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Exposé (aka House on Straw Hill)
Exposé (also released as House on Straw Hill to link it to Straw Dogs and Trauma)is a 1975 (released March 1976 by Target International Pictures) British horror/thriller starring Udo Kier, Linda...
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Eaten Alive (1976)
Eaten Alive (known under various alternate titles, including Death Trap, Legend of the Bayou, Horror Hotel, Slaughter Hotel and Starlight Slaughter) is a 1976 American horror film, directed by Tobe...
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Madman
Madman (also known as Madman Marz and working title: The Legend Lives) is a 1982 American slasher film directed and written by Joe Giannone. It stars Gaylen Ross (Dawn of the Dead) under the name of...
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The Boogeyman (1980)
The Boogeyman - UK title: The Bogey Man – is a 1980 American supernatural slasher film written, produced and directed by Ulli Lommel. It stars his wife Suzanna Love, Nicholas Love, Ron James and John...
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Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal film directed by Ruggero Deodato (House on the Edge of the Park) from a screenplay by Gianfranco Clerici, starring Carl Gabriel Yorke, Robert Kerman,...
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The New York Ripper
The New York Ripper (Italian: Lo Squartatore di New York) is a 1982 Italian giallo film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film score was written by Francesco De Masi, whilst the screenplay was written by...
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Joe D’Amato (aka Aristide Massacessi, filmmaker)
“Sometimes I make movies which don’t interest me too much and after, with the money, I make the movies I want to make.” Joe D’Amato Italy’s king of trash sinema, Joe D’Amato spent most of his career...
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The Driller Killer
The Driller Killer is a 1979 American horror film directed by and starring Abel Ferrara. The film was lumped together with other “video nasties” released at the time and a vociferous campaign was...
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House on the Edge of the Park
House on the Edge of the Park (Italian: La casa sperduta nel parco) is a 1980 Italian exploitation film from the Italian director Ruggero Deodato. It stars David Hess, Giovanni Lombardo Radice and...
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Jungle Holocaust: Cannibal Tribes in Exploitation Cinema
The 1970s saw old taboos falling away in the cinema, and few horror film sub-genres benefited from the relaxation in censorship more than the cannibal film. In fact, this is a genre that scarcely...
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Devil Hunter
Devil Hunter (aka The Devil Hunter, Chasseurs d’Hommes, Sexo Cannibal, Jungfrau under Kannibalen, The Man Hunter, Mandingo Manhunter) is a 1980 Spanish erotic horror film directed by ‘Clifford Brown’...
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Exposé (aka House on Straw Hill)
Exposé (also released as House on Straw Hill to link it to Straw Dogs and Trauma)is a 1975 (released March 1976 by Target International Pictures) British horror/thriller starring Udo Kier, Linda...
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The Mountain of the Cannibal God
The Mountain of the Cannibal God (Italian title: La montagna del dio cannibale) is a 1978 Italian cult movie starring Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach with English dialogue that was filmed in Sri Lanka....
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Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal film directed by Ruggero Deodato (House on the Edge of the Park) from a screenplay by Gianfranco Clerici, starring Carl Gabriel Yorke, Robert Kerman,...
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Jungle Holocaust: Cannibal Tribes in Exploitation Cinema
The 1970s saw old taboos falling away in the cinema, and few horror film sub-genres benefited from the relaxation in censorship more than the cannibal film. In fact, this is a genre that scarcely...
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“Ban the Sadist Videos!”– The Story of Video Nasties (article)
The film world in Britain during the early 80s was grim. Most of the grand cinema palaces of yesteryear were, if not already transformed into Bingo halls, falling apart, offering a less-than-enticing...
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Video Nasties: The Complete Illustrated Checklist [updated]
This is a historical listing of all films that were deemed to be ‘video nasties’ in the UK. Read the story of the ‘video nasties’ here. When horror films began to be seized by police under the 1959...
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Video Nasty (comic book)
Video Nasty is a six part British comic book series, which began publication in March 2014. The story takes place in 1983, and is a mix of police mystery and horror, set against the back drop of the...
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Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal film directed by Ruggero Deodato (House on the Edge of the Park) from a screenplay by Gianfranco Clerici, starring Carl Gabriel Yorke, Robert Kerman,...
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Cannibal Ferox (aka Make Them Die Slowly)
Cannibal Ferox, also known as Make Them Die Slowly, is a 1981 Italian exploitation film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi. Upon its release, the film’s US distributor claimed it was “the most...
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