BBFC Cuts H:Ha

Haggard

• Haggard: The Movie

Mostly released uncut but there is a cut US R rated version to avoid

Unrated

96:45s

• 2006 Revolver R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2003 Revolver R2 DVD

US: Bam's Uncut Version is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2003 411 Productions R1 DVD at US Amazon

See Self Censored List: Hail Mary

See Banned International: Half a Yellow Sun

Half Moon

• Niwemang

105:47s

The BBFC cut the 2008 UCA DVD by 2:51s. Compulsory cuts required to sight of cockerels fighting.

Hall Pass

There's a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version which doesn't add much

R Rated

• 2011 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2011 Warner Online

US: The Extended Cut is MPAA R Rated for:

• 2011 Warner RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com. Overall, the Extended Cut offers 8 new scenes with a runtime of 6:16 minutes. None of the scenes are really funny or an important addition to the movie

R Rated

• 2011 Warner R2 DVD
• 2011 Warner Online
• 2011 cinema release

See Halloween 2018

Halloween (2007)

• Rob Zombie's Halloween

Cut in the US for an R rating. This was passed without further cuts for UK cinema release. Home video releases in the US and UK feature the uncut Director's Cut

Summary Notes

After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.

Unrated

• 2008 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2014 Anchor Bay Halloween Complete Collection [Theatrical + Director's Cut] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2007 Weinstein Company RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2007 Weinstein Company R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com. The additional material in the Director's Cut is mostly plot extensions but there is a rape scene that may have not made it into the US R rated version

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R Rated

• 2007 cinema release

Halloween II (2009)

• H2: Halloween II
• Halloween 2
• Rob Zombie's Halloween II

Not cut in the UK or US. The Director's Cut is a far more bleak take on the tale compared with the Theatrical Version.

Summary Notes

Michael Myers is still at large and no less dangerous than ever. After a failed reunion to reach his baby sister at their old home, Laurie Strode is immediately taken to a hospital to be treated by the wounds that had been afflicted by her brother a few hours ago. However, Michael isn't too far off and will continue his murdering 'Halloween' rampage until he gets his sister all to himself.

• 2014 Anchor Bay Halloween Complete Collection [Theatrical + Director's Cut] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2010 Sony R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2010 Sony R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

From IMDb. The Director's Cut is a significantly new take on the story with the Laurie Strode character have for more bleak time of it. The Director's Cut does not contain any additional sex and violence though.

• The opening scene with Laurie walking and Loomis being placed into the ambulance is longer.
• The hospital dream scene has an extra sequence of Laurie attempting to cross over a pile of bodies.
• An on screen title that said "One Year Later" in the Theatrical Cut now says "Two Years Later."
• During the breakfast scene, Laurie and Annie now argue about going to the psychiatrist.
• More dialogue with Laurie and the psychiatrist. Laurie looks at a framed inkblot on a wall and says it looks like two white horses with a ghostly figure between them.
• Loomis' press conference is expanded. Loomis discusses Michael's Oedipal complex, as well as the idea that Michael perhaps saw Loomis as a father figure.
• Added sequence where Laurie runs a bath and begins to freak out.
• Laurie stopping to play with a pig on her way to work is removed. She instead goes to the psychiatrist and tells her about playing with the pig (we see a few seconds of it, now in flashback), and how it triggered a nervous breakdown of sorts. When the shrink denies her more pills, Laurie freaks out and swears.
• The scene where Annie finds Laurie drinking a beer in her room has been expanded: They have another fight.
• A non-masked Michael (along with Young Michael and his mother) angrily looks at a billboard that advertises Loomis' book.
• When Laurie and Maya come home from the party, there is a short added sequence of them making tea in the kitchen prior to going upstairs. There's also an added shot of Michael apparently walking out of the house.
• Brackett's reaction to finding Annie's body is longer, containing video flashbacks of real-life actress Danielle Harris as a child.
• The ending is significantly different: After Loomis enters the cabin, Michael throws him through a wall, and the two of them wind up outside. Michael then removes his mask, yells "DIE!", and stabs Loomis. The cops then open fire and kill Michael. Laurie then comes out, takes Michael's knife, and approaches Loomis with it, implying that she may stab him. The cops then open fire on her and seemingly kill her. We then fade to the same hospital footage seen at the end of the theatrical cut as a cover of "Love Hurts" plays on the soundtrack.

R Rated

• 2010 EIV Blu-ray
• 2010 EIV DVD
• 2009 cinema release

All UK/US releases are uncut. There is an extended TV cut though

See Halloween Films List: Halloween
 

Halloween II (1981)

• Halloween II: The Nightmare Isn't Over!
• Halloween 2

Uncut for UK cinema release, and DVDs after 2002, but was cut by the BBFC for 1990 VHS. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Review: Successful exercise in terror

It is rare that horror sequels (or any film sequels) manage to capture the tone and feel of their predecessor. However Halloween 2, made 3 years after John Carpenter's original, is a successful exercise in terror.

However, expect more violence than the almost entirely blood-free first outing.

A very worthwhile film for lovers of the horror genre.

• 2011 Scanbox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2010 Lions Gate Online
• 2010 Lions Gate R2 DVD
• 2002 Sanctuary R2 DVD

• 1981 Thorn EMI VHS

UK: Passed X (18) uncut for:

• 1981 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2018 Shout! Factory Steelbook RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2014 Anchor Bay Halloween Complete Collection [Theatrical + TV versions] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2012 Shout! Factory Collector's Edition [Theatrical + TV versions] RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2012 Shout! Factory Collector's Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon
• 2011 Universal 30th Anniversary R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2005 Universal R1 DVD
• US VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon

• 1999 Castle [4:3] R2 DVD
• 1990 Castle VHS

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were to the scene where Michael dunks a nurse into a boiling Jacuzzi:

• At 49 mins - Reduce scalding to death of nurse in overheated jacuzzi by removing 3rd and 5th times her head is lowered into water, cutting away after 1st shot of temperature gauge which follows 2nd dunk, and resuming after 2nd shot of gauge to see her head raised for what was originally 3rd time and then lowered and raised again. Also reduce sight of bare-breasted body before she falls to floor, cutting away after she is raised again to remove last immersion and resuming on long shot of her upright body just before it falls to floor.

See article from movie-censorship.com

Halloween 3: Season of the Witch

• Halloween III

Apart from a rare uncut version, UK releases have usually been plagued by versions pre-cut for violence. The R rated version is uncut in the US.

Summary Review: Brilliant and scary

This has to be the most scary, mysterious, weird, Halloween film of the series, and it has NO Michael Myers!

This film takes a break from Michael and lets just say if you haven't seen the film don't judge it! It has everything from suspense and action, to horror and romance. I would have to say that I was on the edge of my seat the ending was particularly brilliant and scary.

• 2000 MIA 2000 R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1983 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated:

• 2018 Shout! Factory Steelbook RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2015 Universal Studios R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2014 Anchor Bay Halloween Complete Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2012 Shout! Factory Collector's Edition RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2012 Shout! Factory Collector's Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 18th September 2012
• 2006 Universal R1 DVD
• US VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon

1:49s

• UK High Fliers (as sold at Poundland) R2 DVD
• 2011 Scanbox R2 DVD
• 2002 Sanctuary R2 DVD

It is missing most of the gore!

• the bit in the hospital where the bloke gets his face pulled apart
• the insects crawling out of that woman's mouth after she fiddled with the badge

2:06s

• 1986 Warner VHS

2:06s pre-cut:

• One scene that seems to come and go depending upon the version is a  close up of a woman's face who's just been blasted in the mouth by an blue energy beam. The next thing we see is a bug crawling out of a large hole in her rather molten looking face. Other versions fade to black before the camera can close in on her face.
• The love scene between the two main characters has been slightly trimmed
• When the old man is killed in the junkyard, you loose the footage of his head being pulled off and the resultant fountain of blood.
• In the scene were the robot man attacks the woman in the laborotory, he reaches for a drill, it starts to spin and in the video version it cuts off. In a showing on Sky we see a shot of the woman being drilled with the head obscured by a hospital trolley, but you can hear the sound of her being drilled and see her legs shaking.
• There are missing scenes during the death of Harry Grimbridge, these are three shots of the assassins fingers in his eyes, the wrenching of the skull and his feet thrashing about.

Uncut in the UK and US.

See Halloween Films: Halloween 4
 

Halloween 5

• Halloween 5 - The Revenge Of Michael Myers
• Halloween V

Cut in the US to obtain an MPAA R rating. The same cut version was passed 18 for all UK releases since.

Summary Notes

It's one year later after the events of Halloween 4. Michael survives the shootings and on October 31st he returns with a vengeance. Lurking and stalking, Jamie, Rachel, and Rachel's friends, Michael forms a plan to lure Jamie out of the children's hospital where events lead up to the confrontation at the Myers house. Halloween 5 is a dark, thrill ride that will scare the heck out of you!

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best
available

• 2012 Anchor Bar RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Anchor Bar R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 Cinema Club R2 DVD
• 2000 Digital Entertainment R2 DVD
• 1992 Braveworld VHS
• 1991 Guild VHS

US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2014 Anchor Bay Halloween Complete Collection RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2012 Anchor Bay RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

This is the best available version.

From IMDb. Some dialogue and gore was cut from the U.S. release to obtain an "R" rating:

• The scene in which the cop (Fenton Quinn) is killed outside of the Myers' house was shortened considerably. In the original version, as Michael is bashing his head into the glass on the windshield, there was a shot where you could see the glass embedded into his face.
• The shot of Mikey (Jonathan Chapin) quivering on the ground was shortened to avoid an "X" rating. You can still notice the abrupt jump in the shot before he is dragged away by Michael.
• In the documentary Inside Halloween 5 a cut scene is shown of a man removing Michaels mask and looking at it weirdly. Another scene cut was removed because it was considered too graphic. As Jamie is trying to climb back up in the laundry chute Michael stabs Jamie through her ankle. When Jamie emerges from the laundry chute you can see her ankle wounded and bleeding.

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

• Hall6ween
• Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
• Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers

Not cut in the UK or US but exists in a Theatrical Version and a Producer's Cut

Summary Notes

Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after giving birth to Michael's child. She runs to Haddonfield to get Dr. Loomis to help her again. Meanwhile, the family that adopted Laurie Strode is living in the Myers house and are being stalked by Myers. It's the curse of Thorn that Michael is possessed by that makes him kill his family. And it's up to Tommy Doyle, the boy from Halloween, and Dr. Loomis, to stop them all.

• 2011 Lionsgate R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2007 Buena Vista R2 DVD
• 2003 Buena Vista R2 DVD
• 2003 Buena Vista VHS
• 1999 Cinema Club VHS
• 1995 Buena Vista VHS

US: The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2015 LIONSGATE (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2014 Anchor Bay Halloween Complete Collection [Theatrical + Producers Cut] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2012 Miramax Echo Bridge RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2011 Miramax Echo Bridge RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2000 Dimension R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2014 Anchor Bay Halloween Complete Collection [Theatrical + Producers Cut] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon

There Producers cut was given a festival screening in November 2013. It is the original version prepared by the film makers. It was substantially reworked into the Theatrical Version as a result of feedback from preview audiences.

See review from  mcbastardsmausoleum.blogspot.co.uk :

Things missing from the producer's cut are a lot of extra gore scenes like the head explosion of Mr. Strode and the bone protruding from the snapped neck of a victim. Pretty much the entire finale was re shot so you don't have the operating room massacre or Michael being injected with a syringe full of nitric acid, but what you gain with the Cult of Thorn mythology makes for a more complete story. This cut of the film is just more enjoyable with more atmosphere and is not as disjointed.

Dr Loomis' exit in the producer's cut - while not perfect - is way better than the chopped finale is the theatrical version.

Uncut in the UK and US. See Halloween Films: Halloween H20

Uncut in the UK and US. See Halloween Films: Halloween: Resurrection

Originally produced as an internet TV series and then re-edited into a feature length film

Hammer

Cut by the BBFC for 1973 X rated cinema release. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A dock worker becomes a prizefighter, but gets mixed up with a crooked manager. A sympathetic L.A. detective tries to set him straight, but he won't listen. His manager, who is also a drug dealer, tells him that he has to take a dive during an important fight, and to ensure his cooperation, his girlfriend is kidnapped.

• 2015 Olive Films (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 9th June 2015
• 2015 Olive Films R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 9th June 2015

• 1973 cinema release

Hanappe Bazooka

Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated 1997 VHS release

• 1997 A.D. Vision U.K. VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• at 20 minutes. When hero rescues sister from whipping by female demon, remove shot of suspended naked woman gasping as she is hot, resuming on her coming through the door, and after female demon wields whip again, remove similar shot of victim being whipped, resuming on hero rushing forward to save her.

Two shots of a naked woman being whipped by a female demon have vanished

Hancock

• Hidden from Earth

Cut similarly in the US and UK for PG-13/12A theatrical versions. There is an uncut Extended Version that is Unrated/15 rated.

Summary Notes

An immortal superhero, Hancock, descends into a bad patch and becomes a miserable drunken bum. He is rescued by a PR guy whose sexy wife seems somehow connected to the recovering superhero.

Unrated

• 2008 Sony R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2008 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The Extended Version is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2008 Sony R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2008 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

The BBFC commented in the 2008 Annual Report: The 15 rated version includes additional:

Uses of strong language and a crude sex scene where the hero's superpowers include an explosive ejaculation. While there is little detail of the actual sex, the sight of the ejaculation was beyond what is considered suitable at the '12' category.

From IMDb . Additional scenes include, but are not limited to:

• Hancock bringing a girl to his trailer to have sex
• Mary Embrey driving to Hancock's trailer instead of flying there
• Hancock getting off a prison bus while chained to other prisoners whom he drags behind him.

See also pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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• 2008 Sony R0 Blu-ray
• 2008 Sony R2 DVD

• 2008 Sony R0 Blu-ray
• 2008 Sony R2 DVD
• 2008 cinema release

• This film was originally shown to the BBFC for advice in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive a '15' classification but that the requested '12A' certificate could be achieved by making a number of reductions throughout the film. In particular, the BBFC suggested (i) that several aggressive uses of moderate language ('bitch' and 'pussy') should be removed, (ii) that a scene showing Hancock taking a woman back to his trailer and having sex with her should be removed (including an implied orgasm), (iii) that some heavy blows, strangulation and sight of blood during scenes of violence should be reduced or removed and (iv) that the level of sustained threat and tension - particularly in the final scene - should be reduced. When the finished version of the film was submitted a number of substantial reductions had been made, including the deletion of the entire sex scene, and the reduced version was considered acceptable at '12A'. A complete version, with the deleted footage restored, has subsequently been classified '15' on DVD.

Thanks to Gavin Salkeld. The BBFC added in an article on sbbfc.co.uk :

Hancock was passed at PG-13 in the US for Some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and language .

The distributor wanted a 12A for the same version in the UK, but substantial further cuts to violence and hostile language were required by the BBFC to achieve this category, together with the overlaying of more upbeat music for the climactic fight scene, to signify victory for the hero, and soften the tone and impact of the violence.

The final 12A version carried consumer advice of Contains moderate violence, strong and aggressive language and crude humour .

It seems likely that the BBFC saw a version with some of the material now in the extended version. It seems that the advised cuts for a 12A were reflected in the US with similar cuts for an MPAA PG-13 rating.

The Handmaiden

• Ah-ga-ssi

Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut. Both were passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for 2017 cinema and video release.

Summary Notes

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.

• 2017 Curzon Artificial Eye [Theatrical + Director's Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2017 cinema release

• 2017 Curzon Artificial Eye [Theatrical + Director's Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2017 Curzon Artificial Eye [Theatrical Version only] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2017 cinema release

Hands of Steel

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence, bloody images, nudity for:

• 2016 88 Films RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 5th December 2016
• 2016 88 Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 5th December 2016

Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated 1986 VHS release titled Fists of Steel. The video was cut by 1s to remove an ear clap. Uncut and 15 rated for 2016 DVD and Blu-ray.

Summary Notes

Sinister industrialist Francis Turner, played by John Saxon, creates a cyborg known as Paco Queruak (Daniel Greene) who has been programmed to terminate the leader of an ecological faction that stands in the way of the dystopian country in which the story is set. After failing in his mission to eliminate the ecologist, Paco flees to Arizona where he must face his opponents; and ultimately choose between his humanity and robotic natures.

Hands of the Ripper

Originally cut both for UK and US releases. Later uncut on UK home video and US Blu-ray

Summary Comments: Dark London Atmosphere

The infant daughter of Jack the Ripper is witness to the brutal murder of her mother by her father. Fifteen years later she is a troubled young woman who is seemingly possessed by the spirit of her father. While in a trance she continues his murderous killing spree but has no recollection of the events afterwards. A sympathetic psychiatrist takes her in and is convinced he can cure her condition. Soon, however, he regrets his decision.

Peter Sasdy filled this movie with a lot of dark London atmosphere, a straight on plot that never gets boring, good actors...and blood.

Unrated

• 2014 Network RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2006 Network R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 Carlton R2 DVD
• 1986 MIA VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2013 Synapse (RA) Blu-ray/(R1) DVD Combo via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1971 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• Remove horror shots of Liz's eye gouged with pins - as she lies on the ground'
• It is also reported that a throat slashing was also removed

Note the BBFC noted a submitted time 88:39s. However this seems out of sync with all other reported runtimes. However stepping this down by one level of 24 to 25 frames per second correction to 85:06s results in a running time that is consistent with all other releases.

Hang 'Em High

Uncut version available at:

PG rated

The film was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2000 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2000 MGM VHS
• 1986 Warner VHS

The US release is rated PG uncut for:

• 2010 MGM US Blu-ray/DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

From cuts details on IMDb :

• Cut by the BBFC to reduce facial close ups during the opening lynching
• cut to edit Cooper's fight with Miller.

The submitted running time was noted as 114:21s = 109:47s

See Banned: International: Hanger

The Hangover

The Theatrical Version was cut by the BBFC for 15 rated 2009 cinema release and DVD.  The Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for Blu-ray along with the Extended Cut. In the US the Theatrical Version is R rated whilst the Extended Cut is Unrated and appears on Blu-ray only.

Summary Notes

Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.

Unrated

• 2009 Warner Home Video [Extended + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

• 2009 Warner R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon

The BBFC explained:

The Hangover is a comedy about a group of friends who lose the groom during a stag night trip to Las Vegas. This version contains material not featured in the cinema release and was classified 18 for strong sexual images.

Over the film's end credits there are a series of still photographs showing the activities of the stag night. Three of these pictures show one character apparently having fellatio performed on him in a lift. In the version classified 15 for cinema exhibition, these images were pixilated. However in the version submitted for classification as a video recording, the images are unpixelated and contravene the BBFC's Guidelines on sex at 15 which state that sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail . At 18 any more explicit images of sexual activity need to be justified by context and in this case the images are not particularly clear, are very brief, and illustrate in comic fashion the debauched nature of the stag night that the film focuses on.

• 2009 Warner Home Video [Extended + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

• 2010 Warner video
• 2009 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

This film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive an 18 classification but that the requested 15 certificate could be achieved by making one change to visuals in the closing credits. The BBFC suggested that brief shots in which a man is being fellated by a woman, with clear sight of an apparent erect penis in the woman's mouth, be removed. When the finished version of the film was submitted, the shots had been removed and the film was classified 15.

The Hangover Part II

See trailer from youtube.com

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2011 Warner R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2011 Warner R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2011 Warner Online
• 2011 Warner R0 Blu-ray + DVD
• 2011 Warner R2 DVD
• 2011 cinema release

The BBFC commented: Ping Pong Show

This film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive an 18 classification but that the requested 15 certificate could be achieved by making two cuts to still images seen during the end credits.

• These cuts were to remove sight of a woman apparently penetrating her vagina with a string of material and
• sight of a naked woman, with her legs apart, ejecting a ping pong ball from her vagina.

When the finished version of the film was submitted, these still images had been tightly reframed to avoid any explicit or graphic detail and the film was classified 15 .

See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com

Hannibal

• Annibale

Cut by the BBFC for 1960 cinema release. Uncut in the US in a longer version than the Italian original

Summary Notes

After making his historic crossing of the Alps with elephants transporting supplies and troops, Hannibal marches on Rome in a war of revenge.

• 2004 Vci Video R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1960 cinema release

Hannibal Brooks

• Viaje Hacia la Libertad

BBFC category cuts were required for a U rated cinema release in 1969. Uncut for 12 rated home video in 2017. Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US.

Summary Notes

In WW2, captured British soldier Stephen Brooks is on a prison train to Germany. On the train he meets an American prisoner, Packy, who's obsessed with escaping. Brooks tries to temper Packy and reminds him that escaped prisoners are shot if recaptured. Packy is insistent despite Brooks' warnings. On arrival at the POW camp Stalag 7A, Brooks and other fellow POWs are sent to work at the local Munich zoo, to care for the animals. Brooks is assigned to care for Lucy the elephant. .

• 2017 Fabulous Films video

• 2011 MGM R0 DVD at US Amazon

• 1969 cinema release

Hannibal Rising

Unrated

The BBFC passed the US Unrated Version or Uncut Edition 18 uncut for the 2007 Techniclor DVD/Blu-ray

The extensions for the Unrated Version are mostly uncontentious additional plot.

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

R Rated

Hansel and Gretel

UK: A re-edited version was passed U without U without BBFC cut sfor:

• 2006 Sony DVD

• 2006 Warner VHS

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

The Unrated/Extended Version improves on the R Rated Theatrical version with additional violence and witticism.

Unrated

• 2013 Paramount [Theatrical + Extended, 3D + 2D] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 24th June 2013
• 2013 Paramount [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 24th June 2013

US: The Extended Version is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2013 Paramount [Theatrical + Unrated, 3D + 2D] RA Blu-ray/ R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
• 2013 Paramount [Theatrical + Unrated] RA Blu-ray/ R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon

See article from movie-censorship.com : The Unrated Extended Cut adds over 9 minutes of material. Much of the new stuff is so entertaining that it bares the question why it wasn't included in the short theatrical version. There's plenty of extra fun and violence in the added material.

• 2013 Paramount [Theatrical + Extended, 3D + 2D] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 24th June 2013
• 2013 Paramount [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 24th June 2013
• 2013 Paramount [Theatrical only] R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon released on 24th June 2013
• 2013 cinema release

US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated for:

• 2013 Paramount [Theatrical + Unrated, 3D + 2D] RA Blu-ray/ R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
• 2013 Paramount [Theatrical + Unrated] RA Blu-ray/ R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
• 2013 Paramount [Theatrical] R1 DVD

See article from collider.com . Director Tommy Wirkola outlined one of the cuts made to the Theatrical Version:

There was a scene where [Hansel and Gretel] burst into a house and there's a witch. She puts up her hands and they tell her to step aside. She steps aside and behind her is a tiny little baby hanging from a rope that's she's about to eat. [Hansel and Gretel] end up saving it,  but people were shocked. Again, I'm not stupid. I see that's too much. So it's about balancing those things.

The Happening

The BBFC passed a pre-cut cinema version of the film 15 in 2008 with the following explanation:

THE HAPPENING is a thriller about a couple and a young girl trying to escape a mysterious toxin causing people to commit suicide and murder. The work was passed '15' for frequent images of suicide and moderate bloody injury.

Besides references to terrorism, and a sustained menace from an unseen and uncontrollable threat, the film also features a series of suicides by different methods, including a policeman shooting himself with sight of blood trickling from a bullet wound in his head, sight of another man lying in a pool of blood having shot himself off-screen, a jump moment where several bodies are seen hanging from trees, a scene where a man slits his wrist at a small distance and another scene where two young teenage boys are shot. In each case sight of blood and injury is fairly brief. However the treatment of the suicide theme and the frequency and nature of the injury detail went beyond the bounds of a '12A', but met the BBFC's '15' Guidelines which allow 'strong threat and menace', and state that 'no theme is prohibited, provided that treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds', 'violence may be strong but not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury' and 'dangerous techniques (e.g. combat, hanging, suicide, and self-harming) should not dwell on imitable detail'.

The work also contains moderate language including uses of 'bitch'.

Thanks to Christian: Euro Cut

M. Night Shyamalan has stated in an interview with a German news magazine that the German version has been cut losing shots of:

• the needle piercing the throat during the suicide at the beginning
• a man having his arm bitten off by lions
• a man dying under a lawnmower

Some of these shots do turn up in the Red Band trailer and I strongly suspect that these aren't the only shots that were cut, due to the erratic editing other viewers already mentioned.

You can probably imagine that I was a bit pissed off when I realised that the English-language version of The Happening I was watching was missing the same shots that I knew had been edited out of the German version.

This suggests that this may indeed not be a matter of national censorship but that 20th Century Fox might well have created a Euro-cut and is hoping to cash in on an Unrated Director's Cut DVD later on.

Happy Birthday to Me

Uncut in the UK on cinema and VHS. The video was seized by police during the video nasties panic. Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating and this cut version was released on 2004 UK DVD.

Summary Notes

Virginia Wainwright is a spirited young woman who has returned to a private school having survived a deadly accident and regenerative brain surgery. She is proud that she belongs to the Top Ten - the school's inner circle with the best students - and attempts to resume a normal life. But her friends are falling prey to a grueling series of murders, and soon there will be no one left to attend her 18th birthday party. Could it be her? Striving to rekindle the memory of her nightmarish accident, Virginia suffers from memory loss and traumatic blackouts. We soon learn the horrible truth behind her accident and what is going on before her birthday party...

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• 2016 Powerhouse Films R0 Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2004 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD

From IMDb:

• edits to the weight-lift gore
• edits to the shish kebab death scenes
• the imposition of a pop song over the opening credits.

• 1986 RCA/Columbia VHS
• 1981 cinema release

From IMDb:

These releases were culled from a longer print with slightly gorier footage of the weight-lift and shish kebab death scenes, plus the original music score featured an atmospheric piano piece.

• 1983 SilverSeries VHS

The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order. This is a legal gambit whereby victims admitted that the videos were 'obscene', and therefore subject to seizure, in return for that being the end of the matter and so avoiding an obscenity trial with the possibility of jail time.

Happy Gilmore

Same version for cinema and 1996 video.

• Cut for strong language

Happy Hooker

Cut for UK cinema release. Uncut on home video.

Summary Notes: About sex but no sex

Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts liberally sampling the local male talent. After a while she decides to make her pleasure her business too, and as her reputation grows she graduates to a high-class bordello. Soon she realises she has the right talents to make a real success of a place of her own.

A movie that is about sex from beginning to end but could've been rated G, or at least PG. No one is shown having sex, and it's discussed in such a clinical way it DOES become the business of pleasure.

Unrated

• 2007  Happy Hooker Trilogy R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1986 Canon VHS

• 2007 MGM Happy Hooker Trilogy R2 DVD at US Amazon

• 1975 cinema release

See Banned International: Happy Hour in Paradise
 

Happy Times

• Happy Times Hotel
• Xingfu shiguang

See trailer from youtube.com

PG

UK: The US Version was passed PG uncut for:

• 2003 20th Century Fox Video but not released

US: Uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

• 2002 Sony R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

pre-cut

• 2003 Fox Pathe/20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 2002 cinema release

See article from dvdcompare.net :

• Almost 6 minutes have been censored, especially scenes involving the idea of young people escaping to short time hotels for premarital sex.

Hard-Boiled

• Hard Boiled
• Lat sau san taam

Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated 1993 cinema release and further cut for 1994 VHS. Passed 18 uncut for DVD since 2001. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Review: Breakout Film

A thriller about a reckless Hong Kong cop who is out for revenge against a gun-smuggling ring. Along the way, he encounters an undercover cop already on the case who he eventually partners up with. Although the story is pretty ordinary, lacking the emotional drama of The Killer, the action is non-stop and represents Woo at the top of his game.

Once again, Woo delivers awesome shootouts and insane stunt work in a relentlessly entertaining action flick. In fact, you can break the film down into a series of set-pieces which include a eye popping shootout at a teahouse and a blood soaked 40 minute finale inside a hospital. The standout moment of the film is a one-take action sequence that follows the two men through the hospital and is nothing short of amazing.

Unrated

• 2005 Tartan R0 DVD
• 2004 Tartan Collector's Edition R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 Tartan R0 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2010 Dragon Dynasty R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2007 Dragon Dynasty R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1994 Tartan VHS

The BBFC cuts were in the scene in which informer (Little Ko) is badly beaten up by a killer.

1. We do not get to see a karate chop to the chest
2. A side kick in the rib cage
3. Ko's head being flung against steel pole railings

• 1993 cinema release

A Hard Day's Night

Cut by the BBFC for a U rated cinema release. The same version has been released ever since albeit sometimes with the addition of a prologue

Summary Notes

The Beatles--the world's most famous rock and roll band--travel from their home town of Liverpool to London to perform in a television broadcast. Along the way they must rescue Paul's unconventional grandfather from various misadventures and drummer Ringo goes missing just before the crucial concert.

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Unrated

• 2014 Second Sight RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Second Sight R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 Buena Vista R2 DVD
• 2001 cinema release
• 1998 Vestron VHS
• 1992 VCI VHS
• 1964 cinema release

See also Case studies: A Hard Day's Night from bbfc.co.uk

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

• Reel 6 - Remove dialogue line Get knotted.

  This is still cut today. According to the script (and obvious by a jump-cut in the film) it was at the end of the scene where Ringo storms off from the group after being coerced by Wilfred Brambell into leaving.

US: MPAA Unrated for:

• 2014 Criterion Collection (RA) Blu-ray/(R1) DVD Combo at US Amazon

From IMDb.

• The song "You Can't Do That" was deleted from the original film. In the 30th anniversary special on the making of the film, the cut scene featuring the song is included as an extra.
• There is also a prologue that is included with some releases

Hard Rock Zombies

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 15 rated 2007 Pegasus DVD.

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

Hard Target

Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This cut version was passed 18 for 1993 UK cinema release. Uncut for 18 rated UK home video

Summary Review: Top Notch

One of the best examples of the Hong Kong Style of John Woo meshing well with western tough guys and Hollywood technology.

Jean Claude Van Damme has been coaxed into doing some of his best fight scenes ever whilst still retaining that essential 'cool'.

Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge Episode 27:
Hard Target
 

• 2003 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2000 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• 1994 CIC VHS

Europe: The European Version is uncut for:

• 2013 Universal Pictures UK R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

~3:27s

• 1994 CIC VHS
• 1993 cinema release

US: The cuts for an MPAA R rating rather than the originally awarded NC-17 rating were:

• Cuts to arrow wounds in the opening credits sequence
• Significant cuts to reduce violence in the Mardi Gras warehouse finale

Hard to Kill

• Seven Year Storm

Cut by the BBFC for 1990 cinema and VHS release. Uncut since 1999 VHS release. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son meanwhile is growing up thinking his father is dead. When Mason wakes up, everyone is in danger - himself, his son, his best friend, his nurse - but most of all those who arranged for his death

Cutting Edge: Steven Seagal Special

Steven Seagal: The Complete Cuts
 

• 2012 Warner Steven Seagal Collection R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon
• 2010 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1999 Warner VHS

Thanks to Tim, June 2010: Hard to Find

This was released on UK DVD in March 2010, but at the time this was a limited release restricted to HMV.

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2012 Warner R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 1998 Warner R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1990 Warner VHS
• 1990 cinema release

There are reports that the full screen box set video of Nico, Hard To Kill & Out For Justice was released with Hard to Kill accidentally uncut

The BBFC cuts were

• In the fight at the pool table Mason Storm (Steven Seagal) stabs one of the villains in the neck with a poker cue and then kicks him in the head, but the kick is cut in the UK version.
• When Seagal finds Senator Trent (William Sadler) in the wardrobe, he shoves a shotgun in the senators mouth with bloody results and then leads the senator downstairs. However in the UK video, the sequence in the wardrobe is cut.

From Greg: I recently bought the German DVD with English language etc. This film is a complete travesty. All scenes featuring violence are cut, even some dialog, making the film totally unwatchable, I recommend your readers avoid this at all costs.

From Christian, April 2008: There are two versions of that DVD, one rated 16, which I guess must be the one he saw, and a completely uncut one, which is rated 18. As this version is on the "Index" (A list of media considered particularly harmful to minors), it would not be on open display in most shops, but it does exist and is freely available to adults.

Hardcase and Fist

Both the Braveworld video of 1989 and the Hollywood DVD of 2003 suffered the same 12s of BBFC cuts.

Hardcore

• Fiona
• Frankly Fiona

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut after BBFC cuts waived for:

• 2006 Village/Green Umbrella R0 DVD
• 2002 Odyssey R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1997 Disc video

Summary Review: Cheap & Cheerful

Cheap and cheerful sex comedy with Fiona Richmond who was a well known starlet at the time with a large following in men's mags.

She gets her kit of frequently but there are no follow on sex scenes of any note at all.

• 1986 VHS

Hardware

• M.A.R.K. 13

Unrated

The Uncut International Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2009 Optimum RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2009 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2009 Severin R0 Blu-ray  at US Amazon
• 2009 Severin R1 DVD at US Amazon

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R Rated

• 1990 Palace VHS
• 1990 cinema release

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Cut by the BBFC for 1991 15 rated cinema release and 1992 VHS. Cuts waived for 2003 15 rated DVD. Uncut in the US.

Summary Notes

The tough biker Harley and his no less tough cowboy friend Marlboro learn that an old friend of theirs will lose his bar, because a bank wants to build a new complex there and demands 2.5 million dollars for a new contract in advance. Harley and Marlboro decide to help him by robbing the corrupt bank. Unfortunately they rob the wrong safety transport and get hold of an amount of a new synthetic drug. Now they are targeted both by criminal bankers and killers of the drug mob.

• 2003 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2015 Shout! Factory RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1992 Warner VHS
• 1991 cinema release

Thanks to bleach. The BBFC cuts were:

• At 8 mins - In pool room fight between Don Johnson and Indian, shots of the latter swivelling a butterfly knife were removed.

Harold & Kumar - Escape From Guantanamo Bay

• Harold & Kumar 2

Unrated

The US Unrated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for the 2008 EIV DVD

There have been extensive alterations between the 2 versions of which just a few are related to obtaining a US R Rating

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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

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

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Rated R

Harpoon: Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre

Unrated

The US Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2010 E1 Online
• 2010 E1 R2 DVD at UK Amazon

There is also a cut US R Rated version to avoid missing 1:20s.

The Harrad Experiment

Uncut for its cinema release but a cut TV version has been widely released on home video

• 2003 Cinema Club R2 DVD

The TV version has cut all the nudity and strong language

• 1973 cinema release

Harrad Summer

There is a short and a long version

• 1986 VPD VHS

• 2004 Cinema Club R2 DVD

Harry and Paul Season 4 Episode 3

UK: An Edited Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for one use of strong language for:

• 2012 2Entertain [Season 4] R2 DVD
• 2012 2Entertain [Season 1-44] R2 DVD

Pure speculation, but it looks like this is another example of the BBC cutting jokes about children after sensitivity resulting from the Jimmy Savile scandal.

• 2012 2Entertain Video

Harry and Paul Season 4 Episode 4

UK: A Re-Edited Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for moderate sex references and discriminatory and racist language for:

• 2012 2Entertain [Season 4] R2 DVD
• 2012 2Entertain [Season 1-44] R2 DVD

• 2012 2Entertain Video

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

No censor cuts in the UK or US. In addition to the definitive Theatrical Version there is an Extended Version with reinserted deleted scenes for a TV showing

MPAA

• 2012 Warner Wizard's Collection [Extended+Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2011 Warner Online
• 2011 Warner Ultimate Edition [Theatrical+Extended on DVD, Theatrical on Blu-ray] R0 DVD/Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon

US: The Extended Version/Extended Cut is MPAA PG rated for:

• 2012 Warner Wizard's Collection [Extended+Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
• 2009 Warner Ultimate Edition [Extended+Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2009 Warner Ultimate Edition [Extended+Theatrical] R1 DVD at US Amazon

The Extended Version has an additional 7 minutes of deleted scenes reinserted originally for a US TV showing. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

MPAA

• 2012 Warner Wizard's Collection [Extended+Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2011 Warner Ultimate Edition [Theatrical+Extended] on DVD, Theatrical on Blu-ray] R0 DVD/Blu-ray Combo
• 2007 Warner R0 Blu-ray
• 2002 Warner R2 DVD
• 2001 cinema release

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens

No censor cuts in the UK or US. In addition to the definitive Theatrical Version there is an Extended Version reinserting deleted scenes

MPAA

• 2012 Warner Wizard's Collection [Extended+Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2011 Warner Ultimate Edition [Theatrical+Extended on DVD, Theatrical on Blu-ray] R0 DVD/Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon
• 2011 Warner Online

US: The Extended Version is uncut and PG Rated for:

• 2012 Warner Wizard's Collection [Extended+Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
• 2009 Warner Ultimate Edition [Extended+Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2009 Warner Ultimate Edition [Extended+Theatrical] R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . Just uncontentious deleted scenes reinserted into the film, but makes for a nice bonus

• 2012 Warner Wizard's Collection [Extended+Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2003 Warner R2 DVD
• 2002 cinema release

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Cut in the US to avoid an MPAA R rating.

Summary Notes

Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for the Trio, and the rest of the Wizarding World, so everything they do must go as planned.

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• 2011 Warner Home video
• 2010 cinema release

From IMDb. (With thanks to Cameron)

According to Nick Moran, the intensity of his role as Scabior (including his more violent scenes) was toned down, because according to David Heyman: It was like watching Saw .

Filming the torture scene, where Bellatrix is torturing Hermione, at the Malfoy's Manor, at the climax, proved to be very intense for the actresses involved (most of the scene was cut, to avoid an R rating in the U.S., and a 15 rating in the UK).

Hermione's bloodstained hands were digitally cleaned up for the trailer, to ensure a wider (PG-13) distribution.

Hatchet

• A balta

Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. The MPAA Unrated version is uncut and is the version distributed internationally.

Summary Notes

A motley crew of tourists embark on a boat ride of the haunted Louisiana bayous where they learn the terrifying tale of local legend "Victor Crowley"; a horribly disfigured man who was tragically and accidentally killed with a hatchet by the hands of his own father. But when the boat sinks and the ghost story turns out to be real, the group tries desperately to escape the swamp with their lives...and all of their pieces.

Unrated

• 2008 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2007 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA unrated for:

• 2010 Starz/Anchor Bay Blu-Ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2007 Anchor Bay R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2007 cinema release

A mysterious longer version was passed 18 uncut but was replaced with the shorter Unrated Version for UK cinema release.

Hatchet II

• Adam Green's Hatchet II
• Hatchet 2

Unrated

The Unrated Version/Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and gore for:

• 2011 Arrow RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2011 Arrow R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2011 cinema release

The US release featuring the Director's Cut was MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 Dark Sky RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2011 Dark Sky R1 DVD at US Amazon

Hatchet III

• Adam Green's Hatchet III
• Hatchet 3

Exists in a cut R rated version and an uncut Unrated Director's Cut

• 2013 Dark Sky RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2013 Dark Sky R1 DVD at US Amazon

The cuts were limited to a few frames from 14 violent scenes adding up to 26s. See  pictorial cuts from  movie-censorship.com

Hate Crime

Banned by the BBFC for 2015 VoD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summery Notes

A Jewish family, that just arrived in a new neighborhood, are recording their youngest son's birthday celebrations on video when their home is suddenly invaded by a bunch of crystal-meth-crazed Neo-Nazi lunatics.

• 2013 UNEARTHED FILMS R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2015 Horror Show VoD

The BBFC commented:

HATE CRIME focuses on the terrorisation, mutilation, physical and sexual abuse and murder of the members of a Jewish family by the Neo Nazi thugs who invade their home. The physical and sexual abuse and violence are accompanied by constant strong verbal racist abuse. Little context is provided for the violence beyond an on-screen statement at the end of the film that the two attackers who escaped were subsequently apprehended and that the one surviving family member was released from captivity. It is the Board's carefully considered conclusion that the unremitting manner in which HATE CRIME focuses on physical and sexual abuse, aggravated by racist invective, means that to issue a classification to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board's Guidelines, would risk potential harm, and would be unacceptable to broad public opinion. The Board considered whether its concerns could be dealt with through cuts. However, given that the fact that unacceptable content runs throughout the work, cuts are not a viable option in this case and the work is therefore refused a classification.

See article from haddonfieldhorror.com . The Director James Cullen Bressack responded:

I am honoured to know that my mind is officially too twisted for the UK. So it goes...I find it unbelievable that a film that shows little to no on screen violence and no nudity was actually banned. it just shows the power of what is implied and peoples imagination; and is a testament to the fact that the same crimes that happen in the world are truly horrifying.

Hated: GG Allin & the Murder Junkies

• Hated
• Hated: The GG Allin Story

Documentary about a controversial punk performer.

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2007 MVD R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• Someone inserts a carrot into GG Allin's arse and then seemingly eats it. Not to the censor's taste though
• A photo is shown of some guy fellating GG Allin but not in the UK version
• A woman urinates in GG Allin's mouth but yet again not to UK tastes.
• During a show GG Allin squats and shits. The gesture was not appreciated by the BBFC

The Hateful Eight

Exists as a Multiplex Version and a longer 70mm Roadshow Version

Director Quentin Tarantino has confirmed in Variety that two versions exist:

The roadshow version has an overture and an intermission, and it will be three hours, two minutes. The multiplex version is about six minutes shorter, not counting the intermission time, which is about 12 minutes.

But I actually changed the cutting slightly for a couple of the multiplex scenes because it's not that. [...] The sequences in question play in "big, long, cool, unblinking takes" in the 70mm version [...] It was awesome in the bigness of 70, but sitting on your couch, maybe it's not so awesome. So I cut it up a little bit. It's a little less precious about itself.

Summary Notes

In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunters try to find shelter during a blizzard but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. Will they survive?

• 2015 cinema release

As the Roadshow Version is targeted at a higher definition media than any on home video, then it seems logical that home video release will generally feature just the Multiplex Version (as per this release).

The Roadshow version looked like it would be released on French Blu-ray as the 'version Longue' but this didn't actually happen.

• 2016 Entertainment in Video RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2016 Entertainment in Video R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2015 cinema release

US: The Multiplex Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2016 Starz / Anchor Bay RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2016 Starz / Anchor Bay R1 DVD at US Amazon

See article from collider.com . Producer Richard Gladstein explained the versions:

The multiplex version of the movie which will be presented in digital exhibition, the way in which 99,9% of movies are distributed today, it's missing the overture and it's missing the intermission and it's about 6 minutes shorter. A few scenes have been reconstructed slightly and there are several scenes that have been excised out of the film for the multiplex version.

There are several scenes that are lifted out of the movie and there's a couple of scenes that are re-edited. And the reason why that they are re-edited is that - that is also the version that will go on television etc. - we felt that a slightly more discerning viewer might be going to the 70mm. So there is a sequence with Jennifer - which I don't want to give away - where we hold this one shot for maybe 2 minutes and in the multiplex version that same scene takes place but it's just shortened to 45 seconds or something. So there's a minute. So there's a couple of things like that where Quentin cut it down a little bit for the general audience release who might not have the same patience with sitting in this one long shot. And there are a few scenes for pacing that he adjusted for the mass. But he created that other version, the multiplex version, with great care and just as much care as the roadshow version.

Hating Breitbart

The film was originally awarded an R rating for several uses of the word 'fuck'. The film was eventually cut to remove most of these and so the film was released as PG-13 rated for theatrical release. Uncut and R rated for DVD.

Summary Notes

Having followed Andrew Breitbart since the birth of the Tea Party movement in 2009, the filmmakers got behind the scenes access to Andrew Breitbart and the many media controversies in which he was a key player. From the ACORN take-down to Congressman Anthony Weiner's crotch shot Twitter scandal, Hating Breitbart tells the amazing story of how one man conquered and helped to shape the world of new media as we know it today.

• 2013 Freestyle Digital Media R0 DVD at US Amazon

Haunted

• Ghosts

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.

Summary Notes

If you Like "GHOST" reality shows, you should get a kick out of this one... REALM OF HORRORDare you venture into the most haunted place in the world. A TV crew will film a paranormal investigation and obtain evidence that proves we are not alone. Something Evil awaits them! They will all discover the truth, that we are not alone.

• 2016 101 Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon titled Ghosts

• 2014 Greenway Entertainment video

See Dementia 13

The film was presented to the MPAA in 2 versions, both were R rated for crude and sexual content, language and some drug use.

The Haunted Palace

• Edgar Allen Poe's The Haunted Palace

Cut by the BBFC for 1963 cinema release. Uncut on home video

Summary Review: Truly Brilliant

Loosely based on HP Lovecraft's short story The Case of Charles Dexter Ward , the film opens with a warlock placing a curse on a group of villagers about to burn him at the stake. Generations later, the warlock's descendant returns to the village to pick up where his ancestor left off.

It is a truly brilliant Gothic Horror film and one of the greatest installments of Corman's superb Poe cycle with the great Vincent Price.

Unrated

• 2015 Arrow RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Arrow Video Six Gothic Tales RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2008 Optimum Roger Corman Collection R2 DVD at UK Amazon

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• 1998 Virgin VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2013 Shout! Factory Vincent Price Collection RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2003 MGM Midnite Movies Double Feature via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1963 cinema release

From cuts details on IMDb . The BBFC cuts were:

• cut to remove facial shots of a corpse in a coffin
• cut to reduce a scene of a man on fire.

The Haunting in Connecticut

• Malédiction au Connecticut

Summary Notes

Charts one family's encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover. Now terror awaits when Jonah, the boy who communicated with the dead, returns to unleash horror on the innocent and unsuspecting family.

Unrated

• 2009 EIV Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2009 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2009 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2009 Lions Gate R1 DVD at US Amazon

See Catch Us If You Can
 

Havoc

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2005 New Line R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The Unrated Version features an extra 7 minutes of unchallenging material. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

R rated

• 2007 Universal R2 DVD
• 2006 cinema release