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The Lowdown

By day I review video games for a living, but by night I’m doing this blog as a bit of non-profit fun, just so I can cover my other love: horror films and other generally weird movies.

Each of my reviews come with screenshots and a trailer (or film clip) so you can hopefully judge for yourself if the film’s worth tracking down.

I also made a New Year’s resolution a long time ago to watch all 72 video nasty films banned by the Director of Public Prosecutions in the UK in 1984, so the “Video Nasties” list you see below this will eventually fill up with reviews of each film.

Naturally, many of the films on this site (especially the Video Nasties) contain scenes of graphic violence and the majority are rated 18 or 15 in the UK, while some even remained banned in their uncut form. If you are offended by such sights or bad language then this might not be the place for you because there may be the odd gory pic or disturbing subject matter.

I hope you enjoy the reviews in this blog: all comments are welcome, as are suggestions of films you’d like to see me review (just comment under any of my reviews and let me know). If you like my stuff, feel free to subscribe using the link at the bottom of this column to get email updates.

If you want to get in touch, drop me an email at chris@thatwasabitmental.com

Thanks for reading!

Chris

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Review Index

• COMPLETE REVIEW INDEX
(with descriptions)

• 11/11/11 (2011)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• 9/11 (2002)
• Actium Maximus: War Of The Alien Dinosaurs (2005)
• Airplane vs Volcano (2014)
• Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
• Alien (1979)
• Aliens (1986)
• Alien 3 (1992)
• Alien: Resurrection (1997)
• Alien Abduction (2014)
• Alien Terminator (1995)
• Alien Undead (2010)
• Alligator (1980)
• Amityville 3D (1983)
• The Amityville Asylum (2013)
• Any Given Sunday (1999)
• Arcade (1993)
• Argo (2012)
• Attack Of The Super Monsters (1982)
• The Attic (2013)
• AVP: Alien vs Predator (2004)
• The Babadook (2014)
• Bad Channels (1992)
• Bad Kids Go To Hell (2012)
• Banshee Chapter (2013)
• The Basement (1989)
• Battle Royale (2000)
• Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)
• Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon (2006)
• Best Worst Movie (2009)
• Beware: Children At Play (1989)
• Beyond The Mat (1999)
• Black Christmas (1974)
• The Blair Witch Project (1998)
• Bless The Child (2000)
• Blood Car (2007)
• Blood Glacier (2013)
• Bloody Birthday (1981)
• The Boneyard (1991)
• Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
• Bride Of Chucky (1998)
• Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave (1976)
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992)
• Burial Ground (1981)
• Cannibal (2010)
• The Care Bears Movie (1985)
• Cavegirl (1985)
• Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
• Children Of The Corn (1984)
• Children Of The Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
• Children Of The Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)
• Child's Play (1988)
• Child's Play 2 (1990)
• Child's Play 3 (1991)
• Chronicle (2012)
• Cloverfield (2008)
• The Company Of Wolves (1984)
• Confessions (2010)
• The Craft (1996)
• Creep (2004)
• The Creeps (1997)
• Creepshow (1982)
• Creepshow 3 (2006)
• Crimewave (1985)
• Critters (1986)
• Cube (1997)
• Curse Of Chucky (2013)
• Damien: Omen II (1978)
• Dangerous Worry Dolls (2008)
• Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
• The Day After (1983)
• Dead Heat (1988)
• Dead Silence (2007)
• Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
• Deadly Blessing (1981)
• Deadly Friend (1986)
• Deadtime Stories: Volume 1 (2009)
• Death Watch (1980)
• Demons Never Die (2011)
• Devil Girl From Mars (1954)
• The Diary Of Anne Frank (2009)
• Dinoshark (2010)
• Doctor Mordrid (1992)
• Dollman (1991)
• Dolls (1987)
• Drag Me To Hell (2009)
• Drive (2011)
• Election (1999)
• Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001)
• Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn (1987)
• Evil Laugh (1986)
• Evil Never Dies (2013)
• Exam (2009)
• Exorcismus (2010)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen (2000)
• Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
• The Exterminator (1980)
• The Eye (2002)
• For Y'ur Height Only (1981)
• The Final Conflict (1981)
• Final Destination (2000)
• Friday The 13th (1980)
• Friday The 13th Part 2 (1981)
• Friday The 13th Part III (1982)
• Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
• Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
• Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
• Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
• Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
• Fright Night (1985)
• Frost (2012)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• Ghostwatch (1992)
• The Gingerdead Man (2005)
• Gingerdead Man 2: Passion Of The Crust (2008)
• The Godsend (1980)
• Gone Girl (2014)
• Gremlins (1984)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
• Halloween (1978)
• Halloween (2007)
• Halloween II (1981)
• Halloween III: Season Of The Witch (1982)
• Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers (1988)
• Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers (1989)
• Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers (1995)
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
• Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
• Happy Birthday To Me (1981)
• A Haunting At Silver Falls (2013)
• Hell Comes To Frogtown (1988)
• Hellgate (1989)
• Heretic (2012)
• Hideous! (1997)
• Hitchcock (2012)
• Hobo With A Shotgun (2011)
• Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
• The House In The Woods (1957)
• The House Of Him (2014)
• House Of Wax (2005)
• The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
• Humanoids From The Deep (1980)
• Icetastrophe (2014)
• The Interview (2014)
• The Island Of Dr Moreau (1977)
• It Follows (2014)
• Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
• Jason X (2001)
• Jaws 2 (1978)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Jurassic Park III (2001)
• Jurassic World (2015)
• Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
• The Killers (1964)
• Killers From Space (1954)
• Killjoy (2000)
• The Langoliers (1995)
• The Last Exorcism (2010)
• The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)
• Leprechaun In The Hood (2000)
• Lockjaw (2008)
• Lord Of Illusions (1995)
• The Lost Boys (1987)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• Major League (1989)
• Mega Piranha (2010)
• Mega Python Vs Gatoroid (2011)
• Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (2016)
• MoniKa: A Wrong Way To Die (2012)
• Monster House (2006)
• The Monster Squad (1987)
• The Muppets (2011)
• My Bloody Valentine (1981)
• My Little Eye (2002)
• Nazis At The Center Of The Earth (2012)
• Nick Fury: Agent Of Shield (1998)
• Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
• Nightbreed (1990)
• A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
• A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
• A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
• A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
• A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
• Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
• The Omen (1976)
• One Hour Photo (2002)
• Paranormal Activity (2007)
• Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
• Pet Sematary (1989)
• Pet Sematary II (1992)
• Phantasm (1979)
• The Phantom Of The Opera (1989)
• Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)
• Piranha (2010)
• Planet Of The Apes (1968)
• Please Don't Eat My Mother (1973)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• Poltergeist (2015)
• The Prophecy (1995)
• Psycho II (1983)
• Pumpkinhead (1988)
• Puppet Master (1989)
• Puppet Master II (1990)
• Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)
• Puppet Master 4 (1993)
• Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994)
• Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
• Rasen (1998)
• Religulous (2008)
• Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2022)
• Resurrecting The Street Walker (2009)
• Resurrection Of The Mummy (2014)
• Return To Sleepaway Camp (2008)
• The Ring (2002)
• The Ring Virus (1999)
• Ringu (1998)
• The Rise And Fall Of A White-Collar Hooligan (2012)
• Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011)
• Robocop (1987)
• Robocop 2 (1990)
• Robocop 3 (1993)
• Robot Wars (1993)
• Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987)
• Rollerball (1975)
• Rollerball (2002)
• Rubber (2010)
• Sausage Party (2016)
• Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery (2014)
• Scream (1996)
• Scream 2 (1997)
• Scream 3 (2000)
• Scream 4 (2011)
• Scream: The TV Series (2015)
• Scream Bloody Murder (2000)
• Seed Of Chucky (2004)
• The Self-Destruction Of The Ultimate Warrior (2005)
• Sharktopus (2010)
• The Shrine (2010)
• Silent Hill (2006)
• Silent House (2011)
• Sin City (2005)
• Slaughter High (1986)
• Sleepaway Camp (1983)
• Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
• Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
• Snakes On A Train (2006)
• Snowpiercer (2013)
• The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre (2013)
• Spirit Trap (2005)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• Splice (2009)
• Super 8 (2011)
• Suspiria (1977)
• Swamp Shark (2011)
• Taken (2008)
• Taken 2 (2012)
• The Taking Of Deborah Logan (2014)
• Teen Wolf (1985)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
• The Tenant (2012)
• Test Tube Teens From The Year 2000 (1994)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• The Thing (2011)
• Thinner (1996)
• Troll (1986)
• Troll 2 (1990)
• Troll Hunter (2010)
• The Tunnel (2011)
• Turkey Shoot (1982)
• Twilight (2008)
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)
• Twin Peaks: Season 1 (1990)
• Twin Peaks: Season 2 (1990-91)
• Twin Peaks international pilot (1990)
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
• Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (1992/2014)
• Unfriended (2014)
• Urban Explorers (2011)
• uwantme2killhim? (2013)
• The Vault Of Horror (1973)
• V/H/S (2012)
• Voyage Of The Rock Aliens (1984)
• The Wasp Woman (1959)
• Where Do We Go From Here? (2015)
• Zardoz (1974)
• Zombie Strippers (2008)

Total reviews - 300 (including nasties)

The Video Nasties (11/72)

• Absurd (1981)
• Anthropophagous: The Beast (1980)
• Axe (1977)
• The Beast In Heat (1977)
• The Beyond (1981)
• Blood Bath (1971)
• Blood Feast (1963)
• Blood Rites (1969)
• Bloody Moon (1981)
• The Bogey Man (1980)
• The Burning (1981)
• Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
• Cannibal Ferox (1981)
• Cannibal Holocaust (1979)
• The Cannibal Man (1972)
• Cannibal Terror (1981)
• Contamination (1980)
• Dead And Buried (1981)
• Death Trap (1976)
• Deep River Savages (1972)
• Delirium (1979)
• The Devil Hunter (1980)
• Don't Go In The House (1979)
• Don't Go In The Woods... Alone! (1980)
• Don't Go Near The Park (1979)
• Don't Look In The Basement (1973)
• The Driller Killer (1979)
• The Evil Dead (1981)
• Evilspeak (1982)
• Expose (1975)
• Faces Of Death (1978)
• Fight For Your Life (1977)
• Flesh For Frankenstein (1973)
• Forest Of Fear (1979)
• Frozen Scream (1975)
• The Funhouse (1981)
• The Gestapo's Last Orgy (1977)
• The House By The Cemetery (1981)
• House On The Edge Of The Park (1979)
• Human Experiments (1980)
• I Miss You, Hugs And Kisses (1978)
• I Spit On Your Grave (1978)
• Inferno (1980)
• Island Of Death (1972)
• The Killer Nun (1978)
• The Last House On The Left (1972)
• Late Night Trains (1975)
• The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue (1974)
• Love Camp 7 (1968)
• Madhouse (1981)
• Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)
• Night Of The Bloody Apes (1969)
• Night Of The Demon (1980)
• Nightmare Maker (1981)
• Nightmares In A Damaged Brain (1981)
• Possession (1981)
• Pranks (1982)
• Prisoner Of The Cannibal God (1978)
• Revenge Of The Bogey Man (1982)
• The Slayer (1981)
• Snuff (1974)
• SS Experiment Camp (1976)
• Tenebrae (1982)
• Terror Eyes (1980)
• The Toolbox Murders (1978)
• Unhinged (1982)
• Visiting Hours (1981)
• The Werewolf And The Yeti (1975)
• The Witch Who Came From The Sea (1976)
• Women Behind Bars (1975)
• Zombie Creeping Flesh (1981)
• Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)

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