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Hospital Massacre (X-Ray, Ward 13, Be My Valentine… or else) Review (1982) Barbi Benton gets her boobs out in rare 80’s slasher…
Being a big fan of the 1981 slasher My Bloody Valentine (not to be mixed up with the horrendous 2009 remake of the same name), there was a time when I did not consider there was room for any more… Read More ›
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Bloodbath at the House of Death (1983)
It has to be said that comedian Kenny Everett was quite an influential figure in early 80s British pop culture. The former radio show star who went on to host his own comedy/ music series- The Kenny Everett Television show-… Read More ›
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Motel Hell (1980)
‘Meat is meat, and man’s gotta eat!’… Kicking off our new season, ‘Who’s laughing now?!’, a focus on horror comedy, we start off with the little known corker Motel Hell. This film has achieved a bit of a cult following… Read More ›
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Cropsey Documentary (2009)
As I mentioned in my previous review for the 1981 slasher flick The Burning, I wanted to learn more about the urban legend which brought the shear killer Cropsy to life. This is something that I was not familiar with,… Read More ›
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The Burning (1981)
Last, but definitely not least, in our video nasty theme, is the 1981 often overlooked slasher flick The Burning. It is a shame that the garden shear wielding maniac and lead villain Cropsy is sadly left out from the great… Read More ›
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Taking a look at… Hell Girl (Jigoku Shojo) season one…
Ever had one of those days where you have felt like telling someone ‘Go to Hell!’, well with Hell Correspondence you can do just more than that, you can actually send them there. For anime and horror fans alike Hell… Read More ›
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Absurd (1981) aka Rosso Sangue, Anthropophagous 2, Horrible, The Monster Hunter
Year: 1981 Director: Joe D’Amato Cast: George Eastman, Annie Belle, Edmund Purdom, Charles Borromel Themes: Video Nasty, Slasher, Crazed Killers, Italian Gore, Obscene Publications Act, Trash Cinema BY GAV ELLINGER. Absurd (1981) is prolific Italian director Joe D’Amato’s (real name… Read More ›
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Video Nasty Review: Nightmares in a Damaged Brain aka Nightmare (1981)
Year: 1981 Director: Romano Scavolini Cast: Baird Stafford, Bill Milling, C.J. Cooke, John L. Watkins Themes:Gritty Slasher, Schizophrenia, Stalking, Golden Age Slasher, Video Nasties When it comes to video nasties they don’t get as controversial as this one. Nightmare is… Read More ›
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from Anthropophagous to Zombie Flesh Eaters – reflections from the 80’s
By Gav Ellinger. I’d always had an affection for horror since my early teens, having seen movies such as The Exorcist and The Thing at friends parties around the age of 14, both these movies stuck in my mind and… Read More ›
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Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
I’m not really a fan of censorship but I am talking about censorship of fictional works, I’m not talking about a question of banning anything real, like a real murder on camera or something but that wouldn’t be released as… Read More ›
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Island of Death (1977), they just don’t make em like this anymore!
After getting about 5 minutes into Nico Mastorakis’s Greek Exploitation film Island of Death it is not difficult to see why it was banned. It is now available on Arrow Video, in its full uncut glory, with a nice director’s… Read More ›
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Maniac (2012) movie review
BY GAV ELLINGER. Being a huge fan of the original 1980 slasher flick Maniac directed by William Lustig and the fabulous performance in said movie by the great Joe Spinell as the disturbed lead Frank Zito it was with intrepidation… Read More ›
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I fell in love with a video nasty. Thank You Mary Whitehouse!
It’s hard to imagine, with this years Hollywood rehashing of The Evil Dead, that there was a time in Britain when the owning, distributing or watching of the original Sam Raimi masterpiece was a criminal offence. It was not just… Read More ›
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Centipede Horror aka Wu Gong Zhou (1982, Hong Kong) movie review
BY GAV ELLINGER. What attracted me to Hong Kong movies initially was the total unpredictability of the plots, which could fly off in unexpected directions at any given moment, and unlike most Hollywood movies refused to follow formulaic patterns. Yes,… Read More ›
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The Night Of The Devils (1972) Blu-ray review (2013)
BY GAV ELLINGER. Fans of 70’s Euro-horror like myself will be overjoyed by RaroVideo’s new release of Giorgio Ferroni’s 1972 vampire outing The Night Of The Devils presented here on Blu-ray and DVD. Previously only seen by fans on hard… Read More ›
