this is a feature debut. brilliantly put together. it s a story set during the 1980s video nasties scare. i watched this thinking this is a film made for me! and it s about a censor who starts watching video nasties and seeing in them something more than she expected. the film is, on the one hand, a nostalgic invocation of that particular time when video just began and the video stores were filmed with all these films that were illegal but suddenly they were available, but also it s about the way which horror cinema and her affection is a place in which you can think for yourself and which is weirdly redeeming, and i say this as somebody i m a big horrorfrom all my life it s lovely to see a film about horror made by somebody who loves horror rather than a film made about horror by somebody who thinks, oh,
this is prano bailey bond s feature debut. brilliantly put together. it s a story set during the 1980s video nasties scare. so this is very much you know, i watched this thinking this is a film made for me! and it s about a censor played by niamh algar who starts watching video nasties and seeing in them something more than she expected. and the film is, on the one hand, a kind of nostalgic evocation of that particular time when video had just begun, and the video stores were filled with, you know, cannibal holocaust and driller killer and all these films that were illegal but suddenly they were, kind of, available. but also it s about the way in which horror cinema and horror fiction is really a place in which you can find yourself and which is, kind of, weirdly redeeming and i say this as somebody i ve been a horrorfan all my life it s lovely to see a film about horror made by somebody who loves horror, rather than a film made about horror by somebody who thinks, oh, it s al