Julian Petley

Julian Petley

Movies for Julian Petley...

Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant
Title: Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant
Character: Self
Released: July 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Explores the salacious career of mysterious British filmmaker and distributor David Hamilton-Grant, who was the only supplier to be sent to prison for releasing a "video nasty". Hamilton-Grant navigated loopholes in the law in the 70s in order to produce and screen smut in an extremely censorship restricted Britain. When the home video boom hit in the 80s he was one of the first to capitalize on the initially far less regulated format... but he would pay the price. Then things get really dark and strange.
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Franco-Philes: Musings on Madrid's B-Movie Maverick
Title: Franco-Philes: Musings on Madrid's B-Movie Maverick
Character: Self
Released: April 8, 2019
Type: Movie
A documentary taking a look at the career of Jess Franco.
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Video Nasties: Draconian Days
Title: Video Nasties: Draconian Days
Character: Self
Released: March 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act. A time when Britain plunged into a new Dark Age of the most restrictive censorship, where the horror movie became the bloody eviscerated victim of continuing dread created by self-aggrandizing moral guardians. With passionate and entertaining interviews from the people who lived through it and more jaw dropping archive footage, get ready to reflect and rejoice the passing of a landmark era.
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Turning Like Clockwork
Title: Turning Like Clockwork
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 2011
Type: Movie
A look back on A Clockwork Orange
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Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
Title: Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
Character: Himself
Released: October 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of 39 is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.
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Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
Title: Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
Character: Himself
Released: October 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of dropped 33 titles is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.
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Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Title: Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Character: Himself
Released: August 30, 2010
Type: Movie
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
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Ban the Sadist Videos!
Title: Ban the Sadist Videos!
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2005
Type: Movie
An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.
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Title: Banned in the UK
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 2005
Type: TV
Four-part series demonstrating different kinds of censorship, such as censorship by the government or of art.
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Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Title: Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Character: Himself
Released: September 21, 2000
Type: Movie
A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
Title: The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
In this fascinating and well executed documentary film theorist and cult expert Xavier Mendik places "Cannibal Holocaust" in a broader context.