 In its uncut state, "Absurd" was placed on the DPP's list of video nasties in 1983, but that same year a version was released theatrically with two minutes and 23 seconds of cuts.Still, "Absurd" was one of the video nasties of the United Kingdom, and became one of 39 titles to be successfully prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Acts in 1984.In 2016, the UK company "88 films" conducted a crowdfunding campaign for a new mastering of the film in 2k.