Ignore the lower than expected user ratings, the critics are right on this one. Prano Bailey-Bond's debut feature is a fine shocker and the slow pacing complements the pic well. Enid (Niamh Algar) is a censor in the British Film Censorship office whose constant exposure to the gore from video nasties in Thatcher's Britain begin to affect her already brittle psyche - already scarred from a childhood incident where she mysteriously lost her sister Nina in the woods . 70's gloomy brit aesthetics (think faded colours and green wallpaper) proves a perfect counterpoint to Enid's steady spiral into madness, ably captured by a finely tuned performance from newcomer Algar. A brilliantly subversive closing scene too, and some memorable gore including death by a mini puppet ax(!). Both Bailey-Bond and Algar are people to watch.
Review of Censor
