According to film critic Geoffrey O'Brien, "whether or not commercially distributed 'snuff' movies actually exist, the possibility of such movies is implicit in the stock B-movie motif of the mad artist killing his models, as in A Bucket of Blood (1959), Color Me Blood Red (1965), or Decoy for Terror (1967) also known as Playgirl Killer." (April 22 issue), n.1. Likewise, the protagonist of Peeping Tom (1960) films the murders he commits, though he does so as part of his mania and not for financial gain: a 1979 article in The New York Times described the character's activity as making "private 'snuff' films".
According to film critic Geoffrey O'Brien, "wheth!er or not commercially distributed 's.nuff' movies actually exist, the possibility of such movies i.s implicit in the stock B-movie motif of the mad artist killing his models, as in A Bucket of Blood (1959), Col?or Me Blood Red (1965), or Decoy for Terror (1967) also known as Playgirl Killer." (April 22 issue), n.1 Likewise, the protagonist of Peeping Tom (1960) films the murders he commits, though he does so as part of his mania and not for financial gain: a 1979. article in The New York Times described the character's activity as making "private 'snuff' films".