Horror MoviesTimeline

1991-Present

1993

The Jamie Bulger murder case provoked concerns about the possible effects of video violence. Child’s Play 3 was wrongly linked to the killing and was withdrawn by its distributors.

Other films in the limelight were Reservoir Dogs, Menace II Society and others concerning amendments to the Video Recordings Act which delayed their release dates.

Rejected by the BBFC for a certificate in 1996; a trailer had been previously classified 18 four years before.

In the aftermath of the widely-publicised murder of Jamie Bulger the BBFC (on the guidance of three child psychiatrists) banned the film because it features a child as a killer (which they believed might cause children who watched it to act violently).

1993

1997

Natural Born Killers was classified ’18’ uncut for cinema release after the BBFC investigated possible links between the film and killings in France and the USA.

Luckily for the film, no link was found but following the Dunblane School Masacre, the distributor decided not to release the film on video.

2001

Lara Croft:Tomb Raider was cut for glamorisation of knives in a film ageed at young teenagers.

Natural Born Killers was finally released uncut on video and DVD.

2006

Casino Royale was passed ‘12A’ and ‘12’ despite some scened of torture and violence, However complaints were received arguing that it should have been a ‘15’

2006

Harsh Times and Kidulthood was passed ‘15’ because the portrayal of drug use in both films was thought to be aversive.

2007

Horror film 30 Days Of Night was passed ‘15’ on film for scenes of strong bloody violence.

However the category was raised to ‘18’ for the DVD release.

Banned due to a high level of sexual torture.

2009

Banned due to sexual violence and potential obscenity.

2011

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