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ichi the killer

12-04-2004, 10:15 AM

What was the 1st Video nastie you ever saw? Was it an Italian gut muncher or a slasher flick?
I was 14-15 years old at my mates house & we watched a double bill of Cannibal holocaust followed by Alien terror. After that family trips to the cinema were a bit dull in comparison!
In case you were wondering it was 1982 could have been 83 not sure.

meetthecreeper

12-04-2004, 10:23 AM

Jaws-1975 or maybe 1976

Mom kept putting her hand over my eyes to shield me from the horror of it all.

ichi the killer

12-04-2004, 10:27 AM

Yeah i saw jaws at an early age but i meant what was your 1st gut muncher-
zombi
cannibal ferox
driller killer. films of that calibre maximum glop minimum plot.

The STE

12-04-2004, 10:48 AM

I'm guessing this is a British thing, or is this something us bloody colonials should understand, too?

ichi the killer

12-04-2004, 11:00 AM

In the early days of video in England mid 80s the bbfc ( british board film clasification) drew up a list of films they decided were likely to cause the down fall of society as we know it. They then banned these films the term video nasty was born. Media out cry did nt help matters " boy kills cat/dog/mouse because hes watched zombi"
most of these films were italian gut munchers: zombi, cannibal holocaust, also exploitation stuff like ss experiment camp, i spit on your grave. But soon no film was safe, evil dead was banned, exorcist & dawn of the dead withdrawn as well.
Most of the films i mentioned you can now buy in the uk, but some are still heavily censored.

The STE

12-04-2004, 11:01 AM

oh yeah. I remember that from the Evil Dead DVD.

I guess mine would be The Evil Dead

ShankS

12-04-2004, 11:49 AM

at a guess, I'd say zombie flesheaters or some other early zombie film.

MichaelMyers

12-04-2004, 01:08 PM

Last House on the Left.

The_Return

12-04-2004, 01:10 PM

I woldnt really call it a nasty, but that censor board did....so The Exorcist

bwind22

12-04-2004, 01:39 PM

I guess since I didn't start really watching the non-mainstream shit until a couple years ago, I'd have to say it was Cannibal Holocaust. Although I saw most of the other movies you mentioned (DotD, Evil Dead, Excorcist) long before I saw CH, CH was the first movie that turned my stomach. Fuckin' brutal...

Gren the cake

12-04-2004, 03:10 PM

i think it was friday the 13th of some sort

this girla nd guy are stickin their tongues out about to kiss each other

then the guy all of a sudden is in bed, with tongues holding his arms and legs down to the posts, by his wrists and ankles

i was like.. 5. i didnt get to watch the rest LOL

wufong

12-04-2004, 05:33 PM

Originally posted by ichi the killer
. Media out cry did nt help matters " boy kills cat/dog/mouse because hes watched zombi"

young boys need to watch a zombie movie to kill cats/dogs/mice?
shit boys have been doing that since time begun

ichi the killer

12-05-2004, 07:10 AM

According to the Daily Mail, Any kind of crime wave is due to some kind of media, film,tv,or video games. The latest to upset our moral guardians was a rather shit video game called manhunt. some guy killed his mate with a hammer so the tabloids blame it on this crap video game- which then goes on to sell really well despite it being a load of shite.
The joke is this guy had never even played the game-the guy who was murdered played it. The police told the media this but they decided to ignore it no doubt to make the story better.

ichi the killer

12-05-2004, 07:29 AM

Originally posted by bwind22
Cannibal Holocaust. Although I saw most of the other movies you mentioned (DotD, Evil Dead, Excorcist) long before I saw CH, CH was the first movie that turned my stomach. Fuckin' brutal... [/B]
After seeing CH i'd be in the video store with my parents & id be asking them if i could watch last house' or driller killer shit like that, my mum was horrified she thought i was on drugs lmao.

filmmaker2

12-05-2004, 08:18 AM

Yeah, in America it's a different thing, because there was no "video nasty" controversy at the time, at least not over horror films per se. In the early 80's we were all upset over the potential harm that violent cartoons would do to us. And towards the mid-80's, the amount of violence featured in PG-rated films gave birth to the PG-13 rating.

Back when video stores were a fairly new thing, I seem to remember that most stores didn't give a flying handshake who was renting what, no matter the rating, etc. And as a result it was pretty easy for a teenager like myself to see "Zombie Flesheaters" or "Dawn of the Dead" or whatever.

When "Dawn of the Dead" was in its theatrical rerelease, however (it played at art houses in 1982), I remember noticing that some theatres were pretty strict about not letting kids in ("no one under 17 admitted"). I remember this well because I had trouble getting in to see the thing at first! And I wanted to see it pretty badly, because it had such a reputation.

Finally I found a theatre that would let me in, and the fun began. I walked in 20 minutes or so into the picture, and saw the helicopter zombie get the top of his noggin sliced off. I still remember the smell of the popcorn. Oh, those were the days! What a wonderful time that was. (Wax nostalgic here.)

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As a side note, I love the British radio spots for "Zombie Flesheaters" (aka "Zombi 2" aka "Zombie").

"Zombie Flesheaters. ZOMBIE FLESHEATERS! ZOMBIE! FLESH! EATERS!"

voltron

12-05-2004, 08:42 AM

does The Shining count?

ichi the killer

12-05-2004, 09:33 AM

Originally posted by voltron
does The Shining count?
Afraid not mate, italian gutmunchers like canibal holocaust or zombi, exploitation flicks like i spit on your grave, low budget minimum plot maximum glop!

ichi the killer

12-05-2004, 09:56 AM

If anyones interested theres a really good site about the video nasties & censorship in the uk in the 80s. It lists all the titles that were banned & other trivia. And im not pimping my own site i've got nothing to do with it.

www.beardyfreak.com

EXTR3MIST

12-06-2004, 10:34 AM

Probably a grimy print of Nightmares in a Damaged Brain - from the opening "head-in-the-bed" thru the sleazy peep show scene to the "icepick-in-the-back" bit, this is a raw and dirty film and no mistake.

All UK releases (including the pre-VRA) are cut.

ichi the killer

12-06-2004, 11:57 AM

Never saw that one although i have heard of it. used to bunk off school & go around my mates house to watch nasties. Video shop used to let us have anything even porn, that is until he was prosecuted & shut down.
I don t think watching the nasties scarred me mentally......but PRETTY PEACHES thats a different story lmao

Death By Jell-O

12-06-2004, 11:59 AM

Damn The Man!

42ndStreetFreak

12-06-2004, 06:02 PM

Thanks for the link to my site 'Ichi'!

I honestly can't remember what my first was.

"Nightmare in a Damaged Brain" has the dubious honour of being the only 'Nasty' title to land it's video distributor in jail!
Despite, as mentioned above, it was a slightly trimmed print (All version under "Damaged Brain" are cut...the uncut prints are known as "Nightmare").

Lots has changed in the years since the 'Nasties'.

Many of the once banned titles are now uncut. Some are still cut and banned of course, but it's better than it was.

Rotting Eye

12-06-2004, 08:02 PM

My 1st nastie.. The squigglies on channel 99 :(

ichi the killer

12-07-2004, 05:30 AM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 42ndStreetFreak
[B]Thanks for the link to my site 'Ichi'!

I honestly can't remember what my first was.

"Nightmare in a Damaged Brain" has the dubious honour of being the only 'Nasty' title to land it's video distributor in jail!

I remember reading about this, He was the guy who advertised his film he had a fake brain in a glass jar. Fucking outrageous really that he was jailed, do you know how long his sentence was and how long did he serve?

zwoti

12-07-2004, 07:17 AM

texas chainsaw massacre

urgeok

12-07-2004, 07:26 AM

Stendhal Syndrome.

has a girl getting shot through the face in slo-mo.

lovely !

ichi the killer

12-07-2004, 07:28 AM

I remember watching last house on the left at a mates house.
His mum gets in from work just as were at the "PISS YOUR PANTIES" scene. His mum went berserk & kicked us all out of her house & banned us from seeing her son lmao-he picked the video.

ichi the killer

12-07-2004, 07:29 AM

Originally posted by urgeok
Stendhal Syndrome.

has a girl getting shot through the face in slo-mo.

lovely !
Never seen that any good?

zwoti

12-07-2004, 07:29 AM

Originally posted by urgeok
Stendhal Syndrome.

has a girl getting shot through the face in slo-mo.

lovely !

too late to be a nasty....see the list below

nasties list (http://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/hysterialives/nasties/nastiesmain1.htm)

ichi the killer

12-07-2004, 07:44 AM

Originally posted by zwoti
too late to be a nasty....see the list below

nasties list (http://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/hysterialives/nasties/nastiesmain1.htm)
yes i know but is it any good?

zwoti

12-07-2004, 08:15 AM

Originally posted by ichi the killer
yes i know but is it any good?

not really....a lesser argento film

urgeok

12-07-2004, 08:52 AM

but still .. an Argento film :)

voltron

12-07-2004, 10:00 AM

Originally posted by ichi the killer
Afraid not mate, italian gutmunchers like canibal holocaust or zombi, exploitation flicks like i spit on your grave, low budget minimum plot maximum glop!

i guess Basketcase is my first.they have it and Return of the Swampthing together for $10 at the local Best Buy.i don't realy care to own Swamp Thing but i suppose i will.:rolleyes:

urgeok

12-07-2004, 10:01 AM

Originally posted by voltron
i guess Basketcase is my first.they have it and Return of the Swampthing together for $10 at the local Best Buy.i don't realy care to own Swamp Thing but i suppose i will.:rolleyes:

i have the origional Swampthing .. got it at a used place. Turns out its rare because it has the since edited adrianne barbeau nude scene still in it.

voltron

12-07-2004, 10:04 AM

Originally posted by urgeok
i have the origional Swampthing .. got it at a used place. Turns out its rare because it has the since edited adrianne barbeau nude scene still in it.

i wouldn't mind owning the original, but return?Heather Loclear, uggggggggg.for some reason i cannot stand her.

urgeok

12-07-2004, 10:04 AM

Originally posted by zwoti
too late to be a nasty....see the list below

nasties list (http://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/hysterialives/nasties/nastiesmain1.htm)

i was suprised at how tame some of those titles are ..
(for a nastie)

Gruesome

12-07-2004, 10:45 AM

My Mom took me to see the original "dawn of the dead" after MUCH begging and pleading...she even had to argue with the theater mgr. to let me in...I was 14 :D

ichi the killer

12-07-2004, 11:22 AM

Originally posted by urgeok
i was suprised at how tame some of those titles are ..
(for a nastie)
Yup it was a bad time if you liked your horror & exploitation films, even classics like exorcist, tcm, & evil dead, were labeled nasties the media & rent a quote politicians have a lot to answer for.

42ndStreetFreak

12-07-2004, 12:28 PM

The guy sentenced over "Damaged Brain" got 18 months but 12 were suspended so he had to serve 6.
Truly outstanding in it's craziness.

kpropain

12-20-2004, 05:38 PM

I saw all these that were listed on the nasties list at a young age.

Axe
The Beyond
Blood Feast
Cannibal Ferox
Dead & Buried
Don't Go In The House
Don't Go In The Woods Alone
Driller Killer
The Evil Dead
Faces Of Death
The Funhouse
The House On The Edge Of The Park
I Spit On Your Grave
The Last House On The Left
Snuff
The Toolbox Murders
Zombie Flesh Eaters AKA: Zombie

I'm suprised, Maniac, The New York Ripper and Pieces weren't on that list.

As well as some of H.G. Lewis's other work such as 2000 Maniacs, Color Me Blood Red, The Gore Gore Girls, and The Wizard Of Gore.

Ritualistic

12-20-2004, 06:54 PM

I suppose my first NASTIES were TCM, I spit on your Grave, The Evil Dead...

ichi the killer

12-21-2004, 06:24 AM

Maniac & New york ripper were refused certification i think, new york ripper is still unavailable ( no great shame ) i imported my copy of Maniac from the states.

The_Return

12-21-2004, 09:29 AM

Ive seen a few that are on the nasty list, but the 1st I saw that I would consider is Suspiria. Not sure if it was o the list or not, or wether it was in the right time frame....

42ndStreetFreak

12-21-2004, 10:15 AM

'm suprised, Maniac, The New York Ripper and Pieces weren't on that list.

"Maniac" was released but only in a butchered version, so escaped.

"Pieces" was also cut, but not that much. It seems to have slipped under the radar.

And "New York Ripper" was refused a release full stop.

Don't forget also that the actual 'Nasties' ended after 1984 as all videos after that had to have BBFc certificates.
So after 1984 films were either cut or refused a release. So there were no more new potential 'Nasties' available.

"TCM", despite what many people think was never on the 'Nasties' list and did infact have an uncut 'X' cinema certificate for showing in London (when the 'Greater London Council' still existed and could approve it's own certificates).

"Suspiria" was never on the list...but was briefly released uncut. But as the fuss started up 'Thorn EMI' withdrew them and replaced the print with the censored 'X' cert cinema print.

42ndStreetFreak

12-21-2004, 10:30 AM

On the 'Nasties' section on my site there is a section on some of the titles that escaped the list...but i can't get any of the links to work on the home page.

if anyone would try some of the links to see if they work i would be grateful.

Let me know if they work. Thanks.

AUSTIN316426808

12-22-2004, 12:52 AM

the exorcist.

42ndStreetFreak

12-22-2004, 01:05 AM

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
the exorcist.

Another oft mistaken title. It was never a 'Nasty'.
It was released uncut in the very early days of video, but was simply refused a certificate for video once the 'Video Recordings Act' came in which said all videos MUST have a certificate.

So the uncertified releases were withdrawn, no new release was allowed and it was not to be released on video again for many many years.

Once the BBFC head James Ferman died things changed and "The Exorcist" was re-submitted and past uncut for home viewing.

AUSTIN316426808

12-22-2004, 01:13 AM

the guy said that the exorcist was one of the movies that were called ''NASTIES'' and halloween was the first horror movie i saw and the exorcist was the second and halloween barely had blood so i know that was'nt one so i said the exorcist.

AUSTIN316426808

12-22-2004, 01:15 AM

but if what you are saying is right then i guess the first ''naisty'' i saw was Evil Dead.

42ndStreetFreak

12-22-2004, 02:06 AM

"The Exorcist" was simply withdrawn and then refused a certificate. It was never on the DPP (Dept of Public Prosecutions) 'Nasty' list.

"The Evil Dead" indeed was, despite the print being a slightly cut BBFC cinema approved print.
Something that caused a lot of fuss because the film HAD been seen and censored by the BBFC but was all of a sudden an illegal item on video.

AUSTIN316426808

12-22-2004, 02:11 AM

i was wondering how you knew so much about this but i just saw that you're from england yourself.

since you do know about it i was wondering-are these movie catagorized as nasties completely illegal?

42ndStreetFreak

12-22-2004, 02:32 AM

They were illegal to sell or rent.

ANY film, no matter what it was, after 1984/5 had to have a BBFC Video Certificate and any that did not had to be withdrawn and not sold or rented.

Which put many video firms in financial trouble (as well as video shop owners) as they now had to pay for the BBFC to certicy their films.
Even a 'Disney' film that would obviously get a 'U' HAD to go through the process to get that 'U'.

But it meant that many of the smaller video labels could never afford to pay for their films to be certified, or knew they had no chance of getting a certificate (at least without massive cuts at best) so they simply folded.

Some of the 'Nasties' were taken to Court as 'Obscene'. And if they were found guilty you could find yourself receiving more extreme fines or even a prison term.
The distributer of "Nightmares in a Damaged Brain" (despite it being a cut print) was sentenced to 6 months in prison.

You could own them. But you could not sell or rent them.

Shame my site is down, as I have all the info (and titles) on there.

AUSTIN316426808

12-22-2004, 02:55 AM

Originally posted by 42ndStreetFreak
They were illegal to sell or rent.

ANY film, no matter what it was, after 1984/5 had to have a BBFC Video Certificate and any that did not had to be withdrawn and not sold or rented.

Which put many video firms in financial trouble (as well as video shop owners) as they now had to pay for the BBFC to certicy their films.
Even a 'Disney' film that would obviously get a 'U' HAD to go through the process to get that 'U'.

But it meant that many of the smaller video labels could never afford to pay for their films to be certified, or knew they had no chance of getting a certificate (at least without massive cuts at best) so they simply folded.

Some of the 'Nasties' were taken to Court as 'Obscene'. And if they were found guilty you could find yourself receiving more extreme fines or even a prison term.
The distributer of "Nightmares in a Damaged Brain" (despite it being a cut print) was sentenced to 6 months in prison.

You could own them. But you could not sell or rent them.

Shame my site is down, as I have all the info (and titles) on there.

that's fucked up people should be allowed to watch what the hell they want.(no offense i wasnt bashing your country or anything)

42ndStreetFreak

12-22-2004, 03:25 AM

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
that's fucked up people should be allowed to watch what the hell they want.(no offense i wasnt bashing your country or anything)

:D Don't worry...i think exactly the same way.

I was raided by Trading Standards myself years back (with a freakin Police riot van parked outside and a police escort) when i was selling off some old vids (not 'Nasties', just pre-certification titles).

they took some stuff away, we had crap printed in the local paper etc etc...
In the end they kept 3 films (one action film from Hong Kong, one very tame horror film and the Carradine martial arts flick "The Silent Flute"!!!!) and gave me a caution.

One of my County's many silly attiudes.

ichi the killer

12-22-2004, 11:44 AM

I never said Exorcist was banned i said along with many other films it was unfairly labelled a nastie, tcm, evil dead,dotd they all fell foul of the media hysteria of the day. By the way mr 42nd you owe me £12, i bought jungle holocaust after reading your review i was'nt impressed.

42ndStreetFreak

12-22-2004, 11:48 AM

mr 42nd you owe me £12, i bought jungle holocaust after reading your review i was'nt impressed.

I can't be held responsible for your bad taste and misgiuded views! :p

"JH" is a damn fine exploitation film.

ichi the killer

12-22-2004, 11:52 AM

I totally agreed with your review for cannibal holocaust, but just found JH dull. Do you want to buy it off me £8 to you.

newb

12-22-2004, 11:56 AM

I don't know if this would be considered a "nasty" or not but I remember seeing "Mark of the Devil" at the theatre on its first run, and they were handing out barf bags.

Its kinda tame by todays standards.

Vodstok

12-22-2004, 11:59 AM

Nasty?

Well, in the prono called "The Sex Files", a chick gets anal, then blows the guy. And judging by one of the close ups, she was none to clean back in the cellar. That gets logged under "extraordinarily nasty"

42ndStreetFreak

12-22-2004, 12:03 PM

Originally posted by ichi the killer
I totally agreed with your review for cannibal holocaust, but just found JH dull. Do you want to buy it off me £8 to you.

I already have it thanks.

Watch it again...feel the love.

ichi the killer

12-22-2004, 12:05 PM

Where i work the place is awash with porn, it changes hands like currency, anyway for a laugh i got a really nasty german scat film relabelled it & put it into circulation. I told one guy it was the kind of porn you could watch with the missus - she watched some of it while he was at work & kicked him out.
The dvd went round & round but what surprised me was the amount of guys who said it was disgusting but sat through the whole thing.

ichi the killer

12-22-2004, 12:08 PM

Originally posted by 42ndStreetFreak
I already have it thanks.

Watch it again...feel the love.

Surely if you love it that much you need 2 copies?

Those dirty fucking italians Did'nt feel no love for that poor Crocodile did they?

urgeok

12-22-2004, 12:10 PM

Vodstok

12-22-2004, 12:11 PM

Originally posted by ichi the killer
Where i work the place is awash with porn, it changes hands like currency, anyway for a laugh i got a really nasty german scat film relabelled it & put it into circulation. I told one guy it was the kind of porn you could watch with the missus - she watched some of it while he was at work & kicked him out.
The dvd went round & round but what surprised me was the amount of guys who said it was disgusting but sat through the whole thing. THAT is fucking hilarious.

I used to fuck with people on winmx by giving really disturbing pictures (the face from the exorcist, spider closeups, shit like that) really raunchy names, then laughing as people downloaded it.

Youwould not believe how many people downloaded a picture called "man ass fucks male german shepard then hits it."

i think it was a picture of that old guy holding up his middle fingers that says "FUCK YOU"

ichi the killer

12-22-2004, 12:11 PM

Mein schizen smelt gut ja?

Yeah i thought so too but a couple of guys did'nt see the funny side at all.

42ndStreetFreak

12-24-2004, 11:27 AM

My site is back up!
Here you go... http://www.beardyfreak.com/Video%20Nasties.htm

here are a few of the films that escaped the list...
http://www.beardyfreak.com/NastyNotOnList.htm

Elvis_Christ

09-25-2005, 10:16 PM

The "Video Nasties" were notoriously hard to get over here. Many were pulled from our shelves outright by up tight video store owners. The first one I saw that's on the list was Evil Dead, then maybe something like the Burning. The banning of TCM2 in the U.K in 1988 showed people were still uptight about these films disrupting "good morals".

AmericanManiac

09-26-2005, 12:58 AM

I was about 4 years old my older sister who was 16 had a sleep over with all of her friends and they got Last House on the Left. My mom made me go to bed and said I couldn't watch it and had to leave the girls alone, but once she fell asleep I snuck down and of course all of her friends loved me cause I was a cute little boy and she was pissed lol. But that was the first horror movie I have ever watched, and thats the only reason I remeber it at such a young age.