In today's society, the United Kingdom is pretty open minded when it comes to cinema - but it hasn't always been the case.
Throughout film and TV history, there have been a number of titles considered either too violent, grotesque or disturbing for the general public to consume - leading to silver screen hits to be pulled and blacklisted, sometimes for decades at a time.
The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is in charge of deciding upon the censorship and subsequent fate of movies, deciding what age rating to give to new releases. But they've also been known to pull movies completely due to their graphic nature.
