video nasty
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He skews toward modern horror filmmaking but has the references and deep film knowledge to make “Immaculate” feel more like a long-lost video nasty dredged up out of an obscure VHS archive.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
But his 62-minute video nasty on Berry played to fewer laughs.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2021
Filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond poses this question in her first feature film Censor, set in the so-called "video nasty" era of the 80s.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2021
The low-budget, distinctly lo-fi first Evil Dead film was branded a "video nasty" upon its initial UK debut.
From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2011
The only video nasty to rip off Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring.
From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2010
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