Schoolgirls in Chains is a 1973 USA horror by Don Jones. With Gary Kent, John Parker and Stafford Morgan.
Summary Notes
Two deranged brothers, who are
under the domineering influence of their crazed mother, kidnap young girls and keep them captive in chains in their basement, where they subject them to depraved "games" that often end in torture and murder.
Girls in
Chains is a descent cheesy exploitation movie from the early 70's, featuring some good acting, and even some humourous parts. There is nudity, but not as graphic as what are shown in the other trailers, and not as what is suggested by the DVD cover.
Availability
Released on pre-cert VHS for 1982 Astra VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order. Current UK status: No release since 1982 VHS
The Aftermath is a 1982 USA action Sci-Fi thriller by Steve Barkett. With Steve Barkett, Lynne Margulies and Sid Haig.
Summary Notes
Two astronauts return to earth
("a few miles off the coast of Los Angeles") to find that it has been destroyed by nuclear war. L.A. has been taken over by Cutter and his gang of outlaw bikers (straight out of the 70s with bell bottoms and everything). Cutter rapes and
pillages. Of course, there are also mutants. The astronauts hook-up with the only normal people left: two good-looking women, and two cute little children; a boy and a girl.
Availability
Released on pre-cert VHS for
1982 World of Video 2000 VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
The Black Room is a 1983 USA horror thriller by Elly Kenner and Norman Thaddeus Vane. With Stephen Knight, Cassandra Gava and Jimmy Stathis.
Passed X uncut for 1983 cinema release but the follow up pre-cert VHS
release from the same year was seized by police. Currently available on German DVD.
Summary Notes
A room gets put up for rent following the mysterious murder of its previous tenant. When an
apartment-hunting man sees the deal the brother and sister landlords are offering, he immediately puts down the first month's rent and starts spending his days there, even though he has a home to spend his nights at with his wife. When he comes home, he
tells his wife about the fantasies he has of having sex with various women each day in his new apartment. His wife goes along with it for a while, but when she discovers that her husband's stories are much more than just fantasies, she starts to do some
investigating.
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order. This is a legal gambit whereby victims admitted that the videos were 'obscene', and therefore subject to seizure, in return for that being the end of the matter, and
so avoiding an obscenity trial with the possibility of jail time.
Bloodlust is a 1977 Switzerland horror by Marijan David Vajda. With Werner Pochath, Ellen Umlauf and Birgit Zamulo.
Cut by the BBFC for 1977 cinema release. The VHS was seized by the authorities
during the Video Nasty panic. Uncut in the US.
Summary Notes
A deaf and dumb accountant suffers from a psychic trauma in his childhood. He is collecting puppets and mutilates female bodies in the mortuary. After
his secret love died by an accident he starts to kill.
A True Story - The Crime of the Century Late last century in the Black Forest a depraved maniac was on the loose, committing the most gruesome and
horrifying crimes, breaking into funeral homes and cemeteries, sexually abusing and dismembering the corpses of young women. A demented serial killer stalking and slaughtering teenagers. A modern day vampire... pure evil in his own world of madness!
Availability
The cut cinema version was released on pre-cert video for 1981 Derann VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
Blood Song is a 1982 USA horror thriller by Alan J Levi. With Donna Wilkes, Richard Jaeckel and Antoinette Bower.
The 1982 VHS was seized by the authorities during the Video Nasty panic. Passed
uncut by the BBFC in 1986 and uncut in the US
Summary Notes
A psychopath escapes from a mental institution and starts a murder spree, which ends in the pursuing of a young handicapped girl, who once got a blood
transfusion from him.
Scary the first 20 minutes of the film. It was spooky, interesting and a well built psycho-terror atmosphere; but soon it becomes weak...
Availability
Released on
pre-cert video for: 1982 Iver Film Services VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll is a 1974 Spain horror mystery thriller by Carlos Aured. With Paul Naschy, Diana Lorys and Eduardo Calvo.
Exists as an uncut unclothed version and a cut clothed version. The uncut
version on UK VHS was seized by police during the video nasties panic but did not make the nasties list.
Summary Notes: A must see
An ex-convict, troubled by dreams that he strangles women, is hired
as the caretaker on an estate owned by three very strange sisters. Soon after his arrival, a serial killer begins slaughtering blonde, blue-eyed women - and leaving their eyeballs in a bowl of water.
This Spanish giallo is a must
see for fans of the genre. The killer's victims are dispatched in gruesome and creative means usually involving sharp instruments such as knives, meat cleavers, and a rake.
Availability
Released on pre-cert video
for: 1982 Canon VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
Current UK status: Not released since
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2017 Shout! Factory Paul Naschy Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
Brutes and Savages is a 1978 USA documentary by Arthur Davis. With
Arthur Davis and Richard Johnson.
The cut original version was seized by police during the video nasty panic. There is an uncut Uncivilized Version released in the US.
Summary Notes
Fascinated by forbidden rituals and ceremonies, world
explorer Arthur Davis takes a crew with hidden cameras to Africa and South America to secretly record the beauty and horror of the "law of the jungle". BRUTES AND SAVAGES is the filmed document of his death-defying adventures. Shocking, brutal
and repulsive, this film mixes bizarre authentic footage with incredibly exploitive (and often hilarious) "re-enactments" of his findings. Animal sacrifices, bizarre tribal ceremonies, mating rituals and even brain surgery.
Availability
The Cut Version was released on pre-cert video for: 1980 Derann VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
Cannibal is a 1977 Italy horror adventure by Ruggero Deodato. Starring Massimo Foschi, Me Me Lai and Ivan Rassimov.
Cut by the BBFC for 1977 cinema release. This cut cinema version was seized by police during the video nasty panic. Less cut for 2003 DVD. Uncut in the US. See Last Cannibal
World
Summary Notes
A plane crashes in the jungle. One of the survivors gets lost and while trying to find a way out of the jungle he gets captured by cannibals. He is humiliated, stripped naked, and thrown
in a hole with a bird for a while. Eventually, he escapes with the help of a cannibal girl and tries to find his plane so he can go home.
If you're a cannibal junkie, this is one to devour. It's no "Cannibal
Holocaust" and suffers from a somewhat simplistic script, but there's enough grue and nudity to satisfy gorehounds and enough animal cruelty to enrage everyone else.
It ain't pretty, folks, but it is one
of a kind. They don't make 'em like this anymore and even though Deodato says he wants to now make "Cannibal Holocaust 2001" (too late ruggero!) - - don't hold your breath. This is a long-dead genre destined to stay that way. Bon appetit!
Availability
The Cut Version was released on pre-cert video for: 1981 Derann VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
Cannibals is a 1980 Spain / Italy / France horror by Jesús Franco (as Jess Franco) and Franco Prosperi. Starring Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani and Jérôme Foulon.
Released on a pre-cert video that was seized by police. Uncut on DVD. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
A man who lost an arm and his family to a tribe of cannibals returns ten years later to bring back his
teenager daughter, only to find that she grew up into a beautiful blonde woman who became the cannibals' queen.
Availability
The Cut Version was released on pre-cert videos: 1981 Cinehollywood VHS and 1981 EVC VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
Current UK status: Passed 18 uncut UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and cannibalism horror for:
2004 International Trading/Hardgore R0 DVD at UK Amazon
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2007 Blue Underground R0 DVD at US Amazon released on 13th November 2007
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a 1978 Australia crime biography
by Fred Schepisi. Starring Freddy Reynolds, Angela Punch McGregor and Tommy Lewis.
Uncut by the BBFC but the pre-cert video was seized by police during the video nasties moral panic
Summary Notes
The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white
culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
Availability
The Cut Version was released on pre-cert videos: 1982 Waton VHS and 1984 Odyssey VHS
The video was seized subject to an
Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
The Child is a 1977 USA horror by Robert Voskanian. Starring Laurel Barnett, Rosalie Cole and Frank Janson.
Uncut by the BBFC but the film was seized by police during the video nasties panic. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
A newly-hired housekeeper in a remote area is alarmed to
discover that her boss's eleven-year-old daughter is using her supernatural powers to take revenge on the people she holds responsible for her mother's death, with the aid of her flesh-eating zombie 'friends'...
Versions
uncut
run:
82:12s
pal:
78:55s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence and gory images for:
2020 Arrow American Horror Project Vol 2 Special Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order. This is a legal gambit whereby victims admitted that the videos were 'obscene', and therefore
subject to seizure, in return for that being the end of the matter and so avoiding an obscenity trial with the possibility of jail time.
Christmas Evil is a 1980 USA horror thriller by Lewis Jackson. Starring Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn and Dianne Hull.
Seized by the British police during the Video Nasties panic. Uncut for 16
rated VHS in 1999. The Director's cut was released 15 uncut for DVD in 2012. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Widely recognized as the best of the Christmas horror efforts, Christmas
Evil is the story of a boy who loves Christmas. He is scarred as a boy when he learns that Santa is not real. Throughout the rest of his life, the toy-maker tries to make the Christmas spirit a reality. He becomes obsessed with the behavior of children
and the quality of the toys he makes. When he is met with hypocrisy and cynicism, the resulting snap causes him to go on a yuletide killing spree to complete this dark comedic horror.
Availability
Current UK status: Passed 18 uncut
UK: The shorter Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong violence:
Alice Sweet Alice is a 1976 USA horror mystery thriller by Alfred Sole. With Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton and Paula E Sheppard.
Uncut for 1977 cinema release. Cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty in 1998 and 2003.
Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC in 2014.
Promotional Material
When ten-year-old Karen (Brooke Shields in her first screen appearance) is killed in church on the occasion of her first communion, her seemingly
innocent older sister Alice (Paula Sheppard) becomes the prime suspect. Matters become complicated as more of Alice s family members are attacked, along with residents of her apartment building. Can a twelve-year-old girl be capable of such mayhem, or is
someone else with a vicious plan destroying her family?
Availability
Released uncut on pre-cert video for the 1982 VCL VHS titled Communion
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act
Section 3 Seizure Order
Current UK status: Passed 18 uncut
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong gory violence and horror for:
2014 88 Films R0 DVD titled Alice Sweet Alice at UK Amazon
Dawn of the Mummy is a 1981 US horror by Frank Agrama With Brenda King and Barry Sattels.
Cut by the BBFC for 1985 cinema release. Released uncut 0n 1983 pre-cert video but was seized by the police and withdrawn. Cut again by the BBFC for 1987 VHS. The BBFC cuts were waived for 2003 DVD. Uncut in the US.
Summary Review: Crummy
Acting
Too much crummy acting in this one, and not enough quality make-up effects makes this hard to recommend.
This way-low-budget flick doesn't really have set-piece effects where
you see the ripping and tearing, so it flops as a gore shocker.
Availability
Released uncut on pre-cert video for the 1983 VideoSpace VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3
Seizure Order
Current UK status: Passed 18 uncut
UK: Passed 18 uncut after the BBFC waived their previous cuts for:
Strange Behavior is a 1981 Australia/USA/New Zealand Sci-Fi horror mystery by Michael Laughlin. With Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher and Dan Shor.
Released uncut on pre-cert VHS and was seized by the police during the Video Nasties
Panic but did not make the Video Nasties list. Then released uncut on 1986 VHS. Cut by the BBFC for DVD. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
A scientist is experimenting with teenagers and turning them into murderers.
Availability
Released uncut on pre-cert video for the 1981 IFS VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order
Death Weekend is a 1976 Canada horror thriller by William Fruet. Starring Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud and Chuck Shamata.
Cut by the BBFC for 1976 cinema release. Not one of the Video Nasties but was seized
by police during the moral panic. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
A rich playboy has a large house in the countryside. One weekend he invites a fashion model. On his way to the house, he drives past a gang of crazy
young men. They find out where he lives, enter the house and kill him. Eventually the model arrives...
Availability
Released uncut on pre-cert video for the 1982 Vampix VHS
The video was seized subject to an
Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order
Current UK status: Not released since VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2012 Desert Island Films/Allied Vau R1 DVD at UK Amazon
Deep Red is a 1975 Italian Giallo by Dario Argento. With David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi and Gabriele Lavia.
The pre-cert video was seized by police during the Video Nasties panic.
BBFC VHAS and DVD release up to 2011 were cut for animal cruelty. Uncut since 2011. Uncut in the US.
Summary Review : Initiation into Giallo
This is a gorgeous film, it is
rich in content and thought, it has an old school story telling feel about it, fantastic music by "Goblin", it is shocking and suspenseful, whilst showing some glorious cinematography by Luigi Keveiller.
Brilliant, Dario is unique and
this is my favourite film of his, and one of my ALL time favourite films. A wonderful initiation into the world of Giallo.
Availability
Released uncut on pre-cert video for the 1982 Fletcher VHS
The video was
seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order
Current UK status: Passed 18 uncut UK: The Italian Language Version was passed 18 uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:
Demented is a 1980 USA crime horror thriller by Arthur Jeffreys. Starring Sallee Young, Harry Reems and Deborah Alter.
Released uncut on pre-cert video but this was seized in a police raid. Cut by the BBFC for 1987 VHS.
Summary Notes
A woman is gang-raped in a horse's stable, and even though the rapists are caught and
imprisoned, she is harassed many moons later by ghastly visions of her tormentors, while her husband philanders and every little thing frightens her out of her wits.
Availability
Released uncut on pre-cert video for
the 1982 Media VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order
Current UK status: Passed 18 after cuts US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
The Demons is a 1972 France/Portugal horror by Jess Franco. With Anne Libert, Britt Nichols and Doris Thomas.
Banned by the BBFC for 1972 but the GLC awarded a local X rating for screenings in
London. The video was seized by the police during the video nasties moral panic in the early 80s. Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for 2008 DVD.
Summary Review : A decent effort
The UK DVD of
the Demons by Redemption is 103 minute directors cut restored by Franco in 2003 and is longer than the previous UK VHS release (which ran for less than 80 minutes). It is a decent effort not as good as some of Franco's earlier work but definitely better
than the stuff he directed in the early 80's for Eurocine. Some scenes are in French without English subtitles!
Availability
Released uncut on pre-cert video for the 1981 Go VHS
The video was seized subject to
an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order
Current UK status: Passed 18 uncut UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:
Don't Answer the Phone! is a 1980 USA horror thriller by Robert Hammer. With James Westmoreland, Ben Frank and Flo Lawrence.
Cut for an MPAA R rating and for UK cinema release. The pre-cert video looks likely
to have been the cut UK cinema version and was seized by police during the video nasties moral panic. Uncut in the US in an unrated version.
Summary Review: It's Nasty
A deeply disturbed photographer and
Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes. He taunts Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in show to describe his sexual hang-ups and
misogynistic ways.
The movie's nasty and what there is of a plot is goofy. But Nicholas Worth scares the hell out of me every time I watch this. At once smug and terrified, forceful and helpless, his whimpering
panic-attack-tantrum gets right into my guts and makes me identify with this obscene morbid beefy creature.
The movie lets you learn just enough about the victims to experience their fear and pain with maximum possible sympathy
and intensity, and the sarcastic detective and other incidental characters get some hilarious lines.
Enter the Devil is a 1972 USA horror western by Frank Q Dobbs. Starring Joshua Bryant, Irene Kelly and David S Cass Sr.
Seized by the police during the Video Nasties moral panic and not released in the UK since. Available in the US.
Summary Notes
Enter the Devil is a great American-made B horror movie. People are
disappearing in the wastelands. An occult researcher discovers that a devil-worshipping cult is responsible. Her inquiries lead her into great danger. Who can she trust? Very well acted by a cast of unknowns. Gritty and atmospheric. Color, 16mm.
Availability
Released uncut on pre-cert video for the 1983 Inter-Ocean VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order
Curse of Frankenstein is a 1972 Spain/France horror by Jesus
Franco. With Alberto Dalbés, Dennis Price and Howard Vernon.
A clothed version was passed 15 uncut for 2006 DVD. Previously the film was sezied
by the police during the video nasties panic.
Summary Notes
Dr. Frankenstein and his assistant Morpho are killed just as they bring their creation to life. The monster is taken by Cagliostro and he now controls
the monster and plans to have it mate and create the perfect master race.
Franco's obsessions with S&M and naked women provide a spice to a very tired tale.
Availability
Released on
pre-cert video for the 1981 Go VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order
Current UK status: The clothed version was passed 15 uncut in 2006
The Evil is a 1978 USA horror thriller by Gus Trikonis. Starring Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet and Andrew Prine.
An uncut 1982 VHS release was seized by police during the Video Nasties moral panic.
Uncut on 1987 VHS. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
A chilling tale of suspense and survival. When a doctor rents a haunted house to use as a clinic, he and his associates are victimized by supernatural powers
within.
Availability
Released on pre-cert video for the 1982 VFO VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order
The Executioner is a 1978 USA crime thriller by Duke Mitchell. Starring Duke Mitchell, Vic Caesar and Lorenzo Dodo.
The pre-cert video was seized by the police during the video nasties moral panic.
Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for 1987 VHS.
Summary Notes
City streets run with blood as the son of America's King of organised crime seeks revenge for his father's exile to Sicily. His revenge and lust for power
are bloody, violent, appalling... until he disgraces his father. Then the hitman becomes the hunted...
Availability
Released on pre-cert video for the 1982 Hello VHS and 1983 Active VHS.
The video was seized
subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order
Final Exam is a 1981 USA horror thriller by Jimmy Huston. Starring Cecile Bagdadi, Joel S Rice and Ralph Brown.
Seized by the police furing the video nasties moral panic. Passed 18 uncut on 1986 VHS. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take
mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.
Final Exam was made at the peak of the early 80's slasher period and I'm not surprised that this one been forgotten. The intro is truly typical stuff
with a teen couple making out in a car only to be killed (but in a crap off screen murder). During the next 50 minutes! or so you'll be wondering if you're actually watching a slasher as nothing happens.
Availability
UK: Released uncut on pre-cert VHS for 1983 Embassy VHS:
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
Foxy Brown is a 1974 US action film by Jack Hill. With Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas and Peter Brown.
Uncut for 1974 cinema release and a 1982 VHS which was seized by the police during the video nasties moral panic. Cut for 1987 VHS but uncut in all home video releases since 1998. Uncut in the US
Summary Review: Blaxploitation
classic
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Foxy Brown features a brilliant lead
performance from the hypnotically attractive Pam Grier, whose federal agent boyfriend is gunned down, and who sets out to fight for revenge and justice where the System has failed her and at the same time is matched at every turn by Antonio Huggy Bear
Fargas as her no-good younger brother.
The rest of the performances are variable, and the budgets of these things did tend to preclude brilliant method actors! Jack Hill's direction keeps things ticking over nicely and the
screenplay swings wildly between shock-horror tactics, tongue-in-cheek theatricality and even the occasional stab at gut-level farce.
Foxy Brown is a definite must-see. Definitely one of the best, and most enjoyable blaxploitation
films I've seen thus far.
Availability
UK: Released uncut on pre-cert VHS for 1982 Guild VHS:
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
Current UK status: Passed 18 uncut
UK: Passed 18 uncut after the BBFC waived their cuts for:
2013 Arrow Steelbook Edition RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 US slasher by Steve Miner. With Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel and John Furey.
Cut for an MPAA R rating. The same cut version has been used for all UK and US release since. The 1983 UK VHS release was seized by the police during the video nasties moral panic. There's no sign of the cuts being restored, so for
the moment this is the best available version
Summary Review: Up There with the Original
Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by
an unknown assailant. Is it Mrs. Voorhees' son Jason who didn't drown in the lake some 30 years before?
While most sequels cash in on their original movie's fame, the second part of the Friday the 13th series lives up to its name.
The gore and the kill scenes surpass the original. The characters are true teenage stereotypes. Much like the ending in the original, the ending here is great.
Availability
Current UK status: Passed 18 uncut
UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:
2019 Paramount 8-Movie Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 US slasher by Steve Miner. With Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel and John Furey.
Cut for an MPAA R rating.
The same cut version has been used for all UK and US
release since.
The 1983 UK VHS release was seized by the police during the video nasties moral panic.
There's no sign of the cuts being restored, so for the moment this is the best available version
Summary Review: Up There with the Original
Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Is it Mrs. Voorhees' son Jason who didn't drown in the lake some 30 years before?
While most sequels cash in on their original movie's fame, the second part of the Friday the 13th series lives up to its name.
The gore and the kill scenes surpass the original. The characters are true teenage
stereotypes. Much like the ending in the original, the ending here is great.
Availability
Current UK status: The cut US Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts
UK: The
cut R Rated Theatrical Version was passed 15 without further BBFC cuts for strong horror, violence and threat for:
2019 Paramount 8-Movie Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2009 Paramount Special Edition RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
Graduation Day is a 1981 USA horror mystery thriller by Herb Freed. Starring Christopher George, Patch Mackenzie and E Danny Murphy.
The Director's Cut seems to be standard issue and is uncut.
The 1982 IFS VHS release was seized by the police during the video nasties moral panic.
Summary Notes
After a high
school track runner, named Laura, suddenly dies from a heart attack after finishing a 30-second 200-meter race, a killer wearing a sweat suit and a fencing mask begins killing off her friends on the school track team one by one. The suspects include the
track coach Michaels, Laura's sister Anne who arrives in town for the funeral, the creepy school principal Mr. Guglione, and Laura's strange boyfriend Kevin.
Availability
Current UK status:
Passed 15 uncut
UK: The Director's Cut/Re-editted Version was passed 15 uncut for:
Happy Birthday to Me is a 1981 Canada horror mystery thriller by J Lee
Thompson. Starring Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford and Lawrence Dane.
Uncut in the UK on cinema and VHS. The video was seized by police during the video nasties panic. Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating and this cut version was released on UK DVD.
Summary Notes
Virginia Wainwright is a spirited young woman who has returned to a private school having survived a deadly accident and regenerative brain surgery. She is proud that she belongs to the Top Ten - the school's inner circle with the
best students - and attempts to resume a normal life. But her friends are falling prey to a grueling series of murders, and soon there will be no one left to attend her 18th birthday party. Could it be her? Striving to rekindle the memory of her
nightmarish accident, Virginia suffers from memory loss and traumatic blackouts. We soon learn the horrible truth behind her accident and what is going on before her birthday party...
Availability
The video was
seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
Hell prison is a 1980 Spain/Italy prison drama by Edoardo Mulargia. With Anthony Steffen, Ajita Wilson and Cristina Lay.
Banned by the BBFC from 1980 cinema release. Later seized by the police
during the video nasties panic. Cut for 1988 VHS. Uncut in the US
Summary Review: Eurotrash
All the girls look sweaty, stinky & dirty as they work, fight and make out with each other. That's
about it for plot until they do escape and most of them get killed. Europeans love those downbeat endings.
It's always nice to see Peter Lorre lookalike Luciano Pigozzi in another piece of low-rent Eurotrash like
this. It's OK.
Availability
Banned by the BBFC from 1980 cinema release.
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order during the video nasties panic.
The Hills Have Eyes is a 1977 US horror by Wes Craven. With Suze Lanier-Bramlett, Robert Houston and John Steadman.
Cut in the US for an R rating. Further cut by the BBFC for cinema. The
cinema version was released on pre-cert video and was seized by police during the video nasties panic. It was cut again but differently, for BBFC approved VHS. The R rated Version was passed without BBFC cuts for DVD. This is the best available version,
with no sign of original US cuts being restored.
Summary Notes
A family going to California accidentally goes through an Air Testing range closed to the public. They crash and are stranded in a
desert. They are being stalked by a group of people, which have not emerged into modern times.
Availability
Cut in the US for an R rating . Further
cut by the BBFC for cinema. The cinema version was released on pre-cert video and was seized by police during the video nasties panic.
It was cut again but differently, for BBFC approved VHS.
The R rated Version was passed without BBFC cuts for
DVD. This is the best available version, with no sign of original US cuts being restored.
Current UK status: Passed 18 without BBFC cuts UK: The cut R Rated Version was passed 18 with all previous BBFC cuts waived
for:
Home Sweet Home is a 1981 USA horror by Nettie Peña. Starring Jake Steinfeld, Vinessa Shaw and Peter De Paula.
Uncut by film censors but seized by police during the video nasties panic.
Summary Notes
An escaped mental patient steals a station wagon and makes his way to the Bradleys'
Thanksgiving celebration, where he plans to make them a little less thankful...
Availability
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order during the video nasties panic.
Inseminoid is a 1981 UK horror sci-fi thriller by Norman J. Warren. With Robin Clarke, Jennifer Ashley and Stephanie Beacham.
No censor cuts although a shortened version was released in UK cinemas.
The video was seized by police during the video nasties moral panic.
Summary Notes
A group of scientists are working in a lab located on a distant planet. One of them, Sandy, is attacked, raped and
impregnated by a monstrous creature. She then begins to stalk her colleagues one by one, killing them and drinking their blood.
Availability
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3
Seizure Order during the video nasties panic.
Current UK status: Passed 15 uncut
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong, bloody violence for:
2005 Anchor Bay R2 DVD
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
1999 Sovereign/Stonevision/Quantum Leap R0 DVD at UK Amazon
Island of Death is a 1976 Spain horror mystery by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador. Starring Lewis Fiander, Prunella Ransome and Antonio Iranzo.
Passed X uncut for UK cinema release in 1976, and for 18 rated DVD in 2011.
Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Not an official video nasty. But there is a theory that a briefly listed Island of Death was in fact this title rather than the 'officially' assumed Nico Mastorakis' Island
of Death. The title Island of Death appeared on the video nasty list in November 1983 but was dropped in the next issue. There is no way that the nastier Mastorakis Island of Death could ever have been dropped from the
list.
Summary Review : Very well made and very disturbing
The plot involves a British couple on holiday in Spain who decide to visit a remote island for
some peace and quiet, only to find the local kids have begun killing all the adults, faced with life threatening danger from the kids the couple have to ask themselves who can kill a child .
Interestingly this
predates Stephen King's Children of the Corn by 10 years and I wonder if King had ever caught this film. There are many reasons to recommend this film.
The film itself is very well made and very disturbing, it has a
great soundtrack and excellent performances all round!
Availability
Passed X (18) uncut for the 1976 cinema release titled Death is Child's Play
A shortened version was released on pre-cert VHS by
Hokushin under the title of Island of Death.
The title Island of Death appeared on the video nasty list in November 1983 but was dropped in the next issue. There is no way that the nastier Mastorakis Island of Death
could ever have been dropped from the list.
The authors of Shock Horror offer the theory that this 1983 entry on the list could have been Serrador's Island of Death . It could easily have been removed from the list
once it was realised that it had received a BBFC certificate under a different title. The nastier Mastorakis Island of Death would appear on the list later and stay there until the end.
Passed 18 uncut for the 2011 Eureka
DVD titled Who Can Kill a Child . No release details as yet.
Current UK Status: Passed 18 uncut
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence and real footage of atrocities against children for:
2011 Eureka Entertainment video titled ¿quién Puede Matar a Un Niño? - Who Can Kill a Child? at UK Amazon
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2018 Mondo Macabro [Uncut Version + Island of Death] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
The Killing Hour is a 1982 USA mystery thriller by Armand Mastroianni. Starring Perry King, Norman Parker and Elizabeth Kemp.
Passed 18 uncut for 1982 cinema release but the World of Video 2000
pre-cert video was seized by the police during the Video Nasties panic. The film was then cut by the BBFC for 1986 VHS release. Uncut in the US for Unrated Anchor Bay and Blue Underground release but there seems to have been a shorter R rated release
under the title The Clairvoyant
Summary Review: Nicely Done
New York police are trying to find out who is behind a rash of 'handcuff' murders, while a young artist (and psychic) is finding herself
drawing the horrid crimes!
The opening sequences are quite grabbing, the murders are inventive (although not gory), and the plot builds to a great showdown climax.
Mastroianni's direction is sleekly well done, and
the subtle piano score is a nice touch. The film also carries a kind of sexual vibe through out.
The cast is quite good in their performances. Nicely done on all levels.
Availability
The video was seized
subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order during the video nasties panic.
Current UK status: Passed 18 after 1:19s of BBFC cuts
The Last Horror Film is a 1982 USA comedy horror by David Winters. Starring Caroline Munro, Joe Spinell and Judd Hamilton.
Uncut on pre-cert VHS. Cut by the BBFC for cinema and DVD. Uncut since 2014
Blu-ray. Cut in the US
Summary Notes
Vinny is obsessed with famous actress Jana Bates and is determined to have her star in his movie. He travels to the Cannes Film Festival in France to try and
convince her. Unfortunately, he goes about things in a rather unprofessional manner and people involved with Jana Bates begin to disappear.
The brilliant performance by Joe Spinell came as no surprise. Playing an obsessed fan and
would-be director, Spinell was both pathetic and sympathetic.
Availability
Current UK status: Passed 18 uncut.
UK: Released uncut on pre-cert VHS for 1983 Intervision VHS:
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
Hunter of the Apocalypse is a 1980 Italy war thriller by Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony M Dawson). Starring David Warbeck, Tisa Farrow and Tony King.
Passed X uncut for a 1981 cinema release. Videos were seized by police
during the Video Nasties moral panic. The BBFC subsequently the VHS for an 18 rated 1988 release. Later uncut on 18 rated 2002 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
During the Vietnam
war, an American soldier gets trapped behind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies sets out to rescue him.
The Love Butcher is a 1975 USA horror by Don Jones and Mikel Angel. Starring Erik Stern, Kay Neer and Jeremiah Beecher.
Released on pre-cert VHS and was seized by the police during the Video Nasties moral panic. Not subsequently released in the UK but uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
The twisted tale of Caleb, and his alter ego Lester. After being pushed around too far, Caleb transforms into Lester and returns to those who have wronged him.
Mad Foxes is a 1981 Spain / Switzerland action thriller by Paul Grau (as Paul Gray). Starring José Gras, Laura Premica and Andrea Albani.
Extensively cut by the BBFC for 1982 cinema release. This cut version was
later released on pre-cert VHS, but the BBFC approval sis not protect the film from being seized by the police during the video nasty panic. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: So bad, it's funny
On their way to a disco, Hal and his 'girlfriend' are accosted by a band of Hell's Angels. As they drive away, Hal accidentally runs over one, killing him. The Angels pursue the couple and catch up with them as they are leaving the
disco. They savagely beat up Hal and brutally rape his girlfriend. Hal swears revenge.
This is one of the most disturbing (and not to mention unintentionally funny) films I've ever seen. The dubbing is atrocious, the violence
over-the-top, and the full frontal nudity extreme, there is a LOT of male frontal nudity in this film; so much so that I suspect that either the writer or director was...well, INTO male full frontal nudity.
Mark of the Devil is a 1969 German horror by Michael Armstrong. With Herbert Lom, Udo Kier and Olivera Katarina.
Cut by the BBFC for 1971 cinema release and 1993 VHS which was withdrawn
following police seizures. Less cut for 2003 DVD and finally uncut for 2013 Blu-ray/DVD
Udo Kier is a witch hunter apprentice to Herbert Lom. He believes strongly in his mentor and the ways of the church but loses faith when he catches Lom
strangling Reggie Nalder to death for calling him impotent. Kier begins to see for himself that the witch trials are nothing but a scam of the church to rob people of their land, money, and other personal belongings of value and seduce beautiful big
breasted women.
This film contains very strong graphic torture including a women's tongue being ripped out of her head, nuns being raped (in the opening credits), and lots of beatings.
Back in its day, this
film was probably the most controversial movie ever made as it depicted the witch trials going on Europe during the darkest page of human existence.
The entire cast gives it their all and makes this film believable. The only
hindrance is the dubbing, but for foreign horror film fans like me, dubbing just adds to the charm.
I was pleasantly surprised and got a much better film than I was expecting. If you're a fan of atmospheric Euro horror, don't
believe all the bad hype as this film is a true gem.
Availability
Current UK status: Passed 18 uncut.
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence and torture with previous cuts
waived for:
2014 Arrow (RB) Blu-ray/ (R2) DVD Combo at UK Amazon
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2015 Arrow Video (RA) Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
Martin is a 1977 USA horror drama by George A Romero. Starring John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel and Christine Forrest.
Always uncut but exists in 2 versions, the Original Version and Italian
Version. The film was caught up in the video nasties panic and was seized by the authorities, without ever being listed on the official list.
Summary Notes
George Romero does for vampires what he has
already done to zombies - an intense and realistic treatment that follows the exploits of Martin, who claims to be 84 years old, and who certainly drinks human blood. The boy arrives in Pittsburg to stay with his uncle, who promises to save Martin's soul
and destroy him once he is finished, but Martin's loneliness finds other means of release.
Availability
Current UK status: Passed 18 uncut.
UK: The Re-edited Version/Italian
Version was passed 18 uncut for strong language, bloody violence and sexualised violence for:
2010 Arrow (Italian + Original Versions) R2 DVD at UK Amazon
2006 Fremantlemedia/Arrow video
UK: The Original Version was passed 18 uncut for:
2010 Arrow (Italian + Original Versions) R2 DVD at UK Amazon
Night of the Seagulls is a 1975 Spain horror by Amando de Ossorio. Starring Víctor Petit, María Kosty and Sandra Mozarowsky.
Seized by the police during the Video Nasties panic. Cut by the BBFC for
1987 VHS. Uncut for 2005 DVD. Uncut in the US. The Spanish language version is missing nudity added for the dubbed English version
UK: Released uncut on pre-cert video for:
Portland VHS titled Night of the Seagulls
Archer VHS titled Night of the Seagulls
The film was never an official video nasty but did manage a listing on the Manchester Police's local list of videos to seize.
Summary Notes
The Knight Templars return in this fourth installment of the Blind
Dead seris. On this outing, the Templars haunt a fishing village, where they rise seven nights every seven years to claim their sacrificial offerings in return for the safety of the townspeople.
Generally seems to have been found
the most disappointing of the series on grounds of poor acting and ludicrous plot elements. However the film does evoke a good creepy atmosphere.
Availability
Current UK status: Passed 18
uncut.
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sexualised violence for with previous BBFC cuts waived:
2005 Anchor Bay R2 DVD titled Night of the Seagulls at UK Amazon
Prey is a 1978 UK Sci-Fi horror by Norman J Warren. Starring Barry Stokes, Sally Faulkner and Glory Annen.
Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1977. The film was released
in the US with sex scenes cut for an R rating. This cut US version was released on pre-cert VHS and ended up being seized by the police during the video nasties panic. The BBFC cinema cuts were applied to this cut US version for BBFC approved VHS in 1986
and 1995. An extended but still incomplete version was released on DVD in 2004 with previous BBFC cuts waived. The film was restored and complete for MPAA Unrated DVD/Blu-ray in 2018
UK: The cut US version was released on pre-cert VHS for:
1981 Vampix VHS
The film got caught up in the video nasties panic end ended up being seized by the police. There was no follow up and the film was never listed as an official video nasty.
Summary Notes
Jessica awakens when an
alien spacecraft lands nearby. After dispatching a young couple, the alien assumes the identity of the recently dispatched young man. Jessica and her possessive lover Josephine invite "Anders" in when it appears he's hurt. Soon Jessica becomes
suspicious of Josephine's overbearing ways, and relies more on the alien for support, but his purpose on earth remains unclear.
Availability
Current UK status: BBFC cuts have been waived but an
uncut version has not yet been released
US: A fully restored and uncut version is MPAA Unrated for:
2018 Vinegar Syndrome RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
Shogun Assassin is a 1980 Japan/US action film by Robert Houston. With Tomisaburo Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo and Minoru Oki.
Not an official video nasty. It was seized by police but was not
prosecuted and wasn't listed as a nasty.
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.
Summary
Review : A great film
A great samurai warrior served his Shogun honorably. The Shogun however grew paranoid and sought to destroy all those who might stand to oppose his rule. He sent his ninja
spies to the samurai's home. The ninjas failed to kill the samurai, but did kill his beloved wife. From then on, the samurai swore to seek out the Shogun and avenge the death of his love. The samurai roams the countryside with his toddler son taking on
mercenary work for money until the final battle with the Shogun's three Masters of Death.
Shogun Assassin is a great film. Much "controversy" has arisen over the years regarding this film having been cobbled
together from two other films in the Lone Wolf series. I think that what has been achieved is an extremely entertaining, fast-paced piece of action. By eliminating non-essential story lines and including a voice over narration, the action moves at break
neck speed. The amount of blood spilled is so over the top as to be cartoonish, which only adds to the uniqueness of the movie.
Shogun Assassin is actually an amalgam of two 1972 films titled Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
and Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx . The producer decided to join the best bits of these two films (using around 10 minutes of the first film as a pre-credits flashback sequence to introduce the characters).
Vipco released the video and it got caught up in the video nasties panic. Copies were seized and the distributors were prosecuted.
But the prosecution failed and the videos were returned. Shogun Assassin was never officially listed as a video nasty by the DPP.
The 1992 Vipco was pre-cut along the lines of the cinema version. No further BBFC cuts were required
The 1999 Horror
Video release was passed 18 uncut
Current Status: Passed 18 uncut
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
2017 Sony/Criterion Lone Wolf Cub set R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Suffer Little Children is a 1983 UK video horror by Alan Briggs. Starring
Colin Chamberlain, Ginny Rose and Jon Hollanz.
The film was cut for an unofficial BBFC 18 rating issued prior to the implementation of the VRA. The film was seized by the police anyway and the film got caught up in the tabloid hysteria around the video nasty era. The film was
passed 18 uncut for UK DVD release in 2017.
The DVD version has a significant number of variations from the VHS. version.
Summary Notes
This amateur video production, (not particularly well regarded), is claimed to be a reconstruction of events involving child demonic possession which took place at 45 Kingston Road, New Malden, Surrey,
England in August 1984. None of these events were reported to the press though, not the to mention the fact that the film was conceived and shot in 1983, well before the supposed baseline event.
The video was submitted to the BBFC for a pre-VRA
unofficial rating in December 1984. The BBFC asked for about 2 minutes of cuts. However the distributors suffered a police raid on the day after the submission and the police seized the film. The police seemed to think that the uncut
version was illegal and would not give the distributors the opportunity to implement the cuts that would make it legal. The DPP considered the film for 3 months before deciding that no further action would be taken as long as the film was only
distributed in the BBFC approved version. The film was caught up in press frenzy at this time, with the inevitable calls for a ban and worse.
Versions
DVD Version
run:
75:08s
pal:
72:08s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence for:
The DVD version
has a significant number of variations from the VHS. version.
In his interview on the DVD release, director Alan Briggs claims that Films Galore rush released an unfinished, uncompleted version of the film onto the VHS market, but
if anything it's the DVD version that appears to be an earlier edit of Suffer Little Children. The VHS release correcting audio issues, continuity mistakes and implementing the cuts that the BBFC asked for. So, there really isn't a definite version of
the film out there. If you want to see the gore intacto you need the DVD release. If you want to hear what the actors are saying and see four scenes that never made it to DVD then be prepared to dig deep into your pockets for a copy of the 1980s VHS, in
order to complete the Suffer Little Children experience.
VHS Version
cut:
2m
run:
73m
pal:
70m
unofficial
UK: Released
after BBFC cuts for an unofficial pre-cert BBFC 18 rating for:
1985 Films Galore VHS
Thanks to the BBFC for details of this release:
The video was submitted to the BBFC for an unofficial video certificate in December 1984 (this was prior to the formal implementation of the Video Recordings Act which
occurred on 1 September 1985). The video was considered by a number of BBFC examiners and senior staff and a list of cuts required for classification at 18 was issued to the company in January 1985. After the cuts list was issued the film was seized by
the police from the distributor's premises and was subsequently forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for consideration as to whether any offences had been committed in relation to the proposed distribution of the film.
In April 1985 the DPP concluded that no further action would be taken provided the film was only distributed in a cut version that had been approved by the BBFC.
Later in April 1985 a cut version was seen by
the BBFC and this cut version was approved at 18 on 16 April 1985. However, the distributor was reminded that the certificate issued was unofficial and they would need to resubmit the film for a formal certificate under the terms of the Video Recordings
Act if they intended to continue distribution beyond 1 September 1985.
The film was never resubmitted and no formal certificate was ever issued under the Video Recordings Act meaning that the video became - in effect -
unclassified after September 1985. It has not been resubmitted to the BBFC since 1985.
Suicide Cult is a 1975 USA horror by James Glickenhaus (as Jim Glickenhaus). Starring Bob Byrd, Mark Buntzman and James Glickenhaus.
Released on pre-cert VHS and got caught up in the video nasties panic
and was seized by police. It didn't become an official video nasty though. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Writer/director James Glickenhaus made his feature debut
with this bizarre tale of government skullduggery, satanic killings, zodiacal mayhem and messianic horror. A scientist investigating reports of the Second Coming of Christ finds himself battling against a suicidal devil cult.
The film got caught up in the video nasties panic end ended up being seized by the police. There was no follow up and the film was never listed as an official video nasty.
1976 Italy horror by Rino di Silvestro (Cinehollywood).
Not an official video nasty. However it did make a local police list of films banned
in Manchester.
A woman has dreams that she is a werewolf so she goes out and finds men. She proceeds to have sex with them and then rip their throats out with her teeth
This awesome Euro cult film is about
Danielle (Annik Borel) who was traumatised in her youth and now, as a young woman, believes herself to be the reincarnation of a long dead werewolf ancestor. She has a phobia of men and sex, and when her sister (Dagmar Lassander) returns home from study
overseas with her new husband, she kills him thus begining a decent into madness and murder.
Despite the title, the only werewolf in the film appears in the opening scene in which Danielle is having a nightmare of her
ancestor (also played by Annik Borel) dancing naked then transforming before being caught by a mob of pitch-fork brandishing and torch waving villages, who burn her at the state like a witch.
The film has a great cinematic
style with occasional spatterings of gore and generous helpings of nudity. Annik Borel is brilliant playing the werewolf woman as she manages to look genuinely detached and vulnerable then instantly snapping to a furious insane rage. In the hands of a
lesser leading lady the film would probably fail.
Availability
Passed X after BBFC cuts for the 1980 cinema release as Werewolf Woman
An uncensored version shortened by 5 minutes through print damage was released
pre-cert for the 1981 Cinehollywood VHS and 1983 Cockney Rebels VHS titled Werewolf Woman. The film didn't make the national DPP list of official video nasties but was listed on Greater Manchester Police's list of films subject to seizure.
A
pre-cut version was passed 18 after a further 40s of BBFC cuts for: 1986 Sheptonhurst VHS titled Naked Werewolf Woman
Current UK Status: Passed 18 after heavy cuts
The US release is uncensored and MPAA Unrated for:
2003 Shriek Show R1 DVD as Werewolf Woman
However the transfer was erroneously zoomed in for widescreen and it lost some of the sexy action.
Xtro is a 1982 UK alien film by Harry Bromley Davenport. With Philip Sayer, Bernice Stegers and Danny Brainin.
No censors cuts but exists in two versions, The theatrical version with a happy end, the video version with a downbeat end. The film was seized by police during the video nasties moral panic but no action was taken against the film.
Summary Review: Much to enjoy
If you can overlook its obviously low budget and tolerate the BBC Radiophonic Workshop-like synthesizer on the soundtrack, there's much
to enjoy in XTRO. It's a simple tale of a family man returning to Earth after three years in the company of aliens whose customs and ways of life he hasn't completely surrendered.
Fans of the gross and outrageous
will enjoy the sight of a fully-grown man being literally reborn and the several messy killings that further spice up this warped and somewhat disturbing British shocker. Although clearly inspired by Ridley Scott's Alien, XTRO actually bears more than a
passing resemblance to Norman J.Warren's notorious Inseminoid, except things are much nastier here.
UK: Presumably the Downbeat Ending Version was released uncut on pre-cert video for:
UK Spectrum VHS
The pre-cert Spectrum video release was caught up in the video nasties scare as it was seized in Manchester, Birmingham & Newcastle. The BBFC pointed out that they had passed it uncut and the seized
tapes were returned without getting listed on the official list
Zombie Holocaust is a 1980 Italy horror by Marino Girolami (as Frank Martin). Starring Ian McCulloch, Alexandra Delli Colli and Sherry Buchanan.
Uncut by the BBFC since 2000 18 rated VHS. Previously self censored for
pre-cert VHS during the video nasties panic. It was seized by the police but never became an official video nasty. There is cut US version named Dr Butcher MD, but it is uncut under the title Zombi Holocaust.
Promotional Material
A macabre mix of the classic Italian cannibal and zombie cycles, ZOMBI HOLOCAUST features Euro-exploitation stalwart Ian McCulloch (CONTAMINATION) as an academic who heads to a remote Caribbean island to research an
intriguing murder-mystery. Once there, he and his team (which includes the beautiful Alessandra Delli Colli from THE NEW YORK RIPPER) are shocked to discover that the tropical abode is home to a mad surgeon who is creating zombies out of the local
flesh-feasting natives! Also known as DOCTOR BUTCHER MD, and heavily indebted to the work of Lucio Fulci and George Romero, this superb bout of splatter carnage comes from the golden age of Italian gore.
Availability
UK: Released with 3:24s of cuts on pre-cert VHS for 1983 VTC VHS:
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order.
