Uncut but as the film contains no violence, no nudity and little sex beyond that implied by the title and references to sex toys, then the distributors felt that 18 was unnecessarily restrictive. They asked the BBFC to reconsider but the BBFC declined with the following statement:

This determination was formally reconsidered by the BBFC at the request of the submitting company. The BBFC carefully considered the arguments put forward by the submitting company and looked again at the relevant submitted material, but concluded that its original determination was appropriate. The BBFC did, however, amend the consumer advice.

Thanks to Haydn:

The 2007 DVD was cut by the BBFC with the following comment: Cuts required to scenes of animal cruelty (in this case, a snake being struck with a pole).

• Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
• Ring of Fire 2: Blood and Steel

The BBFC cut 1:13s for an 18 rating for the 1993 Imperial video and 2001 Prism DVD.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• Cuts to nunchaka wielding bad guy in a warehouse
• Cuts to another nunchuka wielding bad who gets dispatched with a broken neck
• Cuts to a 3rd nunchuka armed fiighter
• 2 earclaps have been deleted
• Another neck break has been deleted

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

Review from US Amazon: Solid action entertainment

Wow! Ring of Fire 2 takes an entirely different route than the original. The first instalment was a Romeo and Juliet type of romance set against a backdrop of a cross-culture martial arts fued. Don The Dragon Wilson was the romantic lead and left most of the fight scenes to his capable co-stars.

The sequel, on the other hand, is a non-stop action film. Don, reprising his role of Johnny, and his buddies go underground (literally!) in search of the gang leader who kidnapped his fiance (Maria Ford, reprising her role- but with a different hair color!).

The plot is totally contrived, but this is just such a likable knucklehead of a movie that it's hard not to like it. Don the Dragon gets plenty of fight scenes this time around. Wise move. Ring of Fire 2 is solid action entertainment. Just remember to leave your I.Q. at the door and you'll love it.

• Contacto ninja en la Argentina

Cut when submitted in 1987

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Same version for cinema and video

The seduction of Laura Dern by the 15 year old Lukas Haas took a hacking.

• John Rambo
• Rambo 4
• Rambo 4: John Rambo

The US Extended Version is uncut and R Rated for:

• US 2010 Lions Gate Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

From IMDb:

The 2010 Extended Edition adds nine minutes of footage, re-orders and re-edits scenes, and changed the film's title to John Rambo. It is said to be director/star Sylvester Stallone's director's cut. This new version focuses more on the psychology of the character, adding numerous character beats.

See also pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• UK 2008 Sony Online
• UK 2008 Sony RB Blu-ray
• UK 2008 Sony R2 DVD
• UK 2008 cinema release

R Rated

The Uncut Version is reported to have been released with no sign of waived BBFC cuts for

• UK 2008 Optimum RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2008 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and R Rated for:

• US 2008 Lions Gate R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2004 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The BBFC waived their cuts for violence for

• UK 2002 Momentum R2 DVD
• UK 2001 4 Front VHS
• UK 2001 Universal VHS
• UK 2000 Universal VHS

The BBFC cuts are

• Just a horse fall now excised

• UK 1989 Guild VHS

Extensive BBFC cuts:

• Opening stick fight is heavily cut and should last about twice as long, removing most of the hits with the thai sticks as well as punches. Also kicks by Rambo's opponent (Harold Diamond) including a roundhouse kick, front kick and kick to the back of the leg are deleted. There are mossing slow-motion shots of the audience and of Rambo once his opponent is on the ground, indicating that he could be unstable.
• The mission with Colonel Trautman (Richard Creena) comes under fire from a gunship. We don't see 3 victoms of numerous bullets.
• When Trautman is being interrogated by Zaysen (Marc de Jonge) while strung up, physical hits to his face and chest are deleted.
• When a kid pesters Rambo and asks to see his knife we don't see the kid twirl it around for a few seconds.
• The scene where the  gunships arrive after the horse game is heavily cut. Numerous people should be seen getting graphically shot including Yorick, the Russian defector, who after taking a child to safety open fires on a gunship.
• During Rambo's first attempt to break Colonel Trautman out, the man seen being dragged out of the cell should then be tortured by electrocution. He is later strung up which we see, what we don't see is him being executed by a bullet.
• Close up of small knife that Rambo throws in soldiers neck.
• Close ups of various soldiers being shot by Rambo.
• After failing to break him out Rambo escapes and meets up with rebels outside, one of whom should get shot three times while sitting on his horse.
• When Rambo breaks Trautman out, the first scene their together Rambo hits a guard with a piece of wood a few more times and Trautman breaks another guards neck.
• While escaping in the gunship with other prisoners, one of the escapees uses the gun on the helicopter to despatch 3 guards which we don't see.
• The tower that Rambo blows up with a missile, at first actually shoots the two soldiers occupying it, with their blood spraying onto the camera lens behind them.
• In the cave when Trautman shoots the solider that Rambo was unaware of there should be slightly more detail when he gets hit by the bullets.
• During Rambo's fight with the big Russian outside the caves, a hit to Rambo's face and ribs are gone as well as a head butt being deleted.
• During the final stand when the rebels arrive to confront the Russian Army, a few more soldiers are seen getting shot in detail including Zaysen and his co-pilot.
• Cut to remove tripwire cruelty to horses during the filming.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove explicit sexual detail

Cut by 2s in 2002 with the BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cut dangerous imitable technique in order to gain a '12'. A '15' uncut was available to the distributor.

Cut by 1s in 2001 with the BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cut dangerous imitable technique in order to gain a '12'. A '15' uncut was available to the distributor.

• Paint it Yellow
• Colour of Sacrifice

The film was re-edited in 2007 for another cinema release and no cuts were required

The first team of examiners believed that a ‘15’ would be required to cover the violence and theme. This decision was appealed by the distributors who felt that the film’s theme was essentially a patriotic one, intended to educate and entertain young people.

The film was viewed again by a second team that included the Director and Head of Policy who agreed that the contextual and moral tone allowed for a generous interpretation of the Guidelines but that a ‘12A’ could be offered only if cuts were made to the final shoot-out that provided more emphasis on violence and bloody impacts than is usual at that category. The film was subsequently cut for ‘12A’,

The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC Cuts for the 1996 cinema release. This was raised to 18 for the 1997/8 Buena Vista video/DVDs

There is also a rare Director's Cut featuring an extended plot rather than anything contentious.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

See Naked Killer 2

The 1992 cinema release, Fox videos of 1993 and the 2001 20th Century Fox DVD were all similarly cut

• brief Nunchaku usage has been removed in attack on Lee in a steaming room,

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

Review from US Amazon: Highly recommended

No matter how many times I watch this movie, it never seems to get old. Combining elements of American action shoot 'em ups with the chop-socky combat of the Hong Kong martial arts genre, Rapid Fire seems bent on squeezing as many action sequences as possible into its brisk 90-minute running time.

However, in between fight scenes, the writers and director actually take time for little things like plot and character development, which are too often lacking in martial arts flicks (can you say Steven Seagal)? The main characters, Brandon Lee's reluctant crime fighter and Powers Boothe's grizzled cop, actually have some beliefs and internal conflicts that motivate their actions. And on top of that, there are some actors in this movie who can actually act!

In the action department, the fight scenes are extremely well done, devoid of camera tricks, multiple angles, fancy directing, or any other gimmicks that distract from the fight scenes themselves. It seems the makers of this film knew what they had in Brandon Lee and let him and the other actors carry the action on their own, a decision that definitely paid off.

Highly recommended for those who want a little brains to go with their action.

Cut in 2009 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove explicit sexual detail (in this case oral-genital contact during fellatio and cunnilingus, masturbation, digital penetration of vagina, anal penetration and sight of semen on woman's face). A further compulsory cut was required to remove sight of a woman repeatedly withdrawing her consent and having her requests ignored as the group of men continue trying to anally penetrate her.

The BBFC cut the 2004 Peccadillo DVD with the following explanation: Distributor chose to remove clear and explicit images of sexual activity which could not be exceptionally justified by their context (some explicit images allowed to remain). An uncut R18 was available.

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

Review from US Amazon: Fantastic

I saw this film in Greece, and I'm sure that the American version is probably a little softer than the European (original cut). But I'm not too sure. This film is fantastic! I cant stress that enough. the cinematography... and just the overall satirical and witty premise of the film is worth watching. I think I'm going to make a t-shirt that says: "Masturbation is Counter-Revolutionary!" This movie is so smart...

The BBFC passed the 2002 Prism DVD 15 without cuts but it is noted as a Re-edited version. There is no mention of any contentious cuts though.

The video releases of 1986 & 2005 were not cut by the BBFC

From the Anchor Bay Forum

I have the Umbrella DVD from Australia. This shows the legendary deleted grisly scenes as an extra (rough quality) but even then I do not think they would have been problematic at the BBFC.

Way back in 1983 when Razorback was submitted to the Aus censor board, those scenes were an issue, hence their being cut for a lower rating.

This cut version was granted an 18 cert here. However it is the version that was released world-wide. The only way to see the complete Razorback is via a sell thru PAL tape from Australia with the R+ 18 rating.

The BBFC cut 11s from the 2010 Paul Raymond DVD: The company chose to make cuts to a scene of sexual detail (unsimulated dildo penetration). An uncut R18 was available to the distributor.

The BBFC cut 11s from the 2010 Paul Raymond DVD: Distributor chose to remove explicit and unsimulated elements of sexual activity from an 18 adult sex work (in this instance, real, sustained images of masturbation),. An R18 uncut was also available to the company.

• H P Lovecraft's Re-Animator

Unrated

An uncut broadcast on Film Four heralded the fact that the BBFC would now be ready to pass the film uncut.

And indeed that uncut version was passed in 2007 with lots of goodies from Anchor Bay

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

The BBFC cut the 2001 Tartan DVD by 1:49s for an 18 certificate.

The BBFC have waived all 3 previous cuts for violence (saw attack, decapitation and the bloody head being squeezed) but have retained significant cuts to the headless rape sequence. In implementing the cuts required by the BBFC, the distributors have again cut more material than is strictly necessary.

• The following 28s scene was cut in line with BBFC policy on sexual violence: Megan's reanimated father rips off her blouse as she lies on a table in the lab. Her breasts are exposed, much to the delight of the decapitated head of Dr Hill beside her, who before parting company with his body, indicated that he fancied her. There is then a full length nude shot , complete with pubic hair, as Megan is bound by the wrists and ankles. The BBFC judged that Megan was in a drugged state and that the activity is clearly non-consensual.
• After a short sequence of conversation elsewhere, we return to Megan to find the headless corpse massaging her breasts. Following this, the head is held over her to kiss her ear and breast, leaving blood on the latter. The woman is screaming and clearly suffering sexual violence, whereas the head is clearly deriving sexual pleasure. There is certainly no sense of the assault being enjoyed by the woman here. However, the Board felt that in the scenes of breast or full nudity there was much in the activity to titillate. The cuts were implemented as a 10s cut and then a 1:11s cut allowing some of the intervening material to remain.

The BBFC explained their cuts:

The Board still believes that this scene offers a sexual frisson, in a context of non-consensual assault, that could be harmful to some viewers. Contrary to the suggestion that this scene has received cuts through 'taste' rather than legal considerations, the cuts were in fact required under the terms of the Video Recordings Act, which legally obliges the Board to have special regard "to any harm that may be caused to potential viewers or, through their behaviour, to society as a whole by the manner in which the work deals with... horrific behaviour or incidents... [or] human sexual activity" (VRA Section 4A (1)). Sexual violence is an area of particular concern for the Board, being the one area where a clear link has been drawn, through research, between on-screen depictions of eroticised assault and the behaviour of some viewers. The Board is therefore 'legally' obliged to intervene with any depictions of sexual assault "where the portrayal eroticises or endorses sexual assault" (BBFC Guidelines) because of the 'harm' that might arise from such depictions. Obviously Re-animator will not lead to a spate of attacks on women by decapitated heads but the scene's general association of non-consensual sex with titilatory aspects may be arousing to some individuals and thus be a cause of potential 'harm' within the legal sense.

The first and last cuts were waived (the attack with the saw and the bloody head being squeezed). However, the two other previous cuts (to the close shot of the shovel cutting the neck and the sexual attack) were maintained.

The cut to the sexual assault was, however, made differently - and less effectively - by the distributors, who chose to remove the ENTIRE second half of the sequence, rather than simply edit out the unacceptable portions of it. This was in fact the distributor's choice and was not directed by the BBFC.

The 33s cut to the forcible stripping was maintained but this time 1:49s were cut to remove the entire bodiless head sequence (rather than making two separate shorter cuts as happened previously). As a result, this version was cut by a total of 2 minutes 21 seconds. It therefore appeared to have been more heavily cut, even though cuts had in fact been waived! The matter is also slightly further fogged by the fact that this submission was telecined at a completely different speed (slower), making the cuts appear slightly longer than they actually were, but only by about 7 seconds.

The subsequent EIV video release in 1986 was similar except that the decapitation was explicitly altered to allow the retention of the long shot of the shovel being pressed into the man's neck. Only the close shot was removed for video, as was originally requested by the BBFC.

The US Unrated version was submitted for the 1985 cinema release and was cut by 1:51s as follows

1. 7s is deleted from West's (Jeffrey Coombs) killing of a zombie in the morgue, ie a close-up of a man being run through with a bone saw. is missing to reduce sight of blood flowing down naked body.
2. The decapitation scene loses a 5s close shot of shovel cutting into Dr Hill's neck after his head is bashed from behind. (a long shot also removed voluntarily by the distributors).
3. The headless rape scene offended the censors. It is missing 33s of Megan Halsey (Barbara Crampton) being stripped and having her arms and legs strapped down. Cuts of 19s and then 43s removed all sight of her nude body strapped to trolley and also the Dr Hill's severed head attempting oral sex including the disembodied head sticking its tongue in Megan's ear, kissing her breasts and a shot of the head between her legs.
4. 3s has been deleted from a shot of West's head being squeezed and zombie eyes bleeding.

• Bride of Re-Animator

cut

R Rated

The 1990 cinema release, 1990 Lazer video, 1992 Polygram video and 1998 Tartan DVD all feature the US R rated version passed without BBFC cuts.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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

Review from UK Amazon: A fair stab

The original Re-Animator is rightly regarded as an all time-horror classic, and certainly when it comes to tongue-in-cheek gore-filled black comedies only the first 2 Evil Dead films come anywhere near it.

Making a sequel looks to be a hopeless task, as the first film clearly tied itself up as a self-contained film, but while it requires a bit of suspension of disbelief from the viewer the script for Bride of Re-Animator does a tremendous job just managing to reunite most of the cast from the first film (half of whom appeared to have died at the end it) without completely throwing away the continuity of the first film.

The first half of the film is rather slow and boring, with only West's bizarre experiments in joining together odd combinations of body parts providing any entertainment. The ending is fantastic however, with a climax that rivals the ending of the first film for sheer over the top insanity, as West and eternal unwilling sidekick Dan Cain find themselves under siege from the now bat-winged head of Doctor Hill, his re-animated zombies (including a hilarious zombie cop who bursts in holding his badge as though making an arrest), the bricked-up earlier failed experiments of West and of course the bride of re-animator herself...

Inevitably it's inferior to the original movie, but the combination of returning old favourite characters with some new improved gore effects means this will provide some entertainment for fans of the first film. Nowhere near as bad as it's reputation, Bride of Re-Animator is a fair stab at a very difficult sequel.

• Sur mes lèvres

The BBFC cut 4s for a 15 rating for:

• UK 2003 Pathe R2 DVD
• UK 2001 cinema release

The BBFC noted:

Company chose to remove two uses of very strong language from the subtitles in order to achieve a 15 , as per the cinema version which was similarly cut in order to achieve the same category. An 18 uncut was available to the distributor

Not yet determined is the cut status of the 2010 Optimum DVD release

The BBFC cut the 2007  Liquid Gold DVD by 4s:   Distributor chose to remove a shot of explicit sexual detail (in this case, vaginal penetration). An uncut R18 was available.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment:  Distributor chose to remove a scene depicting sexual detail (liquid resembling semen on woman's face). An R18 uncut was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2008. Distributor chose to remove two instances of sexual detail (in this case clearly unsimulated cunnilingus and vaginal penetration by penis). An 'R18' uncut was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC Comment: Distributor chose to remove sight of explicit oral genital contact.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment:
The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor was required to remove scenes of unsimulated penetration of the anus and the vagina by a dildo

Cut by 31:37s when the video was submitted in 2009: Company chose to remove sight of unsimulated sexual activity (including penetration, masturbation, oral-genital contact, and sight of liquid resembling semen on a woman's face). Further cuts were required to sequences portraying strong fetish and BDSM activity.  An uncut R18 classification was available.

The BBFC cut 6s for:

• 1999 Vision R2 DVD
• 1995 Astrion/Vision VHS

Thanks to Bleach:

• At 15.5 mins: Remove handling of erect penis by woman, which is not justified by context, and reduce previous sight of erection to a brief shot between slow dissolves, starting to mix away as woman kneels down into frame.

Pre-cut when (re)submitted in 2007 with the following BBFC comment: An earlier version of this work was submitted to the BBFC and compulsory cuts were required to remove gratuitous and detailed images of a public execution and a violent lynching. These cuts were required...on the grounds that such images may cause harm by encouraging the development of callous attitudes among members of the likely audience.

This earlier version of the work was subsequently withdrawn from the classification process by its distributor. The present version, which has been re-edited throughout, was pre-cut prior to submission to remove those elements to which the BBFC had requested cuts.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Cuts required to potentially harmful and obscene material (in this case waving a flaming torch over a woman's genital area; extinguishing a large candle by inserting it between a woman's buttocks; and dripping hot wax onto a woman's genitals), on the grounds of potential harm

• Chi Bi
• Chek bik
• The Battle of Red Cliff
• Red Cliff: Three Kingdoms, One Fate

The Original Hong Kong Version is much longer and splits the film into Part I and Part II.

This is available as a Special Edition on 2009 EIV DVD/Blu-ray. THe BBFC cut 16s for a 15 certificate: In accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy, cuts were made to remove cruel scenes of horses being made to fall over and roll on their necks.

The BBFC waived previous cuts when submitted in 2006 but the version submitted was a much shorter, TV or toned down version.

The BBFC cut 2:38s from the 2007 DVD: The distributor chose to make four cuts for 18 for clearly unsimulated sexual activity (oral-genital contact during cunnilingus, digital penetration of the vagina and sight of ejaculate on a woman's face). An 'R18' without cuts was available to the distributor.

• Le Lunghe notti della Gestapo
• The Red Nights of the Gestapo

An uncut version was released for the 2010 Excalibur DVD. No sign of this version in the BBFC data base though.

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

Review from US Amazon: Sexually-centric

The picture quality is highly impressive, jaw-droppingly so, and sound is clear, you can hear every sexual moan.

I'm not a fan of most nasty Nazi films, I find them to be cheap and boring lacking in what they promise as fantasy sex and gore pictures. Having read about this one being more sexually-centric than nasty I decided to make one last foray into this most reviled of cinema's exploitation sub-genres. I make no apologies for finding sexy women dressed up in Nazi uniforms titillating, which is where this fabulous trash succeeds above and so far beyond anything I've witnessed before.

The actresses here are the stars, both beautiful and plenty, everything else just gets in their way.

Thankfully the director had fantastic zeal and extracted the most lucidly lascivious performances I have ever seen. Though I must say that erotica is my personal bent, so perhaps what is on show here would be considered tame by today's purveyors of porn.

The BBFC relented on their cinema ban in 1981 but only after having inflicted about 12 minutes of cuts for the 1981 cinema release.

• Bunhongsin

There is also an uncut unrated version

The BBFC cut 2:40s for a 15 rating. The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2007 Tartan DVD. Company chose to remove scenes of potentially harmful activity (in this case, a man having his hair set on fire and a man holding a blowtorch to a running exhaust pipe). An uncut 18 classification was available to the company.

• Senza ragione

The 2003 Waterfall DVD was passed 15 without BBFC cuts.

Not sure what version was submitted but the running time suggests an uncut version.

The original running time was noted as 87:00s

• Witness to Reds

Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The distributor was required to remove two shots of horse falls that were clearly achieved through the use of illegal trip wires.

The AA rated cinema release and CIC video of 1987 were also cut. Presumably the same or similar cuts as the 2007 submission that was cut with the following BBFC comment: Cuts were required to genuine animal cruelty (in this case the cruel tripping of three horses during a battle scene)

• Metamorphosis

The BBFC cut the DVD when submitted in 2007: Compulsory cuts were required to sequences in which man grabs woman by the throat and squeezes in the course of penetration.

• Utsukushiki sei no dendôshi: Rei Rei
• Rei Rei: Missionary of Love

The BBFC cut 8s when submitted for the 1996 Kiseki video. Presumably the same version was carried forward to DVD

Thanks to Bleach:

• At 42 mins - After woman`s legs are held by tentacles, remove sight of:
  1. tentacle mauling her breast
  2. tentacle ripping over blouse and exposing breasts
  3. tentacle penetrating her.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via US Amazon

See Deception

The BBFC cut the 2008 Tongue In Cheek DVD by 53s. Cuts for requested 18 required to remove explicit sexual detail (cunnilingus and penetration by dildo and penis). An R18 uncut was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor required to remove all sight of website addresses which occur together with suggestion that goods can be bought from them, which may constitute an offer to supply R18 level material by mail order.

The BBFC cut the 2010 cinema release for a 12A: This film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive a 15 classification but that the requested 12A certificate could be achieved by making cuts in two sequences. The company were asked to remove a strong verbal sex reference (to being sodomised') and to reduce a scene of strong violence in which the hero continues to beat a man who has already been knocked to the ground. When the finished version of the was submitted, these changes has been made and the film was classified '12A.

The BBFC passed the Theatrical Version PG without cuts for the 2001 cinema release and 2001 Buena Vista DVD/Blu-ray

There is also a US Director's Cut with 6 minutes of deleted scenes restored

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

• Remo Unarmed and Dangerous
• Remo: The Adventure Begins...
• Remo: The First Adventure

Cuts were waived when MGM DVD resubmitted in 2005 as Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

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

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Edits to kicks and blows during the opening fight scene

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Cut required to remove a sequence in which the subject of hanging is presented as comedic, fun and risk free, on the grounds of potential harm to the likely audience

Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC statement: Cut required to remove a sequence in which the subject of hanging is presented as comedic, fun and risk free, on the grounds of potential harm to the likely audience.

The BBFC have incorrectly listed the cuts under the episode, Fake Dad

Thanks to David from www.lyris-lite.net where full details of the cuts are described:

A pre-cut version was submitted with cuts inflicted for TV running time reasons. The entire Hanging Song sequence as illustrated below has been deleted by the BBFC

The American version called Ren & Stimpy Uncut ended up being cut, but the cuts were there by accident because the people mastering the discs used master tapes that had been cut to make room for commercials on American TV. The cuts on the US discs are mainly long-running scenes, not cuts for content.

But the British discs look like they've been made from these already time-cut masters and then had the BBFC's handiwork applied... it's not going to be pleasant.

I've been working with the creator of the show (John Kricfalusi) and the DVD mastering team to identify all of the cuts to the US version to get them all restored for a future Ultimate Ren & Stimpy
DVD box set.

Update: The BBFC have just responded to a fairly lengthy questioning regarding these issues which has been posted on  www.lyris-lite.net

• Reno 911!: Miami: The Movie

Unrated

The BBFC passed the US Unrated Version 15 uncut for the 2007 Paramount DVD.

The Unrated Version features  a little extra nudity and a couple of minor new scenes.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

R Rated

Unrated

The Extended Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2007 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2007 Sony Blu-ray at UK Amazon

The US release also features the Extended Cut for:

• 2007 Sony R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2006 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

The extended material is only additional plot but it helps fill out the characters a bit. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

R Rated

• 1999 Columbia/TriStar DVD
• 1998 cinema release

The 2000 cinema release and 2001 Carlton DVD were passed 18 uncut

The UK releases are the same as the US Unrated Director's Cut. There is also a US R Rated Edited Version that removes a few shots of two strippers using a double ended dlido

• Vierges et vampires
• Caged Vampires
• Caged Virgins
• The Crazed Vampire
• Crazed Virgins
• Dungeon of Terror
• Requiem pour un vampire
• Sex Vampires
• Virgins and Vampires
• Virgins and the Vampires

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US Redemption R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See review from IMDb:  Highly recommended

No one would be expecting a meaningful social commentary from a film with this title, but please bear in mind when watching that this a Jean Rollin film, so don't expect a meaningful story either. My guess is that you're probably expecting some mad nonsense with kinky lesbian vampires. You won't be disappointed. This is mad, it has kinky lesbians and they're vampires. Happy days!

It's quite light hearted for a Rollin flick and is at the fast end of his snail like pacing, but that isn't saying much on either count. It's no Daughters of Darkness either, so don't try to make sense of it, you'll end up as bonkers as Rollin.

Instead laugh at crap vampires and revel in the kink fest in the dungeon. It's bloody great and is a bona fide Eurotrash classic. Highly recommended.

The BBFC cut  6:55s for an 18 rating for:

• UK 1993 Redemption VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• Heavy cuts a dungeon scene showing two vampires groping and abusing 2 chained up women. Including a vampire bat supposedly going down on one of the women.
• 21 of cuts to the scene with Michelle whipping Marie

The naked woman was excised for the 2001 Buena Vista DVD passed 15 uncut

+ US cuts for R rated version

• Immortal Combat

The BBFC cut the 1994 Lazer video by 19s.

• Cuts to several views and uses of throwing stars
• Cut to the sight of a butterfly knife
• A double ear clap has been cut

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Unpretentious

Overall, I think that this is a great movie when you judge it for what it was. An action movie with a lot of fight scenes and it doesn't pretend to be anything else.

Both Piper and Chiba were great in the fight scenes, and had the script although could have been a bit better, wasn't actually that bad.

Cuts were required to remove scenes of actual animal cruelty (horses being tripped to fall forwards).

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 12 rated 2010 Pegasus DVD.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

The submitted running time was noted as 63:55s = 61:22s

The BBFC cut 5s from the 1998 CIC Video

• Two horse falls removed

2:03s pre-cut and an additional 19s cut by the BBFC

• El Ataque de los muertos sin ojos
• Attack of the Blind Dead
• Return of the Blind Dead

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2005

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from imdb

Amando de Ossorio-this Portugese director was responsible for several zombie movies in the early 70's. This is another horror picture about undead Templar Knights. Some of the ideas are laughable and the ending is weak. Despite of these faults this film is still entertaining. The plot is interesting, the location sets are nice and there's also a little bit of blood. I love especially the-young-girl-between-the-living-dead sequence. Give this movie a chance.

• Cuts to female nudity and the use of a knife in a ritual sacrifice

The BBFC cut 1:02s. Cuts required to cockfighting and a horse fall for 'PG'

• 20th Century Fox DVD
• 2001 MGM DVD

Cuts as described by a BBFC examiner:

Take the 'Rape of Elektor' sequence we cut from Overfiend 4. This is a scene of sustained anal and oral rape, mutilation and much worse in which the woman is crying repeatedly for the demons to stop. When you show somebody a scene like this there is often very little argument whether we should censor it or not. There may well be an audience which is mature enough to watch this and appreciate and understand the scene in the way the filmmakers intended. But our concern is that this is presented in a very titillating manner which is not appropriate for an audience in their mid-teens. There is no sense of horror or disgust at what the woman is going through; the way it is shot and designed invites the audience to take pleasure from the scene. And scenes like this --multiple rape, gang rape, sexualised violence --are about all we ever cut from anime. If there was a scene like this in a live action film, we would probably hand it over to the police.

See Bogeyman 2

• Ninja II

The cinema release was cut by 5:57s in 1983. The video release was cut by (an additional?) 57s in 1986.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• Ajuste de cuentas
• Cauldron of Death
• Gangland
• Mean Machine
• Ricco the Mean Machine
• The Dirty Mob
• Un tipo con una faccia strana ti cerca per ucciderti (Italy)

The 1974 cinema release was cut by the BBFC

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

See review from IMDb: Entertaining and schlocky

Christopher Mitchum is Ricco, a pretty boy with a blonde fringe fresh out of prison who sets out to avenge the death of his father, who was murdered 2 years ago in by his competitor in the Italian mafia underworld, Don Vito. As if that wasn't enough, slick Don Vito even stole his girl-friend.

Don Vito is a slick Italian mafia boss type with a moustache. He owns a soap factory, says stuff like don't you know by now I hate soap... and men that sweat and turns his own men into it when they fail him. If you sleep with his sultry girl-friend you get castrated in graphic detail, fed your own penis then you're thrown in a tank full of acid (that's how he turns people into soap).

Now for the sleaze. It comes in the form of the drop dead gorgeous Euro babes Barbara Bouchet and Malisa Longo. We get get close ups of Bouchet's ass and breasts while she walks, she has a striptease scene on the hood of a car, she's lucky enough to bed Ricco and is her all around cute self. Longo in the role of Don Vito's girlfriend spends most of the movie scantily clad and seduces Don Vito's underling in a very sexy scene.

The first half of the movie is so delightfully cheesy that I kept wondering where's Joe Bob Briggs when you need him. The second one is more gritty and sadistic with a graphic castration scene and lots of gunplay. The sleaze has a steady presence throughout and so does the silly dialogue.

Ricco is by no means a profound crime drama but it's entertaining and schlocky enough to warrant a viewing or two. Fans of 70's Italian crime b-movies will lap it up and ask for more.

• Richie Rich: A Christmas Story

Same cut version for cinema and video

Two shots were cut from the finale of this violent action thriller, in order to remove the presence of the "dreaded" butterfly knife. The cut occurs during the tower fight between Denzel Washington and John Lithgow. The missing shots are as follows - Washington punching Lithgow in the face; and Lithgow pulling out the weapon from his shoe and briefly twirling it.

• Le passager de la pluie
• L'uomo venuto dalla pioggia
• Rain

The 2009 subtitled French language version release runs a bit longer than the dubbed version

This John Wayne film was re-released in 2004 by  Delta Music. The video had increased running time but suffered BBFC cuts with the following statement: Compulsory cut required to sight of horse being ridden off cliff .

The same scene was cut from the Classic video release of 2005 (5s) and the WHE International Release of 2006 (4s)

The BBFC cut 19s from the 1991 VPD video and 2001 Prism DVD

• Head butts deleted in a ring fight
• Nunchukas deleted from street fight

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

See review from IMDb: Mindless action

Despite the fact that this is just yet another mindless kung-fu action movie, isn't that part of the culture of the late 80s early 90s? It is a snapshot of American culture and dreams in that time era. The movie centers around two kick boxing gangs, what more do you want? Cheesy plot outline, mindless action that makes you wish you could fight like that, and a predictable ending with a cool training sequence. All of the ingredients that made us love movies like Rocky.

I think movie goers should lighten up and enjoy these kind of films more. Even though they aren't through provoking, not every movie can be, it still entertains you if you have a light heart going in.

• Samara
• The Ring 2
• Samara: Ring 2

cuts

PG-13

No BBFC cuts to the US Theatrical Version submitted for the 2005 cinema release and 2005 Universal DVD

The US Theatrical Version was cut for a US PG-13 and for timing reasons by 6:48s

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 2001 MGM DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at 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

• missing a double ear-clap along with some dialogue
• missing a punch to the groin.

This version features 2 extra scenes totalling 37s

• A longer scene in the washroom featuring a bare breasted sexy chat
• Two more girls are seen naked in the shower

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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

The BBFC cut the 1995/1998 Warmer videos by 24s. The 1999 MGM DVD was similarly cut by 15s

• Rape of Jessica Lange was reduced and re-edited for video. The BBFC considered the scene too strong for a category admitting 15 year old girls, who might well be traumatised by such a scene.

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

The 2009 Blu-ray release has been passed uncut by the BBFC but the rating has increased to 12.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via 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

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Some cuts were waived for 2003 Extended Version on Warner DVD.

The amputation scene was still excised and the strong language was still substituted. An additional 3s cut was made to the hanging scene finale.

The additional material is non-contentious

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18s

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18s

The BBFC originally cut down the hand amputation for cinema but now feel that they did not cut enough as judged by the number of complaints received from parents. On the video release, the distributors removed all of the build up to the amputation as it was felt that the anticipation of the act causes a lot of the terror. All details of the hand after amputation has also been excised.

1. The hand amputation scene in the introduction has been massively reduced
2. The Sheriff twisting the sword in a victim's belly is missing the twist.
3. Dialogue is missing, where a disciple of the Sheriff is lewdly provoking Marian: I have never seen the breasts of a noble lady before
4. Dialogue edited, Christian Slater's cry of Fuck me, he made it to Blimey, he made it when Robin swings onto the battlements.
5. A sequence where the Sheriff is spreading Marian's legs trying to take her in the wedding scene has been removed.

• Rob-B-Hood
• Bo bui gai wak

The Theatrical Cut was passed 15without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2010 Showbox Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2010 Showbox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

There is also an Extended Hong Kong Version running about 15 minutes longer.

Unrated

The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut in for the 2001 MGM DVD & 2007 20th Century Fox DVD/Blu-ray

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

40s

R Rated

Cut by about 40 seconds to achieve a US R rating. The UK adopted this version without further cuts.

• ED 209 shooting the executive loses a 5s shot of him being riddled with bullets, and the whole sequence of him being excessively 'perforated' on the Delta City model
• Murphy shooting a gangster in the leg is originally shown in close-up (1s)
• 20s is lost from Murphy's murder which has been extensively recut: We lose the sight of his bloody stump as he holds it up, (replaced with a shot of Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith)), 1s of the shooting off of his whole arm has been replaced with a shot of a gun, two brief shots of him being riddled with bullets have been cut, as was a sequence (10 secs) where he screams, and Boddicker lights a cigarette.The glorious sequence at the end of the scene(crane shot around to the back of Murhpy's head) has been replaced by several shots of Boddicker and Murphy in close-up.
• High shot lasting 7 seconds at the end were Lewis (Nancy Allen) sits beside what's left of Murphy.
• Boddicker being killed by Robocop loses 2s of front views of blood spurting out of his mouth and neck.

R Rated

The BBFC waived their cuts for

• 2002 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA R rated:

• 2004 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1994 4 Front VHS
• 1991 Virgin VHS

The additional BBFC cuts were:

• Cuts were inflicted in the first TV commercial showing how to break into a car.

The BBFC cut 31s for

• 1990 cinema release

The BBFC made 9 cuts.

1. During the opening scene showing hookers attacking a man, the stiletto high heel piercing of an eye has been cut
2. Cain shooting a female drug factory worker hiding in his car.
3. Robocop rubbing Duffy's face into broken glass in the games arcade.
4. Cain tortures a police officer but we don't see the scalpel piercing his chest and don't hear his cries (a single cut of 12s)
5. During the raid on the drug plant a crook is shot by the female police officer. At least 2 bullets hitting him have vanished. In the uncut version Robocop also kills one more man
6. In the death scene of Caine`s girl friend, we don't see Robocop snapping her neck

The BBFC cuts were waived for:

• UK 2002 MGM video at UK Amazon

The BBFC cut 3s for:

• UK 2000 MGM R2 DVD
• UK 1996 2 Entertain VHS
• UK 1995 Columbia/TriStar video
• UK 1994 Columbia/TriStar video
• UK 1994 cinema release

The cuts were to remove the sight of banned nunchukas:

• In the sequence where the cops are approached by the "spatterpunks", one of the splatterpunks is swinging nunchukas. This display is cut in 2 shots

• Nu ji xie ren

The BBFC cut 3:23s from the 1987 Missing in Action videos.

• Sexual violence offended the censors

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The uncut region 0 DVD is available via US Amazon

The BBFC waived their cuts for 2002 Buena Vista DVD

The BBFC cut the 1996-7 Buena Vista videos by 15s for a 15 certificate.

The Rock caused grief at the BBFC as follows: Sean Connery was adapting his violent talents to the modern mode, throwing knives, breaking necks and spraying bullets into the feet of opposing soldiers in the action adventure The Rock, which was cut by 15s to preserve its 15 on video. Since violent blows are brief, cuts to remove them can be brief but their excision makes a significant difference, It would be interesting to speculate why screen heroes of the nineties have become so coldly callous. One day, perhaps the question may be answered by social historians, but it is a trend that sits rather oddly with Britain's new culture of compassion.

1. Confrontation in the morgue where John Patric Mason (Sean Connery) knife-throwing into a soldier's neck is totally eliminated, along with the line 'you must never hesitate'.
2. Connery shooting a guard in the foot is trimmed.
3. A 2 second zoom of the above soldier when the generator falls on him after Mason shoots it.
4. Connery breaking a guard's neck loses the sound of the breaking.
5. The gun battle near the end has been trimmed for blood letting, when Major Tom Baxter (David Morse) gets shot in the stomach and General Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris) receives a hit to his left shoulder.

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 BBFC cut 1:50s from the 2010 Easy on the Eye DVD. Distributor chose to remove scenes of unsimulated sexual activity / sexual detail (masturbation, oral-genital contact, vaginal penetration, ejaculation, and extreme close up of genitals). An R18 uncut was available.

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 2002 Prism DVD and 2008 ILC DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at 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

Review from US Amazon: The Enduring Ramones

Forget about Britney Spears and Mandy Moore's brand of bubblegum pop music and their equally bland movies - they don't hold a candle to the unbridled power of those punk rockers from New York City, the Ramones!

From B-movie veterans like Paul (Eating Raoul) Bartel and Mary (Death Race 2000) Woronov to newcomers (at the time), P.J. (Halloween) Soles and Dey (Strange Invaders) Young, the entire cast has a lot of fun spouting the film's wonderfully inspired cornball dialogue (If you don't like it, you can put it where the monkey puts the nuts.). The Ramones are good sports and mumble their way through the film and truly coming alive during the music sequences. The movie rightfully cements their reputation as legends.

Rock n Roll High School embodies the essence of the punk rock music that made the Ramones famous. The film is bursting with youthful energy, a dose of good ol' fashion anarchy and is loads of fun to watch. These are also the ingredients that made Rock n Roll High School a cult film. It was a commercial and critical failure upon its initial release but repeated midnight screenings, coupled with steady appearances on TV, have helped the film endure over the years.

From cuts details on IMDb

• Cut to remove all sight of cocaine and reefers

From cuts details on IMDb

• Cut to remove all sight of cocaine and reefers

Same cut version for cinema and DVD

Cut when submitted in 2008 with the following BBFC comment: The distributor choose to make one cut in order to obtain a '12A' classification. The cut was made to a partially spoken use of strong language. An uncut '15' was available.

A month later the film was resubmitted without cuts: After classification, the company decided to make dialogue changes to the work in reel three prior to release and submitted another version.

The region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

9:27s pre-cut

Stupid kid climbs in a washing machine and goes for a spin. The BBFC thinks that young children may be stupid enough to copy this antic.

Cut by 2:55s by the BBFC in 2007 with the following comment: Distributor chose to remove scenes of unsimulated sexual activity (in this case, vaginal penetration with penis and dildo, cunnilingus and masturbation). An R18 uncut was available to the distributor.

The R18 version runs at 92:42s so at least 11:26s have been cut or pre-cut

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove scenes of explicit sexual activity (in this case, oral-genital contact)

• Vorbilder?!

Unrated

The BBFC passed the US Unrated Version 15 uncut for the 2009 Universal DVD/Bluray

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

Except for a few more or less irrelevant extended plot scenes and one single extended shot of naked breasts there is nothing special about the new footage. Jane Lynch as the formerly drug addicted leader of the program gets a few more scenes of screen time, and also the affection that "Sturdy Wings"-permanent user Martin has for her only really gets clear in the Unrated version.

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

R Rated

The BBFC explained their 15 rating:

ROLE MODELS is a comedy about two energy drink salesmen who get in trouble with the law but are given the opportunity to avoid jail by performing community service as 'big brother' mentors to a pair of problem kids. The film was classified '15' for strong language and crude sexual references.

Numerous uses of strong language go beyond what is allowed by the Guidelines at '12A' which state that 'The use of strong language (eg 'fuck') must be infrequent', but present no problems at '15' where the Guidelines allow for 'frequent use of strong language'. The film presents various verbal and visual sex references, including occasional female breast nudity, which are strong and sometimes crude, and which occur in the comic context of two grown - but somewhat immature - men who are asked to deal with the natural immaturity of two young boys. Their comments between themselves and with the two children have some emphasis on sexual matters and rely on a degree of crude bad taste for their comic impact. However, the Guidelines at '15' allow for 'strong verbal references to sexual behaviour' and also for nudity in a sexual context provided it does not contain 'strong detail'. There is also a scene in which the audience sees a crude line drawing, made by one of the boys (a ten-year-old), of a male figure with an exaggeratedly erect penis and a woman with comically large breasts. The detail in the drawing has no anatomical accuracy and is only on screen for a few seconds.

The film also contains several references to drug misuse and one scene in which a joint is being smoked. The references are made by a character who has actually recovered from her drug habit and is now trying to help wayward children. Her comments have a certain self-regarding tone (Sure, I could be doing cocaine, but the kids come first) which is intended as part of the film's comedy, but they carry a clear anti-drugs message.

No BBFC cuts noted for:

• UK 2005 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 2001 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 1977 cinema release

See version details from dvdcompare.net:

The recent DVD appears to be missing a 1 second close-up on a dead man's face, bloody and with his eyes open, right after his death at the end of the film.

Also, after the rollercoaster disaster, the Italian versions has two more shots of motionless bodies lying on the floor between the rest of the broken carriages, and the public's screams are repeated twice.

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2003 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Such a Good Film

As you may or may not know, here in the UK we're not allowed to show scenes of "hardcore" pornography, on the grounds that they're titillating and corrupting. For the first time in history, the censors have let a film contain such scenes, and that film is Romance.

The point is, of course, that the scenes aren't titillating- in fact, they are quite horrifying in places. The whole film is a journey into the dark side of female sexuality, and (speaking as a heterosexual male) it can become highly disturbing.

The plot, briefly: our heroine is told that her boyfriend loves her but doesn't want to have sex with her. In emotional turmoil, she has a series of sexual encounters, increasingly degrading and bizarre, as she tries to find a link between her twin needs for sexual satisfaction and emotional fulfilment.

Excellent cinematography and a bleak script; by far the best film I saw last year, and probably the best I'll see again this year.

• UK 2000 Blue Light R2 DVD

From cuts details on IMDb:

Although the BBFC passed the film uncut for British cinemas, they required 1 second to be removed from the video version. The cut to the UK video and DVD versions removed a brief close-up of a man ejaculating onto a woman's stomach. This occurs at the end of a fantasy brothel sequence, and is followed by a jump-cut to a similar shot of ultra-sound gel being squirted onto Caroline Trousselard's stomach. Without the first shot, however, the effect is lost in the UK version.

• UK 1999 cinema release

• 2 bribones tras la esmeralda perdida

The cuts were waived when resubmitted in 2001 by 20th Century Fox albeit at a 12 rating

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

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

• To get a 'PG' rating in the UK, a scene near the end where the villain gets his hand bitten off by a crocodile was removed.

The same cuts apply to the 2000 cinema and the 2001 Warner DVD. The distributors took the optional cuts to achieve a 15 instead of an uncut 18. All the cuts were for violence.

• A kneecapping by gunshot.
• The sight of blood spurts removed from when "Mac" is shot twice in the chest.
• In the final fight between Jet Li and Russell Wong, a throat punch and kick to back of head have been cut. Also shots of a red hot bowl being kicked onto Jet's chest and the pressing of the bowl onto his hands have been reduced. A close-up shot of Wong digging his fingers into Jet's burned hand wound are gone, along with a head-butt and several kidney punches.

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

Heavily cut for language for a cinema 12 but this has been restored on video

The BBFC passed the film 18 uncut for the 1991/1999 Warner videos

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via 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:

• Cut to reduce footage of gun shots
• Cut close up of Pulovski's forehead being cut with a razor blade.

The 1987 CIC Video and the 2001 Paramount DVD are uncut

From cuts details on IMDb

• The film originally proved problematic for the UK censors and the rape scene was toned down by the BBFC for the cinema release with edits made to remove dialogue and shots of Rosemary's legs being bound.

• The Prowler
• The Graduation

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The BBFC waived their cinema cuts for:

• UK 2007 Optimum R2 DVD via UK Amazon

The video was notable for not obtaining a post VRA video release for such a long time. It did turn up on Bravo TV though

The US release is uncut for the MPAA Unrated version:

• US 2003 Blue Underground Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2003 Blue Underground R0 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a cut US R Rated Version to avoid.

Review from IMDb: Overlooked

The Prowler is an overlooked horror film from that golden age of slasher films of the late 70s and early 80s. The film is directed by Joseph Zito who has special effects wizard Tom Savini to thank for the film's best scenes.

The Plot of this film is very similar to My Bloody Valentine. We have a brutal act of violence taking place many years ago. We have the first big social event scheduled in several years on the very grounds where the trouble took place. And we have a spooky killer chopping up victims left and right. Only instead of full mining gear, our Prowler is dressed in WWII era military fatigues.

The gore is by far the best thing this film has going for it. There are some DISGUSTING killings which look very much like they could be the real thing. Our killer loves to use his bayonet, a pitchfork, and a sawed-off double barrel shotgun on his victims. Most of the killings in the version I have are not mere snippets of knives piercing flesh. You see the killer slice and penetrate these victims until they aren't breathing any more. There is a tidal wave of blood spilled in this film. They saved the best for last, when we see just what a blast from a shotgun at point blank range can do to someone's face.

The film has some glaring dead spots, too. Character development is nearly non-existent, and the motivation behind the carnage is not defined by any logical means. Let me put it this way; I have absolutely NO IDEA why the killer committed these murders. I wonder if the writers even knew.

Gore fans will definitely need to see the uncut version of this film at some point in their lives. See this film out of a sense of duty, but don't expect a true classic.

From IMDb

The film was heavily cut with

• edits to the pitchfork murder
• edits to shots of throat and head stabbings
• heavy cuts to the shower murder.

Unofficial pre-cuts of 7:00s

• Rudo and Cursi

The BBFC cut a 5s scene of cock fighting from:

• 2009 Optimum Online
• 2009 Optimum R2 DVD
• 2009 cinema release

The BBFC explained their 15 rating:

The film was classified at 15 thanks to multiple uses of strong language. The BBFC's Guidelines at 12A only allow for the infrequent use of strong language; use of strong language is frequent here. There is also a sex scene involving some breast nudity that would have been too explicit within the Guidelines at 12A.'

All video/DVD/online versions are cut from the US NC-17 version with the following BBFC statement:

A cut was required to a scene in which a teenage girl slits her wrists, on the grounds that the technique used is not widely known and is potentially more likely to result in death than the more common method.

Thanks to Daniel: Rewriting the Rules of Attraction

The video version was cut to remove a shot of Teresa Wayman cutting her wrist lengthwise with a razor because the BBFC considered it instructional depiction of a potentially lethal suicide technique. The shot in question only lasts a few seconds, so the distributor removed it and then slowed down the remaining footage to cover the gap left by the deleted shot and allow the Harry Nillson song Without You to play as it does in the uncut version. As a result the BBFC list a substitution cut of 1 min 34 seconds, the total amount of footage slowed to accommodate the cut.

The BBFC’s intervention did not really lessen the power of this crucial scene, but unfortunately when the film was screened recently on Film Four, whoever prepared the film for broadcast misunderstood the technical aspects of this cut, and instead removed the entire 1 minute 34 seconds the BBFC appeared to mandate deleting the suicide scene in almost its entirety. Accidental though it seems to be, it’ a crippling cut

International Versions

The suicide scene is also cut in the R rated region 1 DVD which ends up being cut more than the UK release as it also missing some sex scenes.

There is an uncut region-free version circulating in Australia available via US Amazon

The suicide scene is on YouTube

It seems that distributors first submitted the R Rated cut then revised their decision, and submitted the NC-17 version.

• Ru jing cha
• The Heroine

No BBFC cuts to the 1996 Missing in Action video nor the 2005 Pickwick DVD.

But the above releases are an 8:52s shorter version losing narrative as described by pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• Hung fan au
• Hong fan ou
• Red Bronx
• Zizanie dans le Bronx

The BBFC felt that the 15 for the cinema version was too lenient and imposed cuts for the 1997 video version & 1998 Pay-Per-View version (Front Row TV).  The 2002 Buena Vista DVD is the same cut version.

• A dare devil escape sequence showing Jackie Chan ducking flying glass from bottles smashed with a bat was cut in fear of imitation of using broken glass as a weapon.

The film has been re-edited for US/European markets. More for pacing and humour rather than for violence

From cuts details on IMDb:

The American version of Rumble In The Bronx is shorter that the original Hong Kong one. Here's what's the USA version is missing:

• The HK version opens with Jackie already in the airport. The US version runs the opening credits over footage of his plane arriving in New York.
• The scene in the HK print where 2 local punks, a Chinese and a black guy, extort some money before helping themselves to some goodies from beside the cash register is cut from the US version.
• The dialogue scene between Jackie and Anita Mui at Uncle Bill's wedding is shortened in the US version, and the performance of the wedding duet from 'Princess Chang Ping', by Tung Biu and Carrie Cain Sparks is missing.
• In the HK print, after Jackie trashes the first bunch of punks in the market, he delivers a lecture, in Cantonese, on Chinese martial Arts, which Anita Mui then declines to translate to the Western store workers.
• In the HK print, the morning after Jackie is sliced up by the broken bottles he returns to the market. There he confronts the same punks who extorted money from Uncle Bill, and sees them off with a mean stare. However, when the biker gang arrive, Jackie, apparently intimidated, calls the police rather than fight them himself. This whole sequence is cut from the US version.
• A scene in which the same two extortionists return to the market and Anita Mui tries, in vain, to scare them away with a mean look is cut from the US print.
• In the HK print, after Jackie trashes the street gang at their clubhouse, he delivers an impassioned speech telling them to do something worthwhile with their lives. This is shortened in the US version.

Plus an awful lot of pre-cutting

• Run Fat Boy Run

The BBFC required no cuts of the 2008 DVD but it is not clear if this was the pre-cut cinema version

Run Fat Boy Run is a comedy about an emotionally confused man who leaves his pregnant bride-to-be at the altar and years later realises that he really should have married her. The film was classified '12A' for strong language and moderate sex references.

BBFC Guidelines at ‘12A’ state that ‘The use of strong language (eg ‘fuck’) must be infrequent’. Run Fat Boy Run contains three uses of strong language which were considered sufficiently infrequent to be acceptable at '12A' in a feature film of this length. A similar number of uses have been permitted in previous '12A' films such as Terminator 3. The film also contains some moderate sex references (including a fleeting reference to a 'threesome', which is not elaborated upon, and references to 'erectile dysfunction') but these were considered sufficiently lacking in detail to be acceptable at '12A' where ''Sex references may reflect what is likely to be familiar to most adolescents but should not go beyond that is suitable for them'.

Run Fat Boy Run also features some moderate language (eg 'prick'), some mild natural nudity and mild comic violence.

Same cuts for both cinema and video versions

The BBFC suggested cuts for a 15 rating for the 2010 cinema release:

This film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive an 18 classification but that the requested 15 certificate could be achieved by making cuts in one sequence, to remove sight of two teenage girls sniffing glue. When the finished version of the film was submitted, all sight of glue sniffing had been removed and the film was classified 15.

See Supervixens

Unofficial pre-cuts of 11:00s with an additional 2:01s cut by the BBFC

A head butt has been deleted from a fight in a pub