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Originally Posted by neilold
I am from the Uk and in 1984 The government, in their wisdom, devided to ban various horros and another assorted oddites (video nasties as they came to be known). Did this hasppen in the US or was it just a Uk phenomenon? It was actually a sort of good thing. Because it led to the joy of trying to track down copies of these movies in obscure flea markets and video shops. The excitement of finding something 'taboo' made the whole experience a buzz. The films themselves were secondary to this (evil dead, driller killer, zombie holocaust etc). Also i remeber the art on the video box covers were often more interesting and better than the actual fim itself. Anyway, i'm not sure if your country does this sort of thing, (isn't it something to do with the constitution?) Also the bbfc in recent years, briefly, tired to ban the human centipede 2, this reminded of the golden days of the eighties. Of course, the majority of these films have since being released over here in unedited, or cut versions.
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I takes a lot to get a movie banned over here. There are still a lot that are hard to find, but its mostly because of the scarcity of production. All of that said, everything can be found online...