Desperate Video: Film Censors, Rare VHS And Alcohol-Free Beer
Our weekly round-up of our video posts includes rare VHS, banned movies, video nasties, cult cinema classics and alcohol-free beer.
Tag: banned films
Welcome To The House Of Pain – Exploring The Island of Lost Souls
Looking back at one of the most brilliantly subversive horror films of the 1930s.
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No Easter Fun In Germany: The Banned Films And Public Pleasures Of Silent Holidays
Almost 700 films – and other pleasures – are outlawed for public consumption in Germany at Easter and other religious holidays. Here’s the full list of the forbidden fruit.
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Strictly Censorship: The BBFC Gets A New President
Newsreader and Strictly Come Dancing winner Natasha Kaplinsky is now in charge of the organisation that decides which films you are allowed to see.
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Censorship’s Lack Of Appeal
The British video censorship appeals process has always been set up to be as difficult and costly as possible – and new ‘simplifications’ do little to change that.
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A Symphony Of Horror – Nosferatu Revisited
In its centenary year, we take a critical look back at the first Dracula film and the movie that kickstarted gothic horror as we know it.
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Cronenberg Is Crashed Out Of Cinemas Again
David Cronenberg’s unsettling adaptation of the J.G. Ballard novel is once again too dangerous for public showings.
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The BBFC Returns To A World Of Secrecy
The British censorship board’s website has gone from being a valuable resource to an empty vanity project that covers up their history.
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