Anthology horror comes to the world of shot-on-video entertainment with 1997's "Guilty Pleasures." Directors Joe Zaso and Joseph F. Parda bring a pair of short stories to life with "Nocturnal Emissions" and "Method to the Madness," which lean toward a "Twilight Zone"-style approach to twists and terror, but mostly serve as a way for the helmers to celebrate the work of Dario Argento and deliver some sexploitation. It's a double feature of sorts, but the material certainly doesn't earn the run time, with the filmmakers generally ignoring the art of editing as they drag out simple ideas for psychological breakdowns, believing the longer the movie, the better it is. That's not the case here, as some genuine SOV ambition is slowly buried by punishing overlength. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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