*TRIGGER WARNINGS: Discussion of rape scenes* Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs has been described as a “Cornish Western” and examines violence and toxic masculinity, taking those Wild West tropes to the… Read More »Banned in the UK: Straw Dogs
The film was initially banned in 1965 by the BBFC, but a heavily edited version was allowed an X certificate in 1968. However, since the VHS release in 1994, all… Read More »Banned in the UK: Onibaba
Based on a short story by Nikolai Gogol, Mario Bava’s 1960 film, The Mask of Satan, was banned for almost a decade due to its violent content. After being banned… Read More »Banned in the UK: The Mask of Satan
I am a child of the 80s, and one of my strongest horror memories is the “Video Nasty” witch hunt of horror, featuring Mary Whitehouse as The Witchfinder General. As… Read More »Banned In The UK: Freaks