ART OF THE NASTY HC

(W) Nigel Wingrove, Marc Morris In the early 1980's video was a new technology that allowed people the freedom to view films in the privacy of their own homes. The Art of the Nasty explains and the media furor, fear, and the rush for political legislation that greeted the arrival of uncensored horror films on video in the UK. The hysteria was generated and fuelled as much by the sleeves and marketing as by the films themselves. The Art of the Nasty reproduces almost 400 pre-certificate video covers in all their lurid glory.