Video Nasty (TV series)

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Video Nasty
GenreComedy horror
Screenplay byHugh Travers
Directed by Christopher Smith
Megan K Fox
Starring
  • Justin Daniels Anene
  • Cal O'Driscoll
  • Leia Murphy
Country of originRepublic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Hugh Travers
  • Ailish McElmeel
  • David Fortier
  • Ivan Schneeberg
  • Nick Nantell
  • Erik Pack
  • Eddie Doyle
  • Raphaëlle Oloan
  • Frank Tönsmann
  • Nada Cirjanic
  • Paul Donovan
  • Marc Lorber
ProducersAilish McElmeel
Julie Baines
Production companies
  • Deadpan Pictures
  • Boat Rocker
Original release
Network BBC Three
Release8 January 2025 (2025-01-08) –
present
Network Virgin Media Television
Release20 January 2025 (2025-01-20) –
present

Video Nasty is a 2025 Irish comedy horror television series set in the 1980s.

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Premise

Set in the 1980s, three Irish teenagers attempt to complete their collection of so-called "video nasty" VHS tapes. [1]

Cast

Production

The six-part series is written by Hugh Travers and directed by Christopher Smith and Megan K Fox. It is produced for Deadpan Pictures and Boat Rocker by Ailish McElmeel and Julie Baines. The executive producers are Travers, McElmeel, David Fortier, Ivan Schneeberg, Nick Nantell, Erik Pack, Eddie Doyle, Raphaëlle Oloan, Frank Tönsmann, Nada Cirjanic, Paul Donovan and Marc Lorber. It is made with support from Coimisiún na Meán, Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen. [2] [3]

The cast includes Justin Daniels Anene, Cal O’Driscoll, Leia Murphy, Oliver Finnegan, Valerie O’Connor, Declan Rodgers, Simone Kirby and Emmanuel Ighodaro. [4] [5]

Filming took place in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in April 2024. [6] Filmimg locations included County Tyrone, County Monaghan, and County Cavan. [7]

Broadcast

It aired in early 2025 on BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Three and BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom from 8 January 2025. [8] It airs on Virgin Media Television in the Republic of Ireland from 20 January 2025. [2]

Reception

Keith Watson in The Daily Telegraph said there was "no faulting the period detail" and that it was a "bumpily chaotic but endearing joyride that plays like a period drama for anyone under 40". He noted that it "nods to every horror movie under the howling moon" and that even though it was "clearly filmed on a shoestring" the creators "obviously know their Hammer from their Halloween and, making a virtue of a tight budget, give the action a believably vintage home movie feel". [9]

Maria Latilla for Film Stories said that "the central trio, Justin Daniels Anene, Cal O’Driscoll and Leia Murphy, are all charming and have plenty of chemistry and screen presence" and that "Video Nasty is crafted with so much love for everything it references." [10]

Ed Power in The Irish Times praised the "whizzing chemistry" of the three main leads and described the series as having been "made by people who know how to put a working drama together. It won’t blow your mind – but it is great fun". [11]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Virgin Media launches new dark comedy drama series Video Nasty". RTE. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Richardson, Jay (21 March 2024). "Video Nasty comedy drama coming to BBC Three next year". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Cast announced for upcoming comedy drama Video Nasty". bbc.co.uk. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Video Nasty cast on what to expect from the upcoming comedy drama series". bbc.co.uk. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "BBC NI, BBC3 back Video Nasty". Televisual. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Roy, David (3 January 2025). "Video Nasty: Co Tyrone-shot comedy horror rewinds to VHS boom of early 1980s". Irish News. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Lattila, Maria (8 January 2025). "Video Nasty episode 1 review - Welcome back to 1985". Film Stories. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  9. ↑ Watson, Keith (8 January 2025). "Video Nasty, review: Irish horror comedy mash-up with a jolt of 1980s nostalgia". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  10. ↑ Latilla, Maria (14 January 2025). "Video Nasty episode 6 review - An epic finale". Film Stories.
  11. ↑ Power, Ed (20 January 2025). "Video Nasty review: cheeky all-too-rare drama that shows 1980s Ireland like it really was". Irish Times. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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