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"Jeremy works at the Video Hut in Nevada, Iowa. It́ђةs a small town in the center of the statéђإthe first a in Nevada pronounced ay. This is the late 1990s, and even if the Hollywood Video in Ames poses an existential threat to Video Hut, there are still regular customers, a rush in the late afternoon. It́ђةs good enough for Jeremy: it́ђةs a job, quiet and predictable, and it gets him out of the house, where he lives with his dad and where they both try to avoid missing Mom, who died six years ago in a car wreck. But when a local schoolteacher comes in to return her copy of Targetśђإan old movie, starring Boris Karloff, one Jeremy himself had ordered for the storéђإshe has an odd complaint: zTheréђةs something on it,y she says, but doesńђةt elaborate. Two days later, a different customer returns a different tape, a new release, and says it́ђةs not defective, exactly, but altered: zTheréђةs another movie on this tape.y Jeremy doesńђةt want to be curious, but he brings the movies home to take a look. And, indeed, in the middle of each movie, the screen blinks dark for a moment and the movie is replaced by a few minutes of jagged, poorly lit home video. The scenes are odd and sometimes violent, dark, and deeply disquieting. There are no identifiable faces, no dialogue or explanatiońђإthe first video has just the faint sound of someone breathinǵђإ but there are some recognizable landmarks. These have been shot just outside of town."--Dust jacket.
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