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Everything And Nothing: Living With Chucky Is A Shallow Experience

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The new documentary about the Child’s Play franchise ignores some significant stories in favour of back-slapping self-congratulation.

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The 1993 Horror Of Mind-Boggling Filth On Your Computer

A TV news report about X-rated downloads from the 1990s shows that the current hysteria is nothing new.

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Cumgirl8 Revive The Spirit Of Cicciolina

The performance art collective celebrates sexuality and the legendary adult movie icon while stoking outrage from chin-stroking music traditionalists. What’s not to like?

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A Daily Star Is Born

Exploring the very first edition of the long-running tabloid and the way it set out to feel as much like its rivals as possible.

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Behind the Scenes On Britain’s Got Talent

M.J. Simpson ventures forth as a contestant in Britain’s biggest TV talent show.

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Famous For Five Times A Night: Fiona Wright And The Secrets Of Her Diary

Tabloid sensationalism, naked opportunism and the birth of the kiss ‘n’ tell boom of the Eighties and Nineties.

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Jayne Mansfield Turns On Blackpool

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Hollywood’s greatest sex symbol puts some va-va-voom into the British seaside resort’s illuminations in 1959.

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Bad Vibes – Andy Warhol’s Final Film

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Hyped as a cult classic on the original release, Warhol’s imitation of John Waters is now mostly unseen and unregarded.

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Manson For Sale

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A collection of Manson Family curiosities from the depths of the Reprobate archives.

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The Very British Sex Scams Of The 1980s

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In the days before legalised porn, the restrictive laws in Britain proved to be a huckster’s paradise, with scams, cons and rip-offs the order of the day.

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The Lost Art Of Lux Interior

A collection of paintings from a pre-Cramps Erick Lee Purkhiser that was sold off in 2009 by his estranged son.

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The Adult Channel Ads Of The 1990s

The magazine advertising from the early days of adult cable and satellite TV channels.

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