''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
James Cullen Bressack (born c. 1992 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is the son of Emmy Award-winning writer Gordon Bressack and voice actress Ellen Gerstell.Couch, Aaron (2015)Tom Gre ...
, co-written by Bressack and Jarret Cohen.
Plot
A group of
crystal meth-crazed
neo-Nazis invade a
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
family's home and subject them to beating, rape, torture,
incest
Incest ( ) is human sexual activity between family members or close relatives. This typically includes sexual activity between people in consanguinity (blood relations), and sometimes those related by affinity (marriage or stepfamily), adoption ...
and murder.
Cast
Release
In March 2015 the
British Board of Film Classification
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(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'', 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 ...
References
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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
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