Bloodiest Thing That Ever Happened in Front of a Camera, The : Conservative Politics, 'Porno Chic' and Snuff - Softcover

Stephen Milligen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909394084 ISBN 13: 9781909394087

Publisher: Headpress, 2015

Synopsis

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 naïve 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! "An intelligent, sociological look at US politics that forces readers to reappraise landmark organizations. Its extensive footnotes and index also make it a useful reference point." -- Carol Anne Davis, Children Who Kill

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Review:

"This is an absorbing mix of true crime, sociology, and media studies. Many will find it especially captivating considering the current interest in and controversy over horror films and other images of and actual acts of violence in the culture." Amazon review of Milligen's Better To Reign In Hell.

"Better To Reign In Hell is an intelligent, sociological look at American politics that forces the reader to reappraise landmark organisations. Its extensive footnotes and index also make it a useful reference point." Carol Anne Davis, author of Children Who Kill.

"An absorbing mix of true crime, sociology, and media studies." -- Amazon review of Milligen's Better To Reign In Hell.

"An intelligent, sociological look at US politics that forces readers to reappraise landmark organizations. Its extensive footnotes and index also make it a useful reference point." -- Carol Anne Davis, Children Who Kill

About this edition

• Publisher: Headpress
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1909394084
• ISBN 13: 9781909394087
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 298