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ore <f Page ee ooo tel a . - oo. a. Sey — . . ~ @nme "Lee to a a a 7 ” -* NEW YORK — (UPI) — A pornographic movie producer in Holivwood reportedly _ ‘has purchased the script for a sex film that ends in the real murder and dismem- bermert of an unwitting actress on screen, police said Thursdav. “J got a call from the editor at the Holly: - wood Reporter,” said Detective Joseph Hor- mas of the Police Departmert’s organized crime contro! bureau, which began investi- gating the existence of the so-called “snait’ or “slasher” films about two months ago. _ “He claimed to Lave spoken to a couple of porne producers, ene of whom supposedly rchased & script writtes for a snulfer.” Horm3n sa.d be has received dozens of tips concerning the films, which he said re- tail for ebout $300. A print costs $1,509. He said very reliadle underworld sources claim there are cight snuff films being cur- culsted. Viewers at private screenings, he said, pay Up to S200 to witness the filmed “SEVERAL WEEKS ago they supposedly . had a private showing in Kew York,” be said. oo . ; “{ had first heard about them from a re- porter,” Herman said. “Asa result of that initia! inouiry I sought out my sources in the = [oa THE DETROIT NEWS—Priday, October 3, With Actual Killing -pnderworld, sources who have proven to bs ai”. 0 - aoe AG eee amen Asawa n er renee awe * . - |. wt — . 2 . ~ ye - we, - 5 ‘ . . ~ “ Ends on very reliable in the past. : “They said that in the end, the climax epicts the actual murder of the female,” Horman said. -- -- . -- > He indicated the films begin with an se- tress and several actors engaging in a vari- ety of sex acts. Scon, however, a knife appears, and the actress is stabbed fo death and dismembered. so, ‘The irformation I had received said they . s ‘ . .\ e "a @ , a ee . . . - + g (Fora $200 ri&et, you, can. see sex — and real murce NEW YORK — (UPI) — Each viewer plunks - down two hundred bucks, someone cuts the lights and the projector begins to whir. It obviously isn't an ordinary pornographic movie. The ree! spins off scenes of various sex acts between an actress and several men when, sud- detly, a knife appears and the actress is stab- _ hed to death. As the grisly film grinds on, the “sctors” continue hacking at the dead woman's body until she is dismembered. But they're not acting and the violent murder, © _ onthe screen is real. The movie is one of an undetermined cumber “Fr - ~~. ~ Seed rn « - Ge 197S a likely would go withoct punishment, Hermay were probably shot in Latin America. Ar-, gentina was the word I got, Horman said. “We came closest in Miarui, this was ’ where we actually pinpointed them as re- cently as seven days ago,” the detective “IT’S SUCH a secret operation, these things are well guarded,” he said. In Miami, he said, “J had a source who had access to it,” but “epparently the FBI is putting quite on, a bit of pressure on in southern Florida and - [ that killed it.” - In Washington, an FBI spokesman said the. agency was awére of allegations the movies may be in the United States. “We're jpvestizating to determine if they added. - * (A spokesman x - ¢ i 5 of socalled “slasher” films being circul. ved le | private screenings, pole said, i \" “The thing that is really astonishing is the | there is a market (for such filrns),” said Detec y tive Joseph Horman af the New York City police department's organized crime bureau. : “That's the sickening part of it,” he continued. “That's almost as astonishing 2s tr fact that somebody would actually comme a murder for the purpose of mak:ng a film.” Horman said underworld sources have b him that at Jeast eight of the “souff” films — probably produced in Argentina — are bay:> circulated and vicwers at the private show (Concluded on Page 4A) A $200 ticket buy sex — real murde, +g Geatimmed from Pa +> Oe “pays as much as $200 to view the filmed killing. . The victims are unwitting actresses, Horm for the Detroit Police Depart ment's vice section said there have been no f ports of such filns being shown in this area’ - Horman said he hos received information the sex-murder falms have been purchased) persons ip Miami and New York. The FBI; Washington confirmed that the movies May” in the United States. . A Hollywood sex film producer report purchased a script for a snuff” film, Horm Horman said he has received dozens of ts conceming the films, which he said cost $1,503, rint. : t P Persons showir. . such movies onuld only bY prosecuted under obscemry laws, according Horman. However, Ure FBI 1 cution might be possib‘e for transporung Pporne < graphic materials 2cross statelines.- . -. Bur those resporsibie for the mardez itself “It happened in another jurisdicton and prov | ing it would be very difficult," besaid. - ,-! 4 i | 'e “ -