Class of Nuke 'Em High
Dir Richard W Haines & Lloyd Kaufman / 1986 /USA
Initially banned by the Censorship Board, an appeal was made to the Review Board who gave this response."The film presents a black comedy in the horror genre, based loosely on an accident at a nuclear plant and the cumulative contamination of a nearby high school, contributing to the breakdown of discipline, together with mutations and derangement experienced by various students. Mr Peter Sweeny attended before the screening, to put the case for appeal
The Film Board of Review noted the film's anti-social tone, its uninformed depiction of the consequences of nuclear contamination and its relative explicit, detailed and gratuitous violence. While these elements were given careful consideration, it was felt that the impact of the film's clearly artificial special effects was mitigated by its gross exaggeration and tone of black humour.
Accordingly, the Films Board of Review was unanimous in upholding the appeal, and in tits consideration that, since the content may be offensive to some sections of the community, the decision of the Censorship Board should be set aside and the film be classified "For Restricted Exhibition" ("R").
The Films Board of Review therefore directs the Film Censorship Board to register CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH with a "For Restricted Exhibition" ("R") classification. 8 January 1987"
Film Censorship Board and Film Board of Review-Report of Activities 1987
With the ban overturned, Virgin Video had an 83min (v) print rated R. I'm not quite sure what is going on here, but a couple of months later, Newvision Film Distributors had an 82min (f) print banned! Whatever the story is, Virgin Video went ahead and released this on tape.
In October 2000, Tribe Enterprises received an RC rating for a proposed DVD. The problem was not the film, but a DVD extra called THE Troma Intelligence Test.
In May 2005 a DVD version was reclassified R18+ (Medium Level Violence). This was released later in the month by Stomp Visual as part of their re-issue of the Troma back catalogue. On the back cover the following is written:
"Troma Intelligence Test and Trailers are not available on the Australian version of Class of Nuke'Em High"
See the separate entry for THE TROMA INTELLIGENCE TEST for an explanation of why it was dropped.
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Stomp Visual (Australia) "Troma Intelligence Test and Trailers not available on this Australian version of Class of Nuke'Em High"
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Stomp Visual (Australia) DVD The Censored 'Troma Intelligence Test |
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Stomp Visual (Australia) DVD The Censored 'Coming Distractions' Trailers. |
