Grotesque aka Gurotesuku is a Japanese Horror Movie directed by Shiraishi Koji is too grotesque for the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification). The movie which involves torture such as amputation and eye-gouging also featured sexual sadism for its own sake. It said that giving the film a rating would involve a ”risk of harm” to those viewing it.
The decision comes from the BBFC’s director David Cooke, who quote this:
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.
However I think this movie would be distribute online like hot goreng pisang. Surely people wants to see what really makes it so grotesque enough even the BBFC banned it from UK.
I haven’t seen the movie yet. For me the last really horror-gore-disturbing movie that I watched is Cannibal Holocaust (did I spell it right?). I did not even watch untill the end. It is too disturbing. Not sure whether this movie can get me to puke in front of my TV. But it is for sure if i’m going to watch it, I would not watch it with my wife. Even a white dress and long hair ghost already make her scream, not sure what happen if she watch this.
source: 1.http://www.beyondhollywood.com/japanese-horror-flick-grotesque-banned-in-uk/
2.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6053882/Japanese-horror-movie-Grotesque-banned-by-BBFC.html
movie poster from: http://nihongo-dekimasu.blogspot.com/2009/08/grotesque-unrated-dvd-rip-japan-horror.html
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