Last Orgy by the Cemetery

A 'Video Nasties' Synopsis, Film By Shocking Film!

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by David Kerekes and David Slater

Type

Dictionaries

Subject

Genre > Horror

Keywords

horror, 1980s, synopsis

Publishing date

2026 (June 15, 2026)

Publisher

Headpress

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 176 pages
6 ½ x 9 ¾ inches (16.5 x 24.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-915316-49-3

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Book Presentation:
The meteoric rise of video technology in the early 1980s was met with suspicion in some quarters. Pressure groups found certain videocassettes objectionable and ‘video nasties’ became a catch-all term for undesirable films or films potentially liable for prosecution under the Obscene Publications Act 1959.

This book is not a discussion of the video nasties themselves, but instead gives a detailed synopsis of each film, from Absurd to Zombie Flesh Eaters, without criticism or commentary ― 75 video nasty plots without dissection. The book may be considered a nostalgic reverie for those fans and collectors who don’t have the fortitude to sit through these films again and would like an aide-memoire means of revisiting them. What’s more, many of the films are cheap and exploitative, little masterclasses of cutting corners ― the brutal logic of their storylines when laid bare make for entertaining reading.

The material contained in LAST ORGY BY THE CEMETERY originally appeared in a different form in the authors’ See No Evil: Banned Films and Video Controversy, published by Headpress in 2000 and now out of print.

About the authors:
DAVID KEREKES co-founded Headpress and recently Oil On Water Press. He is author of Mezzogiorno (2012) and Sex Murder Art: The Films of Jörg Buttgereit (1994/2026), co-author of Killing for Culture: An Illustrated History of Death Film from Mondo to Snuff (1994/2012) and has written extensively on popular culture.DAVID SLATER co-founded Headpress and has worked as a technician in the electronics and engineering industries, co-authored Killing for Culture: An Illustrated History of Death Film from Mondo to Snuff (1994/2012) and has written several articles. His interests include movies, books, open country and forteana.

Press Reviews:
"Brilliant overview… A superbly argued book which presents all the facts… will intrigue fans of horror movies as well as social historians."
5 STARS
―Film Review (on the authors' previous book)

"Intelligently and clearly written… likely to stand as the last word on the nasties brouhaha."
5 STARS
―Empire (on the authors' previous book)

"Several books have been devoted to this phenomenon, but this is the most intelligent, thoroughly researched and longest"
―Psychotronic Video Guide (on the authors' previous book)

See the publisher website: Headpress