Australia has a long history of banning films, but many of those blocked in the past are now easily available to watch
Tobe Hooper’s 1986 film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, was made available to stream on Stan on 9 February. But for 20 years the film wasn’t even allowed in the country: it was banned by the Australian Classification Board, with the ban only being lifted in 2006.
In the cool, calm light of 2019 it seems ludicrous that a film like this, a gory but broad black comedy starring Dennis Hopper, a sequel to Hooper’s 1974 film of the same name, could be deemed unfit for the delicate sensibilities of Australian audiences. But then and now, both the Board and the Australian Federal Police took the importing of contraband media very seriously.
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