Which of the "Video Nasties" have you yet to see? - Page 15

Angel · #**141** 23rd April 2010, 11:31 AM

So Ferman was in favour of passing The Evil Dead uncut.

vincenzo · #**142** 23rd April 2010, 12:27 PM

Seems that way. It was also mentioned in the Dewe Mathews book that most of the examiners (including Ferman) were in 'howls of laughter' at the OTT blood and gory violence. However one (female) examiner said it "affected her physically" and felt her "bodily integrity had been attacked" (presumably by a tree).

So that was that. Snip, snip went the scissors.

Daemonia · #**143** 23rd April 2010, 02:06 PM

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Passed uncut for cinema but 17 secs were cut from the video. Would pass uncut today if resubmitted (the DVD is the cut video print).

Didn't Ferman withhold a certificate from Beyond Bedlam? Not actually rejecting it, but kind of shelving it until things calmed down a bit?

vincenzo · #**144** 23rd April 2010, 02:34 PM

He may well have done. There was an 8 month gap between the cinema and (cut) video release.

Daemonia · #**145** 24th April 2010, 12:14 AM

I'm sure that's what he did. Did the same with Reservoir Dogs, never actually rejected it, then it miraculously appeared circa 1994, some 2 years after it's release.

And here's a nugget of unsung info - I was a member of the Briittannia Video Club and in 1993 they notified me that, following the death of Jamoe Bulger, they woild no longer be supplying contentious horror titles.

Angel · #**146** 24th April 2010, 06:36 AM

The delay in classifying a number of titles inc Bad Lieutenant, Reservoir Dogs, Dirty Weekend etc on video in the mid 90's was due to the amendment contained in the Criminal and Justice Order Act 1994. The BBFC were just waiting to see how it would work out before making their decision.

Tarantino was said to be very pleased with the delay to his film as it gave the film a much longer cinema life.

gag · #**147** 24th April 2010, 08:41 AM

just reading the bit all about the video nasties hers a extract

1980’s, a time of high unemployment, race riots, economic recession and rising crime

slightly away from films ...... 30yrs on and nothing changed then

vipco · #**148** 24th April 2010, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Daemonia

I'm sure that's what he did. Did the same with Reservoir Dogs, never actually rejected it, then it miraculously appeared circa 1994, some 2 years after it's release.

And here's a nugget of unsung info - I was a member of the Briittannia Video Club and in 1993 they notified me that, following the death of Jamoe Bulger, they woild no longer be supplying contentious horror titles.

The bootlegers and market stalls made a fortune outta Reservoir Dogs as everyone seemed to want this film.
I remember seeing it on VHS at the Sunday market at every film stall I went to.
I now have it in the Ltd Ed petrol can tin box on BD.

Stephen@Cult Labs · #**149** 24th April 2010, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Daemonia

And here's a nugget of unsung info - I was a member of the Briittannia Video Club and in 1993 they notified me that, following the death of Jamoe Bulger, they woild no longer be supplying contentious horror titles.

Britannia Video Club.Now there's a blast from the past.

vincenzo · #**150** 24th April 2010, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Daemonia

I'm sure that's what he did. Did the same with Reservoir Dogs, never actually rejected it, then it miraculously appeared circa 1994, some 2 years after it's release.

Natural Born Killers also ran into problems due to the release date coinciding with the Dunblane massacre. The distributors asked the BBFC to pull the video which Ferman couldn't do (it had already been certified), so they withdrew the release themselves.

BBFC case study on Reservoir Dogs here.