VIDEO NASTIES: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE (2010) DVD Review

Equal parts cautionary tale and gorehound primer, this "must-have" three-disc release from Severin (originally released in the UK by Nucleus Films) delivers a one-stop shop for everything relating to the UK’s shameful period of censorship in the early 1980s, where 72 horror and exploitation film titles were deemed capable of debauching the free-thinking minds of anyone who might encounter them. These were the “Video Nasties.”

SEVERANCE (2006) movie review

Severance (2006) d. Smith, Christopher (UK)

Finally, a horror film the entire cubicle crowd can appreciate, one that doles out the laughter and splatter in equal measure. When a team-building weekend for the sales division of weapons company Palisade Defence in the mountains of Eastern Europe goes horribly wrong, the results pay off in rich dividends for gore-loving genre aficionados.

VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE (2010) movie review

Equal parts cautionary tale and gorehound primer, this "must-have" three-disc release from Severin (originally released in the UK by Nucleus Films) delivers a one-stop shop for everything relating to the UK’s shameful period of censorship in the early 1980s, where 72 horror and exploitation film titles were deemed capable of debauching the free-thinking minds of anyone who might encounter them. These were the “Video Nasties.”