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BBFC Daily

Poster Flatliners 2017 Niels Arden Oplev

Daily UK Ratings from the BBFC
Latest classification decisions

Recent releases

Shopping: Deranged
1974 Canada/USA crime horror thriller by Jeff Gillen and Alan Ormsby just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray

US News

Update: Stormy times
Florida bill introduced claiming porn as a public health crisis

Movie News

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: BBFC Podcast Episode 73
Mrs. Doubtfire rated 12 for cunning linguistics

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Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge Episode 46
Enter the Dragon
Bruce Lee vs the BBFC: Gavin Salkeld reveals the heroes and villains

Recent News

Update: At a time when political correctness overrides truth
Is it surprising that Facebook 'fact checking' doesn't seem to convince people much as to what is fake news?

Update: Censor first, ask questions later... much later when it is all to late
YouTube censorship by demonetisation proves punishing to those unfairly censored, especially to small players

Stop SESTA
Another US Congress attempt to censor the internet in the name of restricting sex trafficking

Update: Welcome to the X Zone
India's film censors still quick to ban films, dashing recent hopes of the new film censor bringing with him a more grownup approach

Update: Stop YouTube from banning the Bible
US catholic church becomes an early victim of YouTube's censorship of anything politically incorrect

Recent Movie News

A bloody battle with the MPAA
Blood Feast remake fails to get an MPAA R rating after 3 submissions

Updated: BUT...the idea proved a bit too much for Indians to bear
India's new film censor has hoped to pass IT uncut with the word 'motherfucker' being allowed for the first time

Update: Possessed by censors
Annabelle 2 is banned in Lebanon over claims that it is offe

Shopping: 976-Evil
1988 USA comedy horror by Robert Englund set for US Blu-ray release on 3rd October 2017 with 2 versions

Obituary: Master of the Living Dead
George A Romero, notable horror director, dies aged 77

Daily Ratings

BBFC Tuesday-Saturday
MPAA Thursday

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Campaigns

Facebook.com/SexAndCensorship - internet censorship
OpenRightsGroup.org - internet censorship
BigBrotherWatch.org.uk - liberty and privacy
backlash-uk.org.uk - dangerous pictures
caan.org.uk - dangerous pictures
sfc.org.uk - sexual freedom

Movie News

22nd Sep

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: BBFC Podcast Episode 73
Mrs. Doubtfire rated 12 for cunning linguistics

Movie News

21st Sep

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Where have all the 18 certificate films gone?
American Assassin and mother! are both 18-certificate films that landed in UK cinemas the same week. This is not common at all...

New Listings

19th Sep

Shopping: Pigs
1972 USA horror by Marc Lawrence set for UK Blu-ray release on 9th October 2017

New Listings

18th Sep

Shopping: Demoniac
1981 Spanish/French horror by Jess Franco, once notably banned, then cut by the BBFC, now set for UK DVD release on 6th November 2017 with previous BBFC cuts waived

Movie News

16th Sep

Obituary Harry Dean Stanton
Cult character actor and honorary melon farmer dies aged 91

Movie News

15th Sep

More IT
Film makers announcer that there will be a Director's Cut of IT to be released on home video

East Europe

14th Sep

Update: Culture of religious violence
Russian minister steps in to try and deter christians from threatening violence against cinemas showing the movie Matilda

Aussie News

13th Sep

Sydney Film Festival recommends
Playground, depicting a murder along the lines of James Bulger, and Kuso, with something to offend everyone

Asia Pacific

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: But not quite sure if anyone is listening
After 90 days in the role of Chief Censor, I have been pausing for a moment to reflect on what the role means, and where it might be headed. By David Shanks, chief censor at New Zealand's OFLC

Internet News

21st Sep

Update: So what are the chances that this will have any measurable effect on terrorism?
May calls on website services to remove terrorist content within 2 hours

Asia Pacific

Update: Peaceful religion banned in China
Euphemisms for criticism of islam are banned by Chinese social media

Middle East

19th Sep

Silencing Middle Eastern news
Saudi bans Al Jazzera from appearing on Snapchat app

PC News

17th Sep

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Searching for our true selves
A study of Google searches suggests that we are not quite so politically correct on Google as we are in more public spaces

Asia Pacific

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Ministering social development
Interview with a new chief censor: how to ban a video game in New Zealand

West Europe

16th Sep

Update: Upload blocking
EU set to release censorship demands for internet companies to proactively block uploads of copyrighted material

US News

15th Sep

Stop SESTA
Another US Congress attempt to censor the internet in the name of restricting sex trafficking

Internet News

12th Sep

Update: At a time when political correctness overrides truth
Is it surprising that Facebook 'fact checking' doesn't seem to convince people much as to what is fake news?

Internet News

Update: Censor first, ask questions later... much later when it is all to late
YouTube censorship by demonetisation proves punishing to those unfairly censored, especially to small players

PC News

21st Sep

'Black' blacklisted
Advert censor claims that a non derogatory reference to race is somehow likely to cause widespread offence

TV News

Dicking around
Netflix takes down an episode of children's cartoon over penis shaped etched into the background

West Europe

19th Sep

Updated: Offensive to Eurocrats
EU bans greek cartoonists from exhibition celebrating 60 years of the European Union

17th Sep

Catholic News Service recommends Mother!
Rated O, morally offensive

15th Sep

Updated: Lamb of gods
Australian lamb marketing advert offends the easily offended

Games News

13th Sep

Destiny 2 - PlayStation 4 Standard Edition

Flagged up
Video game Destiny 2 to delete pattern resembling a far right flag

PC News

6th Sep

Transcending rage
Australian mums 'outraged' by trans children's book being sold in Australian Aldi

US News

22nd Sep

Update: Stormy times
Florida bill introduced claiming porn as a public health crisis

Sex Toys News

18th Sep

You'll go blind, and go to hell, and all that sort of stuff
What the Bible says about sex robots

US News

8th Sep

Risky Do It Yourself at Home Depot
An amateur porn star gets in trouble in the US for performing porn in public

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Recent releases

22nd Sep

Shopping: Deranged
1974 Canada/USA crime horror thriller by Jeff Gillen and Alan Ormsby just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray

Recent releases

Shopping: Ouija Challenge
2016 USA horror by Derek Presley just released on UK DVD

Recent releases

21st Sep

Shopping: Hana-Bi
1997 Japan crime romance by Takeshi Kitano just released on US Blu-ray

Recent releases

Shopping: Visiting Hours
1982 Canada video nasty by Jean-Claude Lord just released on UK DVD/Blu-ray Combo

Recent releases

19th Sep

Shopping: The Resurrected
1991 Canada / USA horror fantasy by Dan O'Bannon just released on US Blu-ray

Recent releases

Shopping: The Human Centipede
3 film set by Tom Six just released on UK Steelbook Blu-ray still with BBFC cuts

Recent releases

Weekly US DVD and Blu-ray Releases
Innocent Blood, Hana-Bi

Recent releases

18th Sep

Shopping: The Fox With A Velvet Tail
1971 Spain / Italy romance by José María Forqué just released on US Blu-ray

Recent releases

Shopping: Phantasm 5 Movie DVD Collection
set by Don Coscarelli just released on US DVD

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New Listings

22nd Sep

Shopping: Deathdream
1974 Canada / UK / USA horror by Bob Clark set for US DVD and Blu-ray release on 28th November 2017

New Listings

Shopping: Watch Me When I Kill
1977 Italy mystery thriller by Antonio Bido set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 23rd October 2017

New Listings

Shopping: The Devil's Rain
1975 USA horror by Robert Fuest set for US DVD and Blu-ray release on 31st October 2017

New Listings

Shopping: The Hitman's Apprentice
2012 UK crime comedy thriller by Craig Viveiros set for UK DVD release on 30th October 2017

New Listings

21st Sep

Shopping: The Unraveling
2015 Denmark / USA horror thriller by Thomas Jakobsen set for UK DVD release on 9th October 2017

New Listings

Shopping: The Living Dead
2014 USA Sci-Fi horror drama by John Klein set for UK DVD release on 23rd October 2017

New Listings

Shopping: Eugenie De Sade
1970 Spain / West Germany horror drama by Jesus Franco set for UK DVD release on 9th October 2017

New Listings

19th Sep

Shopping: Spaceship Terror
2011 USA Sci-Fi horror thriller by Harry Tchinski set for US DVD and Blu-ray release on 17th October 2017

New Listings

Shopping: Pigs
1972 USA horror by Marc Lawrence set for UK Blu-ray release on 9th October 2017

New and Offers

22nd Sep

Lesbian Psychodramas 26: Messed Up! Episode 6
Selected releases at Simply Adult

New and Offers

21st Sep

Being a Porn Actress
Selected releases at Adult DVD Empire

New and Offers

19th Sep

Cara and Lucy Escorts Deluxe
Selected releases at CD Universe

Sex Toys News

18th Sep

You'll go blind, and go to hell, and all that sort of stuff
What the Bible says about sex robots

New and Offers

First Anal Vol. 4
Selected releases at Hot Movies

New and Offers

17th Sep

Simply Adult
Latest releases from Girlfriends Films, Brazzers

New and Offers

16th Sep

A Dirty Cinderella Story (2017)
Selected releases at Adult DVD Empire

New and Offers

14th Sep

Private
Galleries from Private and Private Classics

New and Offers

Naughty Bookworms # 7
Selected releases at CD Universe

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