Yeah mate, I agree with you there.
I find fake snuff films to be crap. There has been the odd really short loop that has made me say WTF!, but after the initial surprise, a 2nd view shows it to clearly be fake.
I prefer a film with a snuff theme that takes you into the world of the persons involved, thats more interesting to me than a bad fake gore job. Though I would never ever want to see a real snuff film.
To me 8mm brought you to a place ace you didnt want to be, a sleezey place that made me feel dirty and uncomfortable, but I could'nt look away, then after bringing me there it yanked me out to quickly back into safe ' Action thriller ' territory for the final 3 quaters of the film.
Not for a hell of a long time has a film held me in such dread and to be pulled into safe ground so quick really infuriated me.
Here was a film that had me totally sucked in to a world that terrified me only to back out and play it safe for the box office.
Its still a great film, but it could ave been so much more. Which is a real shame as I havent seen a film since to affect me like that since.
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