Let's Get The Banned Back Together - 9 STRAW DOGS 1971 Part Two
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk
“I will not have any violence against this house…” And so says Dustin Hoffman as he defends his troublesome wife Susan George and an injured David Warner against the onslaught of a local town driven to mayhem with rage and homebrew.
Oh if only the author of the book “The Siege Of Trencher’s Farm” had been quite so staunch in his defence of his novel before director Peckinpah tore it to pieces, making the writer vow never to work with Americans again...
Add a broken arm, some hired escorts, legal action, furious landowners, Grouty from Porridge and a director giving orders from a London drying-out clinic…plus a panicky BBFC chairman who hid the VHS in a drawer and hoped to retire before anyone realised…and you have the second episode of our feature length two-parter!
Follow the misadventures of a very troublesome picture indeed and how it went from the creator of Get Smart to the desk of Harold Pinter to a walk-out at the first screening…
Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
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Let's Get The Banned Back Together - 9 STRAW DOGS 1971 Part One
“And just like that”, as the never popular Carrie Bradshaw has somehow made a living saying…it all gets very, VERY serious.
For episode 9 – a feature length two-parter – we step away from the creepies and the cheapies and take our first bold move into the 70s and a very, very troublesome picture indeed.
The movie of which Nick Schager of Slant Magazine said "Sitting through Peckinpah's controversial classic is not unlike watching a lit fuse make its slow, inexorable way toward its combustible destination — the taut build-up is as shocking and vicious as its fiery conclusion is inevitable.”
This episode introduces the cast and crew and sets the scene for the decade and we go step by step, blow by blow through the troublesome tale of David (Dustin Hoffman) and Amy (Susan George) – two young liberals who find out what happens when you disrupt and endanger secluded countryfolk…
For people who want their fair-minded sexual political representation from the man who made The Wild Bunch…ladies and gents and everyone inbetween, I present 1970’s exercise in home invasion mayhem, BBFC controversy and Chekovs mantrap – Sam Peckinpahs masterpiece – STRAW DOGS. You’re not going to want to miss this one. Seriously.
Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk
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Let's Get The Banned Back Together - 8 MARK OF THE DEVIL 1970
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk
QUIZ! In February of 1970, what was “…Guaranteed to upset your stomach!” What warned “no-one admitted without a vomit bag…” And had reviewers saying “some of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen.” Was it...
A. The Berni Inn, Prestatyn?
B. Scotland’s World Cup First 11?
or C. Michael Armstrong’s ‘Mark Of The Devil’?
Welcome to episode 8 of your new favourite Video nasty review-pod – a special bonus length super edition as we arrive screaming at the 1970’s - and ohhh and what nasty fun doth await the punter and his/her popcorn (hopefully not confused with the bag of vomit halfway through the third reel – bag supplied at every cinema from the Sick ‘n’ Mix counter.
Shot on genuine Witch-Trial locations in castles and courts of the 1700s and with horrifically rusty torture equipment being plucked from museums and waved about the place, you’ll come for the glorious performances by Udo Keir and Herbert Lom…but you’ll stay for tricorn hats and tongue removal… Rated V for violence (a certificate they just made up…) yes, it’s our most lavish and lecherous VHS yet!
Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
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"DRAG ME TO HOLBORN!" XXX-Rated Extras Bonus Episode 3 TEASER
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk
A sneak peak at Episode 3 of our Bonus Extras Hark! What is that on the wind?! A summoning by our leader… a gathering of us village folk… a dark night of the soul…plus crisps and peanuts!
The third BONUS EPISODE see us alarmed by a Facebook advert, intrigued by a sales pitch and donning our best hiking spectacles to spend a wonderful couple of hours in a spooky old hall in that there Old London Town! Launching a fascinating new history of the Video Nasty phenomena – “Cannibal Error - publishers HeadPress with the help of the Fortean Society host an evening with some of the smartest, wisest and best-informed horror fans in London in a fascinating winter evening of history and hysteria and learning more about 80s Britain and the political propaganda behind the video nasty panic. Discover what it is to hang out with the spookiest, most sinister, smartest and most splendidly dressed horror fans in the country. Great hats, British teeth, silver jewellery and more black denim than a goth Johnny Cash tribute band’s funeral.
Grab a fedora for the head and a Fangoria for the journey. It’s Bonus 3 – DRAG ME TO HOLBORN…
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Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
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Let’s Get The Banned Back Together – 7 NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES 1969
“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk
When gorillas meet grapples in gruesome groovy get-up… Yes! Thank HAYSTACKS the DPP were there to remove this 1969 Mexican wrestling/monster movie mash-up from the eyes of innocents. And bless BIG DADDY I’m here to take you through it!
Movie legend Rene Cardona directs a cast of hammy have-a-go heroes and dastardly doctors in this bloodthirsty tale where masked Lucha Libre toss opponents from the ring…while a half man half ape abomination tears Mexico City folk to bloody shreds.
WHO is the wrestler in the red mask, and does Batman’s copyright lawyer have her details?
WHAT is the deformed creature that stalks the indoor sets, unconvincingly sprinkled with grass cuttings?
HAS the make-up department honestly never seen a monkey before? I mean, EVER?
Join Richard Asplin for a horrific adventure with a bloody ape – aka Spurious George – and discover a world of wrestling, resuscitation and a riotously rubbery rampage.
Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has written for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
Why did 72 of the goriest, most gruesome and grotesque horror movies suddenly…disappear? How did cult thrillers, shockers, slashers and horrors go from “available now!” to renters and owners winding up in UK prisons? And what happened in the early 80s that got priests, parents and politicians on the march to “Ban This Filth!” But more importantly…where can I get these movies?!
A hilarious deep dive into the forgotten world of banned VHS horror movies from the 60s, 70s and 80s that fell foul of the British censors during the ”Video Nasty” moral panic. Comedian, novelist and pub-quiz host Richard Asplin takes you through spoilerific plot details, kill by kill, looking at the often comedic carnage that lurks between the credits in some of the most infamous banned horrors of the era.
Novelist, broadcaster and comedian Richard Asplin has appeared on Radio 5 Live & LBC, guested on ’Smershpod’ as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.
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