The Video Recordings Act of 1984 is something that you should be aware of as an imortant change in the role of the BBFC and the processes of censorship.
Previous to this act films that could be rented or purchased for home viewing were not classified at all. This raised many issues and concerns around what young or vulnerable people had access to.
Reasons for this were:
- Some of the content of films was considered to be offensive or obscene.
- At home there can be repeated viewings which is beleived by some to have a larger affect on the audince.
- Scenes can be taken out of context by rewinding and watching again.
Videonasties
some of the most offensive films were labelled Videonasites, theres were films that were considred to have the possibility to 'deprave and corrupt a significant proportion of its audience'
Campaigners such as Mary Whitehouse called for these films to be banned. Due to the Obscene Publications Act members of the police force had the authority to seize these films from shops.
You can learn more about these acts and Mary Whitehouse by watching this documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6190QIUGQw
An example of a Videonasty is The Evil Dead. you can learn more about this here:
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