Posters by Ken Taylor for The Warriors
Everyone knows The Warriors (1979) is an awesome movie and is one of the best, if not THE best all time teen action films. And, of course, I mean the theatrical cut and not the shitty directors cut, that the director, Walter Hill, raped in true George Lucas style by adding in a bunch of...
Welcome to the Video Nasties #5
The following nine films represent the remaining films from the official video nasties list. Beyond this official list of 39 films was a list of 33 more films that were ultimately non prosecuted (despite some effort). The following films are also noteworthy for the inclusion of several Italian horror heavyweights, such as Argento, Bava and Fulci. Find...
Welcome to the Video Nasties #4
It’s been personally very rewarding to revisit the films that comprise the video nasties list. Today’s installment includes some of my personal favourite covers and a couple of the more notorious nasties. It includes the world’s introduction to Wes Craven, as well as the Nazisploitation genre. This selection also proves that films were added to...
Welcome to the Video Nasties #3
The video nasty train keeps on rolling forward. if you haven’t done so already, read the first two entries in this series here and here. Then dive into the next ten films. I still marvel at how beautiful some of this artwork is. It was truly a special time to be a film fan. Please...
Welcome to the Video Nasties #2
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the infamous video nasties list that caused a storm of shit in Britain during the early 80s. Read that article if you’d like a brief history of this period and watch the documentary embedded in the post. I thought I’d continue along this train of thought and make my...
More Trash from My Private Stash
Today I give you another selection of fun covers from my video collection. I love all these covers for various reasons. Some feature awesome artwork, some cool design and others just make me giggle.
Welcome to the Video Nasties #1
The ‘Video Nasty’ era that plagued the UK in the early 80s will go down in history as one of the most absurd examples of wowserism and censorship in modern history. 1982 presented a perfect storm of factors that led to un-educated commentators pouncing on home entertainment and attacking accordingly. At the time, the cinema...
Sleazy Video Covers #3
The wonderful world of sleazy video covers continues with ten more additions. Find previous entries from this series here. www.matthewrevert.com www.trashcomplex.wordpress.com
Trash from My Private Stash
This week I’ve decided to share with you, my good friends, a few teen/sex comedy/exploitation covers from my coveted VHS tape collection. Some of the covers, like Savage Streets, I love because of their incredible artwork and design. Others I enjoy for their sheer WTF factor. But all these covers I love because they are...
Sleazy Video Covers #2
Being as I love them so much, here’s a continuation of my first post about sleazy video covers. These have all been scanned at 300dpi from Nigel Wingrove and Marc Morris’ book, ‘The Art of the Nasty‘. Enjoy the sleaze! www.matthewrevert.com www.trashcomplex.wordpress.com
Sleazy Video Covers
In a time before certification reared its ugly head, the art of video package design was a glorious free-for-all without the slightest hint of restraint. Countless films of dubious quality were produced (still are produced) that had nothing going for it except their garish, utterly over the top video covers. Please enjoy this selection of...
