20 Horror Movies That Fall Apart In The Final Act

Censor, the debut feature of Prano Bailey-Bond, is a rather mixed affair. There's a lot of great stuff within it, but the disparate elements of the story never quite gel together. 

The movie revolves around Enid (Niamh Algar), a censor for the BBFC who's screening films at the height of the Video Nasty crisis, and she faces various controversies and threats due to her work here. She's also dealing with her trauma regarding the childhood disappearance of her young sister, who she may or may not have killed herself. 

Censor juggles these two plotlines with limited success, meaning that this flick often feels like two different stories fighting for prominence, before the stuff involving Enid's work as a censor - the far more interesting element of the picture - largely falls to the wayside by the end. 

The final act, which sees Enid trying to find an actress who resembles her missing sister while she completely loses her grip on reality, has some terrific visuals but is ultimately a bit of a mess, showering the viewer with a load of abstract surrealism that doesn't actually say anything very much, making this a frustrating and confusing watch in the worst kind of way. 

Furthermore, Censor seems to imply that Enid's work watching extreme movies has driven her mad. Given how much censorship certain films have faced and continue to face due to unfair controversies about their content, this message is questionable at best and grossly misjudged at worst.