VHS Nasty

I didn't know this is the third part of a series. (which is baffling to me that it could go any longer) A bunch of nobodies talk about their personal opinion if video nasties should be banned and censorship for the entire running time. I got to almost 30 minutes before I started scanning for some kind of change of topic. Nope, no value of any kind.

People on YouTube produce better videos than this. All the people on this seemed camera shy and awkward. This really did bore the living daylights out of me. Also the editing is really annoying. Trying to be funny or clever by repeating Margaret Thatcher over and over again.

If you're really interested in video nasties, just go on YouTube and search "video nasties".. you'll.. find a bunch of great channels discussing them like "lampyman101" and many more.

The thing with this is the people. They're not good at making documentaries or communicating. A bunch of stiffs. Not interesting. Boring.

Far too long and dull. Manages to make a fascinating subject utterly boring. Quite a feat.

This was a documentary that I checked out while working. It was late in the day and I used these like podcasts. I'll listen to what the people interviewed are saying and look down if there is something interesting. This is covering an interesting concept of the 'Video Nasties' over in the United Kingdom. This isn't the most important one that is considered the definitive one. We are getting a lower budget take here.

Now if that little bit there came across harsh, that wasn't my intention. There is a two-part documentary that details this with primer names in film theory and critiques that broke down this section of UK history. What we're getting here though is how it affected the people that are interviewed. Now we do get a couple people from the UK who grew up in this era. It is interesting hearing their story. We also have one guy from Australia and then the rest from the United States. I personally didn't know much about the Video Nasties until getting into podcasts. There are films on the list that I saw growing up and then starting seeking out when I got into college. We have people here who are older than me who were into the 'tape trading' era who had to work harder to seek out these titles.

Let's discuss filmmaking aspects. This isn't working with a large budget. I do find the interviewees to be interesting, but I also don't know them well enough. Their stories don't hold as much weight for me. I'm not going to come down as hard as I'm seeing others though. They are saying the same thing for the most part which is a common complaint. Everyone here agrees that censorship is bad. This should fall to the parents, not the government or an appointed body. I agree. Other than that, I did appreciate the editing of clips to help show things that are being said. There are a couple of the interviews with sound issues. That doesn't ruin this though.

I can truly only recommend this if you are fans of the people that are in this or the filmmakers themselves. I'd direct you to docs that delve deeper into the history and explanation rather than just people who are sharing their experiences.

My Rating: 5 out of 10.

Don't even understand this exist. There are much better (and better made) docs out there on the subject. So no new info, only a bunch of unknowns talking and talking about dry stuff everybody knows. The framing, sound, lighting and editing is really bad and cheap. When I started watching it, I had no idea it was the 3rd part of the VHS Lives doc 'franchise'... But I should have known. Those two docs where also made with no actual visual eye or interesting cutting. Ater watching 17 minutes of this boring garbage I wanted to give up and spend my time better, but I held on... Well that are 95 minuten that I will never get back. Avoid! And watch Video Nasties 1 and 2 by Jake West (Doghouse) and Marc Morris instead!!