Synopsis
A film screener at the BBFC, who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low budget horror movie with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.
Your Movie Library
Cast
- Niamh AlgarEnid Baines
- Michael SmileyDoug Smart
- Nicholas BurnsSanderson
- Vincent FranklinFraser
- Sophia La PortaAlice Lee
- Adrian SchillerFrederick North
- Clare HolmanJune
- Andrew HavillGeorge
- Felicity MontaguValerie
- Danny Lee WynterPerkins
Recommendations
- 90
Film Threat
Welsh director Prano Bailey-Bond’s feature debut, Censor, is one of those horror movies that sticks with you well after the credits roll. That’s because it doesn’t follow the typical horror movie formula. - 83
The Playlist
Censor is an impressive, visually-stunning, deeply disturbing debut from Bailey-Bond and a showcase for Algar, who gives a truly spectacular performance. - 80
The Guardian
With production designer Paulina Rzeszowska and cinematographer Annika Summerson, Bailey-Bond creates something almost unbearably close and oppressive, like the bottom of a murky fish tank. It’s a very elegant and disquieting debut. - 80
Screen Daily
Debut director Prano Bailey-Bond crafts a stylish, effective horror that is both an homage to genre cinema of that period and a psychological dive into the combined traumas of grief and guilt. - 75
Consequence
Despite a striking production design and the strong performance by lead actress Niamh Algar, the narrative familiarity of the second half and restrained climax let the film down. - 75
IndieWire
The movie shows the mark of a filmmaker in full command of vintage horror’s most disturbing strengths — and well-equipped to resurrect them. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Steeped in the gory look, grimy feel and transgressive spirit of the so-called "video nasties" from the 1980s, British meta-minded horror movie Censor offers an admirable pastiche, spiked with black humor. - 60
Slashfilm
It works as a loving homage to the era of slap-dash, go-for-broke ’80s horror, but it ultimately adds nothing to the conversation.
