Tag: Video Nasties
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ANALYSIS: Examining the Real-World Violence of THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972)
Spoiler and Trigger Warning for Sexual Assault One of the most infamous entries in the “video nasty” era, Wes Craven’s debut feature continues to shock to this day. Kim Morrison examines the method behind the madness… Even though the video nasties list was something that popped up in the ‘80s, films that were once on…
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ANALYSIS: Horror at Home – video rentals, paratexts and how we watch now
The way we’ve watched horror films has changed dramatically over the years. Here James C. Taylor charts the evolution of how fright flicks have been consumed, from rental stores to DVDs, streaming platforms and beyond… I became fascinated with horror films before I’d even watched one. As a child, when my parents took me to…
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REVIEW: Censor (2021)
dir. Prano Bailey-Bond. There’s a moment early on in Censor – Prano Bailey-Bond’s feature debut which builds on her 2015 short Nasty – where two film examiners discuss the history of eye-gouging. Enid (Niamh Algar) sees it purely as the latest excess of envelope-pushing “video nasties”, a depravity that needs to be quashed. Colleague Sanderson…
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