China Bans Horror Movies
Saturday, February 16th, 2008Members of the Chinese government have banned horror movies. From an article on the story…
China has added ghosts, monsters and other things that go bump in the night to its list of banned video and audio content in an intensified crackdown…. Producers have around three weeks to look through their tapes for “horror” and report it to [the Chinese government]
The article goes on to say…
Offending content included “wronged spirits and violent ghosts, monsters, demons, and other inhuman portrayals, strange and supernatural storytelling for the sole purpose of seeking terror and horror,” the administration said.
It is unclear yet whether this ban only includes home-grown works of “horror”. Or also extends to foreign created works of “horror”; and could result in a ban of all works of “horror” on the Internet, enacted through the “Great Firewall of China“.
UPDATE: John Cardenas wrote in to say that, basically, bans like these by the Government in China are ineffectual. So… likely nothing to worry for video bloggers and other people involved with Internet TV.