SPOOKY MOVIE: 2008 - THE3RD ANNUAL WASHINGTON, D.C. INTERNATIONAL HORROR FILM FESTIVAL announces the Washington, D.C. premiere of one of the most controversial new films to come out this year - SNUFF: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT KILLING ON CAMERA will have a one-time only screening after midnight on Saturday, October 18.
An unsettling exploration into the roots and continued fascination of the darkest of alleged urban legends, SNUFF: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT KILLING ON CAMERA examines the existence of films where people are murdered on camera for profit and the culture that surrounds this "myth."
Through interviews with former law enforcement officers, filmmakers, professors, and historians, as well as excruciatingly powerful footage, this first-of-its-kind documentary professionally delves into the queasy subject by attempting to navigate persisting changing public definitions that continue to challenge the FBI's official stand that these films never existed.
"A POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY... exceeded my expectations on almost every level ... does not present 'snuff' films in a sensational manner ... thoughtful insight into a rather disgusting topic." - Tolerated Vandalism
Objectively and expertly handled, award winning documentarian, Paul von Stoetzel, traces the story from Thomas Edison and the beginning of cinema, up to the most famous commercial film controversies from the 1970s and 1980s, into well publicized (but until now seldom seen) atrocities captured by serial killers, and finally, thanks to the internet, the easily attainable and haunting imagery that have become burned into the collective consciousness during times of war - the warning at the start of the film that "scenes of an extreme nature" will be shown proves to be both legitimate and extremely warranted.
SNUFF: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT KILLING ON CAMERA does not pull any punches, with both images and (perhaps most effectively) with stories. First hand accounts and candid discussion cumulatively builds to a startling confessional conclusion, possibly making this the most disturbing film ever screened by THE SPOOKY MOVIE FILM FESTIVAL.
No one under 17 will be admitted to this screening, regardless of parental consent.
