Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

2010 NR 1h 12m 7.7

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

This 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) and Mary Whitehouse. Taking in the explosion of home video, the erosion of civil liberties, the introduction of draconian censorship measures, hysterical press campaigns, and 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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Studio(s): Nucleus Films

Originally Released: Aug 30, 2010

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Documentary