What is Snuff movie?
A '''Snuff movie''' is a [[movie]] that shows the [[murder]] of a person, or a group of people, for the [[entertainment]] of the [[audience]]. Snuff movies are made to gain [[money]]. They do not use [[special effects]]. The first such movie was ''El Angel de la Muerte''. It is an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[horror movie]] made in 1976. One of the scenes shows how the makers of the movie kill one of the [[actor|actresses]]. The [[English language|English]] title of the movie was ''Snuff''. This turned out to be a [[marketing ]]ploy. The actress was not killed. Today, no real snuff movie is known. Since the 1970s, the [[theme]] has been used by different movements in the [[United States]]. These groups usually argue that the [[Federal government of the United States|government]] needs to control the [[media]] more than it currently does. The last such debate was about [[happy slapping]]. The debate is also fueled by [[wikt:violence|violent]] [[pornography]] or [[video]]s of [[execution]]s and [[murder]]s. {{movie-stub}} [[Category:Movies]]