Kerekes, David & David Slater - Last Orgy By The Cemetery: A 'Video Nasties' Synopsis, Film By Shocking Film!

The meteoric rise of video technology in the early 1980s was met with suspicion in some quarters. Pressure groups found certain videocasse􀀞es objec􀀡onable and ‘video nas􀀡es’ became a catch-all term for undesirable films or films poten􀀡ally liable for prosecu􀀡on under the Obscene Publica􀀡ons Act 1959. This book is not a discussion of the video nas􀀡es themselves, but instead gives a detailed synopsis of each film, from Absurd to Zombie Flesh Eaters, without cri􀀡cism or commentary — 75 video nasty plots without dissec􀀡on. The book may be considered a nostalgic reverie for those fans and collectors who don’t have the for􀀡tude to sit through these films again and would like an aidememoire means of revisi􀀡ng them. What’s more, many of the films are cheap and exploita􀀡ve, li􀀞le masterclasses of cu􀀯ng 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. S􀀂􀀐􀀅􀀉