Mardi Gras Massacre
A wealthy New Orleans businessman secretly murders women as part of ritual sacrifices linked to an ancient deity. The film mixes regional exploitation, police procedural elements and lurid ritual-horror imagery.
Film details
| Original / alt title | Mardi Gras Massacre |
| Year | 1978 |
| Director | Jack Weis |
| Country | USA |
| Runtime | Approx. 100 min |
| Main cast | Curt Dawson, Gwen Arment, William Metzo |
UK status
A successfully prosecuted Video Nasty and one of the more obscure exploitation titles on the final list.
Still primarily a collector and cult-horror title rather than a mainstream catalogue staple.
Why it caused controversy
UK censorship / Video Nasties history
A quick status check first, followed by the film’s censorship timeline. A DPP prosecution was an obscenity case against a particular video publication — it was not automatically the same thing as a permanent nationwide “ban”.
Detailed censorship timeline & facts
FACTS & TRIVIA
- Sometimes confused with Blood Feast because both involve ritual killings and ancient deities.
- Its New Orleans backdrop sets it apart from many other nasty titles.
- One of the more elusive titles from the DPP 39 for many years.
- The artwork you uploaded is based on one of the better-known poster designs.
- Its obscurity makes it especially interesting to collectors of the full DPP list.
- The film is often discussed more for its censorship status than for its cinematic reputation.
- It shows how uneven the quality range was within the nasty-era catalogue.
Distributor / VHS label
Archive cover shown is the user-supplied scan. UK distributor / VHS-label attribution varies by edition and is not asserted here without a verified sleeve imprint.
Trailer
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