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)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 27- Terror Eyes (1981)
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)
Meathook Cinema 