Linbeymusol
Wonderful character development!
Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
Janis
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Mr_Ectoplasma
"Snuff" essentially follows a bizarre cult of biker women who follow a male leader (fittingly named "Satan") around the South American countryside, killing whoever they feel like killing, and torturing the disobedient members. One of their targets includes a Hollywood actress in the area filming a movie.One of many films whose notoriety preceded its actual merit, "Snuff" was ingeniously marketed in the 1970s, which led to its legendary status. The issue? It's just plain bad. The central narrative concerning the cult and the biker girls is clearly cribbed from the real-life Manson family killings (namely the horrendous murder of Sharon Tate), and the film feels like just as much of a bad trip. The dubbing in the film is horrendous, but the performances here really don't help matters. A great deal of the film is laughable due to gaudy performances and dated special effects. The worst part of it all is that the film's most notable scene was not originally part of the film or the narrative at all— the evisceration of a woman on a bed while a film crew stands around recording— and its displacement in the film is felt. That said, it's inarguably the most technically impressive portion of the entire film, and the best acted by a mile. The only problem here is that it's not properly linked together with the narrative and thus comes across as what it is: an afterthought. A clever afterthought, sure, and probably the only reason this film was ever released to the world; but it quite obviously doesn't belong, and by the end of the whole thing, you're kind of just left scratching your head.Overall, "Snuff" is one of the weaker exploitation films of its time, mainly due to disjointedness— it aimlessly plods along its biker cult narrative before derailing into a gruesome murder scene that has absolutely nothing to do with what has narratively preceded it. I can deal with the bad dialogue, and the bad dubbing, and the opulent '60s hippie aesthetics, but the lack of coherence makes it tough to even watch this as mindless entertainment. There are a few well done scenes and some gruesome gore (albeit clearly faked), but aside from that, there's not a lot going on here. 3/10.
Dylan Brown
"Snuff" (1976)"Snuff" was a video nasty that was banned and gained notoriety during the 70s. The film presents itself as a snuff film but it is actually not, the content of the film is not what it made it notorious but the marketing behind the film. There were tag lines for the film such as "The Bloodiest thing that ever happened in front of a camera" and "The film that could only be made in South America... where life is cheap! These tag lines and marketing behind the film is what got it banned, because people believed it to be an actual snuff film and would protest that the film should not ever be shown on screen and that it should be banned, even though most of them hadn't seen the content on the film. The film "Snuff" was actually made under a different title earlier in the 70s known as "Slaughter" and wasn't intended to be a snuff film at first, but when the film was released it wasn't very successful and therefore was forgotten about for several years until it was picked up again and edited to have a different ending. The final minutes of the film were edited to show an actress on the set of "Slaughter" being murdered in a savage and brutal way to spice up the film, but the previous filmmakers of the original film had no clue that the title of their film had been changed and edited until the initial release of "Snuff". The point of the controversy of this film is that it's not the content of the film itself but the hype and marketing behind it which lead people to be believe it was a genuine snuff film. The film barely has anything violent in it until the final minutes of the film and the acting is atrocious, but it's a must have for collectors of video nasties! Review by Dylan Brown Rating 2.5 out of 10
Boba_Fett1138
As much as this movie is being disliked, I have to say that I somewhat enjoyed it. It has a certain charm, with its guerrilla style of film-making and its controversy also makes this more or less a must-see for the fans of the genre and also help to make this movie an original and unusual watch.But it's not like the actual movie is being that controversial once you actually see it. The title is being somewhat misleading, since it has actually nothing at all to do with the phenomenon of snuff movies, until its very end. It's just a straight-forward horror flick, that features a lot of killings. It isn't until the very last minutes that the movie attempts to play on being a snuff film and with success, since lots of people notionally thought the killing at the end to be real, which of course resulted in the ban of this movie in most countries.It's a very random movie though, in which lots of random stuff seems to happen. Most events and characters don't even seem to connect with each other, as if everyone was playing in a totally different movie on his or her own. It makes this movie and its story a bit of a mess but to me this also added to the charm these sort of extremely cheaply made horror movies from the '70's often have.So yes, it's a very cheap movie but this means that the film-makers were also being forced to be very creative. This in some ways worked out better than others. It does work out well with its unusual and typical '70's camera-work, while the editing on the other hand is being laughable bad at times. Same goes for the dubbing, which sounds horrible and only makes the actor's performances in the movie seem even more horrible. Yes, you could say that this movie is being an amateur like made movie, with still a global reputation due to its controversy and its controversy alone.So how bloody and graphic is this movie actual being? Well, not really all that much to be honest. Although some of the killings are gruesome, they are more so because they are all being pointless ones of innocent people. But the movie really isn't being that graphic. It's at least being more graphic with its nudity than with any of its blood or gore. And again, it isn't until the movie its very end that it suddenly becomes a really gory and graphic one. And I really liked its ending, even though it literally came out of nowhere. It got nicely done and I can see how back in its day it was considered to be something controversial, though in this present day and time there is very little groundbreaking or disturbing about it.I still quite liked this 'bad' movie.5/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
CMRKeyboadist
Snuff is in no way a good movie, I should start with that. I hadn't even heard of this movie until recently and figured that it should be in my library. It is worth a viewing, I will give it that. And it is not the movie that makes it worth your time, it is the end.The plot begins with several women on motorcycles who go off and kill this girl for "Holding out on them". Then we meet Sattan (I think that is his name) who is a Charlie Manson wannabe. He apparently has control over these woman and can make them do whatever he wants. Next, we are introduced to an actress coming into South America with her director to start filming a new movie. She meets up with an old flame and then the director is murdered by the crazy women. The storyline goes back and forth from the wannabe Manson family to the actress all leading up to a bunch of random hilarious murders.This movie was a struggle to sit through due to its extremely slow first half. Things do finally pick up when a new girl joins up with the wannabe Manson family and starts telling her tale. After that, we just see a lot of silliness and a great scene at a general store in which the women murder everyone there. Look for the girl in the scene whose mother has just been murdered because her acting is priceless. Finally, the end of the movie is really what makes it all worth while. The director in the end tries to simulate an actual murder. The results are silly for todays standards but was still pretty nifty looking with a pair of clippers chopping off fingers and ripping out guts. I liked it, even if it was fake. So if you read this review ignore the low rating the movie gets on IMDb, which is like a 2/10. I would give this movie a 7/10 for enjoyment and the end sequence.