Considered obscene and depraved, even with its lack of nudity or blood, the film ruined Powell's otherwise good career.

Emanuelle, played by Laura Gemser, is a photographer and journalist who investigates a snuff film and gets a little too close to the truth.

This section of the book covered mondo films, a series of exploitation "shockumentaries" that presented "actual" footage of deviant sexual activities or death.

This section of the book discusses actual deaths caught on film, as presented through the media.

One of the main subjects of the section was the broadcast suicide of Pennsylvania State Senator R. Budd Dwyer.