A time when britain plunged into a new dark age of the most restrictive censorship, where the horror. Some of my favourite things are horror, film and history, so this documentary fits right in with those. Moral panic, censorship and videotape by british horror director jake. A documentary analyzing the furore which socalled video nasties caused in britain during the 1980s. Friday 4 th november sees horror channel launch their season of the banned with the world television premiere of video nasties. Video nasties the definitive guide dvd, 2010 for sale.
The uk was plunged into a new dark age of the most restrictive. Video nasty is a colloquial term in the united kingdom to refer to a number of films distributed on video cassette that were criticised for their violent content by the press. Jake west who brought us some growing cult british horror films such as evil aliens and more recently doghouse has been busy with a documentary that focuses on the censorship of horror films since way back in the video nasty era video nasties. Moral panic, censorship and videotape normally the news of another film by jake west, director of razor blade smile, evil aliens and doghouse, would be accompanied by a general shrug of low expectations, but video nasties. Nov 30, 2018 in this documentary, barnaby falck explores the phenomenon of video nasties, a movement of banning nasty video in the uk which started in 1984. Prepare to be corrupted and depraved once more with this definitive guide to the video nasties phenomenon one of the most extraordinary and scandalous eras in the history of british film. How moral panic led to a mass ban of video nasties hollywood held back its biggest titles, and so an unregulated. Online library video nasties the freedom and censorship in the media video nasties the freedom and. A documentary analyzing the furore which socalled video nasties caused in britain during the 1980. Online library video nasties the freedom and censorship in the media video nasties. The definitive guide, the other 2 dvds feature the trailers for all 72 video nasties.
It starts out in a welter of video noise and tracking errors, so as to bring back the nostalgic. The film remained banned until 1993, when vipco resubmitted it to the british board of film classification, who agreed to pass it with an 18 certificate as long as one minute. Video censorship in modern britain 2011 and jake wests documentary. Originally released in 2010, west manages to fit in an amazing amount of commentary and information in its 72 minutes. The furor created by the moral crusade against video nasties led to the introduction of the uks video recordings act 1984 which imposed a stricter code of censorship on videos. Ring smart home security systems eero wifi stream 4k video in every room. Funnily enough i downloaded that one last nightnot checked out if it. So said graham bright, the conservative mp who introduced the. Aresa, bmg rights management, warner chappell, bmi broadcast music inc.
Disc one the eradefining and critically acclaimed documentary video nasties. This was in the very early days of video, when distribution of movies on vhs was unregulated, and the new medium could be found in almost every small local corner shop. Telly addict andrew collins casts his critical eye over new worlds above. In this standup special filmed in kansas city, comedian chris porter, an exfinalist on last comic standing, delivers his takes on drugs, growing old, womens fashion and his love for taco bell. Video nasty is a colloquial term in the united kingdom to refer to a number of films distributed on video cassette that were criticised for their violent content by the press, social commentators and various religious organisations.
How moral panic led to a mass ban of video nasties hollywood held back its biggest titles, and so an unregulated rental market was flooded with cheap. For the first time ever on dvd, trailers to all 72 films that fell foul of the director of public prosecutions are featured with specially filmed intros for each title in a lavish threedisc collector s edition boxset, alongside a brand new documentary video nasties. This documentary was fascinating, interviews people from all sides of the video nasty debates and shows a clear passion for the horror material. Moral panic, censorship and videotape, a 2010 documentary directed by jake west. For the first time ever on dvd, trailers to all 72 films that fell foul of the director of public prosecutions are featured with specially filmed intros for each title in a lavish threedisc collectors edition boxset, alongside a brand new documentary video nasties. 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. This is the story covered by the fantastic documentary video nasties. It starts by evoking the feeling of how it was to get and see those gruesome horror movies when vhs first came out in the late 70s. Moral panic, censorship and videotape directed by jake. The eradefining and critically acclaimed documentary video nasties.
In response to the claims of sir bernard braine and others that home video would allow viewers to revel in explicit scenes by rewinding or pausing, several commentators in jake west and marc morriss excellent documentary video nasties. With julian petley, marc morris, andy nyman, xavier mendik. Especially lately ive been educating myself very much on the history of horror and the video nasties and its moral panic plays a very big role in this history. The documentary takes a quick look at the events covered in the first film as the bbfc tried to list certain movies as being too nasty to be on video shelves. Amazon warehouse great deals on quality used products. Every video nasty critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers, for the first time ever on dvd in america. Moral panic, censorship and videotape directed by jake doghouse west and produced by marc morris 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. The definitive guide presents the 73minute video nasties. While being greatly informative and interesting, i felt it was too short as the run time for this was only about 72 minutes.
Complete video nasties analysis from critical film. The new severin films threedisc set, video nasties. Marshall began his career in editing and in 2002 directed his first feature film dog soldiers, which became a cult film. The definitive guide is one of the most aptly named sets to have come out in the past five years. Moral panic, censorship and videotape by british horror director jake west, which was released late last. Doghouse director jake west returns to the nascent days of videotape for this incisive examination of the video nasty furore of the early. Moral panic, censorship and videotape is an entertaining and incredibly detailed piece of essential viewing for lovers of gore films, cinema history and the sociology of politics. Video nasties the freedom and censorship in the media. Moral panic, censorship and videotape directed by jake doghouse west and produced by marc morris features interviews with filmmakers neil marshall the descent, doomsday, christopher smith severance, black death and mp graham bright as well as rare archive footage. The critically acclaimed followup documentary to video nasties. In this documentary, barnaby falck explores the phenomenon of video nasties, a movement of banning nasty video in the uk which started in 1984.
Moral panic, censorship and videotape is particularly insightful and tells you the real truth around these films and how video shops around the country at the time were raided by the police and had these films removed. Jun 03, 2014 this documentary is part of the 3dvd box set video nasties. Jun 16, 2015 nucleus films critically acclaimed followup documentary to video nasties. Draconian days 2014 12 out of 4 sequel to video nasties.
The highly anticipated followup to their critically acclaimed video nasties. Moral panic, censorship and videotape is both very well made and, more. Though hardly convincing, the violence is extremely graphic and helped to propel the film released on video in the uk by iver film services onto the video nasties list. He followed up with the critically acclaimed horror film the descent in 2005. Moral panic, censorship and videotape from director jake west and producer marc morris who continue to uncover the shocking story of home entertainment following the introduction of the 1984 video recordings act. The events which led to the imposition of state video censorship in the uk in. Draconian days nucleus films critically acclaimed followup documentary to video nasties. Moral panic, censorship and videotape 2010 from director jake west and producer marc morris who continue to uncover the shocking story of home entertainment following the introduction of the 1984 video recordings act. The set starts off with the documentary, video nasties. Jun 16, 2015 the eradefining and critically acclaimed documentary video nasties.
Disc one, the eradefining and critically acclaimed documentary video nasties. This could have run at least another hour without me losing any interest whatsoever, because the subject is so fascinating. The definitive guide, is essentially all special features, with jake wests 2010 documentary video nasties. Moral panic, censorship and videotape, dvd, widescreen, dolby, 3 pack, horror, 663390000205. Disc one features wests documentary, video nasties. A documentary analyzing the furore which socalled video nasties caused. Video nasties, the complete 72 banned titles list with. 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.
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