video nasties Archives - Desperate Living

Think your holidays are disappointing? Be thankful that you are not on vacation with the characters in this collection of movies.

Our weekly round-up of our video posts includes rare VHS, banned movies, video nasties, cult cinema classics and alcohol-free beer.

The unexpected problem with library music is that it allows familiar tunes to suddenly turn up in the most unexpected of places.

The man behind the Video Recordings Act – and the ban on ‘repetitive beat music’ – has died.

A long and strange story of horror royalty, Ed Wood, moral panics and the critical triumph of outsider cinema.

Dazzle your friends, horrify your neighbours and challenge tired convention in the first of our magnificent new fashion range.

Digging into the experimental underground horrors of one of the most unsettling films of the 1970s.

Remembering the glory days of the DVD-by-mail service.

The new documentary about the Child’s Play franchise ignores some significant stories in favour of back-slapping self-congratulation.

A TV news report about X-rated downloads from the 1990s shows that the current hysteria is nothing new.

Noah Brown’s creation enters into negotiations with Santa – but has he been naughty or nice this year?

This week, Noah Brown’s twisted little offspring faces an existential crisis that has dogged many of us over the years.