"big box" VHS titles from the waning days of the '80s, Video Violence caught 
plenty of horror fans' eyes with its catchy tagline ("When renting is not enough!") and key art showing a bloody hand inserting a tape into a VCR. Shot on tape by New Jersey video store clerk Gary P. Cohen, the film ended up getting insanely prominent placement at mom and pop stores when it came out from Camp in 1987 and prompted the quick production of a sequel the following year that upended the entire format. Obviously designed as black comedies, the films still have more than enough gory slasher mayhem to please the SOV horror crowd along with that regional charm that money can't buy. The films have since been issued as 2007 standalone releases on DVD and inclusion together on one disc as part of Camp's Retro '80s Horror Collection in 2011. Now they've hit Blu-ray, of course, from Terror Vision as a two-disc Region A special limited edition as a spot gloss slipcase and slipcover set designed by Earl Kess, limited to 3,000 units with no plans for a regular edition or repressing.
a series of gory snuff murders, 
and their sniffing around to discover the source of these literal video nasties pits them against the entire town whose collusion with a pair of psychos, Howard and Eli (Sumner and Uke), holds the key to these illicit home projects. 
might be intentional). Still, there's a strange nostalgic kick if you're a seasoned horror fan who came of age in the '80s; the 
do-it-yourself oomph makes for compellingly cracked viewing if you're in the right frame of mind and willing to overlook tons of tracking problems, impenetrable lighting and lots of ketchup doused on unsuspecting actors. The first film is also adorable for its frequent vintage video store decor including tons of cover boxes and posters that will have Gen-X viewers swooning, and the droning synthesizer soundtrack (which has since had a commercial release in multiple formats!) is undeniably memorable.
occasionally delivers a good bit of 
trivia or a chuckle recalling corralling various people to be on camera, the lengths they had to go to, the VHS aesthetic, his own cameo, the heavy improvisation, and the seat of your pants editing process including the more ambitious methods he used on the second film. On the first disc, a new interview with Paige Price (5m35s) covers how she ended up being the initial victim in the first film, while "The Tape Is Family (12m58s) is a new interview featurette with Dolson and Kwiatek about their first collaboration together here, the gore demands with limited means, the "execution" of that electrocution scene in the second film, and more. "The SOV That Wouldn't Die" (33m11s) is an adorably lo-fi overview of the film's fandom including its screening the Mahoning Drive-In in 2017 and various testimonials from other filmmakers and label owners. The second disc features a new interview with actor Robert Amico, "Video Dating" (5m23s), about his role as "the Maniac" in the second film and his favorite moments since he started acting at 17, while crew member Mitchell Speert turns up in "Blood Wrangler" (6m55s) recalls getting roped into performing various duties on the second film including working with some challenging effects during the murder scene filming.