La censora de cine Enid se enorgullece de su meticuloso trabajo, protegiendo a las audiencias desprevenidas de los efectos nocivos de ver las decapitaciones llenas de sangre y las cicatrices en los ojos que examina. Su sentido del deber de proteger se ve amplificado por la culpa por su incapacidad para recordar los detalles de la desaparición de su hermana hace mucho tiempo, recientemente declarada muerta en ausencia. Cuando se le asigna a Enid la revisión de una película inquietante del archivo que se hace eco de sus nebulosos recuerdos de la infancia, comienza a desentrañar cómo este misterioso trabajo podría estar vinculado a su pasado.
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- Patrick Waihace 5 dAs a horror film, Censor is only moderately effective. There are some unsettling moments and a few bursts of gruesome violence, but if you’re expecting a terrifying or edge-of-your-seat experience, you may come away underwhelmed. Where the film truly succeeds is as a psychological drama, chronicling one woman’s slow descent into obsession, delusion, and ultimately psychosis. Niamh Algar delivers an outstanding performance as Enid, carrying nearly every scene with subtlety and restraint. Her gradual unraveling feels believable rather than theatrical, making the film increasingly uncomfortable as reality and fantasy begin to blur. Michael Smiley is also excellent as the unsettling film producer, bringing an eerie calmness that lingers long after he leaves the screen. The backdrop is equally fascinating. Set during Britain’s “video nasties” panic of the 1980s, Censor offers a compelling look at a time when governments and moral campaigners believed violent films were corrupting society. It’s a fascinating reminder that while the targets of censorship have changed over the past forty years, the debates themselves haven’t disappeared. Today the conversations may revolve around social media, AI, books, or online content, but the tension between protecting the public and preserving artistic freedom remains remarkably familiar. The story itself is refreshingly original. Rather than relying on supernatural monsters or masked killers, the film turns memory, guilt, and trauma into its greatest source of horror. As Enid loses her grip on reality, the audience is invited to experience that confusion alongside her, making the final act as tragic as it is disturbing. I wouldn’t rank Censor among the great modern horror films. But as a character study of a woman consumed by unresolved trauma and her own fractured mind, it’s far more compelling. I’d rate it around 6/10 as a horror film, but closer to 8/10 as a psychological drama.
- cultfilmliker12 de abril de 2026“Thank you for the whiskey. I’ll see myself out.” A fun Channel Zero style film! One of the movie posters makes this film look awful but it’s actually good and unique and not a Black Mirror knockoff like it looks! I’ve definitely seen this before but idk when or what happened and it seemed like good prep for Faces of Death so I figured why not (edit: I remember the sister part vividly as soon as it reminded me and now this feels like an unnecessary rewatch lol) [edit 2: I definitely didn’t finish this bc I would remember this shit!] Last comparison, walking through tunnels while you have a loved one missing à la Absentia always seems like a very bad idea! Loved the direction! The story was alright!
- jackmeat17 de julio de 2025My quick rating - 6.2/10. With all the horror and especially gore flicks I watch, it is like this is my job. Here, we have a censor who needs to decide which scenes are too much and provide rating recommendations for films. Aside from all the stories you may hear about directors going to these people and bribing them to get their rating down to "R" as opposed to NC-17, this one is more about a particular clip our censor, Enid (Niamh Algar), views. Immediately when watching, she has memories of a similar life situation where her sister had disappeared, and she becomes obsessed with solving the mystery. As she investigates further into the movie, the lines between reality and fiction slowly dissolve, and her acting is pretty spot on in demonstrating this. The vast majority of the gore in this is more in the videos she rate,s but when the blurred lines do get crossed, the psychological torment she is in, and the violence merge, keeping you wondering what is actually true. Not a jump scare type of flick, just a nicely paced story that is told through the eyes of a woman who is desperately clinging to her own sanity and just wants to find her sister. I had not heard of this one, but was pleasantly surprised by how it ended up.
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Censor was released on 11 de junio de 2021.
Censor was directed by Prano Bailey-Bond.
Censor has a runtime of 84min.
Censor was produced by Helen Sara Jones.
La censora de cine Enid se enorgullece de su meticuloso trabajo, protegiendo a las audiencias desprevenidas de los efectos nocivos de ver las decapitaciones llenas de sangre y las cicatrices en los ojos que examina. Su sentido del deber de proteger se ve amplificado por la culpa por su incapacidad para recordar los detalles de la desaparición de su hermana hace mucho tiempo, recientemente declarada muerta en ausencia. Cuando se le asigna a Enid la revisión de una película inquietante del archivo que se hace eco de sus nebulosos recuerdos de la infancia, comienza a desentrañar cómo este misterioso trabajo podría estar vinculado a su pasado.
The key characters in Censor are Enid Baines (Niamh Algar), Doug Smart (Michael Smiley), Sanderson (Nicholas Burns).
Censor is rated Not Rated.
Censor is a Terror, Misterio, Suspense film.
Censor has an audience rating of 5.7 out of 10.
Censor has made 315 mil US$ at the box office.