In the 60s and
70s, sexual violence, nudity and gore were all concepts that no film director
in their right mind would have written into their scripts, let alone actually
putting them on screen. Hitchcock's film Psycho was almost pulled from public viewing for what many studio executives deemed to be too 'smutty'.
Here are some horror movies that can be seen as controversial according to http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/banned-and-brutal-14-beyond-controversial-horror-movies-w446601:
The Exorcist (1973) - The U.K. banned it from home release for a decade, and scholars have obsessed over the controversial presence of subliminal messaging in the film in order to disturb viewers.
The Human Centipede (2009) - The movie had been called "the most horrifying film ever made" and when the film showed at festivals, there were copious incidents involving people vomiting in the aisles.
The Last House on the Left (1972) - New York Times critic Howard Thompson admitted to walking out after 50 minutes of this “sickening tripe". It stayed on the U.K.'s notorious "video nasties" list for decades, losing appeal after appeal until finally getting an uncut video release in 2008.
Psycho (1960) -
Here are some horror movies that can be seen as controversial according to http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/banned-and-brutal-14-beyond-controversial-horror-movies-w446601:
The Exorcist (1973) - The U.K. banned it from home release for a decade, and scholars have obsessed over the controversial presence of subliminal messaging in the film in order to disturb viewers.
The Human Centipede (2009) - The movie had been called "the most horrifying film ever made" and when the film showed at festivals, there were copious incidents involving people vomiting in the aisles.
The Last House on the Left (1972) - New York Times critic Howard Thompson admitted to walking out after 50 minutes of this “sickening tripe". It stayed on the U.K.'s notorious "video nasties" list for decades, losing appeal after appeal until finally getting an uncut video release in 2008.
Psycho (1960) -
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