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Author McKenna, Mark, author.

Title Nasty business : the marketing and distribution of the video nasties / Mark McKenna.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Considers the technological, economic and aesthetic histories of the early British video industry as part of the broader global film industry.
Contents Intro -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times ... -- 2 A Very Nasty Business: Complicating the History of the Video Nasties -- 3 Tracking Home Video: Independence, Economics and Industry -- 4 Historicising the New Threat -- 5 Trailers, Taglines and Tactics: Selling Horror Films on Video and DVD -- 6 Branding and Authenticity -- 7 'Previously Banned': Building a Commercial Category -- 8 The Art of Exploitation -- 9 Conclusion: The Golden Age of Exploitation? -- Appendix I -- Appendix II
Appendix III -- Appendix IV -- Bibliography -- Index
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Subject Video recordings industry -- Great Britain -- History.
Video recordings industry.
Great Britain.
History.
Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- Distribution -- History.
Motion pictures.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 147445108X 9781474451086 (OCoLC)1136965281
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