On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Diane Wininger wrote:

> >Snuff films are trotted out as the ne plus ultra of the argument.  Problem 
> >is, no one has ever seen one, and no researcher or politico or 
> >investigator has ever found one.  They appear not to exist, to be an entirely 
> >false bugaboo.
> 
> Diane: Just because the FBI or an "authority figure" hasn't gotten a hold of
> one does not mean that they don't exist. Since one has not been confiscated,
> researchers have had to rely on the testimony of prostitues who claim to
> have been forced to watch them with their "Johns". Some years ago, a
> first-run movie house around Times Square showed what puported to be a snuff
> film. The marqee read the word SNUFF followed by, "Made in South America
> where life is cheap". The film was being advertised in the subways that
> pictured a woman cut in half. It's a horrible thing and I truly hope that
> people who debunk the existence of snuff film are right!

I REALLY prefer to avoid the porn debate today, but--

that movie, SNUFF, was a cheap-ass gore movie. You used to be able to
order it on video from Fangoria magazine. It wasn't a snuff film, it was a
film called SNUFF.

Anyhoo...

J