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At the time, Hammer voluntarily submitted its scripts to
the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) for
comments before beginning production. Regarding the
script of X the Unknown, one reader/examiner (Audrey
Field) commented on the 24 of November:
"Well, no one can say the customers won't have had
their money's worth by now. In fact, someone will almost
certainly have been sick. We must have a great deal more
restraint, and much more done by onlookers' reactions
instead of by shots of 'pulsating obscenity', hideous
scars, hideous sightless faces, etc, etc.
Hammer Film
It is keeping
on and on in the same vein that makes this script so
outrageous. They must take it away and prune. Before
they take it away, however, I think the President [of
the BBFC] should read it. I have a stronger stomach than
the average (for viewing purposes) and perhaps I ought
to be reacting more strongly."
Hammer Film Productions - The Curse of
Frankenstein
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