Count Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy) joins an expedition in the Himalayas to try and shed light on whether the Yeti exists. It is during this that he is bitten by cannibalistic nymphs and because of this, he is turned into a werewolf. Or something. The Werewolf and the Yeti is a beautiful film to look …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 38- The Werewolf and the Yeti (1975)
Probably Argento's best movie in my opinion. A successful writer Peter Neal is visiting Rome from America. He becomes aware that a serial killer is on the loose and strongly influenced by his work. This film is staggeringly good. Prepare to be astounded by the tracking shot of the outside of the apartment block- one …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 37- Tenebrae (1982)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 36- SS Experiment Camp (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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 35- Snuff (1976)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 34- Night of the Demon (1980)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 33- Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
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. …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 32- Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 31- Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 30- Madhouse (1981)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 1- Day 29- Love Camp 7 (1969)
Meathook Cinema 