I often think about my love of cinema, where it began and the influences on it, both film-based and what was going on around me. I was born in February 1975. My arrival into the world coincides with the day on which Stephen Murphy, the BBFC's secretary, first saw a new independent film called The …
When I was growing up I loved the Nanny State Public Information Films. They were akin to state produced horror shorts extolling the dangers of everything from playing near rivers to mixing different types of tyres on the same vehicle. Beware The Rapist is an American PIF (called Public Service Announcements or PSA's over there) …
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The 70s and 80s were a scary place in the UK. Least not because of the terrifying Public information Films being shown at all hours of the day. Whilst there will be a Meathook Cinema Top 10 video of these at a later date heres a video I've made of the scariest firework safety videos …
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