Bloodiest Thing That Ever Happened in Front of a Camera: Conservative Politics, Porno Chic and Snuff (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781909394087)

In the early 1970s, outrageous claims were made of a new blood-spattered cinematic extreme. This was the legend of the 'snuff movie', which promoted the inhuman notion that a woman had been murdered to satisfy the sexual appetite of a jaded public. The story was produced by a kind of madness incarnate, but it reflected the desperation of America in cultural turmoil.

'Snuff' was a backlash against the naa ve liberalism of the counterculture, embraced by people who preferred to believe the worst about their society. Once unleashed the concept was embraced and manipulated by the tabloid media and a variety of political and social crusaders, each using it to further their own cause.

Brutal, evil, ghastly beyond belief, snuff became an iconic urban legend. This book is the true, startling and hideously exploitative history of that legend and how it was created.

SNUFF-THE BLOODIEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED IN FRONT OF A CAMERA!

Author: Stephen Milligen
ISBN-10: 1909394084
ISBN-13: 9781909394087
Publisher: Headpress
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2015
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d