Stephen Thrower
Sound · b. 1963 · Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Movies17
Movie6.8DocumentaryA documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010 · 29 votes
Movie7.4DocumentaryHorrorThe highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act. A time when Britain plunged into a new Dark Age of the most restrictive censorship, where the horror movie became the bloody eviscerated victim of continuing dread created by self-aggrandizing moral guardians. With passionate and entertaining interviews from the people who lived through it and more jaw dropping archive footage, get ready to reflect and rejoice the passing of a landmark era.
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2014 · 14 votes
Movie6.5DocumentaryOne of the most important English singers of 20th-century traditional song, Shirley Collins and her sister Dolly stood at the epicentre of the folk music revival from the 1950s through to the 1970s. Directors Rob Curry and Tim Plester have created a poetic response to the life and times of this totemic musical figure. Four years in the making, and co-produced by Fifth Column Films and Burning Bridges, The Ballad of Shirley Collins is the fascinating first release from Fire Films – available to you exclusively through the Lush Player. A captivating study of heritage, posterity, and the true ancestral melodies of the people, this heart-warming film revolves around Shirley's tragic loss of her voice and struggle back to the limelight. And ultimately, it suggests that in these turbulent, increasingly untethered times, we may need Shirley Collins and all she represents more than ever.
The Ballad of Shirley Collins
2017 · 6 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryHorrorEvery Video Nasty from the DPP list of 39 is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
2010 · 1 votes
MovieDocumentary on the making of the low-budget 1970's drive-in cult classics Axe (1974) and Date with a Kidnapper (1976)
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Author Stephen Thrower talks in detail about the Italian 1970s thriller classic "The Perfume of the Lady in Black".
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Film historian Stephen Thrower discusses the 1970 cult classic Eugenie.
MovieHorrorDocumentaryBonus DVD that came with the Deluxe Edition reprint of Stephen Thrower's book "Beyond Terror" published in the UK by FAB Press. Featuring a re-mastered collection of every known Lucio Fulci movie trailer.
Movie5.3DocumentaryImagining October explores art and politics in the final years of the Cold War, drawing connections between pre-Perestroika Russia and Thatcherite Britain. The title refers to the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and Sergei Eisenstein’s propaganda film October: Ten Days That Shook the World 1928. The project began during a trip to the Soviet Union sponsored by the British Film Institute in October 1984. Jarman was invited to present The Tempest in Moscow and Baku with fellow filmmaker Sally Potter and film theorist Peter Wollen and asked in return to make a short film for the London Film Festival in November.
Imagining October
1984 · 3 votes
MovieDocumentaryBefore unsung gay NYC exploitation maverick Andy Milligan died of AIDS, he cranked out grindhouse-ready shock and so-bad-it’s-good schlock movies throughout the late 1960s and ’70s. Yet, as captured in this fascinating documentary, his life and on-set persona were messy, complicated, and unforgettable.
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Author Stephen Thrower talks about how Lucio Fulci's film "Voices from Beyond" got made.
Lucio's Last Wave
2026 · 1 votes
Movie6.8DocumentaryA glimpse at how genre film-focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise might have been lost to time.
Against the Grain
2023 · 4 votes
MovieDocumentaryStephen Thrower offers some background informations and analysis on the film "La maldición de Frankenstein", directed by Jess Franco.
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A visual appreciation of director Mario Bava's final full-length feature "Shock".
Shock! Horror! The Stylistic Diversity of Mario Bava
2022 · 1 votes
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Author Stephen Thrower analyzing the themes and characters of Mario Bava's proto-slasher "A Bay of Blood".
MovieDocumentaryMusicThis documentary shows the mindset of the some of the most original and influential artists of the experimental scene (Coil, Current 93, Foetus, Test Dept.). An unprecedented insight into the workings, the methods and the ideas that made these names legendary. Filmed in Hamburg, Amsterdam and London, 1985-1987.
MovieDocumentaryHorrorA documentary which covers Splatterfest ’90, the notorious all-night horror festival held at London’s legendary Scala Cinema.