There's a killer doing the rounds in Boston, clad in black leather and donning a black motorcycle helmet who uses a curved machete to behead people. Terror Eyes aka Night School was made by Lorimar Productions who also brought us The Waltons and, erm, Cruising. There's lots of similarities with giallo films within Terror Eyes …
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The infamous video nasty that was banned in the SS Thatcher days of 80’s Britain. It’s a solid effort with great gore and decent suspense as two couples go to an island for a vacation. I loved the lead character who feels like she’s been having nightmares all her life about the place she’s just …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 26- The Slayer (1982)
You have a hit exploitation film. You want to shoot a sequel but on the cheap. How do you do this? You begin with credits that are literally words written with dripping red ink on sheets of paper and hold them up for the start of the movie (it doesn't matter that you can see …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 25- Revenge of the Bogeyman (1983)
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)
Meathook Cinema 