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  • I notice you didnt mention the 1980 US film Maniac. It's a very good film. Good acting and cinematography for its time. It's also extremely violent and seems like it wouldve been a good candidate for a "video nasty". I really enjoyed this lengthy but enlightening video.

  • @MontagtheMagnificent Maniac wasn't on the official nasties list.

  • pretty sad an old bloke like you watching all these films. Please don't make any more of these "reviews".

  • @troelsjensjensen well you sound like a highly intelligent individual!

  • @troelsjensjensen Pretty sad that you are sat at a computer watching videos of people sat in their house, and think you have some kind of high horse to sit on when it comes to watching actual films. Get a hobby yourself!

  • @troelsjensjensen You fucking idiot..You must be a kid cause this guy knows what he is talking about so fuck off you moron!

  • I saw Abursed and its shit

  • You must be really rich to buy all these movies

  • @TheNaomiengland not really, its a result of over 12 years of DVD collecting.

  • I cant wait to watch these movies I really want to see SS Hell Camp

  • you should sign up for a youtube partner

  • @TheDailyCranks last time I checked, videos have to be entirely your own content. Many of mine have bits of music and video clips in them, so think I would fall foul of their rules.

  • nice i put on my fav. awesome update

  • is it possible to get all the nastys on dvd or will some have to be video and if so will a have problems finding them mate?

  • @SuperBully1983 not all of them are available on DVD yet, there's still a few (such as Delirium) which you can only pick up on bootleg DVDrs taken from VHS sources.

  • I did see Phsyic Puppet and its crap

  • Have you seen Delirium from 1979?

  • @TheNaomiengland yes I have since added it to my collection.

  • @DarkAngel182 can you upload it

  • i bet your porn collection is godlike,got any of them old 80,s porns with the huge muffs? there classics :)

  • @jihaad Erm, no!

  • why are people who are into video nasties always into metal music as well????

  • @dantastic15 think its probably the other way round.

    Metal and horror tend to attract people with dark outlooks on life, but in my experience, not all horror fans like metal, but most metal fans do like horror.

  • @DarkAngel182 do you like heavy metal?

  • @THELEFTWINGATHEIST oh yes!

  • @DarkAngel182 what about death metal?

  • @dantastic15

    I've always wondered that. It's shame that horror conventions are always largely populated by long-hairs, beards and black t-shirts. I'm a horror obsessive myself, but I find any form of hard rock or metal music intensely silly.

  • Your vids I mean

  • Do you ever watch your bids more than once ? I do occasionally, if they are worth it.

  • Did you ever find out what was cut from the us disc of ss hell camp ?

  • @blaggermouth yes, I did have a list somewhere, though not sure what I've done with it. It was lots of little bits basically.

  • Whilst watching this vid if yours, I noticed the tons of videos on the shelf behind you. Could I ask, are they all yours and what sort are they ?

  • @blaggermouth yup, all mine. nearly all horror, though theres a few action movies on there. Many are UK releases, but there's a lot of foreign imports on there I picked up from video fairs.

  • @81oakridgSTF I hear what you say, however, the BBFC were never the REAL bad guys, the main problem has always been the government.

    Indeed, in many ways they BBFC are more liberal than the MPAA, however at least in the US there's you can release stuff unrated, whereas in the UK we have no such option.

  • I can't believe the BBFC prosecuted film makers for making unorthodox horror movies. That is an atrocity. How could they do that? May James Fernan rot in hell. And that goes for Mary Whitehouse too. Censorship sucks!

  • @UserOfTheUnknown it wasn't the BBFC, it was the government. there was no legal requirement for these films to be submitted to the BBFC for classification, so the director of public prosecutions tried to ban them using the obscene publications act.

    Might I reccomend the documentary "The Definitive Guide to Video Nasties" which is currently available from Amazon for more insight into this.

  • was The Fly ever  cut down in uk. also have u ever seen the T.V version of Robocop? its hilarious , they replace every piece of swearing

  • @TURBODORK2 not sure about The Fly, however I do remember the TV version of Robocop which edited out the swearing ("FLY ME" instead of "f*** me", "airehead" instead of ***hole) and Clarence swerves around the melted Emilio instead of knocking him over!

  • You have some really cool titles, and I can tell you have good taste in music as well. I saw Velvet revolver shirt in another video and now metallica.

  • Yes DarkAngel182, there was an Interview with Michael Winner, saying that James Ferman was a failed TV Director himself, because he criticized Death Wish 2, saying the Rape scenes were 'about as low as a Film director can be, using rape scenes for controversy'. The video has been removed to my knowledge.

  • The only reason the BBFC wanted to give Gremlins a 'HIgher Certificate' is due to the scene where the Gremlins are in the bar picking their noses and shooting guns. The BBFC is a joke, always were, always will be.

  • @LeninStalinCrusader well I agree about them being a joke, particulary James Ferman's continued refusal to pass Exorcist and Texas Chainsaw Masscare on video, despite passing worse films in later years. However, the BBFC were never the real bad guys, most of their work was due to to pressure from the Govt, so whenever they were critisised they could show how strict they were in cutting films.

  • Does it matter what television you play it on? Or is it just the DVD player that matters?

  • @knockoutking1000 I'm assuming you're on about playing US discs on UK systems yes? Most DVD players will convert the signal to PAL anyway, though a few do output a RAW NTSC signal. In either case, all modern TVs can display US NTSC signal in colour. The main thing to worry about is whether the player is multi-regional, so it can get round the regional encoding.

  • Brought Grim Reaper aka Anthropophagus and Toolbox Murders. Great movies, but so heavily cut. All the good shit is gone. Totally ruined the film. Gonna buy the better uncut versions from amazon or ebay.

  • I'm a massive horror fan and would like to start getting these movies, but would the Dutch, Italian and US uncut versions work on a UK DVD player?

  • @knockoutking1000 the Europen discs will as they're all region 2.

    The US discs will require playback on a multi-regional DVD player as they're region 1.

  • I've got that limited edition The Beyond.... awesome movie

  • Your taste in movies pleases me :) Im glad someone knows good films

  • @MrMacGrungy Thx!

  • where can I get these DVD's ?

    Which is the best website ?

  • @karatefella Amazon or Ebay!

  • This list you made has inspired me to try and collect all the nasties

  • I just got cannibal holocoust 2 disk special uncut edition through the post

  • @DarkAngel182 Today i also orderd the 3 disk edition of last house on the left

  • @DarkAngel182 what a film really did love this one

  • Nice shirt

  • @Dylanramsay91 Thanks!

  • Has evil dead ever been shown on uk tv before? Becouse i cant recall it happening.

  • @silenthilldomain Channel 4 have shown it, its also been on film 4.

  • @DarkAngel182 wow, when was that?

  • @silenthilldomain back in 2000/2001 maybe. It was a while back anyway.

  • i saw antropopagus(grim reaper) great movie

  • check out my edits for the beyond city of the living dead an zombi - they all contain origional film music and uncut bannable scenes

  • @GamingHousee

    Indeed, I think it was country singer John Denver who once said "When you ban something it automatically becomes desirable".

  • the beyond is my favorite

  • For the US DVDs Amazon, for the UK DVDs Play com.

    Otherwise try Ebay, abusrd online sell a few good Eurpean discs too.

  • Any idea how much the pre-cert video nasties go for nowadays? I have a copy of E.T.n. The Extra Terrestrial Nastie, which was originally called Night Fright, but was re-titled to cash in on E.T. and the video nasty boom. Universal objected to the overly similar box art, threatened to sue, and the video was withdrawn and re-released with different box art. What are people willing to pay for this sort of thing?(with original withdrawn artwork)

  • @TheDeadlySpawn79

    I'm not sure, you might try having a look on Ebay to see what other copies are going for.

    Alternately you could ask on the forums at pre-certDOTcoDOTuk

  • Sorry if this has been asked, but does anyone know how to get a hold of the 'Ban the Sadist Videos!' (Pts. 1 & 2) doc?

  • @jfrey1

    It was only available in the "Box of the Banned" 1 & 2 UK DVD sets from Anchor Bay UK. You might have a look round YouTube and see if its been posted there, failing that see if any horror fans will trade you a DVDr copy.

  • cheers mate

  • do you actually listen to dark angel?

  • They a band?

  • he better, dark angel is sick

  • there is an english version of absurd, under the title "horrible"

    its a canadian/usa release. :)

  • I know, I now own that release.

  • cool :) ps your collection is outstanding.

  • Thanks!

  • anthropophagus the beast is been shown on the unexplained channel but using its cut form name as the grim reaper.

  • dude you should cut this with a few short clips, that is all that is lacking

  • nice movies

  • just some info on the film horrible that i brought from american amazon theres old film footage with resotered footage which they got from masters there are no extras on this dvd so i would recommend waiting to see if a dvd is going to come out with extras.

  • Very interesting vids. I pretty much have all these excepting Jess Franco's pantheon of rubbish. If I won the lottery I'd move to a villa near Cinecitta and get some Dardano Sarchetti scripts into production. No CGI, no brand new squeaky clean film prints - just good old movie craftsmenship. Moreover, directed by cultured hacks in their 50s - young/hip directors are so keen to show off their influences rather than blaze their own trail. Viva Fulci, Deodato et al.

  • 'young/hip directors are so keen to show off their influences rather than blaze their own trail.' - That statement pretty much sums up modern horror. Terminal fandom. As Bill Hicks said "almost a jaw breaking fucking yawn"

  • THe BBFC are touchy they even wanted Gremlins to have a higher cert.

  • It's an absolute disgrace that most of these films haven't been aired on UK TV. They form an important part of movie history and as the majority of them have now been released uncut they should be broadcast. Channel 4 should do a video nasty season, hosted by Mark Kermode or someone like that, instead of all the rubbish they put out (Big Brother).

  • A lot of them have in fact been shown on the Zone Horror channel and the Paranormal channel on the Sky network.

    Bravo and sci-fi have shown a few in their time too.

  • what's wrong with importing region 0 dvd's from the U.S? I own region 0 dvd's from the U.S?

  • horrible is finnaly being released in america on dvd check out the bbfc video nasites section.

  • metalllllllica

  • Like any other collector, we like showing off our collection!

  • Do you own the original "Absurd" VHS tape from Medusa Videos?

  • Sadly no, I have a DVD rip of it.

  • That is unfortunate. Along with "Delirium", "Frozen Scream", "Human Experiments", "I Miss You Hugs and Kisses", "Nightmare Maker" and "The Werewolf and the Yeti, "Absurd" is one of the few rare video nasties still only released on VHS.

  • Werewolf and the Yeti is out on an obscure Spanish label, but its not the English language print. Frozen Scream is out on a German DVD from Red Edition.

  • Does that version of Frozen Scream have and English audio track or subtitles?

  • Yes its in English, check Ebay.

  • Whey! Thanks mate, yet another for the collection! Just need the rest to get a legitimate DVD release now!

  • The DVDs can be ordered from Amazon, many of the VHS rips were from my old collection, the rest were the result of various disc/tape trades.

  • Hello Doc, fancy seeing you here!

  • Well I am familiar with thr titles of those 3, but haven;t actually seen them.

    Not sure about the Witch in the graveyard, sounds a little bit like Pumpkinhead, but there was no animal offerings in that.

  • The Beyond - Fulci's best film? Damn straight! :)

  • i think i saw absurd for a time on Ebay, but its dissapeared now. any chance of me getting it anywhere else or shall i just wait till it pops up again?

  • I'd wait till it pops up again, I would have thought a legitimate release would be in the pipline sooner or later.

  • SS Hellcamp is cut? Dammmmmmit!!!!

  • Think it's a few snippets here and there, but have yet to do a comparison between the old dutch tape and the new DVD.

  • Is that a copy of 'The Revolting Dead' above your right ear?

  • No, it's the old big-box rental release of the 90's remake of "Night of the Living Dead"

  • Thats a relief I wouldn't wan't you exposed to the complete shitiness that is 'The Revolting Dead'.

  • I just scanned in the original sleeve,  resized the image using my paintshop program, then printed it out. Nothing to it really!

  • I've been getting a lot of requests about that, and do intend to do one. However the problem I've got is its a VERY narrow bedroom so would have to do some serious re-arraging in order to fit the camera and stuff in, as I'd like to try and do a proper job of it.

    However, I do fully intend to do a video at some point in the not too distant future.

  • enjoyed watching it got a few myself but nowhere near your collection very interesting

  • not really random if its a series.....is it !

  • It's one video split into 7 parts due to the 10 minute limit.

  • The movie Axe/California Axe Massacre is also called Lisa Lisa, The Axe Murders or The Virgin Slaughter. Did you know that?

  • Indeed, but if I mentioned all the differant titles these films have also been released as the video would be 10 times longer (just look up all the differant titles for "Cannibal Apocalypse").

  • Great review man, really like ur vids. *****

  • you give a lot of moneys for all that movies ha!

  • I just bought the VHS copy of Absurd under the title Zombie 6: Monster Hunter and quite liked it myself. I noticed you have a cover scan of it on your site and would you happen to know if that version is uncut?

    Otherwise a great review and look forward to watching the rest as well.

  • Not sure about that version.

  • you did a thoroughly excellent job examining the nasties. nice work!

  • Thx!

  • Really blows that "Twitch of the Death Nerve" is OOP. Pisses me off!

    I also want "Absurd". Never seen it before looks great and cheesy, just like "Anthropophagus"

    You have an awesome collection!

  • A very good collection of classic and banned horror films. I'm interested to know where you searched to collect some of these films. Granted you mentioned that most where possibly obtained from the states, but what do you recommend to start searching for them.

    Also, where did you purchase the metal case collection of the 'The Beyond". I believe they are quite rare to obtained and very expensive as well.

  • In the early 80`s British sitcom THE YOUNG ONES Mike and Vivian were trying to get their new vcr to work so they can watch a video nasty. Funny stuff.

  • Yes I remember it, that was the one with Motorhead performing "Ace of Spades" halfway through the episode.

  • ah yes the Video Nasties. as soon as something becomes banned it imedietly becomes desirable...

  • even if its shithouse!

  • ha! yup =P

  • check out my horror music mix of the movies. pts 1- 8. took me uite a while to mix and compile

  • meeting a member of the BBFC for a short interview for this college documentary im doing, its gonna be about me finding out if horror films create violent people. anything you want me to ask the BBFC for you?

  • I'll send you a PM shortly!

  • Lol, i loved the Beyond, it was pretty sick!! The beast in the heat was also pretty cheesy but enjoyable

  • Love your videos, keep em up!.

    was the evil dead on the video nasties list?

  • Yes it was part of the original 74 titles, but it was eventually dropped and was not part of the definitive 39 that were succesfully prosecuted.

  • Nice talk in the beginning, I learned alot in just two minutes, u talk very fast btw!!

  • Thx for the comment, yes I do have a habit of talking too fast. I was actually trying to slow myself down on this one believe it or not.

  • Nice collection pal. The audio track on Twitch of the Death Nerve makes me angry!! I don't think I've ever had to use the volume controls so extensively while watching a movie :)

  • Did The Beyond - Limited Edition was included with English Subtitles? If not, I want to know.

  • The Region 1 Limited Edition is in Italian with English subtitles or in English with no subtitles - I own it, its a great DVD!

  • Yes.

  • I've seen gore secens from the grimp a.k.a

    maneater including the two nortorius scenes

    which the featus scene & the pickaxe scene

    also The beyond was a masterpiece of a horror

    film =)

  • guys selling a copy of absurd on ebay rare dvd but its in german laungage only.

  • I've got the standard UK version of The Beyond (if you were referring to the Vipco release).

    The quality is actually pretty good - as good as you'd expect from a low budget 80s gore movie really..

    But like you said, no extras (with the exception of a few trailers).

    One of these days I might do a video on my zombie movie collection.. when it's grown a bit more (only got 22 at the moment..)

  • thats what i brought the vipco release its not a bad copy some good extras.

  • hmmm could it be that night of the demon might be uncut here in the uk it was shown on zone horror uncut this film was a video nasty.

  • There's no reason why it wouldn't pass uncut nowadays, its up to someone to re-submit it.

  • there must be a version of absurd somewhere out there.

  • I love the video nasties. Its a list of films, I'd probably never would have heard of otherwise, but must see!

    Although, Anthropophagus does make the viewer suffer in order to get to the feutus eating scene.

  • I am writing a horror script and just watched Anthropophagus. I am really pissed of. I was writing a scene with a fetus being eaten and it is so similar that I can't use it. FUUUUUCCKK!!!

  • Its alright. Just be subtle about how you use it so it isn't that glaring. Those hacks Tarintino and Eli Roth blatanly rip stuff all the time and call it a "tribute."

  • Nah man I'll figure something out without resorting to 'tributes' cause that's really starting to piss me off. Plus how do you be subtle about eating a feotus.LOL.

  • HA ha! I suppose you are right. I think you can use it because it isn't as obviouse as that moron Roth deciding to use the cabin from "Evil Dead" and the music from "Last House on the Left." I just want to scream "You like those movies! We get it! So make your OWN!"

  • Yeah, you're right, I'll go and do that and post it on youtube when I'm done.

    Thanks man.

  • I would not get too upset as it is rare anyone has an original scene for horror films these days, good luck with the script.

  • Many thanks buddy.

  • ur very entertaining!!! (for a brit.)

  • I'll take that as a compliment!

  • well you should!, you have lots of passion in these videos (i can tell)

  • Where can I get the government video nasty list please.

  • Type "Video Nasties List" into google, there are numerous sites out there.

    I have the complete list on my website, see the "About this video" section above right.

  • How do you compare those movies with movies like saw and hostel.

  • I'd say differant as opposed to better or worse. Difficult to compare because of the differance of age.

  • Awesome. A great lowdown on the banned list and exactly what I was looking for. Nice work. Also are you named after the band?

  • You get the Anorak Oscar 2008 for exceptional endeavour in the pursuit of pointless passion ! Bring back the good old days when you had to hunt these down on fourth generation dupes from dodgy dealers at the back of exchange and mart.Ebay and a more liberal UK censor have shot our fox. Great tribute though to the genre.oooh Scala and spangles ... them were days.. Well done you're a poor man's Barry Norman.

  • Thank you, I'll take that as a compliment!

    Oh, and I agree with you about the the "good old days". Collecting was a lot more fun before we had DVD, internet shopping and liberal censors. It might be a damnsite easier now, but its sure not as fun.

  • whats the scariest movie your ever seen

  • Showgirls!

  • i think child's play 3 was a late video nasty, it was caught in the middle 2 murder scandals, and was banned because of one them.

  • No, the ORIGINAL nasties were the unclassified horror films that appeared on video in the early 80's. The films I'm on about are the ones that made it onto the Governments official hitlist back then.

    Just because the press describes a film it doesn't like as a "Video Nasty" doesn't mean it was part of the original furore of the early 80's. Childs Play 3 didn't come out until the early 90's, well after the introduction of the VRA, and was classified 15. by the BBFC, so was never part of that.

  • anthropophagus 2,classic euro trash!! ive got this on the german astro label and its 8 mins longer than any other print world wide!