Tag: Censorship & Videotape

Video Tales III: Video Nasties – The Definitive Edition Part 2 + Grindhouse Trailer Classics

Video Tales III: Video Nasties – The Definitive Edition Part 2 + Grindhouse Trailer Classics

May 2, 2015 | By

Alongside an Editor’s Blog, Part 3 of Video Tales offers up reviews of Jake West’s superlative documentary Video Nasties: Draconian Days (Severin / Nucleus Films) + Grindhouse Trailer Classics.

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DVD: Video Nasties – Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

DVD: Video Nasties – Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

June 6, 2014 | By

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Britain’s infamous Video Records Act (VRA) in which 72 horror films (dubbed ‘video nasties’ by sleazebag media outlets such as the Daily Mail) were banned by the BBFC due to ‘depraved content,’ Severin Films have picked up the North American video rights to Jake West’s superb documentary…

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