Has there ever been a film thats been that violent that they have refused to show it in cinemas?

Answer 1

the exorsist was banned for a long time.

Answer 2

The film 'Salo 120 Days of Sodom' by the Italian Director Passolini which has a lot of sexual violence was banned in Britain in the mid 1970s. Stanley Kubrick's 'Clockwork Orange' based on the novel by Anthony Burgess depicting a Britain of the future where young men embarked on sprees of anarchic violence - how accurate his forecast was, received a national 'X' certificate in 1971, but was subsequently banned by many local authorities all over Britain. Many other films have been refused certificates because of their violent scenes, but after re-editing finally received one. The 1970s seems to have been the banning decade. In 1971 Peter Watkins' film 'Punishment Park' a drama documentary that depicted Britain following a nuclear attack, was banned; the film that had no violent scenes but merely attempted to be realistic was presumably believed by government to be a too real depiction of what they believed was going to occur; this film was finally shown on television some 20 years later.!

Answer 3

Yes. For example, the first version of the movie Braveheart was re-edited because during the pre-screening, the critics were reportedly vomiting from all of the gore. Most film producers pre-screen their films so that they have time to go back and make changes before the film is released nationally.

Answer 4

"irreversible" was not even allowed to be released here on dvd due to two scenes, a rape and a murder which were deemed too graphic and violent and the film appeared to encourage the actions portrayed.
the exorcist original film was banned for a long time for the sexual act with a crucifix by a child
and the original evil dead was banned because a woman was rapped by a tree !

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Natural Born Killers

Answer 7

I don't know about movies. I guess if the Saw and Hostel series can be shown, then anything goes.

I know there was a video game called "Thrill Kill" that was suppossedly so incredibly violent, that the publishing studio was purchased by EA and the game was killed.

Sucks huh, but have you ever played "Manhunt?"

Answer 8

Stanley Kubrick withdrew his own film, A Clockwork Orange because it was so violent.

Answer 9

Only one i can think of is A CLOCKWORK ORANGE saw it in Manchester in 1973 dont know if it was taken off screen before or after. I found it rather disturbing at that time!

Answer 10

'A Clockwork Orange' by Stanley Kubrick was refused a classification because of the violence it portrayed ..... Kubrick refused to make any cuts to it so it was not released (certainly in the UK) - he didn't actually withdraw the film.

Answer 11

Theaters were concerned about Colors a movie about street gangs but I'm not sure if any of them banned it.