Team America: World Police is a 2004 US/Germany animated comedy by Trey Parker. With Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Kristen Miller
Cut for a an MPAA R rating in the US. This was then passed 5 by the BBFC. The uncut version is MPAA Unrated in the US.
Exists in 2 versions with the Uncut/Unrated version have an extended bad taste puppet sex scene
Summary Notes
The North American counter-terrorism force Team America attacks a group of terrorists in Paris. Later, the leader of the organization, Spottswoode, invites the famous Broadway actor
Gary Johnston to join his world police and work undercover in Cairo, infiltrating a terrorist organization in the hope they will disclose their plan of destroying the world. Team America destroy the cell of terrorists, but then the Panama Canal is
attacked by the criminals as a payback. Gary feels responsible for the death of many innocents and leaves the counter-terrorism organization. When the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, joins a group of pacifist actors and actresses with the intention
of using weapons of massive destruction, Team America tries to avoid the destruction of the world.
UK: The cut R Rated Version was passed 15
without BBFC cuts for:
2013 Paramount R0 Blu-ray
2005 Paramount R2 DVD
2004 cinema release
From IMDb:
In the Unrated Version, the puppet sex scene is extended. It now contains shots of Gary performing oral sex on Lisa from behind and two separate shots of them urinating/defecating on each other, all of which had to be cut to secure an R-Rating.
For the most part only scenes showing Michelangelo use his nunchucks were edited or removed.
Furthermore, dialogues were edited to turn the word ninja into hero. Sometimes complete scenes are missing due to the use of that infamous word!
In addition to that, sound effects were added in fighting scenes to make them sound funnier and less scary.
Additionally, the BBC version of the show changed all uses of the term bummer (meaning bad luck'), due to concerns over the term having a homophobic meaning in British slang.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is a 1990 USA/Hong Kong chidlren's action comedy by Steve Barron. With Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas and Josh Pais.
Ludicrously cut by the BBFC in 1990-91. Uncut since 2003. Uncut in the US
1998 New Line Home Video R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 24th February 1998
1:51s
87:27s
UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:
1991 Virgin VHS
The video is further cut to the cinema version but this seems down to a different implementation of the same BBFC cuts list:
Michelangelo is on the phone ordering a pizza when Splinter is giving the turtles advice. When Splinter hears that he is not listening and is on the phone he throws a book at him and shouts Michelangelo. For some completely stupid reason the scene
was now missing the book throwing which by the way was the tamest throwing of a book I have ever seen. Also missing was some of Michelangelo's dialogue when he orders the pizza due to the fact you can clearly see his nunchaku as he is spinning them.
1:51s
91:38s =87:58s
UK: Passed PG after 1:51s of BBFC cuts for:
1990 cinema release
The official BBFC cut time given is 1:51 seconds but there seems to be more footage changed than 1:51s via reframing and separate angles. The distributors probably re-edited more than required to implement the BBFC cuts
Thanks to Byron. The BBFC
cuts were:
First of all the nunchaku in this film are real, well rubber props but they are not sausages that happens in Turtles 2. Timings are approximate
At 17:49s. April is on TV interviewing the police chief and the turtles are watching. In the uncut version we see Leo, Don and Mike in front of the set watching and you can see Mike's nunchaku on his back barely he then kisses
the screen when April comes on. 7 seconds of reframing where instead of seeing them sat down as soon as Mike sits down the picture zooms into the TV so all we can see is the TV with April on. This shot is also missing Mike kissing the screen we just
hear the sound.
2s. Mikes shell is blacked out when a shot from behind shows his nunchaku in his belt. In the same scene another second is cut when Mike is introduced as it is reframed to avoid seeing his nunchaku.
2s cut. More reframing is used to prevent you seeing mikes nunchaku in his belt when conversing with April about frozen pizza. The idea seems to be cut the nunchaku on sight even if you need slow motion to see them.
3 seconds are gone again when Mike's back is darkened again when he is talking to April.
20s cuts in the following scene where April is eating pizza with the turtles to hide the slight glimpse of the nunchaku in his
belt. Next is his Cagney impression which is missing a shot from behind.
3s reframing when Splinter is kidnapped.
When the Shedder is making his entrance and is about to address
the foot there are 6 seconds of substitutions. In the uncut one when the red carpet is being rolled out for him you can see the foot solders in a line armed with sticks and the nunchaku. In the UK version we get to see the kids in the crowd above chewing
gum and looking board. This is the cheap kind of censorship SKY 1 does in the day with wrestling putting pointless crowd shots in to cover up things.
When the turtles are watching April on TV again Raphael and
Leonardo start to argue. 3s are cut here as when Mike gets up to go to the kitchen you can see the nunchaku in his belt at the side.
More reframing as Mike and Don watch a Tortoise and Hare cartoon by 8s.
One of the longest cuts is more obvious. Its the movies first big fight scene and Raph has just been thrown though the skylight and a big fight with loads of Foot soldiers. 1s is substituted when one of the foot solders who has
jumped though is armed with nunchaku. A nunchaku contest occuring between the foot solder and Mike is removed, 48s, A very funny scene leaving the UK version to look really stupid. More reframing cuts appear though out the fight every time Mike hits
anyone with his nunchaku or can be seen with his nunchaku in the slightest. Also Don's joke with him about them not being game show fans is cut. This is due to Mike's nunchaku being in shot and also misses Mike's line about everyone liking the USA
versions letter turner Vanna White. A another cut is when a foot solder tries to chop up Mike with an axe while he is still on the floor. The axe chops are there but the picture is reframed so as not to see the forbidden nunchaku in Mike's hand. Next
more cuts when more foot solders drop though the skylight causing the floor to give in and then as the turtles get up after landing in the basement. The scene ends when Aprils apartment sets on fire and brings to an end a cutting spree that including the
nunchaku contest was cut by 1:27s.
Not a cut but an interesting line by Tatsu Shedders minion. He says in all versions of the film "kurso" when Shedder is angry at him which I am sure is Japanese for shit.
Cuts when Casey Jones and April retreat to Aprils farm in the country. 3s of Mike's nunchuka whilst punching a punch bag in a barn. 8s of Mike using his nunchaku in training. The next cut is pathetic and is one to a
bit of blatant advertising for turtle wax. April is being given a shoulder massage by Casey after she appears in pain in a scene that starts their romance. As soon as he starts the massage in the UK version it cuts to the next scene and misses a comic
scene of 24s for no apparent reason.
Another cut occurs when Mike and Don attempt to eat some leftover pizza. In the UK version when Danny says they might be some leftover pizza Mike gets excited then it cuts to the
next scene missing 17s of Mike and Don inspecting the pizza and asking". The only conclusion is that the BBFC didn't get the joke about penicillin.
The next cuts occur during the final fight of the movie. The
turtles use the hot steam from the sewer pipes to burn the foot solders a shot of a foot solder getting sprayed in the face is cut this is 2s. Then a shot from over head of all 4 turtles over the bodies of the foot soldier is cut as it shows Mike 2s of
spinning his nunchaku. A 13s cut occurs to April helping Mike take out some foot solders from on top of a pipe with a stick and to him whacking some foot solders with his nunchaku. When Mike and Don are fighting foot solders back to back doing bad jokes
2 seconds are cut to remove sight of nunchaku and the line by Mike of goes with it also the sequence is reframed so you cant see Mike is hitting foot solders with his nunchaku . Then after the famous trailer line by Mike of "god I love being a turtle" 1s
is cut to stop you seeing Mike hold up his nunchaku and laugh. On the roof 1s is cut from a exchange between Mike and a nunchaku welding foot solder.
The following cuts are disgusting as they change the end of the
movie and ruin the final fight with Shedder. This fight is cut badly and looks crap due to the cuts. Mike and Don do rock, paper , scissors to see who goes next. Mike loses then spins his nunchaku and goes for Shedder then it cuts to the next scene. So
9s cut. Then when the action starts again on the roof 1s is cut to stop you seeing Mike spinning his nunchaku in the air as the turtles run towards Shedder. 5 seconds are cut next showing Mike fighting the Shedder and getting knocked over. This is
annoying as Mike is made out to be an idiot in the cut version who doesn't fight Shedder or anyone else. Now comes a crucial cut that alters the ending. Leo charges at Shedder and is brought down. Shedder then puts his blade to Leo's throat and tells the
Turtles to get rid of their weapons. They throw them off the roof but then a 1s cut occurs cutting out Mike's nunchaku getting caught on the ladder rung. This is a plot point for later that is missing from the UK version. Now Splinter arrives and Shedder
takes his mask off revealing his scars from Splinter In the UK version as he charges at him 19s are cut. These are of Splinter using the nunchaku of Mike's from the ladder rung to wrap around the Shedder's blade who he then slings over the edge. He then
holds him there dangling but Shedder has reached a knife which he then throws at him which he catches but in doing so the nunchaku wrapped around the blade unravels dropping Shedder to his doom. Then Splinter finishes his sentence from before "Without
honour". The UK skips all this and makes it out that Splinter simply grabbed the blade and slung him over the edge where he simply dropped to his doom with out no tense dangling or final attack or dialogue from Splinter. However the fall in the UK
version is from one single angle rather than 3 different ones. This cut really ruins the end of the film and lessons the danger to Splinter and the danger of Shedder. So the total movie cuts are of around 5 mins 28 secs. The BBFC should put an
apology up before every screening of the new uncut version as they really made a right mess with this back in 1990.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze is a 1991 USA/Hong Kong family action comedy by Michael Pressman. With Paige Turco, David Warner and Michelan Sisti.
Ludicrously cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS for sausages used as nunchukas. Uncut for UK DVD and in the US
The Turtles and the Shredder battle
once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.
Versions
uncut
MPAA
84:57s
UK: Passed PG uncut with previous cuts waived for:
2013 Mediumrare [TMNT The Movie + II + III] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2013 Mediumrare [TMNT The Movie + II + III] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
Michelangelo waves nunchukas in front of armed gangsters but turn out to be sausages on close inspection
Pizza delivery boy finds Mike's nunchukas. April waves them around amateurishly but this all too much for the censors.
From the BBFC case study. The BBFC were aware of the dangers of being made to look silly over being spotted cutting sausages:
However, BBFC Examiners also realised there was potentially a problem with some of the
violence, in particular the use of improvised props resembling chainsticks or nunchaku:
In the credits sequence in Reel 1, chainsticks are wielded (or seem to be) after a shot of sausages hanging from the butcher's
rail. Since there is real confusion between chainsticks and sausages this sequence needs to be carefully checked before cuts (if any) are listed. Ditto a sequence in Reel 2, where April tries out a pair of chainsticks; could they be sausages? If so, we
would look pretty foolish (right Charlies, in fact) if we cut them!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 is a 1993 USA/Hong Kong family action comedy by Stuart Gillard. With Elias Koteas, Paige Turco and Stuart Wilson.
Cut by the BBFC for chainsticks in 1993 for cinema and VHS. Uncut since the
2002 DVD. Uncut in the US.
Summary Notes
The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to perfect the art of becoming one. The
turtles also assist a small village in an uprising.
Versions
uncut
PG
91:44s
UK: Passed PG uncut with previous cuts waived for:
2013 Mediumrare [TMNT The Movie + II + III] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2013
Mediumrare [TMNT The Movie + II + III] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is a 2016 USA action comedy fantasy by Dave Green. Starring Megan Fox, Stephen Amell and Will Arnett.
Always uncut but the film was the subject of an appeal to the Australian Censorship Board who originally granted the film M (Like a PG-15). The Appeal board downgraded the rating to PG for fantasy violence.
Summary
Notes
The Turtles return to save the city from a dangerous threat.
The Teenage Prostitution Racket is a 1975 Italy adult thriller by Carlo Lizzani and Mino Giarda (co-director). Starring Cinzia Mambretti, Cristina Moranzoni and Annarita Grapputo.
Cut for UK X rated cinema release in 1976 and again for 18 rated VHS in 1986. The Italian Version is director approved but does not include hardcore inserts shot by Mino Giardia. These are are included in the the German language
version. A shortened version of the Italian version was released in the US in 2018.
Promotional Material
Occupying a creepy cinematic netherworld somewhere between Eurocrime and erotica, Carlo Lizzani
s Teenage Prostitution Racket (Storie di Vita e Malavita) is an unapologetically sordid film that explores the troubled sexuality of a series of young women coming of age in 1970s Milan. Beginning on the outskirts.
Versions
German Version
~122:00s
Germany: The German
version includes hardcore inserts shot by Mino Giarda
Italian Version
Italy: The Italian Version is uncut for
2005 Raro Italy Video USA R1 DVD
The Director approved Italian Version has plenty of sex scenes but doesn't include the additional hardcore scenes shot by Mino Giarda that were added to foreign language versions, at least the German version.
shortened Italian Version
116:32s
US: A shortened Italian Version is MPAA Unrated for:
2018 Raro Video USA R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 27th March 2018
2018 Raro
Video USA R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 27th March 2018
The Director approved Italian Version has plenty of sex scenes but doesn't include the additional hardcore scenes shot by Mino Giarda that were added to foreign language versions, at least the German version.
However the Italian version suffered
cuts to dialogue when released in the US, seemingly because of English audio availability. See article from movie-censorship.com :
In March 2018, Raro Video released a Blu-ray in the US. Even though Raro released the uncut Italian Version on DVD in 2005, some plot is cut on the US Blu-ray. The Blu-ray contains English audio only and it appears the scenes for
which there is no English audio are the only ones missing.
compulsory cuts 8s
89:40s
UK: A short pre-cut version was passed 18 after 8s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
1986 Sheptonhurst VHS titled The Prostitute
91:05s
UK: Released on
pre-cert video for
1981 Krypton VHS titled The Prostitution Racket
1 981 Krypton VHS titled Blue Deep Throat
1981 Private VHS titled Prostitute
compulsory cuts
91:24s
UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
1976 cinema release titled The Prostitution Racket
1973 US crime drama by Anton Holden. With Alisha Fontaine, Anthony Massena and Robin Lane.
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2011 Code Red Maria's B-Movie Mayhem Double Bill R1 DVD at US Amazon
Summary Review: A harrowing experience
Wayward and uninhibited young runaway Kim has fallen in with a bad crowd. Kim decides to flee said crowd and goes to the west coast to reunite herself with her uptight sister Hilary so
she can collect some of the family inheritance. However, evil drug dealer Maury and his flock follow Kim to Hilary's house.
it is a rather unsettling look at clashing life styles in America, here depicted violently for the
exploitation fans. It still carries a wallop.
All hell breaks loose when Kim (Alisha Fontaine) arrives on her sister's mansion doorstep. The Film becomes a harrowing experience with the arrival of Manson-esque cult/gang leader
Maury.
The Telephone Book is a 1971 USA comedy by Nelson Lyon. With
Margaret Brewster, Roger C. Carmel, David Dozer.
Banned by the BBFC for 1971 cinema release. Uncut and MPAA X rated in the
US and more latterly released MPAA Unrated.
Summary Review: Underground
The story of a day in the life of a lonely, sensitive, exuberant, attractive, young woman. Her exploits, encounters, and
frustrations as she attempts to find a special someone, a caller who has class , as she puts it.
Funny, near brilliant, underground movie about the sexual perversions of everyday people. A terrific example of grass roots
filmmaking were the creativity and ingenuity of the director.
Versions
uncut
run:
87:41s
pal:
84:11s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2013 Vinegar Syndrome R0 Blu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at US Amazon
The film's X-rating (and UK ban) are
probably more to do with the surprisingly frank language and the full-on nature of the closing cartoon that the actual sex scenes, which feature extensive nudity but no explicit content -- certainly, they are tame by modern standards. But the general
theme of the film and the crudeness of some of the dialogue would probably still raise eyebrows today with more mainstream audiences.
The Tempter - 1974 Italy horror drama by Alberto De Martino. See The Antichrist
10 Cent Pistol is a 2014 USA crime thriller by Michael C
Martin.
Originally rated R for violence, language throughout, some sexual references and drug use. However the distributor surrendered the R rating and chose to be Unrated instead.
The Ten Desperate Men is a 1963 Italy action comedy adventure by Gianfranco Parolini. With Roger Browne, José Greci and Dan Vadis.
Cut by the BBFC for 1964 cinema release.
Summary Notes
Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henchman, Tigelinus), with a new emperor: Servius Galba. During the course of this bloody struggle,
the gladiators lose their mentor and trainer - Resius - and then must rescue Lidia, Resius' beautiful niece, from death on the cross.
10 Enradhukulla is a 2015 action thriller by Vijay Milton.
Starring Vikram, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Pasupathy.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated 2015 cinema release
Versions
category cuts 1:11s
142:46s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, infrequent strong language after 1:11s of BBFC category cuts for:
2015 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
Distributor chose to remove detail of strong violence in order to achieve a 12A rating (in this instance, shots of a severed human limb and focus on a man's bleeding wrist after a knife attack). A 15 without cuts was available.
Ten Little Indians is a 1965 UK crime mystery thriller by
George Pollock Starring Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton and Fabian
There are no censorship issues with this release. Some versions of the
film have a one minute intermission just before the reveal when viewers are given a countdown timer to work out whodunnit.
10 Things I Hate
About You is a 1999 US comedy romance by Gil Junger Starring Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Cut by the BBFC for 12 rated cinema release in 1999 and for 12 rated video release until 2007. Uncut and BBFC 12 rated since 2010. Uncut and PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Notes
A high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.
Versions
uncut
run:
97:23s
pal:
93:29s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 12A rated for moderate sex references, language:
2024 Park Circus cinema release (rated 19/01/2024)
UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated for moderate language and sex references after previous BBFC cuts waived:
10 to Midnight is a 1983 USA crime thriller by J Lee Thompson.
Starring Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher and Andrew Stevens.
Uncut for 18 rated UK cinema release and pre-cert video. Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated VHS release in 1987. The BBFC video cuts were waived for 18 rated DVD in 2004.
Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review: Low-budget Masterpiece
In Los Angeles, the rookie Detective Paul McAnn teams up with the veteran Detective Leo Kessler to
investigate the murder of Betty Johnson and her boyfriend that were stabbed by a naked serial-killer in a park. Detective Kessler recognizes the victim, who lived in the same neighborhood many years ago and childhood friend of his daughter Laurie
Kessler.
Another Tight, Low-budget Masterpiece from Bronson/Thompson,
Compared with the ridiculously shoddy Death Wish sequels, most of Charles Bronson's 1980s collaborations with J. Lee Thompson are
masterpieces. In fact, even with the high ratio of bad actors and technical shortcomings, films like Evil That Men Do and this one, 10 to Midnight, kick modern hardboilers right in the balls.
Versions
uncut
run:
102:04s
pal:
97:59s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and nudity after previous BBFC cuts waived:
The Tenant is a 1976 France thriller by Roman Polanski. With Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani and Melvyn Douglas.
Uncut and BBFC X rated for 1976 cinema release. Cut for 18 rated VHS in
1986 and later uncut again for 2004 DVD still with an 18 rating. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
In Paris, the shy bureaucrat Trelkovsky rents an old apartment without bathroom where the
previous tenant, the Egyptologist Simone Choule, committed suicide. The unfriendly concierge (Shelley Winters) and the tough landlord Mr. Zy establish stringent rules of behavior and Trekovsky feels ridden by his neighbors. Meanwhile he visits Simone in
the hospital and befriends her girlfriend Stella. After the death of Simone, Trekovsky feels obsessed for her and believes his landlord and neighbors are plotting a scheme to force him to also commit suicide.
Versions
uncut
run:
125:18s
pal:
120:17s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for moderate horror and suicide theme with cuts waived for:
Cut by 6 seconds by the BBFC to remove a brief extract of the banned nunchaku scene from Enter the Dragon (seen by Trelkovsky and Stella during a cinema visit)
Tender and Perverse Emanuelle is a 1973 France mystery thriller by Jesús Franco (as J.P. Johnson) Starring Norma Kastel, Jack Taylor and Lina Romay
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1994.
Summary Notes
A Whodunit from the great! The investigation into the suicide of a young woman found dead at the bottom
of a cliff uncovers many lovers of both sexes, including her Brother's sister and her psychiatrist, a weird tale of absolute power and love
Versions
cut
cut:
1:11s
run:
79:20s
pal:
76:10s
UK: Passed 18 after 1:11s of BBFC cuts for:
1994 Redemption VHS
Thanks to Peter. The BBFC cuts are:
At 67 mins - In sex scene, remove all sight of man's erection and woman masturbating him and of man's hand in woman's crotch.
Tendres cousines - 1980 France/West Germany romance by David Hamilton See
Cousins in Love
v Tenebrae - 1982 Italy horror mystery thriller by Dario Argento.
Tenebrae is a 1982 Italy horror mystery thriller by Dario Argento. With Anthony Franciosa, Giuliano Gemma and Christian Borromeo.
Cut by the BBFC by 4s for cinema release. This cut version was then banned on VHS as a video nasty. The film was then cut for 2000 VHS. These BBFC cuts were waived in 2003 but the release suffered print damage. However a fully uncut
version was released on UK DVD and Blu-ray in 2003. There is also a shortened US Version entitled Unsane.
Summary Review : Gore filled giallo
Tenebrae is a thriller about a
writer of thrillers who, whilst on a promotional tour in Italy for his new book (...also called Tenebrae), finds himself the focus of a deranged serial killer, who is offing his victims according to the grisly murders found in the very same author's
work.
Argento has a great deal of fun in devising these bizarre scenes and scenarios, whilst simultaneously orchestrating this grandiose, gore-filled Giallo with a bold approach to cinematography, montage and music.
As with a lot of Argento's work, the performances aren't all peerless, although, that said, there's some admirable moments, particularly from Anthony Franciosa as the author, Peter Neal, Argento's former muse Daria Nicolodi as
his assistant Ann, and b-movie stalwart John Saxon as Neal's publisher.
The ending of the film is a satisfying one that is sure to delight those familiar with his previous works.
The pre-cut footage is missing from many international prints and is due to damage to the master:
Ann walking to the sideboard and putting down her books
The last stab of a woman being repeatedly stabbed in her stomach
The end of a scene showing Jane looking at new shoes followed by the
start of a scene with Bullmer walking around town
total
cut:
26s
run:
100:21s
pal:
96:20s
5s
pre-cut 21s
UK: Passed 18 after 5s of BBFC cuts for:
2000 Nouveaux VHS
This is an extra BBFC cut of 1s over and above the previous 4s cinema cuts to ensure that the BBFC were not passing a video that had recently been found to be 'obscene'.
Videomedia released the BBFC cut cinema version on video in 1983. It was doomed to take a leading position on the video nasties list . It was listed in March 1984 and stayed on the list
throughout the panic. It is therefore one of the collectable DPP39s
UK: Passed 18 after 4s of BBFC cuts for:
1983 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were:
Removed shots: Jane's arm gets chopped off with a hatchet. She yells in pain, blood splatters. Then a shot of her chopped-off arm on the table.
US Version/Unsane
US Version shortened
run:
90m
pal:
86m
UK: The US Version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence:
2022 Arrow Video Limited Edition [Theatrical Version + US Version] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RB) Blu-ray Combo
at UK Amazon #ad titled Unsane
Essentially, there are a lot of trimming cuts here. Violent scenes are mostly
still included, only in the second half of the film are there relevant cuts.
Tenement - 1985 US crime film by Roberta Findlay See
Game of Survival
v Tenet - 2020 UK / USA action Sci-Fi thriller by Christopher Nolan.
Tenet is a 2020 UK / USA action Sci-Fi thriller by Christopher Nolan. Starring John David
Washington, Robert Pattinson and Elizabeth Debicki.
Uncut and MPA PG-13 rated in the US. Cut in the UK for a 12A rated 2020 cinema release and all subsequent home video releases.
Summary Notes
Armed with
only one word -- Tenet -- and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
Versions
uncut
US: Uncut and rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some suggestive references and brief strong language
2020 Warner Bros R0 4K Blu-ray / (RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad
2020 Warner
Bros (RA) Blu-ray / R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
This film was originally seen for advice. The company was advised it was likely to be classified 15 uncut but that their preferred 12A classification could be obtained by making small changes to one scene to remove shots of a man
kicking a woman. When the film was submitted for formal classification, the shots in question had been removed and the film was classified 12A.
This comment refers to the scene where Elizabeth Debicki's character is on the floor and Kenneth Branagh's kicks her in the body and threatens more of the same. See
pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com
Review from
Amazon US In some ways the story does ramble, but the intricate elements are woven together so coherently that they smoothly fit
into the quest undertaken by the principal characters.
Virginia and Tony Lewis (Kimberly Williams and John Larroquette) live in a New York apartment. One day a dog enters Virginia's life. However, the dog is not just any ordinary dog, but Prince
Wendell (Daniel Lapaine) changed into a dog by an evil Queen (Dianne Wiest). Soon trolls enter the story along with magic, and the story begins.
The acting talent in this movie is phenomenal. Rutger Hauer plays the Queen's woodsman, with his own
poignant story. Warwick Davis is Acorn, a criminal with a tongue-in-cheek character. Ed O'Neil is perfect as Relish the Troll King. Scott Cohen as Wolf took a little getting used to, but once I realized how he fit into the story I enjoyed his antics and
characterization. Camryn Manheim makes an interesting Snow White. Ann-Margret brings class to Queen Cinderella.
The story is an adult fairy tale. There is violence in the movie as well as a number of intense scenes that are likely inappropriate for
children below the age of 7 or 8. However, for everyone else this movie is fun and complicated. If you enjoy fantasy, and you can be open-minded about how fantasy is approached, this movie could be perfect for you.
The Terminator is a 1984 UK/USA action Sci-Fi film by James Cameron.
Uncut in the US and UK. However the UK distributors did consider accepting cuts to get a BBFC 15 rating, but in the end decided not to. The BBFC rating was later reduced to 15 uncut in 2002.
The international trailer for The Terminator
was cut by 40s in 1989 on video, even with an 18 rating. The BBFC cut was to remove the arm surgery.
Terminator 2: Judgement
Day is a 1991 US Sci-Fi action film by James Cameron With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong.
Cut by the BBFC for 15 rated cinema and VHS release. Uncut and 18 rated on
1992 Laserdisc. Uncut and 15 rated since 2001. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. Exists as a Theatrical Version, a Special Edition/Director's Cut and an Extended Special Edition.
UK: The 2D and 3D Theatrical Versions were passed 15 uncut for strong violence, language for:
Studiocanal [Theatrical + Special Edition + Extended Version] 4k RB Blu-ray + RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
Studiocanal [Theatrical + Special Edition +
Extended Version] 3D RB Blu-ray + RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Studiocanal [Theatrical + Special Edition + Extended Version] RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
Studiocanal [Theatrical + Special Edition +
Extended Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
2017 cinema release
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for:
1992 Pioneer Laserdisc
This is one of the first few films where a higher rated version was made available. The BBFC argued at the time that if the marketing of a film is aimed at the original certificate, ie the 15, then children of that age group will want to watch it
regardless of the certificate awarded.
Guild Home Video also managed to sneak the film out uncut on VHS - in full screen - in November 1993, when they released it along with The Terminator on a special 2-On-1 extended play VHS. This
version appears to have not been classified officially by the BBFC.
US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R Rated for:
2013 Warner Anthology [Terminator 1-4, Theatrical + Directors] RA Blu-ray at US
Amazon
cut
130:34s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 with the cinema cuts repeated and a further 18s of BBFC cuts for:
1992 Guild VHS
The cinema cuts still apply:
As Sarah escapes from hospital, edits were made to reduce the 4 blows she delivered to the male nurse/security guard with the wooden broom handle. The 4 blows were reduced to 1.
Later in the same sequence, Sarah confronts a doctor in his
office. The original had Sarah hitting the doctor on the arm with the bat, she then swipes him on the back of the leg to make him collapse, all that remains is the hit on the arm.
The BBFC asked for 18s of additional cuts:
Further cuts are required for the '15 requested on Video, mostly to reduce moments of heavy violence, many by the Terminator hero to innocent people who are merely doing their job:
At 74 min. Reduce the length of time man thrown through window is burned on the griddle by removing two sections, the beginning of the shot where he lauds on the stove and the link to the next shot before he rolls off.
Immediately afterwards, when man tries to stab Terminator through chest, reduce sight of Terminator pinning him to billiard table by removing impact shot of him being stabbed through back of shoulder, resuming on his face
pressed against table with hilt just vib1e top of screen.
At 45 mins. Reduce demonstration of lock picking by Sarah by removing start of shot where wires are inserted.
At 46.5
mins. When Terminator 2 stabs hospital guard through eye at coffee machine, replace frontal shot of victim with spear through eye with alternative take in which he is not juddering so vigorously as to be clearly still in pain.
At 49.5 mins. Reduce Terminator's shooting of security guard at hospital gate to one shot only.
At 53.5 mins. When Terminator breaks up group of male nurses about to inject Sarah, after third
man is hit in stomach with rifle and pushed aside, remove sight of him hitting wall very hard and bouncing off, resuming on female nurse moving in to hit Terminator.
At 55.5 mins. When Terminator throws policeman
away from police car, remove sight of him hitting pillar hard and bouncing off, resuming on metal shape coming through ceiling.
At 99 mins. When Terminator emerges from lift to see S.W.A.T. team waiting in lobby,
considerably reduce close impact shots as he shoots them in the legs to disable them.
cut
136:38s =131:10s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 after BBFC cuts for:
1991 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were:
As Sarah escapes from hospital, edits were made to reduce the 4 blows she delivered to the male nurse/security guard with the wooden broom handle. The 4 blows were reduced to 1.
Later in the same sequence, Sarah confronts a doctor in his
office. The original had Sarah hitting the doctor on the arm with the bat, she then swipes him on the back of the leg to make him collapse, all that remains is the hit on the arm.
The BBFC previously saw the film as a rough cut and suggested other cuts including:
When Schwarzenegger arrives at the prison hospital to rescue Sarah and shoots the guard at the entrance gate, remove the close shots showing bullet impacts around his knees.
Close ups such as this are not really part of Cameron's repertoire and were described as very brief by an examiner. However they seemed to be part of a plot element where young John had asked the Terminator to aim low to reduce likely deaths. The
kneecapping shots were the follow up to John's request.
By the time was formally submitted these close shots seemed to have been dropped, perhaps replaced by the longer shots which were not an issue for the BBFC
Terminator
3: Rise of the Machines is a 2003 USA/Germany/UK action Sci-Fi thriller by Jonathan Mostow. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nick Stahl and Kristanna Loken.
Terminator Salvation is a 2009 USA/Germany/UK/Italy action drama sci-fi thriller by McG. With Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin.
The Theatrical Version was cut in the US for an MPAA PG-13 rating. The uncut version was releases as an extended Director's Cut. Director McG has has spoken of an unreleased cut with a darker tone.
Summary Notes
In 2018, a mysterious new weapon in the war against the machines, half-human and half-machine, comes to John Connor on the eve of a resistance attack on Skynet. But whose side is he on, and can he be trusted?
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
117:37s
pal:
112:55s
UK: The Director's Cut/Extended Cut was
passed 12 uncut for:
2009 Sony [Theatrical + Director's] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
US: The Director's Cut/Extended Cut is MPAA R Rated for:
The BBFC put the triviality of the nudity cut in good perspective:
Terminator Salvation is the fourth instalment in the Terminator franchise and sees a grown-up John Connor leading the human resistance
movement. It has been passed 12 for scenes of moderate violence and intense action.
The setting of the narrative in this film is an all-out war between the human resistance movement and Skynet with its army of
Terminators. There are some spectacular battle sequences with heavy explosions and gunfire which include sight of many robots being destroyed, including a close-up shot of a robotic head being crushed by a helicopter. This sets the tone for much of the
violence in the film. Most of the damage and injury is caused to the robotic characters while the human characters generally emerge unscathed. There is some injury detail seen, to the Connor character in particular, but these sequences do not dwell on
detail and do not contain any emphasis on injuries or blood. For the most part the injuries are impressionistic and the fantasy setting is always well to the fore. Given this approach to the depiction of violence the film is contained at 12 under
the terms of the Guidelines for violence at that level.
The film as a whole does have an unrelenting intensity which is a well established feature of fantasy films at the 12 level but the tone is comparatively light
and plays very much to audience expectations for the genre. There is none of the darker, sadistic, elements that occasionally take such works to the higher category. Mature themes and sustained moderate threat and menace are allowed at 12
in the Guidelines and these are all elements that contributed to placing Terminator Salvation at 12 .
The extended version of the film also contains a scene featuring brief sexualised nudity as we see a
woman remove her top, revealing one of her breasts. This is only seen from considerable distance and there is no clear or sustained nudity present within a sexual context. At 12 , the BBFC Guidelines state that in a sexual context nudity must be
brief and discreet and this sequence in Terminator Salvation falls within those limits.
cut
cut:
2:56s
run:
114:37s
pal:
110:02s
UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed
12 without BBFC cuts for:
The Theatrical
Version runs 2:56s shorter than the Director's Cut
Director McG cut one shot to earn the US PG-13 rating. The quick cut involved featuring Sam Worthington's character Marcus stabbing a screwdriver through the shoulder of a thug and of the screwdriver being pulled out.
But McG also
removed the nude Moon Bloodgood shot claiming it: felt more like a gratuitous moment of a girl taking her top off in an action picture, and I didn't want that to convolute the story or the characters.
Other scenes were also modified in the Theatrical Version:
Cut scene of machine appearing from underwater and being destroyed by Connor's soldiers
Cut scene showing General Ashdown threatening Connor with a gun to ensure that Connor is on the same page
Cut scene showing Marcus use a
man as a shield from gun bullets and then hitting a man in the face with a gun butt.
Toned down scene of Blair shooting man in the leg.
Re-edited scene of Blair and Marcus around camp fire.
Toned down shooting of refugee in the
back
Connor's speech is re-edited and shortened
Marcus takes less punishment from the T-800 machine.
Marcus takes less punishment in a fight with Connor and also one less jolt in a re-animation attempt.
Terrifier 3 is a 2024 US horror by Damien Leone Starring Lauren LaVera, David
Howard Thornton and Antonella Rose
Released MPA Unrated in the US. Uncut and BBFC 18 rated in the UK. The film achieved a rare 18 rating for violence in France. An extended version seems likely for this film.
Summary Notes
Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.
Versions
uncut
run:
124:56s
pal:
119:56s
France
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for
strong gory violence, injury detail:
2024 Signature Entertainment cinema release (rated 19/09/2024)
Ireland: Uncut and IFCO 18 rated for very strong sadistic violence and graphic injury detail:
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for cinema release. The film was top of the US box office for the week, only the second time that this has happened since Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce in 2023.
France: Uncut and 18 rated for cinema
release. Generally violent films are 16 rated in France and this was the first 18 rating since Saw III in 2006.
The Terror is a 1963 US horror by Roger Corman. With Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson and Sandra Knight.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1964 cinema release but late passed 12
uncut on home video. There is also an extended version padded out with new material so as to reclaim copyright in 2002.
Summary Review: Atmospheric
A creepy atmospheric offering from Roger Corman that
edges towards classic cult status. Beware that this status has rather been negated by a string of poor quality public domain releases. The 2004 WHE DVD is the pick of the UK bunch, quality wise, but the 2011 Classic Entertainment DVD/Blu-ray combo is the
best so far.
UK: The Original Version was passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for:
1964 cinema release
Cuts list from the BBFC:
Remove shots of Gustav's bleeding face and blinded eyes after the bird has attacked him, when shots are full-face and in close-up
Remove last shots of woman's rotting face.
Extended Version
Extended Version
run:
90:46s
pal:
87:08s
UK: An extended version titled The Haunting was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:
2002 Prism DVD
See version details from dvdcompare.net . Not so good extra scenes were
added to regain copyright, the rights to the original version having lapsed into the public domain.
Terror is a 1978 UK horror by Norman J Warren. With John Nolan, Carolyn
Courage and James Aubrey.
Cut by the BBFC for 1978 cinema release. A shortened and pre-cut version
was approved by the Director for UK DVD release. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review : Logical, comprehensible story line
Royal ancestors feel the wrath of the curse
of the condemned witch Mad Dolly, who spews forth her prophecy while she is burned at the stake. This entire scene is then revealed to be the ending of a horror film, and the filmmaker claims that the story is based upon true events from his own family
history. Naturally, there is skepticism. But at a wrap party later that evening, the filmmaker's cousin falls into a trance and attacks him with a sword...and he and his cousin begin to worry that the family curse just might be real after all.
Terror has a fair amount of female nudity and gore. But this film also has a logical, comprehensible story line that is bolstered by strong performances and able directing, and exceptional production design and cinematography.
UK: A shortened pre-cut version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
2014 Odeon R0 DVD
2005 Anchor Bay R2 DVD
1997 Sovereign VHS
From IMDb. UK Video and DVD releases weren't cut by the BBFC and the transfers were supervised by Norman J. Warren. However this version has been shortened of plot and one violent scene. See
pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :
Various missing shots through film tears
31s of uncontroversial shots missing from the making of the Bathtime with Brenda softcore flick
48s of erotic actress forgetting her lines in another filmmaking scene
2s missing from
Viv being stabbed in the ankle and screaming
Terror Eyes is a 1981 US slasher by Ken Hughes. With Leonard Mann, Rachel Ward and Drew Snyder.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1981 cinema release. Released uncut on
pre-cert VHS only to be banned as a video nasty. Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated 1987 VHS. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review: Action over Suspense
Rachel Ward as psycho
killer dressed in full biker leathers and crash helmet. She beheads various women and leaves their heads in a bucket, a ditch, down the toilet and in a saucepan of Irish stew.
A Boston police detective investigates a series
of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds committed by a helmeted, black-leather clad serial killer which leads him to suspect a well known anthropology professor as well as his female live-in assistant.
A slasher
flick with more action than horror. But the acting is above par as are the overall production values, and there isn't a lot of padding. There's also something of a story complete with characterization.
One could certainly
do (much) worse in picking a slasher film from this era.
Versions
uncut
~89:00s =~85:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
2017 Warner R0 Blu-ray titled Night School at US Amazon
Terror is a Man is a Man is a 1959 Philippines / USA Sci-Fi horror romance by Gerardo de Leon (as Gerry de Leon) and Eddie Romero (co-director). Starring Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen and Richard Derr.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1964. Uncut and 15 rated since 2005 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
William Fitzgerald finds
himself shipwrecked on an island whose native inhabitants have recently fled. His civilized host, the secretive Dr. Charles Girard, explains that they were superstitiously fearful of his scientific work. Now the only people on the island are the
castaway, the scientist, his voluptuous wife, his sleazy assistant, his beautiful native servant and her young son. But there may be one more man on the island: it's all a matter of philosophy and semantics. It seems Dr. Girard is surgically transforming
a panther into a human being. The trouble is, the creature is not above killing members of the species he has recently joined.
Versions
uncut
82:09s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate violence:
2006 Orbit/Quantum Leap R2 DVD at UK Amazon titled The Blood Creature
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2018 Severin Films The Blood Island Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
The Terror of Dr Hichcock is a 1962 Italy horror by Riccardo Freda (as Robert Hampton). Starring Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng and Silvano Tranquilli.
The shortened and re-ordered US Theatrical version was cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1963. The uncut International Version was passed 18 for 1985 VHS and 15 for 2023 Bu-ray.
Summary Notes
The year is 1885, and necrophiliac Dr. Hitchcock likes to drug his wife for sexual funeral games. One day he accidentally administers an overdose and kills her. He leaves his home shattered. Several years later he remarries and
returns. Discovering that his still beloved first wife is alive but insane and prematurely aged, he plans to use the blood of his new bride to rejuvenate and heal her.
International/Original Version
International Version
run:
87:14s
pal:
83:45s
UK: The International Version is uncut and BBFC
15 rated for strong threat, brief sexual threat:
2023 Radiance Films [International Version + US Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK
Amazon #ad titled The Horrible Secret Of Dr Hichcock
UK: The International Version is uncut and BBFC 18 rated for:
1985 Stablecane VHS titled The Terror of Doctor Hichcock
US Version
shortened US Version
cut:
11:07s
run:
pal:
UK: BBFC details not yet published for the US Version:
2023 Radiance Films [International Version + US Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK
Amazon #ad
US: T he US Theatrical Version is MPAA Unrated for:
2016 Olive Films RA Blu-ray titled The Horrible Dr. Hichcock at US Amazon
2016 Olive Films R1 DVD titled
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock at US Amazon
There are now censorship cuts for this version. Primarily, the US edit
attempts to make the film more concise by trimming some scenes . While many scenes are atmospheric, there were moments where the camera lingered a bit longer than necessary. For example, a lengthy shot in the finale where a character climbs a wall
slowly. In such cases, the shot was cut to a normal duration, and it benefits the film. Unfortunately, some interesting scenes involving both the protagonist portrayed by Robert Flemyng and Steele were also lost to the editing scissors.
US Version compulsory cuts
cut:
run:
pal:
sub:
76:17s
UK: The US Theatrical Version was passed X (18) after further compulsory BBFC cuts for:
1963 Compton Cameo cinema release (rated 29/08/1963) titled The Terror of Doctor Hichcock
1963 Compton Cameo cinema release (rated 29/08/1963) titled Raptus: The Secret Of Doctor Hichcock
Terror of Mechagodzilla is a 1975 Japan action Sci-Fi adventure by Ishirô Honda. With Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai and Akihiko Hirata.
Exists in a longer Japanese Version and a shorter version dubbed into
English
Summary Notes
Godzilla comes to the rescue when an alien race rebuilds Mechagodzilla to destroy Earth's cities. A traitorous scientist gives them a second weapon: Titanosaurus.
Versions
uncut
79:44s
UK: The Japanese Version was passed 15 uncut for:
1992 Polygram VHS
uncut
75:30s
There is also a shorter
re-edited version dubbed in English
The Terror of the Tongs is a 1961 UK horror
adventure thriller by Anthony Bushell. With Christopher Lee, Yvonne Monlaur and Geoffrey Toone.
Extensively cut for 1961 cinema release. Home video releases since have featured the same cut version
Summary Notes
A secret society of Hong-Kong at the beginning of the century
called "The Red Dragon Tong" kidnaps the captain of a ship in the harbour of Hong-Kong as he tries to detain the killers of his daughter. Because the secret society is very powerful it is not easy to free him from their hands.
Versions
best available
cut:
run:
76:13s
pal:
73:10s
UK: The cut cinema version was passed 15 for strong violence without further cuts for:
Reel 3 - remove shot of first officer's mutilated hand. Remove shots of Helena's hand being held down by Tong men on a table and her reactions as her fingers are stuck by the axe. [The BBFC later added: We feel that the scene
can be revised in such a way as to give the impression that she faints from the shock of the man rushing into the room rather than the severing of her fingers by the axe].
Reel 7 - there must be a considerable
reduction in the torturing of Sale: in particular remove all shots of the needles in contact with his flesh.
Reel 8 - remove shot of torturer lying on the ground with axe in his body and blood all around it.
Reel 9 - remove close shot of man's bloody body after it has been repeatedly stabbed and shots of his mutilated hand.
Terrorists, Killers and Other Wackos is a 2005 US comedy horror by Ryen McPherson Starring R. Budd Dwyer
Banned by the BBFC for 2005 DVD.
Summary Notes
Smuggled video of Iraqi executions, firing squads, amputations, suicide bombings, gangland slayings, knife fights, animal maulings, hostage killings, and terror attacks. Witness first hand the scary truth about the
world in which we live.
Versions
uncut
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2005 R1 DVD
banned
run:
52:57s
pal:
50:50s
UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
2005 Film 2000 DVD
The BBFC explained:
Terrorists, Killers and Other Wackos comprises a compilation of uncontextualised clips showing real killings, executions, suicides,
accidents, mutilation and torture (of both humans and animals) and other distressing images. The work presents no journalistic, educational or other justifying context for the images shown. Rather, the work presents a barrage of sensationalist clips, for
what appears to be the underlying purpose of providing prurient entertainment. This is reinforced by the addition of a loud music soundtrack, which further trivialises the images shown. The trivialisation of human and animal suffering is further
exemplified by the tasteless inclusion of occasional 'comic' captions. The work also contains a disturbing and distasteful undercurrent of racism and xenophobia. A significant amount of the material is taken from certain recurring geographic locations
and could provide fuel for forms of racism which are hostile to non-white people.
The Board carefully considered the work in the light of our Guidelines and the tests set down by the Video Recordings Act. A key consideration is the question of
any harm that might be caused to potential viewers or, through their behaviour, to society because of the manner in which the work deals with violence and "horrific behaviour or incidents". The Board has concluded that the video is potentially harmful
because of the influence it may have on the attitudes and behaviour of at least some intended or potential viewers. By presenting actual human death, mutilation and suffering as entertainment, the work has the potential to desensitise viewers, and
perhaps even to incite some to harm others. The work invites the viewer to take sadistic pleasure in death, injury, mutilation and pain and encourages callousness towards victims. Given the rapid-paced editing, the addition of inappropriate music and
supposedly 'amusing' captions, the work appears calculated to appeal to young and impressionable persons (whatever its classification). The Board considers that the work may have a significant brutalising effect on their attitude to human life and pain.
Given the potential for the work to deaden the sensitivity of viewers to pain and suffering and to impair the moral development of younger viewers in particular, the Board also considers that the work raises serious concerns about possible breach
of the Obscene Publications Act. This Act makes it an offence to distribute any work that, taken as a whole, has a tendency to deprave and corrupt (i.e. make morally bad) a significant proportion of those likely to see it.
A further consideration
for the Board is that of public acceptability. (This is the ground on which, for instance, the Board has regard to issues of bad language.) In this case the combination of the shocking and distressing images in the work, the lack of any justifying
context, the editorial treatment, and the calculated appeal to the intended audience, all appear to the Board to raise serious concerns about the acceptability of the work to public opinion. Taken together with the harm issues, and potential breach of
the law, these concerns about acceptability strengthen the basis for refusal of classification.
The Board considered whether cutting the work would be a viable alternative to refusing a classification certificate. However, the essential
difficultly with Terrorists, Killers and Other Wackos lies not so much with any particular images (most of which would have been acceptable in a different, more serious, context) but with the manner in which the images are presented, and with the
underlying, exploitative purpose of the work. Cuts would therefore be unlikely to modify the tone and overall effect of the work acceptably.
The Terrornauts is a 1967 UK Sci-Fi film by Montgomery Tully. Starring Simon
Oates, Zena Marshall and Charles Hawtrey.
There exists a Theatrical Version and a shortened re-release version
Promotional Material
Joe Burke heads a radio telescope project at a British observatory, hoping to pick up
signs of life from another planet; thus far, the team has reported no positive results. But just when the project is about to be cancelled, Burke discovers a faint signal the same mysterious signal that intrigued and haunted him as a child and decides to
respond...
Versions
Theatrical version
74:00s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed PG uncut for mild threat for:
2014 Network [Theatrical + Shortened Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed U uncut for:
1967 cinema release
Shortened
~60:00s =~57:00s
UK: The Shortened Version is awaiting BBFC details
2014 Network [Theatrical + Shortened Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
v Tess
- 1979 France/UK drama romance by Roman Polanski.
Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a 1989 Japan Sci-Fi horror by Shin'ya Tsukamoto. Starring Kei Fujiwara, Tomorowo Taguchi and Nobu Kanaoka.
Uncut by censors. There is a standard version, a longer First Cut and a
shortened version.
Summary Notes
A strange man known only as the "metal fetishist", who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a
Japanese "salaryman", out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he is being slowly overtaken by some kind of disease that is turning his body into scrap metal, and that his nemesis is not in fact dead but is somehow
masterminding and guiding his rage and frustration-fueled transformation.
Versions
uncut
run:
67:06s
pal:
64:25s
UK: The Standard version was passed 18 uncut:
2020 Arrow Solid Metal Nightmares Limited Edition RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
2012 Third Window [Tetsuo + Tetsuo 2] RB Blu-ray at
UK Amazon
2002 Tartan R2 DVD
1993 Island VHS
shortened
run:
28:08s
pal:
27:00s
UK: A very short version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
1991 cinema release
alternative First Cut
run:
77:21s
pal:
74:15s
There is also an alternative version called the First Cut. The background behind the version is unknown and the cuts aren't related to censorship of violent scenes. See
pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com .
Texas, Adios is a 1966 Italy/Spain action western by Ferdinando Baldi. With Franco Nero, Alberto Dell'Acqua, Elisa Montés.
BBFC cuts were required for an 'AA' rated cinema release in 1970. Uncut and 12 rated since 2004 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Tough Anti-hero
Tough gun-man
Burt Sullivan (Franco Nero) leaves his job as a town sheriff to go to Mexico to find the man, Cisco, who killed his father many years ago. He and his younger brother arrive in a small town where everybody is afraid of Cisco who has become the local
landowner. Burt Sullivan joins forces with the local townspeople to stop and bring Cisco back to his punishment in Texas
It's a typical Spaghetti Western in which blends the common scenarios; as invincible and tough antiheroes,
difficult and fast showdowns with numerous deceases , impulsive and quick zooms , musical score with Morricone influence .
The film will appeal to Franco Nero fans and Spaghetti Western buffs.
Versions
uncut
run:
92:02s
pal:
88:21s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate
violence for:
2018 Arrow Video (RB) Blu-ray titled Texas Adios at UK Amazon
2008 Argent Films R2 DVD titled Adios, Texas via UK Amazon
2004 Argent Films R2 DVD titled Adios, Texas
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2021 Arrow [Django 4K + Texas Adios Blu-ray] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RB) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad
2020 Arrow Steelbook Limited Edition [Django + Texas Adios] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
2013 Blue Underground [Spaghetti Westerns Unchained] R0 DVD at US Amazon
The Texas
Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 US horror film by Tobe Hooper. With Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal and Allen Danziger.
In the US the film was initially rated X, but attained an R rating after
cuts. This was the last X certificate granted by the MPAA prior to the introduction of NC-17. The R rated version has been used for all releases worldwide. In the UK, the 1975 cinema release was famously pre-cut but banned by the BBFC. Some local
councils overrode the BBFC ban and passed it X with a local certificate. The ban continued well into the home video era, until unbanned (and released uncut) in 1999.
Tobe Hooper deliberately limited the on-screen gore in The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre, to the extent that he expected a PG certificate. Partly, that was due to an artistic choice, but there was also financial pressure limiting the amount of effects work the production could carry out.
Summary Review:
Classic of its generation
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is undoubtedly one of the scariest films ever made and its raw power remains undiminished to this very day. Tobe Hooper somehow created a genuine fright
machine which changed the face of the horror genre completely.
The story revolves around a group of teenagers being chased, terrified and murdered when they stumble upon a canabilistic family in the countryside. The main
character, Leatherface, who's remorseless killings were loosely based on real life 1950's Texan murderer Ed Gein.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a classic of its generation and deserves to be part of any respectable
film collection. Just don't watch it alone.
UK: The R rated version was passed 18 without cuts by Camden Council in London for:
Camden 1998 cinema release.
It was given a late night screening at the 1998 London Film Festival and then ran successfully in Camden at the beginning of 1999.
At around this time, the BBFC was once again asked to
consider cuts for a legitimate video release but failed to see how an acceptable version could be produced. The film therefore fell into limbo and was removed from the shelves following the introduction of the Video Recordings Act.
UK: The R rated version was released on pre-cert video without cuts for
1983 Iver VHS identified by 'uncensored' on the case
1981 Wizard VHS
US: Cut for an MPAA R Rating for:
2014 Dark Sky Films 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (RA) Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
2014 Dark Sky Films 40th Anniversary Edition (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
2014 Dark Sky Films 40th Anniversary Edition R1 DVD
at US Amazon
Hooper reportedly hoped that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) would give the complete, uncut release print a PG rating due to its minimal amount of visible gore. Instead, it was originally rated X . After
several minutes were cut, it was resubmitted to the MPAA and received an R rating.
This was the last X certificate granted by the MPAA prior to the introduction of NC-17.
The notoriety of the film may owe a lot to its original rejection by the BBFC in 1975. It was passed for viewing in Europe, the USA, Australia and other countries. It received a GLC licence in the 1970s and was
most recently shown in central London in 1998 under a licence from Camden Council. There is, so far as the Board is aware, no evidence that harm has ever arisen as a consequence of viewing the film. For modern young adults, accustomed to the macabre
shocks of horror films through the 1980s and 1990s, THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE is unlikely to be particularly challenging. Unlike more recent examples of the genre, violence in THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE is throughout implied rather than explicit.
By today's standards, its visual effects may seem relatively unconvincing.
Possibly the most notorious feature is the relentless pursuit of the 'Final Girl' throughout the last half hour or so of the film. The heroine in
peril is a staple of the cinema since the earliest days. It is nonetheless legitimate to question the unusual emphasis THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE places on the pursuit of a defenceless and screaming female over such an extended period. The Board's
conclusion, after careful consideration, was that any possible harm that might arise in terms of the effect upon a modern audience would be more than sufficiently countered by the unrealistic, even absurd, nature of the action itself. It is worth
emphasising that there is no explicit sexual element in the film, and relatively little visible violence.
pre-cut
X
UK: The pre-cut version was released
for the first VHS release
1979 Iver VHS identified by being packaged in an adapted Super 8mm case
UK: The pre-cut version banned by the BBFC was passed X by the GLC for:
London 1975 cinema release
Also passed X for showing in Birmingham, Bath, Leeds and Cardiff (after 1 cut). The BBFC ban was enforced in others. In fact it was passed for showing by 9 councils and banned by 19 others.
See
video from YouTube (with thanks to Ben & clown). The pre-cuts were:
A scene with a wheelchair hitting a guy's leg is marginally curtailed for no apparent reason.
The scene where Leatherface is preparing to use a chainsaw on a body on a table in front of girl suspended by a meat hook is terminated as soon as
the chainsaw is fired up,
banned
pre-cut
UK: A pre-cut version was famously banned by the BBFC for:
Tobe
Hooper's seminal horror film was first seen informally by the BBFC's Secretary, Stephen Murphy, on 27 February 1975. Murphy regarded it as a good, well-made film but felt strongly that the level of terrorisation, particularly towards the end of the film,
and the film's focus on abnormal psychology was unsuitable for a BBFC X certificate to be issued. The distributor reacted to this advice by making some minor reductions in the final scenes of terrorisation, formally submitting a slightly
truncated version on 12 March 1975.
The ban persisted until 1999. An official BBFC comment from their website just before the granting of the cinema certificate in 1999 read:
Most questions about THE TEXAS CHAINSAW
MASSACRE (and sequels) assume that the problem is one of violence or horror. In fact the reason that the film was refused certification was the result of the perceived degree of terrorisation of women and threat to defenceless women. The Board has for
many years operated a very strict policy with regard to sexual violence, based on the incidence of this sort of behaviour in real life and the fact that a great deal of research does indicate that this is the one area where media representations do seem
to have quite direct effects on attitudes and behaviour. The film was rejected by the Board on film and is most unlikely to be classified on video, where the law demands a stricter test, under amendments to the Video Recording Act 1984 contained in the
Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is a 1986 US horror by Tobe Hooper. With Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams and Jim Siedow.
Unofficially banned by the BBFC from 1986 to 2001. Then released 18 uncut.
Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. The film was also banned for a time in Canada, Australia and Sweden.
Summary Review: Dennis Hopper, a joy to watch
Dennis Hopper plays a Texas Ranger, Lefty, who's
bent on revenge and wants compensation in blood for the murder of his brother's children (from the original movie). The results all lead up to a terribly disturbing and disgusting slasher flick that you won't forget (even if you want to).
What really makes the movie work is Dennis Hopper. He is usually a joy to watch in any movie, and this one is no exception.
The sequel is much more disgusting and violent than the original, but isn't
really as shocking. Still, it is a pretty enjoyable flick if you're in the right mood and take it for what it is.
Versions
uncut
run:
100:14s
pal:
96:13s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18
uncut for:
The film was submitted to the MPAA in 1986 who suggested that it would be X rated. The distributors didn't accept an X rating and didn't want to cut it for an R, so opted for an MPAA Unrated release. They made a play on this for the promotional
material. with repeated warnings that under 17s would be banned.
From IMDb. A US special edition includes some footage originally shot for the movie but not included in the theatrical version. This rough footage has dialogue but no music or sound
effects and the video quality is atrocious. The scenes include:
Lefty Enright (Dennis Hopper) strapping two chainsaws to himself with leather belts just outside the Sawyer family's hideout. He then sees the family's truck arriving and entering the underground cave.
A group of rioting football fans smash
some cars in an underground parking lot. The chainsaw family arrives and proceeds to make mincemeat of all of them. Highlights include Leatherface slicing a guy's head in half and cutting off the hand of another (the severed hand then falls to the
ground and gives Leatherface the finger!)
A guy (Joe Bob Briggs) descending a staircase to the garage together with two women and talking about splatter movie special effects. After he opens a door, Leatherface barges in and slaughters him
(off-screen).
An alternate take of the scene where Stretch is hiding in the meat room and Leatherface comes in to butcher L.G. and remove his face.
banned
unofficially banned
UK: The film was unavailable in the UK for 15 years from 1986 - 2001, due to BBFC censorship.
The film was submitted to the BBFC by Cannon and the result was 22 minutes of required cuts. The cuts were
to the opening sequence with Leatherface and the woman with the chainsaw between her legs. Other cuts to gore were also required. The distributors weren't interested and the submission was dropped without formal publication. The unviable amount of cuts
offered has generally been considered as an unofficial BBFC ban.
Thanks to Scott who explained further:
I've been researching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II's history with the BBFC. I've found in a book called The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Companion , by Stefan Jaworzyn. Here's what I've learnt from the book:
The film was
submitted to the BBFC by Columbia-Cannon-Warner (CCW) in 1986. The Board viewed the uncut film three times. Even after the third viewing, on October 23rd 1986, they still couldn't decide whether to cut heavily or outright Reject.
The distributors then submitted a pre-cut version, known as the
"Northern European Cannon Cut" . The technical manager of CCW, Steve Southgate, wrote to the BBFC on October 29th to detail some of the cuts to this version:
"The opening scene with the boys in a car, when they are attacked, now only consists of one shot of an open head wound."
"Scene in radio station where L.G. is being hit on his head with a
hammer now has been reduced to only three blows. (The scene with the girl sitting with her legs astride with Leather Face in front of her with chainsaw remains the same.)"
"The scene with Dennis Hopper going into the
underground cabin for the first time, where he discovers blood and entrails coming out of a wall has been shortened."
"The complete scene where Leather Face uses an electric knife on L.G. removing flesh from legs,
chest and face has been removed, and also Leather Face placing skin mask on girl's face has been removed."
The scene where Leather Face has chainsaw put through his chest has been shortened to establishing shot only. The
scene with Chop-Top cutting his throat has been shortened. The scene with Chop-Top slashing girls back with cutthroat razor has been reduced.
Despite the heavy pre-cuts, this still failed to get through.
By May 21st 1987, numerous cut versions had been attempted, and all had failed, yet the BBFC felt it was worth cutting further. At this point, the
distributors gave up.
banned
Australia
Sweden
Australia: The film was banned by the film censor for 20 years.
Canada: The film was originally banned in
Ontario but was unbanned after the distributors cut 10 minutes of gore.
Sweden: The film was banned for its first release,
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation is a 1994 USA comedy horror thriller by Kim Henkel. Starring Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey and Robert Jacks.
Not cut by film censors but exists in 2 versions. A Theatrical Version and an Extended Version/Director's Cut
Summary Notes
This is the twisted tale of Vilmer and his crazy family
which includes the lovely Leatherface. They have pastime of killing and stuffing people. Unfortunately, Jenny and her friends run into Vilmer and his clan in the middle of the night in the middle of the woods.
Extended Version/Director's Cut
Extended Version
run:
93m
pal:
89m
US: The Extended Version/Director's Cut is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2018 Shout! Factory Collector's Edition [Standard + Extended Versions] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
Canada: The Extended Version/Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
2001 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
1999 Columbia/TriStar VHS
US: The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2018 Shout! Factory Collector's Edition [Standard + Extended Versions] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
Although it has not been cut by the BBFC, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4 is the short standard version which removed the pointless alien subplot and the subplot of Jenny's abusive mother; all these cuts apply to dialogue scenes, there were no cuts to the
violence. This version is about 5:31s shorted than the Extended Version. See pictorial version details from
movie-censorship.com
The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 USA horror by Marcus Nispel. Starring Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker and Andrew Bryniarski.
Cut for an MPAA R rating. The resulting version is now the international standard version.
Summary Notes
Driving through the backwoods of Texas, five youths pick up a traumatized
hitchhiker, who shoots herself in their van. Shaken by the suicide, the group seeks help from the locals, but their situation becomes even more surreal when they knock on the door of a remote homestead. It's quickly apparent the residents are a family of
inbred psychopaths, and the unlucky youths suddenly find themselves running for their lives. In hot pursuit is a disfigured, chainsaw-wielding cannibal known as Leatherface.
The UK Blu-ray was described as the Director's Cut in marketing material but there seems nothing to back up the claim, and it looks likely to be the standard version.
The hitchhiker death scene was also cut severely. The original scene has her ear flying off of her head and blood and brain matter being more dark in color and more in amount flying out of her head.
the more graphic shots of Morgan's death
were cut. The original version of the scene featured the shot of the chainsaw slicing into his crotch and then having intestines and blood falling out of him. The cut version cuts away when the chainsaw is about to cut him and totally cuts out the
intestines falling from his body.
This cut R Rated Version has been used for all known releases and is the best available. The cut scenes have been released as disk extras.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 US horror by Jonathan Liebesman. With Jordana Brewster, Matt Bomer and Diora Baird.
Cut in the US for an R rated theatrical release. There is an uncut Unrated version and both versions are found on home video. No BBFC cuts.
Summary Review: Highly Worthy
On one last
road trip before they're sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends get into an accident that calls their local sheriff to the scene. Thus begins a terrifying experience where the teens are taken to a secluded house of horrors, where a
young, would-be killer is being nurtured.
Appropriately gory and no-holds barred, Jonathan Liebesman creates a tight, slick and sadistic thriller in the eyes of Chrissie as she endlessly attempts to rescue her friends from a
demented madman's clutches. This is a highly worthy and satisfying entry in the horror series that will make an indelible mark on your imagination.
Versions
Unrated Version
Unrated
92:08s
UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence for:
A bit more blood when Sloane (Leatherface's mom) is in labor with Leatherface.
Two more violent shots of Leatherface smashing his boss's legs with the hammer.
A whole new scene where nine bikers, including Holden and Alex smash up
the car of the teens, also causing Eric's mirror to break which explains his line ''God Damn it, broke my mirror!''
Some extra dialog when Sheriff Winston and Hoyt (not the sheriff yet.) Where Sheriff Winston tells Hoyt how one of his friend
told him how to finger a horse.
At the first dinner table scene, Hoyt talks more about the people in the town leaving and we see Leatherface starting to eat.
There's a very short conversation with Holden and Alex into Luda Mea's store
after Bailey asks where the bathroom is.
Hoyt pulls the piece of glass out of Bailey's stomach after the car crash and he licks the blood off of the glass and Bailey swears at him
There is some more dialog in Sheriff Hoyt's car with
Eric, Bailey and Dean in it.
When Bailey is tied under the table, Leatherface walks into the room and she starts screaming as he stares at her.
Before letting Dean do the push ups, Hoyt yells some more at Dean and now, Dean has to do
twenty push ups instead of ten.
There is more dialog chat between Luda Mea and the Tea Lady
Eric's torture scene is a bit longer, it includes some more shots of him getting tortured and an shot from his arm skin getting peeled off.
The scene where Chrissie first enters the house is extended a bit, when Luda Mea drops the jar, she cleans up the mess and she throws it into the trash can.
Holden's death is more graphic, it includes an extra shot of him getting cut in
half.
Eric's death has more graphic shots including a piece of flesh flying out of his body and the chainsaw coming REALLY close to Chrissie under the table.
The scene where Monty's legs are cut off is extended, there is an extra shot
of his legs falling to the ground.
During Bailey's death scene, there's an extra shot of Hoyt smiling at Leatherface, before he slits her throat. And there's and extra graphic shot of Bailey's slit throat.
In the slaughterhouse, When
Leatherface looks for Chrissie in the blood pools, we see an extra POV shot of Leatherface looking into a blood pool, without Chrissie in it, and lots of rotten flesh floating around.
During Dean's death scene, there's an extra graphic shot
above Dean when Leatherface is still running the chainsaw for five more seconds.
Chrissie's death scene includes two extra shots, one is the chainsaw cutting up her belly button, and the second shot is him pulling the chainsaw out of her.
cut
MPAA
87:01s
UK: The cut theatrical version was passed
18 without BBFC cuts for strong bloody violence for:
2007 EIV video
2006 cinema release
US: The cut theatrical version is MPAA R rated fro:
Texas Chainsaw is a 2013 USA horror thriller by John Luessenhop. With
Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Scott Eastwood.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. Cuts restored for an Unrated version but so far this only available on digital download and in France.
Summary Notes
After picking up a
traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
Versions
uncut
run:
92m
pal:
88m
France
France: The Unrated Version/Version Integrale is uncut for:
2013 Metropolitan [3D + 2D] Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at France Amazon released on 4th December
2013 Metropolitan R2 DVD Combo
at France Amazon released on 4th December
The disks include the original English soundtrack.
Thanks to Andrew. The Unrated Version was premiered as an exclusive release on digital download from 30th April 2013.
It initially had an NC-17 rating so we recut the movie and it got an R rating. There are certainly some gory elements but I also think there is quite some
suspense in the movie. I think in America it's very easy to get an R rating for violence and blood scenes. There are plenty of those but there are also moments where it is just scary with a suspense build up so I hope some of those scenes are going to
stand out, not just the gory scenes.
Having seen the unrated version, which clocks in at 92 minutes (incidentally, the same runtime as the theatrical cut), I
can tell you that the differences are minimal. We're talking a few frames cut from a couple of the movie's kill scenes, especially the final meat grinder kill. Yep. No biggie here.
cut
cut:
run:
91:47s
pal:
88:07s
UK: The cut Theatrical Version was
passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and gory images for:
See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The cuts are
typically MPAA with very short edits to slightly tone down the violence whilst leaving the essence of the scenes more or less intact. There were cuts to tone down the gore in the following scenes:
Kenny suffering from cuts from Leather Face's chainsaw
Leather faces attack and skinning of the policeman Marvin
Hartman having hands cut off before being dragged in grinder
Texasville is a 1990 US romance by Peter Bogdanovich Starring Jeff Bridges, Cybill
Shepherd and Timothy Bottoms
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut.
Summary Notes
The summer of 1984: 32 years after Duane Jackson captained the high school football team and Jacy Farrow
was homecoming queen, the small town of Anarene, Texas prepares for its centennial celebration. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wi...
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
150:07s
pal:
144:07s
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA R rated for:
2023 The Criterion Collection [Last Picture Show + Texasville] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo
at US Amazon #ad
2023 The Criterion Collection [Last Picture Show + Texasville] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
Theatrical Version
run:
125:16s
pal:
120:15s
UK: The Theatrical Version is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong language and moderate sex references:
2004 MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) DVD (rated 08/11/2004)
UK: The Theatrical Version is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for:
1991 Guild Home VHS (rated 03/04/1991)
1990 Guild Film cinema release (rated 08/10/1990)
US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated for:
2023 The Criterion Collection [Last Picture Show + Texasville] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo
at US Amazon #ad r
2023 The Criterion Collection [Last Picture Show + Texasville] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
UK: The cut cinema version was released on pre-cert video for:
