Hate Crime
Release cover
Directed byJames Cullen Bressack
Written by
  • James Cullen Bressack
  • Jarret Cohen
Produced by
  • James Cullen Bressack
  • Jarret Cohen
Starring
  • Jody Barton
  • Nicholas Clark
  • Greg Depetro
  • Debbie Diesel
  • Tim Moran
  • Ian Roberts
  • Sloane Morgan Siegel
  • Maggie Wagner
CinematographyJames Cullen Bressack
Edited byJames Cullen Bressack
Production
company
Psykik Junky Pictures
Distributed byUnearthed Films
Release date
  • October 15, 2013 (2013-10-15) (DVD)
Running time
71 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hate Crime is a 2013 American found footage horror film directed by James Cullen Bressack, co-written by Bressack and Jarret Cohen.

Plot

A group of crystal meth-crazed neo-Nazis invade a Jewish family's home and subject them to beating, rape, torture, incest and murder.

Cast

  • Jody Barton as John Buckly Jr./One
  • Nicholas Clark as Tyler
  • Greg Depetro as Dan
  • Debbie Diesel as Lindsey
  • Tim Moran as Thomas Middle/Two
  • Ian Roberts as Bill Buckly/Three
  • Sloane Morgan Siegel as Alex
  • Maggie Wagner as Melissa

Release

In March 2015 the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) refused to issue a certificate to the film for a video-on-demand release, stating:

It is the Board's carefully considered conclusion that the unremitting manner in which [the film] focuses on physical and sexual abuse, aggravated by racist invective, means that to issue a classification to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board's Guidelines, would risk potential harm, and would be unacceptable to broad public opinion.[1]

James Cullen Bressack commented that he was "honoured to know that [his] mind is officially too twisted for the UK."[2] Though some[3] reacted positively to the ban, which was the BBFC's first (and as of 2018 only) complete refusal of certification since 2011's The Bunny Game, Bressack stated:

As a Jewish man, and a victim of anti-Semitic hate, I made a horror film that depicts the very thing that haunts my dreams. As an artist I wanted to tell a story to remind us that we live in a dangerous world; a world where racial violence is on the rise. It saddens me to learn that censorship is still alive and well.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "HATE CRIME | British Board of Film Classification". bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ Wheat, Phil (March 2, 2015). "Nerdly » James Cullen Bressack's 'Hate Crime' banned by the BBFC". www.nerdly.co.uk. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Simon (March 4, 2015). "Hate Crime: Why Censors Are Right to Ban the Anti-Semitic Horror". HuffPost UK. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ Wheat, Phil (March 9, 2015). "Nerdly » UK 'Hate Crime' ban – James Cullen Bressack responds". www.nerdly.co.uk. Retrieved August 28, 2018.


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