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VHS Trash #10
Get Off My Plane!
Former all-American Green Beret soldier, now flight attendant, Cole Steele, is loving his new career when a situation onboard the plane puts a spin on things. Twenty-four terrorists of the feared Red Crescent Sabers have hijacked an international flight, and what they don't realize, is Cole Steele is on duty, and he won't stop at anything until the plane is safely grounded, the passengers safe, and the terrorists zipped away in body bags.
261 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 24, 2025
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July 13, 2025
The first book I have read by Berry and it was pretty nice. Like the name implies, VHS Trash, it is good and trashy. Lots of action at 40 thousand feet. The only difference with this and those movies and books of the 80's is that there are very little racial slurs thrown at the Middle Eastern hi-jackers. Like a lot of authors in this genre, Mr. Berry has a tasteless way with words.
March 23, 2025
Brian Berry goes all in on the gory, violent carnage in this homage to the over-the-top 80s and 90s action movies, and he's refined his style even further, slicing out some of his more dense prose without losing any of his descriptive flair in this slice of action-splatter.
Cole Steele is a former commando turned flight attendant who jumps back into action when stereotypical Middle Eastern terrorists seize his jumbo jet on a trans-Atlantic flight and begin murderfying the passengers. That's your plot. Nothing deeper than the notes taken on a movie producer's napkin during their lunch/coke binge. And that's fine, because what Berry does best is slaughter, and that's on display here, with violence and gore befitting his splatterpunk roots.
The descriptions of bloodletting are intense and graphic and the pace is relentless. Each chapter is packed with vivid carnage, to a point where it almost gets repetitive, but he's also adept at mixing it up, going full lunatic in the finale, with a setpiece that includes a fight on the wing of a plane in mid-flight and a literal mountain of bodies.
The constant killing does highlight the only real downside to the proceedings, which is that the stakes feel low because everything is so cartoonish. The only named characters among the passenger list don't survive the chapters they are introduced in and the violence has less impact due to that.
By the end, the whole thing begins to lean heavily into near-parody territory and that was a lot of fun. I wish the early parts had done the same, because it would compliment that cartoon mentality very well. I found that self-aware finale to be the most fun aspect of the book because it fully embraced the schlock standards of comedy and carnage.
This is splatter-action at some of its most fun.
Cole Steele is a former commando turned flight attendant who jumps back into action when stereotypical Middle Eastern terrorists seize his jumbo jet on a trans-Atlantic flight and begin murderfying the passengers. That's your plot. Nothing deeper than the notes taken on a movie producer's napkin during their lunch/coke binge. And that's fine, because what Berry does best is slaughter, and that's on display here, with violence and gore befitting his splatterpunk roots.
The descriptions of bloodletting are intense and graphic and the pace is relentless. Each chapter is packed with vivid carnage, to a point where it almost gets repetitive, but he's also adept at mixing it up, going full lunatic in the finale, with a setpiece that includes a fight on the wing of a plane in mid-flight and a literal mountain of bodies.
The constant killing does highlight the only real downside to the proceedings, which is that the stakes feel low because everything is so cartoonish. The only named characters among the passenger list don't survive the chapters they are introduced in and the violence has less impact due to that.
By the end, the whole thing begins to lean heavily into near-parody territory and that was a lot of fun. I wish the early parts had done the same, because it would compliment that cartoon mentality very well. I found that self-aware finale to be the most fun aspect of the book because it fully embraced the schlock standards of comedy and carnage.
This is splatter-action at some of its most fun.
February 17, 2026
Terrorists hijack flight 187, but is there someone on board who can stop them in their tracks? Maybe a cook, imprisoned former SAS member, off-duty cop, or a newly paroled Army Ranger?
No, but there is someone...Flight attendant Cole Steele. Like the aforementioned action heroes of the 80s/90s, Cole Steele has a few more tricks up his sleeve; he is former Special Forces, one of the best.
Cue mayhem, slaughter of innocents, and a general kick ass disposal of terrorists.
Observations:-
More streamlined than previous Berry works, the pages fly by (bad pun).
General Maverick (Joint Chief) insulting Saleh is pretty hilarious.
The fight on the aircraft wing between Steele and Murad is a particular highlight.
Julie Parker, leading lady, is a perfect foil for Steele.
The VHS Trash series is my favourite work of Berry's, I just wish he would do more of this work instead of concentrating on Slashers.
A great read, great pacing.
Recommended.
No, but there is someone...Flight attendant Cole Steele. Like the aforementioned action heroes of the 80s/90s, Cole Steele has a few more tricks up his sleeve; he is former Special Forces, one of the best.
Cue mayhem, slaughter of innocents, and a general kick ass disposal of terrorists.
Observations:-
More streamlined than previous Berry works, the pages fly by (bad pun).
General Maverick (Joint Chief) insulting Saleh is pretty hilarious.
The fight on the aircraft wing between Steele and Murad is a particular highlight.
Julie Parker, leading lady, is a perfect foil for Steele.
The VHS Trash series is my favourite work of Berry's, I just wish he would do more of this work instead of concentrating on Slashers.
A great read, great pacing.
Recommended.
March 4, 2025
I have read all of Brian Berry books, and now I have a new favorite. This was by far the best book written by BGB. Cole Steele is like a 80s action hero (somewhat retired). A group of terrorists take over a plane and only have 1 demand. But little do they know a man similar to rambo is on the plane to set things right. This book is very gory, lots of violent deaths, including a infant. But this is what Berry does he writes gore and violence and he is good at it. The wing battle scene although in real life, (not possible) was very realistic.
May 26, 2025
The ideal book for anyone who's ever seen a Steven Segal movie and thought, "that's the funniest thing I've ever seen."
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