Blu-ray Review – Snuff

I recognize and respect the movie's position in the exploitation hall of fame, but let's not kid ourselves here: "Snuff" is a terrible motion picture. More of a triumph of provocative marketing than a coherent feature, this 1976 endeavor is all about shock value, attempting to work itself under the skin of the viewer with a parade of macabre events and displays of gore, with the very act of anticipation the key to the horror here, not anything actually contained in the effort. Bizarre, deathly dull, and distinctly amateurish, "Snuff" is best left as a ridiculous urban legend, as any exposure to a mere minute of this punch-drunk picture diminishes its power as a nightmare machine using the tease of genuine murder as a way to attract the curious and dubious. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com