�TO AVOID FAINTING, KEEP REPEATING, IT�S ONLY A MOVIE�ONLY A MOVIE�ONLY A MOVIE��
TEAM FUTURE DIRECTOR OF �A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET� AND �SCREAM,� WES CRAVEN AND FUTURE DIRECTOR OF �FRIDAY THE 13TH,� SEAN CUNNINGHAM, AND WHAT DO YOU GET? A GUT WRENCHING REMAKE OF INGMAR BERGMAN�S 1960 OSCAR WINNER �VIRGIN SPRING.� WHEN THIS FILM FIRST CAME OUT IT WAS CONSIDERED BY SOME TO BE �DEBASING� THE ORIGINAL. THIS VIETNAM ALLEGORY IS BLEAK AND NIHILISTIC IN FORM AND STYLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY PITS AVENGING PARENTS AGAINST A GROUP OF THUGS WHO RAPED AND KILLED THEIR DAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND. THE PARENTS THEREFORE SINK TO THE LEVELS THEY WOULD OTHERWISE AVOID ON PRINCIPLE. THIS FILM IS EXTREME IN ALL SENSES OF RAPE, TORTUROUS ACTS AND DISEMBOWLMENT ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY HUMILIATING ACTS, CASTRATION AND CHAINSAW ATTACKS AND BEHEADING.
CURRENTLY BANNED IN THE UK, THIS FILM WAS UP FOR RE-SEUBMISSION A WHILE BACK, BUT HAS SINCE BEEN TURNED DOWN AGAIN. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH WE IN THE UK WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SEE THIS CLASSIC BRUTAL HORROR, UNLESS THE BBFC WISE UP AND DECIDE TO ONLY RATE FILMS INSTEAD OF CUTTING THEM TO SHREDS AND BANNING THEM. |
