WHAT THE HECK IS A VIDEO NASTY? by Ben from video distribution warehouses. Newspapers and the media The term “video nasty” goes all the way back to the dawn of home video in the UK, helped fan the flames, with more conservative outlets going so when a bunch of conservative politicians thought a bunch of cheap horror movies far as to publish stories with erroneous quotes and manipulated were too much for the youth of the Isles to handle. data. One such article quoted a survey that claimed four out of ten children over the age of six had seen a video nasty, at a time Having defeated Betamax in the first-ever format war, VHS became a sensation in when even adults had difficulty finding one on a video store the UK in the early 1980’s, and video stores popped up everywhere. With the major shelf. studios ignoring the trend of home video for fear of piracy and lesser box office receipts, small independent labels took the reins and flooded the market with cheap As for the legacy of the “video nasty”, while the term itself was exploitation films, low budget bush and gore sleaze, licensed from and produced designed to frighten the public, in the end, it was nothing short primarily in the US and Italy. And while the UK had a history of censoring theatrical of intriguing. Now fans had a definitive list of must-see films, fare, home video was new, and there was no such oversight yet, so the sky was the many of which might have been forgotten without their iniquitous limit for sex and violence. And without big stars to gain the attention of a sizable distinction. film-watching audience, distributors relied on other methods to sell their films, taking out huge, disgusting print ads, highlighting the most disturbing scenes, with The following is the complete list of films that were, at one time video box art and taglines to match, often daring Brits to witness the horrifying or another, Video Nasties as designated by the DPP,beginning in content within. In addition, the poor video quality of VHS added a sense of reality to June 1983. All 72 films are available in some format here at the violence, causing some less bright members of the UK Parliament to believe - Scarecrow. As many of the films were renamed for video and insist - that these scenes actually were real, and thus, a danger to society. Most distribution throughout the world, included is their title and notably, children. location in the Scarecrow Library, along with their original UK video release title, release date, and credited director. Government officials and religious leaders referred to the "video nasty" phenomenon in a period of moral panic, often overhyping and exaggerating not just If you’ve seen all the heavy hitters of horror and you’re looking the content, but the effect that viewing it could have on an individual, as well. Any to takea deeper dive into the psychotronic room (and beyond--), violent crime could be linked to the perpetrator having watched or, better yet, having this list might be the place to start. For even more info on Video potentially watched, video nasties. Police forces across the land seized stock Nasties and the panic surrounding them, check out the excellent two-part documentary VIDEO NASTIES: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE.

And remember - it’s only a movie! TITLE IN SCARECROW ORIGINAL UK LIBRARY TITLE YEAR DIRECTOR SECTION ☐ ABSURD ABSURD 1981 D'Amato, Joe STALKERS ☐ ANTROPOPHAGUS ANTHROPOPHAGUS THE BEAST 1980 D'Amato, Joe CANNIBALS ☐ AXE AXE 1974Friedel, Frederick R. STALKERS ILSA &

☐ BEAST IN HEAT, THE BEAST IN HEAT, THE 1977 Batzella, Luigi FRIENDS ☐ BEYOND, THE BEYOND, THE 1981 Fulci, Lucio FULCI 1971 Bava, Mario BAVA ☐ BAY OF BLOOD, A BLOOD BATH Lewis, Herschell 1963 Gordon LEWIS ☐ BLOOD FEAST BLOOD FEAST 1968 Milligan, Andy MILLIGAN ☐ GHASTLY ONES, THE BLOOD RITES 1981 Franco, Jesús FRANCO ☐ BLOODY MOON BLOODY MOON 1980 Lommel, Uli DEMONS ☐ BOOGEY MAN, THE BOGEYMAN, THE 1981 Maylam, Tony STALKERS ☐ BURNING, THE BURNING, THE 1980 Margheriti, Antonio MARGHERITI ☐ CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE 1981 Lenzi, Umberto LENZI ☐ CANNIBAL FEROX CANNIBAL FEROX 1980 Deodato, Ruggero CANNIBALS ☐ CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST EURO

1972 de la Iglesia, Eloy HORROR ☐ CANNIBAL MAN, THE CANNIBAL MAN, THE 1980 Dereulle, Alain CANNIBALS ☐ CANNIBAL TERROR CANNIBAL TERROR 1980 Cozzi, Luigi SCI-FI ☐ CONTAMINATION CONTAMINATION

MAD ☐ DEAD & BURIED DEAD & BURIED 1981 Sherman, Gary SCIENTISTS EATEN ALIVE ☐ DEATH TRAP 1976 Hooper, Tobe STALKERS ☐ SACRIFICE! DEEP RIVER SAVAGES 1972 Lenzi, Umberto LENZI DELIRIUM ☐ DELIRIUM 1979 Maris, Peter BANG! DEVIL HUNTER ☐ DEVIL HUNTER, THE 1980 Franco, Jesús FRANCO ☐ DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE 1979 Ellison, Joseph STALKERS DON'T GO IN THE WOODS... DON'T GO IN THE WOODS ☐ ALONE! 1981 Bryan, James STALKERS Foldes, Lawrence DON'T GO NEAR THE PARK ☐ DON'T GO NEAR THE PARK 1979 David STALKERS DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT ☐ DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT 1973 Brownrigg, S.F. STALKERS ☐ DRILLER KILLER, THE DRILLER KILLER, THE 1979 Ferrara, Abel FERRARA EVIL DEAD ☐ EVIL DEAD, THE 1981 Raimi, Sam RAIMI ☐ EVILSPEAK EVILSPEAK 1981 Weston, Eric DEMONS ☐ TRAUMA ÉXPOSE 1976 Clarke, James Kenelm GIALLO ☐ FACES OF DEATH FACES OF DEATH 1978 Schwartz, James Alan SHOCK ☐ FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE 1977 Endelson, Robert A. STALKERS ☐ TOXIC ZOMBIES FOREST OF FEAR 1980 McCrann, Charles ZOMBIES ANDY WARHOL'S ☐ FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN FRANKENSTEIN 1973 Morrissey, Paul MORRISSEY FROZEN SCREAM *packed with ☐ EXECUTIONER II FROZEN SCREAM 1975 Roach, Frank BANG! ☐ FUNHOUSE, THE FUNHOUSE, THE 1981 Hooper, Tobe STALKERS ILSA & ☐ GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY, THE GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY, THE 1977 Canevari, Cesare FRIENDS ☐ HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY, THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY, THE 1981 Fulci, Lucio FULCI HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE ☐ PARK PARK 1980 Deodato, Ruggero STALKERS MAD ☐ HUMAN EXPERIMENTS HUMAN EXPERIMENTS 1979 Goodell, Gregory SCIENTISTS

1978 Markowitz, Murray M/M/S ☐ DROP DEAD, DEAREST I MISS YOU, HUGS AND KISSES 1978 Zarchi, Meir STALKERS ☐ I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 1980 Argento, Dario ARGENTO ☐ INFERNO INFERNO 1976 Mastorakis, Nico GREECE ☐ ISLAND OF DEATH ISLAND OF DEATH NUNSPLOITAT

1979 Berruti, Giulio ION ☐ KILLER NUN, THE KILLER NUN, THE 1972 Craven, Wes CRAVEN LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, THE ☐ EURO

1975 Lado, Aldo HORROR ☐ LAST STOP ON THE NIGHT TRAIN LATE NIGHT TRAINS 1974 Grau, Jorge ZOMBIES LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE LIVING DEAD, THE ☐ ILSA &

1969 Frost, Lee FRIENDS ☐ LOVE CAMP 7 LOVE CAMP 7 1981 Assonitis, Ovidio G. STALKERS ☐ MADHOUSE MADHOUSE 1978 Weis, Jack STALKERS ☐ MARDI GRAS MASSACRE MARDI GRAS MASSACRE MEX-A-GOGO ☐ NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES 1969 Cardona, René BIGFOOT ☐ NIGHT OF THE DEMON NIGHT OF THE DEMON 1983 Wasson, James C. BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE STALKERS ☐ MAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER 1981 Asher, William ZULAWSKI ☐ POSSESSION POSSESSION 1981 Zulawski, Andrzej DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, STALKERS ☐ THE PRANKS 1982 Carpenter, Stephen PRISONER OF THE CANNIBAL MARTINO ☐ SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD GOD, THE 1978 Martino, Sergio NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED STALKERS ☐ NIGHTMARE BRAIN 1981 Scavolini, Romano DEMONS ☐ BOOGEYMAN II REVENGE OF THE BOGEY MAN 1983 Pearn, Bruce DEMONS ☐ SLAYER, THE SLAYER, THE 1982 Cardone, J.S. STALKERS ☐ SNUFF SNUFF 1975 Findlay, Michael ILSA & FRIENDS ☐ SS EXPERIMENT LOVE CAMP SS EXPERIMENT CAMP 1976 Garrone, Sergio ARGENTO 1982 Argento, Dario TENEBRAE ☐ TENEBRAE STALKERS 1981 Hughes, Ken TERROR EYES ☐ NIGHT SCHOOL STALKERS 1978 Donnelly, Dennis TOOLBOX MURDERS, THE ☐ TOOLBOX MURDERS, THE STALKERS 1982 Gronquist, Don UNHINGED ☐ UNHINGED STALKERS 1982 Lord, Jean-Claude VISITING HOURS ☐ VISITING HOURS WEREWOLVES 1975 Iglesias, Miguel WEREWOLF AND THE YETI, THE ☐ NIGHT OF THE HOWLING BEAST WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE STALKERS WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE 1976 Cimber, Matt SEA, THE ☐ SEA, THE FRANCO 1975 Franco, Jesús WOMEN BEHIND BARS ☐ WOMEN BEHIND BARS ZOMBIES 1980 Mattei, Bruno ZOMBIE CREEPING FLESH ☐ HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD FULCI 1979 Fulci, Lucio ZOMBIE FLESH-EATERS ☐ ZOMBIE PSYCHO- CLIPS VIDEO NASTIES: THE DEFINITIVE 2010 West, Jake ☐ GUIDE PSYCHO- CLIPS VIDEO NASTIES: THE DEFINITIVE 2014 West, Jake ☐ GUIDE PART 2