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Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide Photos

Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide (2010)

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Movie Info

A documentary analysis of the hysteria caused by the distribution of violent movies on videocassette in Britain during the 1980s.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Jake West
Producer:

Marc Morris
Runtime:

1h 12m

Cast & Crew

Julian Petley
Self

Marc Morris
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Andy Nyman
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Xavier Mendik
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Christopher Smith
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Neil Marshall
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Critic Reviews for Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (5)

Hilariously opening with a rapid, context-free montage of the nastiest scenes from each and every banned title, West's film defies its viewers to be corrupted and depraved by this sensational parade of grand guignol

November 26, 2010

Anton Bitel
Little White Lies
A fascinating look at the golden age of home video and the controversies that rose from its prominence

August 5, 2019 | Full Review…

Paul Freitag-Fey
Daily Grindhouse
to know what those cowboy days of unregulated video were like... just look at the world wide web, whose content the state would no doubt also like to control and classify, if only it could afford to employ another billion or so examiners

July 3, 2014 | Full Review…

Anton Bitel
Film Divider
The assembled interviews give some interesting, considered perspectives from both sides.

March 5, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Henry Northmore
The List
expos[es] the motivations behind their banning as at best small-minded patrician stupidity and at worst a Thatcherite conspiracy to distract from governmental inadequacies, erode civil liberties and strip away judicial powers.

November 9, 2010 | Full Review…

Anton Bitel
Eye for Film