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Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
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'Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape' is a 2010 documentary about the Video Nasties controversy of the early 1980s.[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/film-censorship-how-moral-panic-led-to-a-mass-ban-of-video-nasties-9600998.html "How moral panic led to a mass ban of 'video nasties'",'The Independent', 12 July 2014]"Police list top target nasties", 'Video Trade Weekly', 2 March 1984
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.[http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/festivals/frightfest-2010-return-censor "The Return of the Censor", 'Sight & Sound', BFI]
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 academics, actors and journalists, including CP Lee, Stephen Thrower, Brad Stevens, Julian Petley, Xavier Mendik, Patricia MacCormack. Allan Bryce, Emily Booth.
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