One of Martin Scorsese’s favourite films and guess what? We agree, it’s brilliant. Contemporary audiences detested it, preferring to ignore why they derived pleasure from realistic, filmed torture and terror. This film has everything from Freudianism to a Hitchcock doppelganger. Cuts made by censors might be lost forever but it still shocks and gives us a perfect amount of ick. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054167/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_peeping%2520tom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peeping Tom</a> (1960) dir. Michael Powell, starring Karlheinz Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Psycho</a> (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh. &nbsp;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040725/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520red%2520sho" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Red Shoes</a> (1948) dir. Powell and Pressburger, starring Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support us!</a>And, <a href="https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch</a>

A Celluloid Nasty: Peeping Tom (1960)

A horror fan (Lloyd Meadhbh) and not-a-horror fan (Aoife) agree that this unexpectedly feminist film did not deserve to be banned twice in Ireland. Caveat: Roman Polanski directed it. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_rosemary%27s%2520bab" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rosemary’s Baby</a> (dir. Roman Polanski) starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes <a href="https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch!</a>Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>

Anti-natal: Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Ties, suits and sex - Paul Schrader's exploration of consumerism and Richard Gere's hotness was pruned of bad language and "sex scenes" by the Irish censor. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080365/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_american%2520gi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American Gigolo</a> (1980, dir. Paul Schrader) starring Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Bill Duke, Hector Elizondo <a href="http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/1980-richard-gere-erotic-80s-part-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">You Must Remember This</a> on American Gigolo More on Aoife's Gere-athon for <a href="https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon supporters</a> <a href="https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch!</a>

The Full Gere: American Gigolo (1980)

What’s the worst celluloid crime committed in The Evil Dead: excessive violence or Bruce Campbell’s fringe? Lloyd Meadhbh (a fan) tries to persuade Aoife (a sceptic) to embrace this video-nasty classic. Also, listener correspondence on The Rocky Road to Dublin. The Evil Dead (dir. Sam Rami, 1981) <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083907/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_8_nm_0_q_evil%2520dead" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083907/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_8_nm_0_q_evil%2520dead</a>Evil Dead II (dir. Sam Rami, 1987) <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092991/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_7_tt_8_nm_0_q_evil%2520dead%2520" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092991/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_7_tt_8_nm_0_q_evil%2520dead%2520</a>Weird Studies Podcast on ‘Evil Dead II’ <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/136" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.weirdstudies.com/136</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support us, if you can</a>

Video Nasties (Part Two)

Lloyd Meadhbh rewinds the tape back to the 1980s, when a new film medium caused a new (ish) moral panic. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support us</a><a href="https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch</a>

Video Nasties (Part One)

How revolutionary was Ireland anyway? Journalist and director <a href="https://www.dib.ie/biography/lennon-peter-gerard-a9893" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Lennon</a> asked how a nation birthed by rebels seemed to be run by Catholic priests. His caustic script allied to <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184170/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Raoul Coutard</a>'s captivating cinematography made for a unique documentary. We discuss odd accents, cheeky children and creepy priests. The Rocky Road to Dublin (1967, re-released by IFI in 2004) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66JpC_T3wFM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66JpC_T3wFM</a> <a href="https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>

The Rocky Road to Dublin (1967)

Did you know DIY censorship was practiced by those outside the film censor’s office. Even after official censors vetted publicity material, some film posters showed too much skin, especially male arms and legs. &nbsp;<a href="https://www.dib.ie/biography/oleary-liam-a6863" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Liam O’Leary</a> collected this material &nbsp;Kevin Rockett Irish Film Censorship: a cultural journey from silent cinema to internet pornography (2004)&nbsp;Doctored film posters can be seen <a href="http://censored.ie/s10-e10-censorship-by-sharpie-film-season/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>&nbsp;Original, undoctored film posters:The Virgin Soldiers (1969) <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065182/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065182/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1</a> The Hustler (1961) <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054997/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520hust" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054997/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520hust</a> Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066016/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066016/</a> From Here to Eternity (1953) <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045793/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_from%2520here" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045793/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_from%2520here</a> The Chastity Belt/On My Way To The Crusades I Met A Girl Who (1967) <a href="https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0064167/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_4_nm_4_q_chastity%2520belt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0064167/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_4_nm_4_q_chastity%2520belt</a> A Cold Wind in August (1961) <a href="https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0054755/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0054755/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1</a> <a href="https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch</a>Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a> if you are 18 or over. Yes, we have been censored.

Censorship by Sharpie

Ken Russell's <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066993/?ref_=tt_mv_close" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Devils</a> is definitely a film for us. Satanism, orgies, exorcisms - what's not to love? And it's a complicated censorship story of different cuts for different censors.

The Devils is not a film for everyone

Banned, appealed, cut eleven times: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Graduate </a>(1967) had a torrid time in Ireland. What narrative were Irish audiences allowed to see? And, Mrs Robinson, we stan.

Are you trying to censor me, Mrs Robinson?

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Censored is a podcast for the filthy minded. Explore banned films, books, magazines, newspapers and cinema like a smut-obsessed censor.

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