Episode 42: Video Nasties

This week on The Seat Struck Movie Podcast, John and Curtis discuss 'video nasties' - we chat a little bit into the background behind the push in the 1980s for censorship on violent/sexual/disturbing video content in the U.K. We run through some of our favorites out of the list of 72 officially 'banned' films: from Euro art house to exploitation trash. Before that, we run through our watchlist additions and discuss what we watched this week. For next week's episode, we will be back on our John Carpenter watch series, discussing his early 90s Hitchcockian comedy thriller, MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction Watchlist Additions 00:03:23 The Righteous (Curtis) 00:03:48 Top Gun Maverick (Curtis) 00:04:33 Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe (Curtis) 00:05:20 Persona (John) 00:06:10 Ghost Town Anthology (John) 00:06:40 The Garden (John) What We Watched This Week 00:07:58 Deathwatch (Curtis)  00:09:08 Dead Ringers (Curtis) 00:10:08 The Sadness (Curtis) 00:12:13 Game of Thrones Season Six and Seven [spoilers] (John)  00:14:50 The Hills Have Eyes [1977] (John) 00:16:38 Night of the Bloody Apes (John) 00:17:37 Lucky Grandma (John) 00:19:04 Top Gun (John) VIDEO NASTIES DISCUSSION 00:20:58 Topic Overview 00:29:00 Cannibal Holocaust 00:33:50 Blood Feast 00:37:58 Zombi 2/Zombie Flesh Eaters 00:39:38 Posession 00:43:58 The Beyond 00:46:13 Faces of Death 00:49:37 Tenebrae 00:52:13 The Evil Dead 00:56:42 Wrap up CREDITS AND PLUGS Intro: Content Warning - Blood Feast (1963) Outro: End Titles - Cannibal Holocaust OST Quinn: @seatstruckreviews Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month' John: johnnycakes.substack.com @johnnycakes on Letterboxd Check out John and Tom's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.