'Censor' & The Video Nasties

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07/26/21 • 50 min

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We would like to call this concept a RETROSYNC, where something new aligns with something nostalgic. After just watching Prano Bailey-Bond's debut film CENSOR, starring Niamh Algar--which is centered around the main character Enid Baines, who works as a film censor during The Video Nasties craze of the 80s Britain--this led us to thinking about what are our favorite Video Nasties to list and discuss?

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Counter-Intuitive: Mary Whitehouse and conservative mindsets told what we shouldn't watch... aka our favorite movies!

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