The Last Horror Movie (2003) - caused a bit of outrage in the UK (?) if memory serves. Hate it or love it kind of deal.
Hmm don’t think I’ve even heard of it…
I just checked to make sure, turns out it wasn't the UK but Germany. I had those mixed up. German censors denied a rating for The Last Horror Movie because they thought it gloryfies violence. The German distributor was left with these options: 1. either remove the violence German censors had issues with to secure a rating which is required in order to distribute the film on physical media in Germany. Option 2: release the film uncensored in Austria, who doesn't have strict film rating laws. People from Germany then could mail order The Last Horror Movie from Austria. However, there's always a chance German censors get a hold of these imported uncut versions which can result in a lawsuit against the distributer.
The distrubter went with the first option and edited out 25 minutes of violence to secure an "18" rating. The Last Horror Movie's original running time is 80 minutes. The cut German version is only 55 minutes.
Did they manage to make a coherant movie out of it?
