Censor is a British horror film that explores the video nasty boom of the 1980's. [The video store employees who held the tapes under the counter and those that censored them.]
It's 1985 and Enid Baines (a very good Niamh Algar) works for the British Board of Film Classification during the height of the Video Nasty controversy.
Doug Smart (Michael Smiley) a film producer claims veteran horror director Frederick North has personally requested Enid to watch one of his films, Don't Go in the Church. While watching this, Enid notices that the film depicts events similar to that of her sister Nina's disappearance.
Censor is intriguing and disturbing in parts (see: the controversial material that Enid views) but it isn't particularly scary. The film blurs reality and fantasy as it goes along, with a purposely confusing narrative that offers no easy answers. This will annoy some viewers and enthrall others. Watchable.
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DIRECTED BY: Prano Bailey-Bond. SCREENPLAY BY: Prano Bailey-Bond, Anthony Fletcher. RUNNING TIME: 84 minutes. CERTIFICATE: 15 / R. UK.
