Cut when submitted in 2005 with the following BBFC comment: Cuts required to remove a verbal reference to a potentially dangerous and imitable bomb-making technique

• Maddo buru sâti-fô

The BBFC cut 43s from the 1996 Manga VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• Cut scene of the cop, Mad Bull, rescuing naked girl being assaulted by 2 thugs. Mad Bull shoots one of the thugs in the neck blowing his head clean off
• Cut shot of a robbery victim peeing her pants.
• Cut shot of masked thug getting his head blown off with several gun shots
• Cuts to a gangster ripping of a girls dress and subsequent blood spattering on her naked breasts
• Cuts to a showering woman being assaulted with scalding water
• Cuts to the nasty demise of Curtis who first gets glass in his eyes after a headbut on his glasses. Then his head gets ripped off by a passing train.
• Cuts to the demise of Curtis's accomplice ho is another to lose his head to bloody gun shots

• Maddo buru sâti-fô

The BBFC cut 1:19s from the 1996 Manga VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• Cuts to policewoman being assaulted by 4 4 thugs who rip off her top and then rape her. The scene is mostly deleted but the rape is established with a long shot version
• Cuts to a bloody beating of the cop Diazaburo who tries to rescue the raped woman

• Blood Doctor
• Grave Desires
• Tomb of the Living Dead

The 2003 DVD submission was cut by the BBFC by 42s. Cut required to sight of animal cruelty (goats and pigs tied up and stabbed)

Cuts were restored for the 1992 and 1995 Warner video releases

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

The 1986 Warner video was cut by 48s as per the 1979 cinema release

The BBFC cut the 1979 cinema release and 1986 Warner video by 48s

• Trimmed in the scene where the bikers hack up the young couples car. In these versions we see them start to hack it up but it then cuts to a close-up of a crow. In the full version the hacking takes much longer with a depiction of the panic of the couple, who are then dragged out of the car, then it cuts to the crow.

• Mad Max 2: The Rod Warrior
• The Road Warrior

cut

R Rated

No cuts from the BBFC but the Warner DVD version of 2006 appears to originate from the cut US R Rated Theatrical Version:

• Very early on in the film there is a missing shot of Vernon Wells graphically pulling an arrow out of his arm.
• The other cut occurs after Wells' "boyfriend" has been partially lobotomised by the boomerang. A close-up shot of Wells trying to dislodge the boomerang from the skull has been removed.

The Blu-Ray version being released worldwide is uncut so presumably will be uncut in the UK also. But no mention of a resubmission to the BBFC. Perhaps they reused the video version

Unrated

The X rated 1982 cinema release and 18 rated Warner videos of 1986 & 1994 are the Uncut International Version.

The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

• Zuijia Paidang
• Aces Go Places
• Mad Mission: Diamondfinger

The International Version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for the 1986 Missing in Action VHS.

There is also a Hong Kong Version running 10 minutes longer in terms of plot

The 2005 cinema release, 2005 Universal DVD and 2009 Paramount Blu-ray were cut

From sBBFC: The distributors sent this film to the BBFC with a request that they receive a U. The problem for the BBFC was that the film included the word motherf*****. Although the word was not used in full, it was clear to the audience what was meant. The BBFC felt that the word was inappropriate in a film aimed at the very youngest viewers and offered a higher category with no cuts. But the distributor wanted a U and so chose to make a cut to remove the offending word to secure this category.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available via UK Amazon

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

The BBFC cut 23:06s from the 2010 Summer Place DVD. Cuts made to remove sight of unsimulated sexual activity throughout the feature (including masturbation, oral sex and penetration). A further cut made to remove focus on urination. An R18 without cuts was available.

The Hardcore Version runs at 155:34s so at least 77:85s have been cut

• There Was a Little Girl
• And When She Was Bad
• Flesh and the Beast
• Scared to Death

Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for the 2004 Film 2000 DVD

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon but with reported poor sound quality.

The uncut widescreen region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: One of the Better Nasties

"Madhouse" is one of the better films that was previously on the "banned" list of so-called video nasties in the UK. It didn't really deserve it's place on the list, but it's easy to spot the scene that probably put it there.

Built around a slasher/crazed relative plot, the film stands above it's rivals due to some really good cinematography. The story tells of a young teacher named Julia (Trish Everly) who has lived under the shadow of her abusive sister Mary since childhood. News reaches her that Mary is suffering from a disfiguring disease and wants to see her. Julia's visit to the hospital is one among several scenes that stayed in my mind. As she walks through the ward, the atmosphere is quite dreamlike, with the room seeming like a huge white theatre, festooned in curtains. Mary makes for a rather belligerent and ungrateful patient however, and Julia's life is turned upside down by this encounter with her cruel sibling, and in the days following the visit, people around her start dying.

The film is enjoyable and capable of sustaining interest throughout it's running time. Trish Everly makes a very likeable heroine, and a lot of trouble is taken to gain the viewers sympathies for her, especially in the early scenes set in the school for deaf children where she works. She's rather timid, but armed with a fairly good script, she makes for an appealing heroine. Another good character is the fiesty girl friend who agrees to sleep over in Julia's apartment when events start to take a more sinister turn.

Although some of the time the action can get rather slow, the film features two pretty over-the top gore scenes that seem almost out of place in a movie that exercises restraint in most aspects. The most infamous sequence is the one that shows just how you can put down a dangerous attacking rottweiler with a handy power drill. The other is an axe attack that is so drawn out it becomes almost surreal.

The only things letting the film down are some rather over-the-top performances from the supporting cast, including the character of Mary, who appears on screen with pantomime-style evil rantings and some very unconvincing looking "facial disfigurement" make-up.

The nicely composed film needs to be seen in widescreen, including all the violence, even the dog-drilling scene (don't worry, it certainly doesn't look real!). I bought the UK DVD of this which was let down by the sound quality - it's APPALLING. Half the time its far too quiet and even with the volume turned way up, there were times when I couldn't even make out what people were saying.

The cut version lost 75s:

• 18s from first dog attack
• 14s from subsequent dog attack
• 32s from the scene with the use of a power drill to deal with a dog
• 11s from the climatic axe attack

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove images of explicit vaginal penetration.

The BBFC cut the 1970 cinema release for an X certificate.

The US R Rated release was also cut to avoid an X rating.

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2004 with the following statement: Cuts to remove sight of double ear clap and headbutt for a 12 classification. An uncut 15 was available.

• Long xing dao shou jin zhong jun
• Lung ying dou sau kam chung kwan

The cinema cuts were waived when the DVD was submitted in 2004

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

• The Magnificent 7 Ride!

The film was passed PG uncut for: (confirmation required)

• 2001 MGM R2 DVD
• 1995 Warner VHS

The submitted running time was noted as 99:49s = 95:49s

The BBFC waived the cinema cuts for the 1986 Warner video and 1999 Warner DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

From cuts details on IMDb

• edits to throat punches
• edits to shots of the twitching bodies of Ricca and the pimp
• the killing of the prostitute in the taxi was also heavily shortened.

The original running time was noted as 122m 22s = 117:28s

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove sight of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (oral sex and penetration)

The movie was a long time coming to video/DVD but all BBFC cuts waived for the 18 rated 2003 BFI DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Bound to Intrigue

Gérard Depardieu as Olivier enters an apartment in order to rob the place, but unknowingly breaks into a haven for sadomasochistic fantasies. During the burglary he encounters Ariane (Bulle Ogier) who he had met earlier, but this time she is a dominatrix who controls situations as she dives into other people's madness.

Ariane is an interesting character that separates her life and her profession as skillfully as do her slaves who consist of lawyers, judges, and other high ranked individuals who seek punishment from her.

Olivier is spellbound by Ariane as he falls in love with her, and it leads him into a scorching affair where he is bound to be burnt as he is mystified by Ariane's dark trade.

Schroeder's creation of Ariane's dual nature can be seen through her use of a downstairs apartment for her dark fantasies and her upstairs apartment for more accepted desires.

Maitresse is an avant-garde film as it explores in-depth the theme of sadomasochistic fantasies and its sub-culture as set in a love story.

As a cinematic experience, Maitresse  offers a shocking, for the unaware, experience that tells an intriguing story which imprisons the curiosity.

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Heavy edits made to a woman being bound and whipped
• Edits to shots of abrasions after a man is whipped and subsequently probed with a needle between his buttocks
• Edits to a scene where a male client has his genitals nailed to a plank of wood and his nipples pierced. This was particularly graphic. The scene showed a few pins going through the skin around the penis rather than through it. No blood either.

The film was distributed on the cinema club circuit though.

21:50s unofficial pre-cuts

Notable as it contains hardcore snippets which only got through after appeal

Available uncut from Adult Video Universe

• Joey

The US Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 1986 cinema release and 1987 MGM DVD.

This version was shortened by 18:12s from the Original German Version.

The changes are uncontentious though as described by pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove images of explicit sexual activity (in this case, unsimulated vaginal penetration with a dildo).

The BBFC state that these cuts are the same for both cinema and video version yet the cinema cuts ar listed at 3s

• Men Behind the Sun
• Squadron 731
• Hei tai yang 731

The cut scene was an unsimulated scene of a cat being thrown into a room full of rats, the rats killing the cat.

The video was given a limited release to UK ethenic Chinese video stores only (which probably goes some way to explain why the BBFC treated it so leniently, its' re-enactments of WWII atrocities make Saving Private Ryan look like an episode of The A Team).

The film has been shown uncut at London's Imperial War Museum, as part of an exhibition of war atrocities. It is also available uncut on video in Australia (World Supply and Video), with an 'M' certificate (their '15'). It has also been released in Hong Kong on video and laserdisc.

• Mannaja

The Xtasy video releases of 1987 and the 2002 DVD were similarly cut by the BBFC Three compulsory cuts required to remove sight of horses being forced to fall

• Un hombre llamado Noon

Passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2010 Odeon R2 DVD

The submitted running time was noted as 95:33s = 91:44s

• Moon
• The Sex Racketeers

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 2009 BFI DVD/Blu-ray

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

• Absinthe
• L'homme de feu
• Un uomo sotto tiro

The BBFC cut the 18 rated 1989 Locus video and 1994 MIA video by 31s. Presumably similar cuts to the cinema version

• This was the era when various weapons were being cut and in this case it was a butterfly knife that offended the censors

Cuts waived for a 15 certificate when submitted in 2004

• Wrong is Right

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004 as Wrong is Right

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

However these seem to be missing 4 minutes from the cinema version submitted in 1962

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 130:16s = 125:03s

The video was cut when submitted in 1987

• Edits to the beating of a slave girl
• Edits to shots of a male slave being hung upside down and bloodily whipped across his bare buttocks

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

See review from IMDb: Amazing

Mandingo is truly an amazing movie. One would think that this is as close you can get to actually seeing the slave-owning south on film.

Mandingo is probably lumped into the "cult/camp classic" category because this is a film no one would dare make today, unless the slaves got a major comeuppance at the end. They do not here. This film is a brutal look at slave owners and their slaves which will leave the audience gasping. Some of the lines are so daring by today's politically-correct standards, there's no doubt they'd get a lot of laughs.

The film has a sleazy realism to it. Even the plantation looks like a mess - the outside is all ragged and the inside isn't much better, and this is a rich man's plantation.

This is a film that has kind of disappeared in the realm of today's political correctness. But seeking it out isn't tough, as it has to be seen by anyone with an interest in non-PC cinema, or any kind of "forbidden" movies.

The BBFC required 58s of cuts from the 2002 Anchor Bay DVD. Cuts required to reduce length of sexualised strangulation sequence by half and to remove shots of a knife played over and stabbing into female flesh with sexual connotations.

The uncut region 0 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon

There is also a Director's cut that is shorter due to missing uncontentious plot scenes.

Review from US Amazon: Shocking

I'm not easily shocked or impressed with most horror films. This is definitely a film that will leave you thinking. The main reason being the main character Frank Zito aka Joe Spinell plays the most realistic psycho/deranged person I've ever seen on film. The whole time I was thinking is this guy really insane? Either this guy is a genius actor or he's really nuts. That's how real he is in this role. His presence will creep you out. He's the biggest weirdo I've ever seen on film.

The story focuses on frank the serial killer and his killings and insanity. He calmly stalks his pray through the streets of NYC. I don't know how he manages to fool some of the people in this film but he does. They treat him like a normal guy until he tries to kill them when they least expect it.

Some of the scenes are gruesome, but they will keep you on the edge of your seat. You will be able to put yourself in both franks shoes and feel the victims terror as she is stalked and hides from Frank... Especially the subway bathroom scene. That's an intense scene. Frank keeps on killing till the end when his own demons finally come back to haunt him.

Any horror fan should have this in their collection. I can see why it was banned in Germany and England. They were probably scared of it, considering how realistic it was.

The BBFC explained their ban:

Two (of the videos rejected so far in 1998) were serial killer films in which sex is linked with the pleasure of killing. In one of those films, Maniac, a series of defenceless women are stalked, terrorised, attacked and murdered, while being photographed in a deliberately sexualised way. The film is one of a genre known as 'stalk and slash', and here each stalking and killing is protracted, sometimes ending with the scalping of the victim. When the police eventually catch up with the killer, he survives, leaving us to anticipate that the stalking and mutilation will begin again. The pleasures on offer here seem to the Board to be unhealthy and dangerous because of the way that the killing of women is linked with the sexual arousal of men.

Gossip has it that Maniac was initially viewed by four censors; three men and one woman. The three men said the film should be rejected because of its anti-women depictions. The woman thought the film was cut-able.

Uncut when an extended version was submitted by Optimum Releasing in 2004

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Amazon Review: Worth a watch

This film has a pretty good B-movie cast, including Tom Atkins, Richard Roundtree and King of the B-movies, Bruce Campbell. It also has a cameo from 'Spiderman' director Sam Raimi. William Lustig is the director.

I enjoyed this film. I don't remember the last time a film scared me, and neither did this, but there is some nice tension built up in the various chases around the city.

Overall this is definitely worth a watch.

• The cut is to the shower scene and involves Robert Z'Dar getting stabbed in the back with a knife. It's a shot of the knife going in and out again
• Also cuts to the torture of Z'Dar as his face gets carved with a knife.

The BBFC cut 4s for:

• 2003 Prism R2 DVD
• 1990 Medusa/Polygram VHS

The 1990 Medusa VHS suffered 4s of cuts removing the following:

• A reprise from the shower murder of Maniac Cop 1 is similarly cut to the original.
• Although the face slashing has 0.5s restored

Note that US R rated version is missing the following scene

• In the police shoot out you see two police men getting shot including blood spurting out of the wounds, then you see the bodies slump to the ground covered in blood...

The BBFC cut 10s when the video was submitted in 2003. Cut required to remove sight of a blade being played over a woman's naked breast [during a bathroom murder]

Released in 1982 on the Goldstar label and later on the Market label.

Banned as a video nasty in November 1983 and stayed on the list throughout the panic

Still banned in UK

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

See review from IMDb: Cheese and sleaze!

Not exactly a straight slasher as many believe but it's surely as cheesy, and unintentionally funny as any slasher from the 80's.

Mardi Gras Massacre could be considered as a toned down exploitation low budget. The plot asks for brutality, violence, sleaze but the truth is that the execution of the idea isn't as half as good as it should.

The ritual method is repeated in all the death scenes. So we don't get originality or probably there wasn't enough budget to at least create three different gore scenes. It's okay but even ultra low budget slashers have at least two different killing methods! Anyways, Mardi Gras Massacre has generated some kind of cult over the years but sincerely, this isn't a must see. The movie should only be watched by b-movie lovers or morbid fans of low budget cheese and sleaze!

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum

Cut when submitted in 1995:

• At 14.5 mins - After shots of bare branches blowing outside window, all imitable instructive techniques of how to fix heroin, including shots of spoon being heated over flame, tourniquet applied to arm and tightened with teeth, arm being tapped for vein, needle pushed
  into skin, and arm clenched as tourniquet is loosened was removed. Drug abuse may be suggested by stylised montage of images, eg. syringe or pills being poured, but not by realistic details. (Shots of woman losing consciousness, etc remained.)
• At 38 mins -In bathroom suicide attempt, all sight of razor blade, wrists being slit, nude woman`s entire torso lying back in bath covered with blood and later full-length shots of policemen trying to grasp her nude body were removed. (Shot of her sitting up in bath with zoom in to face and later CUs of half-submerged and struggling face remained, but emphasis on combination of blood and female nudity was removed.)
• At 41 mins - In hospital sequence which follows, sight of slashed wrists indicating vertical slashes was removed.
• At 51.5 mins - When young woman attacks her former lover, big close up of razor blade slashing neck was removed.

• Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält
• Austria 1700
• Brenn, Hexe, brenn
• Burn, Witch, Burn
• Hexen
• Satan

Some previous cuts were waived when DVD submitted by Anchor Bay in 2003. Cut required to scene of sexualised torture

• Nudity has been removed from the scene showing a partially naked girl (Gaby Fuchs) on the rack suffering also from her feet being branded

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Atmospheric Euro Horror

Back in its day, this film was probably the most controversial movie ever made as it depicted the witch trials going on Europe during the darkest page of human existence.

First of all, THERE'S A STORY! Yes this film actually has a good plot and story and is actually fairly accurate to some of the real happenings in history. Second, THE ACTING IS REALLY GOOD. The entire cast gives it their all and makes this film believable. The only hindrance is the dubbing, but for foreign horror film fans like me, dubbing just adds to the charm.

I was pleasantly surprised and got a much better film than I was expecting. I would actually recommend this film to fans of Hammer flicks that came out at about the same time. I however do not recommend this film for fans of pointless gore/trash cinema as they will not get what they expect. The tagline on the box is also misleading as it tags the movie as "the most horrifying movie ever made" which isn't exactly true. Yes it had some shocking moments, but in no way is it really horrifying. By today's standards, the shocks are pretty tame.

So if your a fan of atmospheric Euro horror, don't believe all the bad hype as this film is a true gem of the genre.

This heavily BBFC censored version has the following cuts:

• 4 cuts totalling 12s to the thumb screw torture
• A 1:59s scene has been removed showing a partially naked girl (Gaby Fuchs) on the rack suffering also from her feet being branded
• 2 cuts totalling 12s from the Baron (Michael Maien) sitting on nails and getting his feet whipped.
• A 55s scene has been removed showing a girl having her tongue torn out.
• 3 cuts totalling 6s have reduced the needle torture on the pupeteer.
• The Baron being whipped has been reduced by 4s
• Most of the rape of the pupeteer's wife by Cumberland (Herbert Lom) has been removed, ie 59s worth.

The US R Rated Version is uncut for:

• 1998 20th Century Fox R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2010 20th Century Fox R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See review from IMDb: Favourite

I cannot believe this film got such bad ratings as it is one of my favourite action flicks of all time.

Marked for Death has Steven Seagal playing John Hatcher a cop whose out for revenge against a gang of Jamaican drug dealers. The film has some terrific action sequences and set pieces, example being the shopping centre fight which really showcases Seagal's talents. This has excellent pacing as well as good location shoots. The score for Marked for Death is amazing, suiting the film so well, giving it the right sinister kind of atmosphere. The voodoo elements were cool, Screwface has to be one of the best villains and the twist at the end is unexpected.

The only minor flaw with this film is that the beginning in Mexico is a little ropey.

• 2003 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 2001 20th Century Fox DVD

The  cuts for this version are:

• The night-time raid on Screwface's house in Jamaica, has lost another arm-break (6 secs)- this occurs just before Seagal faces Screwface's twin brother.
• The end battle between Seagal and Screwface has been cut in two places - firstly a close-up of Seagal gouging out Screwface's eyes is missing (3 secs) and then a few seconds later a vicious back-break (9 secs) after the two have crashed through the stone wall.

The version showing on Sky TV is also cut (though slightly differently). The recent Channel 5 screening contains all of the above footage - on network television! - in exchange for a brief snip to the opening scene - a hand severing - which is present in the video version.

Similar BBFC cuts required but implemented differently for:

• 1999 20th Century Fox VHS
• 1991 CBS/Fox VHS
• 1990 cinema release (8s cut)

The cuts for this version are:

• The fight in the department store between Seagal and the Jamaicans is missing an arm-break (3 secs).
• The night-time raid on Screwface's house in Jamaica, has lost another arm-break (6 secs)- this occurs just before Seagal faces Screwface's twin brother.
• The end battle between Seagal and Screwface has been cut in two places - firstly a close-up of Seagal gouging out Screwface's eyes is missing (3 secs) and then a few seconds later a vicious back-break (9 secs) after the two have crashed through the stone wall.

The BBFC cut 3s from the 2008 Second Run DVD: A cut was required to remove sight of a snake being stabbed and rearing up in pain

The BBFC cut the 2010 cinema release. Company chose to remove a use of discriminatory language ('spaz') in order to achieve a U classification. An uncut 12A classification was available.

• Marquis de Sade: Justine
• Marquise de Sade's Justine
• Justine and Juliet
• Deadly Sanctuary
• Justine
• Justine ovvero le disavventure della virtù

The 2002 Blue Underground DVD and the 2003 Anchor Bay DVD are the uncut unrated version.

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut region 0 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Pretty Tame

This tale, like Eugenie, Her Journey Into Perversion, isn't bad, and fairly explicit, for the late 60's, but is still pretty tame, by today's standards. Has a weird appearance by Jack Palance, as a mad monk, or something.

Also, a limited appearance by the late Klaus Kinski. Limited nudity and sex, but hey, what can one expect-it's fairly low budget. There are interviews and other features for the "technically" minded. Worth a look, but not worth the price I paid for it, or the other one-Eugenie. Minimal relation to the works of De Sade; which they, both, are supposed to be based on.

See Cruel Passion

A throwing star has been cut from the attack on the hero accompanying a female doctor.

The BBFC cut the 2007 Darker Enterprises DVD by 6:04s The distributor chose to make five cuts for category (clear sight of oral-genital contact x 3, digital penetration of a woman's vagina and sight of liquid resembling ejaculate on a woman's face and breast). An 'R18' without cuts was available to the distributor.

Unrated

The BBFC passed the US Unrated Version 18 uncut for the 2009 Optimum DVD.

Note that there is an edited US R Rated version to avoid.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

22:18s unofficial pre-cuts and a further 2:32s cut by the BBFC

14:58s pre-cut and a further 29s cut by the BBFC

Passed 18 without cuts for:

• 2004 Cornerstone R0 DVD
• 1998 Sovereign VHS
• 1987 Apex VHS
• 1977 X rated cinema release

There is also an Italian Version with inserted softcore using different actors. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• Long xing tian xia
• The Master
  Wong fei hung

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2005.

The scenes of the knuckledusters, nunchaku and balisong are now restored in the UK Hong Kong Legends DVD release.

Knuckledusters and chainsticks just cannot be seen by those sensitive Brits. It doesn't really matter whether they are being used or not

The 2002 cinema version and 2003 DVD were similarly cut by the BBFC. Company chose to remove dangerous imitable technique, a series of head butts, to gain a PG category. A "12A" uncut was available to the distributor.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cut three instances of unsimulated explicit sexual activity (vaginal penetration and oral sex)

• Scenes of rimming removed even where the action is obscured from view
• Shots of vigorous masturbation removed
• Scenes of condoms being put on erect penises proved a little too educational for the BBFC
• Views of erect penises proudly clad in a condom were considered unsafe for adult viewing so where removed.
• A shot of a guy vigorously thrusting with loud slapping sounds deleted. A pathetic BBFC excuse for cuts is that they don't like it when it is clear that real sex is occurring even if their are no explicit details to prove it.

Cuts were waived when resubmitted in 2006 for the Warners DVD

From Andrew:

As with channel 5 the Sky movies version of The Matrix not only featured all the removed head butts, but the much talked about "mouse cyber sex scene".

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

Cinema version should theoretically be the same as the video version but as Dave points out:

I can confirm that The Matrix played uncut in several regions of the North West in England and in some cases with different scenes. In the Furness region in Cumbria North of England there was an additional scene when Neo stumbles upon Mouse doing some inventive programming on 'The Woman in Red' by making her breasts bigger in his software program on screen for better 'Cyber sex' manipulation.

This scene was deleted in all international versions (including R print) and runs about 15 seconds with dialogue, but for some strange reason was included in our region's showing along with the 10 seconds of headbutts and violence. This had been confirmed by several friends who saw the film at that time. I also viewed The matrix in Manchester and it played the uncut R print minus the Cyber sex scene.

Video & DVD versions

Eight headbutts have been removed to tone the film down from 18 to a requested 15.

Thanks to Draven for the suggested layout: the cut shots are shown in bold:

1. Fight sequence where the rebel leader, Morpheus (Larry Fishborne), is captured. The scene starts with Morpheus landing on top of Agent Smith in the bathroom.  after which they introduce themselves to one another.  Smith then squeezes Morpheus's knuckles as he moves Morpheus's hands away from his neck. Morpheus then headbutts him as this is all he can do. After this, Smith grabs him by the collar and simultaneously headbutts him three times in a row after which he punches him in the chest.  This throws Morpheus back against the wall behind as per the shitty British version. 
2. Fight scene with Neo in the train station.  Towards the beginning of the fight, there is a shot where Agent Smith kicks Neo which makes him float sideways in the air and then punches him into the wall.  Neo gets up after kicking away Smith.  He then attacks Smith via punching him in a cool martial arts manner. As this is happening, agent smith locks Neo by both his arms and headbutts him twice. 
3. Later in the same fight scene.  After Neo is hurled away into the air after one of Agent Smith's punches at which point he spits out blood (both in the scene and in his chair), he gets up and entices Smith towards him via hand gestures.  after this he trades punches with Smith and then reverses the arm block back to Smith and headbutts him twice in much the same way that had been done to him a little earlier.  Neo then punches Smith in the chin and does the four cool kicks in the air and chokes Smith when he sticks his fingers out into his throat when his punch is blocked. 

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The showing on Channel 5 (May 2003) had these fight scenes restored.

The BBFC cut the 2007 Liquid Gold DVD by 46s: The distributor chose to remove a scene of the implied simultaneous penetration of a woman orally, vaginally and anally. An R18 uncut classification was available.

Unrated

The BBFC passed the 15 rated (US Unrated) Harder Cut  Version without cuts for the 2009 20th Century Fox DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

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PG-13

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The distributor chose to make CUTS/MODIFICATIONS to several text captions advertising MMS text services. Such cuts/modifications were made in compliance with ICSTIS Guidelines on Premium Rate Phone Numbers. AN 18 classification was available subject to the cuts/modifications indicated in the cuts list issued for this work but no classification was available without such cuts/modifications

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts required to sight of breast nudity in public areas

Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company required to cut on-screen reference to a website selling R18 DVDs by mail order.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove sight of explicit penetration and explicit oral-genital contact.

12s

R

No BBFC cuts to the 1987 cinema release nor videos/DVDs from 1987 to 2008. The cut US R Rated Theatrical Version was submitted in all cases

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Six Seconds of the Dixie Boy shoot out.
• Three seconds of the steam roller running over the boy.
• Three seconds of the salesman's face falling into his lap.

• Bloodstone
• The Exchange

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at UK Amazon

The UK Blu-ray is reported by www.dvdcompare.net as uncut despite not being resubmitted to the BBFC.

The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

The Columbia/TriStar video/DVD releases of 1997 & 1998 were cut by 9s as follows:

• The street fight in the alley between Mikhail (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and some Russian thugs loses a close-up shot of a flick knife being opened, as well as an arm break by knee, and a Russian thug's head been smashed through a car window.
• A chop to the throat trimmed as car door is opened
• A wrist-snapping removed from fight in house with thug. 
• 2 close-ups of knife stabbing missing from fight in the Bank's elevator.

12:28s pre-cut

The film and video versions are cut in exactly the same way. The cuts made by the distributors were not suggested by the BBFC but made voluntarily by the distributors to tone down the overall level of violence and gun play in the film.

The 2009 Darker Enterprises DVD was cut by 13:58s: Distributor chose to remove shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (in this case, cunnilingus, vaginal penetration with penis and fingers, fellatio, masturbation and liquid resembling semen on woman's face). An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor.

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove sexual detail (unsimulated oral genital contact)

17:05s unofficial pre-cuts and a further 9s cut by the BBFC

Same cuts for cinema and video version.

Maybe it is the "Fuck You" that has been deleted

The video versions of 1991 and 1998 were cut to remove an occurrence of "fuck" for a PG rather than a 12.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• MIB

The BBFC made 5s of dialogue cuts to the 1997 cinema release and 1997 Columbia/TriStar DVD

• The BBFC have overdubbed 2 aggressive uses of the word prick by the lesser cuss of jerk & twerp. The offending lines of dialogue are You insensitive prick and I just hope the little prick hasn't skipped town

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available via UK Amazon

The BBFC have problems with both drugs and things anal. This video offends both by having a man snort cocaine from a woman's butt and so this has been cut.

R Rated

The BBFC passed the 2009 Entertainment in Video Director's Cut DVD/Blu-ray, 18 uncut

From cuts details on IMDb

The director's cut version makes the following changes:

• An extra shot of bullets leaving the back of the guy Samuel L Jackson kills.
• An extra shot of Awax holding the gang member while he shoots him.
• A small scene showing how Caine and O Dog brake into the car in the garage.
• Two extra shots of bullet wounds during the final scene.
• It also includes two deleted scenes, the funeral of Caines cousin and a scene at his grandparents house after the funeral.

The Director's Cut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The Director's Cut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The Director's Cut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The Director's Cut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

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R Rated

Previous BBFC cuts waived when re-submitted by Entertainment in Video in 2003. But this is still based on US R rated Theatrical Version.

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1. A single shot of O-Dog (Larenz Tate) and Caine (Tyrin Turner) breaking open a car door by inserting a thin piece of metal between the window and the lock has been cut lest any aspiring car thieves are watching.
2. At the revenge shooting at the burger stand: The UK video shows a victim staggering away from Caine & O'Dog whose friend offers help but in fact shoots him. 2 further shots are heard as the scene cuts away. The original version clearly shows all 3 shots with chunks of the victims back being shot out.
3. When Caine's dad shoots one of his gambling buddies, there are trims applied to the entrance and exit wounds of the many gunshots fired.
4. In the final showdown Sharif's death by gunshots was trimmed, and 2 gunshot wounds were also trimmed from Caine's death.

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R Rated

• Suneel Darshan's Mere Jeevan Saathi

The DVD was passed uncut at 15 in 2006

Uncut when re-submitted in 2001 by Universal Pictures

Thanks to Shane, September 2006:

Interestingly the uncut 18 rated version has been screened on ITV 4 at 6pm & 7pm slots

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• The offending cut was a fight scene between two characters were a rather hard ear slap was issued by both hands

Cut when submitted in 2005. The BBFC said: Cuts required to remove sight of animal cruelty (in this case a genuine cockfight)

The BBFC cut the 2007 3rd Millenium DVD by 55s: Compulsory cuts were required to remove text constituting an illegal offer to supply hardcore video material via mail order.

19s cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2008. Two cuts were made to remove the sight of liquid resembling semen on a woman's face and for unsimulated oral-genital contact. An uncut R18 was available.

The BBFC cut the 2009 3rd Millenium DVD by 13s: Distributor was required to make two compulsory cuts to remove dialogue references to sexual activity below the age of consent. Distributor also chose to make one further cut to remove sight of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (oral-genital contact)

18s cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2008. Company chose to remove images of explicit sexual activity (in this case, clear sight of vaginal penetration) in order for the work to achieve the requested 18 classification.

The R18 uncut version runs at 130:52s so 31:04s were pre-cut

The BBFC cut the 2008 Liquid Gold DD by 11s: Distributor chose to remove sight of clearly unsimulated penetration. An R18 classification was available

13s cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2007. Distributor chose to remove sight of a woman fellating a man through his underpants. R18 uncut was available.

• The Fallen Knight

R Rated

The MPAA R Rated version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts.

There is also an alternative German Version. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Uncut in the UK but International dubbed versions all replace a phrase 'hard on' with 'attitude'.

• Oglinzi malefice

The US unrated version was submitted and passed 18 uncut for the 2009 Blu-ray version and presumably the DVD too. There is also the US R rated theatrical version included which is about 10s shorter

The BBFC explained their 18 rating:

Mirrors is a supernatural horror film based on a Korean film, Into the Mirror, about a man who discovers that mirrors create a dangerous alternate reality after he takes on a security job in a burnt out department store. The work was passed '18' for strong bloody violence and horror. A reduced version of the film had previously been passed '15' for cinema release.

Like many supernatural horror films, the story involves sustained personalised threat. In this case the threat is not only centred upon the lead male character but also his family, including his children. In particular, towards the end of the film, one child is shown to nearly drown and the other has her throat cut slightly by an evil mirror image of her mother, before being rescued by her real mother.

The film features two notably gory and bloody moments: a character slowly cuts his own neck with a shard of glass, causing a substantial blood spurt onto a mirror and an' evil mirror image' forces a woman to pull apart her own jaws, bisecting her face and partially removing her lower jaw, accompanied by copious blood splatter, terrorisation and pain. Despite the well established supernatural fantasy setting, these scenes exceed the upper level of the '15' category for which the BBFC's Guidelines state 'strong threat and menace are permitted. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable' and 'violence may be strong but may not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury'.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

This film was originally shown to the BBFC for advice. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive an '18' classification but that the requested '15' could be achieved by making some reductions throughout the film.

In particular, the BBFC suggested:

1. that the bloody spray in the slashing open of a throat in the opening sequence should be removed
2. that focus on a badly burned partially naked woman, crying out in pain, should be reduced or removed
3. that the protracted bloody detail when a woman's jaw is ripped apart be reduced
4. that, after scissors have been pressed against the neck of a young girl, the sight of scissors being drawn across the neck causing a larger bloody wound be removed.

When the finished version of the film was submitted, edits had been made, reducing the strength of the stronger moments sufficiently for the content in the film to be allowable under BBFC Guidelines at '15'.

The 2009 20th Century Fox DVD is uncut by the BBFC and features the US unrated Version.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• M:I-2
• Mission: Impossible 2

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PG-13

The 2000 Paramount DVD is the cut US PG-13 version. No cuts by the BBFC though for a 15 certificate

From version details on IMDb:

Cuts to:

• a loud crunch during the aeroplane hijack as Ambrose twists and breaks Dr. Nekhorvich's neck
• the actual impact and blood spurt on Stamp's knee when Ambrose shoots it, thinking Stamp is Ethan
• the kick to Hunt's face during the beach fight is seen in full and does not cut away to Ambrose' face at the point of impact

It is assumed that this version is the cut of the film made before trims were made to it for the MPAA to secure a PG-13 rating.

Cut by the BBFC in 2003 with the following statement: Cuts required to remove pornographic detail from animated depictions of rape and sexual assault. With these cuts made an R18 was available to the distributor. Distributor chose to cut explicit sexual detail in consensual sex scenes in order to achieve an 18.

The video versions have been uncut from 1987. The latest submission in 2004 was listed as re-edited but these are uncontentious changes

• Reduce thrusting movements as man has sex with woman outside cabin.
• Reduce sequence where man is shot whilst sitting on toilet.
• Remove impact shot where Lee throws a spike into man's forehead.
• Reduce the sequence where Tom cuts Lee's throat, in particular removing the blood trickle from the mouth.

• Stephen King's The Mist

The black & white Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for the 2008 Technicolor DVD

The 2010 Eros DVD is uncut but uprated to a 15 certificate.

The BBFC explained their 12A rating:

Mitti is a Punjabi language drama about two rival tribes in a village fighting for dominance. The film was classified 12A for moderate violence.

The moderate violence includes the depiction of gun shootings and hand-to-hand fight scenes, including kicks and punches. The violence is realistic and occasionally threatening, but never focuses on strong detail of injury. The Guidelines for violence at 12A allow for depictions of violence where there is no emphasis on injuries or blood.

The film also contains infrequent mild language (eg bloody').

The BBFC cut 31s when DVD submitted in 2008: One cut was required to a scene of unsimulated oral-genital contact. An uncut R18 was available to the distributor.

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004 with the following BBFC statement: Time had diminished the power and impact to the extent that it was no longer likely to prove harmful and so previous cuts were waived.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to make cuts to sexual detail (clear, unsimulated fellatio and penetration)

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC statement: Distributor chose to reduce sight of sexual detail in sex education video. An "R18" uncut was available to the distributor.

The BBFC continues to pass occasional explicit imagery at ‘18’ in ‘sex education’ videos. Such imagery is only passed if it is kept to the minimum necessary to illustrate the educational or instructional points being made, and if it occurs within a work which genuinely and manifestly seeks to inform and educate. In the case of Modern Loving, although the work was believed to be a genuine attempt to educate, some scenes of explicit imagery were reduced because they went beyond the level of detail necessary to illustrate the point being made.

Cut by 2s for:

• 2010 Second Sight R2 DVD

The BBFC cut:

• Cut required to remove sight of a horse being tripped and made to fall forwards as it runs along

• PG rated 1988 Film & Video VHS
• A Rated 1966 cinema release

• Mondo Cane 1
• A Dog's Life
• Tales of the Bizarre: Rites, Rituals and Superstitions

Cinema release passed after BBFC cuts in 1963

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

From Wikipedia: Iconic Documentary

The film consists of a series of travelogue-vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise the mostly Western film audience, including an insect banquet and a memorable look at a practising South Pacific cargo cult. Mondo Cane's shock-exploitation-documentary style was the inspiration for numerous imitations, including Shocking Asia and the Faces of Death series of movies.

It was nominated for the Palme d'Or, the highest prize given to a competing film at the Cannes Film Festival.

• Mønti Pythøn ik den Høli Gräilen

The BBFC passed the 1997 20th Century Fox video and 2002 Columbia/TriStar DVD 15 uncut.

This version restores the dialogue edits for the A certificate cinema release and restores the missing 24 seconds:

In the scene where the heroic knights come across a castle full of nubile women: When the girl states that her sister has lit the beacon that is grail shaped, my Paramount print goes on to say that they should all be spanked as punishment. The Paramount print has several shots along the following lines before the line "You should spank us all" The girl stating that "that was a good chance for a pussy gag" The knight saying that "he's glad this will/won't be cut" A shot of the crowd shouting "Get on with it" and God shouting "Get on With it".

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

From cuts details on IMDb:

Although the certificate was raised to 15 the dialogue cuts for the cinema A weren't actually reinstated.

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Dialogue cuts to Zoot's texture about the oral sex
• Overdubbing of uses of Jesus Christ.

All the edited lines were still in the 1988 video release with a 15 certificate by mistake! It was not till 1996 that the UK video's became completely uncut. In 2006 the film finally received a lower certificate uncut with a 12.

The submitted running time was noted as 89:42s  86:07s

• Life of Brian

Uncut version available at:

All UK releases passed AA/15 uncut by the BBFC.

Based on article from en.wikipedia.org:

The film contains themes of religious satire which were controversial at the time of its release, drawing accusations of blasphemy and protests from some religious groups. Thirty-nine local authorities in the UK either imposed an outright ban, or imposed an X certificate (effectively preventing the film from being shown as the distributors said the film could not be shown unless it was unedited and carried the original AA certificate).

Review from UK Amazon: A Very Naughty Boy

John Cleese once said that this film is what he'd most like to be remembered for, which coming from a man who wrote some of the best Python sketches and Fawlty Towers, should tell you something about how good this film is.

Hugely controversial at the time, the subject matter of The Life of Brian was considered strictly taboo in 1979, and even today it can still rattle a few cages, but ultimately the Python team all shared the same conviction that they were not poking fun at religion (or Jesus) per se, but at the people who blindly follow and misunderstand. In this way, The Life Of Brian became not just a comedy classic, but a ground-breaking movie that pushed the barriers of what was previously considered off-limits.

Each member of the Python team contributes immensely to the film, with Eric Idle supplying a classic Python tune as Brian is being crucified (Always Look On The Bright Side of Life), Terry Gilliam with some great visual gags, Terry Jones as the director of the film, Cleese and Palin turning in multiple brilliant performances (like Cleese's Reg, the leader of the PFJ, and the classic What have the Roman's ever done for us? sketch), not to mention Chapman as the unsuspecting hero.

A pre-cut 're-editted' version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:

• 2005 Warner R2 DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com. This version is missing 2 scenes:

• Mr Big hitting Katie
• Mr Big trying to inject Katie with heroin

• 1989 Guild VHS
• 1988 cinema release

• More - Mehr, immer mehr

The BBFC cut 1:23s for:

• UK 2003 BFI R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• A cut was required to remove instructive detail of illegal drug use.

See article from worldscinema.com:

• A scene where Estelle helps Stefan prepare heroin and then shoot up has been cut.
• There's also a scene where Stefan is preparing something in a mortar and pestle where the sound drops out every time he mentions an ingredient. I do not know if this is also due to the BBFC or is part of the original film.

Notable for the Pink Floyd soundtrack.

Thanks to Brian:

For those that would prefer a complete version there is a region 2 DVD available from www.amazon.fr (Not sure whether is has the original English soundtrack). Also note that the film has a 12 certificate in France.

• UK 1970 cinema release

The cubmitted running time was noted as 110:17s

• More about Language of Love
• Language of Love 2
• Mera ur kärlekens språk

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2009 Revelation R2 DVD titled Swedish Erotica Collection 2 at UK Amazon

The BBFC noted in the 2009 Annual Report: Collection 2, Swedish Erotica, a compilation of three early 1970s films from Sweden (Wide Open, Love Play and More About the Language of Love) was passed 18 without cuts. The work, which includes explicit images of sexual activity, is now very dated. By contemporary standards it is clearly not a sex work, but rather a genuine attempt to inform and educate, and the Board concluded that there was sufficient contextual justification to allow these scenes at 18.

• 1987 Sheptonhurst VHS
• 1983 cinema release

The BBFC cut 3:29s from the 2007 DVD: The distributor chose to make five cuts to remove sight of unsimulated cunnilingus and sight of liquid resembling semen splashing onto a woman's face. An 'R18' certificate was available without the cuts

The BBFC cut 37s from the 2007 DVD: Distributor chose to cut clearly unsimulated double dildo penetration. An R18 uncut was available to the distributor.

A cockfight offended the BBFC so it was plucked out.

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC statement: Cut required to sight of an apparently real assault which appears to have been commissioned by the film makers in the UK.

In particular the cut scene involved a glass bottle being broken over someone's head

Cuts waived when submitted in 2003

Same cut version for cinema and video versions up to 1999

Shots of nunchucks have been deleted

• Mortal Kombat 2: Annihilation
• Mortal Kombat 2

The BBFC cut the 1998-9 EIV video/DVD by 4s

The BBFC required further cuts to the video

• During the fight between Sonya Blade and Mileena the fatal moves are cut. First Sonya strangles her defeated opponent with her legs, then she kicks her head.
• The final fight sequence is missing Liu Kang getting kneed in his back.

The cinema also cut persisted into the video version

• Two shots cut of Shao Kahn breaking Johnny Cage's neck. First Shao Kahn pulls Johnny Cage's head towards him and then he twists it the other way

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• Two shots cut of Shao Kahn breaking Johnny Cage's neck. First Shao Kahn pulls Johnny Cage's head towards him and then he twists it the other way

The 2002 ILC Prime DVD was passed 18 uncut by the BBFC

The uncut region 0 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: Brutally observed spoof horror

A horror story set in a motel has to compete with the masterpiece - Psycho. Motel Hell, of course, doesn't come close, but then it doesn't try to. What we have is a delicious little parody of the horror genre, outrageous in places, ironic in others.

Rory Calhoun plays the owner of a financially failing motel, but rather than being ruled by his mother, he is ruled by his mother's recipe for smoked meats. He and his sister run a hugely popular business selling jerky and sausage. It's famously delicious, and people come from miles around to sample Farmer Vincent's produce. While the household is locked in to an evangelical television programme, cannibalism and the morality of murdering and eating others is never an issue for them.

Farmer Vincent, you see, is a highwayman Sweeney Todd, harvesting unwary travellers at night. Well, you have to wonder what gives his cooked meats such a unique flavour. The whole operation is based on his techniques for tenderising the meat and the produce of his secret garden.

It's a brutally observed spoof horror, well shot, highly entertaining, and very funny. There's satire, there's farce, there's irony, there's some visceral humour, and there's a chainsaw duel! What more could you ask for? Funny, enjoyable production which contrasts nicely with the run-of-the-mill bloodletting of 80's cult horror.

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Cut to remove a close up shot of a chainsaw wound during the climax.

The AA rated 1980 cinema release was cut for animal cruelty and t same cuts were applied to the 15 rated 1986 RCA/Columbia video

• Cut to remove footage of cruel horse-falls.

• Slave of the Cannibal God
• La Montagna del dio Cannibale
• The Prisoner of the Cannibal God

Passed for the 2001 Protected video/DVD with 2:06s of cuts for animal cruelty: Cuts required to sight of animal cruelty, including animals being goaded to fight each other

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut region 0 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Very tasty little snack

Another 70's cannibal flick, this is much better than expected.

You've got the hot, scantily-clad Ursula Andress and her crew on a quest through the jungles of New Guinea. They get ambushed by some blood thirsty savages of course. This tribe looks extremely heinous. Their masks are what really stood out for me in this movie--some dirty, potato sack looking bags with holes cut out for the eyes. Freaky! When the maniacal tribe leader sees Ursula, he might develop a different kind of hunger.

You've got all your basic cannibal flick essentials--blood, gore, decapitations, nudity, violence with animals. The acting and dialogue are good enough not to hamper the story. It may not be extremely original, but hey, if it ain't broke...

This was banned and added to the list of video nasties in November 1983. It was removed from the list in May 1985.

The BBFC cut 6:15s when submitted in 2007: The distributor chose to remove instances of sexual detail (clear sight of oral-genital contact, vaginal penetration and ejaculate on genitals). An uncut R18 was available to the company

• Yat goh hiu yan
• No More Mr. Nice Guy

The BBFC passed the short International Version 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 1999 EIV R2 DVD
• 1998 cinema release

There is also a much longer Hong Kong Version and an even longer extended Japanese Version

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Compulsory cuts were required to remove a sequence of orchestrated dog fighting, for which reasonable assurances could not be given

The 2002 DVD was cut by the BBFC. Cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (a chicken being run over by a van)

• Hua Mulan

The BBFC cut 15s for the 2010 Showbox DVD/Blu-ray. Compulsory cuts were made to remove sight of unsimulated animal cruelty (horses being tripped).

The BBFC cut the 1998 cinema release and 1999-2009 Buena Vista video/DVDs for a U certificate.

The DVD that was accidentally released uncut for a week in the spring of 2000

• The BBFC cut this Disney cartoon because of a vicious head-butt.

The BBC weren't so perturbed and aired the uncut version in December 2003 at 4.35pm

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via US Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Cut to remove an entire supposedly blasphemous sequence set in a church in which a male transvestite buggered himself with a rosary. The shots of the transvestite were intercut with footage of Christ moving through the Stations of the Cross.

• Hamunaptra

uncut

The 15 rated Universal DVD was passed uncut in 2003

From Andrew: 15 Rated Boxset

The 2008 double disk boxset (released to coincide with the 3rd Mummy film) contains the uncut versions of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. The overall rating of the boxset is a family unfriendly "15", for some reason the distributors haven't pushed for a downgrade to a "12" (The Mummy's original rating). This can probably be attributed to the glorification of a Butterfly knife rather than the hanging sequence that caused them concern originally (the BBFC seem to be a bit more tolerable on hangings in "12"'s now, see The Goonies).

The 2008 uncut region 2 boxset is available at UK Amazon

Cuts apply to the cinema version and the 12 rated 1999/2000 Universal video/DVDs

The BBFC detailed the cuts at their 1999 roadshows.

• The hanging scene was shortened as it originally gave the impression that hanging is not as dangerous as it is cracked up to be.
• In the scene where O'Connell cuts the Scarab out from Jonathan's arm, he produces a Butterfly knife, gives it a swirl and the cuts out the bug. The cinema version doesn't include the swirl.

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PG-13

The Mummy Returns was passed uncut in 2007. and features in the 2008 boxset. Presumably the Blu-ray release of July 2008 is also uncut. The appallingly edited headbutt is now reinstated.

The boxset also contains the 15 rated uncut version of The Mummy

cut

The 2001 UK cinema release and all video versions of 2001 were cut by the BBFC by 1s to qualify for a '12' rating.

• remove a headbutt during the Rachel Weisz/Patricia Velasquez fight scene

Cuts were also required in the US to avoid an R Rating

• The sequence where Ardeth Bay and Rick are fighting to get Evy back was originally longer. The MPAA deemed the gun battle too long and gave the film an "R" rating, not because of blood or deaths, but because of excessive gunfire (!). According to director Stephen Sommers and editor Bob Ducsay, they say that the scene was significantly longer, but shortened to ensure a "PG-13" rating.

The 1996 video and the 2003 DVD were both cut by 2s to remove the word 'bloody'. Cuts required to remove mild bad language to achieve a 'U'

The cuts were apparently in response to complaints about the uncut cinema release.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

The cinema version in uncut.

A single 4 second cut has been made to the video version of this Wesley Snipes thriller. During the raid on Spikins' house, when Snipes battles one of the assassins in the kitchen, the shot of Snipes breaking the bad guys neck has been removed.

The Director's Cut was banned by the BBFC when submitted in 2008 with the following statement:

Murder Set Pieces is a US made feature focussing on the activities of a psychopathic sexual serial killer, who, throughout the film, is seen raping, torturing and murdering his victims. There is a clear focus on sex or sexual behaviour accompanied by non-consensual pain, injury and humiliation. Young children are among those terrorised and killed.

In making a decision as to whether a video work is suitable for classification, the Board applies the criteria set out in its current Classification Guidelines, published in 2005. These are the result of an extensive process of public consultation and research and reflect the balance of media effects research, the requirements of UK law and the attitudes of the UK public. The Board’s Guidelines clearly set out the Board’s serious concerns about the portrayal of violence, most especially when the violence is sexual or sexualised, but also when depictions portray or encourage: callousness towards victims, aggressive attitudes, or taking pleasure in pain or humiliation.

The Guidelines for the ‘18’ category requested for this video work state that such concerns 'will not normally override the wish that adults should be free to choose their own entertainment' but make clear that exceptions to this general rule may be made in certain areas, including 'where material or treatment appears to the Board to risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society – eg any detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts… [and that the Board] may intervene with portrayals of sexual violence which might, eg eroticise or endorse sexual assault'. Under the heading of 'Rejects', the Guidelines identify as of particular concern 'graphic rape or torture', 'portrayals of children in a sexualised or abusive context' and 'sex accompanied by non-consensual pain, injury or humiliation'.

The Board’s position that scenes of violence with the potential to trigger sexual arousal may encourage a harmful association between violence and sexual gratification is reflected in research and consistent with public opinion. It is the Board’s carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to MURDER-SET-PIECES, even if statutorily confined to adults, would involve risk of harm within the terms of the Video Recordings Act 1984, would be inconsistent with the Board’s Guidelines, and would be unacceptable to the public.

The Board considered whether the issue could be dealt with through cuts. However, given the unacceptable content features throughout, and that what remains is essentially preparatory and set-up material for the unacceptable scenes, cuts are not a viable option in this case and the work is therefore refused a classification.

The region 0 Director's Cut DVD is available via US Amazon

From IMDb

The Lion's Gate Films "R" rated version of "Murder-Set-Pieces" was released on January 9th, 2007, and it is cut and edited by 23 minutes. No other film in the history of cinema has had to have that many minutes cut to avoid the "NC-17" rating.

Review from IMDb: Overrated

Very, very overrated serial killer flick that has been compared to Maniac, Last House on Dead End Street and New York Ripper. Some reviewers have claimed that it is better than these three films.

It is not. It is gory in a juvenile, over-the-top kind of way and the coverage of some of the murders is adequate, but it is incredibly fragmented, totally devoid of characterization and plot development and, overall, amateurish in its execution.

None of the performances are believable -- not even Sven Garrett's.

The special effects are reasonably realistic, but they're too overlit and obvious to be truly disturbing.

Some context and character development would have helped immeasurably.

• Alien Predator
• Alien Predator
• Cosmos mortal
• Mutant II
• The Falling

The pre-cut 1987 Entertainment in Video release was passed without further cuts by the BBFC

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• 3s cuts to the sight of a mutilated body in a trailer home
• 44s cuts to another scene with Michael finding another helmeted mutilated corpse after a flashlight search
• 63s cuts to the monster emerging from the helmet and attacking Michael
• 2s missing from an alien emerging from gas station attendant's head

The Theatrical version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2009 EIV R2 DVD
• 2008 cinema release

There is a US Director's Cut where 10 minutes have been removed. Simon Hunter felt these scenes slowed the film down

The region 2 DVD has been released uncut

The Film Four version is also uncut

+ cinema cuts

Two slight cuts have been made to the "snuff" murder that Billy (Marina Sudina) witnesses. The first is a rear shot of the couple having sex - this has been substituted for a longer take of Billy looking embarrassed at her discovery. The second trim is a bloody shot of the actual stabbing, just as Billy is trying to sneak away from the murder scene.

• Fall Break

The BBFC waived some cuts for the 2000 DVD released but still cut a 7s scene of a girl being violated with a fish hook

An Extended Version (Lewder, Cruder and even Ruder Edition) was passed uncut for DVD in 2009. This is the US unrated version.

The BBFC explained their 18 rating:

MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL is a romantic comedy with gross-out humour. The story is about a man who is a specialist at giving women such a bad date that they rebound back to the last person they dated. He is hired by his best friend to date the woman who has just dumped him but in performing his job the specialist finds himself both falling in love and questioning the way he treats women. This work, which is the DVD release of an extended version of the film, was passed ‘18’ for very strong language, strong sex references and nudity. It includes material that was cut (for category) from the ‘15’ rated UK theatrical version.

The BBFC Guidelines at ‘15’ state that ‘there may be frequent use of strong language (e.g. 'fuck') but the strongest terms (e.g. ‘the c-word’) will be acceptable only where justified by the context. Continued aggressive use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable’. There are three uses of very strong language in this film, two of which are very clear and one that is much less discernible. However, although none of the uses are aggressively delivered or directed, the first occurs very early in the work, before the viewer can get to grips with the plot and before the characters have become established. As such it is best placed at ‘18’ and indeed the distributor chose to remove that particular use of the term in order to secure a ‘15’ classification category for the UK theatrical release of the film. There are over forty uses of strong language in the film.

The Guidelines at ‘15’ go on to state that ‘Sexual activity may be portrayed but without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour’. Although much of the material can be contained at ‘15’, some of the verbal sex references in this work, which were cut from the ‘15’ rated theatrical UK release, are very strong. They reflect sexual activity more commonly associated with hard core sex works that are inappropriate for 15 year olds and are best placed at the adult classification category.

MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL also includes scenes of soft drug use, mild violence and breast nudity.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

The use of 'fuck' is too strong for a 12 rating so it has been dubbed over

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R Rated

The cut US R Rated Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2003 Paramount DVD

From cuts details on IMDb

• Gore was cut from the pre-credits sequence where the woman is pushed backwards onto a pickaxe.
• Mabel's mutilated body was originally on screen for much longer.
• The scene where the bartender is playing peek-a-boo with the Harry Warden dummy was edited so that no blood is shown. He was pickaxed up his chin and out his left eye, then dragged along the ground with his eyeball hanging out.
• The face-boiling of Dave was shortened so you don't see the after-effects while he is dying.
• Graphic head-on shots of Sylvia's shower impalement were deleted.
• A stock footage close-up of the miner's light being shown at the camera replaces the bulk of a shot of Hollis' bleeding face after he has been nail-gunned. In the widely-seen release, the scene picks up after Hollis has mostly turned away.
• Howard's hanging is shortened. In the original print, he was decapitated. The decapitation was cut out, so it looks like his body just falls, stops short when the end of the wire is reached, sprays blood all over Patty and Sarah, and then resumes falling. Not only do the cuts imposed render the scene senseless, but they also make it so there's no payoff to Hollis' earlier comment that Howard would lose his head if it weren't attached.
• Axel's left arm gets trapped under rocks in the cave-in at the end. He rips it off to get away, leaving his limb behind to horrify everybody else. But since the key footage of the arm removal all had to be removed itself, it is hard to see exactly what happened.

January 2009. See article from shocktillyoudrop.com: Lost Footage

Fans may balk that the new disc is not definitively uncut as it still lacks a few oft-rumored shots. Sadly, those choice bits have indeed been declared MIA as director George Mihalka discovered when he was asked to do a director's cut roughly six years ago. We went through the vaults and found out all of that negative has corroded or disappeared. What the DVD, furthermore the new print of the film, contains is the remaining salvaged footage found in producer John Dunning's storage space.

There was a scene with the two kids in the mine and they're joined together forever, Mihalka chuckles citing one still excised sequence. There was a whole set up scene to that. They're just necking and Tom's lying on top of [Harriet] and the miner comes in and puts the [drill bit] through him. She's got her eyes closed and thinks he's just being a little frisky. She opens her mouth and her eyes just as he bleeds into her mouth. Then the miner goes whoomp! And [skewers] them both . That scene had to be taken out totally. It has disappeared and we'll never see it.

The definitive 2009 Special Edition region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The definitive 2009 Special Edition US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

The definitive 2009 Special Edition region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The definitive 2009 Special Edition US Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

See review from fearnet.com: 30 years late

So the flick holds up surprisingly well for a low-budget Canadian import from 1981 ... but did we really need a Special Edition DVD? Absolutely, says me. Ask anyone of my approximate age who was also raised on a steady diet of VHS and Fangoria if they'd like to see the "uncut pre-MPAA" version of, say, Friday the 13th or My Bloody Valentine, and you'd get a response of HELL YES!

Film fanatics always want to see the "trimmed" footage, especially if it's something that showcases some impressively creative gore-gravy ... and the new stuff found in My Bloody Valentine is pretty nifty indeed.

Overall, this ‘new’ version runs maybe 50 seconds longer than the VHS cut, but one can clearly see that the MPAA was aiming to minimize EVERY kill scene, regardless of how much work actually went into it.

So it's almost 30 years late, but I say bring on the splatter.

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R Rated

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R Rated

The Wilder, Funnier, Sexier Version was passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2004 Buena Vista R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and R Rated:

• US 2004 Dimension R2 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com:

The longer scenes of the R-Rated mainly consist of conversations about sex, some more naked skin and the body fluids of Madsen's character TJ.

PG-13

• UK 2003 cinema release.

This is the US PG-13 Rated Version.

The Director's Cut was submitted for the 2008 BFI DVD. No BBFC cuts for a 12 rating

Both versions region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

The BBFC explained their 12A/12 rating:

My Brother's Wedding is a US drama from 1983, about a man torn between family obligation and his errant friend. It was passed 12A due to a moderate sex scene. The BBFC guidelines at 12A state that sexual activity may be implied and that is all that occurs here. A man is seen persuading a woman to accompany him to the back of a shop, and later we see him lying on top of her after sex - nudity is implied but not seen, and we do not see any of the sex itself.

My Brother's Wedding also contains one scene in which there is a stand-off between a man with a knife and another man with a gun. Neither weapon is seen in use but this moderate threat involving realistic weapons was also thought to be best placed at 12A.

• Mio caro assassino
• Sumario sangriento de la pequeña Estefania

From IMDb:

The 2008 Shameless DVD features shorter film credits though the film is fully uncut and contains around 12 seconds of additional gory violence.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from IMDb: Don't Miss

Director Tonino Valerii is best known in the USA for the spaghetti western My Name is Nobody, but My Dear Killer is no less an excellent example of the giallo genre than "Nobody" was to its own.

The plot revolves around a series of murders committed by an unknown assailant intent on keeping the deaths of a small child and her father unsolved. As is the case with most gialli, there's a detective one step behind the murderer, a lush and creepy music score (this time by Morricone), a houseful of suspects, creative and illogical murders, and a downbeat and melancholy plot.

What elevates this one above all the others made in that banner year for the genre (1971), though, is the detail given to the script and production. The characters are all fully formed and functional to the story, which itself is well thought-out and clever. The resolution is well-handled, and even if the killer's identity is impossible to guess beforehand, the means in which he (or she) is finally discovered will make you smile. Add to this one of the saddest musical-score main themes in movie history, featuring a woman's voice singing a haunting child's melody, and you have a giallo that fans of the genre should definitely not miss.

• Cut to remove a brief shot of a young naked girl at an art studio.

• Fuk sing go jiu
• Fu xing gao zhao
• Winners & Sinners 2: My Lucky Stars

The cinema release of 1985 and all video/DVD releases from 1987 to 2002 were similarly cut (or pre-cut)

• Cut was required to the sight of a car being stolen with the aid of a piece of wire on the grounds that this is an imitable technique
• A joke about rape has been deleted

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

The BBFC cut 2:07s from the 2009 Darker Enterprises DVD: The distributor chose to cut two scenes of clearly unsimulated fellatio. An 'R18' uncut was available to the distributor.

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum

The video was cut by the BBFC when submitted in 1999

• At 16 mins close up of man stabbing victim in eye and all sight of other attacker crushing his boot repeatedly on victim's head and squashing it into a bloody pulp were removed.

Comment from the distributor: I have to cut a particularly brutal scene from the climax of the film, which may render the film pointless.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• Jopog manura 2: Dolaon jeonseol
• My Wife Is a Gangster 2

The BBFC cut the 2007 Elephant DVD by 1s. Distributor required to remove shot of charging horse tumbling head first into the ground

• A double ear clap has gone missing (see The Gallery for the missing footage)
• The sound effects of a head butt were toned down

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon