Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

Directed by

Jake West

Genre

documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

18

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This British documentary covers the Video Nasties controversy of the early 1980s in the United Kingdom. It looks at how certain films were targeted by censors and the resulting moral panic. The film includes commentary from academics, journalists, and filmmakers.

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What happens

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape is a 2010 British documentary film about the Video Nasties controversy of the early 1980s. It was premiered at London FrightFest in August 2010 and followed by a panel discussion which included producer Marc Morris and director Jake West of Nucleus Films, professor Martin Barker and film director Tobe Hooper. In 2014 the documentary was followed by Video Nasties: Draconian Days, which covered the period from 1984 to 1989 after the introduction of the Video Recordings Act 1984. The two documentaries have contributed to a greater understanding of the Video Nasties phenomenon, and the box sets include archive material, trailers, and analysis from a range of academics, actors and journalists, including CP Lee, Stephen Thrower, Brad Stevens, Julian Petley, Xavier Mendik, Patricia MacCormack. Allan Bryce, Emily Booth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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