Last Orgy by the Cemetery: A 'Video Nasties' Synopsis, Film by Shocking Film! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781915316493)

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
ISBN-10: 1915316499
ISBN-13: 9781915316493
Publisher: Headpress
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2026
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.50w x 0.50d