Brit censor stamps on The Human Centipede

normally i would say not ban films, but...

"The principal focus of The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) is the sexual arousal of the central character at both the idea and the spectacle of the total degradation, humiliation, mutilation, torture, and murder of his naked victims. Examples of this include a scene early in the film in which he masturbates whilst he watches a DVD of the original Human Centipede film, with sandpaper wrapped around his penis, and a sequence later in the film in which he becomes aroused at the sight of the members of the ‘centipede’ being forced to defecate into one another’s mouths, culminating in sight of the man wrapping barbed wire around his penis and raping the woman at the rear of the ‘centipede’. There is little attempt to portray any of the victims in the film as anything other than objects to be brutalised, degraded and mutilated for the amusement and arousal of the central character, as well as for the pleasure of the audience. There is a strong focus throughout on the link between sexual arousal and sexual violence and a clear association between pain, perversity and sexual pleasure. It is the Board’s conclusion that the explicit presentation of the central character’s obsessive sexually violent fantasies is in breach of its Classification Guidelines and poses a real, as opposed to a fanciful, risk that harm is likely to be caused to potential viewers."

that is from the board. seems like a totally different kettle of fish from the first. i have to wonder what people who want to watch this kind of thing get from it? its not horror it is simply simulated snuff movie. at least 'a serbian movie' seems to have a story, albeit a sick as fuck one.

if we dont ban anything whats to stop simulated child port? where does it stop?

hell, i watched hostel and was shocked at it. i guess some movie directors just want to see real snuff? 8mm was about as close to that subject as i want to get thanks very much.

good

i loathe all these kinds of movies - hostel, last house on the right, SAWs etc. i cannot for lthe life of me understand what people find enjoyable about watching other people in pain and suffering. it's fucking sick man...serious - who's into this kind of stuff? who buys it?? surely it's just idiots with extremely low IQs and violent tendencies? anyway, were it all to be banned tomorrow, i would be happy.

Censorship

"who give the right to one adult to say what another adult can or can't watch?"

Uh, the same people who say what you can and can't read, smoke, shag, trade in, report on, walk over, swim in, etc, etc.

Where have you been all your life? Mummy's basement?

So the last film to be refused was 2 years ago?

The BBFC pay an army of staff to watch this stuff every day and they find something once every two years!

We need a higher category than 18

18 = suitable for people over 18.

We need a category that says "Okay, you really don't want to watch this and after you do you'll understand not to watch any more videos in this category".

This is not a title

Obviously, this movies was made with tongue firmly in (ass) cheek.

New rating

Viewers must be over 65 or a member of the house of lords ?

definitions

People are talking like there is a difference in law between real kiddy porn and simulated kiddy porn. There isn't.

The Brasseye paedophile special is worth a watch as it's one of the funniest things ever to show on British TV:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9031532194656768989#

But the scene around 16.55 also illustrates that even obvious fake images (childs face added to naked adult body, etc.) would be categorized as child porn.

I'm not suggesting that this interpretation would apply to horror films, which are of course simulated. But I really do wonder about the kind of people who watch this horror stuff for enjoyment. Why would anybody enjoy watching someone being tortured and murdered? I really don't get that at all.