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 #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...
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
