Another serious contender for the title of 'The Most Controversial Video Nasty' (the film shared that title with The Evil Dead). And whilst the film does have its shocking moments of lurid horror (yes, involving an electric drill), this is more a slow and meticulous study into alienation, the descent into madness and mental illness amidst …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 16- The Driller Killer (1979)
Four youngsters go camping. But there’s someone or something bumping people off. As you’ve probably guessed, we’re in slasher territory here. Don’t Go In The Woods earned particular notoriety during the Video Nasties moral panic. Would this film be so horrific and depraved that it could turn viewers into mindless killers?! Of course not. This is another …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 15- Don’t Go In The Woods (1981)
This Spanish/Italian/German production is directed by Jesus Franco under the pseudonym Clifford Brown. It concerns a young model/actress who is scouting for locations in South America but is then kidnapped. A Vietnam vet is sent in to find her, which is perilous as there are cannibals in that part of the world. This film is …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 14- The Devil Hunter (1980)
Marcos, a slaughterhouse worker, accidentally kills a taxi driver which sets into effect a domino effect of further murders. The original title of this Spanish film is La Semana Del Asesino which translates as Week of the Killer. The title The Cannibal Man is a bit misleading as there's no cannibalism herein (sorry to disappoint). …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 13- The Cannibal Man (1972)
A group of three documentary makers have gone missing in the Amazon whilst filming a documentary on cannibalism. Harold Monroe, an anthropologist, leads a team into the same terrain to try and find them. Cannibal Holocaust was massively controversial upon its release and was also identified as one of the more 'problematic' films on the …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 12- Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Three students decide to go to the Amazonian jungle to try and disprove cannibalism. However, they encounter two drug and emerald smugglers who are forcing a local tribe to harvest cocaine for them and treating them very badly in the process. The local tribe take revenge against their oppressors and the students get to see …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 11- Cannibal Ferox (1981)
The film starts in Vietnam with a soldier, Hooper finding two colleagues in a pit waiting to be freed. However, on trying to accomplish this he sees that they are eating human flesh as they are infected with a virus that turns people into cannibals. As if this wasn't bad enough, he is then bitten …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 10- Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
Cropsey, a summer camp caretaker is burnt alive as an unfortunate consequence of a prank that goes horribly wrong. After five years he returns to the summer camp with vengeance in mind. This is the slasher movie that helped form Miramax Films and gave a young Harvey Weinstein a career as a film producer. The movie was …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 9- The Burning (1981)
Reviewing the Video Nasties is like travelling down a long and winding road with stops at unexpected destinations on the way. I hadn't seen Bloody Moon before and was wondering what kind of horror film it would be. It turns out that it's a slasher film. This Jesus Franco film concerns Miguel, who has a …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 8- Bloody Moon (1981)
Three sets of women and their husbands are asked to spend three days in their late father's house in a secluded location before his will is read. But the people there to look after them seem very odd indeed, especially a very creepy man called Colin who the audience has seen kill two people earlier …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 7- Blood Rites (1968)
Meathook Cinema 