LONDON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The British Board of Film Classification says the movie entitled "A Serbian Film" was drastically cut to remove "elements of sexual violence."
The BBFC said it removed 4 minutes and 11 seconds from the film, making it the most cut film in 16 years, the BBC reported.
"A number of cuts were required to remove elements of sexual violence that tend to eroticise or endorse sexual violence," a BBFC spokeswoman said.
The dark thriller will be released to British theaters Dec. 10, but distributor Revolver Entertainment said it is uncertain how many theaters will show the movie, which has already been rejected by several film festivals.
The Sun newspaper called the movie "sick," while the trade publication Variety said it is a "well-crafted, immensely indecent smut-slasher."
"I think the film is tragic, sickening, disturbing, twisted, absurd, infuriated, and actually quite intelligent," film critic Scott Weinberg said. "I admire and detest it at the same time. And I will never watch it again. Ever."
The film was written by Serbian horror film critic Aleksandar Radivojevic and directed by Srdjan Spasojevic.
Radivojevic called his creation "a diary of our molestation by the Serbian government."
