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‘Saw 3D’ TV Spot Banned in UK
Further proving that our world is filled with weaklings and completel pussies, a TV trailer advertising the film Saw 3D has been banned after a 10-year-old complained that it was “distressing” and “inappropriately scheduled,” you know, strong words from a 10-year-old (sounds more like his/her parents put the words in their mouth). Full details on this “breaking” (sarcasm) news inside.
From BBC:
It began with a screaming man reaching towards the screen with a bloodied hand and featured images of saw blades.
The unnamed child saw the advert at 2029 in a break during The Gadget Show on Channel Five.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it was “likely to cause distress to young children”.
Advertising services organisation Clearcast had originally cleared the advert to be shown after 1930.
It said that anyone watching TV later than that would know that it was for a film trailer and clearly based in fantasy.
But the ASA upheld the child’s complaint.
It said images in the advert which depicted people in a cinema “linked the scenes from the film with a recognisably real situation”.
These include scenes which showed cinema-goers “suddenly trapped by metal restraints and where the figure reached out and pulled a cinema-goer back towards the screen”, the ASA said.
“We considered it was therefore likely to cause distress to young children who might not make a clear distinction between the scenes from the film and the scenes in the cinema.”
It said a post-1930 restriction was “not sufficient” and ruled the advert must not be be broadcast again in its current form before 2100.
Horror stalwart Richard Brake (Barbarian, The Strangers trilogy) puppeteers a dangerous secret as Geppetto in a new clip from Pinocchio Unstrung.
Part of the cinematic universe known as the “Poohniverse,” Pinocchio Unstrung puts a horror movie spin on the classic tale, releasing in theaters on July 24, 2026.
Meet Geppetto and his creepy wooden puppet in an official clip from Pinocchio Unstrung below.
The chilling reimagining of the familiar fable is set inside an elite London prep school. Created by Geppetto and influenced by a sinister Cricket, Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother, one piece at a time…
Horror icon Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street) voices the role of Cricket.
Pinocchio is voiced by Jude Evan Lloyd and brought to life via a practical animatronic created by Todd Masters (“Tales from the Crypt,” Slither). Cameron Bell, Jessica Balmer, Jack Art Gray, and Peter De Souza-Feighoney also star.
Rhys Frake-Waterfield (Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey) writes and directs the fairy tale slasher, in addition to producing alongside Scott Jeffrey via their Jagged Edge Productions.
Pinocchio Unstrung has been rated ‘R’ for “strong bloody horror violence and gore, language and brief graphic nudity.”
This is fifth entry in the Twisted Childhood Universe, following Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and its sequel, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, and Bambi: The Reckoning.
The Poohniverse continues with Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3, currently in production, and the crossover film Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble, slated to shoot this summer.
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