10 Films You Probably Shouldn't Watch On A First Date

4. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

Spare a thought for director Ruggero Deodato, who was arrested on obscenity charges shortly after Cannibal Holocaust€™s Italian premiere. He was only able to evade the charges when he produced his actors in court, thus proving he hadn€™t made a snuff film. Deodato€™s stark, documentary-style presentation of sexual and physical violence might've been enough to fool the casual viewer, but it was the actual violence against animals (a source of tension between cast and crew) that garnered Cannibal Holocaust its reputation as €œThe most controversial movie ever made.€ Being banned in a rumoured 50 countries (including Italy and Norway) probably didn€™t hurt either, though in the UK the film was available to rent between February 1982 and July 1983, after which it came to the attention of the Director of Public Prosecutions and was placed on the video nasties list. Prosecuted for obscenity, the picture was banned until 2001, when it was released in an edited version that excised several scenes of animal cruelty and sexual violence.