- Cinema attendance declined massively due to the rise of VHS
- Video Nasties created diversity of films
Social -
- Moral Campaign against video nasties; Mary Whitehouse (NVLA), Margaret Thatcher, the media and the BBFC.
- The above mentioned scapegoated the video nasties for immoral behaviour which led to a moral panic
- Regulated videos to have age restrictions by BBFC
- Government Censorship & Police Raids on VHS dealers
- Video Nasties were niche films and really popular with teenagers due to controversy
- Video Nasties were exploited to explain responsibility for moral decline in society
- Video Nasties were made for distribution only via home-video
- Censorship or individual judgement?
Political -
- Conservative government sought to protect
- Moral Panic created by Media the term: 'video nasties'
- Riots and civil unrest, unemployment and recession
- Watching video nasties helps put it in context of narrative, the campaigners did not actually watch them
- Video Recordings Act 1984, banned list
Economic -
- Videos being distributed by cornershops, market traders and garages
- The covers on the boxes often more grusome than the content
- Video Nasties like Evil Dead, I Spit On Your Grave and Driller Killer were realistic because they were low budget
http://leighmediaasfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/session-1-video-nasties.html
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