Subgenre Sampler
      Controversy: 194 Films to Buy & Rent
	  		 
	        
 Liquid Sky (1983) Liquid Sky (1983) 
- Dir. Slava Tsukuman
 Feat. Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard
- A geniune punk artefact about an over–sexed woman who unwittingly hosts an alien parasite that kills off her lovers at the point of orgasm. Its…
 Class of 1984 (1982) Class of 1984 (1982) 
- Dir. Mark Lester
 Feat. Perry King
- A new school–teacher (Perry King) finds himself intimidated by members of his unruly class – to the point where he must exact brutal…
 New York Ripper (1982) New York Ripper (1982)
- Dir. Lucio Fulci
 Feat. Jack Hedley, Daniela Doria
- A sadistic tale from Italian dir. Fulci (THE BEYOND) which concerns a killer roaming New York City and murdering women while babbling like 'Donald…
 Angel of Vengeance (Ms.45) (1981) Angel of Vengeance (Ms.45) (1981) 
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
 Feat. Zoƫ Tamerlis, Jack Thibeau
- Surreal drama about a deaf–mute who seeks revenge after two sexual assaults. Taut and disturbing, with minimal dialogue, it has the distinction…
 Cannibal Holocaust (1980) Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
- Dir. Ruggero Deodato
- Enormously controversial apex of the Italian 'cannibal' horror subgenre, concerning an anthropologist who journeys to the Amazon to locate a…
 Cruising (1980) Cruising (1980) 
- Dir. William Friedkin
 Feat. Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen
- Controversial, grimy thriller places cop Al Pacino undercover in New York's gay community in an effort to ensnare a serial killer, but the job begins…
 Dressed to Kill (1980) Dressed to Kill (1980) 
- Dir. Brian De Palma
 Feat. Angie Dickinson, Michael Caine, Nancy Allen
- A slick video nasty involving a murderer, a prostitute, a psychiatrist, a bored housewife and her resourceful son. In reworking PSYCHO, De Palma…
 Maniac (1980) Maniac (1980)
- Dir. William Lustig
 Feat. Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro
- Notoriousy grisly 1980s "video nasty", featuring Tom Savini effects (inc a very famous head explosion and several scalpings) amid an otherwise…
 Scum (1980) Scum (1980) 
- Dir. Alan Clarke
 Feat. Ray Winstone, Phil Daniels
- Life in a British borstal painted in unflinchingly realistic hues. Clark's deeply affecting indictment of the penal system plays out barbaric rituals…
 Angel Mine (1979) Angel Mine (1979)
- Dir. David Blyth
 Feat. Derek Ward, Jennifer Redford, Myra De Groot
- A punk, Bunuel–esque social satire in which a married couple escape their material lives through anarchic fantasies, staged as dream–like…