Violence in Film. Monsters and Human Centipedes

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject English - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, University of Applied Sciences Koln RFH, language: English, abstract: Over the past decades it is easy to see a development of what is deemed acceptable in movies and what is not - films that were perceived as outrageous in the past are G-rated today; limits that were thought to be uncrossable are broken again and again in contemporary productions. By examining the past, present and potential future of controversy caused by violence in film, especially in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and central Europe, it is clear to see that the overall trend is going towards increasing liberalisation and acceptance of violent content in mainstream cinema. The trend of movies becoming increasingly violent is very likely to continue in the future.