A so-called "snuff" film involving the exploits of a cult leader leading a gang of bikers in a series of supposedly real killings on film.A so-called "snuff" film involving the exploits of a cult leader leading a gang of bikers in a series of supposedly real killings on film.A so-called "snuff" film involving the exploits of a cult leader leading a gang of bikers in a series of supposedly real killings on film.
Margarita Amuchástegui
- Angelica
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Tina Austin
- Script girl
- (uncredited)
Brian Cary
- Director
- (uncredited)
Liliana Fernández Blanco
- Susanna
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Michael Findlay
- Detective
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Roberta Findlay
- Carmela
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Alfredo Iglesias
- Horst's father
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Enrique Larratelli
- Satan
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Mirtha Massa
- Terry London
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Aldo Mayo
- Maximilian 'Max' Marsh
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Ginger Snaps
- Murdered girl
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Clao Villanueva
- Horst Frank
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Michael Findlay(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Horacio Fredriksson(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Simon Nuchtern(new footage) (uncredited)
- Writers
- Michael Findlay(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Walter E. Sear(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaAfter many years of intense investigation, there is still no actual proof that real snuff films even exist or, indeed, have ever existed. With this in mind, opportunistic co-producer Allan Shackleton saw the chance to make a quick buck. He took an Argentinian low budget biker film titled The Slaughter (1971), changed its title to "Snuff", removed all of its credits and added a 10-minute epilogue to it that showed the supposed director of "The Slaughter" finish making the film and suddenly attack one of its female cast members, then kill and disembowel her, all the while being surreptitiously filmed by a cameraman. This footage was then passed off as real, even though the atrocious acting and sub-par special effects clearly showed that it was phony. Nevertheless, ever the entrepreneur, Shackleton arranged a public showing of the film in Times Square, NY, told the New York Police Department what was about to be shown there and set up a small group of phony "protesters". The publicity stunt worked; "Snuff" made over $300,000 in three weeks.
- GoofsThe English dubbing does not match the characters' mouth movements throughout the entire film.
- Quotes
Angelica's Father: [after discovering a farmer in bed with Angelica] Pig! Filthiest of all animals! I will cut your heart from your body and feed it to the dogs!
- Alternate versionsA numbered limited edition Region 0 DVD version of this film released by Blue Underground was once available, but is now out of print. Playing with the "Life is CHEAP" tagline of the film, the DVD case was made to look like a brown paper bag. There were also no menus, no chapter stops and no special features on it. This version was uncut.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Slaughter (1971)
Featured review
Unintentionally Hilarious at Times
This film is so bad, it's almost good. This film is certainly more famous for the huge controversy that it inspired (apparently the fuss was mostly an intentional publicity gimmick) than for anything actually in the movie. "Snuff" did not create the famous urban legend of "snuff movies" (films wherein someone is murdered on camera for the sake of the film) but it certainly helped popularise them. Despite extensive investigation, there has apparently never been any evidence that "snuff movies" are real, and "Snuff" is so bad it's hard to believe anyone being convinced by it!
"Snuff" started life as a film called "Slaughter" which was supposed to be too bad to release so the distributors re-cut it and added the infamous "snuff movie" scene. Basically the film is a loose re-telling of the Charles Manson murders. A gang of young female hippies under the leadership of a hippie cult-leader with hypnotic powers, target a young actress and her annoying boyfriend.
The acting is terrible and the dubbing is atrocious (in one truly bizarre scene a character is supposed to be twelve but the actress is obviously in her twenties and is dubbed by a man putting on a high voice!) It's not nearly as violent as you may have heard, and what gore there is is pretty unconvincing. All the characters are also just so annoying!
"Snuff" is, of course, in the worst possible taste, but neither fun enough, or gory enough, to be a real guilty pleasure.
"Snuff" started life as a film called "Slaughter" which was supposed to be too bad to release so the distributors re-cut it and added the infamous "snuff movie" scene. Basically the film is a loose re-telling of the Charles Manson murders. A gang of young female hippies under the leadership of a hippie cult-leader with hypnotic powers, target a young actress and her annoying boyfriend.
The acting is terrible and the dubbing is atrocious (in one truly bizarre scene a character is supposed to be twelve but the actress is obviously in her twenties and is dubbed by a man putting on a high voice!) It's not nearly as violent as you may have heard, and what gore there is is pretty unconvincing. All the characters are also just so annoying!
"Snuff" is, of course, in the worst possible taste, but neither fun enough, or gory enough, to be a real guilty pleasure.
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- RobertF87
- May 11, 2004
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