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Night School (aka Terror Eyes) is a 1981 US slasher by Ken Hughes.
With Leonard Mann, Rachel Ward and Drew Snyder.  

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1981 cinema release. Released uncut on pre-cert VHS only to be banned as a video nasty. Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated 1987 VHS. The BBFC finally passed the film uncut with an 18 rating for 2025 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A Boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds commited by a helmeted, black-leather clad serial killer which leads him to suspect a well known anthropology professor as well as his female live-in assistant.

Versions

uncut run: 88:35s pal: 85:02s		UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong bloody violence, injury detail: 2025 Warner Bros (RB) Blu-ray (rated 06/03/2025) at UK Amazon #ad titled Night School US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for: 2017 Warner R0 Blu-ray titled Night School at US Amazon 2011 Warner R1 DVD-R titled Night School via UK Amazon and at US Amazon US Amazon Video (US only) titled Night School at US Amazon
cut cut: 1:16s run: 87:03s pal: 83:34s		UK: Passed 18 after 1:16s of BBFC cuts for: 1993 Vipco VHS 1987 Guild VHS The BBFC cuts were: stabbings and girls being threatened with knives during the changing room and cafe murders
uncut run: 88:28s pal: 84:56s		UK: Released uncut on pre-cert video for: UK Guild VHS The uncut Guild VHS was released in February 1983. It was banned as a video nasty in March 1984. It was dropped from the list in June 1985
cut cut: run: 88:24s pal: 84:52s		UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for: 1981 cinema release

Promotional Material

They work by day, take a full schedule of classes all night and somehow find time for study and an occasional date. Women in the evening curriculum at Bostons distinguished Wendell College do a lot to get ahead in life. But theres someone who will go to even greater lengths. Someone who will do anything to get a head.

A killer whose m.o. is the ritualistic decapitation of victims makes terror a required course at Night School, directed by Kenneth Hughes (Casino Royale 1967) and starring Rachel Ward (The Thorn Birds; After Dark, My Sweet) in her screen debut. Leonard Mann plays the homicide lieutenant assigned to the puzzling case. He has hunches, not clues. Suspects, not evidence. And a rising body count. Finals are coming early this year at Wendell. And for those who dont make the grade, heads will roll.

The Cannibal Man is a 1972 Spanish thriller by Eloy de la Iglesia.
With Vicente Parra, Emma Cohen and Eusebio Poncela.

Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1993. Later passed 15 uncut for 2025 Blu-ray. There is also an extended integral version assembled from unique footage from several other versions, such as the German Cinema Version.

Summary Review: Pseudo-sleazy

Real slaughterhouse footage and scenes of dirty urban slums set the tone for this stark and obsessive Spanish thriller.

A slaughterhouse employee named Marcos gets attacked by a cabdriver who takes objection when he and his girlfriend are making out in the back seat, and Marcos kills him. This sets in motion a week of killing, first to cover up the cabdriver's death, and afterward to keep the bodies piling up in his bedroom a s ecret.

Weird, pseudo-sleazy film that works even though it doesn't even attempt to live up to its title - there's *no cannibalism*.

The dubbing is pretty bad and there's not much gore (most of the nastiness happens off-screen), but there's plenty of atmosphere and a sense of desperation builds in Marco's apartment.

International Version

International Version run: 98:33s pal: 94:36s		UK: The International Version is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, bloody images, threat, sex: 2025 88 Films Blu-ray (rated 06/01/2025) titled La Semana Del Asesino US: The International Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for: 2021 Severin [International + Extended Integral Version] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad 2021 Severin [International + Extended Integral Version] R0 DVD at US Amazon #ad 2012 Blue Underground Midnight Movies [Cannibal Man + Cannibals] R1 DVD at US Amazon 2012 Real 3D DVD-R at US Amazon [check compatibility details] 2007 Blue Underground R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
cut cut: 3s run: 98:02s pal: 94:07s		UK: The International Version was passed 18 after 3s of BBFC cuts for: 1993 Redemption VHS See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The BBFC cuts were: 3s removed from a shot where Marcos cuts Carmen's throat
uncut run: 98:09s pal: 94:13s		UK: The International Version was released uncut on pre-cert video for: 1981 Intervision VHS It was released in November 1981 and banned as a video nasty in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout the panic and became one of the collectable DPP39s. The cover was a flimsy slip case that didn't last long so adding to the rarity of a mint condition cover.

The BBC has published a trailer for a new six-part comedy horror drama filmed in Northen Ireland and Ireland earlier this year. It tells the story of three teenagers who go on an epic quest to complete a cult horror VHS collection.

A description of the series reads:

Set in 1985, when the home video revolution is in full analogue swing, Video Nasty tells the story of three mostly-normal-but-kind-of-weird teenagers who go on an epic quest to complete a cult VHS collection.

Instead, they get mixed up in a murder investigation, becoming chief suspects and public enemies. The series is a deadly, deadpan comedy with a raucous, racy, retro flavour. Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer set to film latest blockbuster in Northern Ireland Who are Marian and Dolours Price?

Written and created by Hugh Travers and directed by Christopher Smith and Megan K. Fox the series promises to be a, raucous, racy, retro 80's throwback that blends laugh-out loud comedy with compelling horror-themed drama.

The series will be available on iPlayer on 8th January 2025.