Director: David Kenny
Starring: Dario Argento, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Paul Morrissey, William Lustig, etc
More info: IMDB
Plot: Rare documentary about Video Nasties and film, video and internet censorship in the UK. Was first screened as part of Channel 4's controversial "Banned Weekend" which focused on films and the so called Video Nasties, which were a small group of mainly horror films that were given the Video Nasty tag by the tabloid media, due to their explicit horror content. They were subsequently banned under the 1984 Video Recordings Act).
My rating: 6/10
Will I watch it again? No.
This would be an interesting little doc for anyone who is unfamiliar with video nasties and the British video censorship in the early 80s or anyone looking for some ideas on expanding their library of gory films. Most of them are movies every horror fan should see like THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, and so on.
You'll learn just as much, if not more, on the Wikipedia page. What's even better is a complete list of 72 films that appeared on the British government's banned list. It's fascinating and a lot of these films are "must-see's". I highly recommend passing up this doc and going straight to the Wiki page and start renting.
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