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The Brave (1997)
, 2h3Directed by Johnny Depp
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Films about psychiatry
Actors Marlon Brando, Marshall Bell, Frederic Forrest, Elpidia Carrillo, Clarence Williams III, Johnny Depp
The film concerns a Native American man named Raphael who lives with his wife and two children in a remote community near a rubbish dump selling whatever he can to make a living. Raphael, seeing the hopelessness of his situation and his inability to provide for his family, agrees to star in a snuff film for a large sum of money that he hopes will give his family a chance for a better life.
The Den (2013)
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about films, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television
Actors Melanie Papalia, Bill Oberst Jr., Katija Pevec, Ron Bottitta, Kirk Bovill
The movie begins with Elizabeth logging into a social media site known as "The Den". It is revealed that she is doing this for a project and her goal is to chat with as many strangers as possible. However, things become grim when she starts a chat with someone whose webcam appears to be broken. After having random chats with her, the webcam somehow turns on and a woman is seen being murdered. Throughout this time, Elizabeth's account has also been continuously hacked however she does not realize this. Her friends try to convince her it is a hoax but she remains unconvinced. She asks a friend of hers to hack the account and find out where it is being operated from, but it ultimately doesn't work since the signal is coming from too many locations to be found. Though Elizabeth had contacted the police about the murder, they do not believe her and she remains helpless. Once her boyfriend mysteriously disappears, she panics and calls the police once again. They check his apartment but find it completely empty. Another one of Elizabeth's friends is then shown getting a message from Elizabeth (though it is obviously not actually Elizabeth, as she is with the police). The message tells her friend to come over and she is then shown to be abducted just like Elizabeth's boyfriend. Elizabeth becomes more and more frantic after receiving a message showing a close up of her sister's home and an unknown figure entering it. She calls her sister and tells her to leave, but is too late and her sister and her unborn baby's life is threatened. The attacker then leaves but later returns posing as a police officer. Elizabeth leaves with an officer and contacts her sister once she reaches her apartment to tell her that she will be back with her soon. As Elizabeth is packing she receives another message showing the head detective getting murdered and then another one of her and the inside of her apartment. She goes to open her closet where a hooded figure is, she stabs him repeatedly and flees from her apartment. To her dismay, she is attacked yet again. She later awakens in an unknown building and is chained to a wall. There is a computer in her room on which she receives a video of her boyfriend. He informs her that there are more of them and then is murdered. After overpowering another hooded man in her room she attempts to escape and realizes there are multiple attackers. After finally getting out of the building, she steals a car from one of the attackers but then crashes. Another woman is then seen on the same site Elizabeth was on. She comes across Elizabeth's account where she witnesses Elizabeth being murdered. The scene then cuts to a man putting his credit card number into a site to watch more videos of murders like Elizabeth's but quickly closes the browser when he is interrupted by his young son.
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Rape in fiction, Serial killer films
The Hills Run Red (2009)
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Serial killer films
Actors Sophie Monk, Tad Hilgenbrink, Janet Montgomery, Alex Wyndham, William Sadler, Ewan Bailey
Tyler is obsessed with the film, considered being the scariest movie ever made, with the deranged serial-killer Babyface in the lead role. However, the director, Wilson Wyler Concannon, and the movie vanished many years ago and there is no known copy. When Tyler discovers that Concannon's daughter Alexa works in a night club, he decides to meet her and ask about the lost film. Tyler's obsession with the film causes him to neglect his girlfriend Serena. He visits Alexa, who works as a stripper, and asks her about the project. As she gives him a nude lap dance, the audience sees Serena cheating on Tyler with their best friend Lalo. After Tyler helps Alexa with her addiction to heroin, she tells him that the movie might be in her father's home in the woods.
The Last Horror Movie (2004)
, 1h15Directed by Julian Richards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about films, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Serial killer films
Actors Kevin Howarth, Christopher Adamson, Christopher Adamson
The film follows Max Parry (Kevin Howarth), a disturbed wedding video cameraman, and his unnamed assistant (Mark Stevenson) as they perform several murders that they have videotaped. The two have used a video store tape in order to record the proceedings, breaking the fourth wall and insinuating that the copy of the film being watched is the only existing version of the tape. Throughout the film Max uses meta-references in order to show off his gruesome activities as a serial killer. The film raises questions surrounding visceral pleasure, this can be seen in one scene in particular during which the audience cannot see the victims (two at once) being murdered, Max Parry then asks the audience "I bet you wanted to see that, and if you didn't, why are you still watching?"
, 1h18Directed by Roger Michael Watkins
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about films, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television
Actors Roger Michael Watkins
Terry Hawkins (Watkins) has just been released after spending a year in state prison on drug charges. He wants to get into filmmaking, and claims he previously made stag films that he was unable to sell. Terry believes audiences want something more, so he decides to make snuff films.
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
, 1h26Directed by John Erick Dowdle
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Bobbi Sue Luther, Ivar Brogger, Ron Harper, Iris Bahr, Todd Cahoon, Henry Dittman
When police raid a house in a city north of New York, they discover a profoundly disturbing record of one man's ugly crimes. Investigators find over 800 videotapes shot by the killer which present a visual record of his murders in all their horrifying details. Both state and federal law enforcement teams sift through the gruesome images, looking for clues of his identity, the identity of his victims, and where he could have gone. Repeated viewings of the materials reveal little beyond the terrible facts of the crimes, and as the authorities comb through the madman's images, they find the tapes have had a disquieting effect on them.
The Remake (2006)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about films, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television
In the middle of the night, Harold Dingle, the owner of a website dedicated to slasher films who has been hired on to Perimount Production's upcoming remake of the cult classic Slaughter Camp 13, has his throat slit by a hooded assailant.
Trash Humpers (2011)
, 1h18Directed by Harmony Korine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Horror
Themes Films about films, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television
Actors Harmony Korine, Rachel Korine, Kevin Guthrie
The film follows the lives of a group of sociopathic elderlies living in Nashville, Tennessee "who do antisocial things in a non-narrative way."
Three Blind Mice (2003)
, 1h30Origin France
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Snuff films in fiction, Films about psychiatry
Actors Edward Furlong, Emilia Fox, Elsa Zylberstein, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ben Miles, Sara Stewart
Thomas Cross est un informaticien, un peu voyeur, un peu pirate informatique. Il pose des webcams un peu partout et vit à travers celles-ci. Un jour, il assiste impuissant en direct au meurtre de Cathy, une exhibitionniste qu'il fréquente à travers son site web et sa live webcam.
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
, 1h38Directed by Samuel Benchetrit, John Ottman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Films about films, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Serial killer films
Actors Jennifer Morrison, Matt Davis, Hart Bochner, Eva Mendes, Anthony Anderson, Loretta Devine
Amy Mayfield (Jennifer Morrison) is unsure about her thesis. But after a conversation with security guard Reese Wilson (Loretta Devine), she decides to make a film about a serial killer murdering in the fashion of urban legends.
Video Violence (1987)
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about films, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television
Unsuspecting couple Steve and Rachel become completely immersed in a town of blood-drunk crazies. Led by sickos Howard and Eli, these backwater psychopaths produce and watch their own snuff movies in which the victims are outsiders or citizens trying to leave the close-knit community of killers. One day an unmarked tape shows up in the return bin of Steve's just-opened video store, and it's the town postmaster being savagely mutilated. "Can it be real, or just a gag?" wonders Steve. He'll soon discover the horrifying answer...
Videodrome (1983)
, 1h27Directed by David Cronenberg
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about films, Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Films about suicide, Films about television, BDSM in films, Films about pornography, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors James Woods, Debbie Harry, Leslie Carlson, David Cronenberg, Julie Khaner, Lally Cadeau
Max Renn (Woods) is the president of CIVIC-TV, a UHF television station in Toronto that specializes in sensationalistic programming. Displeased with his station's current lineup, Max is looking for something that will break through to a new audience. One morning, he is summoned to the clandestine office of Harlan (Peter Dvorsky), who operates CIVIC-TV's pirate satellite dish which can intercept international broadcasts. Harlan shows him Videodrome, a plotless show apparently being broadcast out of Malaysia which depicts the brutal torture and murder of anonymous victims in a reddish-orange chamber. Believing this to be the future of television (seemingly staged snuff TV), Max orders Harlan to begin pirating the program.
, 1h30Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Films about pornography, HIV/AIDS in film
Marko (Mihajlo Jovanovic) is an unsuccessful director that begins filming with Cane (Srdjan Miletic), a porn director, after he finds himself unable to successfully shoot his own films. Through these films Marko finds an outlet for the anger he feels towards society, as well as a new group of friends in the porn industry. Marko eventually has a falling out with Cane and starts his own porn cabaret club. An initially positive beginning turns sour when Cane's brother interrupts a film premiere, resulting in the press destroying Marko and his club. Marko debates leaving the city, but is approached by a German journalist who suggests that Marko begin making snuff films.
Tumbling Doll of Flesh (1998)
, 1h12Genres Horror, Pornographic
Themes Films about films, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Transport films, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Films about pornography
Shown almost entirely though a stationary camera and a handheld one, the film has a woman named Kana and a man named Kiku being hired to star in an amateur porno being made by two men. As the porn shoot progresses, it incorporates elements of BDSM, such as breast bondage, multiple penetration with dildoes, wax play, flagellation, and an enema. Uncomfortable with how rough the film has gotten, Kana tries to leave, prompting the director, cameraman, and Kiku to knock her out, tie her to a bed, and strip her.