Monthly Archives: July 2018

The Video Nasties #100 – Shogun Assassin (1980, Robert Houston, Kenji Misumi)

Posted on July 28, 2018 by paperbacksandpugs

‘Wherever you go, you cannot escape the shogun.’ Let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way first. Shogun Assassin is a re-edit of two Japanese samurai movies from the six-film Lone Wolf and Cub series – Sword of Vengeance … Continue reading →

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The Video Nasties #99 – Scream for Vengeance (1980, Bob Bliss)

Posted on July 25, 2018 by paperbacksandpugs

‘Jenny? That’s short for Jennifer?’ Scream For Vengeance is full of surprises, not all of them unpleasant. A rape-revenge/crime hybrid, it initially feels like a typical Last House on the Left clone before veering off in a weird direction and … Continue reading →

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The Video Nasties #98 – Savage Terror (1980, Sisworo Guatama)

Posted on July 21, 2018 by paperbacksandpugs

‘We could make ethnological history!’ The opening title card of Savage Terror says – THIS IS A TRUE ADVENTURE and thanks the Indonesian government for allowing the story to be told. They should probably be thanking Umberto Lenzi, seeing as … Continue reading →

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The Video Nasties #97 – Prom Night (1980, Paul Lynch)

Posted on July 18, 2018 by paperbacksandpugs

‘For a guy so fast on the disco floor, you are the slowest!’ I never went to my school prom, because I just didn’t want to. In addition to that, I grew up in Scotland, where the theme for any … Continue reading →

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The Video Nasties #96 – Night of the Demon (1980, James C Wasson)

Posted on July 14, 2018 by paperbacksandpugs

‘Something huge…like an elephant.’ We all come to the Video Nasties for different reasons. Some come to be shocked, others come for the sex and nudity. Some come for the catharsis, others for the thrill. And then there are those … Continue reading →

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