• July 2017 was a slow month for horror movies in terms of Theatrical Releases, but things are picking up in August. The Dark Tower, Annabelle: Creation, and Polaroid.
• Update: FX has released a trailer for the new AHS season. It's a whole lot of creepy cult imagery — complete with clowns for good measure — and how it relates to.

Horror Movies: Banned, Pulled and X- rated. Many films are banned internationally, even among so- called . Inside Out (2015) Full Movie. Even when not banning films, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) often insists that horror movies are heavily edited.

While the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) does not have the power to ban movies outright, it doles out . Director Wes Craven and Producer Sean Cunningham decided to cut the most graphic and disturbing scenes and made further cuts for certain markets. When producers John Mc.

Naughton, Malik Ali and Waleed Ali inquired as to what could be cut to earn the film an . The most controversial scene – cut out in many international and US markets – was the tree- rape, where a possessed tree stabs a branch into Cheryl’s crotch.

Let’s take a look at the biggest and potentially best horror movies of 2017. The scary list features the usual mix of sequels ( The Horror, The Horror Let’s Try to Decode the Meaning of American Horror Story: Cult. Revenge is a dish best served by Norm Macdonald in this 1998 cult comedy.

Nekromantik (1. 98. German film about a woman who discovers a perverse pleasure in rough sex with a corpse. It was so well done that some thought Director Jorg Buttgereit used actual corpses. Although merely a serial killer posing as Santa Claus, that the film tore into the sanctity of the Christmas tradition and was released during that most magical time of the year, outraged Parent- Teacher Associations across the United States.

Prolonged sequences of graphic violence and ridiculously over the line sexual depravity were meant as a commentary on 1. Italy. Cannibal Holocaust (1.

Let’s Try to Decode the Meaning of American Horror Story: Cult. Finally, American Horror Story fans have some solid information about the election- themed season to come. It’s not much—just a title and a release date—but hey, A. H. S. Season 7 of Ryan Murphy’s FX anthology series will be titled American Horror Story: Cult, and will have its premiere on September 5. A healthy contingent of A. H. S. This time, it appears they’re finally getting what they wanted. The title’s release came at San Diego Comic Con, where a projected video urged viewers to join a cult.

There’s also another video on this season’s Web site. And already, there appear to be some hidden clues that might reveal a little more about what’s to come this season. The Comic Con release, a projection onto fog, showed off a cult of clowns dressed in black and red, with voice- over that asked, “Do you ever feel alone?

Does it seem like no one really understands you? Do some people just make you sick? Are you afraid? We can set you free. We will make you strong. We want you.” The clowns are seen standing in front of a hexagon. The teaser video on the Web site involves similar imagery: clowns in a cluster, swaying back and forth in unison.

As one eagle- eyed Reddit user noticed, however, one frame is particularly interesting—as it features a woman not wearing clown makeup, who appears to really not want to be there. Toward the end of the video, the clown in the center—who appears to be standing on a red cult symbol of some sort—releases a swarm of bees from his mouth. Additionally, the Season 7 site urges fans to connect through Facebook; should they choose to do so, they’ll be directed to a Facebook Messenger chat in which they can ask the cult one question. In the end, it says, “You will be contacted again.”As usual, clues are minimal, but there are a few things we can guess.

First, the bee imagery remains perhaps the most fascinating element of the promotional materials. An image of a man covered in bees was the final teaser for this season before the title reveal, and FX’s current page for the new season appears to depict a honeycomb.

Ryan Murphy’s Instagram post of a man covered in bees conjured images of Wicker Man and especially Candyman. Interestingly, a song from Candyman played in Season 2 as Lana Winters escaped Briarcliff and Oliver Thredson, so that teaser may have hinted at the character’s return.

But the swarm of bees flying out of the clown’s mouth in the new video also recalls another film: The Green Mile. That movie was based on a Stephen King novel; one of its characters, John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), has the ability to heal people. At one point, he is seen releasing flies from his mouth after healing Tom Hanks’s character.

Perhaps the clown, like Coffey, is some kind of “healer,” and maybe this ties into the promise from the projected video, “We will make you strong.” (Bees have, historically, been seen as conduits to the underworld, or symbols of the cycle of life and death.) It’s hard to imagine that Murphy would include a cult this season without giving it some supernatural element; so far, there hasn’t been one season of American Horror Story that didn’t include supernatural goings- on in some way. As for what’s up with all the clowns: we already know that Twisty the Clown from Season 4 is coming back, at least as a comic- book icon.

Given the season’s election theme, however, we’re guessing his presence might mean something more. Perhaps in the world of the show, Twisty has gained prominence as an image that symbolizes a movement—much like a real- life cartoon has for the alt- right.

There’s also the historic view that jesters were some of the few people able to speak truth to power. So, to summarize: we’re guessing the cult of clowns could perhaps represent a political faction that has found itself disenfranchised.

It seems unlikely that the clowns will represent one political party in particular; given the title announcement, it seems more likely that Murphy is playing with the idea of political parties and their associated dogma in the abstract. There will likely be a female interloper among the cult, who either infiltrated the group or got swept into it. And chances are that this cult does more than just talk; it seems likely that there will actually be some supernatural forces at work. In the meantime, try not to have too many clown- filled nightmares. Full Screen. Photos: 1/8.

My Trailer: American Horror Story’s Lily Rabe Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Coven. Taking a break with Moses, the adopted pup of one of our production assistants. Photo: Courtesy of Lily Rabe. Alvin And The Chipmunks 4 (2015) Movie Theatre. Our very brilliant hair and makeup supervisors, Monte . I love this city! I’ve never had more fun collaborating on costumes for a character than I do with Lou, especially this season. Photo: Courtesy of Lily Rabe.