[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

According to Melon Farmers, this has been cut

"Slap the Monster on Page One is a 1972 Italy / France mystery thriller by Marco Bellocchio

Starring Gian Maria Volonte, Fabio Garriba and Carla Tato

BBFC cuts were required for a 15 rated Blu-ray release in 2024. The BBFC cited child protection issues.

UK: BBFC 15 rated for strong bloody violence, language, threat, injury detail after BBFC cuts:

The BBFC commented:

This film required a compulsory cut to a potentially indecent image of a child. Cuts were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines, policy, and the Protection of Children Act 1978.

Thanks to [Mike] who reports on [a discussion from another forum]:

At one point in the film an investigative journalist goes to the house of the chief murder suspect and takes a look inside his closet. He sees a range of pictures of children and religious iconography of cherubs. These images are all perfectly innocent, but there is another composite image of a nude adult woman in a sexualised pose with the head of the underaged murder victim stuck on top of it.

As I understand it, this would be considered a pseudo-photograph under UK law, and indecent since it gives the impression of being an image of a child. If so, then I'm fairly sure it's the first indecent pseudo-photograph that the BBFC have ever cut"

I don't get this 'potentially' thing. It either is or it isn't.