I knew very little about the actual plot but its savvy, Hooper-esque marketing had me from the get-go. Those were the films that were whispered in the playground, that introduced me to the magic of fabled dread as a horror-obsessed preteen.ĭriller Killer wooed me with its title alone. In terms of titles, upon which many sub-par productions were sold, some movies that leap to mind are Driller Killer, Faces of Death and I Spit on Your Grave. When you hear the term ‘video nasty’, what’s the first thing that leaps to mind? Many words and images flash before my eyes: lurid depictions of death, cannibals, slashers, snuff, exploitation, sleazy marketing, moral panic, political skulduggery - it’s a mishmash of amorality. VHS Revival takes to the backwoods with Sam Raimi’s quintessential Video Nasty
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