Killer Bitch
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Killer Bitch is a 2010 British action-gangster film written and directed by Liam Galvin.
The film became notorious in the UK in August 2009, shortly after shooting started, when tabloid newspapers the News of the World
and The People
carried stories implying that the movie's star, Katie Price's then-boyfriend Alex Reid had been involved in a "vile" rape scene and that Killer Bitch was a pornographic film. This was denied by Price who claimed that neither she nor Reid would in any way be involved in a film glorifying rape as she herself had been raped. This further stoked controversy.
Reid was subsequently reported to have 'walked off' the movie leaving several of his scenes un-shot. The producers shut production down for six weeks and re-wrote the script retaining Reid's completed scenes but filling-in the gaps with eighteen new scenes featuring former football hooligan Jason Marriner and former world champion boxer Robin Reid (no relation).
The film featured several alleged career criminals, Page Three models and boxers, cage fighters and martial arts
competitors. The publicity storm surrounding the movie in the UK was stoked around the world including Australia
, the Middle East
, India
and the United States. and when, during post-production, Alex Reid won the British TV series Celebrity Big Brother
.
Further controversy surrounded the movie in March 2010 when the British Board of Film Classification
, after four screenings, was said to be unhappy about the movie's sexual content and would demand cuts to Alex Reid's sex scene. In fact, they passed the whole movie uncut with an '18' certificate.
The original publicity for the film had said it involved real fights, real criminals, real sex; after release, the film's executive producer claimed "the movie features real violence, real gangsters and real hardcore sex scenes".
The film became notorious in the UK in August 2009, shortly after shooting started, when tabloid newspapers the News of the World
News of the World
The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations...
and The People
The People
The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper. The paper was founded on 16 October 1881.It is published by the Trinity Mirror Group.In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 806,544....
carried stories implying that the movie's star, Katie Price's then-boyfriend Alex Reid had been involved in a "vile" rape scene and that Killer Bitch was a pornographic film. This was denied by Price who claimed that neither she nor Reid would in any way be involved in a film glorifying rape as she herself had been raped. This further stoked controversy.
Reid was subsequently reported to have 'walked off' the movie leaving several of his scenes un-shot. The producers shut production down for six weeks and re-wrote the script retaining Reid's completed scenes but filling-in the gaps with eighteen new scenes featuring former football hooligan Jason Marriner and former world champion boxer Robin Reid (no relation).
The film featured several alleged career criminals, Page Three models and boxers, cage fighters and martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
competitors. The publicity storm surrounding the movie in the UK was stoked around the world including Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and the United States. and when, during post-production, Alex Reid won the British TV series Celebrity Big Brother
Celebrity Big Brother 2010 (UK)
Celebrity Big Brother 2010 was the seventh and final series of Celebrity Big Brother to air on Channel 4 and E4. It began on Sunday 3 January 2010 and aired for 27 days until the final on 29 January 2010, the longest ever celebrity series in the UK...
.
Further controversy surrounded the movie in March 2010 when the British Board of Film Classification
British Board of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification , originally British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organisation, funded by the film industry and responsible for the national classification of films within the United Kingdom...
, after four screenings, was said to be unhappy about the movie's sexual content and would demand cuts to Alex Reid's sex scene. In fact, they passed the whole movie uncut with an '18' certificate.
The original publicity for the film had said it involved real fights, real criminals, real sex; after release, the film's executive producer claimed "the movie features real violence, real gangsters and real hardcore sex scenes".