Apparently the 17-year ban on this film has been lifted now. It would be nice if they lifted the ban on Last House on the Left also.
I Spit on Your Grave
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Blitzkrieg
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Yes, it is to be released on DVD very soon.
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/228671
My ex-girlfriend bought the dutch uncensored DVD of Last House On The Left off of ebay the week before we broke up. I was pissed I never got to see it.
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/228671
My ex-girlfriend bought the dutch uncensored DVD of Last House On The Left off of ebay the week before we broke up. I was pissed I never got to see it.
Blitzkrieg said:Yes, it is to be released on DVD very soon.
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/228671
My ex-girlfriend bought the dutch uncensored DVD of Last House On The Left off of ebay the week before we broke up. I was pissed I never got to see it.
I don't suppose you know if she ever managed to get it thru customs? If she had been busted bringing that into the country she could have gone to prison.
Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
You could have dobbed her in!
Customs guy: Huh.. yeah... what? Your ex-girlfriend has a banned DVD? (rubs hands together) We'll be right there
Other Customs guy: Hey, that fellow over there looks like he has a kilo of heroin strapped to his back
Customs guy: Who cares? This guy's ex- has 'The Last House on the Left'. That's far more serious.
Customs guy: Huh.. yeah... what? Your ex-girlfriend has a banned DVD? (rubs hands together) We'll be right there
Other Customs guy: Hey, that fellow over there looks like he has a kilo of heroin strapped to his back
Customs guy: Who cares? This guy's ex- has 'The Last House on the Left'. That's far more serious.
Blitzkrieg
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Spiff
I have the power
I never actually knew Last House on the Left was banned. I guess that's why I've never been able to find a copy.
Gorey...
I Spit On Your Grave never had a 17 year ban. It was Rated R uncut the whole time nearly, it was only in 1998 when somebody tried to re-release it that the film went up for reclassification and they decided to ban it and take it off shelves. It's just been reclassified again though and given an R rating uncut again.
In the same week I Spit On Your Grave got its ban lifted, which was early June, Last House On The Left (which HAD been banned here since its original release in 1972 in any form and also had a Customs Confiscation rating on it) actually got reclassified too.
And guess what? The ban has been lifted. It is also Rated R now, however I think it's a "revised" version so it's not uncut as far as I know. You can buy the uncut version in the US though, its Unrated there but it is available.
Last House On The Left is getting a local DVD release here soon by Umbrella and so is Maniac at the same time, hopefully Maniac is uncut though because it's one of my favourite horror films ever but the only other Australian release of it was chopped to bits coz they wouldn't pass it uncut.
I Spit On Your Grave never had a 17 year ban. It was Rated R uncut the whole time nearly, it was only in 1998 when somebody tried to re-release it that the film went up for reclassification and they decided to ban it and take it off shelves. It's just been reclassified again though and given an R rating uncut again.
In the same week I Spit On Your Grave got its ban lifted, which was early June, Last House On The Left (which HAD been banned here since its original release in 1972 in any form and also had a Customs Confiscation rating on it) actually got reclassified too.
And guess what? The ban has been lifted. It is also Rated R now, however I think it's a "revised" version so it's not uncut as far as I know. You can buy the uncut version in the US though, its Unrated there but it is available.
Last House On The Left is getting a local DVD release here soon by Umbrella and so is Maniac at the same time, hopefully Maniac is uncut though because it's one of my favourite horror films ever but the only other Australian release of it was chopped to bits coz they wouldn't pass it uncut.
It's probably the most infamous "video nasty" in Australia and the world actually. It's one of the only films that is not only banned but had a Customs Confiscation rating here, and was only ever available uncut in one country (I think Belgium or something like that!) for a VERY short period of time, which is why up until it came out last year uncut on DVD in America (but hasn't had a rating passed) you could only get the uncut version as a dodgy subtitled bootleg!Spiff said:
Spiff
I have the power
So what's the big deal about it? I don't actually know much of the storyline at all. Lots of violence, yeah, but what sets it apart from the others?
Censors just have a problem with "sexualized violence" mainly and Last House is meant to be packed with it in a very bleak and heavy way. Torture, humiliation, breast slashings, genital slashings, stuff like that automatically seems to warrant trouble from the censorships boards, even if its justified by the story.
I Spit on Your Grave for example is a serious & in my opinion quite powerful rape-revenge film, but 40 minutes of continuous rape had the censors up in arms when it got reclassified. It's totally justified and the film is quite powerful I think, its an ugly movie to watch about an ugly topic and the rape scenes are dealt with in probably the most honest way I've seen, there's nothing gratuitous or really exploitative about it in my opinion, but to the censors sexualized violence is just a big no no. Obviously now looked at it properly and given it the rating it deserves.
I Spit on Your Grave for example is a serious & in my opinion quite powerful rape-revenge film, but 40 minutes of continuous rape had the censors up in arms when it got reclassified. It's totally justified and the film is quite powerful I think, its an ugly movie to watch about an ugly topic and the rape scenes are dealt with in probably the most honest way I've seen, there's nothing gratuitous or really exploitative about it in my opinion, but to the censors sexualized violence is just a big no no. Obviously now looked at it properly and given it the rating it deserves.
I guess after letting "Irreversible" come out, someone decided it was ok to reclassify "...Grave". Someone better tell me when "Last House" comes out!
Spiff
I have the power
"Grave" rules. 
Was "Woman from Deep River" ever banned here? I remember seeing that many years ago (very early 80s) and it rocked. I think it was "Woman from Deep River", anyway - might have been "Man from Deep River", cos they're both by the same director. It was the one where the cannibal cut off the bloke's wee-wee, and a woman got a big hook through her breast.
Top stuff.
Was "Woman from Deep River" ever banned here? I remember seeing that many years ago (very early 80s) and it rocked. I think it was "Woman from Deep River", anyway - might have been "Man from Deep River", cos they're both by the same director. It was the one where the cannibal cut off the bloke's wee-wee, and a woman got a big hook through her breast.
Top stuff.
Woman From Deep River is better known as Cannibal Ferox, that's the original title. It got changed to Women From Deep River just to cash in on his other film Man From Deep River (kinda like how Shock by Mario Bava got released on video as Beyond The Door II even though it has NO relation at all to Beyond The Door!)
The uncut print was banned but it was passed cut with an R rating.
The uncut print was banned but it was passed cut with an R rating.
Spiff
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Yeah, I know about the original title (only because I looked it up on IMDB before posting). Top film. Haven't seen Man from Deep River though.
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