10 Brutally Violent Films The Censors Tried To Ban

7. Blood Feast (1963)

Blood Feast lays claim to being the first splatter movie, and it certainly delivers an experience audiences in 1963 hadn€™t enjoyed before. Over the course of 67 minutes, heads are bashed are in, tongues torn out and legs chopped off €“ all in €œblood colour€, no less. Herschell Gordon Lewis€™ film is as cheap and primitive as they come, loaded with fake-looking gore and dreadful performances, and it€™s hard to imagine anyone taking it seriously enough to be offended. On its release, Variety called it a €œtotally inept shocker€ that was €œincredibly crude and unprofessional from start to finish€ and would insult even €œthe most puerile and salacious of audiences.€ Little known on these shores at the time, the film€™s reputation received a boost when it was listed as a Video Nasty in July 1983. Even as late as 2001, the film required cuts before making its debut on DVD.