The history of the 'video nasty' fiasco in Britain is now well documented with many books, magazines and websites detailing the Director of Public Prosecution’s list of banned titles. However, the UK distribution history of Snuff (1976) — arguably the most controversial nasty of all — still remains shrouded in mystery and dispute. This paper sheds some light on Snuff’s elusive British history, and its sustained legacy within contemporary video nasty fan communities and British culture more generally. Originally intended for release to rental stores in 1982, the film would be distributed by Astra Video, one of many independent UK distributors seeking to cash-in on the video rental boom. However, the video’s advance publicity—which presented ...
Item not available in this repository.Oral presentation delivered at The fourth annual London film a...
In 1984 the introduction of Video Recordings Act (VRA) ushered in an era of state sanctioned censors...
Before the year 2000, the sale of hardcore pornography in Britain was criminalised under the Obscene...
In the USA, in 1976, theatrical screenings of Michael and Roberta Findlay’s Snuff triggered a month...
In 1984, a disparate group of horror films imported from the USA and Europe were banned in the Unite...
In 1984 the Video Recordings Act (VRA) was introduced and it effectively criminalised the sale or re...
Snuff (1976) occupies a unique place in cinematic history as the first commercially successful film ...
By diverting attention from the video nasties, this article seeks to redress the balance, granting B...
There are two things that most people know about the ‘video nasties.’ The first is that prior to 198...
As difficult as it can be accept, the 1984 introduction of the Video Recordings Act was not simply t...
Trash or Treasure is a wide-ranging historical study of the British circulation of the video nasties...
As prone as the British appear to be to moments of spontaneous moral panic, it is important to recog...
The phenomenon of so-called 'snuff movies' (films that allegedly document real acts of murder, speci...
Alan Clarke’s Scum, originally made for the BBC’s Play for Today series in 1977, has ...
Snuff (Findlay/Nuchtern, 1976) might not be the 'best' film produced in the Americas in the 1970s, b...
Item not available in this repository.Oral presentation delivered at The fourth annual London film a...
In 1984 the introduction of Video Recordings Act (VRA) ushered in an era of state sanctioned censors...
Before the year 2000, the sale of hardcore pornography in Britain was criminalised under the Obscene...
In the USA, in 1976, theatrical screenings of Michael and Roberta Findlay’s Snuff triggered a month...
In 1984, a disparate group of horror films imported from the USA and Europe were banned in the Unite...
In 1984 the Video Recordings Act (VRA) was introduced and it effectively criminalised the sale or re...
Snuff (1976) occupies a unique place in cinematic history as the first commercially successful film ...
By diverting attention from the video nasties, this article seeks to redress the balance, granting B...
There are two things that most people know about the ‘video nasties.’ The first is that prior to 198...
As difficult as it can be accept, the 1984 introduction of the Video Recordings Act was not simply t...
Trash or Treasure is a wide-ranging historical study of the British circulation of the video nasties...
As prone as the British appear to be to moments of spontaneous moral panic, it is important to recog...
The phenomenon of so-called 'snuff movies' (films that allegedly document real acts of murder, speci...
Alan Clarke’s Scum, originally made for the BBC’s Play for Today series in 1977, has ...
Snuff (Findlay/Nuchtern, 1976) might not be the 'best' film produced in the Americas in the 1970s, b...
Item not available in this repository.Oral presentation delivered at The fourth annual London film a...
In 1984 the introduction of Video Recordings Act (VRA) ushered in an era of state sanctioned censors...
Before the year 2000, the sale of hardcore pornography in Britain was criminalised under the Obscene...