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1992 horror by Dennis Dimster reappears with an uncut 15 rating after previously being banned by the BBFC during the Jamie Bulger moral panic
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Mikey is a 1992 USA horror thriller by Dennis Dimster (as Dennis Dimster-Denk).
Starring Brian Bonsall and Josie Bissett and Ashley Laurence.
The film was withdrawn from cinema release in 1993 when caught up in the Jamie Bulger controversy. It was then banned by the BBFC from 1996 VHS release. The film was rated BBFC 15 uncut when resubmitted for Blu-rayn in 2025. Uncut
and MPAA R rated in the US. Summary Notes A strong thriller directed by Dennis Dimster-Denk. Brain Bonsall is extraordinary good as the young smart psycho.
The film received some controversy, because of Mikey's age in the film, when it's came out in the Spring of 1992. Versions
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Ireland | UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail, threat:
- 2025 Treasured Films Blu-ray (rated 21/03/2025)
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
However the certificate was withdrawn in the fallout of the James Bulger killing. See article from en.wikipedia.org , (thanks to Jonathan)
The film was withdrawn from release in the United Kingdom following the James Bulger murder in Liverpool in 1993. It had been classified with an 18 certificate for cinema in November 1992, but head censor James Ferman
demanded the certificate be returned.
The BBFC cinema certificate is no longer in the BBFC database.
UK: Available on Amazon Prime Note that BBFC bans do not apply to online video.
However BBFC bans do apply to TV broadcasts although TV companies can get the nod from the BBFC that if a film were to be submitted it would no longer be banned.
US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
Germany: Uncut for:
Spain: The Spanish release is uncut for:
Ireland: Available on Irish video with the boast that it is banned in the UK | 
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- 1996 Video Programme VHS (rated 20/12/1996)
UK: Banned by the BBFC in 1996 (in the fallout from the James Bulger killing) for:
The BBFC explained their ban:
- A 9 year old boy kills his foster family one by one, including the realistic drowning of his 3 year old sister. It was argued that this was a fantasy horror film and not to be taken literally, but three distinguished child
psychiatrists advised us that the video was sufficiently realistic to have a dangerous impact on a significant proportion of vulnerable children.
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
However the certificate was withdrawn in the fallout of the James Bulger killing. See article from en.wikipedia.org , (thanks to Jonathan)
The film was withdrawn from release in the United Kingdom following the James Bulger murder in Liverpool in 1993. It had been classified with an 18 certificate for cinema in November 1992, but head censor James Ferman
demanded the certificate be returned.
The BBFC cinema certificate is no longer in the BBFC database.
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2005 Italy horror by Alessandro Capone, Pablo Dammicco, Volfango De Biasi, recently banned by the BBFC, set for US Blu-ray release on 10th June 2025
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| 10th March 2025
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Reality Killers is a 2005 Italy horror by Alessandro Capone, Pablo Dammicco, Volfango De Biasi
Starring Valter D'Errico and Cristina Puccinelli
Banned by the BBFC for 2024 video. The US release is uncut and MPA Unrated. Summary Notes We follow perverse serial killer 'The Sculptor' as he parades the viewer through
his extensive collection of snuff videotapes. What follows is a series of candid vignettes of horrific intensity which will test the nerves of even the most hardened of horror fans.
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- 2024 Treasured Films Limited Edition R0 Blu-ray
The BBFC commented: Reality Killers is a horror film in which a man obsessed with violent snuff videos, featuring people being abused, tortured and killed, goes on to commit his own similar crimes.
Reality Killers consists of a series of short vignettes in which people, including women and children, are killed. In some cases, acts of sadistic violence follow or involve sexual behaviour and nudity. The protagonist acts as a
narrator, relishing in the violence and endorsing the actions of the killers. Women, in particular, are portrayed as either sexual objects to be abused or as predatory killers themselves. Potentially harmful attitudes, such as the suggestion that victims
and perpetrators enjoy violence, and that women are presented primarily as sex objects or predatory killers, are not clearly challenged, nor is there a narrative counterbalance to the sustained focus on sadism. As a last resort,
the BBFC may find content unsuitable for classification, in line with the objective of preventing non-trivial harm risks to potential viewers and, through their behaviour, to society. In our Classification Guidelines we state that this may occur where a
central concept is unacceptable, such as a sustained focus on rape, other non-consensual sexually violent behaviour or sadistic violence. The guidelines also state that we consider whether the availability of the material to the age group concerned would
run contrary to broad public opinion. The BBFC considered whether the film's issues could be adequately addressed through intervention such as cuts. As Reality Killers consists almost entirely of scenes of sadistic violence and
abuse, we determined that cuts would not effectively address these issues. The film, when taken as a whole, transgresses BBFC Classification Guidelines and policy, and we believe that its classification even at 18 would run contrary to broad public
opinion. The BBFC therefore found Reality Killers to be unsuitable for classification. :
Mike Comments Reality Killers has been made available in the UK via import from the US. I got mine
today and watched it, so here are a few comments: Most importantly, this is the tamest film the BBFC have rejected in a very long time. I'm struggling to remember a single shot which, on the face of it, would breach BBFC
guidelines. Quite a lot of characters get killed but none of them in an especially gruesome way, and the special effects aren't up to much so it's hard to take seriously. The BBFC rejection statement mentions child killings, but there's only one and it's
totally non-sexualised and non-sadistic. The killings of women have less effect than they might in that they're often shot in low light or with shaky camerawork, and usually we see the aftermath rather than the act itself. One
puzzling aspect is that several of the sexually-motivated killings are committed by women against men. The BBFC line on this has long been that such scenes don't pose a meaningful harm risk because there is no research evidence that such scenes are
harmful to viewers, even if sexualised. The last time such a scene was cut was in Neighbour (2009). So we might have expected the BBFC to go easy on those scenes at least. Not so - the rejection statement says that women are presented primarily as sex
objects or predatory killers. So even when women are committing murders the BBFC still condemns the filmmakers. Very strange. The BBFC have often had problems in the past with films which fail to include enough narrative to tie
together their scenes of sexual and non-sexual violence. Films in which we just see the killer murdering people with no wider narrative, explanation of why they kill, whether they get punished for their crimes, etc. are often viewed with suspicion. (Hate
Crime and Grotesque are good examples of that). The problem that Reality Killers has is that it's a film almost without narrative. We assumed initially that it was directed by Alessandro Capone, but it turns out that although he
did shoot one section, his role was basically as chaperone to some inexperienced young directors who were being given their first chance in the industry. So several people shot different parts of this film, and the only connection between them was that
they featured snuff killers. Hence there is no single killer who commits all the murders. In many scenes it's not even clear which of the murderers we've met so far is doing the killing. The film's producer tried to introduce an element of continuity by
filming some scenes with a fat man in a mask and interspersing them with the rest of the footage to make it look like he is the killer. But it doesn't really work, and there are just several killers none of whom we get to know. I think it's the lack of
context and narrative that was the BBFC's main problem. If you go in to this film having read that you're about to see a depraved snuff killer's home video collection and assume it must be like the August Underground Trilogy or
Murder Set Pieces, you're going to be extremely disappointed.
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The latest film to be cut by the BBFC
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| 10th March 2025
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Marching Powder is a 2025 comedy thriller by Nick Love
Starring Stephanie Leonidas, Danny Dyer and Philippe Brenninkmeyer
BBFC cuts were required for 2025 cinema and video release.
Summary Notes Middle-aged Jack, arrested for drugs, strives in 6 weeks to repair marriage, curb bullying in-law, and guide stepbrother Kenny Boy, but his efforts fail as life spirals out of
control.
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- 2025 True Brit Entertainment video (rated 28/02/2025)
- 2025 True Brit Entertainment cinema release (rated 21/02/2025)
The BBFC commented: Company was required to make a compulsory change to one scene to remove a potentially indecent image involving a child. The original version of the scene showed a child in the same shot as some
explicit material playing on a laptop behind him. Company addressed this issue by substituting the images on the laptop screen with non explicit images. Cut made in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1978. No footage was removed as the cuts
were made by digital substitution.
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violence and sexual content:
- 2025 True Brit cinema release (2025 rated 04/02/2025)
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2024 US/UK/Hungary horror mystery by Robert Eggers set for UK 4K Blu-ray release on 7th April 2025
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| 4th March 2025
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Nosferatu is a 2024 US/UK/Hungary horror mystery by Robert Eggers
Starring Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult and Bill Skarsgård
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.
Summary Notes A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
UK: The Theatrical
Version is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong horror, injury detail, violence, sex:
- 2025 Universal [Theatrical + Extended Versions] R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon
#ad released on 7th April 2025
- 2025 Universal [Theatrical + Extended Versions] R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon #ad released on 7th April 2025
- 2025 Universal
[Theatrical + Extended Versions] R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad released on 7th April 2025
Promotional Material Robert Egger's Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin and Willem Dafoe.
Special Features
- Deleted Scenes
- Nosferatu: A Modern Masterpiece
- Feature Commentary with Writer/director Robert Eggers
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