The Last Horror Film aka Fanatic was a film that I was always intrigued by but was one of those horror films I just hadn’t gotten around to seeing for reasons unknown. That was until yesterday. I found the film on a cheap DVD in a charity shop and so thought 'What the hell' and …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 42- The Last Horror Film (1982)
Druids invade a small town, looking for a rare blood type to resurrect their leader. Invasion of the Blood Farmers is a freaky, almost psychedelic early 70’s film that has the garish colour palates of the clothing of the era. I loved the depiction of something out of the ordinary infiltrating the humdrum life of …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 40- Invasion of the Blood Farmers (1972)
I had heard so many great things about this movie, the risque British Alien rip-off that stood on it's own as a great piece of cult filmmaking. I was expecting a Galaxy of Terror type film. Boy, was I wrong! Inseminoid smacks of a quick buck being made on the back of Alien with the …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 39- Inseminoid (1981)
A PCP-addicted bodybuilder escapes from an asylum that he was placed in after he butchered his parents years before. He descends on a ranch in which a group of friends are celebrating Thanksgiving and terrorises them. Sometimes I know that I’m going to hate a film with a passion within the first couple of minutes. …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 37- Home Sweet Home (1981)
An artist, Arthur, is robbing a woman’s apartment. She is asleep on her bed but the noise he’s making wakes her up. All she can find to defend herself is a spoon (!) which she uses to gouge one of his eyes out with. With now only one eye, Arthur becomes obsessed with gouging out …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 34- Headless Eyes (1971)
A runner, Laura, literally drops dead after winning a 200-meter race. Her sister, who is in the Navy, comes to town for the graduation ceremony in which her sister will be honoured. A killer then starts bumping off Laura's teammates. But who is this murderer and what is their motive? I still can't believe that …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 32- Graduation Day (1981)
Alice, the final girl from the first Friday the 13th, is murdered by an assailant two months after this initial spate of murders. It’s not hard to guess who this is as Alice had just found Mrs Voorhees’ severed head in her fridge. A new bunch of counsellors are arriving at a camp close to …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 30- Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Being the first of the popular horror franchise, the successful formula hadn't been established yet. Hence the first Friday the 13th movie contains certain elements that we don't find in the other films. We have quirky characters at a diner, the funny sheriff and likeable teens whose characters are fully fleshed out. We don't wish …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 29- Friday The 13th (1980)
Pam Grier stars as the lead character who takes on a gang of drug dealers after they kill her undercover cop boyfriend. Foxy Brown has so much going for it- Grier who is fantastic in the lead, Antonio Fargos (yes, Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch), a great soundtrack (that was released on Motown) and …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 28- Foxy Brown (1974)
A killer stalks a high school. And thats the plot. This is a cookie cutter slasher film. The only interesting thing about this movie is it's historical value as an atypical sub-genre piece. You get to see the sheer rubbish that was made to generate ticket sales and box office. Movies with no artistic merit …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 27- Final Exam (1981)
Meathook Cinema 