Coming just days after their decision to grant an 18 certificate to The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (albeit with over two-and-a-half minutes of cuts) after previously rejecting the uncut version, the British Board of Film Classification have now moved to block the U.K. release of torture movie The Bunny Game, which had recently been acquired for distributon by Trinity X, the new genre distrubtion arm of the UK-based film distributor Trinity. The film, which is directed by Adam Rehmeier, stars Rodleen Getsic as a drug-addicted prostitute who is kidnapped by a truck driver (Jeff Renfro) and subjected to a harrowing series of sadistic and torturous ‘games’. According to the BBFC, "the principal focus of The Bunny Game is the unremitting sexual and physical abuse of a helpless woman, as well as the sadistic and sexual pleasure the man derives from this.”
Responding to the BBFC's decision to refuse a certificate, Trinity's co-director Mark Sandell issued the following statement: "We knew the film was challenging and confrontational, but also felt, as a independent filmmaker, Adam Rehmeir, had a highly original filmic eye and had elicited powerful performances from the cast. We did imagine that the BBFC might ask for cuts but an outright ban gives the film a twisted notoriety that, quite frankly, it doesn’t warrant".
Once again, thanks to the BBFC for deciding what makes for suitable viewing for us here in Britain. What would we do without you?
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