Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2005
Running Times: 52m
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Colour Format: colour
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DIRECTION

Directed by: David Gregory

CREW

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: A Blue Underground production in association with Anchor Bay Entertainment
Copyright: © 2005, Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK) Ltd
Executive Producer: Mo Claridge
Producer: Carl Daft
Associate Producer: Marc Morris
Production Manager (Rome): Alberto Farina

SCRIPT
Written by: David Gregory

PHOTOGRAPHY
Camera: Martyn Dunham
Additional Camera: Sonia Antonini, Toby Wilkinson
2nd Unit Camera: Jake Shaw, Jake West

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: Tod Corman, John Cregan
On-line Editor: John Cregan

MUSIC
Original Music: Dynamite Fraulein, Mark Raskin, Tom Walsh

SOUND
Sound: Dominic Edwards
Additional Sound: Christian Burgos, Peter Kerslake, Chris Leberts, Chris Reynolds
Sound Mixer: Erick Jolley, Post Haste Sound
Narration Recorded by: Jake Shaw, Tom Walsh

TITLES AND OPTICALS
Opening Titles Design: Matthew Talesfore

OTHER CREW
James Ferman Interview Provided by: David Kenny
Stock Footage/Clips Provided by: Anchor Bay Entertainment UK Ltd; BBC Motion Gallery; ITN Archive; Motion Library Communications Ltd; Screen Entertainment; Vipco

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: Norman Abbott;
Dario Argento; Bill Best; John Beyer; Francis Brewster; Ellen Burnell; Lavinia Carey; Mo Claridge; Wes Craven; Dr Guy Cumberbatch; Ruggero Deodato; SR Doshi; Jacki Fernandez; David Flint; Margaret Ford; Jess Franco; Sergio Garrone; Barrie Gold; John Hayward; Peter Kruger; Craig Lapper; Bob Lewis; Derek Malcolm; John Martin; David Mellor; Tom Drewe Matthews; Joy Millward; Austin Mitchell MP; Jeremy O'Grady; Ken Penry; Dr Julian Petley; Nicolas Pylypiuk; Romano Scavolini; Stephen Woolley

WITH

Norman Abbott (Director-General, British Video Association (1981-1993))
Barrie Gold (wholesaler, S. Gold and Sons)
Bill Best (Star Video, opened 1977)
S.R. Doshi (distributor, Replay Video)
David Mellor (Home Office)
James Ferman (Secretary, BBFC, (1975 - 1998) (in archive footage))
Mo Claridge (distributor, Atlantis Video)
Stephen Woolley (distributor, Palace Video)
Bob Lewis (wholesaler, Wynd-Up Video)
Austin Mitchell (MP)
Mary Whitehouse (in archive footage)
John Beyer (president, Mediawatch UK)
Derek Malcolm (film critic)
Julian Petley (Professor of Media Studies, Brunel University)
Guy Cumberbatch (Professor Psychology, Aston University)
Tom Drewe Matthews (author 'Censored')
Claire Rayner (in archive footage)
Lord Coggan (in archive footage)
Peter Kruger (Obscene Publications Unit, Scotland Yard)
Margaret Ford (examiner/Deputy Director BBFC (1976-1999))
Jess Franco (director 'Bloody Moon')
Sergio Garrone (director 'SS Experiment Camp')
Wes Craven (director 'The Last House on the Left')
Ruggero Deodato (director 'Cannibal Holocaust')
Romano Scavolini (director 'Nightmares in a Damaged Brain')
Dario Argento (director 'Tenebrae')
Graham Bright MP (sponsor, Video Recordings Bill (in archive footage))
Dr Clifford Hill (Research Director Parliamentary Group Video Enquiry (in archive footage))

Chris Theobold (narrator)

PLOT SUMMARY

A documentary on the 'video nasties' furore of the 1980s.

2005
August
27: UK - shown at FrightFest, London

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Day of the Woman, The (1978)
Driller Killer, The (1979)
Evil Dead, The (1981)
Last House on the Left, The (1972)
Maldición de la bestia, La (1975)
Night of the Demon (1980)
Nightmare (1981)
Snuff (1976)
Zombi 2 (1979)

REFERENCES

PERIODICALS

Total Film no.108 (November 2005) p.139 (UK)
illustrated DVD review (of the Box of the Banned set by Mark Dinning)

documentary

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009