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The Funhouse

Pazuzu Iscariot — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

The Funhouse is the second of Tobe Hooper's films to make it to the UK video nasty list (the first being Eaten Alive - the film about the crocodile, not the Umberto Lenzi one about cannibals). It is unclear why this tale of carnival jollity made it on to a list of notorious horror movies that "tend to deprave or corrupt persons" as it is a slasher ...

The Burning

Pazuzu Iscariot — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT

The Burning is a slasher movie from 1981 that managed to get itself banished to the video nasty list. It fortified the genre but, unfortunately, didn't have the impact it should have for a number of reasons. It is often compared to Friday the 13th and quite rightly so; a group of hormonally charged teenagers at summer camp get stalked by a disfigur...

Don't Go Near the Park

Pazuzu Iscariot — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Despite being an awful film, Don't Go Near the Park is an important movie for horror geeks of a certain age. It made it to the video nasty list which gave numerous horror movies that deserved to vanish into obscurity a cult status. The list has also increased recent demand for a lot of low quality shit which is the only reason this movie is likely ...

Don't Go in the Woods

Pazuzu Iscariot — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Don't Go in the Woods is another slasher rescued from wrongful imprisonment in the short-lived purgatory known as the BBFC Video Nasty List. Proof that it was not worthy of the cult status imbued by inclusion on the now infamous list is that when it was finally re-released in 2007 it passed the censors uncut and was rated 15. It is also a contentio...

The Slayer

Pazuzu Iscariot — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT

For the most part, The Slayer brings little new to slashers of that era but manages to present itself in a way that makes it feel like it might have a little something extra to offer. Writer and director J.S. Cardone uses tried and tested horror methodologies amid a few innovations but fails to grasp any of these elements as opportunities to really...

Don't Go in the House

Pazuzu Iscariot — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Video Nasties taught us a lot of things to "don't" do but some couldn't resist looking in the basement, riding on the late night trains and some were tempted to open the window despite not really knowing which window they were supposed to be wary of. In 1979 the temptation to do what shouldn’t be done arose again with Don't Go in the House, a fairl...

The Witch Who Came From the Sea

Pazuzu Iscariot — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:00:07 GMT

As the number of "video nasties left to watch" list reduces in size it is becoming more and more apparent that many of the films are not worthy of their cult status. The majority of the watched list consists of low quality films fishing for controversy or mediocre movies hyped above and beyond their nastiness levels. The Witch Who Came from the Sea...

Island of Death

Pazuzu Iscariot — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:56:37 GMT

Nico Mastorakis is the first to admit that his motivation for making Island of Death was money. This highlights that maybe other directors have the same motivation and just like to grease the wheels of the marketing machine with bullshit as Island of Death still stands out as one of the more notable entries on the Video Nasty list. His inspiration ...

Possession

Hellbound Heart — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:45:36 GMT

Art house cinema and me, we have an odd relationship. On occasion I can happily see beyond the stylistic tics and spasms which usually free the film of its could-be cogent plot, and I can handle the overblown emotion and the way in which it's examined. And then, perhaps I was expecting too much from Possession, a film which had long been on my hit-...

Strange Behavior

Pazuzu Iscariot — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:08:41 GMT

Strange Behavior (known as Dead Kids, Human Experiments, Small Town Massacre and Beyond the Gate but never referred to as Strange Behaviour in the UK) is a peculiar entry on the list of video nasties. Most peculiar is why it was banned in the first place, yes it has gore, but not enough and not in a context where a banning should be necessary. Comp...