Review of Snuff

Snuff (1975)
4/10
Boring film, but the ending delivers
7 October 2005
Snuff is almost exclusively remembered for it's shocking death scene at the end - and there's a good reason for that, namely that the rest of the movie is terrible. In fact, terrible is an understatement - the acting is literally the worst I've ever seen, and while I realise that this is a low budget exploitation flick, so bad acting comes as standard - the fact that it's extremely boring doesn't exactly help matters. The plot, if you can even call it that, basically just sees a bunch of girls going around murdering people in various ways. I actually like seeing gore in movies, but there has to be a point for it to work; and a point is something that this rubbish film definitely doesn't have. The makers would probably say it's some sort of commentary on violence in movies - but if you believe that, you'd believe anything. Moving swiftly on to the ending, then.... and yes, it does do what it says on the tin. I've seen a lot of violent movies, and have built up something of a resistance to it; but the ending here genuinely is shocking. Of course, it's always obvious that it isn't actually real; but the double bluff before hand, and then the overly graphic violence do ensure that the scene has some sort of power. I really can't recommend this movie, but if you really must see it for the ending, just fast-forward it to ten minutes before the end. You'll get the point and wont have to suffer the rest of the film.
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