Mine would be the Exploited label. Before David Gregory was shipped off to the states by Bill Lustig to work for Blue Underground (who has now gone on to form his own Severin Films), he had Exploited with Carl Deft.
I remember seeing titles from time to time in Virgin and HMV like Californian Axe Massacre, Deathdream and the like, crying to myself inside for be too damn young to walk in a buy 'em. Also for being to ashamed to ask my ma' to buy them, as she was not keen on this kind of Grindhouse, she was a Squirm sort of gal.
They also faught the law and got screenings of Texas Chainsaw Massacre in local theatres, much to the dismay of the BBFC. They also made the awesome documentary Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth.
Exploited is dead and buried now, and I'll never get the chance to buy one of those yummy looking VHS tapes, but thanks to the internet I can get everything else he puts out over in the Us and A! Whoop!
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