Umberto Lenzi's film has gone by many different names with Mondo Cannibale and Sacrifice! being but two of them. But it was when it was released on UK video as Deep River Savages that it gained controversy during the Video Nasties furore. This was actually one of the few Video Nasties I had never seen …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 7- Deep River Savages (1972)
A psychopathic hotel owner (Neville Brand) feeds unruly guests to his pet crocodile who lives next to his building. This was the film Tobe Hooper made after his masterpiece, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre so, no pressure there then. Just as TCM had a kind of raw realism to it, as if actual events were …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 6- Death Trap (1976)
The locals of a coastal town seem to be en masse psychotic, as we witness outsiders being slaughtered by them. The local sheriff and coroner both set out to find answers as to what’s happening. Dead and Buried is a true one-off. It incorporates elements of The Fog, The Stepford Wives and the work of …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 5- Dead and Buried (1981)
A boat sails into New York containing what appears to be innocuous boxes of coffee. However they actually contain alien eggs that cause people to explode when a change in heat cause the eggs to emit their contents. Yes, this is a cheap Italian Alien rip-off but it's darn entertaining nonetheless. There might be considerable …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 4- Contamination (1980)
A couple of criminals kidnap a girl who's family are very wealthy. They hide her in a friends house in the jungle which is populated by cannibalistic tribespeople. Cannibal Terror is a rare entry into this specific sub-genre in that it's actually a French production rather than Italian. The plot also dips it's toe into …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 3- Cannibal Terror (1980)
This film begins with the vile abuse of a small boy and his sister after they spied on their mother getting it on with her boyfriend. After Willy is tied up and gagged on a bed, his sister Lacey grabs a huge butcher knife, cuts the ropes that are holding her brother to the bed …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 2- The Boogey Man (1980)
BEWARE- There are spoilers herein. This 1981 Lucio Fulci film centres around a young woman called Lisa Merril who arrives in Louisiana from New York as she has been left a hotel as part of an inheritance and which she hopes to renovate. Several unexplained events happen however. She then learns that the hotel is …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 1- The Beyond (1981)
A boat sails into New York but the only person onboard happens to be a morbidly obese zombie who seems to be pissed off and hungry. The daughter of the boat’s owner decides to venture to where her father had been, a Caribbean island called Matul. She takes along with her a journalist who smells …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 39- Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Count Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy) joins an expedition in the Himalayas to try and shed light on whether the Yeti exists. It is during this that he is bitten by cannibalistic nymphs and because of this, he is turned into a werewolf. Or something. The Werewolf and the Yeti is a beautiful film to look …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 38- The Werewolf and the Yeti (1975)
Probably Argento's best movie in my opinion. A successful writer Peter Neal is visiting Rome from America. He becomes aware that a serial killer is on the loose and strongly influenced by his work. This film is staggeringly good. Prepare to be astounded by the tracking shot of the outside of the apartment block- one …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 37- Tenebrae (1982)
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