Julian Petley Movies

A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.

Explores the salacious career of mysterious British filmmaker and distributor David Hamilton-Grant, who was the only supplier to be sent to prison for releasing a "video nasty". Hamilton-Grant navigated loopholes in the law in the 70s in order to produce and screen smut in an extremely censorship...

A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.

The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act. A time when Britain plunged...

A look back on A Clockwork Orange

In this fascinating and well executed documentary film theorist and cult expert Xavier Mendik places "Cannibal Holocaust" in a broader context.

A documentary taking a look at the career of Jess Franco.