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Amid the growing concern, the Sunday Times
brought the issue to a wider audience in May of 1982
with an article entitled How high street horror is
invading the home. Soon the Daily Mail began their own
campaign against the distribution of these films.
The
exposure of nasties to children began to be blamed for
the increase in violent crime amongst youths and all
manner of social ills. The growing media frenzy only
served to increase the demand for such material among
adolescents.
At the suggestion of National Viewers' and
Listeners' Association, the Conservative MP Graham
Bright introduced a Private Member's Bill to the House
of Commons in 1983.
This was passed as the Video
Recordings Act 1984 which came into effect on 1
September 1985.
Video nasty - Effects of the Video
Recordings Act 1984
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