By Steve Anderson

• Killer Pad | Borderland 04/01/08
  Freddy Krueger's directorial effort generates laughs and a kids versus cult movie proves to be the superior of "Hostel."
  
  
• Masters of Horror | Catacombs 04/01/08
  Steve is happy with the collected work of the Mick Garris helmed TV show, but the latest effort from the producers of "Saw" doesn't cut it. (Get it? "Cut it?" Because they produced "Saw"...)
  
  
• Flight of the Living Dead | Invasion 03/01/08
  The latest zombie and sci-fi films score some decent moments.
  
  
  
  
• Werewolf: the Devil's Hound | Gag 03/01/08
  The latest werewolf flick pack some punch, but the newest torture porn leave Steve colder than the dead prostitute in your freezer.
  
  
  
  
• The Slaughter| The Attic 02/01/08
  Steve offers rave reviews for the latest Lovecraft flick, but is lukewarm to a story of a simple haunting.
  
  
  
• Evil Aliens | Boy Eats Girl 02/01/08
  What's Steve's prescription for the most recent zombie flick? Needs more zombies! A fun alien film makes up for it though.
  
  
  
  
• Rise of the Dead | Experiment in Torture 01/01/08
  Meet the zombie film that wasn't and the final death spasm of the the torture porn genre.
  
  
  
• Pirates of Ghost Island | H.P. Lovecraft's The Tomb 01/01/08
  Avast ye mateys at the latest Pirate fright flick. And has Steve had it up to here with director Ulli Lommel?
  
  
  
• Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck | Haunted Forest 12/01/08
  The latest serial killer biopic shows its sensitive side and holds its own against a stylish clone of Japanese horror flicks.
  
  
  
• Haunted Boat | Curse of Alcatraz 12/01/08
  "Move along... nothing to see here," is Steve's take on the latest batch of teen bloodfests.
  
  
• Welcome to NHK | Demons 10/01/07
  A anime soap opera and gorey blast from the past keep Steve's attention.
  
  
  
• Mummy Maniac | Shadow Puppet 10/01/07
  Is this new serial killer flick a Ulli Lommel disaster in disguise? At least the "stuck in a insane asylum" movie has some kick.
  
  
  
• Borderline Cult | Dead Clowns 09/01/07
  Neither the latest torture porn nor the long-awaited combination of zombies with clowns manages to tickle Steve's fancy.
  
  
  
• Mustang Sally's Horror House | Shockwave 09/01/07
  A movie about a Gore infested whorehouse spends too much time on the sex, but a Trekkie heavy sci-fi piece gets a raised eyebrow.
  
  
  
• The Abandoned | Behind the Mask 08/01/07
  Both the final entry in the Eight Films To Die For series and a new horror spoof get passing grades from the Video Store Guy.
  
  
  
• The Last Supper | Able Edwards 08/01/07
  The pantheon of Japanese horror gets a new addition while a sci-fi clone bio raises eyebrows.
  
  
  
• The Manitou | Blood Trails 07/01/07
  Steve reviews the latest Anchor Bay re-issue and a slasher flick with a low body count.
  
  
  
• Drive Thru | Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield 07/01/07
  A bloody hamburger flick outshines yet another telling of the Ed Gein story.
  
  
  
• Grim Reaper | Beneath Still Water 05/01/07
  A Final Destination rip off fails to thrill Steve, but he's much happier with Brian Yunza's latest effort.
  
  
  
• Diary of a Cannibal | Night of the Living Dorks 05/01/07
  Reel Advice goes German and reviews two foreign born horror flicks.
  
  
  
• The After Dark Horrorfest Pt 1 04/01/07
  Yo Diggity! Steve reviews the entire collection of the horror festival that was too shocking for regular viewers.
  
  
  
• The After Dark Horrorfest Pt 2 04/01/07
  Steve's After Dark reviews continue with ghostly children and medical mysteries.
  
  
  
  
• The Amazing Screw On-Head | Nerima Daikon Brothers 03/01/07
  Comic book and anime fans should rejoice at two new offerings on the video store shelves.
  
  
• Blood Stains | Silent Scream 03/01/07
  A movie about the neighborhood killer is better left the to Lifetime channel but an average looking slasher flick offers a surprise ending.
  
  
• The Norliss Tapes | Night of the Dead 02/01/07
  Anchor Bay digs up a surprising classic while Steve buries a piss poor zombie flick.
  
  
• Angst | Halloween Night 02/01/07
  Take your pick: a man hungry vagina or a Grade B horror flick from Asylum Entertainment.
  
  
• Slayer | Are You Scared 01/01/07
  Two slasher flicks get the Reel Advice treatment.
  
  
• Zombie Nation | Black Dahlia 01/01/07
  Steve ranks two new video offerings from Ulli Rommell, director of "Boogeyman."
  
  
• Blackwater Valley Exorcism | Abominable
  Steve checks out two new horror titles featuring B-movie king, Jeffrey Combs.
  
  
• Disturbance | Baby Blood
  "Disturbance" is disturbing in all the wrong ways but "Baby Blood" has the right kind of rattle.
  
  
• The Legend of Lucy Keyes| Dark Fields
  While the spirit of Halloween wafts in the air, Steve reviews a ghostly political thriller and schlocko "Texas Chainsaw" knockoff.
  
  
• Superstition | The Butcher
  A 1980s occult flick is resurrected while teen beauties are carved to pieces by a homicidal maniac.
  
  
• Straight Into Darkness | Snakes on a Train 10/01/06
  Steve has kind words for for WWII horror flick and gives a fair shake to Asylum Entertainment's attempt to jump aboard the Snakes-on-a-vehicle fad.
  
  
• Head Trauma | Mr. Jingles 10/01/06
  A cerebral horror flick gets high marks but killer clowns won't like what Steve has to say about their latest efforts.
  
  
• Woods of Evil | Sweet Insanity 09/01/06
  Steve punches through the plot holes in a low grade forest schlock romp and an episode of teen horror gone bad.
  
  
• 2001 Maniacs | Motor Home Massacre 09/01/06
  Robert England returns in a camp gorefest. The worst of '80s slasher films returns in a trite road horror flick.
  
  
• Day of the Dead 2: Contagium | Doll Graveyard 07/01/06
  Even with no Romero, DOTD II ain't awful. But its too bad Charles Band has turned his production house into a toy factory.
  
  
• Blood Bath | Shockheaded 07/01/06
  A classic 1970's horror anthology holds its own. And a genre-twisting shocker hits you from all sides.
  
  
• Dumbland | Three Extremes 06/01/06
  The latest David Lynch vehicle lives up to its name, but an Asian Creepshow takes horror to the extreme.
  
  
• The Drop | Vermilion Pleasure Night 06/01/06
  A third rate Tarantino flick gets medieval on your ass. And live from Tokyo... it's Vermilion Pleasure Night!
  
  
• Hillside Cannibals | Bram Stroker's Dracula's Curse 05/01/06
  Asylum Entertainment sullies their reputation with a "Hills Have Eyes" rip off but redeems themselves with a standout vampire action flick.
  
  
• Funny Man | The Visitation 05/01/06
  The British invent their own Freddy Krueger while Randy Travis perfects the art of the speed exorcism.
  
  
• Resident Demon | Exel Saga: Imperfect Collection 04/01/06
  Steve peeps a Carpenter homage and a new anime collection.
  
  
• Creep | Creepies 04/01/06
  "Creep" is creepy but "Creepies" needs to get a clue.
  
  
• Heebie Jeebies| Fear of Clowns 03/01/06
  By Steve Anderson
  Steve checks out two horror flicks that, while flawed, have some original moments.
  
  
• Shadow Skill Vol 1 | Evil Breed 03/01/06
  By Steve Anderson
  Read up on the latest anime and cannibalistic porn offerings.
  
  
• Cold Blood | Dark Remains 02/01/06
  By Steve Anderson
  Steve gives a hyper-shout-out to the suspense films of Brian Avenet-Bradley.
  
  
• Zombiez | Shapeshifter 02/01/06
  By Steve Anderson
  The undead walk the earth hand in hand with an alien monster in lockup.
  
  
• Scary True Stories | Meet The Fuccons 01/01/06
  The Japanese ably showcase their tangential plot designs with these new features.
  
  
• Scarred | I'll Bury You Tomorrow...Laid to Rest 01/01/06
  80's schlock returns with full force in "Scarred" and the dead get a dose of love in "I'll Bury You..."
  
  
• The Man With the Screaming Brain | Dead Men Walking 12/01/05
  Bruce Campbell returns along with the living dead! Can you tell one from the other?
  
  
• Red Cockroaches | Bloody Mallory 12/01/05
  Plan a night of incestuous sci-fi porn and French action flicks.
  
  
• Jack O' Lantern | Irish American Ninja 11/01/05
  Can the bloody imprints of horror match the fancy footwork of the ninja spoof?
  
  
• Reel Advice... Undead | Alien Apocalypse 11/01/05
  The latest Aussie zombie film goes up against Bruce Campbell's sci-fi adventures.
  
  
• The Beast of Bray Road | Swamper 10/01/05
  The newest werewolf movie has more bark than bite but the adventures of a jizz mopping drug dealer gets high marks.
  
  
• Dead and Breakfast | Conjure 10/01/05
  The Video Store Guy watches the latest straight to video movie making so you don't have to.
  
  
• Jurei | Frankenstein Reborn 09/01/05
  The latest Japanese horror and Asylum Home Entertainment movies get their due.
  
  
• Cup of My Blood | Ice Queen 09/01/05
  Sip from the Holy Cup and find out just how cold is a witch's tit in Steve's duo video reviews.
  
  
• Insight of Evil | Hide and Creep 08/01/05
  Ghouls and dolls can be found in the latest dual reviews from the Video Store Guy.
  
  
• Invitation | Ghost Watcher 08/01/05
  Steve pounds his cranium with the new release from Brain Damage and takes in a decent ghost flick.
  
  
• War of the Worlds | Decoys 07/01/05
  While everyone else yabs about Tom Cruise's breakdown, Steve takes a look at the other War of the Worlds being released this year.
  
  
• Dead End | Dracula 3000 07/01/05
  The Video Store Guy takes a look at a serious thriller and "quite possibly the best retelling of the Dracula legend to date."
  
  
• Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter's Cove 06/01/05
  Avast ye mateys! Come aboard and enjoy the plastic heads and the plastic boobs!
  
  
• Dead Above Ground | Dark Heaven 05/01/05
  In Steve's two new horror picks, the dead return to life and demons walk the earth. Or something like that.
  
  
• Corn | Alien Abduction 05/01/05
  So what's worse: Ecological bio-disasters or aliens running around shooting "The Blair Witch Project"?
  
  
• Close Your Eyes | Corpses Are Forever 05/01/05
  The Video Store Guy gives high marks to a British occult thriller. He's less enthused with the latest zombie offering.
  
  
• Lethal Eviction 04/01/05
  Steve gives a preview of a soon to be released suspense flick featuring the landlords from hell.
  
  
• The Last Horror Movie | Intermedio 04/01/05
  Serial killers get a training manuel and Edward Furlong returns in two new horror flicks stocking the shelves of your local video store.
  
  
• Shaun of the Dead | Bite Me 03/01/05
  Start your meal with Steve's long awaited look at SOTD and for dessert watch him take apart Bret Piper's latest grade Z horror offering.
  
  
• Ghost Lake | Ghost of the Needle 03/01/05
  Two new spooky thrillers get the Reel Advice once over.
  
  
• Leprechaun in the Hood | Back 2 Tha Hood 02/01/05
  Steve reviews two flicks designed to offend both the Blacks and the Irish.
  
  
• 13 Seconds | 2LDK 01/16/05
  One is the scariest movie Steve can't understand, while the second features "Pillow versus Chainsaw." You can't go wrong.
  
  
• Tail Sting | The Vector File 12/16/04
  Steve critiques the latest offerings in the "giant bug" and "conspiracy theory" genres.
  
  
• Serial Slayer | Slaughter Studios 12/01/04
  Always fair and balanced, the Video Store Guy takes a look at the latest to hit the shelves.
  
  
• Reign in Blood | Scare Crow 11/16/04
  Steve ponders the cultural significance of two new straight to video releases now lining the walls of the local Blockbuster.
  
  
• Fallen Angels | Miner's Massacre 11/01/04
  Which of these straight to video masterpieces will cause Steve to utter the words, "It's garbage and I hate it."
  
  
• Campfire Stories | Deadly Species 10/16/04
  Just in time for Halloween, Steve reviews two new horror DVDs. Do they pack a punch or are they still more "straight to video dung"?
  
  
• Chance | Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled 10/01/04
  Do the stars of "Buffy" have what it takes for solo careers? Does the fourth Wishmaster hold up to the previous three? Steve endeavors to find out.
  
  
• Flowers on the Razorwire | Ghosts of Edendale 09/16/04
  Take a look at at a Japanese Horror serial and an eyeball raising indie film about Hollywood fright-nights.
  
  
• Dagon | Pinata 09/01/04
  The Video Store Guy gently rips a new one in two recent video horror offerings.
  
  
• Nine Lives | Infested 08/16/04
  Is it worth watching a Paris Hilton video if she keeps her clothes on? The Video Store Guy investigates.
  
  
• Ghost Ship | Ghost Rig 08/01/04
  Take a cruise with two new video releases featuring nautical spirits.
  
  
• Demon Slayer | Disappearance 07/16/04
  The Video Store Guy gives his picks and pans from the current crop of horror.
  
  
• Flashback | Fear of the Dark 06/16/04
  Get the goods on two new horror flicks from The Video Store Guy.
  
  
• Snake Island | Slashers 06/01/04
  The Video Store Guy looks at two Grade Z horror flicks including one with "the single stupidest moment in motion picture history."
  
  
• Cabin Fever | Antibody 05/16/04
  The Video Store Guy looks at two new infectious DVDs.
  
  
• The Bone Snatcher | Dracula's Curse 05/01/04
  The Video Store Guy dissects to two new horror DVDs alternately populated by giant ants and toothy vampires.
  
  
• Reel Advice... Freddy Vs. Jason 04/16/04
  Acid Logic kicks off a new column reviewing the latest releases at the video store. Get The Video Guy's take on the clash of the 80's splatter icons.
  

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Steve Andersen, much to his own chagrin, is a five-plus year veteran of the direct to video market. He has spent an alarming amount of time in video stores and seeks to provide the public with advance information on all the video releases that they may never have heard of...whether they want to hear of them or not. Steve appears in one way or another weekly, biweekly, or monthly on such fine entertainment-related ezines as Film Threat, Dream Forge, Reel Horror, Acid Logic, Chaotic Culture Magazine, Malicious Bitch webzine, and many others. Readers, agents, or editors can email Steve at thevideostoreguy@columnist.com