The films so extreme they needed bootleg VHS networks to survive. You sure you're ready?
Delves into the history of the most extreme and shocking films that have ever been made. chronicles the timeline of Red Films: those films that are too extreme for the mainstream and historically have been circulated via the bootleg circuit.
Direction
Insider access to directors who rarely grant interviews.
Writing
Treats extreme cinema with scholarly respect, not exploitation.
Director
Jessie Seitz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Red Films peaked during the 'video nasty' moral panic of 1980s Britain, when unregulated VHS tapes became criminal contraband.
Director Marcus Koch is himself a special effects artist who worked on actual Red Films—his interview presence complicates the 'objective documentarian' stance.
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