Daniella has been having nightmares involving herself being a female werewolf and being hunted by angry villagers. This is after she learnt that a female relative from generations before and who she resembles was actually executed for being a werewolf. She starts to become more and more like her ancestor. And I was expecting Werewolf …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 78- Werewolf Woman (1976)
Ralph and Donna are on their way to visit ‘Uncle’ who is throwing a very special kind of party for his guests. Section 3 takes a sharp left into the soft-focus world of the soft-core p*rno genre here, known in cult film parlance as ‘s*xploitation’. We get to see the gift Ralph bought Donna years …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 77- The Toy Box (1971)
I first saw this classic when I was a late teen and studying for my A-levels in college in 1994. My friend taped this for me on the same tape as Last House on the Left. With it being copied from a copy the picture and audio were crappy but somehow this added to the …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 74- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Hundreds of years ago, a witch, Mad Dolly (!) is almost executed but escapes this by invoking the devil (it pays to have friends in high places) and curses the family, The Garricks, for trying to have her burnt at the stake. Fast forward to the present day (well, the late 70’s) and the last …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 73- Terror (1978)
Suzy Bannion has travelled from America to a very prestigious dance academy in Germany. Bizarre events happen right from the get-go, and Suzy is sure that there is more than meets the eye at the academy. Where do I even begin with Dario Argento's Suspiria? Maybe by saying that it's perfect. Every aspect of it …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 72- Suspiria (1977)
A company, Interzod, run by an astrologer, prepares themselves for the second coming of Christ or conversely, the Anti-Christ. They know this because of their analysis of zodiac signs and dates of birth. As you may have gathered by this synopsis, this isn’t your average exploitation film. This is a student film by James Glickenhaus …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 70- The Astrologer (1975)
Sadistic killer Nanni Vitali escapes from prison with three accomplices. They embark on an orgy of murder, kidnapping, r*pe and violence. However, police inspector Giulio Santini is hot on their heels. Street Killers aka The Mad Dog Killer is a Eurocrime film that is very violent indeed (an indcation why it features on the Section …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 69- Street Killers (1977)
From IMDB- ‘’Three students, Tommy, Rita, and Robert, and their guides head into the jungle to study primitive tribes separated from civilization. However, the students say the one tribe they visit isn't primitive enough, and they want to find some really savages, and to locate the legendary cannibal tribe supposedly living in the area. The …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 65- Savage Terror (1978)
After a horrific motorcycle accident, Rose Miller awakens from a coma in the mysterious Keloid Clinic that specialises in plastic surgery. She now has an insatiable thirst for blood and a 'stinger' in her armpit that she uses to 'feed' off the blood of other humans. This, in turn, transforms them into rabid zombies. Rabid …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 63- Rabid (1977)
A shape-shifting alien, Kator, lands on Earth. His mission is to evaluate if earthlings are a worthy source for food for his race. After he kills an amorous couple in a car, he assumes the identity of the male and then crosses paths with a lesbian couple who live in isolation in the countryside. Wow. …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 61- Prey (1977)
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