Scott W. Davis
10-08-2003, 05:31 AM
reports that Norway has abruptly overturned it's ban on over three hundred films.
The Norwegian Board of Film Classification (NBFC) has decided to overturn the ban and stop future bans. Instead, they favor a ratings system. The article states, "All the previously banned films will initially receive an 18 certificate, and it will be up to cinemas and distributors to decide if they wish to screen the films."
The films affected by the ban read like a grocery list of horror films, spaghetti westerns, sex comedies, actioners, martial arts flicks, Euro-crime films and cult classics. It also includes a couple head-scratchers like ALL THE MARBLES and TROLL. Horror Express has compiled an easier-to-follow list from the .
1. 99 44/100% DEAD
2. ACROSS 110TH STREET
3. ALL THE MARBLES
4. AND GOD SAID TO CAIN?
5. ANITA (a.k.a. ANITA: SWEDISH NYMPHET, LES IMPURES)
6. BABY, THE (a.k.a. THE DEVIL WITHIN HER, I DON?T WANT TO BE BORN, IT LIVES WITHIN HER, SHARON?S BABY)
7. BAD DREAMS
8. BEACH GIRLS, THE
9. BEIM JODELN JUCKT DIE LEDERHOSE (a.k.a. THERE?S NO SEX LIKE SNOW SEX)
10. BEWARE MY BRETHREN (a.k.a. THE FIEND)
11. BLACK BELT JONES
12. BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY?S TOMB
13. BOBBIE JO AND THE OUTLAW
14. BORSALINO & CO. (a.k.a. BLOOD ON THE STREETS)
15. BREAKER! BREAKER!
16. CHALLENGE, THE (a.k.a. EQUALS, SWORD OF THE NINJA)
17. CHAO CHOU GUY
18. CHILD?S PLAY
19. CLAN DE LOS INMORALES, EL (a.k.a. MISSION TO KILL, ORDER TO ASSASSINATE, ORDER TO KILL)
20. CLEOPATRA JONES AND THE CASINO OF GOLD
21. COBRA
22. COMMANDO
23. COUNSELLOR, THE
24. CREATURE
25. CREEPSHOW
26. CRY UNCLE!
27. CURSE, THE
28. DAY OF THE ASSASSINS
29. DEAD & BURIED
30. DEADLY BLESSING
31. DEATH RACE 2000
32. DEATH SHIP
33. DEATH WISH II
34. DERNIERE FEMME, LA (a.k.a. THE LAST WOMAN)
35. DESPERATE TARGET
36. DILLINGER
37. DIO, SEI PROPRIO UN PADRETERNO! (a.k.a. ESCAPE FROM DEATH ROW, THE GANGSTER STORY, MEAN FRANK AND CRAZY LARRY)
38. DJANGO IL BASTARDO (a.k.a. DJANGO THE BASTARD, STRANGER?S GUNDOWN)
39. DOGN MED ILSE, ET (a.k.a. 24 HOURS WITH ILSE)
40. DOLLAR BETWEEN THE TEETH, A
41. DONNA CHIAMATA APACHE, UNA (a.k.a. APACHE WOMAN)
42. DR. JEKYLL Y EL HOMBRE LOBO (a.k.a. DR. JEKYLL VS. THE WOLFMAN)
43. DUO MING JIN JIAN (a.k.a. THE FAST SWORD)
44. EMANUELLE, QUEEN OF THE DESERT (a.k.a. LA BELVA DALLE CALDA PELLE, THE DIRTY SEVEN)
45. EMILIENNE
46. ENTER THE DRAGON
47. ENTER THE NINJA
48. EYE FOR AN EYE, AN
49. EYES OF A STRANGER
50. ET ANSTENDIG LIV (?)
51. EVIL DEAD II
52. EVIL THAT MEN DO, THE
53. EXTERMINATOR, THE
54. EYE OF THE TIGER
55. FANTASTICI TRE SUPERMEN, I (a.k.a. THE FANTASTIC THREE)
56. FEAR HAS 1000 EYES (a.k.a. BOLMORT I MITT ORA)
57. FINAL JUSTICE
58. FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (a.k.a. ANDY WARHOL?S FRANKENSTEIN)
59. FOOD OF THE GODS PART 2 (a.k.a. GNAW: FOOD OF THE GODS II)
60. FISTS OF VENGEANCE
61. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2
62. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III
63. FUNHOUSE, THE
64. GAME FOR VULTURES
65. GETTING EVEN
66. GIORNO DI GIUDIZIO, IL (a.k.a. DAY OF JUDGEMENT, DOOMSDAY)
67. HALLOWEEN II
68. HANDS OF THE RIPPER
69. HAP KI DO
70. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
71. HARD TARGET
72. HARD TO KILL
73. HI-RIDERS
74. HIGH CRIME
75. HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
76. HIGHLANDER 2: THE QUICKENING
77. HORROR HOSPITAL (a.k.a. DOCTOR BLOODBATH)
78. HORROR HOUSE (a.k.a. THE DARK, THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR)
79. HOT TIMES (a.k.a. SWEET SEXTEEN)
80. HOUSE OF WHIPCORD
81. HOWLING, THE
82. HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP (a.k.a. MONSTER)
83. I, THE JURY
84. I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (a.k.a. DAY OF THE WOMAN)
85. I?LL FORGIVE YOU? BEFORE I KILL YOU
86. INFRA-MAN
87. INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, THE
88. IT?S ALIVE
89. JOY
90. KEOMA
91. KILLING OF AMERICA, THE
92. LANG BEI WEI JIAN (a.k.a. CONMAN AND THE KUNG FU KID, DIRTY PARTNERS, FROM CHINA WITH DEATH, WITS TO WITS)
93. LIFEFORCE
94. LIQUID SKY
95. LO CREDEVANO UNO STINCO DI SANTO (a.k.a. THEY BELIEVED HE WAS NO SAINT, TOO MUCH GOLD FOR ONE GRINGO)
96. LOCKED OUT
97. LOVE (a.k.a. SZERELEM)
98. LOVE BAVARIAN STYLE (a.k.a. GEH, ZIEH DEIN DIRNDL AUS)
99. LUNE FROIDE (a.k.a. COLD MOON)
[I 180w halloween2 I]100. MAN CALLED DJANGO, A (a.k.a. VIVA! DJANGO)
101. MANSON
102. MARCADOS, LOS (a.k.a. THEY CALL HIM MARCADO)
103. MASTER WITH CRACKED FINGERS, THE (a.k.a. GUANG DONG XIAO HU)
104. MILLER?S CROSSING
105. MITCHELL (a.k.a. KILL MISTER MITCHELL)
106. MONACO, IL (a.k.a. THE MONK)
107. MS. 45 (a.k.a. ANGEL OF VENGEANCE)
108. MY NAME IS PECOS
109. NE REVEILLEZ PAS UN FLIC QUI DORT (a.k.a. LET SLEEPING COPS LIE, NEVER WAKE A COP)
110. NEW JACK CITY
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
111. NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS, A
112. ON DEADLY GROUND
113. ON EST TOUJOURS TROP BON AVEC LES FEMMES (a.k.a. ONE IS ALWAYS TOO GOOD WOMEN)
114. OPEN SEASON
115. OUTFIT, THE
116. PAROLE DE FLIC (a.k.a. COP?S HONOR)
117. PENELOPE (a.k.a. PENELOPE PULLS IT OFF)
118. PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, THE
119. PRAY FOR DEATH
PREDATOR 2
120. PREY, THE
121. QUIET DAYS IN CLICHY
122. RAPID FIRE
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
123. ROBOCOP 2
124. ROLLING THUNDER
125. SABATA
126. SALO: THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM
127. SALON KITTY
128. SCHULMEDCHEN ? REPORT
129. SENSATIONAL JANINE (a.k.a. JOSEFINE MUTZENBACHER ? WIE SIE WIRKLICH WAR)
130. SEXABENTEUER DER DREI MUSKETIERE, DEI (a.k.a. THE SEX ADVENTURES OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS)
131. SHOCKER
132. SELF DEFENSE (a.k.a. SIEGE)
133. SILVER BULLET
134. SLAUGHTER
135. SLEEPWALKERS
136. SPAGE RAGE
137. SPECTRE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, THE
138. STATE OF GRACE
139. THE STORY OF O
140. SUDDEN IMPACT
141. SUSPIRIA
142. SWORD AND THE SORCERER, THE
143. TEMPO DEGLI AVVOLTOI, IL (a.k.a. LAST OF THE BADMEN, TIME OF VULTURES)
144. THEATRE OF BLOOD
145. TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
146. TO THE DEVIL? A DAUGHTER
147. TODAY, IT?S ME? TOMORROW, YOU
148. TOO HOT TO HANDLE
149. TOUGH ENOUGH
150. TOWN CALLED HELL, A (a.k.a. A TOWN CALLED BASTARD)
151. TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS
152. TRIO INFERNAL, LE (a.k.a. THE INFERNAL TRIO)
153. TROLL
154. TURKEY SHOOT
155. TURKISH DELIGHT (a.k.a. TURKS FRUIT)
156. TWINS OF DRACULA
157. UNSEEN, THE
158. UOMO CHIAMATO APOCALISSE JOE, UN (a.k.a. APOCALYPSE JOE, A MAN CALLED APOCALYPSE JOE)
159. VALSEUSES, LES (a.k.a. GETTING IT UP, GOING PLACES, MAKING IT)
160. VENUS IN FURS (a.k.a. DEVIL IN THE FLESH, VENUS IN PELS)
161. VICE SQUAD
162. VISITING HOURS
163. WALKING TALL
164. WAY OF THE DRAGON, THE (a.k.a. MENG LONG GUOJIANG, RETURN OF THE DRAGON)
165. WIDE OPEN
166. WITHOUT A STITCH
167. WOMEN IN REVOLT (a.k.a. ANDY WARHOL?S PIGS, ANDY WARHOL?S WOMEN IN REVOLT)
168. WORLD SEX RAPPORT
169. YOUNG WARRIORS
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[I 30h resevil_08 I]Comment on censorship and the Norwegian ban lift in our !
The Norwegian Board of Film Classification (NBFC) has decided to overturn the ban and stop future bans. Instead, they favor a ratings system. The article states, "All the previously banned films will initially receive an 18 certificate, and it will be up to cinemas and distributors to decide if they wish to screen the films."
The films affected by the ban read like a grocery list of horror films, spaghetti westerns, sex comedies, actioners, martial arts flicks, Euro-crime films and cult classics. It also includes a couple head-scratchers like ALL THE MARBLES and TROLL. Horror Express has compiled an easier-to-follow list from the .
1. 99 44/100% DEAD
2. ACROSS 110TH STREET
3. ALL THE MARBLES
4. AND GOD SAID TO CAIN?
5. ANITA (a.k.a. ANITA: SWEDISH NYMPHET, LES IMPURES)
6. BABY, THE (a.k.a. THE DEVIL WITHIN HER, I DON?T WANT TO BE BORN, IT LIVES WITHIN HER, SHARON?S BABY)
7. BAD DREAMS
8. BEACH GIRLS, THE
9. BEIM JODELN JUCKT DIE LEDERHOSE (a.k.a. THERE?S NO SEX LIKE SNOW SEX)
10. BEWARE MY BRETHREN (a.k.a. THE FIEND)
11. BLACK BELT JONES
12. BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY?S TOMB
13. BOBBIE JO AND THE OUTLAW
14. BORSALINO & CO. (a.k.a. BLOOD ON THE STREETS)
15. BREAKER! BREAKER!
16. CHALLENGE, THE (a.k.a. EQUALS, SWORD OF THE NINJA)
17. CHAO CHOU GUY
18. CHILD?S PLAY
19. CLAN DE LOS INMORALES, EL (a.k.a. MISSION TO KILL, ORDER TO ASSASSINATE, ORDER TO KILL)
20. CLEOPATRA JONES AND THE CASINO OF GOLD
21. COBRA
22. COMMANDO
23. COUNSELLOR, THE
24. CREATURE
25. CREEPSHOW
26. CRY UNCLE!
27. CURSE, THE
28. DAY OF THE ASSASSINS
29. DEAD & BURIED
30. DEADLY BLESSING
31. DEATH RACE 2000
32. DEATH SHIP
33. DEATH WISH II
34. DERNIERE FEMME, LA (a.k.a. THE LAST WOMAN)
35. DESPERATE TARGET
36. DILLINGER
37. DIO, SEI PROPRIO UN PADRETERNO! (a.k.a. ESCAPE FROM DEATH ROW, THE GANGSTER STORY, MEAN FRANK AND CRAZY LARRY)
38. DJANGO IL BASTARDO (a.k.a. DJANGO THE BASTARD, STRANGER?S GUNDOWN)
39. DOGN MED ILSE, ET (a.k.a. 24 HOURS WITH ILSE)
40. DOLLAR BETWEEN THE TEETH, A
41. DONNA CHIAMATA APACHE, UNA (a.k.a. APACHE WOMAN)
42. DR. JEKYLL Y EL HOMBRE LOBO (a.k.a. DR. JEKYLL VS. THE WOLFMAN)
43. DUO MING JIN JIAN (a.k.a. THE FAST SWORD)
44. EMANUELLE, QUEEN OF THE DESERT (a.k.a. LA BELVA DALLE CALDA PELLE, THE DIRTY SEVEN)
45. EMILIENNE
46. ENTER THE DRAGON
47. ENTER THE NINJA
48. EYE FOR AN EYE, AN
49. EYES OF A STRANGER
50. ET ANSTENDIG LIV (?)
51. EVIL DEAD II
52. EVIL THAT MEN DO, THE
53. EXTERMINATOR, THE
54. EYE OF THE TIGER
55. FANTASTICI TRE SUPERMEN, I (a.k.a. THE FANTASTIC THREE)
56. FEAR HAS 1000 EYES (a.k.a. BOLMORT I MITT ORA)
57. FINAL JUSTICE
58. FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (a.k.a. ANDY WARHOL?S FRANKENSTEIN)
59. FOOD OF THE GODS PART 2 (a.k.a. GNAW: FOOD OF THE GODS II)
60. FISTS OF VENGEANCE
61. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2
62. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III
63. FUNHOUSE, THE
64. GAME FOR VULTURES
65. GETTING EVEN
66. GIORNO DI GIUDIZIO, IL (a.k.a. DAY OF JUDGEMENT, DOOMSDAY)
67. HALLOWEEN II
68. HANDS OF THE RIPPER
69. HAP KI DO
70. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
71. HARD TARGET
72. HARD TO KILL
73. HI-RIDERS
74. HIGH CRIME
75. HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
76. HIGHLANDER 2: THE QUICKENING
77. HORROR HOSPITAL (a.k.a. DOCTOR BLOODBATH)
78. HORROR HOUSE (a.k.a. THE DARK, THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR)
79. HOT TIMES (a.k.a. SWEET SEXTEEN)
80. HOUSE OF WHIPCORD
81. HOWLING, THE
82. HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP (a.k.a. MONSTER)
83. I, THE JURY
84. I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (a.k.a. DAY OF THE WOMAN)
85. I?LL FORGIVE YOU? BEFORE I KILL YOU
86. INFRA-MAN
87. INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, THE
88. IT?S ALIVE
89. JOY
90. KEOMA
91. KILLING OF AMERICA, THE
92. LANG BEI WEI JIAN (a.k.a. CONMAN AND THE KUNG FU KID, DIRTY PARTNERS, FROM CHINA WITH DEATH, WITS TO WITS)
93. LIFEFORCE
94. LIQUID SKY
95. LO CREDEVANO UNO STINCO DI SANTO (a.k.a. THEY BELIEVED HE WAS NO SAINT, TOO MUCH GOLD FOR ONE GRINGO)
96. LOCKED OUT
97. LOVE (a.k.a. SZERELEM)
98. LOVE BAVARIAN STYLE (a.k.a. GEH, ZIEH DEIN DIRNDL AUS)
99. LUNE FROIDE (a.k.a. COLD MOON)
[I 180w halloween2 I]100. MAN CALLED DJANGO, A (a.k.a. VIVA! DJANGO)
101. MANSON
102. MARCADOS, LOS (a.k.a. THEY CALL HIM MARCADO)
103. MASTER WITH CRACKED FINGERS, THE (a.k.a. GUANG DONG XIAO HU)
104. MILLER?S CROSSING
105. MITCHELL (a.k.a. KILL MISTER MITCHELL)
106. MONACO, IL (a.k.a. THE MONK)
107. MS. 45 (a.k.a. ANGEL OF VENGEANCE)
108. MY NAME IS PECOS
109. NE REVEILLEZ PAS UN FLIC QUI DORT (a.k.a. LET SLEEPING COPS LIE, NEVER WAKE A COP)
110. NEW JACK CITY
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
111. NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS, A
112. ON DEADLY GROUND
113. ON EST TOUJOURS TROP BON AVEC LES FEMMES (a.k.a. ONE IS ALWAYS TOO GOOD WOMEN)
114. OPEN SEASON
115. OUTFIT, THE
116. PAROLE DE FLIC (a.k.a. COP?S HONOR)
117. PENELOPE (a.k.a. PENELOPE PULLS IT OFF)
118. PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, THE
119. PRAY FOR DEATH
PREDATOR 2
120. PREY, THE
121. QUIET DAYS IN CLICHY
122. RAPID FIRE
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
123. ROBOCOP 2
124. ROLLING THUNDER
125. SABATA
126. SALO: THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM
127. SALON KITTY
128. SCHULMEDCHEN ? REPORT
129. SENSATIONAL JANINE (a.k.a. JOSEFINE MUTZENBACHER ? WIE SIE WIRKLICH WAR)
130. SEXABENTEUER DER DREI MUSKETIERE, DEI (a.k.a. THE SEX ADVENTURES OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS)
131. SHOCKER
132. SELF DEFENSE (a.k.a. SIEGE)
133. SILVER BULLET
134. SLAUGHTER
135. SLEEPWALKERS
136. SPAGE RAGE
137. SPECTRE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, THE
138. STATE OF GRACE
139. THE STORY OF O
140. SUDDEN IMPACT
141. SUSPIRIA
142. SWORD AND THE SORCERER, THE
143. TEMPO DEGLI AVVOLTOI, IL (a.k.a. LAST OF THE BADMEN, TIME OF VULTURES)
144. THEATRE OF BLOOD
145. TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
146. TO THE DEVIL? A DAUGHTER
147. TODAY, IT?S ME? TOMORROW, YOU
148. TOO HOT TO HANDLE
149. TOUGH ENOUGH
150. TOWN CALLED HELL, A (a.k.a. A TOWN CALLED BASTARD)
151. TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS
152. TRIO INFERNAL, LE (a.k.a. THE INFERNAL TRIO)
153. TROLL
154. TURKEY SHOOT
155. TURKISH DELIGHT (a.k.a. TURKS FRUIT)
156. TWINS OF DRACULA
157. UNSEEN, THE
158. UOMO CHIAMATO APOCALISSE JOE, UN (a.k.a. APOCALYPSE JOE, A MAN CALLED APOCALYPSE JOE)
159. VALSEUSES, LES (a.k.a. GETTING IT UP, GOING PLACES, MAKING IT)
160. VENUS IN FURS (a.k.a. DEVIL IN THE FLESH, VENUS IN PELS)
161. VICE SQUAD
162. VISITING HOURS
163. WALKING TALL
164. WAY OF THE DRAGON, THE (a.k.a. MENG LONG GUOJIANG, RETURN OF THE DRAGON)
165. WIDE OPEN
166. WITHOUT A STITCH
167. WOMEN IN REVOLT (a.k.a. ANDY WARHOL?S PIGS, ANDY WARHOL?S WOMEN IN REVOLT)
168. WORLD SEX RAPPORT
169. YOUNG WARRIORS
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[I 30h resevil_08 I]Comment on censorship and the Norwegian ban lift in our !