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The ‘Orrible World Of 8mm Horror

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From the days before VHS – movie collecting, curious edits and weird retitling.

Nick Zedd – The Creator Of The Cinema Of Transgression

Remembering the instigator and flame-keeper of the New York underground film movement of the 1980s.

M Appeal: Diana Rigg’s Mysterious German 8mm Movies

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In 1969, the star of The Avengers was appearing in two big-budget movies – but still found time to make a collection of low-budget shorts for the home movie market.

A Fisherman’s Tale: Nick Park’s 8mm Horror Movie

The sinister and creepy 1976 home movie from the man behind The Wrong Trousers.

Remastured: Modernising Vintage Erotica

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PornHub’s colorisation project is probably not the vintage erotica restoration that we need.

Dracula – Blood Lust In 8mm

An unexpectedly impressive gothic horror from the makers of Britain’s most daringly explicit softcore 8mm movies.

Miss Frankenstein: 8mm Horror-Smut From The 1960s

Classic Horror meets Sixties sexploitation in this unusual and entertaining 8mm sex film.

Loving The Dead – Jörg Buttgereit’s Nekromantik Revisited

Looking back at the most notorious example of extreme cinema to emerge in the post-Video Nasty age.

Sabrina – Britain’s Biggest Sex Symbol

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Britain’s top glamour girl of the 1950s remembered.

Memories Of Arnold Louis Miller, Britain’s Sex Film Pioneer

David McGillivray remembers Britain’s king of the nudies and scourge of the cinemagoer, Arnold Louis Miller.

The Golden Age Of 8mm Smut

Looking back on the days before video, when sexy home entertainment was a costly and cumbersome affair.

A Trip To America: 8mm Home Movies From 1976