10 Films That Were Too Shocking For Audiences

10. Maniac

Directed by the auteur behind the skin flicks Hot Honey and The Violation Of Claudia, Maniac is your typical story of a Vietnam veteran who places the scalps of his female victims on his assembly on mannequins. After clothing a mannequin, he carries it over to his bed and starts talking to it, pretending it’s his dead mother.

There’s gore galore as our “hero” goes about his business and because the effects are by Tom Savini, it all looks shockingly realistic. The BBFC thought so, and refused to grant the picture a theatrical certificate.

As late as 1998, the film was refused a video certificate, but it was finally released in 2002 with 58 seconds of cuts. A decade later, a much softer remake starring Elijah Woods appeared in cinemas. It was passed uncut.