One of the stranger films to be on the video nasties list is this Canadian drama film. I believe it was loosely based on a real-life murder case/trail.
The film is about a man called Charles Kruschen who was a Hungarian immigrant who came to Canada as a refugee in the 1950's and worked his way up to become a wealthy real estate developer. He marries a model called Magdalene and has a family but over the years she likes spend more and more which becomes a strain between the two.
Eventually Magdalene is murdered at home and it is found that Charles had plotted to have her killed, though during the court trail it seems both were trying to bump each other off.....
I'm not sure how exactly this film ended up on the video nasties list as for the most part this film is fairly boring as hell, more like a longer version of say Law and Order. Maybe the scene where Magdalene gets bludgeon to death may be the reason, but who knows!
Compared to other films on the video nasties list this is pretty tame but like a lot of them, it is also pretty rubbish!
It was one film I had wanted to see for ages due to trying to see all the films on the nasties list and I can say it is one I won't be in a rush to see again!
It has finally had a Blu Ray release by Severin Films in the States (region free), but would not be surprised if say 88 Films released it over here in the UK.
