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The one-sheet for new Australian horror film Dying Breed is having a hard time being seen by potential bus passengers in its native country. The tongue-in-cheek image, showing a pie clearly made out of questionable ingredients, was deemed by Adshel (a company specializing in bus stop advertising) to be too gruesome to show to the public.

The film tells the tale of the horrors committed by the Tasmanian descendants of infamous 19th century cannibal / pie maker Alexander Pearce. It stars Wolf Creek's Nathan Phillips and Saw's Laigh Whannell.

"It's disappointing and frustrating to have the poster censored by Adshel (the company that specialises in bus shelter advertising)," writer-producer Michael Boughen told The Daily Telegraph. "The poster will be seen in cinema foyers, press ads and online, so it's going to be in the public domain.

Look, I don't know how they conduct bidness over there in the land of OZ, but 'round where I live, there are scarier shit at bus stops than a horror movie poster, no matter how gruesome. Winos, bangers, crackheads, not to mention the occasional fresh coat of urine (or semen if you're lucky). Sometimes you'll even discover that the bus stop isn't a bus stop, but a makeshift loft for the homeless. I've never used crack cocaine before in my life, but I'm pretty sure I know what the contact high is like, because this one time I was sitting at the bus stop and the dude next to me just started lighting his crackpipe like I was Sue Storm. A poster? Please.

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