With the passing of the Video Recordings Act, the films on the list could be prosecuted for both obscenity and not being classified. As well as not passing any film liable to be found obscene, the BBFC imposed additional bans and cuts on films such as "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre". Claims, since proven at best to be speculative, at worst outright media fabrication, relating to the Hungerford massacre and the murder of James Bulger (where the 1991 film "Child's Play 3" was erroneously held up as influencing the perpetrators, possibly prompting the 1992 film "Mikey" to be prohibited in the UK), provided an additional impetus to restrict films and as late as December 1997, the board claimed it "has never relaxed its guidelines on video violence, which remain the strictest in the world". However, the board did loosen its standards, especially at the 18 level, in response to public consultation in 2000. The departure of James Ferman from the BBFC may also have allowed some long-proscribed films to be re-appraised around this time. "The Exorcist" was granted an uncut 18 video certificate on 25 February 1999, followed by "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" in August, and several official "nasties" were passed in the early 2000s either uncut or with cuts restricted to sexual violence or actual animals being harmed. A list of these is given below. Among modern films, many, such as the "Hostel" and "Saw" series, contain brutal, graphic violence but have passed through uncut.