Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
| Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Lies & Videotape | |
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| Directed by | Jake West |
| Produced by | Marc Morris |
| Written by | Marc Morris |
| Starring |
Andy Nyman Kim Newman John McVicar Julian Petley Et al |
| Music by | Rob Lord |
| Cinematography | Jake West |
| Edited by | Jake West |
Production companies |
Nucleus Films |
| Distributed by | Nucleus Films |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape is a 2010 documentary about the Video Nasties controversy of the early 1980s.[1][2][3] 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.[4] 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 from academics, actors and journalists, including CP Lee, Stephen Thrower, Brad Stevens, Julian Petley, Xavier Mendik, Patricia MacCormack. Allan Bryce, Emily Booth.
References
- ↑ "How moral panic led to a mass ban of 'video nasties'",The Independent, 12 July 2014
- ↑ "Ban Video Sadism Now", Daily Mail frontpage, 1 July 1983
- ↑ "Police list top target nasties", Video Trade Weekly, 2 March 1984
- ↑ "The Return of the Censor", Sight & Sound, BFI