Dedicated to the unsung heroes of the Video Nasties era, join Andrew Roberts as he explores the delicatessen of degenerate delights, sampling those tasty morsels with surprising contents that just didn’t make the grade onto the official Video Nasties list!
Episode 41: Typical Giallo Films
The gloves are out and the razors have been cleaned as we ready ourselves for another duo of diabolical giallo films, boasting our favourite tropes of mayhem and murder. Get your checklists at the ready as we explore two typical giallo films in this week’s Nasty Pasty podcast!
Episode 40: Shopping Slashers
Root out those violent vouchers and devilish deals as we go shopping at the malls and supermarkets for this week’s latest films, two slasher films set in the confines of retail therapy. Get yourself a bargain and join us for 1986’s Chopping Mall and 1989’s Intruder!
Episode 39: Cannibal Love Stories
Join the Nasty Pasty once more as we foray into the tropical jungles of cannibal films for the last time. This week, there’s a distinct scent of love in the air as we prove Rihanna’s theory of finding love in a hopeless place with two Cannibal Love Stories: Amazonia and Black Orgasm.
Episode 38: Influential Giallo
It’s time to slip on the leather gloves and break out the tools and implements to enjoy another pair of Italian giallo pictures. This week we’re covering two influential examples from Lucio Fulci and Sergio Martino: Don’t Torture a Duckling and Torso!
Episode 37: Misogynistic Slashers
Someone is killing the women and in rather brutal ways, so join us on the Nasty Pasty podcast for two slashers which feature elements of misogyny in various degrees. They are 1985’s The Mutilator from Buddy Cooper and 1982’s The New York Ripper.
Episode 36: Theatrical Slashers
Come backstage and get your scared faces ready for two slasher experiences set in the showbiz world of theatre and film. Watch the killers stalk their way through the melodramatic victims in 1983’s Curtains and 1987’s Stagefright!
Episode 35: Classic Monsters
Join the classic monsters of the Universal and Hammer Horror days, this time with new twists straight from the 70s and 80s. Join new versions of the Gill-Man in Island of Mutations and Dracula, Mud-Men and all sorts of wondrous treats in Spookies!
Episode 34: Typical Nazisploitation
We return to the stalags and prison camps of the 70s with two Nazisploitation flicks from the Golden Era of tasteless and shameless exploitation. Join us for 1976’s Deported Women of the SS Special Section and 1977’s Fraulein Devil!
Episode 33: Terrestrial Animals
Leave the interstellar threats and mutant aliens behind, and join us for two exploitation gems featuring two berserk animals from own home grown kingdom! We’ll see deadly piranha and rats with intellect in 1979’s Killer Fish and 1984’s Rats: Night of Terror!
Episode 32: Extraterrestrials
It’s back to the horror of the aliens this week as the Nasty Pasty tackles two creatures from outer space who stalk our human meat fodder. Unlike last week, these films do not draw as heavily from Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise and instead are references to their own era of inspiration. Join us for 1980’s Without Warning and 1983’s Deadly Spawn.
Episode 31: Alien Rip-Offs
Nasty Pasty investigates two good old-fashioned Italian knock-offs of more prominent high-budget films. This week our two films take varying amounts of inspiration from the nightmarish Xenomorphs of the Alien franchise: 1980’s Alien Terror and 1989’s Shocking Dark!
88 Films 3: Halloween Reboot
Our favourite mascot from 88 Films, Dr. Calum Waddell joins forces with the Nasty Pasty to decipher the trailer that hit the internet not so long ago; the long-awaited return of Michael Myers in the 2018 reboot of Halloween. Join us as we discuss our initial thoughts on the film as well as covering the series in general with a special package of 88 Films announcements to round it off!
Extra 5: Zombie Flesh Eaters Sequels
Nasty Pasty returns to the Zombie series yet again, this time however in a more direct fashion, tackling the two direct sequels to Fulci’s Zombie Flesh Eaters. Strap yourself in for more voodoo magic, viral contamination and a flying zombie head in Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 & 3!
Episode 30: Zombie Non-Sequels
After Dawn of the Dead and Zombie Flesh Eaters had rave success at the box offices across the world, a whole slew of unofficial sequels were rushed through or unrelated films were retitled and remarketed to cash in on the success. Today, we’re covering two such films tied in to the widespread “Zombie” series: 1987’s Killing Birds and 1982’s Panic.
Episode 29: Pseudo Rape & Revenge
Returning to a rather troubling subgenre of horror, our 29th episode focuses on two quite different films that feature the rape of a character and a subsequent deserved revenge, but not quite in the packaging that we’re used to. Join us for today’s film: 1980’s Mother’s Day and 1971’s Straw Dogs.
Episode 28: Remaining Animals Trilogy
Following on from our previous episode on Dario Argento’s Bird With the Crystal Plumage, the Nasty Pasty tackles the two other tenets of terror in the Animals Trilogy, so prepare for cats and flies abound in our two giallo pictures: Cat O’Nine Tails and Four Flies on Grey Velvet.
Episode 27: Polizio-Gialli
Retaining a vestige from last week’s episode, the Nasty Pasty Podcast tackles the combination of the Italian poliziotteschi and the giallo, with a smattering of the German krimi film, in this week’s two films from director Massimo Dallamano!
Episode 26: Lenzi’s Poliziotteschi
In our 26th episode, we cover two poliziotteschi films from director Umberto Lenzi, featuring cheesy moustaches, gun violence and macho car chases!
Episode 25: Early Nazisploitation
In Episode 25 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we go back to the era of Nazisploitation for two early examples of the debauched disgrace of the Third Reich!
Episode 24: Body Horror
In Episode 24 of the Nasty Pasty Podcast, we slowly lose control of our bodies and witness a horrifying level of change way worse than adolescence in our Body Horror episode, covering David Cronenberg’s Videodrome and James Muro’s Street Trash!