snuff film

English

Noun

snuff film (plural snuff films)

  1. (film) A film that shows, or purports to show, the actual deliberate killing of one of the performers.
    Synonym: snuff movie
    • 1981 August 15, Nancy Wechsler, Gayle Rubin, Pat Califia, “Sadomasochism: Fears, Facts, Fantasies”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 5, page 7:
      Their whole case that porn is violent rests on classifying s/m porn as violent, and lumping it in with the snuff film.
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