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This should never have been a video nasty

posted 15 years ago by Tender-Flesh
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There are probably two scenes where the gore is over the top and even by the standards of the day, they weren't that bad. I refer to the armchopping scene and the impalement scene. Yeah, pretty bloody, but overall, nothing to cry about. I watched Flesh for Frankenstein a few weeks ago and that movie I can definitely understand why it was banned.

I found Tenebre to be fairly tame and aside from the great crane shot, I was overall disappointed. I had only viewed this movie as Unsane before, years ago, and now getting to see it uncut, I fail to see what all the fuss is about. This is not Argento's best or worst. And I sorely missed the uses of color that made Suspiria so masterful.

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[–] scuba steve 15 years ago

It's certainly more deserving of its place on the DPP list than some of the other films on there; such as Visiting Hours, Dont Go in the Woods Alone etc.

[–] wrench-7 15 years ago

Yeah I agree with you. It is a little brutal at times but nothing too graphic or gory. And it was a more competent and professional film compared to some other no-story sleaze-fests that were labeled 'video-nasties'.

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[–] LeonardPine 14 years ago

Oh those were the days, every horror film was either banned or butchered by the censors by our wonderful goverment. I remember watching a video of The Dead Zone and the murder scene had been cut so much that the viewer had no clue as to how the victim died!!!! And the way it was edited it looked like Walken's shocked outburst was because he saw a pair of tits!
Thank god those days are gone and we can enjoy Argento movies in all their bloody glory!

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[–] DonJohn80 14 years ago

Have you seen some of the movies on the list? They didn't even watch all of them.

[–] waybexxx 14 years ago

Probably 90% of the films on the DPP list didn't deserve to be there. It's shameful how our government treated these films - The Evil Dead, Tenebrae, Shogun Asassin, Blood Bath, The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue, The Beyond etc.
I've seen them all and I can understand why some were banned... I'd have banned a few just for being so crap! :D

[–] LeonardPine 14 years ago

'Video nasty' was a term thought up by the gutter press. It unfortunately became a household term. Thankfully those days are over, and we can enjoy films in all their uncut glory!

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[–] sillyspaghetti 11 years ago

I was saying the same thing earlier today. There are some British crime stories that are far worse and that have been made into films and/or TV series. I think in one Dorothy L. Sayer's books, a man is locked in a bell tower and dies when the bells chime and his eardrums burst!

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[–] DesperateHouseboy 10 years ago

95% of the 'video nasties' didnt belong on that list.

[–] blade101167 7 years ago

An old thread but nonetheless...

Unless you were around in the early eighties, it's nigh on impossible to look objectively with a 2016 eye at the furore created back then. I was 13/14 at the time and remember being horrified at 'I Spit On Your Grave' - which well and truly deserved it's place on the list despite the fact that the remake is even harsher and more graphic. Likewise Zombie Flesh Eaters, Last House on the Left and a few others that depicted brutal and bloody violence never really seen before. While nothing against the ultra violence of today's movies, many of the original 'video nasties' were genuinely truly shocking back then... but not even the infamous Salo seems quite so shocking nowadays.

In the modern age of freely available hard core porn and ultra violent gore movies, we've become jaded... jeez, I can even watch a genuine beheading video these days while eating my dinner.

[–] jdforyou1983 (1469) 3 years ago

Its pretty tame compared to other horror movies