Ghastly Ones, The
Dir Andy Milligan / 1969 / USA
In the early 80's there was no law that compelled distributors to have video tapes classified. For a period, the Censorship Board simply viewed the tapes and passed them as 'Special Condition', the definition of which was:
That the film/tape will not be exhibited in any State in contravention of that State's law relating to the exhibition of films.
The Prestige Video release of THE GHASTLY ONES was passed in October 1983 with such a warning.
In February 1984 it became law for all video tapes to be classified. The censors began the slow task of reviewing all the titles that had been released up until that time. They finally got to the THE GHASTLY ONES in October 1984. The 71min (71m 14s) Prestige Video VHS was Refused Classification due to:
Violence
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous
The violence consists of four or five unconvincing and poorly shot gore scenes.
Despite the ban, the film remained on the shelves of many video stores.
In August 2005 it was passed R18+ as part of a double-bill with Milligan's SEEDS OF SIN. The consumer advice for the combined titles was 'High Level Violence, High Level Sex Scenes, Adult themes'. Siren Visual Entertainment released the DVD in September 2005.
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56min approx Husband #2 is disembowelled. |
| 63min approx Husband #3 gets a pitchfork in the neck. |
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70min approx Hattie gets a hatchet in the head. |
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