13 Controversial Horror Movie Posters That Were Banned from Public Display
John Squires
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Long before “The Strain’s” billboard ads got under people’s skin and resulted in public outrage, 2007’s little-seen film Captivity had much the same effect due to this particularly eye-catching billboard. The billboard essentially showed the complete process of being kidnapped, tortured, and killed, which naturally didn’t sit well with too many morning bagels. Shortly after the billboards were posted in LA, as well as on taxi tops in New York City, both Lionsgate and the MPAA began receiving phone calls from uptight citizens, and it wasn’t long before the art was pulled. Producers of the film claimed that the billboards were put up by accident and that the wrong art had been sent to the printer – likely story!
What’s most interesting about this case is that this modified art was soon thereafter approved by them, depicting legs dangling out of the mutant’s death sack rather than an arm. Only explanation I can come up with is that the victim in the first poster looks alive, while the one in the second isn’t showing much of a sign of life. That’s the MPAA for ya!
