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| Video Nasties List | Notes | Availability |
| Absurd aka
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1981 Italian video by Joe D'Amato The anthropophagous beast goes on a killing and cannibalism spree including power tool murders, a hatchet job and baking someone's head in an oven. In return the beast suffers his guts unravelling on railings, blinding by compasses and an axe in the head. |
Passed 18 with cuts for a cinema release |
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The Anthropophagous Beast aka
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1980 Italian video by Joe D'Amato Gruesome killing & cannibalism including stomping on the bellies of pregnant women so as to snack on their fetuses. As a finale, the beast dies after eating his own intestines. Review from Amazon US
Finally! Now we'll have it as it was supposed to be.
I've been waiting for this moment for so many years! Now "Anthropophagus"
may not be a masterpiece but it has become a cult classic very long time
ago. |
The cut US version,
The Grim Reaper was passed by the BBFC in 2002. It was released uncut in 2005 on region 1 DVD available at US Amazon |
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Axe aka
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1977 US video by Frederick R Friedel Murderous gangsters on the run descend on isolated farm inhabited by girl & her paralysed father. The girl rejects amorous advances with the assistance of an axe and a razor. Review from imdb A gang of three murderers escape the police, terrorize a
salesgirl in a roadside grocery store, then proceed to hide-out in a
seemingly deserted farmhouse. They soon discover that a young girl, Lisa,
and her paralyzed grandfather live there. The gang attempt some sleazy
deeds, but Lisa shows how she can work an axe in self-defense. |
Passed X with cuts for a cinema release Passed 18 after BBFC cuts in 1999 as California Axe Massacre Passed 18 uncut when resubmitted in 2005 as Axe The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon released 27.03.06 |
| The Beast In Heat aka
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1977 Italian film by Luigi Batzella Lady SS doctor tortures POWs in her charge and feeds the females to a crazed midget troll kept on a diet of mega-aphrodisiacs. The POWs finally get the upper hand and give her a taste of her own medicine. Amazon Review: Ahhh, the
good old days when absolutely nothing was safe or sacred to the exploitation
movie merchants.... Here we have, in my opinion, probably the most tasteless
example of the Naziploitation picture, a genre that more or less died
shortly after this "movie". Most would probably agree that that is a good
thing. |
Banned in UK Remained on the DPP list throughout the scare The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon |
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The Beyond aka
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1981 Italian video by Lucio Fulci Fifty years after a fatal witch/warlock hunt in a hotel, inhabitants start to meet gruesome deaths including eye gouging, face eating by spiders & acid attacks. This banned version was in fact the cut and X certificated cinema version already passed by the BBFC |
Passed uncut in 2001
The uncut region 2 DVD is available from UK Amazon |
| Blood Feast | 1963 US video by Herschell Gordon Lewis Crazed Egyptian attempts to invoke the goddess Ishtar by building the perfect woman out of body parts from victims not yet ready to donate them. |
Passed with 23s of cuts in 2001 The uncut region 0 DVD is available from US Amazon |
| Blood Rites aka
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1969 US video by Andy Milligan Mysterious killer retard stalks family will reading. |
Banned in UK |
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Bloodbath aka
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1971 Italian video by Mario Bava A perverse reworking of La Ronde involving 11 graphic murders. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts as
Bay of
Blood (Redemption, 1994)
The uncut region 0 DVD is available from US Amazon |
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Bloody Moon aka
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1981 Spanish/German video by Jess Franco A chainsaw killing is amongst the methods for the killing of staff and students at a language school. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts (Vipco) |
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The Bogey Man aka
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1980 US video by Ulli Lommel Various killings precipitated by domestic objects aided by the power of the occult. Review from imdb I was surprised that this movie got such a low rating, to me it's one of the better horror films I've seen in some time. Ulli Lommel allows the horror in this story to gradually build until it erupts in very frightening and disturbing and occasionally blackly comic ways. The boogeyman's appearances in the film are effectively kept very brief, he doesn't become a silly charactor of the Freddy/Jason mould. Ulli lommel keeps the location barren and banal and uses them in inventive ways. The scenes in which the disturbed deaf brother paints over every mirror in the house is brilliant and foreshadows a lot of scenes in clean-shaven. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts in 1992 (Vipco) Re-released uncut in 2000 with an 18 certificate An extended version was again passed uncut in 2004 The uncut region 2 extended DVD is available from UK Amazon |
| The Burning | 1981 US video by Tony Maylam Camp caretaker gets horribly burnt as a result of a prank. Five years later he exacts revenge at a summer camp with the help of a pair of shears. Heads and fingers roll. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts in 1992
(Thorn/EMI) Cuts waived in 2002 (Michael Lee) The uncut region 2 DVD is available here from UK Amazon |
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Cannibal Apocalypse aka
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1980 Italian/Spanish video by Anthony M Dawson Cannibalism has become a disease brought back to the US by soldiers returning from Indo-China. French kissing becomes inadvisable as the plague spreads. Amazon Review: |
Passed with 2s of cuts for animal cruelty when submitted in
2005 The uncut region 1 DVD is available from US Amazon |
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Cannibal Ferox aka
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1981 Italian video by Umberto Lenzi Drug dealers run amok amongst cannibal tribes who eventually gain the upper hand with grim results. The girlfriend gets hung up by her breasts and the guy suffers various amputations before being deep throated in a rather one way manner. |
Prior to the VRA, the BBFC unofficially approved a cut 18 video version (by about 7mins). This never became an official post VRA certificate as both this and the uncut version were prosecuted. The film was eventually removed from the DDP list The pre-cut 18 version (7mins cut) has now been submitted to the BBFC and has been passed in 2000 with an additional BBFC of cut 6s for animal cruelty) Recently re-released uncut in the US on DVD. Region 1 Available on US Amazon |
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Cannibal Holocaust aka
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1979 Italian film by Ruggero Deodato Film crew sent into the jungle captures some pretty gruesome local customs and then go on to indulge in a little raping and killing themselves. The natives strike back and the film crew are beaten, castrated, stripped down to their skeletons and eaten. This film suffered repeated outrageous claims of being a snuff movie by the ever-ludicrous gutter press. This can only be a testament to the quality of the film as the TV film crew's demise is presented solely from news footage that they have supposedly shot. Review from imdb
Cannibal Holocaust was, first and foremost, a disgusting
movie with more violence than I have ever seen. Despite this, it is also one
of my favorite movies. It gives a feeling of Blair Witch done right, even
though there are some very obviously contrived scenes in which nobody is
holding the camera, but despite some small cosmetic problems this is the
best horror movie I have ever seen. |
Passed 18 with 5:44s of cuts in 2001 The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon |
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The Cannibal Man aka
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1972 Spanish video by Eloy de la Iglesia Alienated slaughter house worker kills cabby on Monday, fiancée on Tuesday, brother on Wednesday, brother's wife on Thursday, Father on Friday and then takes Saturday off. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts
(Redemption) The uncut region 1 DVD is available here from US Amazon |
| Cannibal Terror aka
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1981 French video by Allan W Steeve Criminals kidnap rich kid and unfortunately hole up in a cannibal infested jungle. The kid is adopted by the cannibals but the kidnappers donate their intestines for a tug-of-war match. |
Removed from the DPP list. Passed 18 uncut in 2003 The uncut region 0 PAL DVD is available here from UK Amazon |
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Contamination aka
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1980 Italian video by Luigi Cozzi (Lewis Coates) Exploding alien pods ripen and burst, any unfortunate humans in the vicinity join a chain reaction of a slow motion offal explosion. The Pre-VRA British re-release of Alien Contamination was heavily cut by distributors and further trimmed by the BBFC. About 2 minutes and 40 seconds of cuts were made, including:
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Passed 15 uncut in 2003 (although it has not yet been
released) The US video versions under titles Contamination and Toxic Spawn are heavily edited. There is now an uncut region 1 DVD available at US Amazon |
| Dead and Buried | 1981 US video by Gary A Sherman Main stream horror film with Melody Anderson in which yokels set a photographer alight. He survives long enough to get a hypodermic in the eye and anyone investigating too closely ends up dead. |
Re-released after cuts (The Video
Collection) Re-released in 1999 with all cuts restored The uncut region 1 DVD is available here from US Amazon |
| Death Trap aka
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1976 US video by Tobe Hooper Deranged motel proprietor feeds people to his pet crocodile.The crocodile eventually ensures justice by eating its master. |
Passed with
25s of cuts
in 1992 Passed uncut in 2000 The uncut region 2 DVD is available from UK Amazon |
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Deep River Savages aka
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1972 Italian video by Umberto Lenzi Forerunner of Cannibal Ferox set in South East Asian cannibal infested jungles. Tongue amputations are the order of the day after snacking on traditionally served monkey brains. Review from imdb I liked this one strictly for its exoticness. Me Me Lay looks great dressed or naked. She has a great face. I have the Prism edition video. That one is missing a brief cannibal scene that later showed up in Lenzi's Eaten Alive by the Cannibals. The cinematography was well done and I may catch some heat for this but I actually liked the music. The love scene in the river came very close to XXX. A well placed bush (no pun intended) kept it soft-core. Not much gore, so jungle flick fans should like it. I know I did. |
Rejected for a cinema release
in 1975 as The Man from Deep River Removed from the DPP list but it took a long time for a re-release. Re-released in 2003 after cuts for animal cruelty The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon |
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Delirium aka
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1979 US video by Peter Maris A kangaroo court of right wing nuts hires Vietnam veteran to clean the scum off the streets.The vet turns out to be an impotent psycho who summarily executes nubile girls who remind him of his deficiency. |
Re-released as Psycho Puppet with cuts (Viz) |
| The Devil Hunter aka
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1980 Italian/Spanish/West German video by Jess Franco Set amongst jungle tribes that live in fear of the devil. Chained maidens are offered in supplication and the devil demonstrates eating pussy in a grossly excessive literal manner. |
Banned in UK |
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Don't Go in the House aka
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1979 US film by Joseph Ellison A man tortured by his mum as a child returns the compliment by killing and roasting her. He keeps her charred corpse around to witness further burnings of bimbos and bitches |
Re-released after BBFC cuts
in 1987 The uncut region 0 DVD is available from US Amazon |
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Don't Go in the Woods aka
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1980 US video by James Bryan Victims are garrotted, stabbed, impaled and have various limbs lopped off Review from imdb I rented this movie, hoping to find a good movie. It was... if you're into comedy! This movie had deadpan acting, no storyline at ALL (a maniac roaming around, killing people for no reason, which may not be THAT bad), and a stupid looking killer (when he's being stabbed at the end, it looks as though his chest is made of brick, or is that CARDBOARD?). The gore was supplemental, however, and I always recommend this movie for a laugh (in fact, I rented it again just to show my friend how bad it was!). It kept me laughing however and the ending hinted towards a sequel.... maybe it would be better around now? This movie gets a definite 2 out of 10 since it kept me laughing. |
Passed 15 uncut in February 2007 The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon |
| Don't Go Near the Park aka
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1979 US video by Lawrence D Foldes Vampire cavemen sentenced to eternal life for blood drinking, incest & cannibalism are rejuvenated in the modern day. Review from imdb
Now I've seen my fair share of garbage over the years. Hell,
I admit to actively seeking it out. But nothing prepared me for this little
wonder. |
Removed from the DPP list. Passed 18 uncut when submitted
in 2006. Broadcast on the Horror Channel in 2004. Missing some footage of entrails being removed, but the stomachs were still ripped open with gusto The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon |
| Don't Look in the Basement | 1973 US video by SF Brownrigg Lunatics take over their asylum after beheading the doctor. The chief loon develops her own treatment regime that involves inflicting burns on her charges. This merely inspires the loons to start killing each other. |
Removed from the DPP list and was eventually passed uncut for video in 2005 with a 15 certificate |
| The Driller Killer | 1979 US film by Abel Ferrara Power tools only make a brief appearance in the film but the cover picture of a power drill boring into a guys forehead probably started the press baying for blood. |
Banned in UK until 1999 when it was passed
with 54s of pre-cuts. The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon |
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The Evil Dead aka
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1982 US video by Sam Raimi Teenagers battle and lose to the spirits unleashed from the Book of the Dead. Notable rape of girl by marauding tree roots. Review from imdb Raimi is already a legend, because he created 'The Evil Dead', without a doubt one of the greatest horror movies of all time. Made on a shoe string budget as a labour of love, it still remains Raimi's best movie. He has subsequently worked on bigger projects with bigger names but it is arguable whether he has ever surpassed the invention, thrills, energy and sheer fun of this. And why Bruce Campbell never became a genuine movie star after his debut here, and not just a much loved cult figure, is a complete mystery to me. 'The Evil Dead' is a modern horror classic and absolutely ESSENTIAL viewing for any self-respecting movie buff! It doesn't get much better than this! |
Re-Released after BBFC cuts in 1990
The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon |
| Evilspeak | 1982 US video by Eric Weston Fun starts when an ancient tome is unearthed and used to summon up a pack of man eating pigs into an unfortunates girls bedroom.Decapitation, disembowelments and open heart surgery with a sword follow. The climax involves a nail launched from a crucifix flying into the baddies head. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts (Horror
Classics) Cuts waived in 2004 but dialogue cut by the distributors |
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Expose aka
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1975 UK video by James Kenelm Clarke Unlikely British entry in list, a thriller with rape & murder. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts. This version has been shown on Bravo TV. |
| Faces of Death | 1981 US documentary video by Conan Le Cilaire Mixed bag of death scenes, badly acted surgical and autopsy scenes, monkey brain eating, phony video footage of death by alligator and bear, political assassinations etc. The banned video was in fact a cut version of the original. 5 sequels followed. |
Re-released in 2003 after BBFC cuts
for animal cruelty The uncut region 1 DVD is available here from US Amazon |
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Fight for Your Life aka
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1977 Canadian video by Robert A Endelson Strange entry in the list in that most of the video is taken up by talking about vengeance rather than getting on with the job. From www.imdb.com:
Three escaped
convicts seek refuge at the home of a black minister and his family, there
the family is humiliated and beaten. When his daughter is violated the
family begin to embark on some vengeance.
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Banned in UK Remained on the DPP list Also rejected for cinema release The uncut region 0 DVD is available here from US Amazon |
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Flesh for Frankenstein aka
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1973 Italian/French video by Paul Morrissey Famous scene where the Baron has an orgasmic grope amongst his creations innards and proclaims that You don't know life till you've fucked death in the gall bladder. |
Re-released in 1996 after BBFC cuts of 56s
(First Independent) Finally passed uncut by in 2006 for a Tartan Video release on May 22nd 2006 The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon |
| Forest of Fear aka
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1979 US video by Chuck McCrann Zombies are created from hippies smoking weed that has been contaminated by pesticide. They then go on a flesh hunt. The banned version was lacking the epilogue seen in the original. |
Banned in UK |
| Frozen Scream | 1981 US video by Frank Roach very few nasty bits bar an injection into an eyeball. |
Removed from the DPP list but never re-released. |
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The Funhouse aka
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1981 US video by Tobe Hooper Mainstream film about a murderous mutant on the loose in a fairground. It has been suggested that the video appears on the list due to a confusion with another film Last House on Dead End Street that is also known as The Fun House. |
Passed 18 uncut in 1987 and then passed 15
uncut in 2007 The uncut region 1 DVD is available here from US Amazon |
| The
Gestapo's Last Orgy aka
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1977 Italian video by Cesare Canevari |
Banned in UK The uncut region 1 DVD is available at xploited cinema complete with "Banned in the UK" tagline |
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The House by the Cemetery aka
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1981 Italian video by Lucio Fulci Apparently praised by the Sunday Times for its constraint but still includes decapitation, stabbing in the head, scalping, a throat ripping, a bat attack and more. The banned video had already been cut to remove the decapitation of the baby sitter and most of the violence committed with a poker. Review from US Amazon This is the third in a loose trilogy of films by Italian master of the macabre Lucio Fulci set in New England that evoke the uncanny and cosmic terrors of H.P. Lovecraft. The other two films City of the Living Dead and The Beyond are quite a bit better than House by the Cemetery, but that doesn't mean this film is totally without merit. At times Fulci succeeds very well in creating an atmosphere of dread and fear, and the film is not without some subtle moments of terror, due mainly to an eerie soundtrack and a couple of creepy kids. But fans of Fulci and Italian horror cinema in general are not interested in the type of subtle scares one might find in English ghost stories; instead his films are marked by unusual levels of graphic violence. Although this film is not without its moments (throats ripped out, maggot ridden bodies and decapitation), the violence seems quite muted compared to other Fulci films. Fulci is perhaps aiming too strongly for the atmosphere of Lovecraft, and subsequently forgets to invest in his film the graphic and absurdly violent scenes which have afforded his work a cult following. The film as is usually the case with Fulci makes little sense and is full of continuity errors, its difficult to know whether this is down to bad editing, or an intentional effort to create an uncanny world in which time and space are confused, personally I prefer the latter possibility. There has always been something dream like and hallucinatory about Italian horror cinema and this film doesn't disappoint on that level. |
First passed 18 after 4:45s of cuts in 1988. The Vipco version of 1993
suffered 7:27s of cuts. The
latest 2001 DVD from
Protected is missing 33s The uncut region 0 DVD is available from US Amazon |
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House on the Edge of the Park aka
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1979 Italian video by Ruggero Deodato Class warfare, retards are invited to rich kids party for ritual humiliation, retards extract revenge by robbing, raping and pissing on the rich kids. Eventually the rich kids get the upper hand and the retards get it. Review from US Amazon: Interesting yet Chilling
A couple of trouble making rapists Alex and Ricky(
David Hess from "Last House on The Left" and John Morghen from "Cannibal
Ferox") who are invited to a rich person's party until they decide to make
their own cruel and twisted kind of fun such as murder and rape. |
Removed from the DPP list but
banned from a cinema release by the BBFC in
1981. Finally passed 18 with
heavy cuts in 2002 The uncut region 1 DVD is available from US Amazon |
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Human Experiments aka
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1980 US film by Gregory Goodell Some doubt as to whether this film was an official nasty. Woman in peril when falsely imprisoned in an asylum. The mandatory mad doctor is experimenting in catatonic shock induced by spiders and bugs. |
Banned in UK |
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I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses aka
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1978 Canadian video by Murray Markowitz Stars Elke Sommer and features electrocution in a swimming pool and a paving slab being dropped on someone's head. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts as Drop Dead Dearest (Heron Home Entertainment) |
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I Spit on Your Grave aka
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1978 US video by Meir Zarchi Perhaps one of the most famous of the video nasties probably because it is one of the better films on the list. It shows brutal and protracted scenes of the violation and humiliation of Camille Keaton. Armed with resolve and intelligence Keaton avenges herself by chopping up, hanging, drowning and castrating her tormentors. |
Reissued in the US on DVD Gained a UK video certificate in 2001 after 7:02s of cuts to the rape scene The uncut region 1 DVD is available here from US Amazon |
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Inferno aka
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1980 Italian video by Dario Argento Apartment is inhabited by an evil spirit that causes a number of deaths including, stabbing, guillotining, and drowning. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts
(CBS/Fox) The uncut region 0 DVD is available here from US Amazon |
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Island of Death aka
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1972 US/Greek video by Nico Mastorakis Saga of bestiality, incest & torture. Women and goats are raped, people are pissed on and nailed to the floor. Lesbians are torched and homosexuals are forced to drink paint.
Review from
imdb The story is about two totally weird siblings who travel to Mykonos to free the peaceful Greek island from all those who are perverted scum in their eyes: gays, lesbians, nymphomaniacs, hippies... Unfortunately, the version that I watched was cut, so I didn´t have the chance to see the notorious goat-rape! Even though the violence is not that graphic in this film, the director seemed to be possessed by the ambition to make one of the most depraved movies ever! Loved the bad surprise ending! |
Was passed X with cuts for the cinema as
A Craving for Lust Heavily cut video version renamed Psychic Killer 2 was rejected by the BBFC. Passed with heavy cuts in 2002 The uncut region 0 DVD is available here from US Amazon |
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The Killer Nun aka
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1978 Italian video by Giulio Berruti Patients are killed in a variety of exotic ways, perforated with pins, kicked to death, thrown out of window etc. These deaths resemble accounts of martyrdom often told by a drunkard, dopehead, lecherous old nun, Anita Ekberg. Also includes a bit of lesbian nun depravity. Amazon review What a great job Blue Underground have done as usual to restore it. This is a good film and anyone familiar with the exploitation sub-genre of nunsploitation will recognise this as a stand out film. There are some very atmospheric set pieces in the film Anita Ekberg's flashbacks and the giallo inspired murder of the old woman. I just wish we had the original italian soundtrack. As is usual with dubbed films it detracts from the power of the film by having cheesy actors do the overdubs. Some of the editing is a bit sloppy but Italian exploitation fans are well used to this. The gorgeous Paola Morra is worth the price of the film alone. Well worth checking out. |
Passed uncut
in 2006 The BBFC commented in their 2006 Annual Report: Killer Nun had required cuts to remove some scenes of sadistic torture on video in 1993, but these now appeared dated and lacked the power to shock or harm and so it was passed without cuts. The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK
Amazon
for release on 26th Nov 2007. |
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The Last House on the Left aka
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1972 US video by Wes Craven Two girls are kidnapped by escaped prisoners and are subjected to sexual humiliation, razor torture, rape, disembowelments and shooting. The parents of one girl avenge their death by chainsaw, throat cutting and castration. Review from imdb While I think that people tend to get a bit hyperbolic when they talk about The Last House on the Left, I do think it's a fairly good film, especially given what the filmmakers were trying to do and considering their lack of experience, the era and the budget. Also, despite a filmic precursor, it just may be the earliest example of the horror subgenre of "brutal, realist tragedy" (that's more a description than a name, but I haven't spent much time trying to come up with a catchy moniker). However, it has flaws that would be difficult to overlook in a "distanced" (rather than "objective" or "unbiased", neither of which I think are possible) assessment of the film. But again, focusing on that amounts to hype now, and shouldn't be taken too seriously, lest it lead to inflated expectations. Just as surprising on a first viewing is that The Last House on the Left has an intermittent goofy sense of humor and a "groovy" attitude that is firmly mired in the early 1970s. The two policemen are really comic relief characters (and very funny at that), but there is also a lot of humor surrounding the criminal quartet--this almost becomes a "black comedy" at times. These sensibilities even extend to the music, which has a frequent hillbilly edge and lyrics that supply ex-positional material. Surprisingly, Hess, who plays Krug, wrote the music. |
Rejected for a cinema release in 1974 and
again in 2000. However it achieved an arthouse circuit release in 2000. But a subsequent video release was rejected in 2001 Re-released on video after 31s of BBFC cuts in 2002. An appeal against the cuts proved unsuccessful Further video & DVD releases from Anchor Bay have been edited differently but have maintained the BBFC cuts Finally passed 18 uncut by the BBFC in 2008 The uncut region 1 DVD is available from US Amazon |
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Late Night Trains aka
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1975 Italian film by Aldo Lado Drug crazed nutters mug a Father Christmas then move onto to terrorise and murder a couple of young girls on a train (Irene Miracle). The girls' parents inflict some retribution Review from US Amazon I agree that while this film borrowed heavily from Last House on the Left, Night Train Murders is the better of the two. Good production values, excellent cinematography, an Ennio Morricone score, decent acting and a tight script, set Night Train Murders above Last House and other films of this type. The first third of the film introduces the main characters and then gets them on a train (the night before Christmas) that is full of odd, quirky travelers - most of whom seem to be prone to indulging in one perversion or another. The "defilement" section of the film is a gripping, harrowing affair that escalates in viciousness before climaxing in a very brutal fashion. The final act does not live up to the scenes that precede it. I was expecting a truly grisly and horrific conclusion. However, the director's desire to keep from glamorizing violence is probably why the ending feels somewhat restrained. |
Passed 18 uncut in 2008 as Night Train Murders The uncut region 1 DVD is available from US Amazon The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon |
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The Living Dead at the
Manchester Morgue aka
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1974 Italian/Spanish video by Jorge Grau Various members of the community are disembowelled and eaten. Then the heroes fight back. Amazon review: Watching this film was a real treat as it was devoid of the usual American teenage students being slaughtered and was even filmed here in the U.K. It's full of 1960's/70's kitsch and the hero's even drive a real British Mini, a link copied in a recent advertisement campaign! The picture quality is excellent so you can see the Zombies in all their lurid excellence and so are the extra's and packaging. If you only ever buy one Zombie movie, make it this one! |
First passed after
BBFC cuts in 1985 (European Creative Video) Then passed uncut in 2002 (Anchor Bay) This uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
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Love Camp 7 aka
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1968 US video by R.L. Frost Softcore goings on at a Nazi prison camp for girls. |
Banned in UK Banned when submitted again in 2002 Available in Europe on the Redemption Benelux label. |
| Madhouse aka
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1981 US/Italian video by Ovidio G Assonitis A deranged woman escapes from the loony bin and gate-crashers her twin sister's birthday party. Guests are attacked by a big black Alsation and/or a mystery maniac. The dog gets its come-uppance when lobotomised by a power drill. |
Passed without cuts in 2004 |
| Mardi Grass Massacre | 1981 US video by Jack Weis Serial killer picks on the most evil women he can find and tortures them by amputating hands, then feet, then the part that you use for evil |
Banned in UK |
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Night of the Bloody Apes aka
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1970 Mexican video by Rene Cordona Jr Ape to human organ transplants cause recipients to become beastlike and murderous. Cheesy gore effects include eye gouging and scalping. From www.imbd.com
From a review on Amazon The film is a very cheap Mexican 'horror' with real life heart transplant
footage edited into it during the operation scenes. This is pretty grim.
Although, they can't possibly have done this operation for the film itself,
so I don't really consider that to be too tasteless. And really, the rest of
most of the film is so comic book and likeable, dammit, that you can forgive
the rather shoddy idea of using said footage as a main point of sale. Far
more interesting are the scenes where a woman wrestles another woman in what
initially seems to be a pointless subplot. Have faith viewers, it is NOT a
pointless subplot, but a cunning and subtle plot development. Even when the
film appears to be going nowhere it IS. God bless writer/director Rene
Cardona. I love the actress who plays the wrestler, too - especially when
she looks straight into the camera and smiles to us, her loyal viewers. |
An uncut version was released in 2007 by Redemption available at UK
Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available from US Amazon
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| Night of the Demon | 1980 US video by James C Wasson Big Foot seeking expedition is tragically successful. Members get their throats cut, faces fried and get a good whipping with there own intestines. One poor guy accidentally pisses on the Big Foot hiding behind a bush and loses the tools required to piss again. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts (Vipco, now defunct) |
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Nightmare Maker aka
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1981 US video by William Asher Unremarkable video about over-protective aunt jealous of her charges girl friends. |
Banned in UK Removed from the DPP list and resubmitted to the BBFC with cuts as The Evil Protege but was rejected |
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Nightmares in a Damaged Brain aka
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1981 US video by Romano Scavolini Brain damaged inmate is unwisely released from the asylum.After recalling how he killed his father and a floozy with an axe he goes on a tour of the local sex shows. This whips him up into a frenzy ready to get down to stalking his ex, son and ex's new flame. The release version was cut for a cinema X certificate with cuts to close-ups of the female lover's back being axed. Also famed for promotional material such as the distribution of vomit bags and guess the weight of a human brain in a jar. |
A pre-cut version was passed 18 by the BBFC in 2002. |
| Possession | 1981 French/W German video by Andrzej Zulawski Set in the outbreak of world war 3, a couple, Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill, are undergoing a marital breakdown apparently mirroring the split of Berlin where they live.The wife cuts herself in the neck with an electric carving knife and partakes in an affair with an octopus creature. There is a rumour of a 5 minute cut to the octopus baby miscarriage on the metro. This appears to be false as the old VTC version is the same as the Dutch and French video releases as well as cinema prints. The director himself has stated that the birth scene does not last 10 minutes. A fair few scenes were cut during editing one of which clarifies what happens to Anna (Adjani). To the director's knowledge, none of these have ever made it to any release of the film. |
Re-released in 1999 uncut by the BBFC The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon |
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Pranks aka
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1982 US video by Jeff Obrow & Stephen Carpenter Teenage slasher movie with Daphne Zuniga set in a disused dorm. Includes the use of spiked clubs to the eyes, garroting, amputation and even a human head turning up in the stew. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts (VPD) |
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Prisoner of the Cannibal God aka
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1978 Italian video by Sergio Martino Explorer is held as a deity because his Geiger counter continues to tick as if his heart even when his flesh has perished.This perished flesh gets daubed all over his wife, Ursula Andress. |
Passed X for the cinema with cuts Removed from the DPP list Passed with minor cuts for animal cruelty in 2001 |
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1982 US video by Bruce Starr Rehash of the gore from The Bogey Man |
Removed from the DPP list but never re-released in its
original version. Bogeyman 2: Redux has been passed uncut in 2003 but this film has been re-edited and is now includes even more footage from The Bogey Man The uncut region 1 DVD is available at UK Amazon |
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Shogun Assassin aka
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1980 Japanese/US film by Robert Houston Japanese executioner treks around with young son in tow looking for revenge on the men who killed his wife. Lots of stylish bloody sword play and blood spattering. |
Re-released after BBFC cuts
(Vipco) Re-released uncut in 1999 (Horror Video) The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon |
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The Slayer aka
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