A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
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Did you know
- TriviaAvailable as part of Nucleus Films 3 disc DVD set "Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide".
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Martin Barker: And I think... the most interesting thing to me is just how little historical memory we have. The next time there's a panic, we won't remember just how stupid the last one was and how people get away with things. And that to me is the most important lesson about this campaign. The evangelicals got away with murder. They got away with fraud. They got away with deceiving people. They now laugh it off and the fact that all these films, almost all these films are now available uncut in the public domain... they don't care. Because they move on, because what they want to do is dominate the present and they don't care about history. Critical voices have to care about history. We have to care about the way in which things got controlled in the past because that's when the damage gets done. And if we don't keep that historical memory, we will allow them to do it again next time.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Half in the Bag: Censor (2021)
This documentary was the big step as it details the Video Recordings Act from 83 and it tells the story of how the powers that be in the UK would have police raid video stores to seize the "Video Nasties" that would morally corrupt society. I already have this fascination with how people react to horror films and how the genre is so different with people compared to other genres. But to see a whole country be affected by a list of horror films? Wow! It takes you through the events and how the legal battles went and everything. Truly fascinating stuff for any horror fan.
The extras on the DVD feature every trailer for every film on the list. I can proudly say this documentary was one of the greatest purchases I have made as a horror fan as it made me go after the remaining 33 movies listed on the Video Nasties list. I wish the documentary would get a region 1 release so people here in the States can appreciate a piece of horror history.
Not all movies on the list are available on DVD. However, if you look hard enough like I did, you will find them.
Everyone should see this. If you are a true horror fan, do yourself a favor and get this documentary. If you are a horror collector, get this documentary and start one of the funnest horror hunts you will ever have as a collector.
- SmakethDown638
- Feb 5, 2013
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- Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1