Snuff (1976) occupies a unique place in cinematic history, as the first commercially successful film to capitalise upon the myth of the ‘snuff’ movie. By bl

A social history of the ‘video nasty’. In the early 1980s, video technology forever changed the face of home entertainment. The videocassette – a handy-si

This entertaining and insightful book is the first devoted exclusively to the films that have earned a special place in motion picture history by pushing the �

For the uninitiated the author has obligingly supplied a definition for the slasher/splatter film: "Any motion picture which contains scenes of extreme violence

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.