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Arrow Video cleans up the obscure video nasty Island of Death this month, a rare representative of Greek exploitation cinema. A shameless cash-in on the success of Tobe Hooper’s 1974 classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, director Nico Mastorakis was inspired to outdo the gruesome violence of that title in order to secure his own fame and fortune. Of course, time has feted out a different trajectory for the title, though it started Mastorakis on his own wayward path as a director of various schlock. Though its infamous reputation precedes his debut, by today’s standards, the shock value of his troubled venture is mostly laughable in its desperately handled perversities. However, Mastorakis captures a sort of beautiful dread with his striking locale, and lovers of vintage genre will appreciate the odd juxtaposition of grindhouse quality antics filmed on an exotic island.

Christopher (Robert Behling) and Celia (Jane Lyle), a blond,...

Normally I’d give all you ghouls a lil’ greetin’ here, but our first film features bestiality, incest, and water sports… so let’s just dive right the F in!

Island Of Death

Release Date: Available Now On Blu-ray Written By: Nico Mastorakis Directed By: Nico Mastorakis Starring: Robert Behling, Jane Lyle, Jessica Dublin

This F’n movie. Where do I even begin?

So two young lovers, Chris (Robert Behling) and Celia (Jane Lyle) go on a nice Grecian vacay, but like so many Carnival cruises often end up, these hot ‘n’ horny lovers are revealed to be brother and sister. Well, that certainly gets things rollin’ with a bang—like they get it on in a phone booth toot f’n sweet, and ol’ Chris calls his mom to inform her of the deed, mid-action! He shortly thereafter has sex with a goat. Yup. This f’n movie…

But of course Chris and Celia,...

Stars: Robert Behling, Jane Lyle, Jessica Dublin, Gerard Gonalons, Jannice McConnell, Ray Richardson, Marios Tartas, Efi Bani, Clay Half, Jeremy Rousseau, Elizabeth Spader, Nikos Tsachiridis, Mike Murtagh | Written and Directed by Niko Mastorakis

My tastes in movies tends to be quite broad, but I will always have a love of hunting out the controversial and extreme. This means I tend to see a lot of the so-called “Video Nasty” movies, as well as the more up to date movies that butt heads with the censors. Island of Death is a movie that has been given the Arrow Video treatment making its way to Blu-ray, and being a rather controversial Video Nasty of course I’m going to review it especially in an uncut form.

A British couple Christopher (Robert Behling), and Celia (Jane Lyle) are holidaying on a small Greek Island and outwardly seem to be the perfect couple. In...