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| Snuff, a documentary about killing on film | 
 enlarge | Director: Paul Von Stoetzel
Actor: *
Studio: Westlake Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 58560
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 76
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 798622370822
EAN: 7986223708226
ASIN: B001AYPST8
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: August 26, 2008
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Product Description
SNUFF: A Documentary About Killing on Camera is a feature film examining the existence of films in which people are murdered on camera and the culture surrounding them. Through interviews with former FBI Profilers, Cultural Academics, and Film Historians the documentary delves into the disturbing history and myth of Snuff Films. The FBI claims there is no evidence to prove the existence of Snuff and, therefore, Snuff Films are a myth. This documentary analyzes the relationships between war, cult films, serial killers and pornography to prove whether or not this pervasive myth is, in fact, reality.
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 misleading, boring, publicity stunt by no-talents September 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A "snuff film" is a film where an actor WILLINGLY dies during a scene in a film (as seen in the Nicolas Cage film 8MM). The definition has been around for decades and the producers try to re-define it by "interviewing" some unknown filmmakers, film "historians", and one jerk that is so annoying you wish he would become a subject of what they are talking about. No one you know and they have nothing interesting to say.
ZERO research went into making this. Although they show a few scenes from "the devil's experiment" from the GUINEA PIG series there is no mention of the huge controversy and investigation by the FBI (probably because it was found to be fake and that snuff films don't exist). If you're going to make a documentary at least present some information and not just lame talking heads. Even the Russian-mob snuff film ring mentioned has never been supported by any evidence and that's why they are not in jail.
This seems more like an attempt at publicity for these unknown filmmakers than actually being informative. Although one producer has ONE credential, his story about viewing a "real snuff film" is hard to believe and really annoying to watch him tell it.
Those that are familiar with this subject have seen this all before and this is a waste of your time while others will be misinformed on the subject.
Real snuff films do not exist and this dreck just wants to add fuel to the urban legend. 8MM is far more informative and easier to watch than this poor publicity stunt.
 No Exploitation Here September 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being somewhat of a horror film fan, I was in the mood for some nice splatter and fun gore. However, I found, to my pleasant surprise, this film doesn't have any of those things. Why that is so pleasant is because what it did deliver was a disturbing view on the human psyche. It goes all over the map in terms of range of films covered, from early seventies "real snuff" to war footage. If any one is interested in an intense psychological look into the darkness that is the human experience, this is never to be looked over. Watch it.
 Snuff Exists August 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Snuff-a documentary about killing on film, is an interesting documentary, if a bit lacking in depth. Snuff dispels the myth that snuff films are a product of the porn industry and investigates how killing on film has evolved. Snuff makes the point that most actual snuff films are made for personal use and aren't widely circulated-hence it's easy to believe they are an urban myth-our psyche doesn't want to handle the fact that snuff films not only exist, but that people purchase and order them. In one scene a UK resident, taped by M5 during an investigation of a child pornography ring, tells a Russian mobster that he wants to see "the mother fu**** die". Such evidence is disturbing beyond belief considering the fact that we're talking about a child who has been lured by the mob to perform sex acts for as little as 5 pounds. Serial killers love to make films of their killings so that they can relive their crime-they can't go out and kill all the time. But during the fall of Nan King, the Japanese laboriously filmed and photographed torture and the same thing happened in Abu Ghraib-why? Were the American soldiers going to come home and relive those experiences? It's difficult to imagine their motivation for possession of a trophy usually found in the hands of a psychopath. I recently watched Funny Games (2008) Funny Games and after watching Snuff, I had to admit that what I had seen was a snuff film disturbingly similar to the murder and torture films made by serial killers Charles Ng and Leonard Lake [[ASIN:0786011076 Die for Me: The Terrifying True Story of the Charles Ng & Leonard Lake Torture Murders].
Snuff lacks the investigative depth I like to see in documentary films, but it was still interesting, if disturbing. Worth watching and thinking about. If we keep pretending snuff films don't exist in a world where the traffic of human beings is prolific, the selling of children into pornography and sex rings is rampant, we're fooling ourselves. You may not have seen one or know anyone has seen one, but apparently snuff films do exist.
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