Grindhouse Review

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Video Nasty - 1984

Also known as the Video Recordings Act of 1984. See what I did there? Because they all have alternate names... get it?

The act passed and these did get seized, that's the whole thing. And Wikipedia doesn't say about to what degree this happened, or about protest or about the other data points. But we do know that this was a real thing that happened, and basically hasn't happened since, beyond I guess you cannot watch porn on your phone in certain states now? Is that the modern equivalent of this?

The complete list of those that faced actual, real prosecution, censorship, and seizure. With links:

Like I said at the beginning, I did not rewatch anything. Can't be bothered, bruh. If I was going to rewatch anything, it would either be Night of the Demon or Island of Death. Those two are high in my top 5 most enjoyable Nasties, which I'll put here in no particular order:

Blood Rites

Island of Death

Night of the Demon

The Burning

Flesh for Frankenstein

Top 5 most disturbing:

Faces of Death

The Gestapo's Last Orgy

The House on the Edge of the Park

The Beast in Heat

Fight For Your Life

A strange moment in time, a legendary thing among Grindhouse cult enthusiasts, I'm glad I did this and I'm glad it's over. Some more movies were in 2 additional lists, with various levels of associated punishment or seizure if you owned them. From Wikipedia:

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The Beyond (original title: E Tu Vivrai Nel Terrore ‒ L'Aldilà, also known as Seven Doors of Death) — Originally passed with cuts for cinema. Released with approximately 2 minutes cut in 1987. Re-released uncut in 2001.
The Bogey Man (also known as The Boogeyman) ‒ Originally passed uncut for cinema. Released with 44 seconds cut in 1992. Re-released uncut in 2000.
Cannibal Terror (original title: Terreur Cannibale) ‒ Released uncut in 2003.
Contamination ‒ Released uncut in 2004 with a 15 rating.
Dead & Buried ‒ Originally passed uncut for cinema. Released with 30 seconds cut in 1990. Re-released uncut in 1999.
Death Trap (also known as Eaten Alive and Starlight Slaughter) ‒ Originally passed with cuts for cinema. Released with 25 seconds cut in 1992. Re-released uncut in 2000.
Deep River Savages (original title: Il paese del sesso selvaggio, also known as Man From Deep River) ‒ Originally refused a cinema certificate in 1975. Eventually released with 3 minutes 45 seconds of animal cruelty cuts in 2003, and re-released with 3 minutes of similar cuts in 2016.
Delirium (also known as Psycho Puppet) ‒ Released with 16 seconds cut in 1987. Released uncut in February 2022.
Don't Go in the House ‒ Originally passed with cuts for cinema. Released with 3 minutes and 7 seconds cut in 1987. Re-released uncut in December 2011.
Don't Go Near the Park ‒ Released uncut in 2006.
Don't Look in the Basement (also known as The Forgotten) ‒ Originally passed with cuts for cinema. Released uncut in 2005 with a 15 rating.
The Evil Dead ‒ Originally passed with cuts for cinema. Released with approximately 2 minutes cut in 1990. Re-released uncut in 2001.
Frozen Scream ‒ No UK re-release.
The Funhouse ‒ Originally passed uncut for cinema. Released uncut in 1987. Re-classified 15 in 2007.
Human Experiments ‒ Originally passed uncut for cinema. No UK re-release.
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (also known as Drop Dead Dearest) ‒ Released with 1 minute 6 seconds cut in 1986.
Inferno ‒ Originally passed with cuts for cinema. Released with 20 seconds cut in 1993. Re-released uncut in September 2010.
Killer Nun (original title: Suor Omicidi) ‒ Released with 13 seconds cut in 1993. Re-released uncut in 2006.
Late Night Trains (original title: L'ultimo treno della notte, also known as Night Train Murders) ‒ Originally refused a cinema certificate in 1976. Released uncut in 2008.
The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue (original title: Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti, also known as Let Sleeping Corpses Lie and Don't Open the Window) ‒ Originally passed with cuts for cinema. Released with 1 minute 53 seconds cut in 1985. Re-released uncut in 2002.
Nightmare Maker (also known as Night Warning and Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker) ‒ Refused a video certificate in 1987 under the title The Evil Protege. Released uncut in 2024.
Possession ‒ Originally passed uncut for cinema. Released uncut in 1999.
Pranks (also known as The Dorm That Dripped Blood and Death Dorm) ‒ Released with 10 seconds cut in 1992.
Prisoner of the Cannibal God (original title: La montagna del dio cannibale, also known as Mountain of the Cannibal God and Slave of the Cannibal God) ‒ Originally passed with cuts for cinema. Released with 2 minutes 6 seconds of animal cruelty cuts in 2001, and re-released with 2 minutes of similar cuts in 2018.
Revenge of the Bogey Man (original title: Boogeyman II) ‒ Released in re-edited form with additional footage in 2003.
The Slayer ‒ Released with 14 seconds cut in 1992. Re-released uncut in 2001.
Terror Eyes (also known as Night School) ‒ Originally passed with cuts for cinema. Released with 1 minute 16 seconds cut in 1987. Re-released uncut as Night School in 2025.[21]
The Toolbox Murders ‒ Originally passed with cuts for cinema. Released with 1 minute 46 seconds cut in 2000. Re-released uncut in 2017.
Unhinged ‒ Originally passed uncut for cinema. Released uncut in 2004.
Visiting Hours ‒ Originally passed with cuts for cinema. Released with approximately 1 minute cut in 1986. Passed uncut in 2017.
The Witch Who Came From the Sea ‒ Released uncut in 2006.
Women Behind Bars [fr] (original title: Des diamants pour l'enfer by Jess Franco) ‒ Passed uncut in 2017.
Zombie Creeping Flesh (also known as Hell of the Living Dead, Night of the Zombies and Virus) ‒ Originally passed uncut for cinema in an edited version. Full version released uncut in 2002.

"Section 3" 82

A supplementary list was issued along with the official list, which featured a list of so-called "Section 3 Video Nasties". Titles on the Section 3 list could not be prosecuted for obscenity but were liable to seizure and confiscation under a "less obscene" charge. Tapes seized under Section 3 could be destroyed after distributors or merchants forfeited them.

Abducted (a.k.a. Schoolgirls in Chains) – No UK re-release.
The Aftermath (a.k.a. Zombie Aftermath) – Passed without cuts in 1988 on the Goldcrest video label.
The Black Room – Originally passed uncut for cinema. No UK re-release.
Blood Lust (a.k.a. Mosquito the Rapist) – Passed with heavy cuts for cinema. No UK re-release.
Blood Song – Re-released as Dream Slayer.
Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll – No UK re-release.
Brutes and Savages – No UK re-release.
Cannibal (a.k.a. Ultimo Mondo Cannibale and Last Cannibal World) – Originally passed with heavy cuts for cinema. Released with 2m 46s of cuts in 2003.
Cannibal World (a.k.a. Mondo Cannibale and The Cannibals) – No UK re-release.
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith – Passed uncut for cinema in 1978. Released without cuts in 1987.
The Child – Passed uncut for cinema. Released uncut in 2006.
Christmas Evil (a.k.a. You Better Watch Out) – Released uncut in 2012 with a 15 rating.
Communion (a.k.a. Alice Sweet Alice) – Passed uncut for cinema. Passed with 8s of cuts in 1998. Released uncut in 2014.
Dawn of the Dead – Originally passed with heavy cuts for cinema. Passed with cuts for video in 1989 and 1997. Released uncut in 2003.
Dawn of the Mummy – Passed with 27s of cuts for cinema. Passed with 1m 43s of cuts for the video in 1987. Released uncut in 2003.
Dead Kids (a.k.a. Strange Behavior) – Passed with 27s of cuts in 1993 and 2008.
Death Weekend (a.k.a. The House by the Lake) – Passed with cuts for cinema. No UK re-release.
Deep Red (a.k.a. Profondo Rosso) – Passed with 11s of cuts in 1993. The extended version was passed uncut in 2010.
Demented – Released with 1m 19s of cuts in 1987.
The Demons (a.k.a. Les Démons) – A composite version was passed uncut in 2008, and the original version was passed uncut in 2017.
Don't Answer the Phone – Passed with cuts for cinema. An edited version was released without further cuts in 2005.
Eaten Alive! – Passed with heavy cuts for cinema. Passed with heavy cuts for animal cruelty in 1987 and 1992.
Enter the Devil (a.k.a. Disciples Of Death) – No UK re-release.
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein – Released uncut in the U.K. on 22nd Jan, 2018, with an "18" certificate. [1]
The Evil – No UK re-release.
The Executioner (a.k.a. Massacre Mafia Style) – No UK re-release.
Final Exam – Released uncut in 1986.
Foxy Brown – Passed in edited form for cinema. Passed with 2m 48s of cuts in 1987. Released with previous cuts waived in 1998.
Friday the 13th – The R-rated version was released without cuts in 1987. The full unrated version (previously released for cinema) was released uncut in 2003.
Friday the 13th Part 2 – The R-rated version was passed uncut in 1987. Downgraded to an uncut 15 certificate in 2008.
GBH (a.k.a. Grievous Bodily Harm) – No UK re-release.
Graduation Day – Passed uncut in 1986. Downgraded to an uncut 15 certificate in 2003.
Happy Birthday to Me – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1986. Downgraded to an uncut 15 certificate in 2004.
The Headless Eyes – No UK re-release.
Hell Prison (a.k.a. Escape from Hell) – No UK re-release.
The Hills Have Eyes – Passed with cuts for cinema. Passed with 2s of cuts for video in 1987. Released uncut in 2003.
Home Sweet Home – Released uncut in 2004.
Honeymoon Horror – No UK re-release.
Inseminoid – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1987. Downgraded to a 15 certificate in 2005.
Invasion of the Blood Farmers – No UK re-release.
The Killing Hour (a.k.a. The Clairvoyant) – Originally passed uncut for cinema. Passed with 1m 19s of cuts in 1986.
The Last Horror Film (a.k.a. Fanatic) – Passed with cuts for cinema. An edited version was released in 2003.
The Last Hunter – Passed uncut for cinema. Passed with 8s of cuts in 1988. Released uncut in 2002.
The Love Butcher – No UK re-release.
Mad Foxes – No UK re-release.
Mark of the Devil – Passed with heavy cuts for cinema. Passed with cuts in 1998 and 2003. Released uncut in 2013.
Martin – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1994.
Massacre Mansion (a.k.a. Mansion of the Doomed) – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1992. Downgraded to an uncut 15 certificate in 2000.
Mausoleum – Released uncut in 1987.
Midnight – Passed uncut for cinema. An edited version was released in 1993. Full version passed uncut in 2011.
Naked Fist (a.k.a. Firecracker) – Passed with 3m 53s of cuts for cinema. No UK re-release.
The Nesting – Passed uncut in 1986.
The New Adventures of Snow White (a.k.a. Grimm Fairy Tales for Adults) – No UK re-release.
Nightbeast – Passed uncut in 1996.
Night of the Living Dead – Passed with cuts for cinema. Released uncut in 1987. Downgraded to a 15 certificate in 2007. Now in the public domain.
Nightmare City (a.k.a. City of the Walking Dead) – Passed with 3m 5s of cuts in 1986. Released uncut in 2003.
Oasis of the Zombies – Passed uncut in 2004 with a 15 certificate.
Parasite – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1993.
Phantasm – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1989. Downgraded to a 15 certificate in 2005.
Pigs (a.k.a. Daddy's Deadly Darling) – Released by 88 Films in 2016. Unknown if cut.
Prey – Passed with 11s of cuts for cinema and video. A print shortened for dialogue was passed uncut in 2004.
Prom Night – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1987.
Rabid – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1992.
Rosemary's Killer (a.k.a. The Prowler) – Passed with cuts for cinema. Released uncut in 2007.
Savage Terror (a.k.a. Primitives) – No UK re-release.
Scanners – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1987.
Scream for Vengeance! – No UK re-release.
Shogun Assassin – Passed with cuts for cinema. Released uncut in 1999.
Street Killers (a.k.a. Beast with a Gun) – No UK re-release.
Suicide Cult (a.k.a. The Astrologer) – No UK re-release.
Superstition (a.k.a. The Witch) – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1986.
Suspiria – Passed with cuts for cinema. Released uncut in 1998.
Terror – Passed with cuts for cinema. Released uncut in 1997.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre — Refused a cinema certificate in 1975. Passed uncut in 1999.
The Thing – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1987.
Tomb of the Living Dead (a.k.a. Mad Doctor of Blood Island) – Passed with cuts for cinema. Released with 42s of animal cruelty cuts in 2003.
The Toy Box – No UK re-release.
Werewolf Woman – Passed with cuts for cinema. Scheduled for a re-release on Blu-Ray in February 2026.
Wrong Way – No UK re-release.
Xtro – Passed uncut for cinema. Also passed uncut for video in 1987. Downgraded to an uncut 15 certificate in 2007.
Zombie Holocaust – Passed uncut in 2000.
Zombie Lake – Passed uncut in 2004.

Huge man. Just enormous. What a bizarre situation.

Monday, June 15, 2026

Fight For Your Life - 1977

I actually had to spend $1.99, but I finally finished all of the Video Nasties.

William Sanderson stars in this late 70s exploitation blaxsploitation flick. Three guys; a Mexican, a Asian, and a white man follow a black woman home and begin to terrorize her family. Things gradually escalate from forced meal time and verbal abuse to rape and violence.

In this movie, there's basically Nazisploitation level wall to wall depravity. Now I say that and I wonder if because one is sexual exploit of women and one is general exploit of black people, I am more uncomfortable with this, because what, I approve of exploiting women? Because they're fuckin' nude in the movies and I'm a man and I'm like hell yeah? I guess we all have our own barometers for how we interpret these things.

Basically 10 minutes of intro, 45 minutes or so of a escalating hostage sequence, leading to upheaval and eventual confrontation, this is a very black and white movie. It doesn't have much nuance to it, and instead it makes up for it with language.

Was this one on the Nasty list for language? N and C words fly left to right all over this script, and I ain't talkin about Cunt. Its a bit extreme and the hatred feels quite real, and man, I mean its not fun really.

The end of the confrontation is decent and we get our revenge, so you know. It is what it is. I guess.

Argument against Video Nasty.

2/10 on the Nasty Meter, for language only.

Friday, June 12, 2026

Axe - 1974

Also known as Lisa, Lisa.

Director Friedel recalled that the production sought to extend individual scenes "by any means possible" to give the film a longer running time. Oh really? Perhaps that could explain the like 8 minute scene where the main girl gives her dads shoulder a partial spongebath and then puts shaving cream on his beard only to seemingly decide not to shave him and rub it off?

This is a extremely minimal, barely bones story as indicated above. I guess the idea here is rape revenge, you know that whole thing, and after about 30 minutes you get that setup finally, but wow! Yeah, this just dawdles around doing nothing for many many moments of the film.

Young woman Lisa lives with her disabled grandfather. Her grandfather can just sit there, he doesn't move and doesn't speak, and she takes care of him. That's when three mobsters show up and announce they want her to let them stay in the house. She pushes back and they ignore her. She goes to the backroom and is contemplating suicide, but is interrupted, goes upstairs and goes to sleep, and one of them comes in to rape her. During the rape she slashes his neck.

One could dump on the level of incompetence in this. Its so badly recorded, its so poorly acted in dismal nonemotional line readings. It has major plot movement issues and was paper thin to begin with. And overall, nothing is explained or even hinted at... Several of the things you think are going to happen don't, and its a shame because for me at least, I imagined some cool shit!

It's hard to judge this as a real movie, because it does not seem like one. Again, this is more the type of nonsense I expected from Video Nasty, except where is the Nasty? No nudity, the rape scenes are pretty tame, barely any blood... I mean, this is barely R, there's a chance this is PG-13 these days.

Argument against Video Nasty

0/10 on the Nasty Meter.

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Devil Hunter - 1980

Also known as The Man Hunter, Mandingo Manhunter, The Cannibal and Sexo Caníbal.

I recently went to a "mystery horror movie night" at the local Magic Lantern Theater in Spokane WA. They played Jesus Franco's The Diabolical Dr. Z, which I was going to review cause it suits the blog, but I never did. What I was surprised about was how good it was. Sure, there were some really bizarre moments and the scripting wasn't good, but the cinematography was pulling elements from German expressionism, and the potential was all there. Its strange that Franco went so far from that into this and things like Oasis of the Zombies.

Devil Hunter is one of these movies where you're watching it and whether you're paying attention or not, you're sorta like, "what's going on here? who is that? what's the plot to this movie?" and given that, it's also a time checker. You'll be looking before the 30 minute mark to see how much of this plotless, messy schlock is left.

Wikipedia and IMDb both say a short blurb sentence about a model who is kidnapped in the jungle, and a guy sent to rescue her and confronting cannibals. Yeah, I mean I guess. There are certainly cannibals, and there are also indigenous tribes that dance around showing tribal nudity. There's a lot of this in who knows sorta "plot" movements, and holy crap does it go on for way too long. This is 105 minutes when it should've pulled a Blood Feast and been just barely an hour.

The thought I had while watching this was all these movies going to South America or the Philippines or wherever to film the tribal stuff. What did those people think? I mean, I doubt they were practicing tribal nudity at this time - some places in Africa and maybe really remote tribes were maybe, but like did they know what was being filmed, did they understand that they were being depicted as cannibals, etc?

I’m not trying to bring woke into this, more about wondering what exactly was the interaction here- when they asked these women if they wanted to be in a movie, and I guess the women said yes, and then they said” take off your clothes and dance around like an idiot,” What exactly did they think was going on? Especially when a camera was literally aimed at their crotch? I wonder if that’s part of the Video Nasty thing with some of these cannibal movies and the like, is that they knew that these people had been exploited. They were like, "bro you went to some Third World country and paid these people basically no money to act like cannibals and be sexualized? Come on, dude!" I guess that is the definition of exploitation though, it is how these are labeled.

So this is too long, but there is a point about 80 minutes in where just about all the characters are naked, there's hazy gauze all over the camera, the sound effects are echo-ey and strange, the breasts and vulvas are being zoomed in on by the camera, and weird slow motion shit is happening and what can I say... it fucking rules. Its incredible. It reminded me a lot of Oasis of the Zombies, which I gave 1 star to in 2015. That is a movie I legitimately still think about 11 years later for evoking such a weird and specific feeling that honestly I haven't felt in anything but Franco's work. I have to give credit, it grabs ya, and it reminds me of the things I liked in the Blind Dead series.

I will give this a 2.5, I guess. Near pornography levels of nudity and some light cannibal fare, this is kinda a hard R by today but it's not that crazy for Nasty.

Argument slightly against Video Nasty

Nasty Meter 2/10

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

The Beast in Heat - 1977

Also known as SS Hell Camp, SS Experiment Part 2 and Horrifying Experiments of SS Last Days.

Back to Nazi-sploitation, I couldn't find this for a while except on porn sites, and randomly today I found it on YouTube for free. Win.

What we have here is nothing terribly new. A female Nazi doctor who has lesbian leanings has a creepy badass monster freak human in a cage. She feeds it nonstop aphrodisiacs and drugs, dementing it into a psycho savage state, and she brings in a women to have the beast rape them. Usually this takes the form of sexual violence and/or the murder of the woman during the affair.

Aside from this, a group of soldiers make their way across the Reich on an effort of freeing prisoners. And this is where the film really splits, because the two parts of this do not feel connected at all. What we have here is basically sex and craziness for 30 minutes, soldiers in battle for 15, and then repeat both segments. When we cut to the soldiers it really does feel like we're cutting to another movie, or at least nowhere close to the first part, and its incongruent as all hell.

The extremity of this movie is high. I was thinking that nothing in these Nasties had topped the sexual depravity of Blood Sucking Freaks (how the hell did that escape Video Nasty?) but this film managed to do it. There are scenes of nipple torture in this, like in that movie, as well as electrodes attached to labia and around vaginas, with vaginal torture?! Also a scene where the beast rips a woman's pubic hair off and eats it? I mean, this is a new level of sexual violence.

It's boundary pushing while the plot is nothing. Its horrifying while its dreadfully dull and way too fucking long. Its a rel mixed bag, The Beast in Heat. It pushed some envelopes so I guess I'll give it a 3.5

Argument for Video Nasty

Nasty Meter 10/10

Madhouse - 1981

Also known as There Was a Little Girl and And When She Was Bad.

The alternate names here come from some poem I'll throw in for content:

"There was a little girl who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very, very good, and when she was bad, she was horrid."

Madhouse is a way too common name guys, come on. I had to dig to unearth this one. Also, I'm getting kinda close here! I think there's like 3 of these Nasties left. Thankfully, tbh. I feel about done.

Madhouse has a cool killer dog that mauls some people, and this is in relation to a psychotic priest who is on a killing spree. We have a kid death, we have some cool neck tearing scenes. Slowly, we whittle it down to final girl Julia and Father James with his badass vicious Rottweiler.

This is a lot like a normal slasher, and likely the dog attacks and the end killing of the dog got it on the Nasty list. Pretty decent slasher, it's definitely is going for the "wacky killer" thing, which drags it down a tiny bit. Relatively calm by today's standards, this fits into the "why is this on the Nasty list?"

Argument against Video Nasty

Nasty Meter 1/10

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Exposé - 1976

Also known as House on Straw Hill and Trauma.

Udo Kier is back, this time as a British alcoholic writer in this strange sex thriller. Exposé is the story of him getting a new sexy assistant. On her way to the job she is randomly raped, and hunts the guys down promptly. Kier then starts trying to seduce her, and fails. He resorts to his usual fling, Suzanne, while his new assistant begins to disconnect from reality.

This is a relatively minimal film, which in general I like a lot usually. This one is not going to eschew that trend. It has an A to B, direct story, and has a bit of the paranoia thriller bent to it. The rape scene is mild in comparison to something like I Spit on Your Grave, and the violence is kinda just a whatever thing. Not even a lot of blood in this one.

This fits into the whole realm of "why was this a Video Nasty?" I guess a rape scene is pushing the envelope, but its not mixed with a lot of sexual violence, and its not that long or explicit. There's some light blood n stuff, but yeah. A mild R by today's standards. I give this a solid 3 stars.

Argument against Video Nasty

Nasty Meter 2/10

Monday, June 8, 2026

A Bay of Blood - 1971

Also known as Chain Reaction, Carnage, Twitch of the Death Nerve and Blood Bath.

Mario Bava directs this surprisingly un-giallo and definitely another proto-slasher, Bay of Blood. This methodical horror movie is centered around a local bay, and a seeming unrelated series of killings that take place there.

Pretty small plot, pretty fun movie. The main kills in this are machete kills with lots of blood, and it’s as fun as it sounds. Lots. Decent effects and a cool face chopping scene, plenty of kills and some nudity, I mean what do ya need here?

I don’t have a ton to say. It didn’t stick out in any way as a Video Nasty. I’m kinda tired. 4 stars.

Argument against Video Nasty

1/10 in the Nasty Meter

Blood Feast - 1963

It would not be a list of controversial films without the godfather of gore himself Herschell Gordon Lewis.

This man, shocking as it is, has not been on the blog?! Lewis directed the usual nudie cuties before getting into horror, and he was trying specifically to show what Alfred Hitchcock had not. That was his goal, as I read about this movie on wikipedia.

Blood Test was also known as Egyptian Blood Fest, and has all the hallmarks of what I more expected to see on the Video Nasty list. One take, unlit, non professional actors hamming it up in essentially plotless, artless films. Not to say Blood Feast is a bad movie. From what I’ve seen of Lewis, he is able to dig into that “slimy fun” aspect that can be had and make it funny.

This is probably what created cult film. I mean sure, German expressionism and sex in film and other things had people seeking out specific things before this, but films like Rocky Horror, which is perhaps the most popular cult film, are drafting off this. The “hokeyness” specifically, the ridiculousness. Characters that are outrageous and bizarre, that if they had a mustache would literally twirl it.

It’s barely over an hour long. To start with. And the plot, I mean is this a plot? A woman goes to the butcher and says they want a “special party” and the butcher says he recommends an Egyptian Feast. He kills a girl and rips out her tongue. He books another feast. He kills another girl. That continues.

This could barely last 10 minutes longer, as it is you might check the clock as I did a few times. There is one concept here, and its not one with much in the way of legs. On the Nasty list for the gore and some cannibalism, I get it, especially for 1963. I give it probably 3.5 stars.

Argument for Video Nasty

3/10 on the Nasty Meter

Saturday, June 6, 2026

I Spit on Your Grave - 1978

Also known as Day of the Women.

I should have maybe ranked the "well known" Nasties, and if I had, this would have clearly been up there as well known. This and The Last House on the Left both somehow broke through a little bit, and I'm sure that the many many full nude scenes and sex scenes had something to do with it. Interesting that around the time before there was anything truly pornographic in theaters, there were already films with heavy sexual violence. I think that absolutely says something about the creature known as the human being.

Jennifer is on a writing retreat somewhere by a river and is being bothered by the locals. They ogle her, they are loud. Its fairly innocent until 20 minutes in they start to bother her while she's on her boat. They tie a rope to her boat, tow her to shore, and collectively rape her over the next 30 or so minutes, taking turns and changing locations, and even heavily implying anal rape. Direct references were removed by censors, it did in fact used to be explicit.

Beaten, defeated, raped, Jennifer tracks them down with vengeance in mind. I mean, the thing about this movie is that it was critically panned and called the most vile or violent or hateful or whatever movie of all time when it was released. It is pretty light on gore, there's a penis chopping scenes that is sorta the worst of it, which is truly something that I can't watch, not to sound like a little bitch.

Extremely well acted, linear, small in scope, and without much else to focus on, this is actually quite well made. You obviously have like 30 something minutes of sexual violence, and if that isn't for you, well its a deal breaker. Its not that it seems quaint specifically now, its just that thankfully it is the least professionally done aspect of the film, it seems almost comedic in acting and some of the depiction - lots of overacting on the males parts. So...I dunno, what I'm saying is freakily enough I have seen worse.

Argument for Video Nasty.

5/10 on the Nasty Meter.

Friday, June 5, 2026

Cannibal Apocalypse - 1980

Also known as Apocalypse Tomorrow, and Invasion of the Flesh Hunters.

Man was I confused starting this, because this has one of the guys from Cannibal Ferox in it and I was tricked into thinking I had watched this one already!

This movie starts with a helicopter landing in an unknown foreign land and I steel myself for more tribal cannibal nonsense. But it quickly steers away from that, and I sorta sat up and paid attention. This is...oddly enough...a compelling drama? And a movie sorta about PTSD? And a virus movie? What is this?

Charles Bukowski (what the fuck? he is just named the exact name of the writer, at a time when the writer was still alive?) is rescued from the tribe after eating human flesh. He returns to the real world and at first it seems he has broken to some degree, can't hack it. He attacks a woman in a theater and gets chased by a gang, shoots one of them in self defense. This all spirals into a hostage situation and it quickly becomes apparent that the cannibalism in this movie is treated as a virus, ala zombies, once you get bitten you transmit the craving to the next guy.

With John Saxon as a cop who gets the virus, this had good actors and an original idea. It caught me and enraptured me in the beginning with the hostage stuff, but to be honest it does go a bit downhill after that. It just feels a little bit rinse and repeat after about minute 30, as it just becomes more people getting turned - nothing else really happens that's new.

There's a few slightly grisly leg chopping scenes, there's a couple guts n whatever. Relatively light in the Video Nasty realm.

In the argument "for" or "against" the concept of Video Nasty, this is very slightly "against"

On the Nasty Meter, I give this a 1/10