Video nasties

Video Nasties "Video Nasty" was a term that came from the tabloid press during the 1970s. It was a term they used for very violent horror films that were released onto video; videos that were noticed to have been in possession of a few notorious murderers, and it was in this reaction that the BBFC had decided to make a mandatory classification towards this, to prevent innocent people from watching them. It was, however, unclear …

…purposes for the benefit of the public as protecting the health and welfare of children and young persons from danger of exposure to inappropriate material on the Internet. In consequence ICRA should be registered as a charity. ICRA carries out these purposes by the provision of a system whereby users of the Internet, especially parents of young children, can allow or disallow access to websites based on objective information about the content of the website.