This shocker involves a couple of nut jobs who kidnap young women and keep them in their basement for their own twisted amusement. Yes, some of this is sexual. The pair of kidnappers are very close to their domineering mother. This Don Jones film is very sleazy and a clear example of the era in …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 1- Abducted (1973)
A gangster carries out a diamond heist but is then killed by his moll (Lina Romay) who is then incarcerated because of her actions. This is Jesus Franco's entry into the 'women in prison' sub-genre. All of the necessary ingredients are here- nudity, lesbianism, sadistic wardens, creepy guards who ply the women with ciggies for …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 32- Women Behind Bars (1975)
A far-out and thoroughly groovy tale of the swinging scene of 1970's California. But also a disturbing tale of childhood abuse. Molly has fantasies of tying up men that also involves the use of razors. Two American Football stars are found butchered. Could Molly be responsible? Have her fantasises started to overlap with reality? The …
This infamous film from 1978 starts with an anonymous man wearing a balaclava and going on a killing spree. He uses a different tool for each murder such as an electric drill, a screwdriver and nail gun. But then events take a bizarre twist as we get to see who the killer is and...to tell …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 28- The Toolbox Murders (1978)
George, an antique dealer from Manchester, travels to the countryside for a weekend getaway. On his journey, he meets Edna,who accidentally reverses her car into his motorbike. The two discover that a nearby agricultural experiment involving ultrasonic radiation is causing the dead to rise from their graves as flesh-eating zombies. This Spanish-Italian production is actually …
Or Last House on the Left On A Train. Two young teenagers cross paths (or tracks) with a trio who degradate and sexually humiliate them. One of them is accidentally killed, the other jumps from the train to escape her captors. The trio then find themselves at the home of one of the teenagers. Revenge …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 19- Late Night Trains (1975)
Killer Nun's narrative centres around Sister Gertrude who has just returned to the hospital in which she works after having a brain tumour removed. She is convinced that her tumour has returned, however. Following her surgery she also starts to lead a double life. She travels into the city and seeks men to have sex …
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A woman, Magdalene (Elke Sommer) is shown being bludgeoned about the head. The rest of the film takes place in a courtroom in which her husband is on trial for the murder. Witnesses testify that the deceased had tried to get her husband bumped off and vice versa. But was her husband actually guilty of …
A young female singer finds herself in a house in which a young man has just slaughtered his entire family. On seeing her, it becomes apparent that he is going to kill her too. Thankfully she is armed and so kills him in self-defence. Unfortunately for her, the police arrive and presume that she has …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 15- Human Experiments (1979)
Two scientists try to master the tricky subect of immortality. But instead they create zombies who can only stay alive by staying cool. Yes, that really is the plot. There are shots of the zombies recharging in deep freeze units. Everything about Frozen Scream (geddit?!) is just as bonkers as the plot. The frankly bizarre …
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Meathook Cinema 