Long considered the dead-end of genre cinema, Shot-On-Video (SOV) horror finally gets its due as a serious filmmaking practice.
Using classic fanzines, promotional materials, and especially the theories of several important film scholars, Vincent Albarano brings SOV horror into critical focus for the first time in print. Prior to this moment, Video Violence, Twisted Issues, Alien Beasts, and more have never been mentioned in the same breath as André Bazin and Siegfried Kracauer, despite their common ground.
AESTHETIC DEVIATIONS delves deep into several of the most famous SOV horror titles to give credit for their unique and singular contributions to independent genre cinema. Informed equally by a fan’s passion and the studied approaches of scholarly analysis, Albarano offers the first-ever detailed examination of the SOV horror cycle, proving that this strain of amateur filmmaking is deserving of proper appraisal. Sure to enlighten and provoke thought among fans and converts to the unique charms of SOV cinema, as well as inspire newcomers, Albarano’s book proves an invaluable resource for a neglected area of cinematic inquiry.
200 pages
Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 7 reviews.
Review topics: ["perspective","booklet"].
"As someone who only recently started to try and read more, this book is a blessing. This was the exact kind of thing I was looking for, I find it addicting to read about the wider sov "movement" together with some unique appreciation on some great video classics."
"Well written and very informative"
"Aesthetic Deviations by Vincent A. Albarano is an obsessive, brainy love letter to the grimy world of American underground horror, especially the mythic clamshell era of VHS. It reads like a manifesto from someone who worships at the altar of shot-on-video sleaze—and wants you to join the cult too."
"Taught me about a ton of shot on video films that I've never seen. Very well written and entertaining."
"You’ll tear through these pages like the giant rat/bat tears through human flesh in Graveyard Shift."
"I am seemingly one of the few that legitimately love shot on video movies. They've been getting more and more popular as of the past few Years, but it still feels like it's from a "so bad it's good perspective," which I don't think really does them proper justice. This is the first time I've seen anything take them seriously, as legitimate attempts at creating art, which they were. This book rules."
"The only thing that’s almost as satisfying as adding new Blu-rays to the collection is adding books about movies to the collection. I love books about specific aspects of this hobby/specific genres and I’m really glad VinSyn is stocking these books so I can add them to my monthly orders."
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