The BBFC have undergone a period of liberalisation recently and infamous banned works that we thought we would never see distributed on these shores have arrived shiny new in their DVD cases. I had a shock to see SS Experiment Camp proudly on display in my local DVD retailers. Yes, we can finally watch some big name censor baiting treats such as Killer Nun and Night Train Murders (courtesy of our friends at Shameless Screen Entertainment). However, censorship is still in place, and recently the BBFC has had to deal with a slew of torture based films in which torture is a major plot device or theme in the film. Such titles as both the Hostel and Saw franchises fall into this group. But both of these franchises, while offering the ghoulish appeal of torture, have the good grace to couch their films with both a plot and characterisation, thereby achieving grudging BBFC approval. It is mainly the torture based films with no reason as to their existence which catch the ire of the censors. As you will see below, if you are going to make a movie based on torture, at least give it a bit of plot and characterisation. If you do not follow this through, I hear the snip snip snip of the Censor's scissors coming to get you!