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Cannibal Holocaust also faced censorship issues in other countries around the world. In 1981, video releases were not required to pass before the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC), which had power to ban films in the United Kingdom. Cannibal Holocaust was released straight-to-video there, thus
99 Women: Banned originally in 1969 under the title Ninety Nine Women. Passed in 2007 with a minute cut due to animal cruelty. [35] 1969–1993 Django: Denied classification and banned outright due to concerns over "the excessive and nauseating violence in the film & the moral tone", and was rejected after the distributor refused to make cuts.
Video nasty is a colloquial term popularised [1] by the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVALA) in the United Kingdom to refer to a number of films, typically low-budget horror or exploitation films, distributed on video cassette in the early 1980s that were criticised by the press, social commentators, and various religious organisations for their violent content.
Cannibal Holocaust: Banned due to its extremely violent content and actual on-screen killings of animals. [334] (also refused release in 2006) 1981–1988 Mad Max: Banned in 1979 because of a graphic violent death. [335] (VHS release was later approved at R18 [336]) 1986, 1995 Pink Flamingos: A home video VHS release with cuts made was rated ...
Other than graphic gore, the film contains several scenes of sexual violence and the genuine deaths of six animals onscreen and one off screen, issues which find Cannibal Holocaust in the midst of controversy to this day. It has also been claimed that Cannibal Holocaust is banned in over 50 countries, [40] although
After the American death metal band Cannibal Corpse released their debut album Eaten Back To Life in 1990, it was banned from being sold or displayed in Germany because of its graphic cover art ...
Photos of cannibals around the world: In India, exiled Aghori monks of Varanasi drink from human skulls and eat human flesh as part of their rituals to find spiritual enlightenment.
Cannibal Ferox was released uncut on video in the United Kingdom circa 1982 by Replay, but the film's transgressive imagery and scenes of real animal torture and slaughter resulted in the film promptly being banned under the Obscene Publications Act, finding itself languishing for years on the video nasties list. (In 1983, Replay issued a cut ...