Dr Frankenstein and his assistant are in the process of reanimating their creation when they are both killed by a rival who takes the creature to his lair. The doctor’s daughter reanimates her father long enough to learn that this is the work of Cagliostro and where he has taken the creation. She heads out …
Deep in Texas, people are dying in freakish ways. The mayor thinks these are accidents. His deputy thinks these might be murders and so investigates. A satanic cult is soon discovered. Enter The Devil is a slow burn and nothing to write home about. The hybrid of a Western (really!) and religious horror film is …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 23- Enter The Devil (1972)
A woman who religious elders think is a witch, is examined and a needle inserted into her body and shown to not draw blood (a huge red flag apparently). She must be a witch/demon/devil woman (to quote Cliff Richard). She then looks straight into the camera and pulls a ‘possessed’ face that made me burst …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 20- The Demons (1973)
A leather-gloved serial killer is on the loose in Rome, but David Hemming's pianist and Daria Nicolodi's journalist are on the trail to try and find out who it is. Dario Argento's Deep Red is one of his best and features several signature elements that are now synonymous with his films- the innovative direction, the …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 18- Deep Red (1975)
Harry is on his way to a country holiday home with his new ex-model girlfriend, Diane when they cross paths with a rowdy car-full of drunken yahoos who try to intimidate them. After the couple run them off the road and ruin the suspension on their car, they are tracked to their country lair with …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 17- Death Weekend (1976)
The sequel to George A Romero's Night of the Living Dead shows that the zombie epidemic has gotten much worse and society is on it's knees. Two television workers plan to escape with two SWAT team members in the TV station traffic helicopter in search of...whatever they can find that's better than their current situation. …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 14- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
I love the horror films that are unlike any other films in the genre and stand alone with their quirks and idiosyncrasies. One such film is Alice Sweet Alice. The film was actually called Communion when it premiered at numerous film festivals but was then retitled Alice Sweet Alice when it was picked up by …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 13- Communion (1976)
A young woman takes a housekeeping job. The child she’s helping to look after has supernatural powers which she uses to summon zombies to kill anyone she suspects of having killed her mother. I love creepy kids in horror movies. Rosalie in this film is fantastic. Not only does she command a trope of zombies …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 11- The Child (1977)
Jimmie, an Aborigine, feels conflicted between staying true to his ethnic roots and trying to make something of his life which entails suffering vile racism from many of the White people he encounters. This erupts in bloody fashion. Chant shows that the Powers That Be didn’t discriminate when they chose films to brand as Video …
An oil prospector goes to check on a team working in the Philippine rainforest but when he gets there finds that they’re not there. When he finds a decomposed skull, he suspects they have all been killed by nearby cannibals. This Ruggero Deodato cannibal film may not be as well known as Cannibal Holocaust but …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 8- Cannibal (1977)
Meathook Cinema 