Editing Snuff film (section)

==Definitions==
A snuff film is a movie in a purported genre of films in which a person is actually [[murdered]], though some variations of the definition may include films that show people committing [[suicide]]. According to existing definitions, snuff films can be [[Pornographic film|pornographic]] and are made for financial gain but are supposedly "circulated amongst a jaded few for the purpose of entertainment".<ref name=snopesApril2021/> The ''[[Collins English Dictionary]]'' defines a "snuff movie" as "a pornographic film in which an unsuspecting actress or actor is murdered at the climax of the film";<ref name=Collins>{{cite web|url= https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/snuff-movie  |title=snuff movie  |work=collinsdictionary.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618215514/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/snuff-movie |archive-date=18 June 2012}}</ref> the ''[[Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary|Cambridge Dictionary]]'' defines it more broadly as "a violent film that shows a real murder".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/snuff-movie |title=snuff movie  |work=dictionary.cambridge.org|access-date=7 October 2022 }}</ref>

[[Horror film]] magazine ''[[Fangoria]]'' defined snuff movies as "films in which a person is killed on camera. The death is premeditated, with the purpose of being filmed in order to make money. Often times, there is a sexual aspect to the murder, either on film (as in, a porn scene that ends horribly) or that the final project is used for sexual gratification." Films featuring deaths that are authentic but accidental  "are not considered snuff because the deaths were not planned. Other death on video, such as [[Beheading video|terrorists beheading victims]], are done to fulfill an ideology, not to earn money."<ref name="Fangoria">{{Cite news |last1=Wax|first1=Alyse|url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/snuff-the-biggest-myth-in-film/ |title=Snuff: The Biggest Myth In Film  |website=Fangoria|date=May 21, 2021|access-date=October 10, 2022}}</ref>