| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times ... -- 2 A Very Nasty Business: Complicating the History of the Video Nasties -- 3 Tracking Home Video: Independence, Economics and Industry -- 4 Historicising the New Threat -- 5 Trailers, Taglines and Tactics: Selling Horror Films on Video and DVD -- 6 Branding and Authenticity -- 7 'Previously Banned': Building a Commercial Category -- 8 The Art of Exploitation -- 9 Conclusion: The Golden Age of Exploitation? -- Appendix I -- Appendix II |
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Appendix III -- Appendix IV -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Considers the technological, economic and aesthetic histories of the early British video industry as part of the broader global film industry |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 28, 2020) |
| Subject |
Video recordings industry -- Great Britain -- History
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Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- Distribution -- History
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Motion pictures -- Distribution
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Video recordings industry
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474451109 |
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1474451101 |
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9781474451116 |
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147445111X |
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