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The list of films formally rejected by the BBFC for cinema release from January 1975

Many films have been resubmitted and have then received a certificate.
These are listed on Banned No Longer page or in the Video Hits pages


Film Title Notes Availability
The Awakening of Emily Rejected in 1983. It is presumably not the mild Koo Stark film as that is readily available. My only other suggestion is a 1976 hardcore film by Michael Morrison. The distributor was Ann Summers. Banned in UK
Bamboo House Dolls
aka
  • Nu ji zhong ying
  • Bamboo House of Dolls
1974 Hong Kong film by Chin Hung Kuei (New Realm). Rejected in 1975

An escape attempt in a Japanese women's POW camp.

Banned in UK
Bijoux de Famille Rejected in 1975 Banned in UK
The Black Alley Cats 1973 US action film by Henning Schellerup

Rejected in 1984

Banned in UK

Black Alley Cats DVD

Coming of Seymour Rejected in 1976 Banned in UK
Deported Women
aka
  • Deported Women of the SS Special Section
  • SS Girls
1977 Italian film by Rino Silvestro

Rejected in 1977.

A classic of Nazi filth & degradation according to one enthusiastic website. A particularly inventive scene involves a prisoner who knowing that she is going to be raped inserts a razor blade in her vagina. The commandant inevitably gets to suffer from a cleft shaft!

Banned in UK

Available on video from the US

Depraved Rejected in 1976 Banned in UK
Desires of a Naughty Nympho
aka
  • Jack 'n' Jill, Part 2
1984 US hardcore film by Chuck Vincent, rejected in 1985 Banned in UK
Dirty Mind of Young Sally Rejected in 1975 A very heavily cut version eventually found its way on to video
Escape from Hell
aka
  • Escape
  • Hellfire on Ice 2: Escape from Hell
  • Savage Island
1979 Italian film by Nicholas Beardsly & Eduardo Mulargia, rejected in 1980

Warden and guards dole out the punishment in a women's prison in the jungle.

Banned in UK

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon

Escape from Hell

Exhibition 1975 French film by Jean-Francois Davy, rejected in 1976

This is a documentary about French porno star Claudine Beccarie, containing several staged hardcore scenes.

Banned in UK, had a GLC X certificate for a while

 

Fantasm
aka
  • Fantale
1975 Australian film by Richard Bruce (Richard Franklin), rejected in 1977

Sex comedy in which a professor (John Bluthal) delivers an illustrated lecture discussing the ten most common female sexual fantasies.

Eventually obtained a cinema certificate in 1978. The BBFC database says passed uncut at 69m. Reference sources state a 90m runtime so it seems likely that 21m were cut by the distributor

Now available on Australian DVD uncut (with OFLC cuts made at the time reinstated) from Umbrella Entertainment, on a disc with its sequel Fantasm Comes Again.

Fiebre Rejected in 1975 Banned in UK
Fight for your Life
aka
  • Bloodbath at 1313 Fury Drive
  • Getting Even
  • Held Hostage
  • I Hate Your Guts
  • Staying Alive
1977 US film by Robert A Endelson

From www.imdb.com: Disturbing Scenes

Three escaped convicts seek refuge at the home of a black minister and his family, there the family is humiliated and beaten. When his daughter is violated the family begin to embark on some vengeance.

A film which has very little to offer other than racial hatred and some rather disturbing scenes of violence.

The BBFC banned the 1981 cinema release

The 1982 uncut video release was banned in September 1984 as a video nasty and remained on the DPP list throughout the panic

Still banned in UK

The uncut region 0 DVD is available from US Amazon
The uncut region 0 DVD is available from via UK Amazon

Fight for your Life

 

Forced Entry
aka
  • Intimate Entry
Either the 1975 US film by Jim Sotos (re-released in 1984) or a 1972 US hardcore film with Harry Reems. Rejected in 1982

Review from Amazon US

Forced Entry is a sexually explicit and violent film dealing with a crazed Vietnam vet and his psychopathic tendencies to rape and kill women.

It is a prime example of early seventies adult and grindhouse films. The sex scenes are of the hardcore variety and according to the liner notes by the director, the rest of the film was created to allow for compliance with the then current obscenity laws of the country.

Forced Entry is really nothing more than a porn film masquerading as a "socially relevant" study of a war damaged individual. The low budget roots of this film are evident as there are multiple instances of things like the microphone being clearly visible. Check out the initial gas station sequence and a much more humorous hardcore segment later on where the mic slides into the frame.

The DVD print is ravaged, lines, blotches and many other imperfections throughout the whole film. This is probably the best that could be expected from this type of film but if you are looking for some sort of pristine print you will be disappointed. I would not recommend paying a premium price for this film on DVD. However, it is a film worth seeing if you are into the history of subversive film. I don't believe this disc is worth the asking price but it is worth seeing once.

Banned in UK

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Four Days of Love No ideas on this one, distributed by Atlantic Film Distributors, 60 minutes and rejected in 1977 Banned in UK
Garden of Torture Rejected in 1976 Banned in UK
The Gatekeeper's Daughter Rejected in 1975 Banned in UK
Hot Sex in Bangkok
aka
  • Heisser Sex in Bangkok
1973 Swiss sex film by Erwin C Dietrich, rejected in 1975 Banned in UK
How Sweet It Is 1974 US hardcore film with Brigitte Maier, rejected in 1982. Banned in UK
I Love You, No I Don't
aka
  • Je t'aime...moi non plus
  • I Love You No More
1975 French film by Serge Gainsbourg, rejected in 1976

Concerns a bisexual triangle involving Joe Dallesandro, Hugues Quester and Jane Birkin.

Eventually passed uncut 18 for both cinema and video under the title  Je t'aime...moi non plus
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS 1974 US film by Don Edmonds

Rejected in 1975 and 1976

Review from US Amazon: Brutal

This film takes place in a Nazi concentration camp dedicated to pseudo medical experimentation on its prisoners. Ilsa, the commandant is portrayed in ruthless fashion by the stunning Dyanne Thorne. Thorne designs and carries out the most excruciatingly painful and torturous experiments on her helpless victims for the sheer whimsy of impressing Nazi ideology and the gratification of her own views on the endurance of the female of the species. The buxom beauty and haughtiness of the barbarous Thorne perversely fixates the viewer as she doles out tortures in nonchalant and indifferent fashion.

Thorne is the essence of cruelty for cruelty's sake. Thorne is the screen's incarnation of pure evil. I can think of no other film that is as disturbing as this one. The explicit sadism portrayed in this film may or may not have actually occurred as depicted. But unthinkable sadism, torture, cruelty and debauchery did actually occur in Nazi camps.

The power of this film is that it shocks the viewer. It puts the viewer in the place of the helpless victim. And the viewer does feel helpless. The viewer gets the idea of what it may have been like to be subjugated twenty-four a day to unspeakable fears and horrors. What form of corporal suffering and humiliation for the mere amusement and pleasure of these Nazi captors is next?

This is an unbelievably difficult film to watch because the brutality depicted is extremely graphic. After viewing this film I was shocked and I had a feeling of just how brutal the Nazis actually were.

Banned in UK

The uncut region 0 DVD is available via US Amazon

Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS DVD

Innocent Girls Abroad Rejected in 1975 Banned in UK
J'ai tres Eruvie No ideas on this one, distributed by Eural Films, 76 minutes and rejected in 1977 Banned in UK
Justine and Juliette
aka
  • Justine och Juliette
  • Swedish Minx
1975 Swedish sex film by Mac Ahlberg, rejected in 1975 Banned in UK
La Jeune Fille Assassinee
aka
  • Charlotte
  • Una Vita bruciata
  • Ein Wildes Leben
1974 French film by Roger Vadim, rejected in 1975 Eventually passed with cuts
The Last House on the Left See The Last House on the Left  
Late Night Trains See Late Night Trains  
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 1989 US film by Jeff Burr, rejected in 1990.

Heavily cut to achieve a US R rating and ends up not so gory as Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

The R Rated version was passed for DVD without further BBFC cuts in 2003

Appeared on US laserdic in unrated version that appends rough takes of some of the cut material. The version reinstated material cut by the MPAA but not material originally cut by the distributors, New Line Cinema.

Les Angers Pervers Rejected in 1975 Banned in UK
Lesson at St Winifred's Rejected in 1981, unknown film but it appears to be one of a series of spanking films of which examples are also banned on video, see Head Girl at St Winifreds Banned in UK
Let Me Die a Woman 1978 US film by Doris Wishman rejected in 1980

Documentary about sex change which includes controversial footage of the operation

Banned in UK

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Let Me Die a Woman

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
aka
  • Libesbriefe einer Portugiesischen Nonne
1977 West German film by Jess Franco rejected in 1979 Passed on video in 2004 after extensive cuts
Made in Soxe Rejected in 1976 Banned in UK
Mates for Pleasure Rejected in 1975 Banned in UK
Midnight Desires 1977 US hardcore film by Amanda Barton

A clue to the reasons for the ban may lie in the synopsis: She describes herself as a naked prisoner in a windowless, doorless room from which she is finally delivered to hooded men with naked cocks in cock rings. With her head in stocks, she is whipped, fucked and humiliated.

Banned in UK
Mother's Day 1980 US film by Charles Kaufman, rejected by the BBFC in 1980

Horror comedy from Troma. A loving mother trains her sons to kidnap and torture innocent victims.

Review from Amazon US

Wow! Words can hardly express how much I love this movie! This is a true 80's horror classic, with a little bit of camp thrown in for fun! I can't say enough about this under seen little gem! For it's time and genre, the gore and killings are just fantastic. I really dig the script as well. I say that in my opinion, the acting is absolutely fantastic (contrary to other reviews).

The three actresses (Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce, Tiana Pierce) that star in this movie seem to have a great chemistry amongst themselves. Their laughing and playing comes off smoothly and they are quite convincing as old college pals. Their scenes together flow naturally throughout the film and do not come off as contrived in the slightest bit.

The brothers Ike (Holden McGuire) and Addley (Michael McCleery) are SUPERB in their roles!! They truly give off the creepiest vibe with such ease that it's hard to tell that they are acting. Lastly, Rose Ross is fantastic in her role as Momma. She can be sweet, demanding, scary, demented, and creepy without batting an eyelash. People have criticized this film for years but it is a film that really entertains the serious horror fan. I have been watching these movies for 25 years and this is definitely one in my top 5!

Banned in UK

Shown on The Horror Channel in 2005

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon

Mother's Day DVD cover

My X Wife Rejected in 1976 Banned in UK
Nazi Love Camp 27
aka
  • Living Nightmare
  • La Svastica nel Ventre
1977 Italian film by Mario Caiano, rejected in 1977

Sirpa Lane heads a Nazi brothel but she has a secret to hide, she's Jewish

Banned in UK

 

The New York Ripper
aka
  • Lo Squartatore di New York
  • Psycho Ripper
  • The Ripper
1982 Italian film by Lucio Fulci, rejected in 1984

Lucio Fulci's film was  not only banned but all prints were escorted out of the country.

Available uncut in US/Europe
  • Swedish video
  • Greek video
  • Vipco video
  • German laserdisc

There has been a recent widely available European video version on the Cosa Nostra label (Covos 1)

Passed by the BBFC in 2002 after 22s of cuts

The Opening of Misty Beethoven 1975 US film by Radley Metzger (Henri Paris), rejected in 1977.

A hardcore classic based upon Pygmalion.

Banned in UK
The Other Side of Madness Rejected in 1983

This was on Palace Video pre-VRA. It's a reconstruction
of the Manson "family" murders 'in realistic detail', to quote the sleeve. It's not very violent at all and could easily be cut today. It was rejected for largely political reasons within the BBFC. It's actually a rather good film.

Banned in UK
Pamela
aka
  • Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann
1974 US film by Radley Metzger (Henry Paris)

Rejected in 1977

Hardcore classic

Banned in UK
Psycho Girls 1986 Canadian film by Gerard Ciccoritti, rejected in 1986

Horror parody about a novelist whose dinner party is continually interrupted by psychotic women.

Banned in UK
Punishment Rejected in 1975 Banned in UK
Savage Streets 1985 film by Danny Steinmann, rejected in 1984, also initially rejected on video

Linda Blair armed with a crossbow (a forbidden weapon at the BBFC) avenges a deaf friend who was gang-raped. The leader of the rapists gets shot with the crossbow and then set ablaze.

Re-submitted on video and released with 12m:36s of cuts for an 18 certificate.
Schoolgirls for Sale Rejected in 1976 Banned in UK
Screwples 1980 US Hardcore film by Claire Dia, rejected in 1982

Probably offended due to its S&M scene with Jamie Gillis & Serena which features anal & vulva whipping.

Banned in UK
Secrets of a Nymphomaniac Film rejected in 1980 Banned in UK
Sex in a Woman's Love Camp Film rejected in 1978 Banned in UK
Sex Orgy Short film rejected in 1975 Banned in UK
Sexual Freedom in Denmark
aka
  • Dansk sexualitet
  • Sensual Freedom in Denmark
1970 US Sex education documentary by John Lamb

The cinema release was banned by the BBFC in 1972

See review from IMDb: Insightful

This movie is about the morality, education, and responsibilities pertaining to sexual freedom. Not only that, it has the most amazing child birth sequence that could and should be used as a training tool and viewed by anyone that is interested in the miracle of child birth.

This very insightful movie should be shown in school sex education programs internationally along with material already being presented in that forum, and is and all around must see for anyone deemed mature enough. It is a great introduction to various pertinent aspects in the sexual arena. It's delightful!

Banned in UK

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Sexual Freedom in Denmark DVD

Sexually Yours Rejected in 1975 Banned in UK
She Tries Every Man Rejected in 1976 Banned in UK
Story of O Part 2
aka
  • Histoire d'O: Chapitre 2
  • Histoire d'O: Numero 2
  • Historia de O, II parte
1984 French video by Eric Rochat, rejected in 1984, also rejected on video

Much softer and more light hearted than the original but was still rejected.

Banned in UK

Shown widely across Europe on broadcast TV (eg M6)

Stranger from Canton Rejected in 1976 Banned in UK
Sweet Movie 1974 Canadian/French/West German film by Dusan Makavejev.

Rejected in 1975. Was one of Stephen Murphy's last acts before resigning as chief censor

Review from IMDb

There are some films that are designed to shock, some designed to titillate, some that delight in disgusting the view. For Makavejev, shock, disgust and titillation are never the purpose, but a means to a form of psycho-liberation. Makavejev in Sweet Movie hurtles us head first into the confronting theses of Post-Freudian Wilhelm Reich. We are forced to confront our relationship to our primal beings. He literally smears our consciousness with faeces, vomit and carnality.

We cannot watch orgiastic scenes of regressive acts, a sensual striptease played out inches from the faces of young boys, Carol Laure masturbating in a pool of molten chocolate without a visceral reaction. We are forced to confront our own repressed desires and shine a light in the dark recesses of our own psyche.

Here is revolution at it's most personal, montaged together with lashings of wild humour. Allow your head to give up control and come along for the ride. Recommended to anyone who is willing to put their concept of themselves on the line a risk a flirtation with prurient madness.

See also insightful  review on DVD Times

Banned in UK

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

 

Teenage Playmates No ideas on this, distributed by Cinecenta, 83 minutes, rejected in 1977 Banned in UK
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 US horror film by Tobe Hooper, rejected in 1975 Eventually awarded an uncut 18 cinema certificate
Violated Angels
aka
  • Okasareta A Hakui
1967 Japanese film by Koji Wakamats, rejected in 1976

Rape/revenge saga.

Banned in UK
Woman's Best Friend Short film rejected in 1975 Banned in UK

 

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