I’ve always thought that the 1982 cult classic The Thing got unlucky with its rather boring and bland cover art. So I was very happy when I came across this French Video2000 ex-rental, released by CIC Video.

Among a hundred or so VHS cassettes in a box i found in the eternal sidewalk free market, was one in an oddly-unglowy box labeled "DOUBLE TAKE." When in the long slog of viewing, or at least sampling, the once-coveted clunkers i came to pop in "Double Take," i noticed (who the hell \*wouldn't\*?) the screen popped instantly to a very hard start in the middle of something, a blaring but rising/falling audio and a tilting, wow/flutter image. A funhouse followed. Throughout, laughter with occasional individual voices upfront; a continuously tilting screen (sloping upward left to right), electric storms---

MY LOCAL PANEL OF EXPERTS say this is WITHOUT DOUBT, a dupe from the gleanings of a VHS camcorder recording in a theater with audience vividly present. See it shake on the movie screen, Jimmy Deans? IT'S A KRAMER!

I'm not hot-doggin' ya!

I \*might\* trade, but only for \*Chunnel\* or \*Sack Lunch.\* Don't even bother proffering \*Death Blow\* on me. We don't see the actual death blow, not even in the one from India that only plays backward.

No cartridge-kickers. I know what i've got!

Among a hundred or so VHS cassettes in a box i found in the eternal sidewalk free market, was one in an oddly-unglowy box labeled "DOUBLE TAKE." When in the long slog of viewing, or at least sampling, the once-coveted clunkers i came to pop in "Double Take," i noticed (who the hell \*wouldn't\*?) the screen popped instantly to a very hard start in the middle of something, a blaring but rising/falling audio and a tilting, wow/flutter image. A funhouse followed. Throughout, laughter with occasional individual voices upfront; a continuously tilting screen (sloping upward left to right), electric storms---

MY LOCAL PANEL OF EXPERTS say this is WITHOUT DOUBT, a dupe from the gleanings of a VHS camcorder recording in a theater with audience vividly present. See it shake on the movie screen, Jimmy Deans? IT'S A KRAMER!

I'm not hot-doggin' ya!

I \*might\* trade, but only for \*Chunnel\* or \*Sack Lunch.\* Don't even bother proffering \*Death Blow\* on me. We don't see the actual death blow, not even in the one from India that only plays backward.

No cartridge-kickers. I know what i've got!

80s slasher film

More Blade Runner cover art from around the world can be found at r/bladezone 🍿

Same movie, just add return of the and change the cover art. No one willl know 🙄