"video Nasties"

The VHS era was like none other in the history of cinema. This new format rose quickly in the early 70's when there was a Block Buster on every street corner

In 1963, armed with just a typewriter, a Midlands housewife began a 30-year battle against the permissive society. But how successful was the original 'cancel culture' warrior?

Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato delves into the career of the notorious Italian filmmaker, Aristide Massaccesi aka Joe D'Amato, the infamous director behind the legendary Video Nasties Anthropophagus: The Beast and Absurd.

Is it Halloween yet? Silly question, it's Halloween all year round for Bloody Hammers! The U.S. duo has prepared a wonderfully creepy horror musical experience that pays homage to classic flicks such as "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" (1974) and "Now The Screaming Starts" (1973). Bloody Hammers' idea of a soundtrack for your favorite video nasties holds some surprises on their fifth album. Frontman Anders Manga infused the new album tracks with epic metal and hard rock nuances. But don't fret, the lumbering doom riffs deliver massive doses of goth rock, and Devallia's psychedelic keyboards (just check out the hypnotic "The Beast Is Coming Out"!) are present ever-still, and turn their latest effort The Summoning into a well-balanced, lush and highly infectious affair.

A computer game so nauseatingly gory that it came with a barf bag. Bright druggy graphics that sickened scores of proper English parents.

A look back at key events in TV, film, showbusiness and politics in 1984, a year when Spitting Image and The Young Ones revolutionised comedy and enraged the old guard. Conservative crusaders became hysterical over the horror of video nasties, and an attempt to silence pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood backfired spectacularly.