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2014

Video Nasties: Draconian Days

Directed by Jake West

The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act. A time when Britain plunged into a new Dark Age of the most restrictive censorship, where the horror movie became the bloody eviscerated victim of continuing dread created by self-aggrandizing moral guardians. With passionate and entertaining interviews from the people who lived through it and more jaw dropping archive footage, get ready to reflect and rejoice the passing of a landmark era.

Duration

1h 37m

Released

March 1, 2014

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Cast26

  • Sian Barber
  • Martin Barker
  • Graham Bright
  • Lavinia Carey
  • Alan Jones
  • Alex Chandon
  • Tony M. Clarke
  • Kate Egan
  • John Hayward

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