ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN (1973)

Slyly directed by Paul Morrissey and aka Flesh for Frankenstein, it was released in the U.S. rated X and presented in Space-Vision 3-D with vivid depictions of disembowelments, decapitation and a whole lotta skin. Banned in many foreign countries and eventually given an "18" rating with 56 seconds of controversial cuts.

NIGHT OF THE HOWLING BEAST (1975)

AKA The Werewolf and the Yeti. A famous adventurer joins an expedition to find the legendary Yeti in the Himalayas, but he's captured by cannibalistic demon chicks who transform him into a homicidal werewolf. Banned as part of the U.K.'s 1983 Video Nasties campaign for sex, gore and cannibalism scenes.

I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978)

The original "torture-porn" drive-in feature initially titled Day of the Woman, this horror rape revenge flick was once called a vile bag of garbage by Roget Ebert. Banned in many Euro countries and Canada for excessive glorified violence. Rejecting the MPAA's "R" rating when asked to cut 10 minutes of scenes, it was released in America as unrated.

THE EXORCIST (1973)

Labeled by many as the scariest film of all time and homing in on a half-billion pea-soup-green bucks in earnings. Banned by countless small towns and countries for intense violence and religious controversy. The crucifix masturbation bit wasn't received well either. Finally given a U.K. "18" rating in 1990 by England's film censorship board.

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980)

Branded "The Most Controversial Movie Ever Made." A found-footage-style Italian horror film shot in the Amazon rainforest with real native tribes in a hunt for a lost professor. Director Ruggero Deodata was actually arrested and charged with murder over snuff film rumors, then later cleared of the crimes. Still banned in Iceland and New Zealand.

FREAKS (1932)

Tod Browning's startling depiction of murder at a sideshow carnival caused it to be denied exhibition in 43 countries. Banned for 30 years in the U.K., the physical deformities and birth defects presented in the cast proved too much for early audiences. Sweden, Finland and Ireland still can't stomach it on screen, and, oddly enough, neither can many U.S. states.

THE EVIL DEAD (1981)

The premier "cabin in the woods" experience. Raimi's horny hemlock tree rape scene slapped the censorship cuffs on it in German, Iceland, Finland, Ireland and many more countries. A few nasty dismemberments didn't help its case either.

THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2 (2011)

After the insane hysteria and shock over 2010's Human Centipede, director Tom Six gloated that the sequel would make the first film look like My Little Pony. This time, 12 people are surgically grafted together and observed. The U.K. ban was lifted and it was given an "18" rating with 32 cuts of graphic gore.

GROTESQUE (2009)

Sadistic torture-porn fiasco from Japan about the first date from hell when a couple is kidnapped and experimented on by a lunatic surgeon. 86'd from multiple countries and deemed harmful to anyone viewing it by the U.K. due to disturbing horror images.