The british board of film classification have refused to give the new Japanese horror flick “Grotesque” an 18 which now means it will be banned from our cinemas. According to the Daily Mail Newspaper said the reason behind this was also the fact that they felt the movie would “do harm to viewers” and had “sexual sadism fir its own sake”.
The board said the majority of the film focused on the assault, humiliation and torture of two victims. The main character takes them prisoner abducts, restrains, strips and sexually assaults them before inflicting horrific injuries until they die. This is what they had to say on the matter.
Mr Cooke said: ”Unlike other recent ‘torture’-themed horror works, such as the Saw and Hostel series, Grotesque features minimal narrative or character development and presents the audience with little more than an unrelenting and escalating scenario of humiliation, brutality and sadism. The chief pleasure on offer seems to be in the spectacle of sadism (including sexual sadism) for its own sake.
”Rejecting a work outright is a serious matter and the board considered whether the issue could be dealt with through cuts. However, given the unacceptable content featured throughout cutting the work is not a viable option in this case and the work is therefore refused a classification.”
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