I first saw this classic when I was a late teen and studying for my A-levels in college in 1994. My friend taped this for me on the same tape as Last House on the Left. With it being copied from a copy the picture and audio were crappy but somehow this added to the …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 74- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Hundreds of years ago, a witch, Mad Dolly (!) is almost executed but escapes this by invoking the devil (it pays to have friends in high places) and curses the family, The Garricks, for trying to have her burnt at the stake. Fast forward to the present day (well, the late 70’s) and the last …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 73- Terror (1978)
Suzy Bannion has travelled from America to a very prestigious dance academy in Germany. Bizarre events happen right from the get-go, and Suzy is sure that there is more than meets the eye at the academy. Where do I even begin with Dario Argento's Suspiria? Maybe by saying that it's perfect. Every aspect of it …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 72- Suspiria (1977)
A company, Interzod, run by an astrologer, prepares themselves for the second coming of Christ or conversely, the Anti-Christ. They know this because of their analysis of zodiac signs and dates of birth. As you may have gathered by this synopsis, this isn’t your average exploitation film. This is a student film by James Glickenhaus …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 70- The Astrologer (1975)
Sadistic killer Nanni Vitali escapes from prison with three accomplices. They embark on an orgy of murder, kidnapping, r*pe and violence. However, police inspector Giulio Santini is hot on their heels. Street Killers aka The Mad Dog Killer is a Eurocrime film that is very violent indeed (an indcation why it features on the Section …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 69- Street Killers (1977)
I first remember hearing about the film Scanners when home video first appeared on the scene here in the UK. A lot of the businesses with a selection of rentable videos in the early days weren't exclusively video shops. There was a shop near my school called Clockmakers (which is weird as it was a …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 66- Scanners (1981)
After a horrific motorcycle accident, Rose Miller awakens from a coma in the mysterious Keloid Clinic that specialises in plastic surgery. She now has an insatiable thirst for blood and a 'stinger' in her armpit that she uses to 'feed' off the blood of other humans. This, in turn, transforms them into rabid zombies. Rabid …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 63- Rabid (1977)
There’s Nazi gold hidden in a desert oasis. Unfortunately, it’s being guarded by zombies. Jesus Franco directs this remake of Zombie Lake which was made the previous year (fastest remake EVER!) with Jean Rollin at the helm when Franco couldn’t direct due to other commitments. God this film is dull. Shots which are obviously too …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 57- Oasis of the Zombies (1982)
A mysterious radiation thought to have been brought back to Earth after a space probe to Venus, is bringing the dead back to life to feast on the living. A young woman named Barbara is visiting her dead father's grave with her brother Johnny when... This film has so much of a great reputation amongst …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 55- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
An alien spacecraft is hit by an asteroid and forced to crash land on Earth, and in Maryland, of all places! It’s soon established that the occupant of the vessel doesn’t come in peace! 1982 was a big year when it came to alien movies. There were friendly extra terrestrials (erm, E.T.) who were a …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 54- Nightbeast (1982)
