Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape Full Movie

Nyk P 27 Nov 2010

The 72 movies that ended up on the DPP's Video Nasties List (the 39 that remained & the 33 that escaped) are a great list for any self respecting horror/exploitation fan to seek out. I've seen about 2/3rd of them & I haven't become a deranged serial killer so I don't know what the DPP was up in arms about. They even thought they were harmful to dogs! A true witch hunt in the golden age of video where there wasn't much regulation. This is a really good documentary but the true way to see this in The Definitive Guild w/ trailers of all the films & talking heads from Absurd to Zombi. In this form it's a cult collectors dream

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Jon N 01 Jan 2011

I was too young to catch the video nasties panic, but the whole thing was still resonating as I grew up and me and my mates got into horror movies. It's only watching this that you realize just how ridiculous the whole thing was. The notion that The Evil Dead was once considered a danger to society (including dogs) seems mental now but it actually happened thanks to some very narrowminded people in positions of power (who had somehow managed to watch the movies themselves without getting the least bit stabby). Informative and funny (and featuring plenty of clips from the movies in question), a must see doc for horror fans.

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Adam E 23 Nov 2010

a fantastic 3 disc dvd set full of everything you could possibley need to know about this era and the movies that made it. the documentray is spot on and obviously its slightly one sided been that the dvd is called video nasties, it does give a very interesting insight into the inner workings of the police and the politics of the time. The set is beautifully presented with a litte video nastie intro on the opening screen menu. Each disc is full of trailers with informative interviews with horror film writers and educated types and the information on the movies on the lists is eye opening to. So much stuffed crammed onto this dvd set i have run out of awesome words to say about it. Screw it im rating it a 6! A must for any fan of horror movies but especially for any horror fan who lived through or is interested in the 80's. Christamas is coming i suggest you get someone to buy it you as it rocks :D

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James-Masaki R 25 Nov 2010

In the 1980s when videotapes were the new way to watch films, including zombie films, gory horror films, Italian cannibal films, Naziploitation, and many more, conservative Britain went into moral panic, and effectively had police wrongfully pull many films off the shelves, jail people, and condemn people who supported any of the films in any way. This is the definitive documentary about how dumb the conservative mindset can be, but also showing their side of the argument too, using new interviews with critics and government officials, and vintage news footage. As enjoyable as it is, will something like this ever happen again? It's plausible...

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Bjorn O 27 Nov 2010

Jag gillar dokumentärer, dokumentärer om gamla videofilmer gillar jag väldigt mycket.

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