Island of Death
Island of Death is a 1976 Greek horror film directed by Nikos Mastorakis. It is one of the 72 films on the Director of Public Prosecutions' video nasties list, and it was successfully prosecuted for obscenity.
Mastorakis watched Texas Chain Saw, counted the perversions and wrote a list. It shows.
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Nico Mastorakis has said in interviews, more or less directly, that he watched The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, worked out how much money it had made, and wrote a list of taboos to put in a film.
A British couple arrive on Mykonos and begin killing the residents, and the couple's own relationship turns out to be the thing the film is really building toward.
It is relentless and it is calculated, which is the uncomfortable part. There is no craft argument to make for it and no accidental power either. It sets out to be the most offensive thing available and it is competently made, which is worse.
Shot on the island with locals as extras who were told it was a different production.
Successfully prosecuted. Refused a UK video certificate in 1987, released with cuts in 2002, and passed 18 uncut in 2010.
Banned, seized, prosecuted
DPP 72 · successfully prosecuted
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Checked 9 Aug 2026
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