Unsuitable Film and Video Audiences
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-3359-1 (ISBN)
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Film classification and censorship in the UK has been extensively researched by scholars. What requires further analysis is audiences’ experiences of watching films that had been subject to BBFC interventions. The classification system attempted to ensure that only viewers of or above specific ages (15 or 18) would be able to watch certain films. However, significant numbers of child viewers saw films deemed inappropriate for their age group, whether at the cinema or more commonly by watching videos.
This book investigates how these audiences managed to see age-inappropriate films, exploring the memories of over 300 questionnaire and 30 interview respondents. The responses detail what the children of the 1980s remember watching, viewer memories of the how, when and where they were watched, how genre affected the experience and what the post-viewing experience was like for these viewers, including the effects of these viewings on social dynamics, identity formation and later cinephilia.
Peter Turner is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Production at Oxford Brookes University. He is the author of Found Footage Horror Films: A Cognitive Approach (2019) and Devil’s Advocates: The Blair Witch Project (2014).
List of figures
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
Part I. Spaces, Practices and Emotions of Forbidden Viewing
2. Video Shops, Playgrounds and Situated Memories
3. “It’s Analogous to Christmas Eve”: Remembering How Video Watching Felt
Part II. Genre Matters: Horror, Comedy and Taboo Content
4. “I Knew They Could Mess Me Up”: Children Watching Horror and Sexual Violence
5. Silently Squirming: Sex, Swearing and Comedy
Part III. Gender, Identity and Video Watching
6. "You Are Allowed to Watch the Blood and Guts, but Not the Boobs": Gendered Parenting and Restricted Access
7. Underage Viewings and Masculine Identity, Bonding and Pressures
8. “The Artier Films I Watched Alone”: Social vs Solo Viewing
9. Conclusion
Appendix 1 Questionnaire
Appendix 2 Interview Schedule
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.2.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 15 black and white images |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-3359-2 / 1399533592 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-3359-1 / 9781399533591 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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