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Shot-on-video movies have gained a new appreciation due to the internet and the interest in outsider and fringe cinema. The roots of shot-on-video movies can be traced back to the availability of camcorders and consumer-grade equipment in the 1980s. The genre has evolved and continues to be embraced by new filmmakers who either use the shot-on-video aesthetic or pay homage to it in their work.

Shot-on-video movies have become an often overlooked aspect of the medium's history, with many of the early purveyors making shock content on shoe-string budgets for small audiences, usually made with 'home movie cameras' with friends in starring roles. However, as the internet has allowed for a renewed interest in all manners of outsider and fringe cinema, there has been a new appreciation for those who started working in the genre and an interest in cult-film distributors in unearthing forgotten treasures. For fans of the Sov...