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Old 21st March 2014, 10:15 AM
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I saw a link to that on Facebook and felt like contacting Tesco to complain that I couldn't buy The Hospital in my local store or on their website.
You know that isn't a half bad idea. I might just do that when I get home
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Surely if one person complains about the film then two of us can reverse the decision by complaining about it getting pulled!
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Old 21st March 2014, 10:21 AM
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Surely if one person complains about the film then two of us can reverse the decision by complaining about it getting pulled!
That's what I thought.
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Old 21st March 2014, 10:23 AM
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Bad news guys. Typical big-headed Mary Whitehouse wannabe thinking he has the right to dictate what we can and can't watch.



Besides if anything it just makes me want to view The Hospital (which I had never heard of) more. Censorship ****s up again and has the complete opposite effect it was intending!



Tesco remove DVD nasty The Hospital from shelves after Citizen intervention | Gloucester Citizen

Oh bloody hell! Yeah, all that will do is make people get it. And I bet it's tamer than a lot of stuff out there. Just a rag drumming up a story for themselves.
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Old 21st March 2014, 10:23 AM
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I saw a link to that on Facebook and felt like contacting Tesco to complain that I couldn't buy The Hospital in my local store or on their website.
I got my copy from Morrisons its a crap film but yeah i can see i vague point of view here especially as the packaging makes absolutly no reference to what type of film your purchasing its portrayed as Ghost hunters being pursued by a pycho in a hospital typical horror style film, what it is is completly different and is more suited to specialist film outlets, i think if the packaging was more honest the superstores would not of fallen into the trap of stocking it, but honestly dont waste your money on it
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Old 21st March 2014, 10:39 AM
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I got my copy from Morrisons its a crap film but yeah i can see i vague point of view here especially as the packaging makes absolutly no reference to what type of film your purchasing its portrayed as Ghost hunters being pursued by a pycho in a hospital typical horror style film, what it is is completly different and is more suited to specialist film outlets, i think if the packaging was more honest the superstores would not of fallen into the trap of stocking it, but honestly dont waste your money on it
This is from the Melon Farmers site about this issue:

"The Hospital is a 2013 USA horror by Tommy Golden and Daniel Emery Taylor.
With Jim O'Rear, Daniel Emery Taylor and John Dugan

UK: Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for strong violence, sex and sexual violence for:

2014 Point Blank R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 3rd March 2014 (But read the reviews first, some are appalling)

Tesco censors have removed a horror film featuring strong sexual violence from sale in all stores nationwide after being alerted to the content by the Citizen, a local newspaper.

The Hospital is rated 18 by the BBFC and was on sale for £ 8 in a Gloucester Tesco store. The theme of the film was about snuff movies being filmed at the abandoned hospital. It features scenes of rape of both men and women as well as scenes of sexual torture using an electric drill.

Matt Holmes, the easily shocked and rather unobservant Content Editor of the Citizen, said:

I love horror films and I am not easily shocked... BUT ... I wasn't prepared for the graphic sexually violent scenes depicted in this film.

I would have no problem with the film being sold online or available for rent but I didn't expect to see it for sale in Tesco.

I was also surprised having watched it that there was nothing on the cover warning of the extreme nature of the content as you normally see on films like this.


Actually the DVD's cover describes the film as bloody, violent and creepy as hell and said it was the sickest film since Rosemary's baby. (admittedly Rosemary's baby is hardly the 'sickest' film around)

The newspaper adds that the BBFC warning does not make reference to the extreme sexually violent content of the film.

Actually the BBFC consumer advice reads: Contains strong violence, sex and sexual violence :.

A Tesco spokesperson said:

The Hospital is approved for general release and rated 18. However, on this occasion, we've made the judgement to remove it from sale. We are always pleased to listen to feedback and remain focused on offering the most popular titles to our customers."


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Old 21st March 2014, 10:51 AM
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This is from the Melon Farmers site about this issue:

"The Hospital is a 2013 USA horror by Tommy Golden and Daniel Emery Taylor.
With Jim O'Rear, Daniel Emery Taylor and John Dugan

UK: Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for strong violence, sex and sexual violence for:

2014 Point Blank R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 3rd March 2014 (But read the reviews first, some are appalling)

Tesco censors have removed a horror film featuring strong sexual violence from sale in all stores nationwide after being alerted to the content by the Citizen, a local newspaper.

The Hospital is rated 18 by the BBFC and was on sale for £ 8 in a Gloucester Tesco store. The theme of the film was about snuff movies being filmed at the abandoned hospital. It features scenes of rape of both men and women as well as scenes of sexual torture using an electric drill.

Matt Holmes, the easily shocked and rather unobservant Content Editor of the Citizen, said:

I love horror films and I am not easily shocked... BUT ... I wasn't prepared for the graphic sexually violent scenes depicted in this film.

I would have no problem with the film being sold online or available for rent but I didn't expect to see it for sale in Tesco.

I was also surprised having watched it that there was nothing on the cover warning of the extreme nature of the content as you normally see on films like this.


Actually the DVD's cover describes the film as bloody, violent and creepy as hell and said it was the sickest film since Rosemary's baby. (admittedly Rosemary's baby is hardly the 'sickest' film around)

The newspaper adds that the BBFC warning does not make reference to the extreme sexually violent content of the film.

Actually the BBFC consumer advice reads: Contains strong violence, sex and sexual violence :.

A Tesco spokesperson said:

The Hospital is approved for general release and rated 18. However, on this occasion, we've made the judgement to remove it from sale. We are always pleased to listen to feedback and remain focused on offering the most popular titles to our customers."


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to even try comparing this film to Rosemarys baby is just plain idiotic they are like chalk and cheese, like i say my concern with the packaging was with the absolute misrepresentation to the style of film, i was expecting a gory horror slasher like the artwork and description on dvd made it out to be, not a rape as many girls as we can in 80 mins film which it was. Plus ill stress again like in my review last week the film is a pile of
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This is why censorship/classification should be left in the hands of people who understand films and those who watch them, rather than politicians.
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Bad news guys. Typical big-headed Mary Whitehouse wannabe thinking he has the right to dictate what we can and can't watch.

Besides if anything it just makes me want to view The Hospital (which I had never heard of) more. Censorship ****s up again and has the complete opposite effect it was intending!

Tesco remove DVD nasty The Hospital from shelves after Citizen intervention | Gloucester Citizen
The UK Version is highly edited. It lacks 16 scenes with a total length of 17.5 minutes.

Hospital, The (Comparison: BBFC 18 - US DVD) - Movie-Censorship.com
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