A low budget horror film that was produced on home video. Considered to be violent and/or pornographic, used as a political scapegoat to explain the ongoings in society such as crime rates and riots. A video nasty is a set of 72 films that were considered to be inappropriate and were completely banned.
However these films were banned on their reputation and word of mouth, the conservative government banned these films however not seeing these films in the first place.
Many video nasties featured imitable behaviour. = realistic looking films = low budget.
Video nasties were popular with a teenage audience. This created a status as these videos were banned and seen as bad.
What is a moral panic?
The moral panic was emphasised by the media (newspapers; conservative such as the daily mail. )
The moral panic was a political scapegoat that blamed the ongoings such as riots and crime rates in society.
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