snuff film

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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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