I was reading this review of the ultra fucked up Japanese nihilism film All Night Long and I came upon this section of the entry.
Prior to it receiving a DVD release with English subtitles it was heavily distributed on the Video Tape exchange circuit. The film gained a cult status amongst fans due to the films over-the-top violence and disturbing nature.
Ahhh the Video Tape Exchange circuit. Seems so fancy when you say it that way. Basically in other words, it was called horror trading. And people exchanged lists where you would trade your badly dubbed horror movies with their badly dubbed horror movies. I've documented this before.
As one of the sites that inspired this one, Gore Maggot Video was one of my go to guys to trade. Sure I know his real name, but to me and Insano Steve, he'll always be GoreMaggot. And his reviews on his list are legen....wait for it....dary.
We would trade up to 7 movies over postal mail with this guy. Insano Steve would head to Chinatown, get some VCDs, dub them and make trades. It was the ONLY way to see cult and crazy fucked up movies in the late 90s and early 00's. This died down when torrenting became crazy prevalent as well as YouTube but I still have a collection of VHS tapes from my horror trading days. Alas the irony is I have no VHS player to ever watch them again.
Maggot Video reviews sold themselves. I've collected a few below for you to enjoy but first check out. Enjoy!
I CAN DO D.V.D.'s NOW!!!!!!!!....Same
prices as the videos,so let me know what you want.all titles are from
international source, from one collector to another, no rights implied
or given.I'm always getting new cool stuff so check back every couple of
months.Thank you.
all titles come in clam-shell case with
cover-art and printed disc's(with only a few exceptions).If you don't
care about the color cover & case, I'll sell you as many as you want
for only 8.00 $ each!
videos and D.V.D.'s are recorded in SP mode on high quality tapes & D.V.D.R's for best picture and sound quality
$10.00 per title (plus shipping, please see shipping rates)
get any 10 flicks for 80 bucks postage paid!
Great reviews of "Extreem" films. The spelling errors were part of the charm in my opinion.
DAS KOMABRUTALE DUELL--WOW!!!!!!
This is one sick puppy! I just got this in not too long ago ,once again
,its in German with no subs....but who gives a fuck!!!this shit rocks.
This flick ranks right up there with PREMUTOS for unrelenting ultre gore
and insanity.They use more fake blood in this than any flick I've seen
in a long time(Maby the most ever) definatly one of the goriest flicks
on this site. There is a scene where a guy sneaks up on a pregnant woman
sitting on a bench in a park(I think its the broad from the picture
below),he comences to kill her very brutally...then he cuts out her twin
fetuses...throws them down and does a tatter masher stomp on them.This
movie is sick. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR SICKO'S
Great reviews of Takashi Miike films.
CITY OF LOST SOULS--Yet
another kick ass flick by Takashi Miike(VISITOR Q) This one is an
action flick on the same lines as Time & Tide but alot bloodier,plus
he had a 4 million doller budget for this one and the F/X are
awsome!You gotta see the CGI kung fu cock fight,it's like a MATRIX
chicken fight.CRAZY!!!
GRAVEYARD OF HONOR—Cool Takashi Miike flick with lots of Yakuza violence ,abused women and drug induced insanity.
VISITOR Q--This
is a very fucked up flick by Takashi Miike (Fudoh: A New
Generation,Audition)This is his answer to GUMMO & REQUIEM FOR A
DREAM.Lets just say this is the disfunctional family flick to top them
all,This is way sicker than those other flicks though.If you are
currently happy with your family situation,DONT! let your wife see this
movie(or any of the guinea pigs for that matter
Sometimes, you don't know the titles.
DEAD BABY DOLL (DONT KNOW THE TITLE FOR THIS ONE SO I MADE UP THIS )
I've seen this film and I agree.
DR.LAMB--Sick!sick!sick!cat.3(serial killer flick)
Sometimes he didn't have subs on his movies.
EROTIC NIGHTMARE—H/K Cat. 3 with Anthony Wong (Untold Story ,Ebola Syndrom) chinese language only. Sorry.
MU ZAN E---THIS
GROUP OF FLICKS STARTING WITH THE RED ROOM ARE PART OF A NEW LINE OF
TOTALLY FUCKED UP FETISH/GORE FLICKS COMEING OUT OF JAPAN.SAID TO BE
"THE NEW GUINEA PIGS" THESE FLICKS ARE WAY OVER THE TOP FUCKED UP.ALOT
OF MENSTRAL FETISH SHIT IN THESE FOR SOME REASON(LIKE SUCKING A
MOUTHFULL OUT & SPITTING IT OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE. SICK! THESE
FLICKS ARE ABOUT AN HOUR EACH ,IN JAP. WITH NO SUBS,SORRY....PRETTY EASY
TO FOLLOW THOUGH.
He used the "kick ass" alot in his reviews Which is how that phrase ended up in my reviews.
FEMALE CONVICT SCOROION: JAILHOUSE 41----Kick
ass,good quality,letterboxed,English subs(these flicks are cool,they
look like they came from the same era as the babycart flicks,70's for
sure.Beautifully shot..nice and violent and exploitational)
Some of his movies weren't for kids and he'd let you know.
GAMERA 3,THE REVENGE OF IRIS--AWSOME!AWSOME1AWSOME1not for kids,blew me away!
GAMERA,GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE--TOTALLY AWSOME!NOT FOR LITTLE KID'S
We horror trader bootleggers suffered from copying the same dubbed copy over and over again and trading that shit.
ICHI THE KILLER--SUPER
ULTRA GORY TAKASHI MIIKE FLICK! KILLER CGI GORE F/X ,TWISTED STORY. THE
QUALITY ISNT THE BEST,BUT ITS WATCHABLE.THIS IS THE PRINT THATS GOING
AROUND,IF YOU KNOW OF A BETTER PRINT THAT LET ME KNOW. HIGHLY
RECOMENDED.
Sometimes movies only needed one word reviews.
THE RAPE MAN- cool!
And sometimes he gave you a fuckin screenplay for a review.
PSYCHO: THE SNUFF REELS aka. TUMBLING DOLL OF FLESH--Thomas
Takanawa, Richard Fujimoto and Harold Akira are three lonely Japanese
teens bored of their middle-classed existence. But before you can say
American Pie, Bettie Hirohito enters the picture. She is young and
effervescent; a robust example of youth and vivacity. “Hey guys!,”
exclaims Thomas. “I’ve got my dad’s video camera. Let’s make a movie!”
“What kind of movie?,” ponders Bettie. “A porn, of course,” shout all
three males in unison; their wistful synchronicity and pleading eyes
eventually persuading a begrudging Bettie. Harold, being the most
endowed of the three plunders Betties hirsute vagina while the other
boys shout words of encouragement and film the act. However, everyone
knows that promiscuity and pornography lead young strays like our
protagonists down a menacing path of illicit deeds and murder. And
thusly, Yellow Love turns into the Slant-Eyed Slaughter. Bettie is tied
down and forced to endure a bizarre mélange of physically sexual
depravities. Bettie is chopped, diced and pureed into a mishmash of
pulverized flesh and splintered bone. Psycho delivers a deluge of
spilled blood and butchered flesh; its undertaking is another sick, but
pointless endeavour where flesh is pitted against sharpened steel and as
always, comes up short. While the film takes far too long to finally
bombard you with some wonderfully vile acts, Psycho: The Snuff Reels is a
hilarious romp that eschews typical pornography and gore motifs by
combining the two styles; Psycho is a tumor rooted in Guinea Pig/Flowers
Of Flesh And Blood and August Underground Mordum. It is an exciting
Japanese gornography epic with a modicum of verisimilitude hindered only
by annoying genital fogging.SICK!!SICK!!SICK!! Japanese language only.
I'll do a second part if you enjoyed this one. So who traded horror back in the day? Sound off if you did.