Video Nasties: Draconian Days

Overview

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.

Crew

Cast

Sian Barber

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Martin Barker

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Graham Bright

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Lavinia Carey

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Alan Jones

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Tony M. Clarke

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Kate Egan

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John Hayward

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Spencer Hickman

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David Hyman

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Kim Newman

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Neil Marshall

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Marc Morris

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Julian Petley

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David Kerekes

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Craig Lapper

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C.P. Lee

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Christopher Smith

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Stephen Thrower

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Cathal Tohill

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