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I hadn't thought of this till I read Leo's post, but the original trailers for
"The ReAnimator" had a very similar spin to them.  The announcer would say
 things
like, "If you have heart problems, dizziness," etc. etc, "then DON'T SEE THE
REANIMATOR!!"

Ed

Leo Enticknap wrote:

> The nearest I can do to a "don't see this film" is a trailer for a 1970s
> martial arts film, "Hap Ki Do" (goodness knows where it came from, but I have
> it in my projection box as a four-track mag test film).  It is about a variant
> of kung-fu practised by women - it opens with a stentorian commentary: "DO NOT
> let your girlfriend see THIS film.  In case you're with her now, we're only
> going to show a few VERY MILD scenes from this picture".  We then see some
> pretty agressive females chopping up bricks and telephone directories with
> their bare hands, kicking in walls and various other destructive pastimes.
 The
> trailer finishes with an intertitle: "WARNING: DO NOT LET YOUR GIRLFRIEND SEE
> THIS FILM.  THE PRODUCERS ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF
> IGNORING THIS ADVICE."
>
> L.
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