Episode 35: Censorship in Horror - The Hays Code, the Demise of Horror Comics, and Video Nasties

from Test Pattern: A Horror Movie Podcast

We examine censorship in horror with a detailed look at the Hays Code, the demise of horror comics, and the video nasties era! Sources for this episode: The Hays Code "The History of Hollywood Censorship and the the Ratings System" - Filmmaker IQ Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934 by Thomas Doherty Hollywood's Censor: Joseph I. Breen and the Production Code Administration by Thomas Doherty The Celluloid Closet, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman "Morals, Markets, and 'Horror Pictures': The Rise of Universal Pictures and the Hollywood Production Code." by Kyle Edwards, Oakland University The Demise of Horror Comics Tales From the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You To Read by Jim Trombetta "Censors and Sensibility: RIP, Comics Code Seal of Approval, 1954-2011" by Glen Weldon, NPR "RIP The Comics Code Authority" by Douglas Wolk, Time. Video Nasties Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship, and & Violence (available on Shudder) Video Nasties: Draconian Days (available on Shudder)

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