The MPAA was not impressed.
It was like going to the principals office to get scolded, Gordon recalled.
They sat me down, and the woman I was meeting with said, This is disgusting.
Instead of pulling away, you keep pushing in and pushing in and pushing in!
and I was like, Im sorry, Im sorry!'
They really took out some of the best stuff was how Gordon put it.
Gordon was no stranger to censorship of one sort or another.
As a young theatre director, his stage version ofPeter Pangot him arrested for obscenity.
These snippets were later restored in Anchor Bays DVD version of the film.)
Whatever happens to AlvarezsEvil Dead, From Beyondpresents us with a timely historical case study.
Fortunately, Gordons tussle with the MPAA overFrom Beyondhad a happy ending.
From Beyondis out on Blu-ray and DVD on the 25th February in the UK.
