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''Hate Crime'' is a 2013 American found footage
horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...
directed by James Cullen Bressack, co-written by Bressack and Jarret Cohen.


Plot

A group of crystal meth-crazed neo-Nazis invade a Jewish family's home and subject them to beating, rape, torture, incest and murder.


Cast


Release

In March 2015 the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) refused to issue a certificate to the film for a video-on-demand release, stating:
It is the Board's carefully considered conclusion that the unremitting manner in which he filmfocuses on physical and sexual abuse, aggravated by racist invective, means that to issue a classification to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board's Guidelines, would risk potential harm, and would be unacceptable to broad public opinion.
James Cullen Bressack commented that he was "honoured to know that ismind is officially too twisted for the UK." Though some reacted positively to the ban, which was the BBFC's first (and as of 2018 only) complete refusal of certification since 2011's ''
The Bunny Game ''The Bunny Game'' is a 2010 American low-budget avant-garde horror film co-created and co-written by Rodleen Getsic (who also stars in the film) and Adam Rehmeier. Set in the desert, the film is about a prostitute who is abducted by a truck d ...
'', Bressack stated:
As a Jewish man, and a victim of
anti-Semitic Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...
hate, I made a horror film that depicts the very thing that haunts my dreams. As an artist I wanted to tell a story to remind us that we live in a dangerous world; a world where racial violence is on the rise. It saddens me to learn that censorship is still alive and well.


See also

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List of films banned in the United Kingdom Film censorship in the United Kingdom began with early cinema exhibition becoming subject to the Disorderly Houses Act 1751. The Cinematograph Act 1909 was primarily concerned with introducing annual licensing of premises where films were shown, p ...


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* * 2013 films 2013 horror films American independent films Films about fascists Films about Jews and Judaism Films about race and ethnicity Films about racism Films about rape Found footage films Films about neo-Nazism Films about home invasion Obscenity controversies in film Films originally rejected by the British Board of Film Classification 2010s English-language films Films directed by James Cullen Bressack 2010s American films {{2010s-horror-film-stub