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Do you watch Snuff Films?
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fuzzyreactor
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couple live stream ones, couples one on live tv. not that many tbh
Devolution
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Right yeah. Thinking of the gun instead of the film. No way I could watch a real one. Fictional torture scenes are bad enough. I remember when that beheading of the tourist was making the rounds, I didn't look at that either.
No. I avoid that sort of thing which is possibly ironic considering I used to be a big fan of 70s/80s horror/gore films but I can't stand actual gore or even most of the modern realistic representations of it in movies like Saw, etc. Back in 'the day' though I loved schlocky cheeply made gore movies, especially the more camp and OTT ones.
I did see the film 'Snuff' which was released in the 80s. It's a really stupid film about of bunch of hippies (a take on the Manson family) until about 80 minutes in and then there's a scene where the makers of the hippy movie kill an actress. The end bit, the killing, was tacked on to cause controversy as it was implied it was a real killing. Of course it wasn't but the plan worked and after manufacturing some additional controversy via fake protests in New York the movie went on to some notoriety and minor success in the days of the early home video boom and particularly during the 'video nasty' period in the UK.
It was dumb and not very entertaining whereas another similarly marketed movie called 'Last House on Dead End Street' is an absolute RIOT of a movie, one of the most ineptly made things I've ever seen, absolutely unfathomable but thoroughly entertaining.
I did see the film 'Snuff' which was released in the 80s. It's a really stupid film about of bunch of hippies (a take on the Manson family) until about 80 minutes in and then there's a scene where the makers of the hippy movie kill an actress. The end bit, the killing, was tacked on to cause controversy as it was implied it was a real killing. Of course it wasn't but the plan worked and after manufacturing some additional controversy via fake protests in New York the movie went on to some notoriety and minor success in the days of the early home video boom and particularly during the 'video nasty' period in the UK.
It was dumb and not very entertaining whereas another similarly marketed movie called 'Last House on Dead End Street' is an absolute RIOT of a movie, one of the most ineptly made things I've ever seen, absolutely unfathomable but thoroughly entertaining.
Revolutionary
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In the early days of the internet I happened upon a few of them on accident.. and I've never wanted to watch one since.
makingmusic476
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"why is this a thread"
^ My reaction upon reading the title.
^ My reaction upon reading the title.
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crimzonflame
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Murders, killings, deaths, etc. caught on film are not necessarily snuff films. I dont think anyone has seen a real one before except for the guy who posted the first reply.
CountAntonius
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I have on occasion but they fill me with so much anger and hatred that I tend to avoid that stuff.
Not a film per se, but I had seen a story about some guy who killed and beheaded a woman for the purpose of posting the photos on a gore forum. He posted photos not very long after the deed, afterward packing up the head in a bag for some reason and torching his apartment. He was killed in a car crash while leaving his apartment, whereupon the head was discovered. Caused a big headache for the administrator of the forum, but apparently it's still up and running, and even reposted the photos after the investigation.
blame space
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i'm desensitized quite enough.
billy beane
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I can barely stand it when I see a gif of a legit murder. Shit makes my skin crawl. And I'm somebody who doesn't really care about violence in video games or movies. Even the most violent of those two mediums don't equal the feel I get seeing some of that shit.
You're not wrong there.
The Technomancer
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What? No. What?
James Woods
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People filming the disgusting shit they do isn't a snuff film. Snuff films are created and delivered to a specific customer, usually with content that meets their demands. You don't find snuff films on the internet. The aren't created for mass consumption.
Some fuckheads cutting some dudes head off because they're scumbags isn't snuff. Some guy fucking a woman with a hammer, making her read off a cue card and then beating her to death while wearing a ballgag for a very specific customer is.
Some fuckheads cutting some dudes head off because they're scumbags isn't snuff. Some guy fucking a woman with a hammer, making her read off a cue card and then beating her to death while wearing a ballgag for a very specific customer is.
That is quite an interesting sentence indeed. Indeed.
TheUsual
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blame space
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lock this thread, it's morbid and gross.
Tesseract
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because we stupids.
Alex Anderson
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Just the Budd Dwyer thing once
BlueSummers
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This. I try to avoid any of this shit if I can.
SquiddyCracker
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I really doubt anyone would answer this question honestly, and they'd be stupid to do so.
Jeez, I remember someone also made a thread some time ago about killing people.
Jeez, I remember someone also made a thread some time ago about killing people.
No, that's just recorded torture, killing, etc. A snuff film, by definition, is a recording of that subject matter as a commercial venture for profit. The snuff film legend consists of a supposed underground film community that sells and circulates films of murders.
Didn't anyone see that Nic Cage movie about this?
Freeza Under The Shower
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thread is just asking for one of those 'new thread, almost there, BISH, junior status or banned' GIF's, to be quite honest.
If you're like 14 or something I could understand that might possess this as a legit question, but as soon the brain fully matures (+-23 y.), it's no longer a question any sensible person would ask.
If you're like 14 or something I could understand that might possess this as a legit question, but as soon the brain fully matures (+-23 y.), it's no longer a question any sensible person would ask.
I can probably use some recs from you. <3 Last House on Dead End Street <3
Kind of off topic, but I was reading the "snuff film" entry on Wikipedia and I stumbled on a link to Armin Meiwes. I never heard about it, but I guess he was a German guy who videotaped himself killing and eating a volunteer that he met on an internet forum called the Cannibal Cafe (video has not been released). The site is now defunct, but the archive is really creepy and weird. Lots of people exchanging information to eat and be eaten by others.
Agent Cooper
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Once stumbled upon this forum that was full of people sharing pictures of crime scenes and videos where people were getting killed and the like.
Their most popular thread was one about this girl who starved herself and cut herself up and took pictures and it was pretty awful.
...Yeah. I was out of there pretty quick.
Their most popular thread was one about this girl who starved herself and cut herself up and took pictures and it was pretty awful.
...Yeah. I was out of there pretty quick.
Kitsunebaby
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I've managed to avoid them, so far. The only filmed death I've ever witnessed was the video of those russian boys that jumped off a bridge.
The thought of torture is far too gross for me to stomach.
The thought of torture is far too gross for me to stomach.
wickedcapedkid
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Something about it is definitely appealing, I must admit. When I was younger I used to stare at Rotten and stileproject for long periods of time in disgust and just couldn't look away.
For people checking out the Budd shot, make sure you get the full version of the video that shows the blood pouring out of his face. A lot of the versions of it cut out quickly after the shooting, even some that show the body hitting the ground cut out before the face footage.
blame space
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something that's politically relevant or televised has no place in this thread IMO.
e.g. Budd Dwyer
e.g. Budd Dwyer
What the fuck.
Messofanego
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James Woods
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This is what I mean. Nobody here has watched an actual snuff film. They cost tons of money and aren't circulated for free. Gore videos aren't snuff.
Darkmakaimura
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There was that guy who got beheaded on film by terrorists not long after 9/11. If I recall, it showed them cutting his head off and holding it in front of the camera. I never saw it nor do I ever want to, that poor man, but I do remember it making the rounds and hearing a lot about it. That would be the closest I could think of as a real "snuff film".
Edit: Not a snuff film, but seeing that guy people here dub as "split face" was enough for me. That was horrendous and wish I never saw that. :|
Edit: Not a snuff film, but seeing that guy people here dub as "split face" was enough for me. That was horrendous and wish I never saw that. :|
blame space
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yes of course i watch snuff films! what is this amature hour?
KO Traveling Hobo
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Nope. Nopenopenopenope. Just reading about that Canadian cannibal dude ruined my day.
Sometimes I wish I wasn't such a wuss, but I'd rather be a wuss than completely desensitized to this stuff.
Sometimes I wish I wasn't such a wuss, but I'd rather be a wuss than completely desensitized to this stuff.
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