25 Most Controversial Horror Movies Ever Made

3. Witchfinder General

The Exorcist
American International Pictures

Deemed to be excessively brutal for no other reason then to generate controversy, Witchfinder General didn't exactly sit well with the UK press when it was released.

For its time, the film's depiction of hangings, rape and burning at the stake proved to be just too much for the English public to handle.

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