The Great American Snuff Film

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"There is no entertainment here. This is torture. This isn't a film for everyone or even most people. Sensitive viewers will want to stay away and not even think about picking it up. On the other hand, if you are interested in cinema that pushes the boundaries of what a film should be, this is something you need to see. It doesn't offer apologies or excuses, either. It is what it is, and that's why it is successful."

Doug Brunell from FILM THREAT

"To warn anyone who gets the chance to catch The Great American Snuff Film, this is one brutally hard film. At the theatrical showing that I caught at Robert De Niro's Tribecca Theater, no less than five audience members walked out in disgust, including a few girls who then chose to debate my friends and I afterwards. Tretta loads the film with torture, violence, degrading behavior, and an oppressive atmosphere that can easily crush the spirits of unprepared viewers."

Brad Torreano from INSIDE PULSE

"Definitely not for everyone, GASF as I mentioned is one hell of a disturbing film. Nothing in it is lighthearted or tongue-in-cheek, its gritty realism, that smacks you right across the face. It made me feel for the victims, and it made me hate the perpetrators, any film that elicits thoughts and emotions from me is one I consider well done. Recommended for those into Grindhouse, Exploitive, or Shock-u-mentaries. Everyone else, be warned!"

NFlames from HORRORWATCH

"While many films of this ilk will stress their exploitation elements for success, The Great American Snuff Film does one better in a solid attempt to take us deep inside the head of 'captor and captive' respectively, a method that's been used before (both successfully and unsuccessfully of course). There are definitely some brutal elements here as well, but the difference is in how these elements are handled and presented to the viewer."

Lawrence P. Raffel from MONSTERS AT PLAY

"The makers were initially discussing a premiere with one major theatre in Arizona - up until the cinema saw the film, at which point all communication abruptly ended. I kinda see their point; this is the longest 85 minutes we've endured in ages. Normally, that'd be condemnation of a high order, but here, the aim is to make something very difficult to watch, and it succeeds admirably. It's an unflinching record of six days when William Grone (Marsh) and backward accomplice Roy (Hutman), captured two women and tortured them with the intention of making a snuff film, climaxing with the movie itself."

TRASH CITY