Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

"72 films that changed Britain forever."

Jun 3 2014 Not Rated 1h 12m
Documentary

A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.

Plot

A documentary features interviews with filmmakers Neil Marshall ('The Descent', 'Doomsday'), Christopher Smith ('Severance', 'Black Death') and MP Graham Bright as well as rare archive footage featuring James Ferman (director of the BBFC 1975-1999) & Mary Whitehouse. Taking in the explosion of home video, the erosion of civil liberties, the introduction of draconian censorship measures, hysterical press campaigns and the birth of many careers born in blood and videotape, West's documentary also reflects on the influence this peculiar era still exerts on us today.

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Directed by

Jake West

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Nucleus Films

Languages

English

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