Not for those with heart conditions. You might get dirty looks if you mention these films. Welcome aboard fellow traveller. Remember it's only a movie...
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The genre survived in the 21st century thanks to the direct to the DVD market, the rise video streaming services and advances in digital filmmaking lowering the costs of making movies.
There was a short return to its exploitation roots, experimenting by new filmmakers, but mostly really bad low budget movies and remakes/reboots. Though there are a few gems to be discovered.
Genre definition: "Definition: A slasher movie is characterized by a villain who is skilled at killing and uses weapons other than firearms to stalk and target a group of young individuals, resulting in a significant number of victims. This villain may be either human or formerly human."
If I missed any movie you think that should be on this list or if you find some obvious mistakes please let me know and I'll make the appropriate adjustments.
Missing on Trakt:
- Texas Vibrator Massacre (2008) (IMDB: tt1225757)
Prior to the establishment of UK state censorship implemented in the Video Recordings Act of 1984, censorship was in the realms of the courts and the Obscene Publications Act. This required the courts to apply the test of whether videos were likely to "deprave and corrupt" the viewer. The Director Of Public Prosecutions (DPP) maintained a list of those videos that were felt likely to be found obscene by the courts and hence worthwhile prosecuting.
Of course, the real drivers behind the moral panic were the UK press led by the ever obnoxious Daily Mail. Not to mention a few politicians who felt they could make a name for themselves.
Several versions of the video nasty list were published with videos added and removed over the period 1983-1985. 72 videos were listed at least for a while. Another couple of films can stake a claim via a shared name with listed films. 39 made it through to the end, and these became known as the DPP39s. These 39 titles became the most sought after collectibles.
This is a complete list of all 117 movies banned in Germany for "dissemination or depictions of violence".
Not on Trakt:
- Submissive Geishas (bondage VHS tape published in NL in the late 90s)
Last Update: 04/2024
Not confiscated anymore:
- 04/2004: Cobra (1977) *
- 01/2024: Halloween II (1981)
- 12/2023: Demon Wind (1990) *
- 08/2023: Demons (1985) *
- 03/2023: Bloody Moon (1981)
- 02/2023: Beyond the Darkness (1979) *
- 02/2023: A Bay of Blood (1971) *
- 01/2023: Night of the Zombies (1980) *
- 01/2023: Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979) *
- 01/2023: Eaten Alive! (1980) *
- 09/2022: Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) *
- 07/2022: Zombi Holocaust (1980)
- 06/2022: Tenebre (1982) *
- 04/2022: Cut-Throats Nine (1972) *
- 03/2022: I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
- 02/2022: Antropophagus (1980)
- 12/2021: Hostel: Part II (2007)
- 11/2021: Drive-in Massacre (1976) *
- 11/2021: Nightmare City (1980) *
- 09/2021: A Cat in the Bain (1990) *
- 07/2021: The Last House on the Beach (1978) *
- 07/2021: Day of the Woman (1978) *
- 03/2021: Mother's Day (1981) *
- 10/2020: Slaughterhouse (1987)
- 05/2020: Dead Next Door (1989)
- 02/2020: Night of the Living Dead (1991)
- 02/2020: Maniac (2012)
- 08/2019: Maniac (1980)
- 01/2019: Dawn of The Dead (1978)
- 02/2018: Contraband (1980)
- 10/2017: The Last House on the Left (1972)
- 06/2017: Phantasm (1979)
- 01/2017: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
- 08/2016: The Evil Dead (1981)
- 07/2016: Mark of the Devil (1970)
- 06/2016: Friday the 13th Part III (1982) *
- 05/2016: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
- 01/2014: The Horde (2009)
- 10/2013: Battle Royale (2000)
- 01/2013: Saw 3D: The Final Chapter (2010)
- 09/2011: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
* removed from index. Therefore re-releases are possible but previous releases remain confiscated because of legal technicalities.
Source: http://www.schnittberichte.com/svds.php?Page=Beschlagnahmen&Kat=Filme
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Rape and revenge films (aka rape/revenge, rape-revenge) are a subgenre of exploitation film that was particularly popular in the 1970s. Rape/revenge movies generally follow the same three act structure: a woman is raped/gang raped, tortured, and left for dead; the woman survives and rehabilitates herself, and the woman takes revenge and kills her rapist(s).
In some cases, the woman is killed at the end of the first act, and the "revenge" is carried out by her family, as in The Virgin Spring, I Saw the Devil, and the original The Last House on the Left, which was inspired by the former movie. The Virgin Spring is particularly notable as being arguably the first in the genre as well as being directed by Ingmar Bergman.
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