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In the 1980s, newly arisen video distribution companies in Britain got the idea to [[Step Three: Profit|make a fast buck]] by adapting for VHS cheesy, low-budget and, for the time, rather violent Italian and American horror films of the [[Grindhouse|ilk that would later inspire]] [[Quentin Tarantino]] and [[Robert Rodriguez]]. Unfortunately, at the time there was no law that required videocassettes to be classified before being rented and anyone of any age could legally rent any video; so films such as ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' and ''[[I Spit on Your Grave]]'' could be (and were) [[Harmful to Minors|rented by children as young as 10]].

[[Moral Guardians|Mary Whitehouse]] was not pleased.

 

 

As time has gone by and society become more liberal about horror movies, many films from the list have been resubmitted to the BBFC. In some cases they were passed with no difficulties, but a few of the more extreme cases were passed only with cuts, only for them to resubmitted again a few years later and released completely uncut in the present day (the most notorious and high-profile case of this being ''The Last House on the Left''). Only a handful of films from the list still remain banned, but usually because they remain so obscure that nobody has bothered to resubmit them. If you are able to find and view these films (most used to be incredibly rare and obscure; what were once considered holy-grails amongst collectors are now widely available in this age of DVD) you will probably be shocked at how tame ''some'' of them are compared to today's standards what with films the likes of ''[[Saw]]'' and ''[[Hostel]]''. In many cases, some films would have been tame even by ''those'' days' standards; often films were convicted of obscenity [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch|based on the cover art or the title alone]]. The featuring of the words "[[I'm a Humanitarian|Cannibal]]", "[[Zombie Apocalypse|Zombie]]" or anything associated with [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]] in the title of a film almost guaranteed inclusion on the list. Other films though, such as ''Cannibal Holocaust'', retain the power to shock and horrify.

* ''[[The Boogeyman]]''

* ''[[The Burning]]''

* ''[[Cannibal Ferox]]''

* ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]''

* ''[[Dead and Buried]]''

* ''[[Eaten Alive (film)|Death Trap]]''

* ''[[Don't Go in the House]]''

* ''[[Don't Go in the Woods]]''

* ''[[The Dorm That Dripped Blood]]''

* ''[[The Driller Killer]]''

* ''[[Evil Dead]]''

* ''[[Evilspeak]]''

* ''[[Fight for Your Life]]''

* ''[[The Funhouse]]''

* ''[[The House by the Cemetery]]''

* ''[[I Spit on Your Grave]]''

* ''[[The Last House on the Left]]''

* ''[[Last Orgy of the Third Reich]]''

* ''[[Possession (1981 film)|Possession]]''

* ''[[Prisoner of the Cannibal God]]''

* ''[[The Boogeyman 2|Revenge of the Boogeyman]]''

* ''[[Tenebre]]''

* ''[[The Toolbox Murders]]''

* ''[[Reazione a Catena|Twitch of the Death Nerve]]''

* ''[[Visiting Hours]]''

* ''[[Zombi 2|Zombie Flesh Eaters]]''