A scientist is carrying out experiments on young people and through a kind of ‘Pavlov’s Dogs’- style conditioning, making them into murderers. Strange Behavior was billed as a 1981 slasher movie when I looked into it. It’s so much more than that. The movie has a 50’s Americana vibe to it, both visually and thematically …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 16- Strange Behavior (1981)
Grave robbers open an ancient tomb that contains gold but also just so happens to be cursed. Add to the mix some vapid fashion photographers and models from New York who are in Egypt for a photoshoot and you have gory fun fun fun! This 1981 film is very low-budget but enjoyable enough. I quite …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 15- Dawn of the Mummy (1981)
I first heard of this Yuletide horror flick as John Waters spoke about it as being his favourite seasonal cinematic shocker. With such high praise from The Prince of Puke, I later heard it was being shown at a local cinema in Sydney, Australia, where I lived for a year (it was actually shown as …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 12- Christmas Evil (1980)
From Wikipedia- ‘Jeremy Taylor is traveling through the Amazon rivers along with his wife and daughter when his boat gets attacked by some Indigenous cannibals who eat his wife Elisabeth and take Jeremy prisoner. The little girl Léna manages to hide inside the boat, even though the cannibal witch doctor and his son Yakeké find …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 9- Cannibal World (1980)
A flute-playing serial killer is inexplicably psychically linked with a disabled young girl after a blood transfusion (!) As you can tell from the plot outline, this film is batshit bonkers but I quite like that. I prefer the crazy shit that thinks outside the box rather than dishing up lukewarm generic rubbish. Something else …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 5- Blood Song (1982)
A married man, Larry rents a room in a beautiful house in the Hollywood Hills for his extra-marital trysts. Unfortunately, the brother and sister (Bridget and Jason) he rents it from are selecting victims to drain of their blood for the brother's medical condition which requires fresh blood to be regularly transfused into him. The …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 3- The Black Room (1982)
Astronauts return to Earth to find that World War 3 has taken place in their absence. Biological and nuclear warfare has obliterated Los Angeles. They have to contend with mutants and a gang of bandits led by Cutter (Sid Haig). I remember The Aftermath when it was rereleased in 1988 as Zombie Aftermath and had …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 2- The Aftermath (1982)
In a laboratory in Papua New Guinea, an experimental new gas is accidentally released turning the workers there into flesh-craving zombies. An intrepid news reporter arrives with her crew to investigate. The influence here to Dawn of the Dead is loud and clear. For one, they use parts of Goblin's iconic score for the soundtrack! …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 33- Zombie Creeping Flesh (1980)
Some of my favourite childhood memories involved me being in a local video shop (and there were quite a few in my area) and poring over the lurid and sleazy artwork for the horror movies. In the 80’s video shops were like art galleries for weirdos and I was (and proudly still am) one of …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 30- Visiting Hours (1981)
Three women are travelling to a music festival but crash their car. They awake in the isolated mansion of an elderly matriarch and her daughter. I love this film and not just because I found it in Poundland of all places. This is a chiller that keeps you guessing until the shocking and completely nutty …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 29- Unhinged (1982)
Meathook Cinema 