A group of students stay on campus over Christmas to clean out an old dormitory. They are rewarded by being stalked and killed by a killer. This slasher is pretty much textbook stuff. Some gory kills (the janitor who is killed with a drill was problematic for the BBFC) which aren’t executed all that well, …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 23- Pranks (1981)
A couple are going through a divorce in Berlin. But this isn't Kramer vs Kramer. I know this plot summary is basic, to say the least, but a) once you see the film, you'll know why this plot has been reduced to one line, and b) I don't want to ruin any surprises for you. …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 22- Possession (1981)
A young child is orphaned and so he is raised by his aunt. When she kills a workman who is working at her house, the police try to work out if her pleas of self-defence are real or not. She also seems hellbent on keeping her nephew with her, at all costs. Wow. There's a …
George, an antique dealer from Manchester, travels to the countryside for a weekend getaway. On his journey, he meets Edna,who accidentally reverses her car into his motorbike. The two discover that a nearby agricultural experiment involving ultrasonic radiation is causing the dead to rise from their graves as flesh-eating zombies. This Spanish-Italian production is actually …
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 18- Killer Nun (1979)
A young man travels from Rome to New York to investigate his sister's disappearance after she was living in the same apartment building where an ancient witch resided. This was Argento's second instalment of his much lauded 'Three Mothers' trilogy. All of the Giallo elements are here, as are Argento's striking visuals as a backdrop …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 17- Inferno (1980)
A woman, Magdalene (Elke Sommer) is shown being bludgeoned about the head. The rest of the film takes place in a courtroom in which her husband is on trial for the murder. Witnesses testify that the deceased had tried to get her husband bumped off and vice versa. But was her husband actually guilty of …
A young female singer finds herself in a house in which a young man has just slaughtered his entire family. On seeing her, it becomes apparent that he is going to kill her too. Thankfully she is armed and so kills him in self-defence. Unfortunately for her, the police arrive and presume that she has …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 15- Human Experiments (1979)
A double date decide to investigate a travelling carnival that has just come into town. After strolling around the different attractions, they decide to hide overnight in the actual funhouse (like a ghost ride) which is on the grounds of the carnival. The Funhouse starts out so well with the carnival and the people who …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 14- The Funhouse (1981)
Meathook Cinema 