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There was an infamous example of a "snuff film" released in 1976. The film was called "Snuff," and it advertised itself as an honest-to-goodness snuff film. In reality, it was a cheapo Z-flick South American-made flick inspired by the Manson murders with a tacked-on and obviously faked climax that featured the actors and the film crew "disembowling" a cleaning lady. This abomination has got to be one of the lowest points in film history: a film released by distributors who were so desperate to sell an utterly unreleasable film that they shot some new footage, called it reality, and resorted to the most cynical and tasteless ad campaign ever conceived. (Posters for the film featured the tagline, "The film that could only be made in South America... where life is CHEAP!"; the names of the cast and crew were kept secret for "security" reasons; actors were hired to play FBI agents who would harrass patrons about their reasons about seeing the film; other actors were hired to picket the film and generate more publicity.) The ugliest part is that curious gorehounds attended in droves, and the film made a killing. Fortunately, since video hadn't been invented yet, it slipped into obscurity soon after vacating theaters. Even by exploitation film standards, this was really crass.
Going to take a shower now,
Lionel
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