A group of students stay on campus over Christmas to clean out an old dormitory. They are rewarded by being stalked and killed by a killer. This slasher is pretty much textbook stuff. Some gory kills (the janitor who is killed with a drill was problematic for the BBFC) which aren’t executed all that well, …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 23- Pranks (1981)
A couple are going through a divorce in Berlin. But this isn't Kramer vs Kramer. I know this plot summary is basic, to say the least, but a) once you see the film, you'll know why this plot has been reduced to one line, and b) I don't want to ruin any surprises for you. …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 22- Possession (1981)
A young child is orphaned and so he is raised by his aunt. When she kills a workman who is working at her house, the police try to work out if her pleas of self-defence are real or not. She also seems hellbent on keeping her nephew with her, at all costs. Wow. There's a …
A young man travels from Rome to New York to investigate his sister's disappearance after she was living in the same apartment building where an ancient witch resided. This was Argento's second instalment of his much lauded 'Three Mothers' trilogy. All of the Giallo elements are here, as are Argento's striking visuals as a backdrop …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 17- Inferno (1980)
A double date decide to investigate a travelling carnival that has just come into town. After strolling around the different attractions, they decide to hide overnight in the actual funhouse (like a ghost ride) which is on the grounds of the carnival. The Funhouse starts out so well with the carnival and the people who …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 14- The Funhouse (1981)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 13- Frozen Scream (1975)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 12- The Evil Dead (1981)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 9- Don’t Go In The House (1980)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 5- Dead and Buried (1981)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 4- Contamination (1980)
