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)
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Not since the heyday of Ed Wood...
Well, here it is...the biggest hoax to be perpetrated on the (admittedly slow-draw) 42nd-Street crowd. When it was a mere out-of-print obscurity on VHS, there was a bit of intrigue into the 'authenticity' of "Snuff," but such claims are absolutely ludicrous (the transition to the alleged murder on film is too inept--and shot from too many different angles--to have any realistic basis). What we have here is a dull (and clearly foreign) spin off of the Manson massacre, ineptly edited, and dubbed by morons (a lone redeeming quality that eventually loses its ability to entertain); after being subjected to an hour or so of exposition and relationship ties among a famous starlet and her rich boyfriend, the film devolves into the ridiculous, out-of-nowhere murder sequence. Compared to other provocative, 18+ shockers of the time ("Cannibal Holocaust" comes to mind), "Snuff" is incredibly tepid in the realms of cheap, sleazy titillation and gruesome mutilation--the result is a film that might have been morally objectionable or sickening had the people behind the camera not been so damn daft.
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- Jun 3, 2007
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