The Nasty Pasty

Special 6: Halloween 2021

Andy Roberts — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:51:34 +0000

What better way to celebrate this year’s spooky season with a double bill of your autumnal favourites? Join the Nasty Pasty as he revisits two classic slashers from the 80s from one of the most enduring franchises in horror history.

Minisode 6: The Girl in Room 2A

Andy Roberts — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:48:18 +0000

Nasty Pasty finally returns with a long-anticipated (is it though?) analysis of a true American-Italian giallo experience, with William Rose’s The Girl in Room 2A from 1974. Cosy up away from the Covid blues and tune into the latest from the files of filth!

Special 5: Black Lives Matter cont.

Andy Roberts — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:45:39 +0000

Continuing on from our Black Lives Matter episode, Nasty Pasty tackles another blaxploitation film by a black director: William Crain’s seminal horror Blacula from 1972. And for the first time ever, we have a guest on the podcast. Join me and Jonny Larkin from Screaming Queenz podcast as we sink our teeth into another influential piece of film-making.

Special 4: Black Lives Matter

Andy Roberts — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:37:44 +0000

In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, Nasty Pasty interrupts its schedule to bring you three influential exploitation horror movies directed by black directors. Providing some context of current events and events of the 70s, Nasty Pasty hopes to kickstart a train of thought about the plight our brothers and sisters are suffering through at the moment.

Minisode 5: Home for the Holidays

Andy Roberts — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:32:22 +0000

A family reunion goes all kinds of awry when the reception is frosty, Daddy’s being apparently poisoned and a pitchfork-wielding maniac is offing the Christmas guests. Tuck in to the Nasty Pasty’s yuletide return as we cover the 1972 TV horror Home for the Holidays!

Episode 72: Gialloween

Andy Roberts — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:27:49 +0000

Nasty Pasty returns for a one-off special, with two sumptuous giallo pictures to spook out your Halloween! Join the rancorous horror fan once more for 1971’s Black Belly of the Tarantula and 1983’s A Blade in the Dark!

Episode 71: Coprophagia Films

Andy Roberts — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:01:39 +0000

We bid farewell to the Nasty Pasty podcast in our final episode! Two years of hard work has sadly come to an end, and what way to go out with a bang than to cover two foul fetid films which deal with the express act of eating turds! Join us for a scatological delving into utter depravity and filth, with Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salo, The 120 Days of Sodom, and Thierry Zeno’s experimental Wedding Trough! Thank you to everyone for making this possible, and farewell!

Episode 70: Pornographic Horrors

Andy Roberts — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:53:01 +0000

Avert the children’s eyes and unlock your parental controls; Nasty Pasty is unleashing two full-on hardcore porn movies this week on our Pornographic Horrors episode. All of the blood, guts and dumb victims interspersed with steamy action that goes way beyond the X-rating in Porno Holocaust and Erotic Nights of the Living Dead!

Episode 69: Emanuelle Films

Andy Roberts — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:48:32 +0000

It’s hotting up a little on the Nasty Pasty as we showcase our 69th *wink wink* episode on two sultry Emanuelle Films. From the rambunctious mind of auteur trashmeister Joe D’Amato, join us for the steamy, non-PC fumblings of Emanuelle in America and Emanuelle in Bangkok!

Episode 68: Necrophilia

Andy Roberts — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:44:22 +0000

It’s decidedly more grim at the Nasty Pasty this week, with smelly cadavers, festering rot and a whole host of depraved sex encounters with corpses. Our Necrophilia episode focuses on two European movies that feature nasty perverts who love nothing more than doing the horizontal mambo with a dead body. Join this week’s debauched discussion with 1987’s Nekromantik and 1986’s Lucker the Necrophagous!

Episode 67: Joe D’Amato’s Post Apocalypse

Andy Roberts — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:41:08 +0000

From the sleazemeister himself comes two action-packed Post-Apocalyptic films, slightly devoid of the boobs, bums, blood and brazenness, but retaining those oh-so-cheesy tropes we all know and love. Nasty Pasty spreads it like peanut butter jelly and lays out two Joe D’Amato cheese pizzas for you, including 2020 Texas Gladiators and Endgame: Bronx’s Final Fight!

Episode 66: Post-Apocalyptic Action

Andy Roberts — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:37:18 +0000

Immerse yourself in the virulent danger of futuristic dystopia, with Nasty Pasty’s 66th episode covering Post-Apocalyptic Action films, showcasing violent gangs, mutants, megalomaniac companies and the last fertile woman on Earth for good measure! Feast your eyes on 1982’s Bronx Warriors and 1983’s 2019: After the Fall of New York!

Episode 65: Supernatural Girls

Andy Roberts — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:30:06 +0000

Otherwordly forces and teenage girls conflate in the latest episode from the Nasty Pasty Podcast, covering two Supernatural Girl films featuring mistresses of malevolence with those oh-so-terrifying powers we all love. Witness the foul language and blasphemous bluster of Regan MacNeil in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, as well as the ethereal teleporation and sand-spawning terror of Susie Hacker in Lucio Fulci’s Manhattan Baby.

Episode 64: Reptile Giallo

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:37:37 +0000

Shiny, sleek and beautifully dangerous, this week’s Nasty Pasty episode brings two slimy Reptile Gialli to the table, featuring the expected razor blades, leather gloves and red herrings all over again in our final episode on the giallo film. Witness the incredibly colourful, psychedelic madness of Lizard in a Woman’s Skin and the callous, vicious nastiness of The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire!

Episode 63: Backwoods Slashers

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:32:49 +0000

Nasty Pasty ventures into the deep unknown with two Backwoods Slashers, slice ‘n’ dice tales in the badlands of wilderness and the desolate unknown. Join us for twin hillbilly madness in 1981’s Just Before Dawn and the languid ghost slayer of 1981’s Scream.

Episode 62: Mad Slashers

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:28:58 +0000

Succumb to a berserk rage and maddening frenzy as we cover two 80s slashers featuring the crazed killers we know and love. Featuring significant bloodletting, moody locations and hundreds of layers of grime, sleaze and 80s nostalgia, join the Nasty Pasty podcast for Bill Lustig’s Maniac and Joe Giannone’s Madman!

Episode 61: Rape, Revenge and Animals

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:23:41 +0000

Explore the seedy underbelly of New York and the Lake District in our double bill of malevolent gropings, savage vengeance and animals who get in the midst of the fight between good and evil. Join us for Nasty Pasty’s last Rape and Revenge episode, covering 1978’s Killer’s Moon and 1981’s Ms. 45!

Episode 60: Stranger Danger

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:19:48 +0000

Stay aware and avoid any suspicious persons in our 60th episode of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, where impersonal stalking, threatening obscene phone calls and malevolent murder are the order of the day, covering the misogynistic giallo-slasher Eyes of a Stranger and the iconically tense stalker thriller When a Stranger Calls.

Episode 59: Vigilante Movies

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:16:16 +0000

To hell with the law and bring on the swift dispensing of justice in our 59th episode of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, reviewing two Vigilante Movies with two antiheroes who hate the scum and slime of the streets and aren’t willing ot wait for the authorities to get there first. Join us for James Glickenhaus’ The Exterminator and James Bryan’s The Executioner (Part II)!

Episode 58: Montage Horrors

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:12:58 +0000

Prepare yourself for confusion, bombardment and demented enjoyment of our two Montage Horrors this week, covering two mish-mash movies containing constant barrages of bizarre imagery. Tune into Lucio Fulci’s Cat in the Brain and Joel M. Reed’s Blood Bath!

Episode 57: Classics with a Twist

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:08:41 +0000

Nasty Pasty brings you the classic monsters of the Werewolf and Dracula, though not the monsters you know and love. This week, we’re covering different interpretations of the myth with cicada-inspired shamanic magic in 1982’s The Beast Within and a sickly, frail old vamp with a liking for virgin’s blood only in 1974’s Blood for Dracula!

Episode 56: Unwanted Powers

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:05:07 +0000

Forget Matt Murdock, Peter Parker and Bruce Wayne- we’re talking about Unwanted Powers in the horror film world, so join us on the Nasty Pasty podcast to see a nymphomaniac become a supernaturally-charged revenge puppet and two sweet old dears become cannibalistic demon-monsters. Today’s feast of frights include Lucio Fulci’s Aenigma and Emmanuel Kervyn’s Rabid Grannies!

Episode 55: Zombie Rip-Offs

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:01:10 +0000

Nasty Pasty is back yet again with a pair of ravenous flesh-eating gut munchers featuring the zombies you know and love, who are now biting and ripping off more their victims’ flesh. Our two gory spectacles this week have no shame in ripping off other more successful productions for their exploitative visions. Join us and be complicit in the plagiarism with Andrea Bianchi’s Burial Ground and Bill Hinzman’s Flesheater!

Episode 54: Women in Prison

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:54:31 +0000

The female-oriented incarceration continues in today’s episode of Nasty Pasty, where flinging poo, intense catfights and unhealthy interactions with dogs are the order of the day in two of the most outrageous examples of women in prison. Join us for Violence in a Women’s Prison and Sadomania!

Episode 53: Two For the Price of One

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:51:28 +0000

In our first episode of 2019, we cover a theme that most would be fond of. After the extravagent spending of the holidays, we’re all looking to save those pennies, but these two directors this week were doing that anyway by using the budget for one movie but making two. Join us for Jess Franco’s Barbed Wire Dolls and Edoardo Mulargia’s Hotel Paradise!

Episode 52: Animal Misnomers

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:48:31 +0000

Just like Dances with Wolves and Killing Birds, join the Nasty Pasty podcast for two horror films with misleading animal-related films. Look upon the nastiness of George McCowan’s 1972 eco-horror Frogs and 1975’s Blind Dead epilogue Night of the Seagulls.

Episode 51: Zombies with a Twist

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:42:33 +0000

Forget politicians- even zombies can break the rules occasionally, as we can see in today’s collection of conniving, cheating cadavers who break the unholy rules set up by George Romero. Join us for the interdimensional, teleporting zombies of Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead and the blinded, sound-hunting revenant knights of Amando de Ossorio’s Tombs of the Blind Dead.

Episode 50: Lenzi’s Houses of Doom

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:38:05 +0000

Yippee! Our milestone 50th episode covers the remainder of Reteitalia’s Houses of Doom TV movie series which never made it onto their intended slot due to the violent and gory nature of them. Umberto Lenzi offers us his take on the possessed dwelling theme with 1989’s House of Lost Souls and The House of Witchcraft!

Episode 49: Fulci’s Houses of Doom

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:34:22 +0000

Revel in the utter horror and depravity of Italian haunted houses as we tackle two entries from Reteitalia’s House of Doom series commissioned for Italian TV in 1989, where they were promptly banned for being too graphic. Lucio Fulci offers us a duo of frights with The House of Clocks and The Sweet House of Horrors.

Episode 48: Violent Poliziotteschi

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:36:05 +0000

Join us for spaghetti crimes of the most heinous quality with Nasty Pasty’s return to the Poliziotteschi genre. We cover two films from two video nasty directors: Live Like a Cop Die Like a Man from Ruggero Deodato and Contraband from Lucio Fulci.

Episode 47: Mutated Humans

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:32:17 +0000

Join the Nasty Pasty as we encounter two films of the most alien kind, featuring bizarre abnormal mutations in humans resulting from toxic waste and alien infections. Join us for 1984’s Mutant and 1986′ Alien Predator, AKA Mutant II.

Episode 46: Slashers with a Twist

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:28:50 +0000

Get ready for an outrageous shock along with the usual blood and guts, as we cover two slasher films that go big, if not bigger on the gobsmacking twist than the actual body count. Be surprised and horrified at 1983’s Sleepaway Camp and 1986’s April Fool’s Day.

Extra 7: Odd Halloween Sequel

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:25:07 +0000

Yet another Halloween treat for you… no tricks! After covering the devastation of Michael Myers previously, we’re covering the extremely polarising third Halloween entry, with no killer boogeyman in sight, but a sinister Irish businessman who wants to reduce Halloween to a mass exodus of children’s lives!

Minisode 4: Italian Gothic

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:17:46 +0000

Join us for a special Halloween treat: Mario Bava’s debut film oozing with Gothic melancholia and good old-fashioned shocks and frights.

Episode 45: Location Horrors

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:15:06 +0000

Trundle the sinister pavements of gloriously lurid Amsterdam and the melancholic paths of Venice as we tour two terrifying examples of tourist locations gone wrong! Nasty Pasty proudly welcomes you to 1988’s Amsterdamned and 1973’s Don’t Look Now!

Episode 44: Small Killers

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:11:23 +0000

Nasty Pasty returns in a much smaller package of death and destruction. Well, just for this week anyway! Join us for pint-sized murderers with large scale slaughter with 1982’s Basket Case and 1988’s Ratman!

Minisode 3: First Creature Feature

Andy Roberts — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:07:44 +0000

The big bug movie is explored in its infancy in our special extra minisode covering one of the first gigantic mutant insect films, 1954’s Them! Join us for a trip to the past where colour was nowhere to be found, all special effects were practical and social lessons were taught way before even Godzilla was on the scene!

Episode 43: Child Cults

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:39:44 +0000

Delve into the dangerous world of children in brainwashing cults with the latest Nasty Pasty episode, featuring two films with murderous groups of little kiddies who kill unsuspecting adults who known nothing of their religious devotion! Join us for the classic Children of the Corn and the not-so-classic Beware! Children at Play.

Extra 6: Mistaken Identity

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:31:31 +0000

Have another extra slice of a Nasty Pasty as we cover a film with the same name as one of the official video nasties. Discover the awful truth that it almost certainly would’ve been seized along with its obscene counterpart in this special bonus episode.

Episode 42: Cursed Children

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:28:18 +0000

As the kids go back to school, the Nasty Pasty podcast covers two films containing two supernaturally-gifted girls who proceed to terrify and harass their non-believing families and friends. Join us for the devilish duo of Cathy’s Curse and Suffer Little Children.

Episode 41: Typical Giallo Films

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:23:26 +0000

The gloves are out and the razors have been cleaned as we ready ourselves for another duo of diabolical giallo films, boasting our favourite tropes of mayhem and murder. Get your checklists at the ready as we explore two typical giallo films in this week’s Nasty Pasty podcast!

Episode 40: Shopping Slashers

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:11:26 +0000

Root out those violent vouchers and devilish deals as we go shopping at the malls and supermarkets for this week’s latest films, two slasher films set in the confines of retail therapy. Get yourself a bargain and join us for 1986’s Chopping Mall and 1989’s Intruder!

Episode 39: Cannibal Love Stories

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:03:21 +0000

Join the Nasty Pasty once more as we foray into the tropical jungles of cannibal films for the last time. This week, there’s a distinct scent of love in the air as we prove Rihanna’s theory of finding love in a hopeless place with two Cannibal Love Stories: Amazonia and Black Orgasm.

Episode 38: Influential Giallo

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:57:01 +0000

It’s time to slip on the leather gloves and break out the tools and implements to enjoy another pair of Italian giallo pictures. This week we’re covering two influential examples from Lucio Fulci and Sergio Martino: Don’t Torture a Duckling and Torso!

Episode 37: Misogynistic Slashers

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:50:04 +0000

Someone is killing the women and in rather brutal ways, so join us on the Nasty Pasty podcast for two slashers which feature elements of misogyny in various degrees. They are 1985’s The Mutilator from Buddy Cooper and 1982’s The New York Ripper.

Episode 36: Theatrical Slashers

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:42:43 +0000

Come backstage and get your scared faces ready for two slasher experiences set in the showbiz world of theatre and film. Watch the killers stalk their way through the melodramatic victims in 1983’s Curtains and 1987’s Stagefright!

Episode 35: Classic Monsters

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:38:42 +0000

Join the classic monsters of the Universal and Hammer Horror days, this time with new twists straight from the 70s and 80s. Join new versions of the Gill-Man in Island of Mutations and Dracula, Mud-Men and all sorts of wondrous treats in Spookies!

Episode 34: Typical Nazisploitation

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:32:56 +0000

We return to the stalags and prison camps of the 70s with two Nazisploitation flicks from the Golden Era of tasteless and shameless exploitation. Join us for 1976’s Deported Women of the SS Special Section and 1977’s Fraulein Devil!

Episode 33: Terrestrial Animals

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 12:06:36 +0000

Leave the interstellar threats and mutant aliens behind, and join us for two exploitation gems featuring two berserk animals from own home grown kingdom! We’ll see deadly piranha and rats with intellect in 1979’s Killer Fish and 1984’s Rats: Night of Terror!

Episode 32: Extraterrestrials

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 12:02:27 +0000

It’s back to the horror of the aliens this week as the Nasty Pasty tackles two creatures from outer space who stalk our human meat fodder. Unlike last week, these films do not draw as heavily from Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise and instead are references to their own era of inspiration. Join us for 1980’s Without Warning and 1983’s Deadly Spawn.

Episode 31: Alien Rip-Offs

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 11:42:19 +0000

Nasty Pasty investigates two good old-fashioned Italian knock-offs of more prominent high-budget films. This week our two films take varying amounts of inspiration from the nightmarish Xenomorphs of the Alien franchise: 1980’s Alien Terror and 1989’s Shocking Dark!

88 Films 3: Halloween Reboot

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 11:36:38 +0000

Our favourite mascot from 88 Films, Dr. Calum Waddell joins forces with the Nasty Pasty to decipher the trailer that hit the internet not so long ago; the long-awaited return of Michael Myers in the 2018 reboot of Halloween. Join us as we discuss our initial thoughts on the film as well as covering the series in general with a special package of 88 Films announcements to round it off!

Extra 5: Zombie Flesh Eaters Sequels

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 11:33:43 +0000

Nasty Pasty returns to the Zombie series yet again, this time however in a more direct fashion, tackling the two direct sequels to Fulci’s Zombie Flesh Eaters. Strap yourself in for more voodoo magic, viral contamination and a flying zombie head in Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 & 3!

Episode 30: Zombie Non-Sequels

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 11:28:22 +0000

After Dawn of the Dead and Zombie Flesh Eaters had rave success at the box offices across the world, a whole slew of unofficial sequels were rushed through or unrelated films were retitled and remarketed to cash in on the success. Today, we’re covering two such films tied in to the widespread “Zombie” series: 1987’s Killing Birds and 1982’s Panic.

Episode 29: Pseudo Rape & Revenge

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 11:22:08 +0000

Returning to a rather troubling subgenre of horror, our 29th episode focuses on two quite different films that feature the rape of a character and a subsequent deserved revenge, but not quite in the packaging that we’re used to. Join us for today’s film: 1980’s Mother’s Day and 1971’s Straw Dogs.

Episode 28: Remaining Animals Trilogy

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 11:13:51 +0000

Following on from our previous episode on Dario Argento’s Bird With the Crystal Plumage, the Nasty Pasty tackles the two other tenets of terror in the Animals Trilogy, so prepare for cats and flies abound in our two giallo pictures: Cat O’Nine Tails and Four Flies on Grey Velvet.

Episode 27: Polizio-Gialli

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 11:06:22 +0000

Retaining a vestige from last week’s episode, the Nasty Pasty Podcast tackles the combination of the Italian poliziotteschi and the giallo, with a smattering of the German krimi film, in this week’s two films from director Massimo Dallamano!

Episode 26: Lenzi’s Poliziotteschi

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:56:48 +0000

In our 26th episode, we cover two poliziotteschi films from director Umberto Lenzi, featuring cheesy moustaches, gun violence and macho car chases!

Episode 25: Early Nazisploitation

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:51:50 +0000

In Episode 25 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we go back to the era of Nazisploitation for two early examples of the debauched disgrace of the Third Reich!

Episode 24: Body Horror

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:42:37 +0000

In Episode 24 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we slowly lose control of our bodies and witness a horrifying level of change way worse than adolescence in our Body Horror episode, covering David Cronenberg’s Videodrome and James Muro’s Street Trash!

88 Films 2: Zaxploitation

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:36:02 +0000

In our second Nasty Pasty Podcast special focused on 88 Films, we discover the little-known phenomenon of Zaxploitation: films devised and filmed during the oppressive Apartheid regime in South Africa and Calum Waddell’s fascinating new documentary on the subject, premiering on Friday May 4th at the Derby Film Festival! Don’t miss it!

Episode 23: Machines

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:29:01 +0000

In Episode 23 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we’re eschewing The Terminator and Blade Runner to scour those forgotten machine-related science fiction flicks wreathed in 80’s cheesiness and bone-crunching fights!

Episode 22: Slimy Invertebrates

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:19:28 +0000

In Episode 22 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we’re inundated with gloopy creepy crawlies in our Slimy Invertebrates episode, terrorised by bloodworms in 1976’s Squirm and mutant slugs in 1988’s Slugs!

Episode 21: Mondo Films

Andy Roberts — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:09:33 +0000

In Episode 21 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we bear witness to two shockumentary mondo films showcasing the brutality over the world of both the human race and the animal kingdom!

Episode 20: Canuxploitation

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:46:29 +0000

In our 20th episode of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we head to the prosperous country of Canada to view two slashers wrought from a tax-free haven with plenty of style and sinew!

Episode 19: Ozploitation

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:42:36 +0000

In Episode 19 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we travel down under to the outback of Australia with two Ozploitation pictures from the 80’s oozing with grime, violence and eye-popping visual treats!

88 Films 1: Charles Band

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:36:12 +0000

Welcome to our first collaborative effort with 88 Films and the Nasty Pasty Podcast. Today we chat with Calum Waddell about the wonderfully weird world of Charles Band with animate murderous puppets, malevolent baked biscuits and possessed drug paraphernalia.

Episode 18: Proto-Nazisploitation

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:30:14 +0000

In Episode 18 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we descend into the debauched domain of Nazism, specifically talking about two early Nazisploitation precursors: 1969’s The Damned and 1974’s The Night Porter!

Episode 17: Nunsploitation

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:26:09 +0000

Yes, we’re back! In Episode 17 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we bear witness to the cruelty and tyranny of the past with two historical nunsploitation pictures that are somewhat South of the sleaze you’d expect!

Episode 16: Seasonal Slashers

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:20:28 +0000

In Episode 16 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we cover yuletide slayings and New Year’s desolations with our Seasonal Slashers episode!

Extra 4: Redsploitation Splatter

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:11:09 +0000

In this final extra episode in our Christmas bundle of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we look at a rather obscure offering from the 80s that is lucky to have survived its merciless censorship: 1983’s Scalps.

Minisode 2: First Giallo

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:06:14 +0000

In Minisode 2 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we travel to Rome to cover the very first giallo film ever made, Mario Bava’s The Girl Who Knew Too Much!

Minisode 1: First Slasher

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:03:18 +0000

In our first Minisode of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we go way back to the pre-Code era of 1930’s America to witness one of the first instances of both a female ensemble but a round-robin body count too with 1932’s Thirteen Women!

Episode 15: Blaxploitation

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:59:56 +0000

In Episode 15 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we head to the funky decade of the 70’s to follow two black women who are not only strong and independent, but are damn altruistic too in a duo of blaxploitation just for you.

Special 3: Caroline Munro Interview

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:55:47 +0000

In this very special episode of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we meet with an icon of exploitation films who has done everything from Bond films, Star Wars rip-offs and sleazy 80’s slashers: the wonderful British actress Caroline Munro!

Extra 3: Sorority Slasher

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:46:42 +0000

In our third Extra of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we return to a sorority house slasher picture but not Black Christmas this time: it’s the House on Sorority Row, just released from 88 Films!

Special 2: Calum Waddell’s Slashers

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:42:46 +0000

In our special episode for the first day of our Twelve Days of Christmas Horror on the Nasty Pasty Podcast, Dr. Calum Waddell is back to discuss the slasher film cycle as well as the Slasher Classics Collection from 88 Films!

Episode 14: Torture Films

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:39:15 +0000

In Episode 14 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we delve into the origins of our most bloody torture films like Hostel and Saw, having roots in the depraved splatter movies of the seventies, two of which we analyse for you!

Episode 13: School Slashers

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:35:33 +0000

In our unlucky 13th episode of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we’re heading back to the sinister corridors and traumatic classrooms of the school building, to learn a thing or two about two School-based Slasher films!

Episode 12: Pseudo-Cannibals

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:32:58 +0000

In Episode 12 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we return to the jungle to encroach upon two cannibal films that are lacking some major elements, rendering them much more unique than your average flesh-eating nasty!

Episode 11: Pseudo-Giallo Films

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:29:16 +0000

In Episode 11 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we return to the mysterious world of the giallo, covering two pictures that are some way west of what to expect, missing a major element of the genre whilst being the same style.

Episode 10: Rape & Revenge

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:22:21 +0000

In our tenth episode of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we delve into a decidedly dirtier avenue of exploitation with two rape and revenge thrillers, both of which were without doubt seized as potential nasties during the DPP’s reign of terror.

Episode 9: Classic Giallo Films

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:18:52 +0000

In Episode 9 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we go back in time to the classy era of 60s and 70s where the giallo film was beginning to burst in significance… and slaughter!

Extra 2: Classic Slasher Sequel

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:12:37 +0000

In our second Extra of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we’re returning to Haddonfield from last week’s treat of Michael Myers to explore the much more bloody classic sequel, 1981’s Halloween II!

Episode 8: Classic Slashers

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:08:43 +0000

In this special Halloween-themed Episode 8 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we go through two iconic classic slasher films that are a cut above the usual fodder found from the nasty era, with John Carpenter’s landmark classic Halloween as well as Wes Craven’s dream-slaying Nightmare on Elm Street.

Episode 7: Sexy Cannibals

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:05:36 +0000

In Episode 7 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we’ll bear witness to a lot of flesh and body parts but not strictly in the savage flesh-eating sense, covering two oddities from the 70s which are a decidedly sultry take on the cannibal film genre!

Episode 6: Evil Children

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 20:58:08 +0000

In Episode 6 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we find out who’s naughty and nice without sugar or spice, featuring two horrors with some nasty little chavvies intent on causing murder and mayhem!

Extra 1: Non-Nasty Friday the 13th Films

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 20:55:37 +0000

In our first Extra of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we cover the two Friday the 13th films that were released around the video nasty era but unlike the first two films, did not make the actual nasties list. Happy Friday the 13th everybody and have a wonderful weekend!

Episode 5: Ed Gein Slashers

Andy Roberts — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 20:41:43 +0000

In Episode 5 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we’ll delve into the dark and dangerous mind of murderer Ed Gein with two serial killer movies inspired by the Butcher of Plainfield himself!

Special 1: Calum Waddell’s Cannibals

Andy Roberts — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:16:07 +0000

In a special episode of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we chat to the K-Pop loving Dr. Calum Waddell, who boasts a variety of documentaries and books as well as a PhD, about the phenomenon that is the cannibal film as well as general chitchat about his work with 88 Films!

Episode 4: Proto-Zombies

Andy Roberts — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:02:38 +0000

In Episode 4 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we delve into sub-zombified territory with two shockers who lightly tread the undead path but have much more to offer than blood and guts!

Episode 3: Evil Dead Non-Sequels

Andy Roberts — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 13:58:50 +0000

In Episode 3 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we follow Ash Williams no longer and instead fight against the evil spirits in other dwellings set up by the Italians!

Episode 2: Late Cannibals

Andy Roberts — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 22:05:12 +0000

In Episode 2 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we explore the curtain call of the Cannibal genre and analyse the final two Cannibal films, released way after Cannibal Holocaust had horrified the world!

Episode 1: Proto-Slashers

Andy Roberts — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 06:15:00 +0000

In Episode 1 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we take a look at two prototype slasher movies, released way before Michael Myers and Pamela Voorhees were setting the trend in the Golden Age of slashers!