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When the British Government started work on online censorship laws I think it envisaged that age/ID verification would create a business opportunity for British start up companies to exploit the market so created. Unfortunately for them it looks
inevitably set that the usual US internet giants will be the ones to profit from the requirements. In fact Meta has been speaking of its ideas that operating system companies and app stores should be the ones to implement age/ID verification. Meta
is calling for implementing age verification across Europe and proposed a way to do it. The company wants to ensure that parents only need to verify the age of their child once and noted that the most effective way of achieving this would be to have
operating systems or app stores complete the verification process. The move would pass on the responsibility of age verification from social media platforms to firms such as Apple and Google. Other platforms have also in argued in favor of the
solution, including Twitter and Match, the company behind dating apps like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid. Meta delivered its statement during a hearing of an Irish parliament committee focused on children's rights this week. Meta has been taking
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Aadujeevitham - The Goat Life is a 2024 India Drama Film by Blessy
Starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jimmy Jean-Louis and Amala Paul
 There are no censorship
issues with this film. BBFC Notes This Malayalam drama in which a kidnapped migrant worker tries to escape from a slave-like existence as a goatherd in Saudi Arabia emphasises the man's
courage and resilience in the face of harsh and brutal circumstances.
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- 2024 TGS ENTERTAINMENT cinema release (rated 19/03/2024)
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| | AIYEFELE AIYEFELE is a 2024 India Drama Film by Seun Olaiya
Starring Odun Adekola, Mercy Aigbe and Femi Branch
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film. BBFC Notes A community is riven by religious and cultural tensions following the arrival of a Christian missionary and the spread of a mysterious disease in this slow-burn
Yoruba-language historical melodrama.
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|  | UK: Uncut and BBFC PG rated with a trigger warning for mild threat, violence, sex references, upsetting
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- 2024 EVRIT FILMS cinema release (rated 19/03/2024)
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An American In Paris: The Musical An American In Paris: The Musical is a 2018 Musical Film by Craig Lucas and Christopher Weldon
Starring Leanne Cope, Haydn Oakley and Robert Fairchild
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censorship issues with this film. BBFC Notes This stage musical adaptation of the 1951 film, recorded at the Dominion Theatre in London, tells the story of three men who fall for the same
woman. Mild bad language and comic wordplay feature, alongside stylised violence.
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- 2024 Cinema Live UK cinema release (rated 19/03/2024) titled An American in Paris: The Musical
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| | Anchakkallakokkan Porattu Anchakkallakokkan Porattu is a 2024 India Action, Drama Film by Ullas Jose Chemban
Starring Lukman Avaran, Chemban Vinod Jose and Megha Thomas
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issues with this film. BBFC Notes Scenes of brutal violence reflect the intense tone and dark themes of this Malayalam language action drama, in which a newly qualified police officer on
his first posting is caught up in a prisoner's plans for revenge.
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|  | UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for strong bloody violence, sexual violence, domestic
abuse, language:
- 2024 Dreamz Entertainment cinema release (rated 18/03/2024)
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| | Chasing The Sun Chasing The Sun is a 2023 Documentary Film by Michael B.Clifford
There are no censorship issues with
this film. BBFC Notes This gentle British documentary follows a group of cyclists as they attempt to cross the country in one day. Serious issues such as cancer and suicide are touched on
in an undetailed and discreet way.
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- 2024 Chasing The Sun Film SPV cinema release (rated 19/03/2024)
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| | DAKDIKDOS DAKDIKDOS is a 2024 India Comedy Film by RAJ SIVARAJ
There are no censorship issues with this film. BBFC Notes Patients from a psychiatric
facility team up to enact revenge on a villain in this Tamil language comedy. While light-hearted, the film tackles serious themes like mental health, disability and familial breakdowns.
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implied strong language:
- 2024 Nungu Group cinema release (rated 19/03/2024)
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is a 2024 US action adventure by Adam Wingard
Starring Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens and Rachel House
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Summary Notes Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to Skull Island's mysteries.
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Harry Hill's The Last Caveman Harry Hill's The Last Caveman is a 2023 Comedy Film by Harry Hill
Starring Holly Burn, Nick Helm and Harry Hill
There are no censorship
issues with this film. BBFC Notes A lonely caveman discovers he is not as isolated as he once thought in this madcap UK black and white silent comedy, which is crammed with lighthearted
slapstick humour and includes cheeky gags.
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- 2024 Off The Kerb Productions cinema release (rated 18/03/2024)
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Io Capitano Io Capitano is a 2023 Italy/Belgium/France drama by Matteo Garrone
Starring Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall and Issaka Sawadogo
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
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Monkey Man Monkey Man is a 2024 US/Canada/Singapore/India action thriller by Dev Patel
Starring Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley and Pitobash
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rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, language throughout, sexual content/nudity and drug use after cuts to remove 'rape' from the consumer advice. Summary Notes An anonymous
young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless.
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| | Rebel Rebel is a 2024 India Action, Drama, Thriller Film by Nikesh
Starring Mamitha Baiju, G.V. Prakash Kumar and Adithya Bhaskar
There are no censorship issues with this film.
BBFC Notes Students are forced to revolt against the unfair politics conducted at their college in this Tamil language drama film, which tackles the theme of caste discrimination and
features scenes of bloody violence.
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- 2024 TGS ENTERTAINMENT cinema release (rated 19/03/2024)
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Bodyguard Kiba II Bodyguard Kiba II is a 1973 Action, Crime Film by Ryuichi Takamori
Starring Shin'ichi Chiba, Mari Atsumi and Kinji Takinami
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with this film. BBFC Notes BODYGUARD KIBA is a Japanese crime action film, from 1973, in which a martial artist offers a professional bodyguard service and provides protection for a woman
against the Mafia.
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- 2024 Eureka Entertainment Blu-ray (rated 18/03/2024)
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| | Drifter Drifter is a 2023 Germany gay drama by Hannes Hirsch
Starring Lorenz Hochhuth, Cino Djavid and Gustav Schmidt
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Moritz has moved to Berlin to be with his boyfriend, but their relationship soon ends. The 22-year-old embarks on a journey filled with kinks, metamorphoses and
self-discovery into the depths of Berlin's party scene.
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- 2024 TLA Releasing Blu-ray (rated 20/03/2024)
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Starring Dave Fennoy, Jane Perry and Cade Tropeand
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film. BBFC Notes MAX BEYOND is a sci-fi action animation in which a former marine must rescue his gifted brother from a science facility where he is being held captive and experimented
on.
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references:
- 2024 HaZimation Blu-ray (rated 18/03/2024)
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Starring Ariadne Welter, Elizabeth Campbell and Tongolele
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes The Panther women are worshipers of Satan and perform rituals in their honor and sacrifice. The fighters will face them up and down the ring.
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A Southern Haunting A Southern Haunting is a 2023 US horror thriller by M.J. Anderson, T. Huff
Starring Merle Ackelson, Robert Ackelson and Donovan Ailton
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BBFC Notes A SOUTHERN HAUNTING is a period US horror in which a family of former slaves seek the truth behind unsettling events in their new home, in the aftermath of the American Civil
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SWORDSMAN OF ALL SWORDSMEN THE SWORDSMAN OF ALL SWORDSMEN is a 1968 Taiwan action film by Joseph Kuo
Starring Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Peng Tien and Meng-Hua Yang
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Tsai Ying-Chieh (Tien Ping) is on a 20 year long mission of revenge against the man who killed his parents. Anyone who gets in his way must be punished by his swordplay
skills. Another important character in the movie is the mysterious Black Dragon (Nan Chang) the only other char...
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- 2024 Eureka Entertainment Blu-ray (rated 18/03/2024) titled The Swordsman Of All Swordsmen
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Starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino and Michael Schoeffling.
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Vision Quest is a coming of age movie in which high school wrestler Louden Swain decides he wants to be something more than an average high school athlete and sets his
sights on a prize that many don't think he can win - he then sets out to reach his goal alone, without much support from his father or coach. His father rents a room to a young drifter, Carla. Swain falls in love with her and she helps him stay focused
and prevents him from losing sight of his goals.
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- 2024 Warner Bros Entertainment UK Blu-ray (rated 18/03/2024)
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Starring Casey Crane
There are no censorship issues with this release
- Season 01 Episode 01: 12 rated for moderate sex references, language, discrimination
- Season 01 Episode 02: 12 rated for infrequent strong language, moderate sex references, discrimination
- Season 01 Episode 03: 12 rated for moderate
bad language, sex references, discrimination
- Season 01 Episode 04: 12 rated for infrequent strong language, drug misuse
- Season 01 Episode 05: 12 rated for infrequent strong language, moderate sex references, discrimination
- Season 01 Episode 06: 12 rated for infrequent strong language, moderate sex references
- Season 01 Episode 07: 12 rated for infrequent strong language, moderate sex, sex references
| | Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock is a 2023 Science Fiction TV Show
There are no
censorship issues with this film. BBFC Notes
- Season 01 Episode 01: U rated
- Season 01 Episode 02: PG rated
- Season 01 Episode 03: U rated
- Season 01 Episode 04: U rated
| | Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time is a 2024 Science Fiction TV Show
There are no
censorship issues with this film. BBFC Notes
- Season 01 Episode 01: U rated
- Season 01 Episode 02: U rated
- Season 01 Episode 03: PG rated
- Season 01 Episode 04: U rated
- Season 01 Episode 05: PG rated
- Season 01 Episode 06: PG rated
| | Inspector Rishi - Season 1 Inspector Rishi - Season 1 is a 2024 India horror mystery
Starring Naveen Chandra, Sunaina Yella and Srikrishna Dayal
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A skeptic crime branch Inspector Rishi Nandhan, assisted by two sub-inspectors Ayyanar and Chitra, investigates a series of bizarre murders in a small mountain village,
supposedly committed by a deadly forest spirit called the Vanaratchi.
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- Season 01 Episode 01
- Season 01 Episode 09
- Season 01 Episode 10
| | Judy Justice - Season 3 Judy Justice - Season 3 is a 2024 Drama, Reality TV Show by Randy Douthit
Starring Judy Sheindlin, Kevin Rasco and Whitney Kumar
There are no censorship issues
with this film. BBFC Notes JUDY JUSTICE is a US reality series; in this episode, a former couple argues over credit card spending.
- Season 03 Episode 31: Florida Heartbreak: PG rated for references to domestic abuse
- Season 03 Episode 32: Scooter Standoff and Dad's Work-for-Debt Dilemma: U rated for very mild rude humour
- Season 03 Episode 33: Teen's Ill-Fated Run
into Traffic: 12 rated for moderate bad language
- Season 03 Episode 34: Assault, Infidelity, and Nigerian Matrimony: PG rated for mild sex references, violence references
- Season 03 Episode 35: Corgi Custody: U rated for no material
likely to offend or harm
- Season 03 Episode 37: Teen Victim's Strategic Surveillance: 12 rated for moderate violence, drug references
- Season 03 Episode 38: Rims, Barter, and Betrayal: PG rated for infrequent mild bad language
| | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a 2021 US action adventure drama
Starring Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan and Wyatt Russell
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Following the events of 'Avengers: Endgame,' Sam Wilson/Falcon and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities -- and their
patience.
- Season 01 Episode 01: New World Order: 12 rated for moderate violence, bloody images
- Season 01 Episode 02: The Star-Spangled Man: 12 rated for moderate violence
- Season 01 Episode 03: Power Broker: 12 rated for moderate violence,
bloody images
- Season 01 Episode 04: The Whole World Is Watching: 12 rated for moderate violence, bloody images
- Season 01 Episode 05: Truth: 12 rated for moderate violence, bloody images
- Season 01 Episode 06: One World, One
People: 12 rated for moderate violence
| | Tig Notaro: Hello Again - Season 1 Tig Notaro: Hello Again - Season 1 is a 2024 US comedy documentary by Stephanie Allynne
Starring Tig Notaro
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Notaro faces absurdities, from hallucinatory texts to a surreal Hollywood meeting. Her life provides fodder for standup routines, including a late night encounter with a
mustachioed fireman that makes her rethink things.
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to 20 March 2024 | | Bau, Artist At War Bau, Artist At War is a 2024 US comedy romance by Sean McNamara
Starring Emile Hirsch, Inbar Lavi and Josh Zuckerman
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes The inspiring love story of Joseph Bau, artist, forger, holocaust survivor. Using his artistic skills, humor and hope in the camps, Joseph stays alive and helps hundreds to
escape. Miraculously, he finds love in the midst of despair.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated for Holocaust theme, moderate violence, injury detail, threat, language:
- 2024 Paramount Pictures International VoD (rated 20/03/2024)
| | Brian Simpson: Live from the Mothership Brian Simpson: Live from the Mothership is a 2024 US comedy documentary by Baron Vaughn
Starring Brian Simpson
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes From embracing his inner hater to the rigid rules of masculinity, the comic Brian Simpson goes full throttle during his stand-up routine live from The Comedy Mothership, in
Austin, Texas.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for sex references, language, drug references:
- 2024 Netflix VoD (rated 18/03/2024)
| | Humane Humane is a 2024 Canada horror thriller by Caitlin Cronenberg
Starring Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire and Peter Gallagher
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes In the wake of an environmental collapse that is forcing humanity to shed 20% of its population, a family dinner erupts into chaos when a father's plan to enlist in the
government's new euthanasia program goes horribly awry.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong language, violence, injury detail, threat:
- 2024 Paramount Pictures International VoD (rated 20/03/2024)
| | The Image of You The Image of You is a 2024 US thriller by Jeff Fisher
Starring Nestor Carbonell, Mira Sorvino and Sasha Pieterse
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Follows identical twins Anna and Zoe. When Anna meets a stock trader, she thinks he's perfect, but Zoe doesn't trust him, so she sets out to discover the truth about him.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong language, violence, bloody images, sex, sex references:
- 2024 Paramount Pictures International VoD (rated 20/03/2024)
| | The Krays : The Mafia Connection The Krays : The Mafia Connection is a 2024 UK documentary by Richard John Taylor
Starring Dave Courtney, Steve Wraith and Maureen Flanagan
There are no censorship issues with this release
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for very strong language, images of real dead bodies:
- 2024 High Fliers Films VoD (rated 20/03/2024)
| | Life After the NeverEnding Story Life After the NeverEnding Story is a 2024 UK documentary by Lisa Downs
Starring Tami Stronach, Alan Oppenheimer and Rich Fulcher
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A feature documentary celebrating Wolfgang Petersen's 1984 classic "The NeverEnding Story" via cast and crew interviews, whilst exploring the lives of stars Noah
Hathaway and Tami Stronach since those breakthrough roles
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong language, sex references:
- 2024 Life After Movies VoD (rated 19/03/2024)
| | Rapunzel Red Rapunzel Red is a 2024 Performance Film by Ben Crompton
Starring Virginia Scudeletti, Toby Fitzgibbons and Natalie MacGillivray
There are no censorship issues with
this film. BBFC Notes RAPUNZEL RED is a dance performance from balletLORENT in which a young woman, trapped in a tower by a witch, finds hope when a Prince arrives, enticed by her
enchanting song.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong nudity, bloody images:
- 2024 balletLORENT VoD (rated 19/03/2024)
| | Shadow Land Shadow Land is a 2024 Action, Drama, Thriller Film by James Bamford
Starring Jon Voight, Marton Csokas and Rhona Mitra
There are no censorship issues with this
film. BBFC Notes SHADOW LAND is a US action thriller in which a doctor and a writer reunite to assist the President of the United States, but become embroiled in the heat surrounding him
for his past war crimes.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail, language:
- 2024 Paramount Pictures International VoD (rated 20/03/2024)
| | The Young Wife The Young Wife is a 2023 US comedy drama by Tayarisha Poe
Starring Leon Bridges, Aya Cash and Kiersey Clemons
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes It follows a young woman grappling with the meaning of love and commitment, follow her over her non wedding day.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for
strong language, drug misuse:
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Boonie Bears: Time Twist Boonie Bears: Time Twist is a 2024 China animation by Lin Yongchang
Starring Joseph S. Lambert and Tan Xiao
Rated PG for violence, action and thematic elements.
Viva Pictures Distribution, LLC Summary Notes When Vick gets a chance to start his life again as a logger, he must save his friends by embarking on an adventure through time and
space.
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Starring
Julian Sands, Alexander Arnold and Jack Parr
Rated R for language and bloody/grisly images.
Summary Notes A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a
WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.
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The Last Stop in Yuma County The Last Stop in Yuma County is a 2023 US crime thriller by Francis Galluppi
Starring Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue and Richard Brake
Rated R for violence and language.
Well Go USA, Inc. Summary Notes While stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop, a traveling salesman is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no
qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune.
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Refuge Refuge is a 2023 Bulgaria/US horror by Renny Harlin
Starring Jason Flemyng, Raza Jaffrey and Johanna Harlin
Rated R for violent content, suicide, language and some sexual content.
Summary Notes Sergeant Rick Pedroni, who comes home to his wife Kate changed and dangerous after suffering an attack by a mysterious force during combat in Afghanistan.
Vertical Entertainment LLC | Ride Rated R for drug content and some violence. Well Go USA, Inc. | |
Slingshot Slingshot is a 2024 Hungary/Indonesia/US Sci-Fi thriller by Mikael Håfström
Starring Casey Affleck, Laurence
Fishburne and David Morrissey
Rated R for language and some violence/bloody images. Bleecker Street Summary Notes An
astronaut struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn's moon, Titan.
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Super/man: The Christopher Reeve Story Super/man: The Christopher Reeve Story is a 2024 US biography by Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
Starring Christopher Reeve
Rated PG-13 for some strong language and thematic elements.
CNN Films DC Studios HBO Warner Bros. Pictures Summary Notes Reeve's rise to becoming a film star, follows with a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed
from the neck down. After which he became an activist for spinal cord injury treatments and disability rights.
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Starring Anita Ekberg, Alida Valli and Massimo Serato
The 1981 pre-cert VHS release briefly appeared on the Video Nasties List. Later
released with BBFC cuts for 18 rated VHS release in 1993. Uncut and 18 rated on DVD since 2006. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. Summary Notes Legendary Swedish sex bomb Anita Ekberg
stars as Sister Gertrude, a cruel nun who discovers depraved pleasure in a frenzy of drug addiction, sexual degradation and sadistic murder.
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Promotional Material Dubbed the sex symbol of the silver screen, Anita Ekberg , renowned for her iconic frolicking in the Trevi Fountain in Fellini's
La Dolce Vita , delivers an amazing powerhouse performance in THE KILLER NUN . In an interview exclusive to this edition, Ekberg reveals her frustration with subsequent
"bombshell" typecasting, expressing a preference for working on films like Killer Nun and boldly declaring, "This is the kind of film I like!" Originally banned as a Video Nasty
, Killer Nun is a true "Nunsploitation" great, which uniquely crosses into the Giallo genre. Presented here uncut and pristinely restored from a 2K scan of the camera negative, this release
finally does justice to the uninhibited and frenzied vision of its creator. With impressive high-style photography and vivid, deliciously surreal murders, it is superbly enhanced by the dreamy yet dystopian score of Alessandro
Alessandroni (immortalised by his twangy guitar and his legendary whistling in Sergio Leone's westerns ). The music itself is a manic masterpiece. Based on a true story, Ekberg's tour-de-force performance
portrays a nun who turns junkie and engages in robbery, possibly torture and murder of pensioners in a Church-run Elderly Care Home - all while luring young nuns with her sapphic desires! The Nun is abetted by a hunky doctor played by Andy Warhol's
superstar protégé, Joe D'Alessandro (lionised as "Little Joe" in Lou Reed's famed Walk On The Wild Side ). Special Features:
- Interview with Fellini's muse and iconic Sex-Symbol Anita Ekberg - "After La Dolce Vita"
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- English + separate alternative Original Audio versions.
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