David Flint
Biography
Documentarian and writer - author of Ten Years of Terror, Babylon Blue, Satan Superstar, Zombie Holocaust and freelance contributor to many books and magazines. Video work and audio commentary for Severin Films, Blue Underground, Arrow, Indicator, 88 Films, Vinegar Syndrome, Hammer Films, Mondo Macabro, 101 Films, Nucleus and others.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Self
The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act. A time when Britain plunged into a new Dark Age of the most restrictive censorship, where the horror movie became the bloody eviscerated victim of continuing dread created by self-aggrandizing moral guardians. With passionate and entertaining interviews from the people who lived through it and more jaw dropping archive footage, get ready to reflect and rejoice the passing of a landmark era.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Self
Explores the salacious career of mysterious British filmmaker and distributor David Hamilton-Grant, who was the only supplier to be sent to prison for releasing a "video nasty". Hamilton-Grant navigated loopholes in the law in the 70s in order to produce and screen smut in an extremely censorship restricted Britain. When the home video boom hit in the 80s he was one of the first to capitalize on the initially far less regulated format... but he would pay the price. Then things get really dark and strange.
Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A look at the careers of Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi who invented the mondo genre with MONDO CANE in 1962. It follows their career until their split in following the making of GOODBYE UNCLE TOM in 1971.