Hi good film viewers

It seems to me that the films that were previously banned i.e zombie holocaust, Driller killer etc are quite silly today ( what was the fuss all about)have tried to catch up with a lot of them to me the only one which still stands up is a clockwork orange (yes brutal, however if made today would probably be worse) yet very funny.

can anyone recoend some good ones which truly deserved the notion of being BANNED ( ooh err)

Although the film 'Soldier Blue' was never a video nasty is was highly controversial on release in 1970 with it being about the massacre of the ther Red Indians by the US Cavalry in blood-drenched technicolour. It is quite violent stuff with scalpings, breast-slicings, decapitations and slow-motion Peckinpah shoot-outs but what makes to film so laughable today is it's truley embarressing misplaced quirky humour and it's quite cringeworthy 60's plea's for tolerance (the film was meant has an allegory for the Vietnam war). It may have been powerful at the time but now seems quite awfully dated in it's style can only be viewed nowadays more for an insight of some American filmmakers at the time.

I think there are lots of very controvercsial films that where on the black list for years and now looking at them there hilarios just look at the exosist it's still a good film but now I belive it to much less scary. I totaly agree with clockwork orange if made now would not be as good

If you want a few sugestions I think these films are still good now

Cannibal Holocost
The Last House On The Left
Irriversible (Great Film!!!)
Itchi The Killer (I think that's how it's spelt)
Texas Chainsaw (obvious)

They might not be banned but very much tear the line of decentcy to shreads.

P.S And there cool

I would proberbly add these two to the list also;

Straw Dogs
Perdita Durango

Salo - used to be banned, but is now available in all its uncut glory through BFI. (It's amazing what you can get away with if you call it art)

Nekromantik - Decapitation, necrophillia, body parts everywhere. A great sick film.

Aftermath - See what really goes on in the autopsy room.

Last House on Dead End Street - The original mock snuff film. The gritty realism and manic performances caused a stir at the time and had most people convinced that it was a real snuff film.

Ebola Syndrome - A restaurant worker murders his boss and his wife, grinds them into mince and sells them as burgers. When the cops get suspicious, he runs away to africa, where he encounters and rapes a woman who is infected with Ebola. Fortunatley for him, he is one of a few people who are immune to the disease and intsead becomes a carrier. So he heads back to China to spread the disease by raping women, spitting at and bleeding over people. A sick film indeed.

None of these films, with the exception of Salo, are legally available in the UK. But if you can get an import through customs or find a UK DVD-R site, they are well worth checking out, if you like (or can stand) that sort of thing.

hi thanks for that, my, an even sicker viewer than me. I must admit i have not heard of these films, are they really sick or quite silly in a gorefest low budget special effects way? ( don't get me wrong im not a disfunctional individual with psychopathic tendencies, in fact I work for local government ( say no more) just fancy watching a movie or two which scares the pants off me for a change.

Salo has no gore in it really, just a lot of torture and sexual depravity.

Nekromantik has some gore in it (the decapitation), but the main focus is on the sexual relationship between the main character, his girlfriend and the corpse he has stolen.

Aftermath is quite gory, but that's to be expected in a film about an autopsy, and what the morgue surgeons get up to with the lifeless bodies.

Last House on Dead End Street is a mixed bag. There is a fair amount of gore in it which helped to gain it the reputation it has - most of the gore stands up to todays standards - plus it is a grainy film which adds to the realism, but it's also the twisted characters which help to make it a disturbing film.

Ebola Syndrome has a decent amount of gore in it too. There is also a lot of black humour in it though.

None of these films are played for laughs though, and the gore is relevant to the experience, and not just thrown in for cheap shocks.

Some other films you might want to check out if you like sick and disturbing cinema are...

August Underground
Visitor Q
Red Room 1&2
Seketsu No Kizuna

Beware though, there is some disturbing shit going on in these films, so bear that in mind if you decide to check them out. I've known a fair few people who think they've seen it all cause they can handle stuff like The Evil Dead, Braindead and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but upon seeing some of these films, lose their lunch pretty quick.
I get lots of ominous looks nowadays when I suggest that I bring a film round on a saturday night

The funniest has to be the 1960s H.G.Lewis low budget shocker "BLOOD FEAST" should never have been on the list, inept in every dept,but hilarious as a Friday night "after the pub, with friends of the same bent of mind" sort of thing.

Second "fun" banned nastie is "MARDI GRAS MASSACRE" more low budget splatter but quite sexy in parts,especially the first female victim massaged with oil before being....thats enough of that!

"EXPOSE" the only English nasty, looks sadly dated now.

"I MISS YOU HUGS AND KISSES" why this was on the list, God knows.

im not sure if texas chainsw massacre 2 was banned but it is absolutly hysterical epsecially the bit when the sheriff (dennis hopper) finds franklins skeleton. pure cominc genius.

TCM2 wasn't released in the U.K. at the time.