Kenyan Horror Movie Banned

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The Kenyan government was so scared by a Kenyan made horror movie they decided to ban it.  When producer Joseph Kinuthia created his movie he only wanted to give people a taste of horror Kenyan Style.

His movie titled Otto the blood bath is a story about an Old man who comes back to haunt his children after they do not honour his death bed wishes. Watch a snippet here.

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The question is with the government allowing literary hundreds of Movies (including horror ones) to enter the country from Hollywood and Nollywood why should it stifle its own homegrown industry.

Perhaps because the censorship board which banned the movie must have been completely horrified by Kinuthia’s production, which may have felt more closer to home than the normal western movies which exaggarate horror to unbelievable extremes.

This is my theory. What is yours?

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  • http://www.kenyafocus.com True Kenyan

    This is a very good movie. I do not know why we do not support our own intiatives. I also ask like him? What is horror?

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  • Oira Bonface

    too cool they should learn English.the term horror does not mean good looking!or normalcy!
    I want it where can i get it?
    Am Kenyan,I want Kenyan

  • Kisila2k2

    It’s ridiculous how the government is killing creativity. Kwani they want guys us to make movies dealing with social morality only! We need to be able to freely explore various themes, genres and ideas in our movies so we be at the very least an African movie powerhouse.

  • http://www.com olive

    This is redykyulass…kenyan government iko down tu sana!..it’s true we have to explore different themes and genres