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snuff film

a film that depicts murder for the express purpose of distribution and entertainment or financial exploitation
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snuff film

Summary

snuff film is a film genre[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,193 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • snuff film's instance of is recorded as film genre[3].
  • snuff film is a type of murder[4].
  • snuff film is a type of true crime[5].
  • snuff film's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fiction about snuff films[6].
  • snuff film's main subject is murder[7].
  • snuff film's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential[8].
  • snuff film's different from is recorded as Snuff[9].

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Definition and Type

snuff film's instance of is recorded as film genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include murder[4] and true crime[5].

Why It Matters

snuff film ranks in the top 2% of film_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,193 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

A Serbian Film film genre

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). snuff film. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/snuff-film
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_snuff-film_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{snuff film}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/snuff-film}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → film genre
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → murder, true crime
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007549200905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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