An Italian take on John Carpenter's Halloween, Absurd features a hulking babysitter killer, a battle-hardened priest who's pursuing him, and some irritating neighbourhood kids who are fated to face off against the brutish villain (who has the monstrous ability to regenerate from any significant injury). Featuring some rather intense violent sequences, including a woman's head being forced into a lit oven for an impromptu cooking, the film was seized just a few months after its VHS release from Medusa Video. The distributor, understandably wanting to avoid controversy, resubmitted the film after making the required cuts but most video dealers avoided this sanctioned version and continued to peddle the illegal tape, earning it a definitive prosecution in the UK courts.