The Evil Dead is just as infamous for the furore surrounding the film as it is for the actual content. I grew up in the midst of the Video Nasties storm in a teacup in which the Tory government led by Herr Thatcher thought that the commoners who watched certain horror movies would grab a …
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A new nurse arrives at an isolated insane asylum after a doctor is killed. There she starts to experience the lives of the inmates and sees that sinister occurrances are taking place. Don't Look in the Basement is a slow-burn. It's a perfect film when you don't want the instant jump scares or gory thrills …
From IMDB- ‘Two siblings cursed in prehistoric times survive for millennia by feasting on the entrails of young people, prowling in what eventually becomes a park in contemporary Los Angeles.’ My initial thought on viewing this film is, 'What the hell have I just watched?!' This is probably the only time I’ll see a screen …
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Donny is a very damaged person. After an incident at work sees one of his colleagues set himself on fire, we see Danny freeze with terror at the incident. This is explained through flashbacks. We see that as a boy his mother used to punish him by burning his forearms. When he returns home from …
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Delirium centres around Charlie, a silent killing machine who we see kill one person and then instantly move onto the next. But why is he doing this? We find out that Charlie is a Vietnam vet who has been hired by extremists to clean up the streets. Except he's gone berserk and started killing anyone …
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Umberto Lenzi's film has gone by many different names with Mondo Cannibale and Sacrifice! being but two of them. But it was when it was released on UK video as Deep River Savages that it gained controversy during the Video Nasties furore. This was actually one of the few Video Nasties I had never seen …
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A psychopathic hotel owner (Neville Brand) feeds unruly guests to his pet crocodile who lives next to his building. This was the film Tobe Hooper made after his masterpiece, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre so, no pressure there then. Just as TCM had a kind of raw realism to it, as if actual events were …
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The locals of a coastal town seem to be en masse psychotic, as we witness outsiders being slaughtered by them. The local sheriff and coroner both set out to find answers as to what’s happening. Dead and Buried is a true one-off. It incorporates elements of The Fog, The Stepford Wives and the work of …
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A boat sails into New York containing what appears to be innocuous boxes of coffee. However they actually contain alien eggs that cause people to explode when a change in heat cause the eggs to emit their contents. Yes, this is a cheap Italian Alien rip-off but it's darn entertaining nonetheless. There might be considerable …
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A couple of criminals kidnap a girl who's family are very wealthy. They hide her in a friends house in the jungle which is populated by cannibalistic tribespeople. Cannibal Terror is a rare entry into this specific sub-genre in that it's actually a French production rather than Italian. The plot also dips it's toe into …
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