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 v          WCW Superbrawl III - 1993 release US wrestling event by Craig Leathers


 X   WCW Superbrawl III

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WCW Superbrawl III is a 1993 release US wrestling event by Craig Leathers
Starring Steve Austin, Marcus Bagwell and Wendy Barlow IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for a PG rated VHS release in 1993

Versions

BBFC cut
category cuts
cut: 30s
run: 121:40s
pal: 116:48s
PG certUK: Passed PG after 30s of BBFC category cuts
 v          WCW Uncensored - 1999 USA wrestling event by Craig Leathers.


 X   WCW Uncensored

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  • WCW Uncensored
  • Uncensored
WCW Uncensored is a 1999 USA wrestling event by Craig Leathers.
Starring Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan and Booker Huffman. IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for a 15 rated 1999 VHS release.

Versions

BBFC cut
category cuts
17s

15 162:08s

submitted
162:25s
UK: Passed 15 after 17s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1999 Warner Home VHS
Thanks to the BBFC, the distributors are now in breach of trading standards by lying on the video cover.

The BBFC cuts are reported as being applied to the scene where Hogan pulls down some barbed wire and scrapes it repeatedly cross the face of Flair and pulls off his belt. He then calls to the crowd and whips and hammers a bloodied Flair.

 v          We - 2018 Netherlands / Belgium drama by Rene Eller.


 X   We

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We is a 2018 Netherlands / Belgium drama by Rene Eller.
Starring Aimé Claeys, Tijmen Govaerts and Pauline Casteleyn. IMDb

Uncut and 18 rated in the UK. Released Uncut and MPAA Unrated on US DVD and Blu-ray but streaming versions have been cut by 2 minutes.

See Hardcore 18s: We

Summary Notes

During a scorching summer in a Belgian-Dutch border village, eight teenagers play games of discovery to break the listless monotony. They challenge each other and themselves and pretty soon, their sexual curiosity starts to blur the lines between right and wrong. As innocence is crushed in depraved games and sexual exploitation, the teenagers soon turn into ruthless predators.

 v          We Are Monster - 2014 UK drama by Antony Petrou.


 X   We Are Monster

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We Are Monster is a 2014 UK drama by Antony Petrou.
Starring Leeshon Alexander, Aymen Hamdouchi and Gethin Anthony. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for a 15 rated cinema release.
Summary Notes

On 8th February 2000 at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, Robert Stewart, a known violent racist was placed in a cell with Zahid Mubarek, eventually leading to Mubarek's murder 6 weeks later.

Versions

BBFC cut
advised category cuts
15 88:35s UK: Passed 15 for very strong and racist language, strong violence after BBFC advised pre-cuts for:
  • 2015 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
  • This film was originally seen for advice. The company was advised the film was likely to be classified 18 but that their preferred 15 could be achieved by reducing the number of uses of very strong language. When the film was submitted for formal classification, the number of uses of very strong language had been reduced and it was classified 15.

The BBFC further commented in its 2015 Annual Report:

When originally shown to the BBFC for advice, the film contained fourteen uses of very strong language, some of which were aggravated by aggression or violence. The BBFC's Guidelines at 15 state Very strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency within the work as a whole and any special contextual justification'. This means that it is unusual to permit more than a handful of uses of very strong language in a submission of normal feature length at 15.

In order to achieve its preferred 15 rating, the BBFC advised the distributor to reduce the number of uses of very strong language, in particular addressing the more aggravated uses.

When the film was submitted for formal classification, the number of uses were approximately halved and the uses accompanied by violence or other aggravating factors, including one use directed towards a child, were no longer present. The remaining uses, which are mainly self-directed within the central character's head, were acceptable at 15 in this particular context.

 v          We Joined the Navy - 1962 UK comedy romance by Wendy Toye.


 X   We Joined the Navy

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  • We Are in the Navy Now
We Joined the Navy is a 1962 UK comedy romance by Wendy Toye.
Starring Kenneth More, Lloyd Nolan and Joan O'Brien. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for a 1962 U rated cinema release. These cuts seem to have persisted to all releases since.
Promotional Material

British film icon Kenneth More - at the height of his fame - plays an unlucky Dartmouth Naval College cadet leader who sails out to further misfortune when he joins the US fleet in the Mediterranean.

Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, "the Artful Bodger" has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away...

Versions

best available
category cuts
cut:
run: 105:24s
pal: 101:11s
sub: 109:05s
PG

PG 1980

U pre 1970

UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG uncut for mild bad language, sex references, violence:
  • 2022 Studio Canal video
UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG uncut for mild bad language, mild suggestiveness: UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG uncut:
  • 1990 Warner Home Video Ltd VHS
UK: Passed U after BBFC category cuts:
  • 1962 cinema release
 v          Web of Seduction - 1999 USA mystery thriller by Blain Brown.


 X   Web of Seduction

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  • Netz der Verführung
Web of Seduction is a 1999 USA mystery thriller by Blain Brown.
Starring Lauren Hays, Eric Acsell and Tracy Ryan. IMDb
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating but also released uncut and MPAA Unrated. The Unrated version was distributed worldwide

Summary Notes

In this erotic tale of suspense, seduction, and murder, a cleaning woman finds herself working for two wives who are wealthy, idle, and ignored by their husbands. The maid persuades the two woman to kill each other's spouses and live happily ever after off the proceeds of their hubbies' valuable art collections. However, the plan does not go as expected, and the conspirators find that their own lives are in danger.

Unrated Version

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 94:00s
pal: 90:14s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut:
  • 2003 Medusa VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

R Rated Version

mpaa cut
cut
cut:
run: 90m
pal: 86m
MPAA RUS: Cut for a n MPAA R rating
 v          Web of the Spider - 1971 Italy / France / West Germany horror by Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony M Dawson).


 X   Web of the Spider

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  • Dracula in the Castle of Blood
  • Nella stretta morsa del ragno
Web of the Spider is a 1971 Italy / France / West Germany horror by Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony M Dawson).
Starring Anthony Franciosa, Michèle Mercier and Klaus Kinski. IMDb
Exists as an uncut Italian Version and a shortened US Version.
Summary Notes

The journalist Alan Foster makes a bet than he can spend one night at the haunted Blackwood Castle. As he learns, the rumors of ghosts at the castle are indeed true. On All Soul's Eve the ghosts of the castle search for blood to tide them over for another year. In the castle Foster meet and fall in love with Elizabeth Blackwood.

Versions

uncut
uncut
Italian Version
run: 110:45s
pal: 106:19s
MPAA UnratedUS: The uncut Italian Version is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2017 Garagehouse Pictures [US Version + Italian Version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
cut
shortened US Version
run: 93:18s
pal: 89:34s
MPAA UnratedUS: The shortened US Version is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2017 Garagehouse Pictures [US Version + Italian Version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon

See Pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The US Blu-ray only lacks plot, probably cut for pace reasons. Not necessarily the worse version.

 v          Wedding Crashers


 X   Wedding Crashers

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Wedding Crashers

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
Unrated

121:45s 2005 US comedy by David Dobkin

The BBFC passed the US Unrated/Uncorked/Extended Version without BBFC cuts for a 15

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Three shots of naked ladies added for the Unrated version but most of the additional material is uncontentious padding.

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

BBFC uncut

MPAA
cut

15 cert

MPAA
R Rated

114:07s The BBFC passed the US R Rated Version without BBFC cuts for a 15
 v   The Wedding Planner - 2001 comedy romance by Adam Shankman


 X   The Wedding Planner

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  • Experta en bodas
The Wedding Planner is a 2001 comedy romance by Adam Shankman
Starring Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey and Bridgette Wilson-Sampras Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for PG rated cinema release in 2001. Follow up PG rated video releases are also cut. Later the film was passed 12 uncut for 2023 video.

Summary Notes

Mary Fiore is San Francisco's most successful supplier of romance and glamor. She knows all the tricks. She knows all the rules. But then she breaks the most important rule of all: she falls in love with the groom.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 103:31s
pal: 99:23s
12

MPAA PG-13

UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated with a trigger warning for infrequent strong language, discriminatory language:
  • 2023 Icon Film VoD (rated 03/07/2023)
US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
BBFC cut
cut:
run: 103:20s
pal: 99:12s
BBFC PG 1982UK: BBFC PG rated for mild language and sexual references for mild language and sexual references after BBFC cuts:
  • 2001 Pathe DVD (rated 24/08/2001)
  • 2001 Pathe cinema release (rated 06/03/2001)

The BBFC commented:

Company chose to cut sexual expletive from dialogue to achieve a 'PG'. A '12' was available to the distributor.

In fact, the word 'fuck' was overdubbed

 v   The Wedding Singer


 X   The Wedding Singer

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The Wedding Singer

Versions

uncut
uncut
12 cert95:59s 1998 US comedy by Frank Coraci

The Extended Version was passed 12 without cuts for the 2005 EIV DVD

There is an uncontentious additional dialogue scene in the Extended Version where Robbie talks to Rosie about penis size.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut12 cert92:41s The Theatrical Version was passed 12 without cuts for the 1998 cinema release and 1998 EIV video/DVD
            Weekend - 2011 UK gay romance by Andrew Haigh.  See Banned International: Weekend
 v          Weekender - 1992 UK music film by WIZ


 X   Weekender

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Weekender is a 1992 UK music film by WIZ

The film was controversial in 1992 and was banned from TV showing by the BBC and ITV. The film was uncut and BBFC 18 rated in 1992. Now uncut and 15 rated for 2023 Blu-ray.

 v       A Weekend At Daves


 X   A Weekend At Daves

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A Weekend At Daves

Versions

3:34s 1853:14s by Liam Galvin (Gangster Videos)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts required to a scene of indecent exposure (a woman exposing her breasts in public)

 v          Weekend at Bernie's


 X   Weekend at Bernie's

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Weekend at Bernie's

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert94;26s

1989 US comedy by Ted Kotcheff.
With Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman and Catherine Mary Stewart. IMDb

Passed 15 uncut for:

  • 2010 Network RB Blu-ray
  • 2006 Network R2 DVD
  • 2000 VCI R2 DVD
  • 1998 VCI VHS
  • 1990 MGM/UA VHS
BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut

12 cert94:26s A precut version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2006 Sound & Media R2 DVD
  • 2001 Cinema Club R2 DVD
  • 1991 Sky TV
  • 1989 cinema release

This version was overdubbed to delete the strong language

 v          Weird Science - 1985 USA comedy Sci-Fi romance by John Hughes.


 X   Weird Science

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  • Ciencia loca
Weird Science is a 1985 USA comedy Sci-Fi romance by John Hughes.
Starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith and Kelly LeBrock. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Exists as a Theatrical Version, an Extended Version and a cut TV version

Summary Notes

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men. On their road to becoming accepted, they encounter many hilarious obstacles, which gives the movie an overall sense of silliness.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 93:20s
pal: 89:36s
12

15

MPAA PG-13

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate language, sex references and nudity:
  • 2023 Arrow Video Limited Edition [Theatrical + Extended + TV Versions] R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2023 Arrow Video Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2003 Universal Pictures (UK) video
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut:
  • 1986 CIC VHS
  • 1985 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
  • 2019 Arrow Special Edition [Theatrical + Extended + TV Versions] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2019 Arrow Amazon Prime VoD [US only] at US Amazon
BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 97m
pal: 93m
MPAA UnratedUS: The Extended Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated

From IMDb. Extra footage was added to the syndicated television version:

  • A bunch of guys wearing Devo helmets try to get into Gary and Wyatt's party.
  • Extra scene at the very beginning where Gary and Wyatt are in the kitchen cooking.

Note that the TV Version then censored out a scene. The Extended Version is the additional TV footage but it retains the scene censored for TV

TV
cut:
run: 95m
pal: 91m
MPAA UnratedUK: Passed 15 uncut:
  • 1985 cinema release

From IMDb. The TV version adds the 2 scenes forming the Extended Version but then censors out

  • The sequence where biker leader asks Gary if he has 'tossed off to any good books recently'.
  • After the leader of the mutant bikers announces to everyone that "they couldn't even take a shower with a beautiful woman without wearing their jeans" they realized that the mutant bikers were another of Lisa's creations and wouldn't harm them. With the original scene they have an opportunity to show off for their friends. With that scene cut they suddenly develop courage on their own.
 v          Welcome the Stranger - 2017 USA mystery drama by Justin Kelly.


 X   Welcome the Stranger

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Welcome the Stranger is a 2017 USA mystery drama by Justin Kelly.
Starring Riley Keough, Abbey Lee and Caleb Landry Jones. IMDb

Rated R for sexuality including an intense sexual/violent image, nudity, and for language throughout. However The film was rated a week previously as R for disturbing sexuality/violence, nudity, and for language throughout. presumably the film was resubmitted in a different edit.
Summary Notes

Alice arrives unannounced at her estranged brother Ethan's house in an attempt to reconcile, but bizarre visions, the return of his strange girlfriend and Alice's paranoia and suspicion force the siblings to cling onto reality amidst mysterious circumstances.

 v          Welcome to New York - 2014 USA drama by Abel Ferrara.


 X   Welcome to New York

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Welcome to New York is a 2014 USA drama by Abel Ferrara.
Starring Jacqueline Bisset, Gérard Depardieu and Paul Calderon. YouTube icon IMDb

Releases are uncut except in the US where the film has been cut for an MPAA R rating and noted as the Producer's Cut or US Version.
Summary Notes

A retelling of the downfall of former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations. A man driven by a frenzied and unbridled sexual hunger. A man who dreamed of saving the world and who cannot save himself. A terrified man. A lost man.

Versions

uncut
uncut
Original Version
18 125:25s
UK: The Original Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex, scenes of sexual assault for:
  • 2014 Spirit Entertainment [Uncut Version + Alternative Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2014 Spirit Entertainment [Uncut Version only] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2014 cinema release

The BBFC commented in the Annual Report covering 2014:

Contains two scenes of sexual assault with a level of detail which contributed to the film's 18 classification. However, the BBFC did not require cuts because the scenes did not in any way condone or encourage sexual violence, nor suggest that the victims welcome or enjoy the attacks. There is also strong contextual justification for the scenes' inclusion as they form the basis of the legal case against the main character.

mpaa cut
cut
Producer's Cut
18

MPAA R
MPAA

109:39s UK: The Producers Cut/US Version was passed 18 for strong sex, scenes of sexual assault for:
  • 2014 Spirit Entertainment [Uncut Version + Alternative Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: Cut and MPAA R rated for strong sexuality, graphic nudity, a rape and language.

See article from hollywoodreporter.com :

Director Abel Ferrara is bristling at a letter he says he received from IFC senior vp Arianna Bocco telling the filmmaker to deliver an R-rated version of Welcome. The film, which screened in Cannes in May, is currently beyond the R-rated threshold.

 v          Welcome to the Jungle - 2003 USA action comedy adventure by Peter Berg.


 X   Welcome to the Jungle

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  • Rundown
Welcome to the Jungle is a 2003 USA action comedy adventure by Peter Berg.
Starring Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott and Christopher Walken. Youtube link IMDb
A cut version was passed 12A for 2004 UK cinema release. Uncut for BBFC 15 rated home videos. Uncut in the US and MPAA PG-13 rated.
Summary Notes

The Rock as a bounty hunter who attempts to square a debt by heading to the Amazon jungle to capture someone. The bounty hunter discovers that his quarry isn't the bad guy he'd been warned about, and the two team up in pursuit of riches stored in a mine in the Amazon.

Cutting Edge

The Rundown
Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge Episode 26:
Rundown/Welcome to the Jungle

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA PG-13

99:55s UK: The International Version/Director's Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for strong action violence:
  • 2005 Sony R2 DVD titled Welcome to the Jungle at UK Amazon
  • 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD titled Welcome to the Jungle

UK: The International Version/The Director's Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for moderate action violence:

  • 2004 cinema release titled The Rundown (not released in favour of 12A version)
US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
cut
pre-cut
1:31s
No Cert

12A cert

102:34s
=98:28s
UK: A pre-cut version was released without a BBFC database entry for:
  • 2008 Optimum RB Blu-ray titled Welcome to the Jungle

UK: A pre-cut version was passed 12A for moderate action violence without further BBFC cuts for:

  • 2004 cinema release titled Welcome to the Jungle

Maybe the cut version is the version cut for a 12 rating in Germany

 v          We're the Millers - 2013 USA crime comedy by Rawson Marshall Thurber.


 X   We're the Millers

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We're the Millers is a 2013 USA crime comedy by Rawson Marshall Thurber.
With Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston and Emma Roberts. YouTube icon IMDb

Both Theatrical and Extended Edition ware given an MPAA R rating with the same descriptor: Rated R For crude sexual content, pervasive language, drug material and brief graphic nudity. Similarly both versions were passed 15 uncut for strong language and references to sex and drugs.
Summary Notes

A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.

Versions

uncut
Extended Version
15 cert

MPAA
R rated

113:52s UK: The Extended Edition was passed 15 uncut for strong language and references to sex and drugs for: US: The Extended Edition is MPAA R rated for crude sexual content, pervasive language, drug material and brief graphic nudity for:
  • 2013 New Line Home Video [Extended + Theatrical] RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
  • 2013 New Line Home Video [Extended + Theatrical] R1 DVD at US Amazon

See article from movie-censorship.com : An additional 8:41s includes extra material with sleazy jokes and strong language. Worth having.

uncut
Theatrical Version
15 cert

MPAA
R rated

105:20s UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language and references to sex and drugs for:
  • 2013 Warner Video
US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated for crude sexual content, pervasive language, drug material and brief graphic nudity for:
  • 2013 New Line Home Video [Extended + Theatrical] RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
  • 2013 New Line Home Video [Extended + Theatrical] R1 DVD at US Amazon
 v   The Werewolf and the Yeti - 1975 Spanish horror by Miguel Iglesias.


 X   The Werewolf and the Yeti

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  • Werewolf
  • Night of the Howling Beast
  • La Maldicion de la Bestia
  • Hall of the Mountain King
  • Horror of the Werewolf
The Werewolf and the Yeti is a 1975 Spanish horror by Miguel Iglesias.
With Paul Naschy, Mercedes Molina and Silvia Solar. YouTube icon IMDb
Banned as a video nasty in 1984. Not released in the UK since. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Monster Movie
A team of scientists travel to Tibet to track down the Yeti. Among the group is Waldemar (Naschy) who falls in with some vampire handmaidens and somehow gets turned into a werewolf.

The film turns out to be a low budget monster movie with just a couple of decent performances keeping it from total inanity. There's hardly any horror, and there's a few hints that maybe it was once intended to be a sexy horror...but isn't. The evil Tibetan chieftain and his wicked witch are better than the 'monsters'.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
82:03s US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

Online :

banned
banned
Video Nasty 83:43s UK: Released uncut on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Canon VHS titled The Werewolf and the Yeti

Released on video by Canon in October 1982. Added to the video nasty list in August 1984 and remained listed throughout the panic, so becoming one of the collectable DPP39s

 v          Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory - 1961 Italy / Austria horror mystery by Paolo Heusch (as Richard Benson).


 X   Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory

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  • I Married a Werewolf
  • Lycanthropus
  • Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory is a 1961 Italy / Austria horror mystery by Paolo Heusch (as Richard Benson).
Starring Barbara Lass, Carl Schell and Curt Lowens. IMDb
The US Version has shortened opening credits. This version was cut by the BBFC for 1964 cinema release but was later passed 15 uncut for 2005 DVD. The full length Italian Version was released uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US in 2019.

Summary Notes

The new science teacher Dr. Julian Olcott with a mysterious past arrives in an institutional boarding school for troublemaker girls. Along the night, the intern Mary Smith, who is blackmailing another teacher - Sir Alfred Whiteman - with some love letters, is slaughtered by a werewolf. The detective in charge of the investigation attributes the crime to a wolf, while her mate Priscilla believes she was killed by Sir Alfred. On the next days, other deaths happen in the school, reducing the list of suspects.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
MPAA UnratedUS: The Italian Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC uncut

cut
shortened
run: 82:41s
pal: 79:23s
15 1980UK: The US Version was passed 15 for moderate violence and horror without BBFC cuts:
  • 2005 Orbit/Quantum Leap [Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory + Blood Creature] R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The opening credits were shortened for the US version, and rights for the music seem to be an issue.

See article from movie-censorship.com . The US version was slightly shortened with only 2 of the cuts being of any consequence:

  • Mary's body being thrown into a river
  • A shot of a girl in a dormitory was cut as it showed a flash of the girl's breasts
BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub: 83:14s
X pre 1970UK: The US Version was passed X (16) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1964 cinema release titled I Married a Werewolf
 v          Werewolf Of Washington - 1973 US comedy horror by Milton Moses Ginsberg


 X   Werewolf Of Washington

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  • The Werewolf of Washington
Werewolf Of Washington is a 1973 US comedy horror by Milton Moses Ginsberg
Starring Dean Stockwell, Katalin Kallay and Henry Ferrentino BBFC link 2020 IMDb
The Theatrical version was passed AA uncut for 1976 cinema release and 15 uncut for 1993 VHS. There is also a shorter Director's produced in 2021. The US Elvira's Mausoleum has a prefixed introduction by Elvira.

Summary Notes

A reporter who has had an affair with the daughter of the U.S. President is sent to Hungary. There he is bitten by a werewolf, and then gets transferred back to Washington, where he gets a job as press assistant to the President. Then bodies start turning up in D.C. . . .

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
run: 71m
pal: 68m
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 88m
pal: 85m
15 1980

AA 1970

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut:
  • 1993 Vipco Ltd(2) VHS
UK: 3D Theatrical Version passed AA (14) uncut:
  • 1976 cinema release
 v          Werewolf Shadow


 X   Werewolf Shadow

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Werewolf Shadow

Versions

34s 1882:47s 1986 release by Leon Klinovsky
 v          Werewolf: The Beast Among Us - 2012 US horror thriller by Louis Morneau.


 X   Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

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  • Wolfman 2
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us is a 2012 US horror thriller by Louis Morneau.
With Steven Bauer, Nia Peeples and Stephen Rea. YouTube icon IMDb
Widely distributed in an uncut Unrated version but there also exists a US cut R rated version.
Summary Notes

Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.

Versions

uncut
Unrated Version
18

MPAA
Unrated

89:30s UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for strong gory images and injury detail for:

US: MPAA Unrated for:

  • 2012 Universal [R Rated + Unrated] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 9th October 2012
  • 2012 Universal [R Rated + Unrated] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 9th October 2012
mpaa cut
27s
MPAA R US: See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . 2 gory scenes totalling 27s have been cut from the R rated version. They are not important in terms of plot. The missing scenes are:
  • There is a longer tracking shot showing the bloody victims after a a nighttime attack on the village Dravicu.
  • There is a longer scene showing Daniel disemboweling bodies at a morgue so at to gather bait for werewolf hunting
 v          Werewolf Woman - 1976 Italy horror by Rino Di Silvestro (as RD Silver).


 X   Werewolf Woman

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  • Naked Werewolf Woman
  • La Lupa Mannara
  • La louve sanguinaire
  • Daughter of a Werewolf
Werewolf Woman is a 1976 Italy horror by Rino Di Silvestro (as RD Silver).
Starring Annik Borel, Howard Ross and Dagmar Lassander. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS. Uncut in Europe and the US
Summary Notes

From notorious Italian exploitation filmmaker Rino Di Silvestro (Deported Women of the SS Special Section) comes Werewolf Woman, a psychological, psychosexual, pseudo-shapeshiter shocker and a favorite of director Quentin Tarantino. In it, a mentally unstable young woman named Daniela (Annik Borel) fantasizes that she is the reincarnation of her long-dead ancestor, a woman who was thought to have been a werewolf. Dealing with her lifetime of sexual abuse, she seduces men before transgressing into a feral monster, screaming, cursing and ripping them to shreds. When she meets the man of her dreams, Daniela seems ready to forgive her past and bury the beast within until another traumatic encounter seals both her own fate and the collective fates of the Werewolf Woman's wild wrath. A strange, erotic, outrageously sleazy and provocative Eurohorror classic about a woman pushed well-past the edge of sanity, Werewolf Woman is finally presented here with the respect it deserves, in beautifully realized, remastered high-definition. Watch it with someone you trust.

Selected by Quentin Tarantino for the First Quentin Tarantino Film Fest in Austin, Texas, 1996. He loved it so much that all subsequent Quentin Tarantino Film Fests had a surprise movie added to the end of each all-nighter known as the Wolf Woman selection, defined as an outrageous exploitation film sure to wake the audience up.

This wildly exploitive Italian gem features a luscious blonde lead experiencing lycanthropic spasms flagrante delicto, making a bloody mess of the men she naturally attracts until she finds true love in the arms of a gentle beefcake stuntman. Sleazy fun; even the bland expository scenes offer some hilariously inane dialogue.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R rated
~94:03s US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

Italy: Released uncut for:

  • It Raro R0 DVD as La Lupa Mannara

France: Released uncut for:

  • Fr 2004 Neo R2 DVD as La louve sanguinaire
cut
cut
MPAA
Unrated
~98:00s
=94:00s
US: Pre-cut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2003 Shriek Show R1 DVD as Werewolf Woman

The transfer was zoomed in for widescreen and it lost some of the sexy action.

BBFC cut
42s

cut
pre-cut

1889:00s UK: A pre-cut version was passed 18 after a further 40s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1986 Sheptonhurst VHS as Naked Werewolf Woman

From IMDb:

  • Released with heavy pre-cuts to the rape scene and 42s of additional BBFC cuts to remove shots of a naked woman's stitched body on a mortician's slab.
cut
print damage
pre-cert VHS 87:50s UK: An uncensored version shortened by 5 minutes through print damage was released on pre-cert for:
  • 1983 Cockney Rebels VHS as Werewolf Woman
  • 1981 Cinehollywood VHS as Werewolf Woman

From IMDb:

BBFC cut
cut
pre-cert VHS

X cert

97:33s
=93:39s
UK: The cut cinema version was released pre-cert for:
  • UK Intercity VHS titled Werewolf Woman

UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:

  • 1980 cinema release titled Werewolf Woman
 v          West 11 - 1963 UK crime drama by Michael Winner.


 X   West 11

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West 11 is a 1963 UK crime drama by Michael Winner.
Starring Alfred Lynch, Kathleen Breck and Eric Portman. IMDb

The BBFC required cuts for the X rated 1963 cinema release. There is also evidence of an International Version.
Promotional Material

An early feature from Michael Winner, this brilliantly gritty crime thriller sets its story of alienation and amorality amid the faded grandeur and seedy clubs of early-sixties Notting Hill. Alfred Lynch leads an excellent cast, and the film showcases an outstandingly vulnerable performance from Diana Dors.

Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of middle-class parents and, to use his own description, an emotional leper . He decides that he needs a violent shock to shake him back into life, and as a result accepts a commission to carry out the murder of a total stranger for a man he meets in a coffee bar...

Versions

BBFC cut
cut
1589:21s

cinema submitted
94:45s
=90:58s

UK: Presumably the cut Theatrical Version was passed 15 for sexualised nudity without further BBFC cuts for: UK: Passed X (16) after compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1963 cinema release

The BBFC note that the 2015 DVD release includes 3:49s of alternative scenes for the overseas market

internationalInternational version:

The 2015 UK DVD notes the possibility of an International Version with DVD extras including alternative scenes made for the overseas market

 v          Westworld - 1973 US Sci-Fi by Michael Chricton.


 X   Westworld

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Westworld is a 1973 US Sci-Fi by Michael Chricton.
With Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin and James Brolin. YouTube icon IMDb

BBFC cuts were required for an AA rated cinema release in 1973

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA PG
MPAA

85:04s UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence for:

US: Uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

BBFC cut
cut
AA certificate Submitted:
88:38s =85:05s
UK: Passed AA (14) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1973 cinema release

IMDB notes that: Early prints contain a scene in Medeval world where a guest is tortured on a rack. That scene was deleted from television and video. This probably gives a clue as to what was cut from the UK cinema release

 v          What a Crazy World - 1963 UK musical music film by Michael Carreras.


 X   What a Crazy World

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What a Crazy World is a 1963 UK musical music film by Michael Carreras.
Starring Joe Brown, Susan Maughan and Marty Wilde. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an A (PG) rated 1963 cinema release. Presumably the same version was released since 2014 DVD now rated 12.
Summary Notes

Unemployed East End lad Alf Hitchens has an on-off relationship with his girlfriend Marilyn and a dream of hitting the big time in the music business. Cheerful pop musical with a working-class background which uses a number of genuine London locations.

Versions

BBFC cut
category
cuts
cut: ~1:41s
run: 88:40s
pal: 85:07s
sub: 90:21s

best available
best
available

12

A Cert

UK: Presumably the cut cinema version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for moderate sex references for: UK: Passed after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1963 cinema release
 v          What a Whopper


 X   What a Whopper

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What a Whopper

Versions

BBFC uncutU cert85:53s 1961 UK comedy by Gilbert Gunn with Adam Faith and Sid James. IMDb

An unknown version was passed U without BBFC cuts for:

  • 2011 Renown R2 DVD
BBFC
cut
old cert U Passed U after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1961 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 89:17s = 85:43s

 v          Whatever Happened To Aunt Alice? - 1969 USA crime mystery thriller by Lee H Katzin and Bernard Girard (uncredited).


 X   Whatever Happened To Aunt Alice?

Link Here
  • Whatever Happened To Aunt Alice
  • What Ever Happened To Aunt Alice?
  • What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
  • Matar para vivir
Whatever Happened To Aunt Alice? is a 1969 USA crime mystery thriller by Lee H Katzin and Bernard Girard (uncredited).
Starring Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon and Rosemary Forsyth. IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'AA' rated cinema release in 1970. Home video release are uncut and 15 rated. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

Summary Notes

An aging widow hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to keep buried.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
15

MPAA PG

96:43s

UK: Passed 15 uncut:
  • 2001 Pearson Television International/Fremantle R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1996 T.H.E. VHS
  • 1986 Video Gems VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:
BBFC cut
BBFC category cuts
AA submitted
101:03s
=97:00s
UK: Passed AA (14) after BBFC category cuts:
  • 1970 cinema release titled
 v          What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - 1962 US thriller by Robert Aldrich.


 X   What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Link Here
  • Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 US thriller by Robert Aldrich.
With Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Victor Buono. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1962 cinema release. 18 uncut for 1988 VHS. 12 uncut for 2006 DVD and Blu-ray. Uncut in the US

Versions

uncut
uncut
12 cert

18

MPAA
Unrated

128:10s UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate violence and psychological threat. The previous cuts were restored for:

UK: Passed 18 uncut for

  • 1988 Warner VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC uncut12A cert 131:54s
=126:37s
UK: A short version was passed 12A without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2004 cinema release
BBFC
cut
X cert submitted
133:34s =128:13s
UK: Passed X after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1962 cinema release

See article from bbfc.co.uk :

Two cuts were made by the BBFC:

  • the sight of Jane kicking Blanche reduced to one kick
  • removed Elvira witnessing Blanche tied up in bed and writhing

A third cut was originally requested, deleting a shot of a dead rat being served to Blanche. But this was allowed to remain following a request from Warner Brothers to BBFC Director, John Trevelyan. They felt it was essential to the plot, and anything hidden from view might lead people to imagine something far worse than a rat.

 v          What Happens in Vegas


 X   What Happens in Vegas

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What Happens in Vegas

Versions

uncut
uncut
12 cert

MPAA
Unrated

96:33s 2008 US comedy by Tom Vaughn with Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. IMDb

The Extended Version/Jackpot Edition/Unrated Cut was passed 12 uncut for:

Note the film itself is rated 12 but one of the extras is has put up the rating to 15.

The US release features the uncut MPAA Unrated version for:

The version differences are uncontentious and unimportant. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com .

BBFC uncut 12 cert

MPAA
PG-13

94:33s The Theatrical Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2008 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
  • 2008 cinema release and
 v          What Have You Done To Solange? - 1972 Italy / West Germany mystery thriller by Massimo Dallamano.


 X   What Have You Done To Solange?

Link Here
  • Solange
  • Who's Next?
  • Cosa avete fatto a Solange?
What Have You Done To Solange? is a 1972 Italy / West Germany mystery thriller by Massimo Dallamano.
Starring Fabio Testi, Cristina Galbó and Karin Baal. IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1973 cinema release. Later passed 18 after cuts for 1996 VHS. Uncut for 2015 DVD and Blu-ray.
Summary Notes

A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students takes her out on a boat. They see a knife killing on shore. Other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, and the teacher suspects that he may be the cause of them.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
18

MPAA R

106:26s
=102:11s

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sexualised violence, nudity after previous cuts waived for:

The BBFC commented about the waived cuts in their Annual Report covering 2015:

The video was passed 18 in 2015 with previous cuts relating to stabbings to women's crotches waived. The original film submission in 1973 failed to receive a certificate, after which it was cut for video release in 1995. The dated nature of the film and the relative lack of detail in the most challenging scenes enabled the film to be passed without intervention.

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
2:15s
18 99:23s

submitted
101:45s
UK: Passed 18 after 2:15s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1996 Redemption Films VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • cuts to scenes of women being stabbed in the crotch
banned
banned
Rejected UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1973 cinema release titled Solange
 v          What Men Want


 X   What Men Want

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What Men Want

Versions

4:03s 1841:57s 1996 release
 v          What Schoolgirls Don't Tell


 X   What Schoolgirls Don't Tell

Link Here
  • Was Schulmädchen verschweigen
  • Secrets of Sweet Sixteen
What Schoolgirls Don't Tell

Versions

3:20s 1871:17s 1973 West Germany softcore by Ernst HofBauer.
With Werner Abrolat, Ekkehardt Belle and Marina Blümel . IMDb

Passed 18 after 3:20s of BBFC cuts for:

  • 1986 Stablecane VHS
            What the Peeper Saw - 1972 Spain / UK / Italy / West Germany horror thriller by James Kelley (as James Kelly) and Andrea Bianchi (as Andrew White)  See Night Hair Child
 v          What's Good for the Goose


 X   What's Good for the Goose

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  • Girl Trouble
What's Good for the Goose

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R Rated
~105:00s
=~101:00s
1969 UK comedy by Menahem Golan.
With Norman Wisdom, Sally Geeson and Sarah Atkinson . IMDb

The US release seems to be the uncut UK Version and MPAA R Rated for:

There is also said to be a Continental Version featuring more nudity.

~4:29s PG cert 98:06s The cut cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2007 Showbox R2 DVD
  • 1999 Polygram VHS
cut PG cert83:41s A short pre-cut version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1986 Krypton Force VHS
~4:29s old cert UPassed U after heavy BBFC cuts for:
  • 1969 cinema release

The submitted runfning time was noted as 106:51s = 102:35s PAL

Based on article from dvdcompare.net :

  • Reel 5: Remove shots of Nikki putting her hand inside Bartlett's shirt and shots of his reaction to this.
  • Reel 6 :The bedroom scene between Bartlett and Nikki must be reduced from the point where he comes out from behind a chair with a towel over the lower half of his body.
  • Reel 9: Remove shots of Nikki in the bath where her bare breasts are visible.
  • Reduce shots of half-naked hippies lying about a room and necking.
  • Reduce to a minimum the episode in which Bartlett finds Nikki in bed with a youth.
 v          What's Up Tiger Lily?


 X   What's Up Tiger Lily?

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  • Woody Allen's What's Up Tiger Lily?
What's Up Tiger Lily?

Versions

8s PG cert76:24s 1964 Japanese film by Senkichi Taniguchi humorously re-dubbed in 1966 by Woody Allen

Cinema release of 1975 and all video/DVD versions from 1987, 2001, 2007 similarly cut by the BBFC:

Cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (in this case, a live chicken being forced into a cage with a live cobra)

 v          What's Your Number?


 X   What's Your Number?

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What's Your Number?

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
Unrated

112:23s What's Your Number? is a 2011 US comedy romance by Mark Mylod
With Anna Faris, Chris Evans and Ari Graynor. IMDb

UK: The Director's Cut/Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language and sex references for:

  • 2012 20th Century Fox Online
  • 2012 20th Century Fox [Extended+Theatrical] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2012 20th Century Fox [Extended+Theatrical] R1 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The Director's Cut/Extended Version is MPAA Unrated for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The Extended Version adds little to the movie with 11:01s of extra material.

BBFC uncut 15 cert

MPAA
R Rated

101:49s UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2012 20th Century Fox Online
  • 2012 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray
  • 2012 20th Century Fox R1 DVD
  • 2011 cinema release
 v          Wheels on Meals - Wheels on Meals a 1984 Hong Kong action crime comedy by Sammo Kam-Bo Hung (as Samo Hung).


 X   Wheels on Meals

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  • Kuai can che
  • Spanish Connection
Wheels on Meals is a Wheels on Meals a 1984 Hong Kong action crime comedy by Sammo Kam-Bo Hung (as Samo Hung).
Starring Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen and Sammo Kam-Bo Hung. IMDb
No censor cuts but there are variant versions and several different language dubs.

Summary Notes

Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket. Action and humor abound in the streets of Barcelona, culminating with a battle in the castle hideout of the evil gang.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 108:14s
pal: 103:54s
15 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2019 Eureka Entertainment (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2012 Showbox/Cine Asia/Hong Kong Legends R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2008 E1 R2 DVD
  • 2006 Contender/Hong Kong Legends Platinum Edition R2 DVD
  • 1999 15 rated MIA VHS
  • 1988 15 rated VPD VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
uncut
uncut
run: 108:45s
pal: 104:24s
18UK: Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1999 MIA VHS

It is not clear what made this particular release 18 rated when others before and after it are 15 rated.

BBFC uncut

cut
shortened

cut:
run: 99:19s
pal: 95:21s
18UK: A short version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1985 cinema release

Maybe this is the version with missing scenes, notably the uncontentious van washing where a passing policeman gets wet and dirty. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

 v          When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth - 1970 UK Sci-Fi romance by Val Guest.


 X   When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth is a 1970 UK Sci-Fi romance by Val Guest.
With Victoria Vetri, Robin Hawdon and Patrick Allen. YouTube icon IMDb

Originally filmed with nude scenes. But Hammer ended up distributing it as a PG rated film. The original sexy version turned up on some US DVDs
Summary Notes

Set in a non-existant past when humans and dinosaurs lived together, a small tribe is struggling to survive by giving a sacrifice of a blond woman to their gods in return for protection from the giant lizards looking to snack on them. Sanna, one of the sacrificial offerings, finds herself on her own when a freak storm interrupts the ceremony. As she searches for a safe haven she encounters hostility from rival tribes and lots of huge and very hungry dinos.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
99:37s
=95:38s
UK: From Olly: LoveFilm have just added what I think is the uncut version of Hammer's When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth. It certainly has some topless scenes. Decent print too.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

US: The US release featuring the full version is rare as it was incorrectly labelled G Rated, as per the US cut version, and was quickly withdrawn from sale for:

BBFC cut
category
cuts

cut
pre-cut

PG cert96:24s
=92:33s
UK: The cut US G rated version was passed after further BBFC cuts for:
  • 1988 Warner VHS
  • 1980 cinema release

From IMDb:

  • Several nude scenes were filmed, but were excluded from the U.S. version of the movie. They include: Robin Hawdon and Victoria Vetri's love-making in the cave and the scene where they both go skinny-dipping.
  • Further cut by the BBFC, presumably to again reduce the violence down to A/PG levels
BBFC cut
category
cuts
A cert submitted
99:29s
=95:30s
UK: The full version was submitted but was cut by the BBFC for:
  • 1970 cinema release

From IMDb:

  • Cut to edit some scenes of violence for an A certificate including the fights with the snake, the pterodactyl and the man-eating plant.
  • This UK release is said to contain the brief nude scenes cut for the US G Rated version
 v          When the Daltons Rode - 1940 USA action western romance by George Marshall.


 X   When the Daltons Rode

Link Here
  • Die Bande der Fünf
When the Daltons Rode is a 1940 USA action western romance by George Marshall.
Starring Randolph Scott, Kay Francis and Brian Donlevy. IMDb
Uncut for 1940 cinema release but animal cruelty cuts were required for 2018 home video release.

Summary Notes

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?

Versions

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 3s
run: 80:42s
pal: 77:28s
PG 1980UK: Passed PG for moderate violence after 3s of compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 2018 NBCUniversal Television Distribution VoD
The BBFC commented:
  • Cut required to remove sight of a horse falling into water from a height.
BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 80:58s
pal: 77:44s
A pre 1970UK: Passed A (PG) uncut:
  • 1940 cinema release
 v          When the Legends Die - 1972 USA western drama by Stuart Millar.


 X   When the Legends Die

Link Here

When the Legends Die is a 1972 USA western drama by Stuart Millar.
With Richard Widmark, Frederic Forrest and Luana Anders. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an A rated 1972 cinema release. Cuts waived for 2014 DVD
Summary Notes

A young, rebellious Ute Indian joins the rodeo circuit and falls in with a drunken mentor who teaches him the ways of the ring and the world.

Versions

uncut
uncut
PG cert101:14s UK: Passed PG uncut for mild language and violence with previous cuts waived for:
  • 2014 Simply Home Entertainment video
BBFC cut
category
cuts
A cert UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1972 cinema release
 v          Where Eagles Dare - 1968 UK/US war film by Brian G Hutton.


 X   Where Eagles Dare

Link Here

Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 UK/US war film by Brian G Hutton.
With Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an 'A' rated cinema release. Later uncut and PG rated for home video. Uncut and MPAA PG rated n the US.
Summary notes:

Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner. The general has extensive knowledge of secret D Day landing plans and must be rescued at all costs.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 154:40s
pal: 148:29s
PG cert

MPAA PG

UK: Passed PG uncut for moderate violence for: US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:
BBFC cut
category
cuts
cut:
run:
pal:
sub: 154:43s
A CertUK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts for:
  • UK 1968 cinema release.
 v          Where to Invade Next - 2015 USA documentary by Michael Moore.


 X   Where to Invade Next

Link Here

Where to Invade Next is a 2015 USA documentary by Michael Moore.

Rated R for language, some violent images, drug use and brief graphic nudity,
Controversy

See article from alternet.org

Michael Moore is non to impressed by the MPAA R rating given to his latest documentary. Moore spoke of the R rating to Variety:

Moore listed the parts of the film that prompted the MPAA's ruling. The violence in the picture includes footage of law enforcement officers beating Eric Garner, a Staten Island man whose death last year helped spark a wider debate about police brutality.

The drug use is related to a section in the film on Portugal's decision to decriminalize narcotics -- a move that some suggest has led to a reduction in substance abuse.

The language stems from the use of 'fuck' by Icelandic citizens protesting the 2009 collapse of their banks.

And the nudity is a fleeting image of a naked man. That's from a vignette that shows how some Europeans are able to enjoy three weeks at a spa to treat stress thanks to government-backed healthcare.

Moore said he will not edit the film, and has appealed to have the rating lowered to a PG-13.

The appeal was rejected in December 2015 and the R rating stands.

However not everyone agrees with the MPAA R rating. Cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse, with cinemas in 13 states, decided to relax its R-rating policy for the film in February 2016. CEO Tim League said in a statement that the company can't believe the film was ever rated R in the first place:

For the first time ever, we are relaxing our 18-and-up age policy for one film. Why? We simply don't believe Where to Invade Next should have received an R rating from the MPAA. We don't want that rating and our own age policies to get in the way of teens and their parents seeing this film. So, for the run of the Where to Invade Next we will allow teens age 15 and up on their own...yes, it's that important.

And for comparison, in the UK, the BBFC passed the film 15 uncut for strong language, violence, drug references

 v   The Whip and the Body - 1963 Italy/France horror mystery by Mario Bava.


 X   The Whip and the Body

Link Here
  • Night is the Phantom
  • Le Coups Et Le Fouet
The Whip and the Body is a 1963 Italy/France horror mystery by Mario Bava.
With Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee and Tony Kendall. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1964 cinema release. 15 rated for 2014 DVD. Uncut in the US on the Kino Classics label
Summary Notes

In the 19th century, a sadistic nobleman terrorizes the members of his family. He is found dead, but his ghost soon returns to haunt the residents of his castle.

Versions

uncut
European Version
run: 86:44s
pal: 83:16s

15 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: The European Version was passed 15 uncut for sexualised violence for:

US: The European Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

cut
missing scenes
cut:
run: 87m
pal: 84m
MPAA UnratedUS: MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2000 VCI Video R1 DVD titled Night is the Phantom

From IMDb. The VCI version is missing 2 brief shots:

  • A shot of Christopher Lee riding his horse along the beach at the beginning of the film.
  • A fade to black following Nevenka's journey to a window and her scare from hearing a vine snap against the window.
BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run: 78m
pal: 75m
X certUK: Passed X after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1964 cinema release
 v          Whirlpool - 1970 Denmark / UK thriller by José Ramón Larraz (as JR Larrath).


 X   Whirlpool

Link Here
  • Whirlpool: She Died With Her Boots On
Whirlpool is a 1970 Denmark / UK thriller by José Ramón Larraz (as JR Larrath).
Starring Karl Lanchbury, Vivian Neves and Pia Andersson. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1970 cinema release. Uncut and 18 rated for 2019 Blu-ray. Uncut and X rated in the US. There is also a longer European Version but this is not currently available.

Summary Notes

Sex-thriller about a pornographic photographer, his aunt and an innocent English girl who becomes their victim.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 89:31s
pal: 85:56s
EU flag
Europe
Europe: The full length European Version is not currently available
uncut
US Theatrical Version
shortened
run: 86:40s
pal: 83:12s
18

MPAA X

UK: The US Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for sexual violence, strong violence, sex, nudity:
  • 2020 Arrow Special Edition [The Films of Jose Larraz] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2019 Arrow Limited Edition [The Films of Jose Larraz] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The US Theatrical Version was MPAA X rated

The US Theatrical Version was shortened for plot by about 2:51s. See version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC cut
compulsory BBFC cuts
cut:
run:
pal:
sub: 74:16s
XUK: A very short version was passed X (18) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1970 cinema release

From IMDb. British censors cut:

  • lesbian sex scenes between Tulia and her aunt,
  • a woodland rape, and
  • a bedtime threesome.
 v          Whispering Death - 1976 West Germany / UK / South Africa / Zimbabwe action horror romance by Jürgen Goslar.


 X   Whispering Death

Link Here
  • Death in the Sun
  • Albino
Whispering Death is a 1976 West Germany / UK / South Africa / Zimbabwe action horror romance by Jürgen Goslar.
Starring Christopher Lee, James Faulkner and Horst Frank. IMDb
Uncut for an X rated cinema release in 1977 but cut for 18 rated VHS in 1987,

Summary Notes

A colonial police officer in Rhodesia hunts down the albino terrorist who raped and murdered his fiancée.

Versions

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:02s
run: 94:35s
pal: 90:48s
sub: 91:50s
18UK: Passed 18 after 1:02s of compulsory BBFC cuts :
  • 1987 Heron VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • Cuts to the rape of Sally
BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 95:52s
pal: 92:02s
XUK: Passed X (18) uncut:
  • 1977 cinema release
 v          Whispers In The Dark - 1992 US mystery thriller by Christopher Crowe


 X   Whispers In The Dark

Link Here
  • Sessions
Whispers In The Dark is a 1992 US mystery thriller by Christopher Crowe
Starring Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan and Alan Alda BBFC link 2020 IMDb
IMDb reports that an unrated version is available on laserdisc, featuring a more explicit opening credits sequence and flashback scenes. It is not clear if the Unrated version has been released elsewhere.

Summary Notes

A psychiatrist (Sciorra) is helping a neurotic art gallery owner who has a submissive and very satisfying sexual relationship with her new lover, a domineering man with a violent streak. An airline pilot that the psychiatrist recently started dating turns out to be having an affair with the patient. When someone is murdered, the psychiatrist must decide whether the lover is a homicidal maniac or someone who loves her. Her mentor and his wife attempt to help her, but things aren't what they seem.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 102:11s
pal: 98:06s
18 1980

MPAA R

UK: Passed 18 uncut:
  • 1993 CIC VHS
  • 1992 cinema release

US: Rated R for strong sexuality and violence, and for language

 v          White Chicks


 X   White Chicks

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White Chicks

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
Unrated

110:06s 2004 US crime comedy by Keenen Ivory Wayans.
With Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Busy Philipps . IMDb

The Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut12A cert

MPAA
PG-13

108:39s
=104:18s
The Theatrical Version was passed 12A without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2004 cinema release
 v          White Comanche - 1968 Spain western drama by José Briz Méndez (as Gilbert Lee Kay).


 X   White Comanche

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  • Comanche blanco
  • Rio Hondo
White Comanche is a 1968 Spain western drama by José Briz Méndez (as Gilbert Lee Kay).
Starring Joseph Cotten, William Shatner and Rosanna Yanni. IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for an A rated 1971 cinema release. Uncut and 12 rated for 2015 DVD.
Summary Notes

William Shatner plays two roles: cowboy Johnny Moon and his ruthless Indian twin brother, Notah. Notah likes peyote and gets the crazy idea that he's the Comanche messiah sent to lead the Comanche nation against the white man but more specifically the dusty desert town of Rio Hondo. Moon, estranged from his brother, decides to stop Notah either by words or by bullets.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
1290:35s

UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate violence for:
  • 2015 Odeon Entertainment [Full Frame] video
BBFC cut
category cuts
A submitted
94:32s
=90:45s
UK: Passed A (PG) after category cuts for:
  • 1971 cinema release
 v          White Ghost


 X   White Ghost

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White Ghost

Versions

uncut 1889:15s 1988 US action film by BJ Davis

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004

18s 1889:17s Cut when submitted in 1988 by Virgin Video
 v          White Lies


 X   White Lies

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White Lies

Versions

3s 15 cert88:25s 1998 Canadian TV movie by Kari Skogland
 v          White of the Eye - 1987 UK thriller by Donald Cammell.


 X   White of the Eye

Link Here

White of the Eye is a 1987 UK thriller by Donald Cammell.
With David Keith, Cathy Moriarty and Alan Rosenberg. YouTube icon IMDb

Uncut by the BBFC and R rated by the MPAA

When the movie was threatened with a US X-rating, Marlon Brando, a close friend of director Donald Cammell, wrote a lengthy appeal to the MPAA to bring it down to R.

There was a 117 minute film passed uncut by the BBFC a year before the 111 minute cinema version released by Canon.

 v   The White Queen - UK/US TV drama .


 X   The White Queen

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The White Queen is a UK/US TV drama .
With Rebecca Ferguson, Amanda Hale and Faye Marsay. YouTube icon IMDb

Versions

cut
pre-cut
UK: Heavily censored for:
  • 2013 Anchor Bay Entertainment RB Blu-ray
  • 2013 Anchor Bay Entertainment R2 DVD

US: Set to get the uncut version See article from dailymail.co.uk :

Few countries can compete with the UK when it comes to television costume dramas . . . but American audiences, it seems, prefer our dramas without the costumes.

A raunchy alternative version of the ten-part BBC1 series The White Queen has been created for screening in the US -- including graphic sex and nude scenes which don't appear here.

Bedroom scenes in which actors appear in the BBC version partly clothed are sexed-up for the American market -- and the actors complete the scenes naked.

As lead actor Max Irons put it: There's the BBC cut and the Starz cut. You get a lot more arse in the Starz version -- the cameras kept rolling after the BBC stopped the scene.

Eg, in episode two Queen Elizabeth, played by Rebecca Fergusson, was seen wearing a nightdress for her love scene with Edward IV, played by Max Irons. But when the clinch is broadcast on American television later this summer, the same actress will be shown first topless and then completely naked in the marital bed.

Episodes one, two and three of the American version all contain nudity and the first programme includes at least four shots of the Queen's breasts and a scene showing her younger sister topless in a bath. By contrast, the BBC version doesn't include any nudity until episode three, and even then only fleetingly.

            White Slave - 1985 Italian adventure by Mario Gariazzo.  See Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story
 v          White Snake - 2019 China / USA action animation romance by Amp Wong (as Jiakang Huang) and Ji Zhao.


 X   White Snake

Link Here
  • Bai She: Yuan Qi
White Snake is a 2019 China / USA action animation romance by Amp Wong (as Jiakang Huang) and Ji Zhao.
Starring Faye Mata, Stephanie Sheh and Vincent Rodriguez III. IMDb

BBFC category cuts were required for PG rated home video release in 2020. The film is uncut and MPA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

A love story between a snake spirit and a snake hunter.

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 98m
pal: 94m
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
category cuts
cut: 9s
run: 97:45s
pal: 93:50s
PGUK: Passed PG for mild violence, scary scenes after 9s of BBFC category cuts:
  • 2020 Spirit Entertainment video
The BBFC commented:
  • The distributor chose to remove a scene of moderate sex and two sequences of moderate violence in order to achieve a PG classification. An uncut 12 classification was available.
 v          Who Am I?


 X   Who Am I?

Link Here
  • Jackie Chan's Who Am I?
Who Am I?

Versions

BBFC uncut12 cert103:32s 1998 Hong Kong action film by Benny Chan and Jackie Chan.
With Jackie Chan, Michelle Ferre and Mirai Yamamoto. IMDb

The US/UK Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:

  • 1999 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
  • 1999 cinema release

This a shortened version (and dumbed down). The Hong Kong version is 11:49s longer. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

            Who Can Kill a Child - 1976 Spain horror mystery by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador.  See Island of Death
 v          Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure


 X   Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

Link Here
  • Chi trova un amico
  • trova un tesoro
  • A Friend Is a Treasure
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

Versions

BBFC uncutPG cert99:26s 1981 Italy/US comedy by Sergio Corbucci

The BBFC passed the 2003 Michael Lee DVD PG uncut but it is missing the scene where Alan and Charlie discover a grave in which 2 treasure hunters lie

uncut
uncut
PG cert102:10s The 1986 RCA/Columbia video was passed PG uncut
 v          Who Framed Roger Rabbit - 1988 USA family crime animation by Robert Zemeckis.


 X   Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Link Here
  • ¿Quién engañó a Roger Rabbit?
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 USA family crime animation by Robert Zemeckis.
Starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd and Joanna Cassidy. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Animators had a little fun with slightly risqué humerous additions for the original theatrical release and follow-up VHS but these were deleted for DVD and subsequent releases.

Versions

best available
best available
cut:
run: 103:37s
pal: 99:28s

PG

MPAA PG

UK: A pre-cut version was passed PG for moderate violence, mild language, sex references and innuendo for:
  • 2013 cinema release

UK: A pre-cut version was passed PG for:

US: A pre-cut version is MPAA PG rated for:
  • 2013 Touchstone Home Entertainment R0 Blu-ray/R0 Combo at US Amazon

From IMDb. The following animator jokes were deleted from DVD releases and beyond:

Originally when Baby Herman storms off the set and puts his hand up a woman's dress, the middle finger of his hand is clearly extended.

The original film had a gag frame of Betty Boop where her dress was drawn too low in the front, revealing her nipples.

When Jessica Rabbit and Eddie are thrown out of the cab there are a few frames where Jessica's underwear is visible, but the coloring is sometimes close to that of her legs, so that it has been mistakenly assumed that she is not wearing any underwear. This was first altered so that she is more clearly wearing white panties. It was then altered again, so that now, her dress covers her entirely.

See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 103:38s
pal: 99:29s
PGUK: Passed PG uncut for:
  • 1989 Buena Vista Home VHS
  • 1988 cinema release
 v          Who Killed Teddy Bear - 1965 USA crime mystery thriller by Joseph Cates.


 X   Who Killed Teddy Bear

Link Here
  • Who Killed Teddy Bear?
  • Cine a ucis ursuletul de plus
Who Killed Teddy Bear is a 1965 USA crime mystery thriller by Joseph Cates.
Starring Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse and Jan Murray. IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1965 cinema release. Uncut and 15 rated since 2008 DVD.
Summary Notes

A busboy at a disco has sexual problems related to events in his childhood. He becomes obsessed with a disc jockey at the club, leading to obscene phone calls, voyeurism, trips to the porn shop and adult movie palace, and more! A police detective is similarly obsessed with sexual materials, leading him to become personally involved in the case.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
1586:29s

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong sex references and one scene of sexual violence for:
  • 2018 Network (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2008 Sound & Media video

An article from dvdcompare.net confirms that the UK 15 rated release contains the full gymnasium sequence.

cut
cut
From Imdb. There is an edited version of this film that deletes 3 minutes of Sal Mineo working out and swimming at the Gym where he encounters Juliet Prowse.
banned
banned
Rejected Pre 1970UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1965 cinema release titled Who Killed Teddy Bear?

From promotional material:

Refused certification on its original theatrical release due to its sleazy, taboo-breaking nature.

 v   The Whole 9 Yards


 X   The Whole 9 Yards

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The Whole 9 Yards

Versions

6:58s 1852:16s 1996 release
 v          Whore


 X   Whore

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Whore

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
~89:00s
=~85:00s
Whore is a 1991 US/UK drama by Ken Russell
With Theresa Russell, Benjamin Mouton and Michael Crabtree. IMDb

US: The Unrated Version is uncut but only available on US VHS.

cut
shortened
3:18s

best available
best
available

18

MPAA
NC-17

81:28s UK: The shortened NC-17 Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1991 Palace VHS
  • 1991 cinema release

Czech: The Czech release features the NC-17 Version for:

From IMDb. The NC-17 Version was shortened for pacing as follows:

  • 38-39min: Brutal Man (Daniel Quinn) with Liz (Theresa Russell): Of this sex scene only the first 15s are shown, the remaining 82s are cut.
  • 56-62min: Liz and Rasta (Antonio Fargas) in the theater, in alternation with Blake (Benjamin Mouton) in his car: 7 scenes have been partially or completely cut, resulting in a total elimination of 138s. Eg Blake saying that he goes to great lengths to teach his girls her profession as this is not unskilled labor ; he then complains about hypocrisy.
MPAA
cut
MPAA
R Rated
~80:00s
=~76:00s
US: There is a cut R Rated version to avoid
 v          Who's That Girl - 1987 US comedy romance by James Foley


 X   Who's That Girl

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Who's That Girl is a 1987 US comedy romance by James Foley
Starring Madonna, Griffin Dunne and Haviland Morris Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb

BBFC category cuts were required for PG rated cinema releases in 1987 and 1988. Uncut and BBFC PG rated for 2006 DVD.

Summary Notes

The life of an uptight tax lawyer turns chaotic when he is asked to escort a young woman newly released from prison, who persuades him to help prove her innocence.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 93:24s
pal: 89:40s
PG 1980

MPAA PG

UK: Uncut and BBFC PG rated for mild violence, sex references and language after BBFC cuts were waived: US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:
BBFC cut
category cuts
cut: 1:43s
run: 91:34s
pal: 87:54s
BBFC PG 1982UK: BBFC PG rated after 1:43s of BBFC category cuts:
  • 1988 Warner Home VHS (rated 26/02/1988)
  • 1987 Columbia-Cannon-Warner cinema release (rated 16/09/1987)

From imdb :

  • Cuts to the scene where Madonna is shopping with Griffin Dunne in the record store & she can be seen putting cassette's into her own pockets & a shop lifter's too in order to frame him.

The uncut version was used for TV broadcasts

 v          Wicked City - 1987 Japan anime horror sci-fi by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.


 X   Wicked City

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Wicked City is a 1987 Japan anime horror sci-fi by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.
With Gregory Snegoff, Mike Reynolds and Alexandra Kenworthy. YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1993 and cinema release in 1994. UK home video releases in 2020 are uncut. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

There has been peace between the worlds of the mortals and the supernatural for centuries, but the balance is now being threatened. The Radical elements from the Supernatural world are crossing over into the mortal universe for the purpose of destroying the peace forever!

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 82m
pal: 79m
No Cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: BBFC details not yet published for:
  • 2020 Manga Limited Edition [Wicked City and Demon City Shinjuku] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2020 Manga Standard Edition [Wicked City and Demon City Shinjuku] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2020 Manga [Wicked City and Demon City Shinjuku] R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Thanks to Anthony:

I can confirm, judging by the existing descriptions of what the BBFC cut, that this brand-new 2020 DVD and Blu-Ray release of Wicked City is uncut.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:48s
run: 80:18s
pal: 77:05s
18UK: Passed 18 after 1:48s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1994 cinema release
  • 1993 Manga VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • A panning shot of Jin having his hand on Maki's crotch is deleted
  • Close-up of Maki's crotch with Jin's hand on it, along with the subsequent shot of Maki's hair grabbing Jin, which is cut for continuity.
  • The demon creature forcing its tongue to Maki's mouth, and then doing the "old in-out".
  • The beginning of Maki's rape by the demons is short of a demon mauling on her breast, and the following brief rape shot.
  • The rest of Maki's rape is massively reduced and cut (over 20 seconds). This includes the demons mauling and her raping her.
  • Raping of Maki in the demon base has lost four close-ups - the demons squeezing her breasts, Maki getting raped from behind, a close of Maki's face, and of her chained hands.
 v   The Wicked Lady - 1983 UK adventure drama by Michael Winner.


 X   The Wicked Lady

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The Wicked Lady is a 1983 UK adventure drama by Michael Winner.
With Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud. YouTube icon IMDb

Uncut for 18 rated 1983 cinema release but later cut by the BBFC for 1987 VHS. Cuts were waived for 18 rated 2016 home video.
Promotional Material
Legendary actress, Faye Dunaway (Network, Bonnie & Clyde) looking delectable in her 17th Century wardrobe, stars as Lady Barbara Skelton, a beautiful English socialite who finds her life extremely dull in spite of being married to a rich man (Denholm Elliot, Trading Places). In order to escape her banal existence, Barbara begins an affair with a miscreant criminal, Jackson (Alan Bates, Women in Love), and together they enter into a life of crime…

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA R

98:37s
=94:40s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex, violence, sexual violence with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

  • 1983 cinema release

US: Presumably uncut and MPAA R rated for:

From IMDb:

UK censor James Ferman requested cuts for the UK cinema version to the infamous horse-whip fight between Faye Dunaway and Marina Sirtis claiming that shots of whipped breasts should not be passed by the BBFC.

However he was overruled following protests by Michael Winner who was supported by Kingsley Amis, Karel Reisz, and Fay Weldon (among others) after they viewed a private showing of the film.

Fay Weldon later claimed that she had been duped into supporting Winner. She claimed that the 'uncut' version that she supported after a private viewing was in fact a cut version.

The film was passed uncut for cinema but the offending whip fight was cut for the subsequent video release.

BBFC cut
13s
1894:25s UK: Passed 18 after 13s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 VCI VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • To a scene showing a horse-whip fight between Faye Dunaway and Marina Sirtis
            Wicked Little Things - 2006 USA horror drama by JS Cardone.  See Zombies
            Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie - 1980 Spain drama by Jesús Franco  See Jess Franco Films: Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
 v          Wicked World - 1991 Canada horror by Barry J. Gillis


 X   Wicked World

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Wicked World is a 1991 Canada horror by Barry J. Gillis
Starring Patti Anne Crossman, Maria Delgado and Kelly Felhaber Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut. A very short UK version was 18 rated by the BBFC in 20022.
Director's Cut

From IMDb:

Barry J. Gillis started shooting Wicked World in 1990. A crude rough edit of the feature film was edited. Gillis was never happy with the rough cut of the film, which had gaps in the sound, and he just felt that the film was not up to par with what it could, or should be. So he put all of the footage into storage for many years until he had the money to properly complete post production. The film haunted him on various levels, and he wasn't sure when he would be truly ready to finish and release it.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

  • 2022 American Genre Film [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 31st May 2022

Promotional Material

Grant Ekland ( Gillis ) is a cop who is haunted by the death of his girlfriend at the hands of a psychotic slasher named Harold. When Harold is released from an asylum, there's only one option for Ekland: revenge! Filled with metal riffage, gnarly ultra-violence, and experimental techniques, WICKED WORLD feels like what would happen if Salvador Dali injected acid directly into his brain while staring at a Cannibal Corpse LP cover. This is a highly personal treatise on the toxicity of society from one of the most singular filmmakers in trash-horror history.

UK Version

BBFC uncut
UK Version
run: 91m
pal: 87m
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: A short version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, sexualised nudity:

A UK Version was passed 18 by the BBFC but it is very much shorter than versions released in the US. !01 Films mention a new transfer of the film.

Director's Cut

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
run: 100:52s
pal: 96:50s
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2022 American Genre Film [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad

Theatrical Version

uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 101:55s
pal: 97:50s
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2022 American Genre Film [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
 v   The Wicker Man - 1973 UK mystery drama by Robin Hardy.


 X   The Wicker Man (1973)

Link Here
  • Anthony Shaffer's The Wicker Man
  • The Wickerman
The Wicker Man is a 1973 UK mystery drama by Robin Hardy.
With Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee and Diane Cilento. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
The Director was overruled and a shortened version was created for theatrical release. Later a Director's Cut was created from available material but this was still lacking some footage wanted by Hardy. The official story is that a new print turned up in 2013 with the missing material, and the Final Cut is the result.

Versions

uncut
Final Cut
run: 94:31s
pal: 90:44s

15 certUK: The Final Cut was passed 15 uncut for moderate horror, sex and nudity:
  • 2023 Studiocanal 50th Anniversary Steelbook Edition [UK Theatrical + Director's Cut + Final Cut] R0/4K Blu-ray/R0 Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon
  • 2023 Studiocanal Collector's Edition [UK Theatrical + Director's Cut + Final Cut] R0/4K Blu-ray/R0 Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon
  • 2013 StudioCanal [UK Theatrical + Director's Cut + Final Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2013 StudioCanal [UK Theatrical + Director's Cut + Final Cut] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2013 cinema release
US: The Final Cut is MPAA R rated for: News July 2013. Another print turned up in the Harvard Archives. This contains extra materials that Robin Hardy would like to see restored to the film. The resulting version is known as the Final Cut.

It is not very clear why extra materials added in for the Director's Cut have been dropped from the Final Cut. The dropped material is that showing Howie's life on the mainland.

One additional scene added for the Final Cut is Britt Ekland seducing a young boy whilst Christopher Lee recites poetry.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The Final Cut seems to be raising a lot of questions. Eg See review from strangethingsarehappening.com

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 104:20s
pal: 100:10s

15 cert

MPAA R

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:
  • 2009 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2006 Warner R2 DVD
  • 2002 Warner R2 DVD

US: The Director's Cut is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

From IMDb . A complete director's cut was discovered and re-released: this version features new footage showing:

  • More background to Sergeant Howie as a policeman and preacher on his home turf
  • Howie noticing the seduction of an underage boy
  • More of the naked temptation from Willow
  • Lord Summerisle reading a poem.

See also pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 87:31s
pal: 84:01s

15 cert

18

X cert

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for
  • 2002 Warner R2 DVD
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for
  • 1990 Warner VHS
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed X (18) without BBFC cuts for
  • 1973 cinema release
 v   The Wicker Man - 2006 USA / Germany / Canada horror mystery thriller by Neil LaBute (as Neil Labute).


 X   The Wicker Man (2006)

Link Here

The Wicker Man is a 2006 USA / Germany / Canada horror mystery thriller by Neil LaBute (as Neil Labute).
Starring Nicolas Cage and Ellen Burstyn and Leelee Sobieski. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

While recovering from a tragic accident on the road, the patrolman Edward Malus receives a letter from his former fiancée Willow, who left him years ago without any explanation, telling that her daughter Rowan is missing. Edward travels to the private island of Summerisle, where Willow lives in an odd community that plant fruits, and she reveals that Rowan is actually their daughter. Along his investigation with the hostile and unhelpful dwellers, Edward discloses that the locals are pagans, practicing old rituals to improve their harvest, and Rowan is probably alive and being prepared to be sacrificed. When he locates the girl, he finds also the dark truth about the wicker man.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 101:26s
pal: 97:23s
15 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Directors cut was passed 15 uncut for:

The BBFC noted: This work has been approved under the 'Different versions at different categories' policy of January 2004

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
Theatrical Version

cut:
run: 101:31s
pal: 97:27s
12 cert

MPAA PG-13

The Theatrical Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2007 Sony R2 DVD
  • 2006 cinema release

Lions Gate asked the BBFC to review their 12A decision to no avail. The BBFC commented:

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.

 v          Wide Boyz - 2013 mountain climbing documentary by Peter Mortimer. Nick Rosen, and Josh Lowell.


 X   Wide Boyz

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Wide Boyz is a 2013 mountain climbing documentary by Peter Mortimer. Nick Rosen, and Josh Lowell.

BBFC category cuts for the 2013 cinema release

Versions

BBFC cut
category
cuts
28s
12A cert 12:20s UK: Passed 12A for bleeped strong language after 28s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 2013 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

The distributor chose to reduce the number of uses of strong language in order to achieve a 12A classification. An uncut 15 was available.

 v          Wide Open


 X   Wide Open

Link Here
  • Sängkamrater
Wide Open

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

97:45s
1974 Sweden sex comedy by Gustav Wiklund.
With Kent-Arne Dahlgren, Solveig Andersson and Gunilla Larsson. IMDb

Passed 18 uncut for:

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

The BBFC noted in the 2009 Annual Report:

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

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

Summary Review: Christina Lindberg's last movie

Fans of 70's Swedish sex kitten Christina Lindberg may wish to check out this film which is billed as Ms Lindberg's last movie appearance.

Wide Open is actually not all that great a flick, nor does one get as much of Christina as might be wished for, and is implied by her prominent appearance on the box cover art! Lindberg had just returned from making big bucks on a Japanese movie deal and her, newly, inflated fees only allowed Wicklund to hire her for two days of shooting... thus her presence in Wide Open is relatively minimal. Still her time on screen is used to good advantage as she is pretty much gloriously naked throughout in scenes as diverse as a porno photo shoot to nude vacuum cleaning in her boyfriend's apartment.

The overall filmic experience of Wide Open is pretty uneven. The director was apparently attempting to create a blend of sexiness and criminal intrigue with a light comedic overtone. From my perspective he didn't do a very good job of merging the genres.

If you are a die hard fan of Lindberg, Wide Open may be worth a look.

BBFC
cut
X cert Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1974 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 102:16s = 98:11s

 v   The Wife Swappers


 X   The Wife Swappers

Link Here
  • The Swappers
The Wife Swappers

Versions

BBFC
37s
1881:53s 1970 UK drama by Derek Ford.
With James Donnelly, Larry Taylor and Valerie St. John . IMDb

Passed 18 after 37s of BBFC cuts for:

  • 1997 Medusa VHS
  • 1988 Sheptonhurst VHS
BBFC
cut
X cert Passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1970 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 86:13s = 82:46s PAL

 v          Wilbur and the Baby Factory


 X   Wilbur and the Baby Factory

Link Here
  • Baby Factory
Wilbur and the Baby Factory

Versions

uncut
uncut
18 91:31s Wilbur and the Baby Factory is a 1970 US erotic comedy by Tom McGowan
With Peter Ford, Keith McConnell and Larisa Schubert. IMDb

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and nudity for:

  • 2012 Freemantlemedia/Revelation Harry Novak Collection 2 R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Promotional Material:

Wilbur And The Baby Factory - Just as activist stud Wilbur Steele (Peter Ford) is about to be drafted off to Vietnam, two strange men step in and persuade him to take part in a bizarre experiment involving impregnating 2000 women! Saved from the draft, Wilbur is happy to lend his services, only to soon realise he s a human guinea pig for birth control and part of a mad plot to sterilise the whole of the United States. Stuart Lancaster (Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!) plays the benefactor behind the experiment, a deranged billionaire whose manhood is "the size of a peanut".

BBFC
cut
X certsubmitted 83:29s UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1972 cinema release
 v          Wild - 2016 Germany drama by Nicolette Krebitz.


 X   Wild

Link Here

Wild is a 2016 Germany drama by Nicolette Krebitz.
Starring Lilith Stangenberg and Georg Friedrich and Nelson. IMDb

Not submitted to the BBFC but it is available online on MUBI and Amazon Prime with a self applied 16+ rating. The film contains a scene where a wolf licks a woman's explicitly naked vagina.

Thanks to Mike who comments:

Wild is a highly regarded arthouse film about relationships, focusing on a discontented woman who starts a romantic relationship with a wolf....

Never seen in the UK before, it's recently been picked by MUBI. Not sure whether they intend to release it on physical media, but at the moment you can see it on the MUBI website and even on amazon prime video in the UK.

To cut a long story short, at around 52:30, there's a scene where a naked woman sitting on a toilet has her vagina (explicitly) licked for around 10 seconds by a wolf.

Presumably it's been released on streaming in the UK because it's not illegal under extreme pornography laws. The law and the CPS guidance specifically say that if an image forms part of a sequence of images, we should look to the wider sequence to decide if the image is a pornographic one. In this case the wider sequence of images (i.e. the film) isn't pornographic so the wolf image isn't pornographic and therefore it's legal. If that's true, then it's the first and only case since the act was implemented in 2008 in which a beasty image which would have been illegal in a pornographic film becomes legal in a conventional narrative film.

It is a possibility that MUBI are publishing it because they don't know the law. But that's unlikely - they know full well that the film is controversial, and they frequently submit films to the BBFC for classification on physical media, so they know the rules. They seem not to have submitted this one though.

Summary Notes

A strange encounter with a wild wolf at the edge of Ania's cold, mundane town sets off a deep-seated passion within her, shattering the drudgery of her dull days. Determined to hunt the untamed creature, she finds herself pulled to the natural world as a fearless lust for the wolf grows, eliciting a desire for her own sexuality and a disregard for social graces, repulsing yet attracting everyone around her. As the balance between the natural world and modern civilization begins to tip, so too do Ania's inhibitions, forcing her to question the glaring hypocrisies closing in on her.

Versions

uncut
uncut

Amazon
Amazon
Prime
16+
UK: Uncut and MUBI 16+ rated:
 v   The Wild Affair - 1963 UK comedy by John Krish.


 X   The Wild Affair

Link Here

The Wild Affair is a 1963 UK comedy by John Krish.
Starring Nancy Kwan, Gladys Morgan and Betty Marsden. IMDb

BBFC category cuts for an A rated 1964 cinema release. Unknown version passed 12 for 2014 DVD
Promotional Material

This lively romantic comedy stars Golden Globe winner Nancy Kwan as a girl who s determined to establish a notorious past with which to face a respectable future! Made in 1963 and featuring an array of British comedy talent including Terry-Thomas, Victor Spinetti and music-hall veterans Bud Flanagan and Gladys Morgan The Wild Affair is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

As her wedding day approaches, secretary Marjorie begins to panic. Afraid that she will sink into the obscurity of marriage without ever having proved herself as a free-spirited woman, she sees the office party as her last chance to flirt with intent. She sets off to work wearing a frilly, plunging dress and, as the day wears on, garners a number of interesting offers and propositions both from her lecherous boss, Godfrey, and a tall, dark, handsome stranger...

Versions

BBFC uncut1284:36s UK: Am unknown version was passed 12 uncut for moderate sex references for:

UK Censorship History

Cut for an A rated 1964 cinema release
BBFC cut
category
cuts
A CertUK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1964 cinema release
 v   The Wild Angels - 1966 USA action drama by Roger Corman.


 X   The Wild Angels

Link Here
  • Wild Angels
  • All the Fallen Angels
The Wild Angels is a 1966 USA action drama by Roger Corman.
Starring Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra and Bruce Dern. Youtube link IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1966 cinema release. Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1972 cinema release. Uncut and 18 rated for VHS. Uncut and 15 rated for DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes

Peter Fonda plays 'Heavenly Blues', the leader of Hell's Angels chapter from Venice, California while Bruce Dern plays 'Loser', his best pal. When they both botch their attempt to retrieve Loser's stolen bike, Loser ends up in the hospital. When the Angels bust him out, he dies, and they bury him. Nancy Sinatra plays Mike, Blues' "old lady" and Diane Ladd plays Loser's wife (Dern's real-life wife at the time). The plot is basically a buildup to the last half-hour of the film in which Loser's funeral becomes another wild party.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
15

18

MPAA R

82:46s

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong sexualised threat and moderate drug use for: UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 1993 Polygram VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X submitted
84:35s
=81:12s
UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1972 cinema release
banned
banned
rejected UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1966 cinema release
 v          Wild at Heart - 1990 US crime drama by David Lynch.


 X   Wild at Heart

Link Here
  • David Lynch's Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart is a 1990 US crime drama by David Lynch.
With Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern and Willem Dafoe. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut in the US for an R rating. The International Version is uncut, but recent worldwide releases have all been the cut version.
Summary Notes

Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. Unaware of this, the two enjoy their journey and themselves being together... until they witness a young woman dying after a car accident - a bad omen.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18119:16s UK: The International Version was passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2005 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1990 Palace VHS
  • 1989 Polygram VHS
  • 1990 cinema release
BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut

18

MPAA R

119:53s UK: The cut R Rated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2017 cinema release
  • 2010 Universal R0 Blu-ray
  • 2003 Universal R2 DVD

US: Cut and MPAA R rated for:

  • 2018 Shout! Factory RA Blu-ray

US: THE MPAA cuts were:

  • R Rated US versions have Bobby Peru blasting his head off with more smoke than blood.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

 v   The Wild Bunch


 X   The Wild Bunch

Link Here

The Wild Bunch

Versions

uncut
uncut
18138:28s The Wild Bunch is a 1969 USA western by Sam Peckinpah.
With William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Robert Ryan. YouTube icon IMDb

UK: The Restored Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

From IMDB. The restored Director's Cut features additional material:

  • the flashback showing how Thornton was captured
  • the flashback showing how Pike's lover, Aurora, was killed and he himself wounded
  • the scene in the desert that establishes Crazy Lee is Sykes's grandson and that Pike deliberately abandoned him in the opening robbery
  • the raid by Villa on Mapache as he awaits the telegram
  • the aftermath of Villa's raid in Agua Verde
  • about a minute's worth of the festivities at night in Angel's village.
BBFC
uncut
18 135:27s
=130:02s
UK: The US Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1988 Warner VHS
BBFC
10s
X cert 138:21s
=132:49s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed X (16) after 10s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1969 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

  • Cut to shorten the climactic machine gun shootings
  • Cuts to Angel being dragged behind the car.
 v          Wild Card - 2015 USA action crime thriller by Simon West.


 X   Wild Card

Link Here

Wild Card is a 2015 USA action crime thriller by Simon West.
Starring Jason Statham, Michael Angarano and Dominik García-Lorido. Youtube link IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.
Summary Notes

When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play...and it's all or nothing.

Versions

uncut
Extended Version
15

MPAA R

98:25s UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for strong bloody violence, strong language, sexualised nudity for:

US: The Extended Version is available on VoD. It is 11:10s minutes longer and is been marketed with an R rating. The additional material is uncontroversial dialogue.

uncut
Theatrical Version
15

MPAA R

92:16s
=88:35s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong bloody violence, strong language, sexualised nudity for:
  • 2015 cinema release

US : The Theatrical Version was rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.

 v          Wild Guitar - 1962 US comedy drama by Ray Dennis Steckler


 X   Wild Guitar

Link Here

Wild Guitar is a 1962 US comedy drama by Ray Dennis Steckler
Starring Arch Hall Jr., Nancy Czar and Arch Hall Sr. BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release beyond noting that DVD extras were cut to remove an imitable technique from a PG rated trailer.
 v          Wild Honey - 1972 USA drama by Don Edmonds.


 X   Wild Honey

Link Here

Wild Honey is a 1972 USA drama by Don Edmonds.
Starring Edward Blessington, KW Christian and Uschi Digard. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1978.
Summary Notes

A farm girl girl runs away from her sexually abusive father and ends up in Los Angeles. Hippies, LSD, prostitution, lesbianism, a threesome, and a meeting with a satanic cult soon follow.

Versions

uncut
uncut
~95:00s US: The Original version ran for 95 minutes.
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X 70:24s

UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1978 cinema release
 v   The Wild Life - 1984 USA comedy drama by Art Linson.


 X   The Wild Life

Link Here
  • Attention Délires!
The Wild Life is a 1984 USA comedy drama by Art Linson.
Starring Chris Penn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith and Eric Stoltz. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated video release in 1985. Uncut and 15 rated for 2018 DVD.
Summary Notes

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
1592:05s

UK: Passed 15 uncut for sexualised nudity, strong sex references, language, drug misuse with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
1:07s
18 90:58s

UK: Passed 18 after 1:07s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1985 CIC VHS

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

  • to remove all footage of nunchakus and
  • to edit a scene where a cigarette is lit by an ignited aerosol can.
 v          Wild Orchid - 1989 USA romance by Zalman King.


 X   Wild Orchid

Link Here

Wild Orchid is a 1989 USA romance by Zalman King.
Starring Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset and Carré Otis. Youtube link IMDb

Exists as a cut R rated Version and an uncut Unrated Version. UK releases are the uncut version.
Summary Notes

Emily, a raw recruit to a law firm is sent to Brazil with Claudia to help finalise a real estate deal. Emily is innocent and vulnerable, and when she's left in Rio with Wheeler, a milionaire with an unusual outlook on life, Emily is shocked and intrigued by the sex antics to which she is exposed.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA Unrated

106:46s UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2016 Eureka Entertainment Ltd RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
  • 2002 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1990 EIV VHS
  • 1990 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

mpaa cut
5:05s
MPAA R ~105:00s
=~100:00s
US: The R Rated Version is shortened and is censored to reduce the final sex scene. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com
 v          Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue - 1991 US romance by Zalman King


 X   Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue

Link Here
  • Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
  • Wild Orchid 2: Blue Movie Blue
Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue is a 1991 US romance by Zalman King
Starring Nina Siemaszko, Wendy Hughes and Tom Skerritt BBFC link 2020 IMDb
The Theatrical Version was cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This version was then released in the UK with an 18 rating. The uncut version is MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Blue is a teenage girl who lives with her Jazz playing father Ham. Ham gets very sick and dies, and now Blue must support herself somehow. Elle, the headmistress at a brothel, talks her into living and working at her establishment. She decides to leave the business and lead a normal life. Elle is hellbent to see that she never has one.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 111m
pal: 107m
MPAA
Unrated
US: Unrated versions are uncut
BBFC uncut

mpaa cut

cut

cut: 3:41s
run: 107:21s
pal: 103:03s
18

MPAA R

UK: The cut R Rated Version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
  • UK Columbia/TriStar 1993 VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . Cuts in 3 scenes totalled 3:41s:

  1. 129s. When Blue (Nina Siemaszko) first arrives at the brothel she is undressed by another prostitute but not in the R Rated Version
  2. 20s of lesbian lovemaking in a shower have been cut at about 47 minutes into the video.
  3. 1:12s is cut from a scene showing a film being projected showing 2 girls pleasuring a bound masked girl on a bed.
 v          Wild Orchid: Red Shoe Diaries


 X   Wild Orchid: Red Shoe Diaries

Link Here
  • Wild Orchid 3: Red Shoe Diaries
  • Red Shoe Diaries
Wild Orchid: Red Shoe Diaries

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

104:16s Wild Orchid Red Shoe Diaries a 1992 US TV erotic drama by Zalman King.
With David Duchovny, Brigitte Bako and Billy Wirth. IMDb

UK : Passed 18 uncut for:

  • 1992 EIV VHS
MPAA
1:15s
MPAA
R Rated
~103:00s US : R Rated versions are cut by 1:15s.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The sex scene between Thomas and Heidi features an extra 1:15s of softcore sex. The order of the sex scenes has been changed.

 v   The Wild Pussycat - 1969 Greece crime film by Dimis Dadiras.


 X   The Wild Pussycat

Link Here
  • Kafti ekdikisis
The Wild Pussycat is a 1969 Greece crime film by Dimis Dadiras.
Starring Kostas Prekas, Gisela Dali and Maria Foka. IMDb
Exists as a cut Greek version and an uncut Export Version
Summary Notes
The WILD PUSSYCAT is an unsung classic of exploitation cinema. Produced in Greece in 1968, it was not officially released there until 1972 and then only in a cut and compromised version. The simple plot concerns a women whose sister was exploited and driven to suicide by a sleazy pimp. In order to get revenge on him the woman seduces the man, drugs him and imprisons him in a sound proofed room, tormenting him through a large one way mirror (he can see out, no-one can see in) by performing sultry strip tease dances and having sex with men and women while he can only look on, helpless to stop it or join in. Her final vengeance on him is so shocking it raises eyebrows even today.

Versions

uncut
Export Version
run: 84:41s
pal: 81:18s
MPAA Unrated

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

  • 2019 Mondo Macabro [The Wild Pussycat, Export + Greek versions + The Deserter] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
cut
cut
Greek Version
run: 85:59s
pal: 82:33s
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2019 Mondo Macabro [The Wild Pussycat, Export + Greek versions + The Deserter] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon

See cuts details from movie-censorship.com

There are two different versions of The Wild Pussycat . The export version offers the full range of sexual perversions, while the Greek version has many of the more revealing scenes removed, but adds a completely new subplot about a group of drug smugglers

 v          Wild Riders - 1971 US crime thriller by Richard Kanter


 X   Wild Riders

Link Here
  • Angels for Kicks
Wild Riders is a 1971 US crime thriller by Richard Kanter
Starring Alex Rocco, Elizabeth Knowles and Sherry Bain Melon Farmers link IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1971 cinema release and again for 1987 VHS. Passd 18 after BBFC cuts for 2003 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

Pete and Stick, two juvenile delinquents just thrown out of a biker gang, break into a luxury house where they rape two women. They settle in the house, sell the valuables and kill a curious neighbor.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 91m
pal: 87m
MPAA R

US: The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

UK: The film has been broadcast uncut on satellite on The Performance Channel

BBFC cut
cut: 32s
run:
pal:
18UK: Passed 18 after 32s of BBFC cuts for
  • 2003 R2 DVD but was never actually released.
banned
banned
run: 87:28s
pal: 83:58s
rejectedUK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1987 AVR VHS
UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1971 cinema release
 v          Wild Seven - 2006 USA crime drama by James M Hausler.


 X   Wild Seven

Link Here

Wild Seven is a 2006 USA crime drama by James M Hausler.
Starring Richard Roundtree, Robert Loggia and Robert Forster. IMDb

Exists in several versions.
Summary Notes

In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino effect as quickly as an uncontrollable virus kills. As he exits Arizona State Penn after twenty-one long years, Wilson has only one thing on the brain, leveling the score with career criminal, Mackey Willis. As eccentric and intuitive as he is vicious, Mackey's own perfected criminal game will play right into the path Wilson has set for him. With the help of a prison bus driver, Lee Marvin, Wilson acts as a catalyst, putting a plan into action that will bring an untimely end to Mackey Willis. The problem is, no plan is perfect. Meanwhile, an aimless bunch of Arizona twenty-nothings are cooking up a heist that will lead them to the same bank, with different intentions. Skilled at nothing beyond drinking, doing drugs and attending strip clubs, their plan is destined for immediate failure. Heavily armed, without a single identifiable clue, these boys are as blind as they are impulsive...

 v          Wild Things - 1998 US crime mystery drama by John McNaughton


 X   Wild Things

Link Here
  • Criaturas salvajes
Wild Things is a 1998 US crime mystery drama by John McNaughton
Starring Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell and Matt Dillon Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an extended Unrated Version. The film was originally cut for cinema distribution in India.

Summary Notes

A police detective uncovers a conspiracy behind a case involving a high-school guidance counselor when accusations of rape are made against him by two female students.

Unrated Version

uncut
Unrated Version
run: 114:41s
pal: 110:06s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex:
  • 2022 Arrow Limited Edition [Theatrical + Extended Versions] R0 4l Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The extended version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

The additional scenes make for useful additions to the plot and viewers get to see more of Denise Richards

Theatrical Version

uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 107:40s
pal: 103:22s
18 1980

MPAA R

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex:
  • 1999 Entertainment in Video Ltd VHS
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut
  • 1998 Entertainment in Video Ltd VHS
  • 1998 cinema release

US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated:

TV
cut
logo_mtv_50.jpgUK: The Theatrical Version was cut for UK TV broadcast in July 2022

Thanks to Graeme:

MTV showed Wild Things at the weekend and cut the word 'retarded' but strangely left in the 'fuck' and 'cunt' in the same scene.

 v   The Wildcats of St. Trinian's - 1980 UK comedy by Frank Launder.


 X   The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

Link Here

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's is a 1980 UK comedy by Frank Launder.
Starring Sheila Hancock, Michael Hordern and Joe Melia. IMDb

BBFC category cuts were required for an A rated cinema release in 1980.
Summary Notes

The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.

Versions

BBFC cut
cut
A cert 91:31s UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1980 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 6 - Remove sight of bare breasts of girls having their photographs taken. Newspaper photographs in following sequence may remain.
 v          Wilderness


 X   Wilderness

Link Here

Wilderness

Versions

cut 15 cert90:22s 2006 UK horror by Michael J Bassett

All versions pre-cut by the distributor as described by the BBFC in 2006

The distributor had requested it be considered for a '15' when sent in for an advice viewing. However, with four uses of 'cunt', two of which were aggressive and in one case linked to a man head butting a woman, the language in the film was considered too strong for '15'.

The distributor chose to reduce the very strong language in the film's final edit, leaving a single use of 'cunt' said in frustration, which could be accommodated at the '15' already required by the other violence, gore and strong language in the work.

 v          Willard - 2003 Canada / USA Sci-Fi horror thriller by Glen Morgan.


 X   Willard

Link Here

Willard is a 2003 Canada / USA Sci-Fi horror thriller by Glen Morgan.
Starring Crispin Glover, R Lee Ermey and Laura Harring. IMDb

Not cut by censors but the studio shot the film as an R rated horror but decided to tone it down for a PG-13. The toned down version is the only version ever released. Repeated use of 'fuck' was reduced down to one; computer porn images were removed; and Martin's death scene was made less bloody. These cut scenes are included in DVD extras
 v          Willi Wuhlmouse Takes a Trip: Episode 13


 X   Willi Wuhlmouse Takes a Trip: Episode 13

Link Here

Willi Wuhlmouse Takes a Trip: Episode 13

Versions

0s U cert24:09s 1996 release

Slightly pre-cut by distributors

 v          Willow - 1988 USA action fantasy by Ron Howard.


 X   Willow

Link Here

Willow is a 1988 USA action fantasy by Ron Howard.
With Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis. YouTube icon IMDb

BBFC category cuts were required for a PG rating for 1988 cinema release and VHS. Uncut for PG rated DVD. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A baby girl is discovered in a river by Ranon and Mims, the children of Willow Ufgood, a dwarf farmer and magician and the baby girl is taken into the care of Willow's family. But when a terrifying dog-like creature attacks Willow's village, whilst tracking down the baby. Willow consults the village council and the wizard The High Aldwin. The High Aldwin gives Willow a task and Willow leaves the village and embarks on the task to give the baby girl to a responsible person. But Willow soon learns the baby is Elora Danan, the baby girl destined to bring about the downfall of the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda. Joined by his allies: swordsman Madmartigan, sorceress Fin Raziel and the Brownies Franjean and Rool, Willow takes it upon himself to protect Elora from Queen Bavmorda, who intends to kill Elora and prevent Elora from fulfilling her destiny. And Willow and his allies are pursued by Queen Bavmorda's daughter Sorsha and the evil commander of Queen Bavmorda's army General Kael.

Cutting Edge


Cutting Edge Episode 57
Willow
BBFC cuts to make you weep

Versions

uncut
uncut
PG cert

MPAA PG

120:32s UK: Passed PG uncut with previous cuts waived for:

US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

BBFC cut
34s
PG cert 120:06s

UK: Passed PG after 34s of category cuts for violence for:
  • 1995 VCI VHS
  • 1989 RCA/Columbia VHS
  • 1988 cinema release

From IMDb. Even after making cuts, the BBFC felt it necessary to screen a cut version in front of a test audience of children and parents to check if enough had been removed. And in fact this resulted in further cuts to the wild boar attack on the midwife. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Cut scene where the nurse is attacked by the dog/boar after she puts the baby basket into the river
  • Willow zaps the troll with his wand, and 2 creatures emerge from its skin. In the cut version, the bit where the creatures quickly rip the skin off of the troll is missing.
  • A scene with Bavmorda using magic to transform soldiers attempting to siege a castle into pigs. The transformation details are cut along with screams of agony and pig squeals.
  • Reduced violence in the fight between Airk and Kael by removing shot of Airk jerking back as he is stabbed in abdomen; reducing some of the redness of blood on Airk's face;
  • Deleted violence in climatic fights including the second sword thrust into General Kael when Madmartigan steps on the sword and drives it through him. The cut version only shows Madmartigan step on the sword, then cuts to Kael falling.
  • Cut scene during the battle between Bavmorda and Fin Raziel which actually showed where the scratches on Fin's face came from.
  • The BBFC also advised that the soundtrack be softened to reduce the intensity of fight scenes.
 v   The Wind and the Lion - 1975 USA action adventure by John Milius.


 X   The Wind and the Lion

Link Here
  • John Milius' The Wind and the Lion
The Wind and the Lion is a 1975 USA action adventure by John Milius.
With Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for cinema release. Not released on video after dispute with the BBFC

Versions

uncut
uncut
PG113:45s UK: Passed PG uncut for moderate violence and mild language for:
  • 2013 Sony Video

Presumably the BBFC has been convinced that horse falls were not cruel as no mention of cuts this time round

BBFC cut
cut
UK: Unreleased for:
  • 1990 RCA/Columbia VHS

From IMDb. After receiving a list of BBFC requests to remove horse falls, director John Milius withdrew the film from intended UK video release in 1990 and claimed that no animal cruelty had taken place. His claim was supported by stuntman Terry Leonard who threatened to sue the BBFC for besmirching his professional reputation.

BBFC cut
cut
A certUK: Passed A after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1975 cinema release
 v          Windows


 X   Windows

Link Here

Windows

Versions

BBFC
2:16s
18

X cert

88:09s 1980 US thriller by Gordon Willis.
With Talia Shire, Joe Cortese and Elizabeth Ashley. IMDb

Passed X/18 after 2:16s of BBFC cuts for:

  • 1986 Warner VHS
  • 1980 cinema release

From IMDb:

  • Cuts were to the opening unexplicit rape of Talia Shire.
 v          Winds Of The Wasteland


 X   Winds Of The Wasteland

Link Here
  • Stagecoach Run
Winds Of The Wasteland

Versions

7s U cert54:24s 1936 US western by Mack V. Wright

The BBFC cut the 1937 cinema release.

No cuts recorded to 1991-2003 videos/DVDs

DVD releases from 2003-2009 are all cut with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to remove animal cruelty (a potentially dangerous horse fall)

 v          Windtalkers - 2002 USA action history war by John Woo.


 X   Windtalkers

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Windtalkers is a 2002 USA action history war by John Woo.
With Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach and Peter Stormare. YouTube icon IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

During World War II when the Americans needed to find a secure method of communicating they devised a code using the Navajo language. So Navajos were recruited to become what they call code talkers. They would be assigned to a unit and would communicate with other units using the code so that even though the enemy could listen they couldn't understand what they were saying. And to insure that the code is protected men are assigned to protect it at all costs. One of these men is Joe Enders, a man who sustained an injury that can make him unfit for duty but he manages to avoid it and is told of his duty and that the man he is suppose to protect is Ben Yahzee. Initially there is tension but the two men learn to get along.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
15 cert

MPAA Unrated

147:12s UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

From IMDb:

An extended directors cut is available on DVD and features about 22 minutes of new footage. This includes several extended battle scenes as well as a few fully deleted scenes including an early scene of Joe receiving a medal for his work at the start of the film. There are also several new scenes near the start as well including a scene of Joe and Rita on the beach. This scene was included in the trailer for the film. Also a scene of all the marines taking pictures before shipping off to war. Also an extended scene of Yazee introducing himself to Joe and joe asks if he has seen any combat to which yazee replies No, but i'm looking forward to getting into some. There were also several other smaller additions and alternate angles and shots used.

See also pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut

15 cert

MPAA R

134:11s UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 by the BBFC without further cuts for:
  • 2003 Fox Pathe R2 DVD
  • 2002 cinema release
 v   The Wings of Honneamise - 1987 Japan animation Sci-Fi drama by Hiroyuki Yamaga.


 X   The Wings of Honneamise

Link Here
  • Wings of Honneamise
  • Ôritsu uchûgun Oneamisu no tsubasa
  • Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
  • The Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force
  • Honneamise No Tsubasa
The Wings of Honneamise is a 1987 Japan animation Sci-Fi drama by Hiroyuki Yamaga.
Starring Leo Morimoto, David Thomas and Mitsuki Yayoi. IMDb
The film was passed 15 uncut for 1994 cinema release, but category cuts were made for a subsequent. PG rated VHS. The 2015 DVD is uncut and 15 rated.
Summary Notes

On a far-off planet, a Kingdom tries to launch the planet's first manned spacecraft. This ten year old project not only faces funding and technical problem, but also is subject to political conspiracy and the neighboring Republic's aggression. It's all up to Shilo, the first spaceman to be, his friends and their faith to make the space program a success.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
15119:48s

UK: Passed 15 uncut for brief sexual violence for:
  • 2015 Anime [Subtitled] R2 DVD titled Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise at UK Amazon
  • 1994 cinema release

Thanks to Anthony for the update

BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut
~30s

PG119:06s
UK: Passed PG after pre-cuts for:
  • 1995 Manga Entertainment [Subtitled] VHS
  • 1995 Manga Entertainment VHS

From IMDb:

The UK version had a 30 second rape scene cut to bring it down to a PG certificate.

A BBFC examiners explained:

Wings of Honneamise was cut in one place. It was a wholly gratuitous sexual assault in the middle of a film which was otherwise a wonderful experience for younger viewers. But, and this is important as other distributors often do the same, it was voluntarily cut by Manga Video to lower the certificate from its cinema classification of 15 to a PG for the video release. When this happens, it is not registered as a cut.

            Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey - 2023 UK horror by Rhys Frake-Waterfield  See Banned International: Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
 v          Winter Kills - 1979 USA comedy mystery thriller by William Richert.


 X   Winter Kills

Link Here
  • Traficantes de poder
Winter Kills is a 1979 USA comedy mystery thriller by William Richert.
Starring Jeff Bridges, John Huston and Anthony Perkins. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Originally released in 1979. This is often referred to as a cut or UK version. The film was re-cut in 1983 by the director's company. There is also a cut TV version.

The consensus of opinions is that the original version was 97m and the re-issue was 91m. However the original UK cinema release matches the 91m version and so seems to contradict the consensus. Maybe there are 3 versions.

Summary Notes

19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the clues that have been handed to him. As he progresses, it becomes increasingly difficult to discern the real trails from the dead ends, and increasing dangerous as unknown parties try to stop Nick from uncovering the truth.

Re-cut US Version

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 96:15s
pal: 92:24s
18 1980

MPAA R

UK: T he Re-cut US Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex:
  • 2020 Powerhouse Films Limited Edition [US + UK Versions] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 27th January 2020
  • 2020 Powerhouse Films Amazon Prime [US Version] VoD [UK only] at UK Amazon

UK: The Re-cut US Version was passed 18 uncut:

  • 1985 ICA cinema release
US: The Re-cut US Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:

UK Version

uncut
uncut
run: 90:44s
pal: 87:06s
18 1980UK: The UK Version was passed 18 uncut:
  • 1998 BMG Video [Distributor Change] VHS
  • 1986 Embassy Home Entertainment VHS

For some reason these seem to be about 1 minute longer

uncut
uncut
run: 89:29s
pal: 85:54s
18 1980

X cert

UK: The UK Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex:
  • 2020 Powerhouse Films Limited Edition [US + UK Versions] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 27th January 2020

UK: The Original UK Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex:

  • 2005 Cinema Club video

UK: Passed X (18) uncut:

  • 1979 cinema release
 v          Wish Upon - 2017 USA horror fantasy thriller by John R Leonetti.


 X   Wish Upon

Link Here

Wish Upon is a 2017 USA horror fantasy thriller by John R Leonetti.
Starring Sherilyn Fenn, Joey King and Elisabeth Röhm. IMDb

The Theatrical Version was cut in the US for an MPAA PG13 rating. An uncut MPAA Unrated version was later released on Blu-ray and VoD only.
Summary Notes

A teen girl discovers a magical box that will grant her seven wishes. As she uses her wishes for personal gain, bad things begin to happen to those around her. She discovers an evil entity lives inside the box and may be behind the gruesome deaths.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
~95:00s US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2017 Broad Green Pictures [Theatrical Version + Unrated Version] (RA) Blu-ray/(R1) DVD Combo at US Amazon

Presumably the Blu-ray disk has the uncut version whilst the DVD is the cut version.

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
59s

15

MPAA PG-13

90:19s

UK: The cut Theatrical was passed 15 for strong threat, bloody images, suicide references for without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2018 Vertigo R2 DVD
  • 2017 cinema release
US: The cut Theatrical Version is MPAA PG-13 rated for:
  • 2017 Broad Green Pictures [Theatrical Version + Unrated Version] (RA) Blu-ray/(R1) DVD Combo at US Amazon
  • 2017 Broad Green Pictures [Theatrical Version only ] (R1) DVD

From article from movie-censorship.com :

Director John R. Leonetti ( Annabelle ) said early on that his movie was initially much gorier and received the MPAA's "R" rating in the first round. He also said that he considers this "Unrated Director's Cut" to be the better version of his film.

There's a lot more censored than the mere runtime difference of just one minute would suggest. That is due to the usage of alternate material and CGI blood censorship.

 v   The Witch who Came from the Sea - 1976 US horror by Matt Cimber.


 X   The Witch who Came from the Sea

Link Here

The Witch who Came from the Sea is a 1976 US horror by Matt Cimber.
With Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman and Vanessa Brown. IMDb

Always uncut but briefly banned as a video nasty in 1984. Passed 18 uncut for 2006 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review: Odd little gem

A sensationalist cover got this video into trouble "A young woman's nightmare of incest and castration... Molly has a way with razors!" The actual castration scene of course is well toned down.

Here is an odd little gem of a film that fortunately has resurfaced on DVD, boasting a pristine film transfer. Descriptions of the film, the title of the film, and even the DVD cover itself do little to relate, or even hint at what is, as it turns out, an altogether strange, unsettling, humorous, and entertaining cinematic treat.

The off kilter acting styles, unnatural tone, and dark humor of the film shares a kinship to the works of David Lynch. Highly recommended.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 87:43s
pal: 84:12s
18

MPAA R

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for"

The BBFC commented in their 2006 Annual Report:

The Witch Who Came From the Sea had briefly appeared on the Director of Public Prosecutions' 'video nasty' list in 1984 before being removed in 1985 following unsuccessful prosecutions. Its strong bloody violence was acceptable at '18', but not at a lower category.
uncut
uncut
run: 87:35s
pal: 84:05s
Video NastyUK: Passed uncut on pre-cert video for:
  • UK VTC VHS

Released on VHS by VTC. It was banned as a video nasty in august 1984 but was dropped from the DPP list following unsuccessful prosecutions in June 1985.

 v          Witchcraft - 1964 UK horror romance by Don Sharp.


 X   Witchcraft (1964)

Link Here
  • Brujería
Witchcraft is a 1964 UK horror romance by Don Sharp.
Starring Lon Chaney Jr, Jack Hedley and Jill Dixon. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1964 cinema release. Passed 12 uncut for 2016 DVD.
Summary Notes

Since the 17th Century when the Lanier's buried a Whitlock woman alive as a witch and took over the Whitlock estate, the Whitlocks have hungered for revenge. Against the wishes of both families, Amy Whitlock and Bill Lanier are planning on getting married. The Laniers have sent bulldozers onto the old Whitlock Estate to level the land for a construction project. Morgan Whitlock and his daughter Amy make a futile effort to stop the bulldozers that overturn headstones and churn up graves in the Whitlock Cemetery. That hammernight, an overturned coffin opens and Vanessa Whitlock, the witch buried centuries ago, rises from the grave. Together with Morgan, they use their supernatural powers and soon, one-by-one, the Laniers meet with fatal accidents. Tracy Lanier follows Amy into the family crypt and is astonished to see Vanessa and her witches in weird supernatural rites.

Versions

uncut
uncut
12 cert

MPAA Unrated

75:54s

UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate violence, threat for:
Many British film from this period that were cut by the BBFC have ended up with the cut version becoming the only version available. Maybe the existence of a US version with a running time 1 minute longer than the UK version suggests that an uncut version may have been sent to the US and hence was available for this release.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X pre 1970submitted
78:11s
=75:03s
UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1964 cinema release
 v          Witchcraft - 1988 Italy horror by Fabrizio Laurenti (as Martin Newlin).


 X   Witchcraft (1988)

Link Here
  • Ghosthouse II
  • Ghosthouse 2
  • Evil Encounters
  • La casa 4
  • Evil Dead 4
  • Witchery
Witchcraft is a 1988 Italy horror by Fabrizio Laurenti (as Martin Newlin).
Starring David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair and Catherine Hickland. Youtube link IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1989 VHS and pre-cut for 2002 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. Revieiews suggest that the UK 2020 Blu-ray is uncut but there is not a BBFC database entry to suppport this.
Summary Review: Dismal

When a storm strands a group on a Massachusetts island where the only dwelling is an old hotel supposedly haunted by the ghost of a former German actress (Knef), the result is the standard horror film as each of the cast is picked off one-by-one.

In the review guidelines it says not to write one word reviews, but you could about this film, and that would be DISMAL.

So many basic and obvious techniques are used, like: Wind blowing at scary moments, or crackling thunder storms. It is also a horribly predictable storyline, and I would confidently say that a Scooby Doo show contains more mystery and suspense.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 96:30s
pal: 92:38s
No Cert

MPAA R

UK: BBFC details not yet published for:
Reviews suggest that this release is uncut but there is no entry in the BBFC database to confirm this.

US: The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

cut
pre-cut
cut:
run: 96:48s
pal: 92:56s
18UK: Passed 18 after pre-cuts for:
  • 2002 Stax R0 DVD titled Witchcraft

From IMDb:

  • This release restores the violence from the opening sequence
  • but also uses a slow-motion effect to replace the breast nudity removed from the rape
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 21s
run: 95:56s
pal: 92:06s
18UK: Passed 18 after 21s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1989 Colourbox VHS titled Ghosthouse II

From IMDb:

  • Cut to remove a shot of blood spurting from a slashed neck
  • plus heavy editing of nudity during the rape scene.
 v          Witchery - 1988 Italy horror by Fabrizio Laurenti (as Martin Newlin).


 X   Witchery

Link Here

Witchery is a 1988 Italy horror by Fabrizio Laurenti (as Martin Newlin).

See
Witchcraft
     The Witches - 1966 UK horror by Cyril Frankel  See Hammer Films List: The Witches
 v   The Witches - 1990 UK / USA family horror fantasy by Nicolas Roeg.


 X   The Witches (1990)

Link Here

The Witches is a 1990 UK / USA family horror fantasy by Nicolas Roeg.
Starring Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling and Jasen Fisher. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for a PG rating. There is an uncut European version. Uncut in the US but with an alternative happy ending
Summary Notes

A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot to rid the world of all children.

This is the kind of movie you can watch over and over, and each time you'll find something new to laugh at. Trying to mimic the hilariously delivered lines in the film, has yet to lose it's novelty.

The film certainly does do justice to the classic Roald Dahl novel about the adventures of Luke, a young boy staying at an English seaside hotel which happens to be inhabited by the entire population of English child-hating witches and their supreme leader, the grand high witch, who are all under the guise of nice charitable ladies.

European Version

uncut
uncut
run: 87m
pal: 84m
No CertEurope: Uncut
BBFC cut
category
cuts
cut: 2s
run: 91:32s
pal: 87:52s
PG certUK: Passed PG after 2s of BBFC category cuts for:

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

  • The mouse transformation was slightly shortened
  • A shot of a witch's bloody scalp when she removes her wig was removed.

US Version

uncut
US Version
run: 91m
pal: 87m
MPAA PGUS: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

However IMDb reports that the that the US version has an alternative happy ending

 v          Witchfinder General - 1968 UK horror by Michael Reeves.


 X   Witchfinder General

Link Here
  • Mathew Hopkins: Witchfinder General
  • The Conqueror Worm
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Conqueror Worm
Witchfinder General is a 1968 UK horror by Michael Reeves.
With Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy and Rupert Davies. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS until 1990. Uncut for DVD in 2 versions, Continental Version and Director's Cut
Summary Notes

England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men is Matthew Hopkins, who tours the land offering his services as a persecutor of witches. Aided by his sadistic accomplice John Stearne, he travels from city to city and wrenches confessions from "witches" in order to line his pockets and gain sexual favors.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 86:09s
pal: 82:42s
15 cert

18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Unconfirmed but hopefully the Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong violence and execution scenes for:
  • 2013 cinema release

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

  • 2011 Odeon [Director's Cut + Continental Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2011 Odeon R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2003 Prism [Director's Cut + Continental Version] R0 DVD
  • 2002 Metrodome [Director's Cut + Continental Version] R2 DVD

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

Thanks to MM. The US release features a lovely looking transfer of the Director's Cut with an additional axe blow to Price's body right at the end:

The Shout! Factory Blu-ray contains the opening and closing Poe reading as a disk extra that was used for the US Version: The Conquering Worm

uncut
Continental Version
run: 85:54s
pal: 82:28s
18UK: The Export Version/Continental Version/The Conqueror Worm was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2011 Odeon [Director's Cut + Continental Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2003 Prism [Director's Cut + Continental Version] R0 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2002 Metrodome [Director's Cut + Continental Version] R2 DVD
  • 2000 Cinema Club R2 DVD
  • 1995 Redemption VHS

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

  • The Continental Version has alternate takes of several tavern shots in which the various wenches are topless or have exposed breasts - in the Director's Cut they are are more conservatively dressed
BBFC cut
UK Theatrical Version
cut: 1:26s
run: 84:25s
pal: 81:02s
sub: 88:00s

15 cert

18

X cert

UK: The cut UK Theatrical version was passed 15 for:
  • 2007 Showbox R2 DVD

UK: The cut UK Theatrical version was assed 18 for:

  • 1990 Castle VHS
  • 1987 Target VHS
  • 1968 X (16) rated cinema release

UK: Passed X (16) after 1:26s of BBFC cuts for:

  • 1968 cinema release

The cuts were:

  • The torture of Lowes (Rupert Davies) was reduced
  • The beating and half strangulation of a a woman in the cells was totally removed
  • The ducking of Lowes was reduced
  • The burning of Elizabeth (Maggie Kimberly) was reduced. Differences between versions for this cut
  • The torture of Sara (Hilary Dwyer) was reduced
  • The dismemberment of Hopkins (Vincent Price) was reduced
 v   The Witching - 1972 USA horror by Bert I Gordon.


 X   The Witching

Link Here
  • Necromancy
  • The witching - El hechicero
  • A Life for a Life
  • Rosemary's Disciples
The Witching is a 1972 USA horror by Bert I Gordon.
Starring Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin and Lee Purcell. IMDb
Originally passed X uncut for 1972 cinema release in 1972. The producers re-cut the film and sexed it up for 1983 re-release now titled The Witching but the BBFC objected and made cuts for an 18 rated cinema release. Passed 18 uncut for 2002 DVD.

Summary Notes

Orson Welles plays the head of a witches' coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Pamela Franklin to raise his son from the dead.

Versions

BBFC uncut
The Witching
18 76:56s

UK: Passed 18 uncut:
BBFC cut
compulsory BBFC cuts
9s
The Witching
1879:46s
=76:35s

UK: Passed 18 after 9s of compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1983 cinema release titled The Witching

Necromancy was significantly re-cut and sexed up for a 1983 cinema re-release. now titled The Witching. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut
Necromancy
X 82:29s
=79:11s

UK: Passed X (18) uncut:
  • 1972 cinema release titled Necromancy
TV
TV Version

cut
pre-cut

US : There is also a cut TV Version based on The Witching. This goes by the title: Rosemary's Disciples
 v          Witchtrap - 1989 USA action horror thriller by Kevin Tenney (as Kevin S Tenney).


 X   Witchtrap

Link Here
  • The Haunted
Witchtrap is a 1989 USA action horror thriller by Kevin Tenney (as Kevin S Tenney).
Starring James W Quinn, Kathleen Bailey and Judy Tatum. IMDb
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating in 1989. This version was released in the UK on 18 rated VHS without further BBFC cuts. The uncut version is available in the US and is MPAA Unrated.
Promotional Material

Director Kevin Tenney's (NIGHT OF THE DEMONS) WITCHTRAP is a gleefully gory and over the top late 80s supernatural shocker. Starring James Quinn (WITCHBOARD) and featuring scream queen Linnea Quigley in the film's most memorable and creative death scene, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to bring this outrageous cult classic to Blu-ray, totally uncut, with its long censored gore fully intact, and in a brand new Director and Cinematographer approved restoration, for the first time anywhere in the world!

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
91:24s
=
87:45s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut

18

MPAA R

86:27s

UK: The cut R rated version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 1990 Video Programme Dists VHS

US: The R rated version was cut as follows:

  • The murder of Ginger in the shower is missing a shot of a shower head protruding from the victim's neck.
  • Blood has been cut from the bullet wound as Frank is shot in the head.
  • The shooting of Elwin is missing sights of him being shot in the stomach and head. The R rated version has him felled with one shot rather than two to the stomach and one to the head.
  • The censors have also spared us a shot of Agnes being hit in the head by an axe.
  • There are also a couple of dialogue scenes being shortened for brevity rather than for censorship
 v          With Deadly Intent


 X   With Deadly Intent

Link Here

With Deadly Intent

Versions

38s 15 cert94:48s 1996 release by Ruben Preuss
            With These Hands - 1971 UK sex comedy by Don Chaffey  See Sex Clinic
 v          Without a Stitch - 1968 Denmark comedy drama by Annelise Meineche.


 X   Without a Stitch

Link Here
  • Without a Stitch On
Without a Stitch is a 1968 Denmark comedy drama by Annelise Meineche.
Starring Anne Grete Nissen, Ib Mossin and Joan Gamst. IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1969 cinema release. Passed X after BBFC cuts for an X rated 1975 cinema release.
Summary Notes

When a high-school girl complains of her inability to reach sexual climax, her doctor suggests that she keep a diary of her sexual encounters. She does just that and soon finds herself caught up in a sexual merry-go-round that includes making a hardcore porno film in Sweden, an escapade with a German sadist and a lesbian encounter.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
~93:00s US: Hopefully uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
cut
X cert submitted
98:15s
UK: Presumably the same film was passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1975 cinema release titled Without a Stitch
banned
banned
Rejected UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1969 cinema release titled Without a Stitch On
 v   The Wizard of Gore


 X   The Wizard of Gore

Link Here

The Wizard of Gore

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

94:54s 2007 US horror by Jeremy Kasten.
With Kip Pardue, Bijou Phillips and Crispin Glover. IMDb

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

MPAA
cut
MPAA
R Rated
There is a cut US R Rated version to avoid
 v       A Wizard's Tale - 2018 UK / Mexico family animation comedy by Andrés Couturier.


 X   A Wizard's Tale

Link Here

A Wizard's Tale is a 2018 UK / Mexico family animation comedy by Andrés Couturier.
Starring Lily Collins, Toby Kebbell and Ian McShane. IMDb

BBFC category cuts were made for U rated cinema and DVD release in 2018.
Summary Notes

Balloon kingdoms, dopey police dragons and happy wizards are exactly how Terry remembered his Grandmother's whacky fairy tales. Except they are real and it's definitely not as 'cheerful.'

Versions

BBFC cut
category cuts
2:05s
U 95:01s
=91:13s

submitted
97:06s
=93:13s
UK: Passed U for very mild threat, comic violence after 2:05s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 2018 Signature Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2018 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
  • Company chose to remove a scene in which characters inhale gaseous substances in a manner referencing drug misuse. An uncut PG was available.

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