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Topic: DPP39 films banned in the UK aka Video Nasties
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Adrian Winchester
Film God
Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted September 21, 2019 10:19 AM
Matt - welcome to the Forum!
Your post reminded me of a thread from 2007 in which member/film dealer Barry Attwood said:
"Although not officially Iver releases, I did hear rumours of a couple of so-called video nasties being relased, shall I say, under the counter, these were "I Spit on your Grave" & "Driller Killer", I wonder how many prints were done, I have seen a print of "Driller Killer" once at a show, but I've never come across the other, although I was reliably informed there were prints struck!"
In a further post, Barry a mentioned a leaflet mentioning the titles, which a friend had shown him. This had been included in an order received from Iver Film Services. So it seems that prints of both are 'out there', but probably in very low quantities.
If you're interested to hear about Super 8 trailers, I can add that I have one for 'Blood Feast' and two other Gordon Lewis trailers that were on two different trailer reels.
I suppose many of the films on your list were released around 1981-82, which makes 8mm releases less likely, as the 'mass market' was in serious decline and the revival which started around 1983 hadn't kicked in. And even when it did, fans of pre-cert horror would have mostly been seeking it via video.
-------------------- Adrian Winchester
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