A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.
Direction
Bailey-Bond's debut simmers with authentic 'video nasty' love.
Production
Period-perfect grimy sets that smell like moldy celluloid.
Acting
Algar's controlled unraveling — watch her eyes go hollow.
Director
Prano Bailey-Bond
Niamh Algar
Enid Baines
Michael Smiley
Doug Smart
Nicholas Burns
Sanderson
Vincent Franklin
Fraser
Sophia La Porta
Alice Lee
Adrian Schiller
Frederick North
Clare Holman
June
Andrew Havill
George
Danny Lee Wynter
Perkins
Clare Perkins
Anne
Guillaume Delaunay
Beastman
Richard Glover
Gerald
Erin Shanagher
Debbie
Beau Gadsdon
Young Enid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Prano Bailey-Bond researched actual BBFC examiners and used real 'video nasty' era censorship notes for authenticity.
The film resurrects Britain's 1980s moral panic over 'video nasties' — actual banned horror films that were prosecuted as corrupting society.
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