10 Horror Movies That Got Banned From Certain Countries

4. The Exorcist - Tunisia

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There are many, many stories you could tell about the release of The Exorcist.

William Friedkin's possession-based masterpiece opened to American audiences in 1973 and changed horror cinema forever. There were reports of people fleeing theatres or throwing up out of sheer terror, and the movie quickly gained a reputation as one of the scariest motion pictures ever made; a reputation it still carries to this very day.

Naturally, with this much controversy surrounding it, it was only a matter of time before The Exorcist got clamped down on.

Some areas of Wales banned the film from being shown and, in 1988, all home video copies of The Exorcist were removed from British stores.

In Tunisia, it was prohibited right from the get-go under claims that it "presented unjustified propaganda in favour of Christianity". This is utterly hilarious when you think about how many Christian groups denounced The Exorcist as the work of the Devil!

If you think about it, the Tunisian argument makes a lot of sense. The Exorcist shows the existence of demons and that Catholic rituals are effective against them.

 
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