Reviewing the Video Nasties is like travelling down a long and winding road with stops at unexpected destinations on the way. I hadn't seen Bloody Moon before and was wondering what kind of horror film it would be. It turns out that it's a slasher film. This Jesus Franco film concerns Miguel, who has a …
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A group of tourists explore the Greek Islands. Unfortunately, someone or something starts bumping them off. There's so much to love about Joe D'Amato's Anthropophagus The Beast. Firstly, it delivers. The film's reputation is one of extreme gore and about it being utterly disgusting. And, thankfully, it is, which is perfect for horror fans. How …
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Absurd opens with lead character, Nikos Tanoupoulos, being pursued by a priest. Nikos tries to climb over a wrought iron fence but accidentally impales himself on the spikes on top of the fence and is rushed to hospital. As he seems to get over his surgery and injuries in record time, it is established that, …
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I'll be reviewing all of the DPP List Section 1 films from tomorrow. The DPP list is better known as the Video Nasties list. Every day I'll review a film, working alphabetically through the list. Section 1 was the part of the DPP list that dealt with the films that had been successfully prosecuted. I'll …
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Probably Argento's best movie in my opinion. A successful writer Peter Neal is visiting Rome from America. He becomes aware that a serial killer is on the loose and strongly influenced by his work. This film is staggeringly good. Prepare to be astounded by the tracking shot of the outside of the apartment block- one …
This film is a new edit of Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond for a North American release through a distribution company called Aquarius. Whereas the extreme horror of the original would have undoubtedly ensured the dreaded X certificate in the States, this version effectively removed the gore so that an R could be granted. It worked. …
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Freaky events at a convent prompt a priest to investigate further. I knew The Other Hell would be a great film from an early scene that involved a demented nun telling an accomplice that a certain part of a woman's anatomy is the 'door to evil...the labyrinth that leads to Hell. The Devil's tools!' whilst …
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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 …
A cruel prank enacted between the mean girls of a private boarding school and their male gym teacher on a pupil called Kathy ends in disaster as she is run over and left in a coma. Through the power of her mind, her vengeful spirit possesses another girl called Eva who joins the school and …
Manhattan Baby starts in Egypt and concerns the Hacker family from New York. George is an archaeologist. His daughter, Susie, is given an amulet by a mysterious old woman. George goes to look inside a tomb and out of nowhere is blinded by blue lasers fired from inside the tomb. Because of this, George is …
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Meathook Cinema 