Alex DeLarge is the leader of a gang of ‘ultra-violent’ youths who carry out beatings, r*pes and murders. When the other members of his gang turn against him, he’s caught red-handed after they have brutally attacked a woman who lives on her own. After she dies because of Alex’s actions, he is convicted of murder. …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 13- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A couple move to a coastal town where the locals are very aloof and not very friendly. This is probably because they hide a secret- every seven years they sacrifice seven women for seven nights. This is all for the Knights Templar who return to town. I first saw this intriguingly named film in Film …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 10- Night of the Seagulls (1975)
Count Dracula is ill as he needs v*rgin blood but can’t find any. He decides to travel to Italy where he learns of a family which includes four daughters. The family is broke and so they think a Count might bring them a few quid if he marries into the family and so the arrangement …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 6- Blood For Dracula (1974)
In The Realm of the Senses concerns the s*xual relationship between a hotel manager (Kichizo) and a maid (Sada). Trigger warning- this film is an arthouse film and hence, not my usual fare. There are no chainsaws, zombies or apocalyptic dystopias. But there is smut. In fact, the film was massively controversial on its original …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 2- In The Realm of the Senses (1976)
Two young women are driving home when their car breaks down. A group of hillbillies cross paths with them and **** them. They escape but then encounter a death cult who also plan to **** them and then kill them. However, the parents of one of the young women has called the police as their …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 79- Wrong Way (1972)
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)
Meathook Cinema 