The Video Nasties Checklist

[El_Fez]

Over on the UK forum I was asking about the upcoming release of Absurd, and I realize that we don’t have a proper Video Nasties thread. So I thought I’d compile all the releases in one place, so we can have some proper discussion.

For those of you who don’t know, back in the early to mid eighties the UK passed the Video Recordings Act, which made it illegal to distribute any film that had not been classified. The British Board of Film Classification compiled a list of 39 films of films that were deemed to be corrupting the youth of the nation, leading to video stores being subjected to police raids, shopkeepers being convicted for criminal obscenity, and mountains of video tapes being burned.

Actually, here - the trailer for Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape explains much better than I can:

Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide - Trailer - YouTube

As this is the Region 1 side of the forums, I'll list domestic Blu Rays where I can, dipping into other regions where necessary. If there are multiple editions like Texas Chain Saw Massacre or The Thing, I'll arbitrarily pick one (the most sexy cover, probably).

Also, as they're not actual Nasties, I'll keep them seperate from the main list - but if you want a good cross-section of the insanity of the moral panic surrounding the Video Nasties, I would highly recommended these two: