Category: video nasties

The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 2- Anthropophagus The Beast (1980)

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A group of tourists explore the Greek Islands. Unfortunately, someone or something starts bumping them off. There's so much to love about Joe D'Amato's Anthropophagus The Beast. Firstly, it delivers. The film's reputation is one of extreme gore and about it being utterly disgusting. And, thankfully, it is, which is perfect for horror fans. How …

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The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 1- Absurd (1981)

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Absurd opens with lead character, Nikos Tanoupoulos, being pursued by a priest. Nikos tries to climb over a wrought iron fence but accidentally impales himself on the spikes on top of the fence and is rushed to hospital. As he seems to get over his surgery and injuries in record time, it is established that, …

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