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Last Orgy by the Cemetery: A 'Video Nasties' Synopsis, Film by Shocking Film!
Last Orgy by the Cemetery: A 'Video Nasties' Synopsis, Film by Shocking Film!
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The meteoric rise of video technology in the early 1980s was met with suspicion in some quarters. Pressure groups found certain videocassettes objectionable and 'video nasties' became a catch-all term for undesirable films or films potentially liable for prosecution under the Obscene Publications Act 1959.
This book is not a discussion of the video nasties themselves, but instead gives a detailed synopsis of each film, from Absurd to Zombie Flesh Eaters, without criticism or commentary -- 75 video nasty plots without dissection. The book may be considered a nostalgic reverie for those fans and collectors who don't have the fortitude to sit through these films again and would like an aide-memoire means of revisiting them. What's more, many of the films are cheap and exploitative, little masterclasses of cutting corners -- the brutal logic of their storylines when laid bare make for entertaining reading.
The material contained in LAST ORGY BY THE CEMETERY originally appeared in a different form in the authors' See No Evil: Banned Films and Video Controversy, published by Headpress in 2000 and now out of print.
Author: David Kerekes,David Slater
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Headpress
Published: 06/15/2026
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781915316493
This book is not a discussion of the video nasties themselves, but instead gives a detailed synopsis of each film, from Absurd to Zombie Flesh Eaters, without criticism or commentary -- 75 video nasty plots without dissection. The book may be considered a nostalgic reverie for those fans and collectors who don't have the fortitude to sit through these films again and would like an aide-memoire means of revisiting them. What's more, many of the films are cheap and exploitative, little masterclasses of cutting corners -- the brutal logic of their storylines when laid bare make for entertaining reading.
The material contained in LAST ORGY BY THE CEMETERY originally appeared in a different form in the authors' See No Evil: Banned Films and Video Controversy, published by Headpress in 2000 and now out of print.
Author: David Kerekes,David Slater
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Headpress
Published: 06/15/2026
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781915316493
