David Dearlove's video nasty
The Arts & Sciences director takes us back to a 90s video shop with a difference in this comedically chilling film for Smartphone Free Childhood.
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- Director David Dearlove
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Credits
View on- Production Company Arts & Sciences/London
- Director David Dearlove
- Editing Stitch
- Post Production Black Kite Studios
- Sound 750mph
- Music Twenty Below Music
- Producer Kwok Yau
- Managing Director James Bland
- Producer Charlie Orr
- Production Manager Jemimah Frost
- Production Designer: Julian Nagel
- DP Linda Wu
- Editor Max Windows
- VFX Supervisor Phil Oldham
- Colorist George Kyriacou
- Sound Design/Mix: Sam Ashwell
- Sound Designer Marcin Pawlik
- Executive Producer Olivia Ray
- Head of Production Rachel Saxon
- Executive Producer Emily Pritchard
- Music Producer Luke Barham
- Composer Si Begg
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Credits
powered by- Production Company Arts & Sciences/London
- Director David Dearlove
- Editing Stitch
- Post Production Black Kite Studios
- Sound 750mph
- Music Twenty Below Music
- Producer Kwok Yau
- Managing Director James Bland
- Producer Charlie Orr
- Production Manager Jemimah Frost
- Production Designer: Julian Nagel
- DP Linda Wu
- Editor Max Windows
- VFX Supervisor Phil Oldham
- Colorist George Kyriacou
- Sound Design/Mix: Sam Ashwell
- Sound Designer Marcin Pawlik
- Executive Producer Olivia Ray
- Head of Production Rachel Saxon
- Executive Producer Emily Pritchard
- Music Producer Luke Barham
- Composer Si Begg
Back in 1984, Parliament passed the Video Recordings Act in response to the moral panic around so-called ‘video nasties’, with films such as The Driller Killer and The Evil Dead held up as threats that might be seen by children.
Four decades later, smartphones and social media have given youngsters access to messages and ideologies far more dangerous than Bruce Campbell’s spooky cabin, while the rules around them are still trying to catch up.
Taking the aesthetic of the former and using it to visualise the dangers of the latter, David Dearlove’s new film for grassroots movement Smartphone Free Childhood [SFC] finds a pair of kids in an old-school video shop being presented with titles that are truly horrifying.
Created pro bono through Arts & Sciences, Is This Really What We Want for Childhood? uses humour and nostalgia to provoke a gut-punch reaction, hopefully encouraging parents and policymakers to reconsider the role of smartphones and social media in childhood.
