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)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 13- Frozen Scream (1975)
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 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- The Dropped 33- Day 12- The Evil Dead (1981)
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 …
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