Description
Book SynopsisTrash or treasure is a wide-ranging historical study of the British circulation of the video nasties - A term that was originally coined to ban a group of horror videos in Britain in the 1980s but which continues to have cultural resonance in Britain up to the present day.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: the video nasties and the consequences of censorship. Producing the nasties
1. The British art of policing cultural boundaries: the legacy of British horror film reviewing
2. Reconsidering ‘the plague years’: the marketing of the video nasties
3. A ‘real horror show’: the video nasty press campaign. Cults, collectors and cultural memory
4. Mapping out the territory of a fan culture: video nasties and the British horror magazine
5. Facts, lists and memories: ‘masculine’ identities and video nasty websites
6. The celebration of a ‘proper product’: exploring video collecting through the video nasties Re-releases and re-evaluations
7. Previously banned: remarketing the nasties as retro products
8. Low or high? Film Four, film festivals and the nasties
Conclusion: the nasties, British film culture and cross-cultural reception
