It’s strange to the casual observer that films can and are still banned in this day and age.  Surely, with all the blood and guts and explosions that play on the big screen in your average PG-13 horror movie there’s not much that can still scare and shock people, right?  Well, that’s not true.  Alternative Reel provides their list of the top ten banned films of the 20^th Century.

Most of the films that have been banned for reasons other than grotesquerie, like The Outlaw or Last Tango In Paris, are fairly tame by today’s standards.  Jane Russell’s breasts might raise pulses, but won’t raise alarm when dealing with a generation that includes casual nudity with every spring break celebration.  After

However, their top film on this list is one I own and one that I really could not watch all the way through, and I normally LOVE gore.  I have it on special edition DVD and I think I’ve watched it a total of once all the way through, and I’m not the sort of guy who gets squeamish easily.  I bought it as a challenge to myself, and I’m not ashamed to admit that I completely failed that challenge.  You beat me, Ruggerio.  I tip my hat to you.

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