We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. This episode is the first entry in a twopart series on the video nasties the 39 films that were listed on the uks dpp list during the course of the 1980s. You may know of section 2, films that were originally banned but subsequently acquitted and removed from the video nasties banned list. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Video nasties, the complete 72 banned titles list with details and anecdotes 1. From director luigi batzella, its a 1977 italian exploitation flick where a beautiful, nefarious female ss officer creates a genetic mongoloid sex fiend that proceeds to rape jewish female prisoners to death. The exorcist 1973 and basket case 1982 were shut out of sales this way, but werent classified as video nasties. A list of 80s video nasties previously banned in the uk. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Video nasty 72 murder 66 violence 64 blood 62 death 62 gore 54 sadism 53 psychotronic film 52. Video nasties section 3, a list of films by michael. From absurd to zombie flesheaters paperback july 31, 2004 by allan bryce author 5.
Video nasties a young film enthusiast inadvertently releases horror director nicolo funelli and his video nasties from vhs imprisonment after discovering a box of old video tapes outside an abandoned warehouse. Duncan ralston 0 0 0 summary 16 horror tales in the tradition of stephen king, clive barker, and the twilight zone. This top ten list is by no means a definitive guide to the films given the video nasty label, nor do i adhere strictly to the official list as published. In the 1950s comic books were causing the same type of outcry, while in. Video nasty news newspapers books scholar jstor december 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message. The complete video nasties list section 1,2 and 3 imdb. The dpp list of video nasties was first made public in june 1983. The evil dead, the living dead and the dead wrong film the.
Journalist and video nasties podcast host christopher a. Many,many movies were, at some time or other accused of being videonasties. The director of public prosecutions dpp drew up a list of videos that were liable for prosecution. Video nasties, the complete 72 banned titles list with. The term was popularised by the national viewers and listeners association nvala in the uk in the early 1980s. Nsfw the most entertaining video nasties dread central. The furore created by the moral crusade against video nasties led to the introduction of the uks video recordings act 1984 which imposed a stricter code of censorship on videos than. This book presents a reasoned argument about the issues at stake. Absurd 1981 a priest comes to a small town to help get rid of a monster whose blood coagulates. In the early 80s these video releases were not brought. The descriptive writing in each story of this sixteen story collection will allow the reader to see or experience dread and horror for 426 kindle pages. I suspect that most collectors will have all the tapes from the first book but some of those featured here will be much harder to track down. The grim reaper 1980 lisa, lisa 1974 a bay of blood 1971 the beast in heat 1977.
Duncan ralston describes video nasties as a horror mixtape. Book, 2nd revised and expanded edition companionhouse books definitive. Tenebrae 1973, the evil dead 1981 and friday the th. Video nasties, the complete 72 banned titles list with details and. Flesh for frankenstein 1973 baron frankenstein creates two zombies one male. Armed with a list of socalled video nasties drawn up by the director of public. Video nasties is a wildly inventive and varied collection of short fiction from duncan ralston. To tell you any more would be to spoil the story, so thats all im divulging. List of video nasties the nasty films they didnt want. If hodges book is anything to go by, 80s video sleeves often featured vivid illustrations of ripped, meanlooking men brandishing heavy weaponry. Being in the uk and having a slight memory of the video nasty era, i ended up watching every single film on the list. The evil dead, the living dead and the dead wrong new dvd celebrates the 80s heyday of video nasties a genre that didnt quite corrupt the nations youth or its dogs phelim oneill. It could be argued, with thirty odd years of hindsight, that the socalled video nasties of the early 80s shouldnt have been banned, that things got out of control and the situation was made worse.
Reminiscent of those 80s filmsstories but probably better written to be fair. Labelled obscene, video nasties, as they were dubbed, became a media. In total, 72 separate films appeared on the list at one time or another. Exploring the residual collectible through the video nasty. This book is the companion to the original video nasties book and it contains the sleeves of the nearly films. New dvd celebrates the 80s heyday of video nasties a genre that didnt quite corrupt the nations youth or its dogs. If you grew up in the 80s and loved horror films this is for you, it is an.
The cover for the book is amazing and if you can hang the expense, go for the paperback. This book collects the whole 7 issue series of video nasties. Short horror has great potential for brutal tales and he definitely pulls no punches. Many of these video nasties were lowbudget horror films produced in italy and the united states. Read cuttings from the media scare stories, find out the stories behind the moviemakers and delve further into the grimy world of the decades greatest moral panic.
The infamous witch hunt against violent videos remains a dark and ridiculous chapter in censorship history. For those who dont know, the video nasties are a group of films that were banned in the uk several decades ago as they feature content that was. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Brown invites you to take a look at the 72 films banned in the uk in the 1980s and placed on the video nasties list. Readers can then close the book and go back to a cheerful, safe, and sane real world. The list was modified monthly as prosecutions failed or were dropped. He has also published a collection of short stories and poetry written over twenty years. Then i picked it up, and ended up sitting on it for almost a month and a half because life got in the way. The contributors share a common concern at the implications of what they see as a wideranging attack on civil liberties. Tonight on the video nasty project we watch the beast in heat, the very first nazisploitation on the video nasty list. They say not to judge a book by its cover but being a fan of dreadful 80s horror films, it was the cover that drew me to this.
To understand just how a little background on the state of british censorship during the home video boom of the early 80s is required. Audible niceness for video nasties i had been wanting to get this book on audible for some time, but never got around to picking it up. A list of 82 films compiled on letterboxd, including schoolgirls in chains 1973, the aftermath 1982, the black room 1982, mosquito the rapist 1977 and blood song 1982. Since then only a few of these films have been released in their uncut and uncensored form and some remain bannedunreleased to this day. Video nasties is a term associated with a period of panic and censorship in the uk during the rise of popularity of the video cassette.
Video nasties is a 7 issue series based around the disappearance of three students from redbrook secondary school ten years ago. The evil dead, the living dead and the dead wrong film. Some are so awful and tame that youd never believe they could be banned. These are the films that were at one time seized by the uk government during the video nasties scare of the 1980s in the uk. Those horror tapes that just failed to the official dpp 39. Buy video nasties by allan bryce online at alibris. Many of these video nasties were lowbudget horror films produced in italy and. The evil dead and the beyond 1981 are in my top 10 favourites of all time. The beast is a rapacious, squat, mongoloid sex fiend which she uses to. They say not to judge a book by its cover but being a fan of dreadful 80s horror films. Arguably the company that gave rise to the video nasties scandal of the 1980s, james simpsons book delves under the. Disc one is a interesting and educating documentary but disc 2 and 3 are the best part consisting of the original movie trailers along with some introductions.
Prior to the video recordings act of 1984 vra the onus was on the courts to prosecute a film if it was likely to deprave or corrupt the viewer. The video nasties moment meet your next favorite book. The early 80s uk video made the dpps list and was successfully. A beautiful, nefarious senior female ss officerdoctor creates a genetic, mutant human beast.