Customer Reviews:
Good, but could have been better.......2007-10-10
I was very excited when I discovered box of the banned for only £9.99 - I had wanted to see most of the films for ages, mainly just to see if they were as horrific as I'd read so many times.
To be honest they're not. Zombie Flesh Eaters and The Evil Dead may be violent but in no way realistic, although Evil Dead is a great piece of entertainment. I Spit on Your Grave is pretty sick, but its not a very good film. Not one to watch again in a hurry. I had higher expectations of Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, but it was so dissapointing and not half as disturbing as made out! And as for Driller Killer I started watching several times and have not yet made it to the end!
The best film on here is Last House on the Left, and I already own that on double disc when it first came out here. As many people have already said, I agree that it should be uncut. You can see the cut footage on the internet and if you can watch it as it is you can handle the missing bits. The extras on the 2 disc release are really good so if this is the one you want to see just buy that.
The documentary is interesting if you are into the history of censorship and the video nasty debate.
Overall not a bad package, especially for completists. But would have been better if they had put in some superior (in my opinion) 'nasties' such as Cannibal Holocaust and Maniac. And uncut versions of all the films of course! (I Spit on your Grave is still heavily cut and NIADB is i believe a pre-cut version)
Pretty lame.......2006-10-28
I bought this set primarily because of three films; Zombie Flesh Eaters, Last House on the Left and The Evil Dead. Zombie Flesh Eaters is uncut but boy did I have higher expectations for the film. The gore is great but everything else not. But still, it's uncut and that's good. The Last House on the Left is however not uncut. It's a pretty bad film I found out but I hate the fact that it's watered down. It's reputation is the reason why people want to check it out in the first place. The Evil Dead is fine in that department but the transfer isn't all that great. Pretty grainy looking with a subpar surround sound.
I checked out Nightmares in a damaged brain and does that puppy suck the big one. It's relentlessly bad. I have yet to watch (the reportedly sanitized) I spit on your grave and Driller Killer.
This proved to be the last time I buy movies before seeing them first.
Box of the butchered!.......2006-06-24
If you want to waste your hard earned money on some half decent films shredded yet again by the medaling BBFC then go ahead with this, or you could get these films in their glorious gory entirety as they were meant to be seen on region 1 which probably work out to be cheaper as well - your choice. Ban the BBFC!
Bannedwagon.......2006-04-23
Censorship seems to be around more than ever these days. The Box of the Banned jumps on the bannedwagon and releases a bunch of films mostly still cut. The Evil Dead, Zombie Flesh Eaters uncut. However, The Driller Killer is still "smoothed over", I remember seeing this "on video" and uncut. The Last House on the Left still incomplete. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, still bits missing, though the jury is still out on this one. Finally, I Spit on your Grave, despite the distributor claiming the missing seven minutes are now included they have been reframed, so in effect cut. It is not simply the BBFC that censors films, distributors also submit films with cuts to get release, and the Box of the Banned takes advantage of the enormous media hype surrounding "video nasties", which unfortunately adds to the already huge misconceptions of what these type of films are about. Uncut versions of all these films are a click away, but be warned they come with a price tag and potentially more than a financial one.
These versions weren't banned.......2006-03-10
Having seen all of these films on pirate but not actually owning any, I looked forward to this immensely. However, I've only made it through two of the films so far (I Spit On Your Grave and Last House On The Left) and both are cut terribly (I Spit On Your Grave has sections which are looped to cover up the cutting, which is almost unwatchably bad).
When I first saw this advertised I thought it was a great idea, and the films chosen are excellent, but if they're all like these two, then it's a bit of a swiz as these aren't the versions that got banned (something which makes all the hype and the documentaries seem almost contradictory).
I've read other comments on here saying Zombie Flesh Eaters is uncut, which is good, so maybe I will be proved wrong. I hope so, as otherwise this is one big rip-off. Documentary is great though in its own right.
Customer Reviews:
NOT BAD FOR A SECOND GO..........2006-03-06
The good news about the second round of notorious video nasties is that it contains Dario Argrnto´s ultra violent slasher "Tenebrae", the art house movie of Matt Cimber´s "The witch who came from the sea", and the demonic scares of "Evilspeak, Clint Howard´s best-ever starring role.Alas you get the "Alien" rip off "Contamination" and "Dont go into the park" a grainy, slow moving shocker.The second part of the exellent "Ban these sadist videos" documentary rounds off this decidedly so-so effot.
Question is will there be a number three? We wait with baited breath.
Customer Reviews:
A dvd full of energy.......2005-07-23
You don't have to be queer to enjoy these 19 upbeat tracks. Unfortunately several of them are live recordings, thus only 2 stars. And as often Amazon didn't bother to let us know which tracks are included on this release. Here they are:
Discobrothers pres. RuPaul - Say My Name
Amanda Lear - I Just Wanna Dance Again
Sin with Sebastian - Shut Up (And Sleep With Me)
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (2003 Video-version)
Billy More - Up And Down (Don't Fall In Love With Me)
Dana International - Free
Weather Girls - Wild Thang
Fancy - NaNaNaNa HeyHeyHey Kiss Him Goodbye
Regina - Close The Door
RuPaul - Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous
Coming Out Crew - Free, Gay & Happy
Diva Bliss - I Lost My Heart To a Starship Trooper
Village People - Macho Man Amanda Leer - Peep!
Man 2 Man ft.Man Parrish - Male Stripper (Top Of The Pops UK)
Diva Bliss - La Cage Aux Folles
Divine - Shoot Your Shot (Live at the Hacienda)
Tracey Twat - I'm A Man
Nymfo - I Feel Love
Lola Lee - Follow Me
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