this is prano bailey bond s feature debut. brilliantly put together. it s a story set during the 1980s video nasties scare. so this is very much you know, i watched this thinking this is a film made for me! and it s about a censor played by niamh algar who starts watching video nasties and seeing in them something more than she expected. and the film is, on the one hand, a kind of nostalgic evocation of that particular time when video had just begun, and the video stores were filled with, you know, cannibal holocaust and driller killer and all these films that were illegal but suddenly they were, kind of, available. but also it s about the way in which horror cinema and horror fiction is really a place in which you can find yourself and which is, kind of, weirdly redeeming and i say this as somebody i ve been a horrorfan all my life it s lovely to see a film about horror made by somebody who loves horror, rather than a film made about horror by somebody who thinks, oh, it s al
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to haunt her when one film reminds her of her missing sister. our mild mannered heroine begins to unravel and move from the safety of the screening room into the seedy world of low budget horrors. censor is a film of shocking twists and turns so i won t to divulge much more of the plot. but i will say that it proves niamh algar to be a very versatile performer and barely recognisable from her other recent roles in calm with horses and raised by wolves. there s also a darkly funny turn from michael smiley, who s so great at being humorously sinister. and who s this you ve got squirrelled away? this is enid bayne, she s one of our censors. censor announces director and co writer prano bailey bond as a major talent who plays with intriguing ideas with visual flair. this story explores mental health and memory as well as politics, the media and power systems. there s a lot to chew on, and while this one s ending might also have you scratching your head,
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so i won t to divulge much more of the plot. but i will say that it proves niamh algar to be a very versatile performer and barely recognisable from her other recent roles in raised by wolves. and calm with horses. there s also a darkly funny turn from michael smiley, who is so great at being humorously sinister. who s this? this is enid bayne, she is one of our censors. censor announces director and co writer prano bailey bond as a major talent who plays with intriguing ideas of visual flair. this story explores mental health and memory as well as politics, the media and power systems. there s a lot to chew on, and while this one s ending might also have you scratching your head, it s definitely a conversation starter. censor is in cinemas now. i need everyone s attention! hey, do you mind?
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