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Title: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Metropolisforever on September 20, 2008, 11:42:57 AM Many British users will be familiar with the "Video Nasty" scare, which occurred when the public became concerned about the lack of BBFC regulation for video tapes, leading to the Video Recordings Act 1984. Even some of us Americans might be familiar with this moral panic, since many of these "nasty" films are only available uncut in the US. Many of these films have been released under several different titles.
Here is a list of the so-called "Video Nasties": Absurd Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein The Anthropophagus Beast Axe The Beast in Heat - Better known to us Americans as SS Hell Camp. The Beyond Blood Bath Blood Feast - The oldest film on the list. Blood Rites Bloody Moon The Bogey Man The Burning Cannibal Apocalypse Cannibal Ferox Cannibal Holocaust - Arguably the nastiest of the "Video Nasties". The Cannibal Man Cannibal Terror Contamination Dead and Buried Death Trap Deep River Savages Delirium The Devil Hunter Don’t Go in the House Don’t Go in the Woods… Alone Don’t Go Near the Park Don’t Look in the Basement The Driller Killer The Evil Dead Evilspeak Expose Faces of Death Fight for Your Life Forest of Fear Frozen Scream Funhouse Gestapo’s Last Orgy The House By the Cemetery House on the Edge of the Park Human Experiments I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses I Spit on Your Grave Inferno Island of Death Killer Nun The Last House on the Left Late Night Trains The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue Love Camp 7 Madhouse Mardi Gras Massacre Night of the Bloody Apes Night of the Demon Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker Nightmares in a Damaged Brain Possession Pranks Prisoner of the Cannibal God Revenge of the Bogey Man The Slayer Shogun Assassin Snuff SS Experiment Camp Tenebrae Terror Eyes The Toolbox Murders Unhinged Visiting Hours The Werewolf and the Yeti The Witch Who Came from the Sea Women Behind Bars Xtro Zombie Creeping Flesh Zombie Flesh Eaters Zombie Holocaust Of these films: 35 have been released uncut in the UK 26 have been released cut in the UK 1 has been released with additional footage in the UK 12 are still banned in the UK to this day, because they have either been refused certificates on resubmission or have not been resubmitted for classification by any distributors. How many of these films have you seen? Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: RCMerchant on September 20, 2008, 01:40:51 PM Ones I've seen,eh...
.ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTIEN- I guess having sex with someones corpse is pretty nasty,alright. Plus a little incest thread going on as well in that movie. .ANTHROPOPHAGUS BEAST-I only saw the severly cut GRIM REAPER Wizard Video release...soo...I can't say much about it. .the BEYOND-aka 7 DOORS of DEATH- I guess showing daylight threw a little girls head is gruesome...seen worse. .BLOOD FEAST-HG Lewis....the fx were quite phoney....I like the flashback scenes! .CANNIBAL APOCOLYPSE-Again...I've only seen the cut version...sooo... .CANNIBAL FEROX-This movie cracked me up. What's with the one doper calling everyone a "c#nt"? :bouncegiggle: .DEAD and BURIED-I like this movie a lot. Underated! But a 'nasty'? Huh. .DON"T LOOK in the BASEMENT-Wha...? I LOVE this movie! I view it as comedy!!! :bouncegiggle: .the EVIL DEAD-See above comment on DON'T LOOK... .EVILSPEAK-Clint Howard banned! THAT'S evil!!! Clint with a bigh a$$ sword and hell pigs....that's not 'nasty'...tha'ts family fun for everyone! :smile: .FACES of DEATH- Mostly phoney set pieces...the worst part for me was that poor monkey for dinner. Poor monkey! :bluesad: .FROZEN SCREAM- the Hanging Woman is the only part of that movie I remeber....I saw it a long time ago on Showtime,I think,in about 1981 or 2. .FUNHOUSE-Is fun. I like the monsters cool Frankenstein Mask! .I SPIT On YOUR GRAVE- Yeah...this is nasty. The rape scene drags out waaaaaaaaaay to long then I thought nessacary. .LIVING DEAD at MANCHESTER MORGUGE- I have a vhs tape of this simply titled the LIVING DEAD. It appears to be very cut...as in NO gore...very few zombies...boring as hell. .LAST HOUSE on the LEFT-I like this movie...but for reasons other than some. I think the dialouge is very interesting. And Krug is a very evil basterd.... .MADHOUSE-Is this the one with Vincent Price and Peter Cushing? .NIGHT of the BLOODY APES-HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!..oh--oh...I-I well...ha ha HA HAHAHAHA! :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: .TENEBRAE-Argento. I like it. Don't understand the 'nasty' factor bestowed upon it. .the TOOL BOX MURDERS-Yeah...this is pretty nasty. I like It alot. Cameron Mitchell is GREAT!!! :cheers: .XTRO- This one confused me. Kinda dumb too. .ZOMBI FLESH EATERS-Is'nt this one also known as ZOMBIE-the Fulci CLASSICK? .ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST-Is this DR.BUTCHER MD? I LOVE this one! The boat motor...the eye gouging....good movie . Curious though...The WEREWOLF nad the YETI...? Isn't that a Paul Naschy movie? If so...I'd like to see that one! I can think of lots that SHOULD have made the list...like hummm...lessee...SEXETTE,XAUNADU,anything with Pauly Shore.... . Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Brother Ragnarok on September 20, 2008, 01:51:11 PM I have seen:
Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein The Anthropophagus Beast The Beast in Heat - Better known to us Americans as SS Hell Camp. The Beyond Blood Feast - The oldest film on the list. Cannibal Apocalypse Cannibal Ferox Cannibal Holocaust[/i] - Arguably the nastiest of the "Video Nasties". The Cannibal Man Contamination Don’t Go in the Woods… Alone The Driller Killer The Evil Dead Faces of Death Frozen Scream Funhouse The House By the Cemetery House on the Edge of the Park I Spit on Your Grave Island of Death The Last House on the Left Night of the Demon Prisoner of the Cannibal God Shogun Assassin Tenebrae The Toolbox Murders Unhinged Xtro Zombie Flesh Eaters Zombie Holocaust Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Psycho Circus on September 20, 2008, 02:52:38 PM The Beyond The Bogey Man The Burning Cannibal Apocalypse Cannibal Ferox Cannibal Holocaust - Arguably the nastiest of the "Video Nasties". Cannibal Terror Delirium Don’t Go Near the Park The Driller Killer The Evil Dead Funhouse I Spit on Your Grave Inferno The Last House on the Left The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue Madhouse Night of the Demon Possession The Toolbox Murders Xtro Zombie Creeping Flesh Zombie Flesh Eaters Zombie Holocaust[/i] Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Rev. Powell on September 20, 2008, 03:50:08 PM I haven't seen too many.
Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein Blood Feast - The oldest film on the list. The Evil Dead Love Camp 7 SS Experiment Camp The Argento films are the only ones I haven't seen on the list that I plan to (oh, and XTRO, I think). That "Video Nasty" label probably sold a few more units over here in the states than it would have otherwise. Horror fans here were aware of the label, and it was actually a selling point. Most of those movies are pretty bad, from what I can tell. A few were classics, despite being extreme. POSSESSION is the one that really sticks out as not belonging on such a list--even though I didn't enjoy it that much, it clearly had serious artistic value and was even nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes. Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Metropolisforever on September 20, 2008, 03:57:22 PM POSSESSION is the one that really sticks out as not belonging on such a list--even though I didn't enjoy it that much, it clearly had serious artistic value and was even nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes. Well, so was Mondo Cane. :wink: Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Rev. Powell on September 20, 2008, 04:24:25 PM POSSESSION is the one that really sticks out as not belonging on such a list--even though I didn't enjoy it that much, it clearly had serious artistic value and was even nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes. Well, so was Mondo Cane. :wink: Deservedly! Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Psycho Circus on September 20, 2008, 05:27:55 PM Actually even alot of milder "R" rated films still have alot of scenes cut out of them over here. There's one scene in "Cobra" with Syvester Stallone where the Night Slasher (bad guy) sends the police some woman's hands, it's on my VHS copy and an early Region 1 DVD, but not on my later Region 2 disc version. I still don't think they even sell "Child's Play" over here, there was a big hoo-ha over that years ago when some babysitter got strangled.
I've seen all the extreme cannibal films though, in the major HMV stores - uncut too. All very confusing for gore-hounds like me :question: Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: JJ80 on September 21, 2008, 10:52:33 AM I think that the "Child's Play" series was cited as an influence on the two boys who murdered Jamie Bulger, wasn't it? I seem to remember that causing a fresh (and I suppose understandable) scandal about violent movies/videos in the early to mid 1990's.
Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Psycho Circus on September 21, 2008, 11:26:27 AM I think that the "Child's Play" series was cited as an influence on the two boys who murdered Jamie Bulger, wasn't it? I seem to remember that causing a fresh (and I suppose understandable) scandal about violent movies/videos in the early to mid 1990's. Yeah, that too. There was a few incidents and they just pinned the blame on as many horror films as possible. Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: the master on September 21, 2008, 03:07:01 PM only seen dont look in the basement
Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: RCMerchant on September 21, 2008, 06:33:12 PM only scene dont look in the basement And now your life is complete. And you're at peace with your self all things....You have reached Nirvana. :smile: Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Metropolisforever on September 21, 2008, 07:09:06 PM only scene dont look in the basement And now your life is complete. And you're at peace with your self all things....You have reached Nirvana. :smile: Actually, he hasn't. In order to achieve total Nirvana, he also has to see Zombie Flesh Eaters. :wink: Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: RCMerchant on September 21, 2008, 07:34:27 PM only scene dont look in the basement And now your life is complete. And you're at peace with your self all things....You have reached Nirvana. :smile: Actually, he hasn't. In order to achieve total Nirvana, he also has to see Zombie Flesh Eaters. :wink: Ah...quite so, Grasshopper. Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: AndyC on September 21, 2008, 08:55:00 PM Blood Feast The Evil Dead Funhouse Hmmm, surprisingly few for me, although I do know a few of the others by reputation. Do I get bonus points for owning a copy of Funhouse? Not that nasty, as slashers go, but the calf with the cleft palate stands out as something I haven't seen in a movie before or since. :teddyr: Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Metropolisforever on September 22, 2008, 02:15:53 PM NOTE: The film "Blood Rites" is actually a 1968 chiller called The Ghastly Ones, considered by many to be among the worst films ever committed to celluloid. Stephen King called The Ghastly Ones "the work of morons with cameras".
Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: the master on September 22, 2008, 07:00:30 PM only scene dont look in the basement And now your life is complete. And you're at peace with your self all things....You have reached Nirvana. :smile: Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: RCMerchant on September 22, 2008, 07:43:29 PM only scene dont look in the basement And now your life is complete. And you're at peace with your self all things....You have reached Nirvana. :smile: (Heavy sigh)...Well,Grasshoppa, DONT'T LOOK in the BASEMENT is like the book of Tao. What is the sound of one big retard crying while eating a popsicile? Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Torgo on September 22, 2008, 08:43:31 PM Has "The Werewolf and the Yeti" ever been released completely uncut on region one DVD?
Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Ozzymandias on September 22, 2008, 09:16:34 PM NOTE: The film "Blood Rites" is actually a 1968 chiller called The Ghastly Ones, considered by many to be among the worst films ever committed to celluloid. Stephen King called The Ghastly Ones "the work of morons with cameras". Ozzymandias speaks: I can't remember if it is Basket Case director Frank Henenlotter or Ghastly Ones actor Hal Borske says the film looks like "home movies of a crazy family from Hell."Ozzymandias has spoken!!! Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: Raffine on September 23, 2008, 12:25:48 PM Quote Stephen King called The Ghastly Ones "the work of morons with cameras". Stephen King is wrong! THE GHASTLY ONES is the work of ONE moron with a camera: Andy Milligan. :teddyr: Title: Re: The "Video Nasty" Thread Post by: D-Man on September 24, 2008, 09:25:17 PM Oh yes, I've studied up on the Video Nasties scare for a while now, even though I'm an American, hehe.
The Ones I've seen so far: Axe The Beyond The Bogey Man Cannibal Holocaust Contamination Don’t Go in the House Don’t Look in the Basement The Driller Killer The Evil Dead Funhouse The House By the Cemetery Inferno The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue Nightmares in a Damaged Brain Tenebrae Xtro Zombie Flesh Eaters The ones currently in my Netflix Queue for the future: Visiting Hours The Burning Last House on The Left Don't Go in The Woods Alone Death Trap The Toolbox murders I Spit on Your Grave There are two in particular I want to check out, but don't seem available. Bloody Moon, and Absurd. I'd also like to see a DVD release of Nightmares in a Damaged Brain sometime. |