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Why did 72 of the goriest, most gruesome and grotesque horror movies suddenly…disappear? How did cult thrillers, shockers, slashers and horrors go from “available now!” to renters and owners winding up in UK prisons? And what happened in the early 80s that got priests, parents and politicians on the march to “Ban This Filth!” But more importantly…where can I get these movies?! A hilarious deep dive into the forgotten world of banned VHS horror movies from the 60s, 70s and 80s that fell foul of the British censors during the ”Video Nasty” moral panic. Comedian, novelist and pub-quiz host Richard Asplin takes you through spoilerific plot details, kill by kill, looking at the often comedic carnage that lurks between the credits in some of the most infamous banned horrors of the era.Novelist, broadcaster and comedian Richard Asplin has appeared on Radio 5 Live & LBC, guested on ’Smershpod’ as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
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- Jun 5, 20261h 38m
Let's Get The Banned Back Together - 11 BAY OF BLOOD 1971
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk Doing for the Italian town of Latzio what Michael Myers did for Haddonfield, what Leatherface did for Texas and what David Brent did for Slough…we arrive - at last - to dive deep into the murky waters of Giallo (remembering to hold our nose, clutch tight our baggy Speedos and avoid the bobbing corpses…) Ciao ragazze! A splashy sinister world of mystery, inheritance, seduction, moustaches and dune-buggies! All the synths, all the sleaze, all the mascara, all the murder, all the black gloves and all the dark deeds of the stickiest and sexiest of genres, its time to discover the most influential work by the Master Of Macabre, Mario Bava! Who are the selection of misfits, oddballs and badly dubbed hammy twerps who inhabit the luxury Italian Bay? And why can't they seemingly stay alive for more than twelve minutes before getting a machete in the gums? Why does everyone seem to have a rightful claim to the dead Countess's land? And why do those who are meant to be under twenty all look about forty-six? Where did the trio of writers get the inspiration that created this efficient, strip-em-down and slash 'em up blueprint which would go on, from here, to inspire 20 years of Friday the 13th style horror knock-offs? And how did director Bava get the cast to keep a straight face when he had to fake the lushness of the location by waggling leaves in front of the lens while pulling the camera along on a child's wagon? (Note, he didn't). Discover all this and much, much more, as we count down all fourteen juicy slayings, discover the origins of the Giallo genre, dig through the meatballs into the work of budget producer Dino De Laurentiis and try and keep track as the movie (rated V for Violence) is released, withdrawn, banned, cut, renamed and rereleased…only to eventually appear on Total Film's list of Greatest Horrors Of All Time. All this while labouring under over twelve different preposterous titles at the box office… it's Mario Bava's carnival of carnage, "Twitch Of the Death Nerve," aka…BAY OF BLOOD! Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph. #videonasty #horror #horrormovies #bayofblood #vhs #mariobava #banned #bbfc #dpp #giallo
- Dec 31, 20257 min
"Who The HELL asked you?!" XXX-Rated Extras Bonus Episode 4 TEASER
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk A sneak peak at Episode 4 of our Bonus Extras! The fourth BONUS EPISODE – a feature length deep-dive into…well, into who the goddamn hell asks horror Podcasters for their goddamn half-baked opinions? And what the hell they know about this stuff anyway? With millions of blogs and pods launching on weekly basis, spreading like damp Mogwai across the phones and laptops of the globe - your host Richard Asplin decides to come clean. To reveal all. To strip down and bend over. (Blimey). A hilarious whirlwind tour through the experiences, shows, events, tapes, traumas and testing torments that pummelled his psyche and soul throughout the 70's and 80's and vomited him out the other side, as a gown man with favourites and tastes borne out of 18 years of children's telly and late night movies. Discover what happens when you dollop Scrappy Doo, Rentaghost, the Muppet Show, Chocky, V, Nobody's House, Doctor Who, Mastermind, Usborne Book Of Ghosts, Dads Army and Watership Down into a blender and set it to "smoothie..." Featuring the author's pop-tastic top-ten chart run-down of his Greatest Horrors Of All Time, a glimpse into his first ever horror rental (you'll never guess) and far, far too much detail about the effect Robin Asquith had on a 14 year old... join me as we endeavour to finally answer the question…where the hell I get off spouting this drivel. And who the hell asked me anyway? The full show is of course available exclusively for subscribers – a cosy club you can join via Patreon or Apple Podcasts. https://www.patreon.com/c/letsgetthebannedbacktogether https://podcasts.apple.com/.../lets-get-the.../id1807981869 Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
- Aug 15, 202539 min
Let's Get The Banned Back Together - 10 HEADLESS EYES Part Two
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk Even "cornea" than Part 1, blink and you'll miss it, while not a "patch" on Episode 9…it's got worse pupils than Netflix's Adolescence… We return to 1971's ocular oddity of artistic anarchy…Headless Eyes! Last time, we prowled through the plotting, as poor Arthur - messed-up, misunderstood and masochistic - hunted and haunted the streets of 70's New York with revenge on his mind, a scalpel in his pocket, divorce papers in his man-bag and a gallery-opening on his year planner. And blimey what a grim and grotty tale it was. And now we're BACK! To dissect and discuss the creators and creation of this scuzzy bity of "opti-sploitation," Who were the team of producers who had one eye on the box-office and one hand on the kleenex when they crowbarred a load of smutty snuff into director Bateman's artsy project? Was THIS the sort of 42nd street piece of exploitation crapola that Tarantino and Rodruiguez smugly parodied in 2007's 'Grindhouse' and why does the author unreasonably blame Zooey Daschanel for making the whole genre largely unwatchable? And how is it possible to film a man stalking a woman in an elevator and make it even more tedious than a man NOT stalking a woman in an elevator? And why does it take so fucking long? Discover ALL THIS and much, much more, as we dig into the history of Grindhouse and find out where - if anywhere - we'll shove the big-box Wizard Picture VHS release of a video nasty that website Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings, called "Pointless, pretentious, annoying, and no fun at all…" HEADLESS EYES! Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph. #videonasty #horror #horrormovies #headlesseyes #vhs #kentbateman #jasonbateman #justinebateman #horrorfilms #banned #bbfc #dpp
- Jul 31, 202547 min
Let's Get The Banned Back Together - 10 HEADLESS EYES Part One
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk To mark the prestigious achievement of our tenth episode, another two-parter! Join me in the Blockbuster that taste forgot as we hit Grindhouse full in the face, with this 42nd Street foray into ocular obscenity. Fresh from Straw Dogs…yes! Another sensitive academic artsy type finds himself on the wrong end of a weapon (a teaspoon, rather than a mantrap, but that’s Tory cuts for you) and spirals into violent murderous madness, prowling the 70s New York streets with both “stalks” in his diary and “stalks” in his freezer compartment! Who is this beardy weirdy artist and what drove him to the desperate robbery that resulted in cutlery sticking out of his face..? When will his ex-wife stop nagging him to give-up his art and get a proper job? Perhaps as a Rob Reiner lookalike..? Why do tedious scenes of following, sneaking, creeping and pouncing feel like they’re in slow motion when they’re actually not..? And how is it possible that, with 28 fresh eye-balls dangling in his gallery window, not a single New York Cop on the “eyeball murderer case” thinks to pop in for a chat? Discover all this and more, as we dig into the gritty grotty grindhouse of this 1971 cheapie, written and shot by the man who would go on to horrify Hollywood even further…by being the dad of Jason Bateman…Headless Eyes! Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
- Jun 20, 202548 min
Let's Get The Banned Back Together - 9 STRAW DOGS 1971 Part Two
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk “I will not have any violence against this house…” And so says Dustin Hoffman as he defends his troublesome wife Susan George and an injured David Warner against the onslaught of a local town driven to mayhem with rage and homebrew. Oh if only the author of the book “The Siege Of Trencher’s Farm” had been quite so staunch in his defence of his novel before director Peckinpah tore it to pieces, making the writer vow never to work with Americans again... Add a broken arm, some hired escorts, legal action, furious landowners, Grouty from Porridge and a director giving orders from a London drying-out clinic…plus a panicky BBFC chairman who hid the VHS in a drawer and hoped to retire before anyone realised…and you have the second episode of our feature length two-parter! Follow the misadventures of a very troublesome picture indeed and how it went from the creator of Get Smart to the desk of Harold Pinter to a walk-out at the first screening… Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
- Jun 16, 202537 min
Let's Get The Banned Back Together - 9 STRAW DOGS 1971 Part One
“And just like that”, as the never popular Carrie Bradshaw has somehow made a living saying…it all gets very, VERY serious. For episode 9 – a feature length two-parter – we step away from the creepies and the cheapies and take our first bold move into the 70s and a very, very troublesome picture indeed. The movie of which Nick Schager of Slant Magazine said "Sitting through Peckinpah's controversial classic is not unlike watching a lit fuse make its slow, inexorable way toward its combustible destination — the taut build-up is as shocking and vicious as its fiery conclusion is inevitable.” This episode introduces the cast and crew and sets the scene for the decade and we go step by step, blow by blow through the troublesome tale of David (Dustin Hoffman) and Amy (Susan George) – two young liberals who find out what happens when you disrupt and endanger secluded countryfolk… For people who want their fair-minded sexual political representation from the man who made The Wild Bunch…ladies and gents and everyone inbetween, I present 1970’s exercise in home invasion mayhem, BBFC controversy and Chekovs mantrap – Sam Peckinpahs masterpiece – STRAW DOGS. You’re not going to want to miss this one. Seriously. Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph. “Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk
- Jun 11, 202527 min
Let's Get The Banned Back Together - 8 MARK OF THE DEVIL 1970
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk QUIZ! In February of 1970, what was “…Guaranteed to upset your stomach!” What warned “no-one admitted without a vomit bag…” And had reviewers saying “some of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen.” Was it... A. The Berni Inn, Prestatyn? B. Scotland’s World Cup First 11? or C. Michael Armstrong’s ‘Mark Of The Devil’? Welcome to episode 8 of your new favourite Video nasty review-pod – a special bonus length super edition as we arrive screaming at the 1970’s - and ohhh and what nasty fun doth await the punter and his/her popcorn (hopefully not confused with the bag of vomit halfway through the third reel – bag supplied at every cinema from the Sick ‘n’ Mix counter. Shot on genuine Witch-Trial locations in castles and courts of the 1700s and with horrifically rusty torture equipment being plucked from museums and waved about the place, you’ll come for the glorious performances by Udo Keir and Herbert Lom…but you’ll stay for tricorn hats and tongue removal… Rated V for violence (a certificate they just made up…) yes, it’s our most lavish and lecherous VHS yet! Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
- Jun 4, 20256 min
"DRAG ME TO HOLBORN!" XXX-Rated Extras Bonus Episode 3 TEASER
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk A sneak peak at Episode 3 of our Bonus Extras Hark! What is that on the wind?! A summoning by our leader… a gathering of us village folk… a dark night of the soul…plus crisps and peanuts! The third BONUS EPISODE see us alarmed by a Facebook advert, intrigued by a sales pitch and donning our best hiking spectacles to spend a wonderful couple of hours in a spooky old hall in that there Old London Town! Launching a fascinating new history of the Video Nasty phenomena – “Cannibal Error - publishers HeadPress with the help of the Fortean Society host an evening with some of the smartest, wisest and best-informed horror fans in London in a fascinating winter evening of history and hysteria and learning more about 80s Britain and the political propaganda behind the video nasty panic. Discover what it is to hang out with the spookiest, most sinister, smartest and most splendidly dressed horror fans in the country. Great hats, British teeth, silver jewellery and more black denim than a goth Johnny Cash tribute band’s funeral. Grab a fedora for the head and a Fangoria for the journey. It’s Bonus 3 – DRAG ME TO HOLBORN… The full show is of course available exclusively for subscribers – a cosy club you can join via Patreon or Apple Podcasts. https://www.patreon.com/c/letsgetthebannedbacktogether https://podcasts.apple.com/.../lets-get-the.../id1807981869 https://youtu.be/DAdBeNvk6gw Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
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Why did 72 of the goriest, most gruesome and grotesque horror movies suddenly…disappear? How did cult thrillers, shockers, slashers and horrors go from “available now!” to renters and owners winding up in UK prisons? And what happened in the early 80s that got priests, parents and politicians on the march to “Ban This Filth!” But more importantly…where can I get these movies?! A hilarious deep dive into the forgotten world of banned VHS horror movies from the 60s, 70s and 80s that fell foul of the British censors during the ”Video Nasty” moral panic. Comedian, novelist and pub-quiz host Richard Asplin takes you through spoilerific plot details, kill by kill, looking at the often comedic carnage that lurks between the credits in some of the most infamous banned horrors of the era.Novelist, broadcaster and comedian Richard Asplin has appeared on Radio 5 Live & LBC, guested on ’Smershpod’ as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
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