Global bans on disturbing film posters

Movie posters banned worldwide for graphic or offensive content

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority banned The Last Exorcism poster for suggesting violent sexual assault.

In 2010, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned the poster for the film The Last Exorcism. According to the regulator, the image of a blood-splattered woman suggested violent sexual assault.

The US Motion Picture Association of America banned the poster for the Tipton Three documentary, citing the burlap bag as suggestive of torture.

In early 2006, the US Motion Picture Association of America banned the poster for a documentary regarding the 'Tipton Three' held at Guantanamo Bay.

The restriction was based on the claim that the burlap bag depicted over the detainee's head suggested torture.

The US Motion Picture Association of America banned the poster for the second Saw film due to severed fingers.

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The UK's Advertising Standards Authority banned the Ali G film poster in 2002 for being offensive and pornographic.

In 2002, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled against a poster for the film starring British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G. The regulator determined that the advertisement was offensive and pornographic.

Sony Pictures destroyed and replaced Spider-Man posters featuring the Twin Towers after the September 11 attacks.

Before its release in 2002, Sony Pictures unveiled teaser trailers and posters for Sam Raimi's Spider-Man that featured the Twin Towers in New York City.

Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, Sony Pictures requested that all promotional material for the film showing the Twin Towers be destroyed and replaced with posters featuring other buildings in New York City.