Sniffing tobacco

Well that's another way of saying SNUFF.

                                                            Which is the film of the day.


                       

                                               And of course, here is the film.

This is a notorious film although frankly, it doesn't deserve it. SNUFF is also known as SLAUGHTER and AMERICAN CANNIBALS. It follows a Manson style killer family and was made in 1971 but distributor, Allan Shackleton held on to it for a few years before tacking on a new ending. This is the reason for the film's fame. He created a scene where the camera crew of the original film murders a woman on screen. It was toted as being authentic and gave rise to the term, "snuff". Obviously this new ending was fake but it was marketed as real and Shackleton even recruited actors posing as protesters for the film's release. Even after the self-made controversy had settled, the film went on to become a popular film in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. It also became a target of the Video Nasty controversy and was prosecuted as such.

The film itself is nothing too remarkable though. It's a South American exploitation film with a cheesy "real" murder added to the last minutes.