Censoring the Classics

[Michael Brooke]

Interestingly, the guidelines on sexual violence seem to be being relaxed at 18, if Indicator's experience with the Jean Rollin titles is anything to go by.

Thus far, they've passed everything submitted, including two titles, The Rape of the Vampire and The Demoniacs, that had previously been BBFC-scissored, the latter in a considerably longer and more sexually graphic version than the one that Redemption had originally submitted. They also waved through, to the label's genuine surprise, some prolonged, unambiguously hardcore footage in one of the extras for The Night of the Hunted that would previously have garnered an automatic R18 and would therefore have been dropped from the release (as Indicator fully expected would be the case).

But, although clearly distasteful to innocent maiden aunts, there's nothing illegal in this footage, and obviously no question of it getting less than an adults-only classification - so there's really no good reason to cut it any more.