Product Details

• Actors: Gary Schwartz, Chick Kaplan, Robin Leeds, Paige Lyn Price, Kevin Haver
• Directors: Gary P. Cohen
• Writers: Gary P. Cohen, Paul Kaye
• Producers: James Golff, Ray Clark, Salvatore Richichi
• Format: Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Camp Motion Pictures
• DVD Release Date: April 10, 2007
• Run Time: 175 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MRNWFG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,224 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Video Violence 1 & 2" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A normal, unsuspecting couple – Steve and Rachel – find themselves completely immersed in a town of blood-drunk crazies. Led by sickos Howard and Eli, these backwater psychopaths produce and watch their own snuff movies in which victims are outsiders or citizens trying to leave the close-knit community of killers. The most well-known Shot-On-Video horror film from the mid 80s and never-before-released on DVD, Video Violence earned an AFI Nomination in 1986 for "Best Independent Film". These are uncut in all their original gruesome & gory glory and are the Grand-daddy of all the "Torture Films" that are currently popular (Saw franchise, Hostel, See No Evil).

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Total bargain and a fun time!, August 10, 2007

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benslack (murfreesboro, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Video Violence 1 & 2 (DVD)

Please, pick up this DVD. If you're a fan of low-budget consumer camcorder shot movies from the 80s (and especially if you tried to make them) you'll love it. Video Violence 1 is actually a great movie, with a great story. It centers around a small community with a secret that gets "exposed" when someone returns the wrong video to the local video rental store. Pretty neat! Acting is above average for most lower budget flicks from this time. PLUS, there are tons of shots of the interior of an awesome video rental store with big box rentals. Now that's already a part of americana's past. Video Violence 2 is not quite the thriller that part 1 is, but it has it's moments. It's a much more humerous sequel. Still good, though.
Pick it up and have a pizza party!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie....Cheesy...but in a good way., July 1, 2010

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Matthew Rickard "DVDMATTR" (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Video Violence 1 & 2 (DVD)

I've never heard of these movies until I saw a guy that goes by the name, "Coolduder", and I just had to have it. The acting is a bot cheesy, but what can you expect, it's a great low budget movie, that is surprisingly entertaining, this is a MUST OWN for movie goers :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising Relevance In The Internet Age, April 29, 2010

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Daniel Kepley (Viola, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Video Violence 1 & 2 (DVD)

I found VIDEO VIOLENCE, a shot-on-video horror movie from 1987, to have an interesting social commentary in its depiction of a small town obsessed with making their own "splatter" films. We live in a time where people are videotaping things like tornadoes, fights, and stunt attempts; the Internet, and YouTube in particular, has made it easier for people to achieve some kind of recognition. Watching VIDEO VIOLENCE today, it's not hard to find parallels between the storyline and what's happening with the Internet today. The sequel, which takes the splatter to public-access television, further exemplifies this point, especially the commercials. Intentionally or not, VIDEO VIOLENCE is right up there with THE RUNNING MAN (of the same year) and David Cronenberg's VIDEODROME as a strangely prophetic depiction of the lengths people will go to see sex and violence.

Gary P. Cohen states in the interview that this movie came about after a mother entered the video store where he worked (with a 5 year-old daughter in tow, no less) and rented I DISMEMBER MAMA. The mother asked if it had any nudity, and Cohen said that he didn't know but it had violence. The mother said that as long as it had no nudity, it would be acceptable for kids to watch. (There's a re-enactment of that moment in VIDEO VIOLENCE.) This also adds a satirical element in that it takes on the concerns of most people that violent movies cause people to commit violent acts. (The "Pizza Boy" scene in VIDEO VIOLENCE 2 furthers this point.) If one were to remake VIDEO VIOLENCE, it would make for an interesting satire on the Internet era and how people are affected by it.