psychotronic People Review
What do the letters VHS stand for?* As Kim Newman points out early in this film, it's doubtful that even aficionados and keen collectors of the video format know the answer, despite the frequency with which they use the term. VHS FOREVER is the latest in a recent crop of documentaries examining those heady days in which we all grabbed our cult movie fix via little plastic boxes of magnetic tape. REWIND THIS!, the two VIDEO NASTIES DVDs from Nucleus, and ADJUST YOUR TRACKING have seemingly covered most of the required ground between them. But as far as I'm concerned, you simply cannot have too many films about the videotape scene, and this new production from Darren Perry and Mark Williams, focusing on the London/Home Counties area, manages to procure stories and recollections that the others have somehow missed. Darren and Mark have also managed, wholly intentionally, to recreate that unique video look for the production - close to two hours of interviews with participants on the tape trail are shot in a manner heavily reminiscent of actually viewing a VHS! Murky tales of Camden's basement Psychotronic Video store take up much of the early portion - indeed, the interviewees are all asked to define exactly "what is a Psychotronic movie", with wildly varying replies! Well, how would you describe 'Psychotronic'? Some of the funniest stories concern shop owner Tony M. Clarke, and his granting of permission for customers to enter the (tiny) Aladdin's Cave/inner sanctum of the fabled 'back room' where all the real goodies were kept. You gained access only after several visits to Psychotronic, once Tony knew your face - but even then, only if you had chatted to him and displayed a certain amount of knowledge about the subject of cult cinema (intoning the words 'Jess Franco' worked in the same way that 'open Sesame' did for Ali Baba!). Robert Plant, Steve Martin, Shane McGowan (who became a regular punter!) are all said to have shown their faces in the store over the years. The hasty, urgent style of the grabbed interviews seems to catch a few contributors on the hop, which only adds to the charm of this documentary. Nobody seems able to pronounce ANTHROPOPHAGUS! (We get "ANTHRO-BEAST" and "ANTHROPOGUS" offered by fans. One wonders how courts, prosecutors, and the D.P.P. fared rolling their tongues around the title of that Joe D'Amato gore epic!). Valuable footage of the legendary (and occasionally police/authority-monitored) Watford Film Fairs is used, confirming the frantic state of affairs as fans clamored to get to the tables selling the rarest Greek and Dutch uncut imports. If some of the tape traders were dodgy, that's nothing compared to the canny entrepreneurs who moved in, shark-like, to set up video labels and distribution outlets circa 1979-80 - comparisons to the cast of 'Only Fools and Horses', given here, are not far off the mark! It's good to see video collector and cult film expert Marc Morris chatting away here. It would have been easy for him to ignore this production and save his tales for his own similarly-themed documentaries, but he has so much to say on the subject that Perry and Williams have really benefited from his involvement. Also adding flavor to the proceedings are box cover artists Graham Humphreys (EVIL DEAD, CREEPERS) and Tom Hodge, the latter a recent scene hero for his retro artwork on titles like HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN but displaying impressively encyclopedic knowledge of the great artists of the VHS era, reeling off a string of Italian names that even the keenest hardcore buff might not be aware of. So, VHS FOREVER is a more than welcome addition to the array of documentaries on this still emotive subject, bringing out the passion shown by collectors for this archaic yet valuable medium (don't throw your tapes away - as discussed here with regard to Spanish classic THE BELL OF HELL, you might just find that the longest, most complete version of a movie coils around the spools of that old black plastic casing in your attic). While viewing, it occurred to me that there is rich subject matter here for a fictional feature movie - hilarious anecdotes about unraveling snagged tapes from between the bewildering cogs inside your VCR, hiding prosecuted video nasties from the police, clueless authorities raiding rental stores but removing all the wrong material from the shelves, the Betamax Wars, the ironic way in which Thatcherite capitalism and the small business ethic encouraged the spread of independently-run video rental stores which wound up chock full of sleazy and violent films that were anathema to the blue rinse brigade, kids being taken by mum and dad to rent a family film for the evening and being beautifully scarred for life when confronted by the covers of DRILLER KILLER and SNUFF. All ripe material for some enterprising screenwriter to fashion into a comedy-drama (it's a shame that David Jason is probably now far too old to play Go Video's chief, Des Dolan!). For now, though, the gloriously-named, celebratory, fun reminiscence VHS FOREVER? PSYCHOTRONIC PEOPLE will suffice as a lively and enthusiastic record of a golden period for we cult movie collectors. Praise JVC, and pass the uncut ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS... Reviewed wonderfully by Darrell Buxton
Low budget video collecting documentary
VHS FOREVER? is a simple, very low budget documentary looking at the British videotype collecting scene, very much emphasising the video nasty craze and people's reactions to it. This is simplistic stuff in format, basically a series of linked interviews filmed at various locations - even at film conventions at some points - with a few film clips thrown in. Fans of the scene will enjoy hearing the likes of Allan Bryce, Toby Russell, Ricky Baker and David McGillivray sharing their thoughts and forgive the film's failings.
Fun Look at London's VHS Boom
VHS Forever? Psychotronic People (2014) ** 1/2 (out of 4) As soon as DVD arrived on the scene it seemed the death of VHS was very quick and swift. Before long most stores were no longer carrying videos and one thought they'd never be heard from again. That wasn't the case as there's now a nostalgia feel for them and they now have a lot of people collecting them. This has also made for a lot of documentaries looking back at the boom in the VHS business. This documentary focuses in on London where various horror fans were wanting to see some of the notorious films. This documentary interviews not only people who were selling/renting these movies but also the people who were buying them. I think the whole point of this documentary is to show how wonderful and exciting of a time it was when you'd find a new movie and not know toom uch about it. The documentary not only covers the sell and rentals of these movies but it also covers various conventions where horror fans could go to buy movies and hope to find something rare. The documentary does a nice job at talking about these days and we also get some nice video footage of such stores and there are plenty of stories told about these type of stores. Of course, being Britain, you also have to worry about the various cuts and laws that were aimed at these types of films and that too is discussed.
Forbidden Delights Misty Eye Time
As a horror film fanatic who was totally liberated when VHS players appeared and with them a endless tide of uncut video delights (that felt so forbidden at the time and on tap at anything from your local garage to the corner shop) this documentary is a must watch. It really is great to hear all the stories and testaments of fellow enthusiasts that got the same thrill from seeing the lurid covers and discovering a new world beyond the Hammer on television and local Odeon showings of mainstream horror films ( usually cut )we in the UK had as our viewing choices. If seeing the VHS box with the strong uncut version sticker on it for the pre -cert release of Zombie Flesh Eaters does not make you feel a bit misty eyed then this doc may not be for you ????