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