Half beast, half man, all wild entertainment – the oddest of the video nasties is an experience to savour.

Half beast, half man, all wild entertainment – the oddest of the video nasties is an experience to savour.
A look back at a pair of Ozploitation pseudo-documentaries that don’t quite hit the mark.
Not for the faint of heart – a sordid collection of outrageous and extreme pulp fiction novel cover art from France.
In the desperation to find something to blame apart from the obvious, sexual expression is always a go-to distraction.
The newly-made follow-up – in name only – to the notorious Video Nasty is not an enjoyable viewing experience.
A visual guide to forbidden advertising from the modern age.
A personal memoir of falling foul of Manchester’s over-zealous Obscene Publications Squad – and fighting back.
A new twist on an old tradition – the Christmas horror movie in a compact form.
The story of two controversial movies and their rather different experiences at the hands of film censors who seem to make up the rules as they go along.
The moral panic over the malign influence of Squid Game and the theoretical dangers of children wearing ‘dangerous’ fancy dress.
1994 saw British television advertising step forward into the brave new world of European openness – and then quickly step back again.
Frank Zappa’s notoriously self-indulgent film and the long-banned stage show version of it.