Yeah, I was surprised this passed uncut too - particularly the urination scene.

Probably due to it being 'art', I guess! ;)

Caligula was passed uncut because it didn't contain anything that was in breach of current UK laws.

Fight for Your Life - 7/10

The Ghastly Ones aka Blood Rites - 4/10

It's Alive Trilogy - 9/10

Planet Terror - 9/10

Death Curse of Tartu - 0/10

Man Called Magnum - 7/10

Love Camp 7 - 3/10

I Spit on Your Grave doesn't contain anything that is in breach of UK laws but that hasn't stopped the BBFC cutting three minutes from it!

That's because they're not objective, if it doesn't break any law, the only other reason can be that it offends the examiners personally and so it gets cut. In which case, they shouldn't be examining films.

It was in breach of the law commonly referred to as the VRA.

I don't see how as there is nothing in I Spit on Your Grave that is worse than in Irreversible and the BBFC didn't cut that. It seems that they apply the Video Recording Act quite indiscriminately to suit their own guidelines.

There's a huge difference between Irreversible and I Spit on your Grave as far as the BBFC and the appliance of the "harm" test is concerned. The rape in the former although extremely brutal contains no nudity. It's filmed in a single shot with the camera staying low on the ground. There are no lingering close ups. No sexual images.

Like it or not the BBFC see I Spit as a film that is merely exploiting rape against women that's the real reason why they continue to cut it, that along with the huge amount of nudity means it's going to be cut for a long time to come.

Personally I just can't see what they could cut in Irreversible. They won't cut a scene simply because it is brutal. I myself thought the scene was quite acceptable.

I asked the BBFC again the other day why I Spit was still a problem (not that I didn't know) and they explained quite clearly.

This is where I see the BBFC's approach as misguided and flawed. When you talk about harm you are talking about something psychological and triggering something that is already there. There is often more to what isn't seen and without question, the rape scene in Irreversible is very brutal and drawn out. I have my serious doubts that, if as the BBFC believe, there are people out there who are triggered by brutal sexual violence, they wouldn't be triggered by Irreversible.

Just watched mothers day
Ive heard so much about this and eventual got round to watching it
Cant decide what to think about it, its got all the right eliments for horror sleaze fans, but at same time couldnt help thinking it was a pile of crap especialy the acting by god it was terrible

TROMA is currently working on FATHERS DAY.You can watch the trailer for it online.

To be honest im not a huge fan off troma films (from the ones i have seen Combat shock deffo got to be my fav) i take a guess fathers day going it be similar to mother day

I presume that's laws relating to film as I'm pretty sure I'd be banged up forever if I masturbated over a dead man using his blood as lube then took a pee on him!

Watched Scorsese's latest, SHUTTER ISLAND.
Cracking film.:nod:

The Runaways

I expected this to be a fun waste of time but it was so much more. You could really tell that Stewart threw herself into her role and Fanning did a really good job too as always. It was a riveting story that I would now like to explore more. I can see this having excellent rewatchability.

Home Sweet Home

Not a bad film but not really a good one either. I do think that it deserves a DVD release. The whole plot of the film was pretty much nonexistent. Maybe I missed it but I had no ****ing idea why all these people were in a house together and why one of them was a freak in mime makeup. The killer was pretty insane and fun to watch. I think it is worth a watch but just don't expect Slasher gold.

Frogs

What a fun movie! I loved the hell out of it. It was a slow burn but never was it boring. I like nature gone amok movies because then the setting can really add to the atmosphere of the film. My one gripe with the film was it felt like it ended before they were ready for it to. I highly recommend this.

Yes it's laws relating to film. Seeing as the actor in question was only playing dead and urinating on somebody is not prohibited by law the scene was passed. To be honest though I thought they would probably have cut the scene due to obscenity laws but no it was given the all clear.

Saw Burning Bright last night.

It was a interesting idea for a movie and the director did pull it off in the end but there were quite a few weaknesses in the movie. As far as I could tell most of the tiger scenes were using a real tiger which I was pleased about. Acting was good especially the little kid who was meant to be autistic. Overall it was good but not great, if you wanna waste 90 mins then you should watch it :) Should at least keep u entertained.

I had a bit of a marathon yesterday, watching the commentary on Elvis which is quite informative, The Road which is hardly a bundle of laughs but a good adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's brilliant book than I finished off season one of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles before finishing off with a Charlie Chaplin doublebill of The Gold Rush and Modern Times which are both great movies and look absolutely brilliant in high definition.

Naked Blood - Gruesome Japanese horror with some excellent gore fx including the most horrific piece of eyeball violence ever!. I hate anything to do with eyes and almost threw up. Recommended! :D

That's a favourite of mine. It's a really effective film and yeah, the gore scenes are a cut above most.

I watched 2019: The Fall of New York last night and loved every cheesy second. I'd love Shamless to follow on from the Bronx Warriors set and put out stuff from the this brilliant subgenre.

Over the past week, I managed to watch these films:

- Flesh Eater (cheesy to the max)
- Stomp! Shout! Scream! (rubbish)
- Zombies Of War (pretty bad)
- Killer Crocodile (awesome fun)
- Zombie Girl: The Movie (really good!)
- Friday The 13th (classic)

The Gingerdead Man

I was a bit underwhelmed but overall I liked it. Gary Busey is just more fun to watch as he gets older and crazier. You could really tell all the actors were having a ball making it. It was a fun waste of 70 minutes. I look forward to the sequel.

The remake?

:pound:

Maybe not, eh?

Never ever, ever, ever, ever. Ever ever ever. Ever.

EVER!

Ever.

The remake was dreadful, IMO opinion of course.

ditto!
it was terrible.
Nightmare remake was better then F13 remake. :shocked:

Oh yeah, easily. I quite enjoyed the NOS remake.

Im not quite sure I enjoyed NOES remake.
I liked the nightmare sequences but just could not get into it cause of no Robert England.

I think the original is dreadful!:behindsofa:

I haven't seen the remake.

Until reading the above posts I'd completely forgotten (suppressed?) that I both own and have seen the Friday remake...

:lol:

thats bad..really bad :shocked:

The Friday the 13th remake wasn't actually a remake of Friday the 13th. It was actually a remake of the Texas Chainsaw Masacre remake which was directed by the same music promo hack. It's nearly the same film, they just swopped the masks. Terrible.

I actually dont like the original F13th too much myself. I think the sequels (upto part 4) are better. As the franchise progressed I think the films got better upto this point.

I liked the original but it is for me separate from the rest of the series. The remake I too think is more like the Texas chainsaw Massacre. Don't get me wrong; I'm glad I've seen it, so I know never to watch it again:)

I also feel that the original Friday the 13th film is different from the first few sequels -- I quite like the second in the franchise, before Jason found the hockey mask -- but absolutely hated the remake as it felt like the director went through went through the films, picking the best kills and shoehorning them into a badly written screenplay.

I can't stand the recent spate of remakes from Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes company, loathed the utterly abysmal Texas Chain Saw Massacre updating and even the two recent Halloween films. I've yet to see the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street but will do, with rock bottom expectations as the original was a masterpiece of 1980s horror.

watched The Gauntlet for the first time last night, cracking film inf you ask me...

Yeah the Platinum Dunes ones are so cynical. The Amytiville Horror isn't worth mentioning.

One recent remake that I actually had a good time watching was the My Bloody Valentine one. That was pretty fun and alot better than the others mentioned.

Oh totally, i really enjoyed the MBV remake, there are some good remakes such as Dawn, The Crazies, Last House and the amityville remake wasn't all bad..

Just watched Brainscan yesterday, not seen it in years , but when I was about 14/15 I seen it a fair few times.
Cheesy yes but I do love it :)

Tonight me and the missus watching Afterlife Bluray, thoughts to follow....!

I've just finished a quadruple header of:
Bloody Sunday, Paul's Greengrass' brilliant docudrama about the infamous shooting of unarmed civilians by British soldiers in 1972
Open Your Eyes, Alejandro Amenábar's fascinating thriller/mystery that was remade as Vanilla Sky
7 Days which was quite interesting as a debate on the whole vengeance/justice debate and wasn't quite as gory or gruesome as I was expecting
The Final which is basically Revenge of the Nerds but with sadistic violence!

just finished watching a spanish film called Paintball, it was pretty cool, it was basically a variation on Most Dangerous Game with a bit Severance thrown in. Some of the shots were awesome as they were long single takes, the kills were shown through thermal vision goggles which gave the film a unique twist, a bit like predator. it was great fun defo worth a look.

"The Body Beneath"

Blimey, this Andy Milligan film shot in London looks like it has a budget beyond the normal £2, say perhaps £2.50. The plot involves a family of vampires looking to stop the blood line dying out by kidnapping non vampire members of the family for a breeding programme. Pretty hokey stuff. However amongst all the over acting, under acting and what can only be described as acting in the void, it has a charm all of its own. The last 20 minutes are fantastic as the vampires gather together in the most outlandish costumes that years later would not seem out of place in a new romantic club. Of course, that's when you can see anything as the camera lens is so heavily smeared with Vaseline during these scenes, it's hard to tell what the hell is going on.

At times Milligan graces the screen with some genuine images of gothic decay, such as the three green faced vampire women in red, green and blue dresses walking through graveyards and gardens in winter.

Out of the 4 Milligan films I've seen, this is by far the most viewer friendly and a good entrance point into this unique film makers' world.