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 …
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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 …
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Two scientists try to master the tricky subect of immortality. But instead they create zombies who can only stay alive by staying cool. Yes, that really is the plot. There are shots of the zombies recharging in deep freeze units. Everything about Frozen Scream (geddit?!) is just as bonkers as the plot. The frankly bizarre …
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The Evil Dead is just as infamous for the furore surrounding the film as it is for the actual content. I grew up in the midst of the Video Nasties storm in a teacup in which the Tory government led by Herr Thatcher thought that the commoners who watched certain horror movies would grab a …
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A new nurse arrives at an isolated insane asylum after a doctor is killed. There she starts to experience the lives of the inmates and sees that sinister occurrances are taking place. Don't Look in the Basement is a slow-burn. It's a perfect film when you don't want the instant jump scares or gory thrills …
From IMDB- ‘Two siblings cursed in prehistoric times survive for millennia by feasting on the entrails of young people, prowling in what eventually becomes a park in contemporary Los Angeles.’ My initial thought on viewing this film is, 'What the hell have I just watched?!' This is probably the only time I’ll see a screen …
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Donny is a very damaged person. After an incident at work sees one of his colleagues set himself on fire, we see Danny freeze with terror at the incident. This is explained through flashbacks. We see that as a boy his mother used to punish him by burning his forearms. When he returns home from …
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Delirium centres around Charlie, a silent killing machine who we see kill one person and then instantly move onto the next. But why is he doing this? We find out that Charlie is a Vietnam vet who has been hired by extremists to clean up the streets. Except he's gone berserk and started killing anyone …
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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 …
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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)
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