It nver got a UK VHS release (either did any of the Ilsa moves but they 2 of them got banned from the cinema).

Yeah, that doesn't surprise me. These films are very hard to come by in the US, though I don't think they've been banned.

a couple of modern video nasties

a serbian film
august underground

some old ones

the burning moon
guiniea pig movies
schramm
baise moi

i found most of the movies they banned from the video nasties list were crap movies, there were a few good movies but back then they were just getting movies banned left right and centre, when most of them wernt even that bad.

Quite fond of Teruo Ishii's stuff. Such vivid imagery and cinematography.

I have the 3 Ilsa films on American DVD (Tigress didn't get a release there).

Do films get banned in the States now? How does it work?

I know the MPAA can refuse a cert but the film can still be released unrated (I know this will affect its profits as many cinemas wouldn't show unrated films and some stores don't carry them either).

I'm honestly not sure (maybe Neverending knows the process). I haven't heard of a film being banned outright, but there are struggles sometimes. Eyes Wide Shut took the longest time to get released without the hooded figures standing in front of the orgy activities.

Stuff like that usually happens as the distributors try to wrangle outta a NC17.

I don't think so. Like you said they just get refused certificate and get an unrated release or slapped with NC-17. But this may essentially ban it because the distributors may not won't to put the money into releasing it.

A lot of this kinda stuff is harder to get because the smaller companies end up releasing it in limited quantities and often just do one run.

Ishii's great. I would definitely recommend two other of his films: Horrors of Malformed Men and The Tattooed Swordswoman (aka Blind Woman's Curse). Both really vibrantly imaginative, grotesque and surreal, with great colors and visuals. They're also really funny, in a dark, absurd way. Really great stuff.

Ishii's great. I would definitely recommend two other of his films: Horrors of Malformed Men and The Tattooed Swordswoman (aka Blind Woman's Curse). Both really vibrantly imaginative, grotesque and surreal, with great colors and visuals. They're also really funny, in a dark, absurd way. Really great stuff.