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The Big Hit The Big Hit is a 2020 France film by Emmanuel Courcol
Starring Kad Merad, David Ayala and Lamine Cissokho
 There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes An actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."
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Civil: Ben Crump Civil: Ben Crump is a 2022 US film by Nadia Hallgren
Starring Benjamin Crump
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Crump's mission to raise the value of Black life as the civil lawyer for the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Black farmers and banking while Black victims, Crump
challenges America to come to terms with what it owes his clients.
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uncut
|  | UK: Passed 12A uncut with a BBFC trigger warning for infrequent strong language, references to racism, brief real violence:
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| | Love You Papa Love You Papa is a 2022 India film by Akhil Kotak
Starring Akhil Kotak, Prapti Ajwalia and Jitendra Thakkar
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Love you papa explores the timeless father-daughter bond;
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uncut
| | UK: Passed 12A uncut for sexual harassment, upsetting scenes:
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| | Television Television is a 2022 India film by Taj
Starring Mandy Takhar, Kulwinder Billa and Mohan Maggo
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Director
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uncut
| | UK: Passed 12A uncut for moderate violence, sexual assault references:
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| | Virata Parvam Virata Parvam is a 2022 Drama Film
Starring Priyamani, Sai Pallavi and Rana Daggubati
There are no censorship issues with
this film. BBFC Notes VIRATA PARVAM is a Telugu language period action drama which follows a woman's life in the backdrop of the 1990s Naxalite movement that took place in the Telangana
region.
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School In The Crosshairs School In The Crosshairs is a 1981 Japan film by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Starring Hiroko Yakushimaru, Ryôichi Takayanagi and Masami Hasegawa
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Mitamura Yuka (Hiroko Yakushimaru) is a normal shy middle school student that has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show his skills, by
stealing the student government election, Yuka and her friends vow to stop him. The election has uncovered someth...
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- 2022 Third Window Films video
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| | They Who Dare They Who Dare is a 1954 UK film by Lewis Milestone
Starring Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott and Akim Tamiroff
There are no censorship issues with this release beyond noting that the film has been U rated for years before today.
Summary Notes During World War II, British commandos are sent to destroy a Luftwaffe airfield on a Greek island.
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Hamish Steele
Starring Zach Barack, Emily Osment and Alex Brightman
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes Two teens and a talking pug team up
to battle demons at a haunted theme park and maybe even save the world from a supernatural apocalypse.
- Episode 1: The Job was passed PG for threat
- Episode 10: Into The Fire was passed PG for threat
- Episode 2: The Tunnel was passed PG for threat
- Episode 3: Trust Me was passed PG for threat
- Episode 4: Night Of The
Living Kids was passed PG for threat
- Episode 5: The Nightmare Before Christmas In July was passed PG for threat
- Episode 6: Wait Time: 22 Minutes was passed PG for threat
- Episode 7: Norma Khan: Paranormal Detective was passed PG
for threat
- Episode 8: The Pauline Phoenix Experience was passed PG for threat
- Episode 9: The Phantom Of The Theme Park was passed PG for threat
| | Luis, El Sabio Del éXito Luis, El Sabio Del éXito is a Documentary TV Show
Starring Luis Aragones
There are no censorship
issues with this film. BBFC Notes LUIS, EL SABIO DEL EXITO is a Spanish sporting documentary series; in this episode, the Spanish national football team prepare for the final stages of
the 2008 Eurocup.
- Episode 2: Luis, El Sabio Del éXito - Capítulo 2 was passed 15 for strong language
| | She She is a 2022 Thrillers, Dramas TV Show
Starring Aaditi Pohankar, Shivani Rangole and Suhita Thatte
There are no censorship issues with this film.
- Episode 1: The Test was passed 15 for injury detail, language, sexual threat, violence
- Episode 2: The Tightrope was passed 15 for injury detail, language, sexual threat, violence
- Episode 3: The Devil's Double was passed 15 for
injury detail, language, sexual threat, violence
- Episode 4: Samsara was passed 15 for injury detail, language, sexual threat, violence
- Episode 5: Karma Cola was passed 15 for injury detail, language, sexual threat, violence
- Episode 6: Dark Seduction was passed 15 for injury detail, language, sexual threat, violence
- Episode 7: The Switch was passed 15 for injury detail, language, sexual threat, violence
| | You Don't Know Me You Don't Know Me is a 2021 UK TV TV series
Starring Samuel Adewunmi, Badria Timimi and Yetunde Oduwole
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A young man stands accused of murder. The evidence is overwhelming. But at his trial, this man tells an extraordinary story.
- Episode 1: Episode 1 was passed 15 for sex, language, violence
- Episode 2: Episode 2 was passed 15 for sex, language, violence
- Episode 3: Episode 3 was passed 15 for sex, language, violence
- Episode 4: Episode 4 was passed 15
for sex, language, violence
|  VoD BBFC decisions from 15 June 2022 to 16 June 2022 | | Collision
Collision is a 2022 South Africa film by Fabien Martorell
Starring Langley Kirkwood, Tessa Jubber and Bonko Khoza
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes Freedom always comes at a price.
UK: Passed 15 uncut with a BBFC trigger warning for injury detail, nudity, sex references, language, sexual threat, discrimination theme, violence, drug misuse:
| | Five Elements Of Adventure Five Elements Of Adventure is a 2015 Documentaries Film
There are no censorship
issues with this film. UK: Passed U uncut for no material likely to offend or harm:
| | The Long Wait The Long Wait is a 1954 US film by Victor Saville
Starring Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn and Gene Evans
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes An amnesiac finally learns his true identity...as a murder suspect. And he doesn't even know whether he is guilty...
UK: Passed PG uncut for mild
violence, threat:
| | Longboarding La To Ny Longboarding La To Ny is a 2016 Documentaries Film
Starring David Rock, Sarah Rini and Oliver Spain
There are no censorship issues
with this film. UK: Passed 12 uncut for language:
| | The Martha Mitchell Effect The Martha Mitchell Effect is a 2022 Documentaries Film
There are no censorship
issues with this film. UK: Passed PG uncut for language, threat, violence:
| | Nausicaa Nausicaa is a 2018 Documentaries Film
Starring Lex Weinstein, Ale Ponzanelli and Andy Nieblas
There are no censorship issues with this
film. UK: Passed U uncut for no material likely to offend or harm:
| | Ocean Therapy Ocean Therapy is a 2016 Documentaries Film
Starring James Taylor, John G. Cressey and Hans Hansen
There are no censorship issues with
this film. UK: Passed 15 uncut with a BBFC trigger warning for suicide:
| | Pacerville Pacerville is a 2022 US film by Nick Leisure
Starring Brian Austin Green, Makena Taylor and Acoryé White
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes During the pandemic, a burned out teacher on the verge of a breakdown overhears his students making fun of him in a zoom class and vows revenge.
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong bloody violence, threat, very strong language:
- 2022 Vertical Entertainment video
| | Snoop Dogg's F*cn Around Comedy Special Snoop Dogg's F*cn Around Comedy Special is a 2022 US film
Starring Snoop Dogg, Guy Torry and Mike Epps
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Snoop Dogg hosts a night of music and stand-up as he welcomes his friends -- including legendary comedians Katt Williams and Mike Epps -- to the stage.
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Passed 15 uncut for sex references, language:
| | Spiderhead Spiderhead is a 2022 US action thriller by Joseph Kosinski
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett
There are no censorship issues with this release
In the US: Rated R for violent content, language and sexual content. Summary Notes This is set in the near future, when convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects
in hopes of shortening their sentences. When one prisoner finds himself the test patient for a new pharmaceutical capable of generating feelings of love, he begins questioning the reality of his emotions and sets out to discover the truth.
UK: Passed 15 uncut with a BBFC trigger warning for injury detail, sex, suicide, language, threat, violence:
| | Summer In The Shade Summer In The Shade is a 2020 UK film by Alice Millar
Starring Niamh Walter, Nyobi Hendry and Rebecca Palmer
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Summer, 1997. A holiday to Cornwall forces troubled 13-year-old Grace to confront her demons.
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong threat:
- 2022 Central City Media Ltd video
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1989 UK / France / Hungary / USA horror thriller by Gérard Kikoïne, once cut in the US and UK, just released on UK Blu-ray
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Edge of Sanity is a 1989 UK / France / Hungary / USA horror thriller by Gérard Kikoïne.
Starring Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber and Sarah Maur Thorp.
 
Cut for 18 rated cinema and VHS releases in 1989. Uncut and 18 rated since 2004 DVD. Cut for a US MPAA R rating but the the Unrated Version is uncut. UK: Passed 18 over uncut for strong bloody violence, injury
detail, sex, drug misuse:
- 2022 Arrow Video Special Edition (RAB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released
on 20th June 2022
Promotional Material Anthony Perkins builds upon his legendary status as cinema's seminal psycho in Edge of Sanity, a delirious conflation of Robert Louis Stephenson's classic horror novella 'Strange Case
of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' and Jack the Ripper's real-life reign of terror over Victorian London. When his experiments into a powerful new anaesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr Jekyll (Perkins) takes off into the night, casting aside the
shackles of upper-class propriety as he disappears into the shadowy decadent demimonde of Whitechapel in pursuit of sensual pleasures under the guise of 'Mr Hyde'. As his wife Elisabeth (Glynis Barber) passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating
the district's fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds. Produced by exploitation maestro Harry Alan Towers (The Face of Fu Manchu, Count Dracula) and directed with a hallucinogenic intensity by
Gérard Kikoïne (Lady Libertine, Buried Alive), Edge of Sanity plunges the viewer into a labyrinth of depravity from which there is no escape. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 2K restoration from the original
35mm camera negative by Arrow Films
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original uncompressed stereo audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by writer David Flint and
author and filmmaker Sean Hogan
- Over the Edge, a brand new interview with Stephen Thrower, author of Nightmare USA
- Jack, Jekyll and Other Screen Psychos, a brand new interview with Dr Clare Smith, author of Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture
- French Love, a career-spanning interview with director Gérard Kikoïne
- Staying Sane, Gérard Kikoïne discusses Edge of Sanity
- Original Theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham
Humphreys FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Jon Towlson |
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ASA bans Fuck Buddy comedy sketch trailer from playing before dinosaurs Youtube Video
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A pre-roll ad for a Comedy Central programme called East Mode with Nigel Ng featured a young man and his parents sitting together over tea. At the beginning of the ad, the mother said, Son, we're worried about you. The father then said, It's
just you are nearly 30 years old now and you have never brought a girl home to meet us. Or a boy. No-one. The mother continued, So we've arranged something for you. The young man interrupted, I told you, I'm not into this whole arranged marriage thing.
The mother replied, It's not that, that's such an antiquated tradition, so intrusive. The son asked, OK, so what have you arranged? The parents were shown taking each other's hands before the father said, We have arranged for you a f[bleep] buddy. The
word fuck was partially censored. Both parents looked pleased and proud. The son looked shocked and said, A what? The mother said, Oh sorry, maybe you kids call it something else these days. You know, someone you have casual sex with, friend with
benefits. The father continued, Cum chums, pound pals. They then interviewed a series of potential partners. The interview conversations included the claims d in the v action, penis to enjoy, if you do decide to try some pegging and I'm more into mutual
masturbation these days. The ad was seen before a YouTube video called 10 Most Powerful Prehistoric Animals that Ever Existed on the Facts Machine channel. A complainant challenged whether:
the sexually explicit and profane language in the ad was offensive; and the ad was irresponsibly targeted, as it was shown before a programme that they believed would be of interest to children.
Response
Paramount acknowledged that the ad was not suitable for children and said they had not intended it to be seen by children or served alongside content served to children. They said that their agency set its audience targeting to 18+.
They said that the Facts Machine YouTube channel was not labelled as Made for kids and that this meant that adult content would not be completely restricted, and some ads suitable for adults might be shown, especially if the channel was viewed via a
device logged into an adult user's account. Paramount said that the ad was no longer running and that they had initiated a review of their compliance procedures relating to age-restrictions of programme content advertising and
issues such as bleeping and adult content warnings. ASA Assessment: Complaints upheld 1. Upheld The ASA acknowledged that the ad was intended to be humorous and irreverent and
that it reflected the content of the advertised show. We noted that the ad did not include any explicit visuals and that the humour in the ad was generated in part by the contrast between the polite, formal situation and the profane conversation.
However, we considered the profane comedy and language and explicit sexual references were likely to cause serious offence to a general audience. Viewers who were not familiar with the advertised show and who had not been warned of the adult content of
the ad were particularly likely to be offended. We concluded that, in the context and media in which it had appeared, the ad was likely to cause serious offence. 2. Upheld We noted
that Facts Machine described itself as a channel where you will find videos about interesting stuff from various topics. We considered that, although it was not explicitly targeted at children, the channel showed content that was likely to appeal to
children, such as short-form content about animals. In light of the ad's use of profane comedy and language and explicit sexual references, we considered that the ad should have been appropriately targeted to avoid the risk of children seeing it.
We noted the targeting exclusions and keywords placed by Paramount and we considered it reasonable for them to have expected that, by placing them, the ad would not have appeared around content of interest to children. However, those
exclusions had proved insufficient to prevent the ad from being seen around videos on Facts Machine channel, before an animal video. Because the ad appeared before a video likely to appeal to children, we concluded that it had been inappropriately
targeted. We concluded that the ad had been irresponsibly targeted. We told Paramount UK Partnership to take care to avoid causing serious or widespread offence in future and to ensure their ads were
appropriately targeted and that ads that were unsuitable for viewing by children did not appear in media that was likely to appeal to children.
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The Christian Institute realises that religious voices will be readily silenced under the Online Censorship Bill
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The Christian Institute has been reading a report by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and has realised that the Christians will be first against the wall when the UK government empowers US internet Goliaths partnering with the easily offended to
control what people are allowed to say. The Christian Institute explains: A report titled An Unsafe Bill , published by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), outlines the Online Safety Bill's impact on free speech,
privacy and innovation The Bill gives strong incentives for social media companies and search engines to restrict content which is legal but harmful to adults and empowers Government ministers to decide what this covers.
The IEA warns this will give the Secretary of State for Culture and watchdog Ofcom unprecedented powers to define and limit speech, with limited parliamentary or judicial oversight. The report highlights that
because tech companies could be fined up to ten per cent of their annual global turnover if they fail to uphold their new duties, platforms may use automated tools in a precautionary and censorious manner. The briefing also warns
that the Bill's free speech protections appear wholly inadequate, with the risk that those claiming distress will request the removal of speech with which they disagree. Writing in The Times, its co-author Matthew Lesh called the
Bill a recipe for automated over-removal of speech on an industrial scale, to ensure compliance and placate the most easily offended. He commented: Is the government trying to out-compete Russia and China in online
censorship?
An Unsafe Bill 29th June 2022. See full report [pdf] from iea.org.uk
Here is the summery of the quoted report.
An Unsafe Bill: How the Online Safety Bill threaten s free speech , innovation and privacy By Matthew Lesh, Head of Public Policy, Institute of Economic Affairs, and Victoria Hewson , Head of Regulatory Affairs , Institute
of Economic Affairs Summary
- The Online Safety Bill establishes a new regulatory regime for digital platforms intended to improve online safety. - The Bill raises significant issues for freedom of expression, privacy and
innovation. - There is a lack of evidence to justify the legislation, with respect to both the alleged prevalence of what the Bill treats as ' harm ' and the link between the proposed measures and the desired objectives.
Freedom of expression
- The duties in the Bill, in respect of illegal content and legal content that is harmful to adults, combine d with the threat of large fines and criminal liability, risks platforms using automated tools in a precautionary and
censorious manner . - The Bill appears designed to discourage platforms from hosting speech that the Secretary of State considers to be harmf ul, even if that speech is legal. The Bill allows for the expansion of the category
of ' legal but harmful ' content with limited parliamentary scrutiny . - The Secretary of State and Ofcom will have unprecedented powers to define and limit speech, with limited parliamentary or judicial oversight. -
- The introduction of age assurance requirements will force search engines and social media to withhold potentially harmful information by default, making it difficultforadults to access information without logging int o services, and
entirely forbidding children from content even if it could be educationally valuable. - Some small to mid - sized overseas platforms could block access for UK users to limit their regulatory costs and risks, thereby reducing
British users ' acce ss to online content . - Safeguards designed to protect free expression are comparatively weak and could backfire by requiring application in a ' consistent ' manner, leading to the removal of more
content.
Privacy
- The safety duties will lead platforms to profi le users and monitor their content and interactions including by using technologies mandated by Ofcom . - The inclusion of private messaging in the
duties risks undermining encryption . - The child safety duties will infringe the privacy of adult users by requir ing them to verify their age, through an identity verification or age assurance process, to access content
that is judged unsuitable for children. - The user empowerment duties will further necessitate many users verifying their identities to platforms.
Innovation
- The Bill imposes byzantine requirements on businesses of all sizes. Platforms face large regulatory costs and criminal liability for violations, which could discourage investment and research and development in the United
Kingdom. - The Bill ' s regulatory costs will be more burdensome for start - ups and small and medium - sized businesses, which lack the resources to invest in legal and regulatory compliance and automated systems, and
therefore the Bill could entrench the market position of ' Big Tech ' companies. - The likely result of the additional regulatory and cost burdens on digital businesses will be the slower and more cautious introduction of new
innovative products or features , and fewer companies entering the sector. This will lead to less competition and less incentive to innovate, with resulting losses to consumer welfare
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Californian state law makers propose age verification for all internet users.
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California state lawmakers are discussing proposed legislation to require age and identity verification for all internet users. The proposal is bassed upon the UK's Age Appropriate Design Code that requires websites likely to be accessed by under 18s to
implement data protection according to age. Younger viewers will be restricted from handing over personal data. But of course the rub is that the websites needs to know the age of the reader to implement this. The bill, AB2273, is known as The
California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act. Critics of the legislation contend this requirement threatens the privacy of adults and the ability to use the internet anonymously. Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School of Law professor commented:
The bill pretextually claims to protect children, but it will change the Internet for everyone. In order to determine who is a child, websites and apps will have to authenticate the age of ALL consumers before they can use
the service. No one wants this.
The bill will put an end to casual web browsing, forcing companies to collect personal information they don't want to store and protect -- and that consumers don't want to
provide -- in order to authenticate the age of visitors. And since age authentication generally requires identity details, that threatens the ability to use the internet anonymously.
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Does the resurgence of the religious right in the US Supreme Court mean that US porn is now under threat? See article
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Edge of Sanity, The Initiation of Sarah genre, The Cellar
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The Cellar is a 2022 Ireland horror by Brendan Muldowney
Starring Elisha Cuthbert, Eoin Macken and Dylan Fitzmaurice Brady
There are no censorship issues with this release US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
- 2022 IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 21st June 2022
Promotional Material After moving to an old house in the country, Keira's daughter goes missing during a power cut. She decides she will go to hell and back to find her. |
The Initiation of Sarah is a 1978 US TV movie by Robert Day
Starring Kay Lenz, Shelley Winters and Tony Bill
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes A withdrawn young girl joins
an unpopular sorority in college. It turns out she has psychic and telekinetic powers, and she uses them against a rival sorority.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Promotional Material WELCOME TO HELL WEEK! Satantic secrets and telekenetic terror combine in this classic made-for-TV horror movie directed by Hammer Films alumnus
Robert Day ( She ), from a story co-written by Tom Holland ( Fright Night ), featuring cinematography by Ric Waite ( 48 Hrs ). Shy misfit Sarah Goodwin (Kay Lenz, House ), has a secret gift: the ability to control --
and destroy -- with her mind. When Sarah goes off to college with her more outgoing and popular sister, Patty (Morgan Brittany, Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat ), their plans to join the most prestigious sorority on campus are scuttled by snobby
president, Jennifer Lawrence (Morgan Fairchild, Phantom of the Mall ). Separated from her sister, Sarah is taken in by a rival, less popular sorority, whose mysterious house mother, Mrs. Hunter (Shelley Winters, The Night of the Hunter ), is harboring a
secret of her own: a scheme to harness Sarah's terrifying power for revenge. Betrayed by Patty, humiliated by Jennifer, it can only be a matter of time before Sorority Hell Week erupts in flame! Making its Blu-Ray
debut with an all-new restoration by Arrow Films from the original camera negative, The Initiation of Sarah has never looked better and comes packed with all new bonus materials. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by TV Movie expert Amanda Reyes
- Welcome to Hell Week:
A Pledge's Guide to the Initiation of Sarah , a brand new appreciation by film critic Stacie Ponder and Queer Horror programmer Anthony Hudson, co-hosts of the Gaylords of Darkness podcast, celebrating the film through a queer feminist lens
- Cracks in the Sisterhood: Second Wave Feminism and The Initiation of Sarah , a brand new visual essay by film critic and historian Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- The Intimations of Sarah , a
brand new interview with film critic Samantha McLaren looking at witchcraft, empowerment, TV movies, and telekinetic shy girls post Carrie
- The Initiation of Tom , a brand new interview with Tom Holland on this his
first film writing credit
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Luke Insect
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Edge of Sanity is a 1989 UK / France / Hungary / USA horror thriller by
Gérard Kikoïne.
Starring Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber and Sarah Maur Thorp.
Cut for 18 rated cinema and VHS releases in 1989. Uncut and 18 rated since 2004 DVD. Cut for a US MPAA R rating but the the Unrated Version is uncut.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated:
- 2022 Arrow Video Special Edition (RAB) Blu-ray at US Amazon released on
21st June 2022
Promotional Material Anthony Perkins builds upon his legendary status as cinema's seminal psycho in Edge of Sanity, a delirious conflation of Robert Louis Stephenson's classic horror novella 'Strange Case
of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' and Jack the Ripper's real-life reign of terror over Victorian London. When his experiments into a powerful new anaesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr Jekyll (Perkins) takes off into the night, casting aside the
shackles of upper-class propriety as he disappears into the shadowy decadent demimonde of Whitechapel in pursuit of sensual pleasures under the guise of 'Mr Hyde'. As his wife Elisabeth (Glynis Barber) passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating
the district's fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds. Produced by exploitation maestro Harry Alan Towers (The Face of Fu Manchu, Count Dracula) and directed with a hallucinogenic intensity by
Gérard Kikoïne (Lady Libertine, Buried Alive), Edge of Sanity plunges the viewer into a labyrinth of depravity from which there is no escape. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 2K restoration from the original
35mm camera negative by Arrow Films
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original uncompressed stereo audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by writer David Flint and
author and filmmaker Sean Hogan
- Over the Edge, a brand new interview with Stephen Thrower, author of Nightmare USA
- Jack, Jekyll and Other Screen Psychos, a brand new interview with Dr Clare Smith, author of Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture
- French Love, a career-spanning interview with director Gérard Kikoïne
- Staying Sane, Gérard Kikoïne discusses Edge of Sanity
- Original Theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham
Humphreys FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Jon Towlson |
Monday Morning is a 1990 US film by Don Murphy
Starring Noah
Blake, Julianne McNamara and Brandon Hooper
There are no censorship issues with this release US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
Promotional Material ANOTHER YEAR. ANOTHER SCHOOL. ANOTHER BATTLE. Bobby Parker (Noah Blake, Mystery Men), is a poor kid from the wrong side of the tracks whose family
constantly moves to wherever his father can find work. He and his best friend Bill (Karl Wiedergott, The Wrong Guys), are new to Oceana High and their presence is definitely not welcome. James Hedges (Brandon Hooper, Chasing Mavericks), the student
leader and son of the town mayor, cannot stand any outsider. And he especially doesn't like someone who "doesn't know his place" - like Bobby Parker. To make matters worse, James discovers that Bobby is
dating his sister Noreen (Julianne McNamara, Saturday the 14th Strikes Back). Along with a few of his friends, he decides to teach Bobby a lesson. On Monday morning, James and his friends pull a gun to scare Bobby into straightening out, but the plan
fails. The two struggle and when a teacher is shot, everyone is ready to blame Bobby. With no place to turn, Bobby grabs the gun and instructs everyone to sit tight. When the police show up ready for action, Bobby must
convince the class of his innocence - before it's too late. MONDAY MORNING marks the debut film (and the only film directed by) mega-producer Don Murphy (Transformers, Natural Born Killers, Gemini Man) and features a
supporting cast that includes Jason Lively (National Lampoon's European Vacation) and Lisa Rinna ("Melrose Place"). SPECIAL FEATURES:
- High Definition (1080p) presentation of the main feature in 1.85:1 aspect ratio
- Audio: Mono
- English Subtitles
- Original VHS version with its alternate title "Class of Fear" (SD, 1.33:1, 105 mins)
- Interview with writer and director Don Murphy (HD, 52:50)
- Don Murphy: Portrait of a Producer (1080p; 24:01)
- Reversible Artwork
- Collectible Mini-Poster
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