Don't Look in the Basement (1973) cinema release was cut and given an X cert, released eventually on video in 2005 uncut with a 15 cert!
A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at an asylum after there's a murder there, she senses something's wrong, she's right!
The cut to the cinema release was a little bit of handy axe work.
It not a bad film, but it's not great either, has a few good atmospheric scenes and does build tension well, and there is a twist, which is nice.
The Evil Dead (1981) released with cuts for the cinema, the 1990 video release was heavily cut (some by the distributors, some by the BBFC) the 2001 release was uncut.
5 friends go to a cabin in the woods to party, they come across a book, The Necronomicon, The Book of the Dead, they think it'll be fun to read it, it wasn't for them, it is for us!
Sorry but had to add my Tom Sullivan sketch of The Necronomicon, it's also signed by Bruce Campbell, as Ash!
The biggest controversy was the tree rape scene, there is also a lot of gore, but it's almost cartoonish.
This is a true classic, received rave reviews when it was released and gained a cult following virtually straight away, it's a fun, gory, slapstick rollercoaster of a film, starring the brilliant Bruce Campbell, if you haven't seen it then you need to, if you have seen it then I bet it's been a while, watch it again, soon, if not now!
Frozen Scream (1975) never achieved a UK release of any sort.
Mad scientists turn people into frozen zombies that go and wreak havoc and kill people.
I have to admit that I have never watched this movie because every review that I have ever seen gives it 2 stars or less, stating that it one of the most boring films they have seen, but you can be the judge of that, full film above!
The Funhouse (1981) it's cinema release was uncut and so was it's video release in 1987, in 2007 it was reclassified as a 15 cert.
4 teenagers dare each other to spend the night in a carnival funhouse, crazy kids!, they end up being stalked by someone in a Frankenstein's monster mask.
There seems to have been some confusion on this one, it is believe that there was a mix up, The Last House on Dead End Street AKA The Fun House (1973) was a brutal and gruesome film involving graphic torture and dismemberment (classic nasty), whereas The Funhouse directed by Tobe Hooper (it might have been his name associated with it that caused the confusion) is a quite tepid slasher movie in comparison. The Last House on Dead End Street never appeared on any of the nasty lists, and it is comparable with a lot on there already, if not worse in places!
The Last House on Dead End Street trailer
The Funhouse is a good little movie, well made and atmospheric, and should never have been added to the nasties list.
Human Experiments (1979) passed with an X cert for cinema uncut, got caught up in the nasty debacle and was never resubmitted.
A young country singer travelling from gig to gig alone through a series of unfortunate events ends up in prison charged with murder, the prison has interesting ideas on reforming prisoners.
What you think is going to be a standard women in prison exploitation film takes an interesting turn which raises this movie above the rest. Not sure why this was on the nasty list, apart from perhaps the WIP exploitation aspect, but that's pretty tame, it does look a bit dated but not a bad watch.
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (1978) there's some confusion about this movie in it's cut/uncut versions, BBFC website has nothing on it.
Millionaire accused of murdering his wife, but is he guilty, do we care!?
Boring, disjointed and should never have been added to the nasty list, though it did mean that it was never resubmitted for classification, so it did us a favour!
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