'The definitive guide to the history of snuff.' -
Empire
'Utterly unputdownable.' - Melody Maker
'A definitive study…thoroughly examining both traditions (mondo
and snuff) and picking apart the myths surrounding the latter.'
- Sight and Sound
'Well-researched and highly readable, Killing for Culture is
a must-have.' - Film Threat
'A captivating read…Creation’s most accomplished film publication
so far. This study on the way death has been treated on film is cleverly
structured, well researched and lucidly written. It comprehensively
covers films made as fiction (e.g. Peeping Tom, Henry: Portrait of
a Serial Killer), films purporting to be real (e.g. Faces of Death
series), and material that is all too real, such as car-crashes, autopsy
films and news footage.' - Shivers
Illustrated by rare and stunning photographs from cinema,
documentary and real life, Killing for Culture is a necessary
book which examines and questions the human obsession with images of
violence, dismemberment and death, and the way our society is coping
with an increased profusion of these disturbing yet compelling images
from all quarters.
