Horror film banned by BBFC

20 Aug 2009

A Japanese horror film entitled Grotesque has been refused an 18 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification. BBFC director David Cooke said that he and other colleagues had made the decision as “the chief pleasure of the film seemed to be the spectacle of sadism for its own sake.” The last film that the BBFC turned down for an 18 certificate was 2004’s Murder Set Pieces. Read more here

Talk about this story

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Digg
  • LinkedIn
  • Blogger
  • StumbleUpon
  • Email
  • RSS

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

«  •  »

  1. Andy Hughes

    July 26, 2010 at 19:45

    Congratulations, BBFC; you’ve just increased piracy. If it means I have to break the law to watch this film, so be it.

    You do not decide what I can and can’t watch.

One Response to “Horror film banned by BBFC”