- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- June 11, 2021 (3 years ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production companies
- Cinelab London · Ffilm Cymru Wales · Film4 Productions · Kodak Motion Picture Products · Rook Films · Silver Salt Films · Timpson Films
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
Censor

Where to watch (United States)
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
Clare PerkinsAnne
Guillaume DelaunayBeastman
Richard GloverGerald
Erin ShanagherDebbie
Beau GadsdonYoung Enid
Amelie Child-VilliersNina
Matthew EarleyGordon
Richard RentonFrank
Bo BragasonOlder Girl in Film
Amelia CraighillYounger Girl in Film
Madeleine HutchinsPanicked Woman
Robert VernonTom
Lucy MizenNeighbour on TV
Joanne GaleWoman in Video Nasty
Clare NoyWaitress
Louise HadleyRed Haired Woman
Lisa RonaghanGirls on Night Out
Francesca Renée ReidGirls on Night Out
Albie MarberBoy
Chris DaleAlf the Projectionist
Guy SlocombeJournalist #2
Garry MolyneuxJournalist #4
Sean BuchananArguing Man
Emma EcktonArguing Woman
John WardMan Reading Newspaper on Train
Joe WalkerYoung Boy with Arguing Couple
Peter PedreroMan in Extreme Coda
Alice EadsonWoman in Extreme Coda
Steven O'RourkeThe Day The World Began
Sam GoodlandThe Day The World Began
Charlie LangridgeKids Outside Video Shop
Emile JamesKids Outside Video Shop
Sharon TaylorWoman in Video Shop
Prano Bailey-BondBloodied Woman in Rejected Video Nasty
Jonathan Rushby-TaylorJournalist #3
Crew
Reviews
‘Censor’ review: A bold artistic statement, inspired by horror genre itself In her daring feature debut, “Censor,” writer/director Prano Bailey-Bond crafts a multilayered and meta piece of filmmaking that uses cheapie exploitatio...
Film Review: Censor Censor is a hallucinatory look at the 1980s Video Nasty phenomenon: Sundance 2021 Review Prano Bailey-Bond’s feature debut proves there’s plenty of horror in the censorship debate. Read Joe Lipsett's full review.
Censor Niamh Algar plays a 1980s film censor in the video nasty era who begins to unspool after a disturbing screening. Read the Empire review.
Censor — a psychodrama rewinds to the era of video nasties A film censor sees parallels between horror movies and childhood memories of her sister’s disappearance
Is Censor the Future of Giallo Horror? The Giallo influence is palpable and used to great effect.
‘Censor’: Film Review Niamh Algar stars as a film examiner in 1980s Britain who gets a little too dedicated to her job in director Prano Bailey-Bond's debut feature.
Censor is a tactile and vivid slice of Thatcherite horror – review Prano Bailey-Bond’s feature debut feels lovingly worked-at in all its period grisliness
‘Censor’ Review: Gory ’80s Horror Overtakes a Troubled Woman’s Mind in Disturbing Debut A British film censor loses her mind in this elegant homage to the video nasty days.
Censor: Niamh Algar keeps the momentum surging in this video-nasty horror Review: Prano Bailey-Bond brings a clever concept to life with invention and emotional honesty
Review: Complex horror film 'Censor' dives deep into the 'video nasty' In "Censor," writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond makes a bold artistic statement inspired by the history of horror, especially 1980s straight-to-VHS.
Censor review – Immersive throwback to Video Nasty era A film censor goes in search of her missing sister in Prano Bailey-Bond’s razor-sharp, retro-styled horror satire.
Censor movie review & film summary (2021) Censor fosters an increasingly desperate, anxiety-inducing effect.
Movie Review: Niamh Algar is a Thatcherite “Censor” with “video nasties” issues “Censor” is a horror satire about one of those intrepid, iron-stomached bureaucrats of the British Board of Film Classification, a woman who brings a zea...
'Censor': British Horror, Banned Movies and Madness 'Censor' rewinds back to 1980s paranoia over horror films, and uses it as the backdrop for fractured splatterfest fairy tale. Our review.
‘Censor’: Sundance Review Can Prano Bailey-Bond and Niamh Algar save the UK from 'video nasties'?
'Censor' Review: A Tribute To Video Nasties That Can't Keep Up Its Momentum [Sundance 2021] - SlashFilm The horror thriller Censor pays tribute to the era of video nasties, but has nothing new to add to the conversation.
Censor film review: This video nasty by rights should make a killing Loved Saint Maud? Niamh Algar has a one-of-a-kind presence in this debut from director Prano Bailey-Bond
Review: Retro-horror Censor is as nasty as it wants to be, but not as much as it needs to be Censor attempts to both mine the hazily nostalgic memories of cheap thrills and turn the mental screws when it comes to unreliable narrators who can’t dist...
'Censor': Prano Bailey-Bond's Ode To Bloody VHS Horror Is A Disturbing Glimpse At Traumatic Memories [Sundance Review] Directed by Prano Bailey-Bond, who co-wrote the film with Anthony Fletcher, “Censor” is a throwback to an era of banned VHS tapes.
‘Censor’ Review: A Horror-Homage to the ‘Video Nasty’ That Isn’t Quite Nasty Enough A tightly-wound film censor in 1980s Britain believes her long-lost sister is a slasher-movie actress in Prano Bailey-Bond's Sundance debut.
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