Director Prano Bailey-Bond combines satire, horror and social commentary in her ingenious and revelatory film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 16, 2025

Filled with as much humor as it does gore, Bailey-Bond’s film reminded me a lot of Cindy Sherman’s Office Killer, though its denouement is much, much bloodier.

| Oct 11, 2024

Censor, the feature directorial debut of Prano Bailey-Bond, joins the ranks of Saint Maud, Raw, and The Witch as a horror feature debut that announces a thrilling new voice in the genre.

| Jul 11, 2024

The narrative and characters are engaging, and the look of the film is spectacular, but Censor can't help feel a little slight for the shocking content of its story...

| Original Score: B | Jun 13, 2024

Enid’s willingness to go down that rabbit hole is reminiscent in a certain way of Harry Caul in The Conversation...

| Jul 28, 2023

Censor is intricate and thought-provoking without being convoluted. The film is both an ode to the video nasties and a look at why they had such command over the public.

| Jul 25, 2023

A film that offers something far different and more unique by not harking back to horror films of yesteryear, instead of providing cerebral, meta-yet-direct protection of the genre from the often given ignorant criticisms about horror as a whole.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 31, 2023

It is a sensational idea of Bailey-Bonds to base her horror film around British film censorship.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 17, 2023

A dark and disturbing debut horror... Prano Bailey-Bond is the real deal in terms of talent... clearly a huge fan of the genre she draws upon influences from the time such as Argento and Ferrara.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 12, 2022

“Censor” moves along with a dark psychological pulse, slowly building towards a bloody finish that blurs the line between what’s real and what isn’t.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 17, 2022

It's captivating and creepy from start to finish thanks to, among other things, its terrifyingly magnetic lead performance and its well-defined, effective visual sensibilities.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 8, 2022

The film doesn't stick its landing and leaves the viewer appreciating what it has to say more than how it makes us feel.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 12, 2022

Censor is a solid debut from Bailey-Bond. It feels like an arthouse B-movie that embraces both parts of its identity through its captivating visuals, immersive score, and strong performance from Algar.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 12, 2022

The filmmakers behind Censor have masterfully crafted a film that's an ode to living in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and its divided views regarding horror films and many other aspects of society at that time.

| Original Score: A | Feb 11, 2022

...certainly of interest to horror fans...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 27, 2022

It scores points with its atmosphere, using intense colours in contrast to sterile and gloomy environments, and moments of sudden and brutal violence. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 29, 2021

A brutal feverish nightmare that connects trauma, horror and violence under the filter of a total author.

| Nov 5, 2021

Through its protagonist, Censor questions whether art needs to contain moralising directives, without ever reducing Enid to an archetype or symbol.

| Nov 4, 2021

Impressive visuals, an engaging story with a wonderful performance by Algar, and dark turns throughout, keeping you on edge.

| Nov 1, 2021

Ambiguous, introspective, thoughtful. As weirdly uncomfortable as horror should be, and rarely is, as it examines how these movies can infect us. Niamh Algar is terrific, and deeply empathetic.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 1, 2021