Nasty business : the marketing and distribution of the video nasties /: the marketing and distribution of the video nasties. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark McKenna.
• Authors: McKenna, Mark
• 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 Appendix III -- Appendix IV -- Bibliography -- Index
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 791.430941; Video recordings industry -- Great Britain -- History; Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- Distribution -- History; Motion pictures -- Distribution; Video recordings industry; Great Britain; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474451109; 1474451101; 9781474451116
• Related ISBNs: 147445111X; 9781474451086; 147445108X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 28, 2020).
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