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RE: THE HORROR OF CENSORSHIP LAWS IN THE UK

Cheers chap.... Just stuck in my bid now (it will be mine... Oh yes... It will be mine!!!)

THE HORROR OF CENSORSHIP LAWS IN THE UK

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Well I hope that someone somewhere will be able to help me!
First let me say that with the ever-increasing DVD buyers it was to become inevitable that the masses of DVD shoppers would turn to Region 1 DVD, especially for the Genre of HORROR. The governing body here (BBFC, Yawn! Yawn!) Still have a large say on what we see while in the US the MPAA seem more liberal but there is also a category that exists called `UNRATTED`. We Horror fans in the UK where getting a little p***ed off seeing really dodgy, bad quality pirate videotapes of such movies like, Cannibal Ferox, The New York Ripper and Zombie to name just a few! In the last couple of years the BBFC have started to release a few of those badly labelled ` Video Nasties!`of the late seventies and early eighties. Some of these films are being labelled uncut, when in actual fact they where originally cut for cinema and this is the cut that stands on the video release. Yes, the James Bulger case was horrific...! Yes, Michael Ryan going loony tunes in Hungerford was horrific...! Yes that guy back in the 70`s who said that he was possessed by the devil was deemed to have been pushed over the edge by watching the Exorcist 20 or 21 times too many then he should have. But I know who is too blame and it sure isn`t the movies! Why do the BBFC exist? Who are these people that govern the rules over what we are allowed and not allowed to see? Is their time up? I would love for that to be true but I know that is not going to happen, we will just have to live with it for now!
Back to my main point... DVD has made access to these movies easier. For instance I now have Cannibal Holocaust (in my opinion far better that Cannibal Ferox), The full uncut EVIL DEAD, the full uncut HENRY. PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, The classic eighties horror pic, MANIAC, still deemed too evil by the BBFC to even govern a cut version!
But how do companies such as http://www.dc-dvd.com do it? How do they get around the rules and laws laid down by the UK? Customs seize more and more DVD`s everyday, (check out the website http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk,) they include horror, porn and even stopped a film of mine about 9 months ago. I have just received this DVD after a 9-month mini battle with them. The DVD did not fall into either the PORN or HORROR genre but it was thought to have been a PORNOGRAPHIC Film none the less. The Movie was the comedy, BOTTLE ROCKET! A COMEDY OF SUPERIOR INTELIGENCE, WIT AND ORIGINALITY. Don`t ask me why customs thought it was pornography!
So when I hear from people saying that the reason that these companies get away with selling banned and uncut movies in the UK is simple because UK CUSTOMS do not care, THAT`S BULLsweet! The laws are growing tighter every month!
I want to open up a discussion here of what people think on the issues of CENSORSHIP, the BBFC, and also on HORROR FILMS that you would love to see released on region 2 uncut. Your fav horror flicks, the scariest, the nastiest and the grossest. Also mention any sites that operate from the UK and sell these sort of uncut films. I only know of DC-DVD they are a little expensive! But they do offer a great service.
COME ON FILM FANS LETS ALL STICK TOGETHER AND KICK ASS ON THE LAWS THAT ARE KILLING OUR INDEPENDENCE. WE MUST FIGHT THEM IN THE AIR AND ON THE BEACHES!

Thanks for listening,

Wicker Man
UK

PS.... After my very long ranting and raving, please someone tell me where I can find the WES CRAVEN HORROR... LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT! DC-DVD Do not stock it and I have already had one copy confiscated by you know who!