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)
The son of a mafia kingpin goes to Hollywood and ensues in a bloody rampage to get what he wants. Leading actor Duke Mitchell also wrote, produced and directed Massacre Mafia Style. Whilst the film’s detractors may describe the movie as a Temu Godfather, this is way too uncharitable. Yes, the use of non-actors sometimes …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 26- Massacre Mafia Style (1974)
A Vietnam vet, part-time glamour photographer and bodybuilder is bumping off women in Los Angeles. He regularly rings a talk radio show and appears obsessed with the female host. He also holds quasi-religious ceremonies and has angry conversations with his deceased father. Don’t Answer The Phone! is a nasty, gritty and sleazy piece of film-making. …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 21- Don’t Answer The Phone! (1980)
Brutes and Savges is a mondo movie in which intrepid 'world explorer' Arthur Davis documents the extremeties of life in Africa and South America. We get to see animal sacrifices, tribal fights, man vs deadly animal and more... I'm loving that some reviews state that some of this supposed documentary are staged. Of course they …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 7- Brutes and Savages (1978)
An ex-convict (played by director Paul Naschy) enters a village looking for work. He becomes a handyman at a farm owned by two sisters- one with a prosthetic hand and one who is, erm, very flirtatious towards him. He seems tormented with nightmares of him strangling women. Murders start to happen in the village around …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 6- Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1973)
A clerk who has been left deaf and dumb after a childhood with an abusive father, has an obession with the dead. He regularly breaks into mortuaries and starts to take souvenirs such as eyeballs. This escalates with him wanting to drink the blood of the dead. After his neighbour dies who he has a …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 4- Blood Lust (1977)
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)
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)
Or Last House on the Left On A Train. Two young teenagers cross paths (or tracks) with a trio who degradate and sexually humiliate them. One of them is accidentally killed, the other jumps from the train to escape her captors. The trio then find themselves at the home of one of the teenagers. Revenge …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 19- Late Night Trains (1975)
Killer Nun's narrative centres around Sister Gertrude who has just returned to the hospital in which she works after having a brain tumour removed. She is convinced that her tumour has returned, however. Following her surgery she also starts to lead a double life. She travels into the city and seeks men to have sex …
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Meathook Cinema 