The story of Britain’s first horror moral panic and the odd role that the Communist Party played in it.
Tag: video nasties
Love Camp 7 Remains The Benchmark For Unacceptable Cinema in 2020
Over fifty years after it was made, Bob Cresse and Lee Frost’s trashy bad taste movie is still beyond the pale for the British censors.
A Curious History Of VIPCO, The Notorious British Video Label
Examining a history of the legendary video label that strangely brushes over the most interesting period of its existence.
Video Nasty Icon Ian McCulloch’s Lost Pop Career
The lost mid-Sixties psych-folk career of Britain’s reluctant Italian horror star.
Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers To The Right…
The moral panic over Joker is a depressing throwback to video nasty hysteria.
Mary Whitehouse Vs Michael Winner On British Daytime TV
Britain’s most controversial filmmaker, the moral campaigner and a gaggle of Rambos collide on a television discussion show.
Porn Wars – Sex, Lies And The Battle To Control Britain’s Internet
Anti-porn research from official bodies is often filled with scare headlines that the facts simply don’t match. Here’s our examination of one such sensationalist report.
Jungle Holocausts – The Murky History Of Cannibal Cinema
The story of anthropophagy on screen, from Dr X to The Green Inferno.
The Final Cut -The Modern Mythology of the Snuff Movie
How rumour, cynicism, lies and opportunism helped create an urban myth that refuses to go away.
