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There are many thriller's briller' than driller killer!

Advantages: true shocker
Disadvantages: plot, acting, production

We have all heard of the term 'video nasty'. But not everyone knows what it really means. You see, before 1984 there was no real limit to what could be released on video, apart from erotic portions of film that were seen to be obscene. It was the original release of Cannibal Holocaust, and Driller killer that caused the need for a law to be passed. The creators of the films wrote to Mary whitehouse, who was on the National viewers and listeners Assosiation ...
...Bright putting a bill through the house of commons. The 1984 video recordings act was born, and films were banned left right and centre. However, far be it from solving the problem, the media hype simply made the dvd's more desireable. Copies of the film that were not destroyed went up in value, as people searched for copies of the uncut originals. Driller killer is one such video nasty. And nasty is the right word for it. The plot, if it can be ...

giksy21 18.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Driller Killer (DVD)

A vampire classic

Advantages: Characters, sets, atmosphere, score, made with good taste
Disadvantages: None

First film in the great Karnstein trilogy, followed by a flawed little masterpiece Lust for a vampire (1970) and wonderful Twins of evil (1971) , The Vampire lovers is based on (Joseph) Sheridan LeFanu´s 1872 vampire novella Carmilla. Written by Tudor Gates from the story by the producers Michael Fine and Harry Style, The Vampire lovers is set in early 19th century Styria and it follows lesbian vampire beauty Mircalla Karnstein (Polish-born Ingrid ...
...daughters. Peter Cushing plays the revenge-minded father and Madeline Smith has equally impressive role than Pitt as the wide-eyed, innocent heroine with reddish hair and pretty negligees. This elegant, richly Gothic vampire romance has wonderful sets of mansions, castles and graveyards, natural but strong colours of Hammer Studios´1970´s Technicolour, and some very mild nudity. One of the bes films from Hammer Studios and much, much better than ...

scarletpurity 09.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Vampire Lovers (DVD)

H.G. Wells Would Turn In His Grave

Advantages: It ends
Disadvantages: The list is too long

Empire Of The Ants begins with a lesson on Ant’s the narrator tells you things about ants that you might never have known, and probably did not want to either come to that. All the same this creates the illusion of structure to this 1977 movie, often dubbed as the worst movie of all time. A sad fact when you consider the tales author is none other than H.G. Wells. Marilyn (Joan Collins) is a con artist, her way to secure her future is to con a group ...
...movie are put out of their misery the better. Empire Of The Ants retails on the High Street at about £5 if you really want to submit yourself to this fresh hell, I’d advise checking Ebay where I saw one fail to sell this very afternoon at 1p. ...

sghawken 03.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Empire Of The Ants (DVD)

A cut above the rest

Advantages: Malcolm McDowell puts in another fantastic performance
Disadvantages: Lack of decent bonus material

...he has become one of the few iconic actors who still appear in mainly low budget productions. Into this list of low budget films comes "The Barber" a taut and darkly comic piece that definatly should have gained more recognition. The story is quite a mainstream affair with a small town rocked by a spate of murders after which they need to call in the FBI. Many dark secrets and old wounds are brought up untill the killer is actually found out and ...
...we are told almost from the beggining that Malcolm McDowell is the killer. The famous line is "I was quite surprised to hear they had found the sweet girls body...I wasnt expecting them to find it until spring". What follows is an absolutely brilliant game of cat and mouse where Mcdowell plays towns members off against each other and keeps the law guessing as he kills again and again under their nose. His games ultimatly lead to the wrong man being ...

Reinheart 21.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of The Barber (DVD)

a comedy scary movie

Advantages: full comedy
Disadvantages: i dont know

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mustisoft 27.12.2009 · Read full review
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