num_pages: 288
description: Definitive investigation into that controversial and inflammatory of all urban the "snuff" movie. Feature film, Mondo film, Death film, and a comprehensive filmography and index. 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.
language: English
title: Killing for Culture: Death Film from Mondo to Snuff
titlecomplete: Killing for Culture: Death Film from Mondo to Snuff (Creation Cinema Collection)
genres: Death, Media Tie In, Nonfiction, Horror, Cultural Studies, Art, Film
ratings_count: 267
publisher: Creation Books (London)