The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 36- SS Experiment Camp (1976)

Pervy goings-on in a concentration camp between hairy men and hairy women. The camp is run by Colonel von Kleiben who lost his testicles to a Russian woman and is looking for replacements. Yes, that really is the plot. SS Experiment Camp was massively controversial during the Video Nasties moral panic and was regularly named …

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The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 35- Snuff (1976)

Take a very mediocre movie. Apply an 'edgy' and highly questionable marketing campaign to try and sell it to the public. Step back and see what happens. Starlet Terry London and her producer visit a country in South America. Unfortunately, they cross paths with a female junkie biker gang who kill the starlet and several …

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The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 34- Night of the Demon (1980)

A man awakens in a hospital bed to tell of his ordeals against a Bigfoot-type creature that himself and the rest of the researchers he was with were investigating. None of his colleagues survived. The film then goes back in time to recall events. Night of the Demon has bad acting, cheap effects and a …

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The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 33- Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)

Night of the Bloody Apes ia a 1969 Mexican horror film directed by Rene Cardona and Jerald Intrator. A doctor transplants a gorilla's heart into his son's body to try and cure his lukemia. This turns the son into a murderous and very nubile half-man, half-ape type hybrid who wreaks havoc. Night of the Bloody …

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The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 32- Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)

George Tatum has spent years in a psychiatric hospital but is judged to be fit for release after taking experimental drugs which 'reprogramme' murderers. He was originally placed in the facility after he had murdered a whole family but after being released, he disappears. He drives from New York to Florida where his ex-wife resides. …

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The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 31- Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)

There’s a serial killer on the loose in New Orleans where it’s time for the annual Mardi Gras. But, in fact, this isn’t *quite* the case. Only the last act of the film takes place in the Mardi Gras. Also, the hulking supernatural shadowy figure in the video artwork, resplendent with glowing eyes and straight …

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The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 30- Madhouse (1981)

Beware- there are spoilers ahead. A woman finds that she’s being stalked by her murderous twin sister who has escaped from her psychiatric hospital. This is just before their joint birthday. The opening scene of Madhouse is a shocker with one sister rocking the other in a rocking chair and then out of nowhere, bashing …

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The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 29- Love Camp 7 (1969)

Two female army agents go undercover in a Nazi concentration camp to gain information- WITH HILARIOUS CONSEQUENCES!!! (Just kidding). Lee Frost's Love Camp 7 is the first of the so-called Naziploitation genre (a dubious honour) and whilst it may have been controversial for the time, it's pretty tame when compared to the other genre entries …

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The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 28- Last House on the Left (1972)

Two teenage girls venture into the big bad city to go to a concert. They try to score some pot but quickly discover that the gang they are trying to score from are, in fact, a gang of psychopaths. As expected, things go from bad to worse for the girls as they are humiliated, tortured …

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The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 27- Island of Death (1976)

You know those films that are so predictable that they have you saying 'I knew that was going to happen'? Island of Death is the exact opposite of those kind of movies. A British couple arrive on the island of Mykonos with only one thing in mind- seducing the locals then dispatching of them whilst one …

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