• Baba Yaga
• Baba Yaga, The Devil Witch
• Black Magic
• Kiss Me Kill Me
• The Devil Witch

The Reloaded version was passed uncut by the BBFC in 2008.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

See article from dvdtimes.co.uk:

For this 2009 release the film has been re-cut by Farina himself, returning the majority of the deleted materials to their rightful locations, most notably with a politically driven pre-credits graveyard sequence, of which the chances of being warmly received in the USA are about nil.

Most of the other material that was deleted either underscores the lesbian elements or can simply be seen as padding.

The two censor-mandated full frontal nudity cuts have also been restored. It would be unfair to claim that the reinstating of these scenes turns a flawed film into a masterpiece, but they do make the film slightly more cohesive as a whole, and lead to certain scene transitions seeming a little less jarring.

Review from IMDb: Surreal Tangents

This movie has just confused the hell out of everybody since it's based on a comic strip Valentina few outside of Italy have read and few in Italy probably understood. Valentina is a photographer who through the agency of a magic camera falls under the spell of a strange lesbian witch, Baba Yaga. That's the basic plot, but it goes off on so many bizarre and surreal tangents that the movie itself is almost impossible to describe.

At one point, for instance, Baba Yaga gives Valentina a doll which suddenly turns into a real-life dominatrix who strips her naked, ties her up, and whips her while the witch looks on approvingly. In another scene, Valentina's suddenly part of a firing squad shooting a naked woman on a Jean Rollinesque deserted beach.

Carol Baker is the witch and although she is woefully miscast (too young and voluptuous) she acquits herself well (and even did a full-frontal nude scene which was censored out). The actress that plays Valentina, Isabella de Funes couldn't act her way out of an 8mm porno loop, but she really doesn't have to in this very visual, non-linear movie.

This movie definitely isn't for everybody, but if you're on this site reading this review (and you've heard of any of these people) I expect you'll probably like it.

Two full frontal shot of Carroll Baker were deleted by the BBFC.

Disputes at the production company saw material deleted at odds with the wishes of the director.

Babes Illustrated 5: Special Edition

Released when R18 guidelines were a little more liberal

• Kozure Ôkami: Shinikazeni mukau ubaguruma
• Baby Cart
• Lend a Child
• Lend an Army
• Lightning Swords of Death
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
• Lupine Wolf
• Sword of Vengeance, Part III

The BBFC cut the 1999 Artsmagic video/DVD by 20s

• Cut to edit violence during the attempted rape of 2 women by a samurai gang and their subsequent killing by Kanbei

The Complete Lone Wolf & Cub Boxset released in 2009 by Eureka is uncut but there is no record of a resubmission to the BBFC.

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

Review from US Amazon: An astonishing, great film

An astonishing, great film. Wakayama Tomisaburo does not just act, he embodies. To me, this amazing actor is Lone Wolf of the Kazure Okami comic book series (itself a masterpiece). I can never get enough of looking at him.

There is a simple scene in this film, in which Lone Wolf and his son are sitting in an inn drinking tea. The silence, the graciousness and subtle charm of the gestures, the unhurried and measured quality of the shot, create a moving experience for the viewer.

Most people focus on the violence of these films -- which is done beautifully -- but for me, the most important thing is the simple, pure, and usually wordless characterization of the relationship between father and son.

• Mistaken Identity

The Canal Studio Version or Extended Edition or Raw & Uncut Version or Harder Cut was passed 15 for the 2008 DVD without BBFC cuts.

Babylon A.D. is an adaptation of Maurice G. Dantec's science fiction novel Babylon Babies. It is set in a post-apocalyptic society and tells the story of Toorop; a veteran soldier turned mercenary who is hired to transport a young girl from Russia to Canada.

This DVD version has been passed 15 because of at least eight uses of strong language and moderate violence. Guidelines for 15 allow frequent use of strong language (eg 'fuck'), unlike guidelines for 12 or 12A where the use of strong language must be infrequent.

The versions for the cinema and another DVD release were passed 12A and 12 , respectively, because they were identical in content, in containing only one use of strong language and moderate violence.

In all other respects, this version is the same as the other two. This work also contains frequent use of moderate language – including bitch, shit and arse. The moderate violence featured is of the standard action movie fare and includes explosions, impressionistic fight scenes and gun battles. There are occasional bloody moments including a brutal cage fight between the main character and a vicious gladiator and another scene which features a slow-motion bullet entering the body of woman. These moments in the work are infrequent and do not linger on bloody injuries. Their inclusion is largely mitigated by the fantastical science-fiction context and well-contained within 15 guidelines which say that violence may be strong but may not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury.

See also pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

• Twin Sitters

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 1995

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum:

• At 32 mins - The finding of two little boys in joke hanging was reduced by removing initial long shots and close ups of faces, resuming on long shots of twins in doorway with boys` feet dangling foreground.
• At 38 mins - In scene by swimming pool, all close ups of coiled orange cable, plug-in socket, cable uncurling, and plug pulled out of socket were removed.
• At 66 mins - Shot of black gloved hands twisting and banging man`s head against balustrade was removed.
• At 79 mins - After oriental twins kick man behind them, the attack with repeated kicks on two other men was removed, resuming on corridor shot.
• At 81 mins - When black twins take turns to punch man in face, blows were reduced to one punch only.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• Coup de force

Previous BBFC cuts were waived when the Hollywood DVD was submitted in 2004. This is now the full uncut version as banned by the BBFC in 1994

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

See review from IMDb: A definite winner

Good chemistry between the two leads, Lots of action. A definite winner.

This is an excellent "B" movie. Blanks and Piper work really well together. The story is decent. But story doesn't count, action does. And there is more than enough action to keep people happy. Blanks and Piper are good in the numerous fight scenes.

Overall a really good movie that any action fan should check out.

The BBFC commented:

The distributors resubmitted the video shorn of 7.5 minutes of the most brutal violence, after which a further 1.5 minutes was cut by the Board, removing most of the remaining kicks to the head and face, the smashing of heads against walls, floors and pillars, the biting of ears and glamorising of weaponry.

Two of the rejected videos in 1994 (the other is Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor) featured karate but each went beyond acceptable standards in the quantity and intensity of potentially lethal kicks to the head and bone-crunching blows and twists to the limbs, back and neck. Since this form of macho heroics is likely to appeal to teenagers with a record of violent offending, cuts did not seem a practical proposition. The Board has always been concerned about films in which heroes meet viciousness with viciousness, inflicting pain and injury on others as if it were the only remedy for villainy.

The International Version was passed 15 uncut for

• 2010 Sony video

• 2010 Sony video
• 2010 cinema release

• Andy Warhol's Bad

The BBFC cut the 1977 cinema release

From cuts details on IMDb

• Cut to remove all close up footage of pornographic magazine material
• Edits to the finger removal scene
• Edits to shots of a dead baby.

Cuts were waived when resubmitted in 2007

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

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

Cut by 3s for the cinema version and 20s for video. The BBFC site suggests that the cuts were the same for both versions so perhaps different implementations of the required cut.

From DVD Times:

The BBFC cut one shot, nine minutes in: Bubby is sitting in a chair, tugging at a string which is around his cat’s neck. The cat seems to be resisting, which is presumably why the BBFC considered that it was distressed, making the shot fall foul of the Animals Act.

This cut unfortunately removed the following dialogue:
Bubby: Where cat from?
Mother: Outside.

This blurred a plot point, as this was the first indication that there is an “outside”.

The US Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for the 2002 Universal DVD and 2007 Optimum DVD

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

The cuts were uncontentious and were for timing reasons.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The BBFC cut the 18 rated 1989 video from Film and Video by 22s.

From cuts details on IMDb:

• to remove closeup shots of self-mutilation with a knife and a scalpel
• to reduce a scene where a man is repeatedly hit by a car.

It has been shown on Zone Horror and others uncut uncut suggesting that the BBFC would now waive the cuts

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

Review from US Amazon: Underrated Entertainment

Bad Dreams came out around the same time as Nightmare on Elm Street and is very much a product of the 80s and horror filmmaking style at that time. The film tell the story of the sole survivor of an interesting hippielike commune/cult led by a David Koreshish type leader.

Yet Bad Dreams is a cut above for many reasons. The first being that the film is filled with surrealistic arresting images-in particular, the house where the mass suicide took place is an intriguing looking building, tragically beautiful.

Secondly, Bad Dreams encompasses a fascinating character in the African American female mental patient who frequently says mysterious and pseudo religious things and seems to be the only one who knows what's going on.

Thirdly, the acting by all involved is really superior to what you find in most horror films. Rubin is especially good at emoting and I am mystified why I never heard of her before I rented this film.

In short, Bad Dreams is a must see, with a great twist ending also. A must for any horror fan or suspense lover.

Passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 1994 Fox VHS
• 1994 cinema release

This UK release is reported to be the uncut version also noted as Unrated for US release.

There is also a cut US R Rated Version missing 27s of 2 of Drew Barrymore's scenes where she flashes her breasts

The 2003 DVD release was cut by 28s by the BBFC with the following comment: Compulsory cut to remove dangerous imitable technique.

The 1990 cinema release and 1991 video release from Entertainment in Video suffered similarly but implemented differently.

Thanks to Bleach, from cuts details on IMDb

• Removed "dangerous imitable technique" during the scene where Alex attempts to kill Michael by connecting the car lights to the petrol tank.

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

Review from US Amazon: Excellent

A movie that keeps you in suspense from it's very beginning deserves to be called "excellent".

Rob Lowe's magnificent performance as a charismatic player is so convincing you may notice at the end that you have not even moved while watching it...

James Spader's roll as a decent hard working professional who innocently finds himself, suddenly involved in a homicide case, is terrific as well. Love, sex, passion, hate...and even murder are perfectly combined in this movie...

Highly recommended...

The Pathe DVD was passed 18 uncut in 2003

Bad Lieutenant is banned completely in Ireland. If you are thinking of buying it in the US beware of a butchered R rated version prepared especially for our moral guardians at Blockbuster Video.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: It doesn't come much better

Sometimes your need to explore the bad. Not sugar coat it, not make it all-right-in-the-end feelgood hollywood crowd-pleasing, but take a character and a situation and follow them both through to their rightful conclusion.

And make no mistake, this is totally about badness - Keitel's character is as corrupted to the core as a human being can be. And we witness it all close up.

But can someone like him be ultimately redeemed? I'll leave you to find out. Be prepared to be shocked, to witness total corruption and despair, and to witness one of the best performances an actor can give.

This film will take you way beyond your comfort zone - but is a tour de force of vital, raw cinema. I still shudder now when recalling it and how I felt at the ending. It doesn't come much better than this.

1. Rape of the nun: cut: scene where nun's pants are removed revealing pubic hair.
2. Injecting heroin: cut: close-up of Zoe Lund's arm as she injects herself.
3. Injecting heroin: cut: Keitel drinking as he watches Zoe.
4. Injecting heroin: cut: another shot of Zoe's arm with the needle in it.
5. Injecting heroin: cut: close up of Zoe's face.
6. Injecting heroin: cut: Zoe drawing liquid from spoon. (still present in the trailer!)
7. Injecting heroin: 31s replaced by crude dissolve: Zoe injects Keitel.

Led Zepplin threatened legal action against a track sounding slightly like "Kashmir". The offending song has been removed from 4 points in the video.

1. Street drug dealing just before Keitel arrives to buy crack: now no music at all.
2. Nun's rape originally to backing track "signifying rapper": now church organ music.
3. Long tracking shot following Keitel into the hospital: now no music at all.
4. End credits: now have Abel Ferrara himself singing.

• Badder Santa (unrated version)

No BBFC cuts to the Unrated Version (titled Badder Santa in the US) submitted  for a 2005 Columbia/TriStar DVD

See cuts details from dvdcompare.net

DVD Compare reports that the UK DVD release is basically the Unrated Version but is missing the mention of Willie's penis in the opening exchange with the security guard.

From cuts details on IMDb

The unrated cut includes these changes:

• There's an alternate take of Willie leaving the mall at the start of the movie with a more vulgar exchange with the security guard. Willie retorts that his penis as the only content of his pants and asks whether the guard wants to see it.
• There's a whole new subplot at the beginning of the movie with Willie stealing a car and robbing someone's house, and then going to a strip club and bringing a stripper home before hearing the phone message telling him it's that time of year again.
• There is more footage of Willie having sex in the dressing room.
• The pinball scene with the underage girl is extended with more thrusting.
• There's more swearing and berating in the food court scene.
• There's some more footage of Willie yelling at The Kid after losing a game of checkers.
• The jacuzzi sex scene is slightly longer.
• The scene with Willie confronting a security guard outside the mall is extended.
• A small extension of the Granny Death scene.
• An extended car death scene.
• A longer shoot out at the mall

Note that there is also a Director's Cut that is shorter than the unrated version and hasn't been issued in the UK

The Unrated region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The Director's Cut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The Unrated + Director's Cut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

The Unrated region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The Director's Cut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

• Fuck Me
• Rape Me

The US/Canada release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2005 Remstar R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

The BBFC cut 12s for an 18 rating for:

• UK 2002 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 2002 Feature Film Company R2 DVD

The BBFC commented: Cuts required to two sequences of sexual violence involving strong sexual imagery:

• explicit close up of sexual penetration of woman during rape scene
• sight of gun being pressed into man's anus prior to being fired

Contains hardcore segments even after being censored by the BBFC

Review from UK Amazon: Crude but exhilarating

This is an extreme film, and a glance at the many reviews on here will demonstrate that it provokes extreme reactions.

All these people comparing Baise-Moi to Thelma and Louise and finding it wanting by comparison are missing the point. Baise-Moi has much more in common with films like Natural Born Killers and Rafal Sielinski's Fun, and viewers who won't enjoy the nasty music, nasty violence and nasty sex should stick to safe, predictable Hollywood production-line films.

Baise-Moi is a crude but exhilarating walk on the wild side which definitely won't be to most people's taste, and that's fine. For those with stronger stomachs, this will be a cult film to watch repeatedly.

• UK 2001 cinema release

The BBFC explained:

• Cut required to an explicit close-up shot of a penis penetrating a vagina during a violent rape sequence.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to make cuts to remove sight of bloody injuries and weapons

• Nu ji zhong ying
• Bamboo House of Dolls
• Bamboo Women's Prison

The BBFC banned the 1975 cinema release

See American Pie Presents Band Camp

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004

• Banned from Television Uncensored!

Rejected by the BBFC in February 1999 with the following justification:

The main consideration for the Board was the question of harm referred to above. In short, does the work have the potential for anti- social influence?

In the Board's view it does. It is a compilation of scenes of extremely violent death, injury and mutilation, many of which are repeated in slow-motion. The commentary draws attention to the grislier aspects and in effect invites enjoyment at human suffering. The inclusion also of sex scenes reinforces the impression that the purpose of the video is to provide entertainment. There is no attempt to justify the images by placing the incidents in any other journalistic or educational context. Whatever current relevance the images might have had when they were originally photographed has been lost in the general compilation of horrors. The Board is conscious that a particular genre that has always been identified as entirely unacceptable is that of so-called 'snuff movies'. Their main identifying feature is that at least one of the participants is actually killed.  Banned from Television is only different in that, instead of a death being created for the work, actual death and injury is collated from a wide range of pre-existing sources to create the work.

The Board has concluded that the video is potentially harmful because of the influence it may have on the attitudes and behaviour of a significant proportion of likely viewers. The instinct of concern and compassion for the suffering of others is a basic social necessity. So is respect for the dignity of real human life. By presenting actual human death and mutilation as entertainment, the work, in the Board's view, has the potential to erode these instincts. There is a danger of it falling into the hands of young and impressionable persons (whatever its classification) and of some significant brutalising effect on their attitude to human life and pain.

The Board has considered the possibility of cuts as a remedy for these difficulties. It has concluded, however, that they would be unlikely to modify the tone and effect of the work acceptably.

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

Review from US Amazon: Gruesome Reality

This fifty-four minute DVD contains twenty-five chapters with situations ranging from an undercover police video at a strip club to a shark attack on a student, from a collapsing tower at a Deep Purple concert in Chile to several scenes of police brutality in South America. The most gruesome scene involves a woman who, in a hurry to get wherever she needed to go, accidentally jogs into a speeding train. You can see from the video clip of the accident why she failed to stop in time, but it is still brutal to watch and highlights the reason your parents always told you to look both ways before crossing the street. When I read about this scene before purchasing the DVD, I knew exactly the footage I would see because one of those cable channels that always show various documentaries covered this train accident in a program some time ago. Of course, on cable the scene cut away right before impact. Here you see it from start to finish, and it is a powerful statement on how carelessness has the potential for tragic consequences.

No cuts noted to the 2005 Universal DVD but the short running time suggests something is amiss.

Several minutes have been added during the opening scene, and show a partially topless Pamela Anderson being hosed down while dancing. It is reported that scenes from DVD extras have been spliced into the opening credits.

• Queen of the Naked Steel

The BBFC waived their 1985 cuts when the Prism DVD was submitted in 2002. However the short running time suggests that this was not a full version.

• Barbarian Queen 2:  The Empress Strikes Back

• Women Behind Bars
• Frauengefängnis
• Caged Women
• Women's Penitentiary IV

The censors cut Anchor Bay DVD by 41s when submitted in 2004 with the following statement: Cuts required to remove explicit sight of sexual activity (digital penetration) in order to achieve an 18 classification. An R18 uncut was not available for this non-sex work.

The explicit imagery was not deemed to have a sufficient narrative justification in the Jess Franco work Barbed Wire Dolls, which blurred the line between erotic drama and sex work.

The BBFC kindly provided a further clarification:

According to our Guidelines, you cannot show unsimulated sex at '18' if it is a 'sex work' (ie a work whose main purpose is to sexually arouse). Real sex in a 'sex work' makes it 'R18'. However, this Jess Franco film is not a 'sex work'.

According to our Guidelines, explicit real sex may only be shown at '18' if (i) it is not a sex work (see above) and (ii) the sex is exceptionally justified by context.

In this case the Board did not feel that the explicit sex was exceptionally justified by context so it was not judged acceptable at '18'. Of course, the explicit sex could have been permitted at 'R18' on its own. However, an 'R18' without cuts was not a realistic option in this case, not so much because it wasn't a sex work  but because the violence and sexual violence that we permitted at '18' would not be permissible at 'R18'. So, if we had permitted the explicit sex at 'R18' (which we could have) we would have had to make additional cuts for 'R18' (to violence and sexual violence) that would not have been required at '18'.

The uncut region 0 DVD is available via UK Amazon

See review from IMDb: Comical, disorienting and depressing

Women in Prison movies come in several styles, ranging from tongue-in-cheek camp to disturbingly sadistic shockfests. Barbed Wire Dolls is a Jess Franco flick, so, as expected, it doesn't really fit into any pigeonhole. Overall, it feels like watching a repressed old man's secret fantasies, re-enacted half-assedly over the course of a three-day weekend by Franco's friends in exchange for a free flight ticket. The extremely low budget is clearly visible in every aspect of the movie, including the film quality, which is barely a step above that of a Mexican soap opera or 80s late-night infomercial.

Watching Frauengefangnis is like performing an experiment on yourself. The painfully slow pace, downbeat soundtrack, eternal scenes of pointless verbal abuse, mock torture, and idiotic dialog gradually turn your brain into glue. The movie is so sleazy, depressing, and confusing, that it's almost unwatchable in one sitting.

The creepy effect of this movie doesn't come from graphic violence, as there is none. What's disturbing is how tame and lifeless everything feels, given what's supposed to be taking place. For example, it's unnerving to watch a woman laugh while she gets tortured. The laughing isn't part of the script, but on more than one occasion, actresses in this movie unintentionally crack up throughout what's supposed to be a torture or a rape scene. The effect it at once comical, disorienting and depressing. It really has to be seen to be believed.

The 1999 Tartan video/DVD was passed uncut

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

Review from US Amazon: Cult horror trash classic

If you're looking for a bit of a change-up for your Friday Night Horror Movie Parties, try this one. It's gory. It's got really cheesy 80's special effects. The actors ALL have bad hair.

However, it is an interesting idea. The two brothers are clearly deeply connected to each other (or, at least they were...). The emotional conflict between the two (particularly the more able brother's desire to date) is intense and understandable.

There were moments in this movie that were so funny (that I don't think were meant to be) that my husband and I just laughed and laughed. Some of the characters are over the top. There were some scenes (particularly the really bad stop-animation scenes) that made me wince in their low quality. I'm sure it was superb film quality at the time; but, now it's really bad.

Overall, it's one of those films that you probably should watch. Get a friend who won't hate you when it's over, come to an agreement that this is intentionally quite trashy, and have fun watching a truly original, truly bizarre flick.

From cuts details on IMDb

• The scene where Duane watches a kung-fu film is missing shots of 'chain-sticks' from the kung-fu film itself.
• The second doctor's death scene is missing a shot of him spitting blood as well as the climatic shot of blood splashing on his face.
• The death of the female vet shortens shots of Belial clawing her face, the terminating shot of the scene showing the vet with scalpels sticking in her face is deleted.
• Shots of the noisy neighbour being clawed to death by Belial are cut; this sequence was originally intercut with two other scenes making the editing at this point awful due to these cuts.
• The infamous scene where Belial 'romances' Duane's girlfriend is the worst to suffer cuts- after she wakes up the entire scene has been removed bar a brief shot of her being strangled. In addition the shot of Belial on top her dead body and Duane's attempts to pull him off her is missing.

Passed uncut in 2000

47s cut by the distibuter.

Dream sequence where kids are shot in school was removed by the distributor in response to the Dunblane massacre.

Famous for being one of the slightly hardcore R18 videos that caught the attention of the press

Thanks to Frosby. There are no BBFC cuts so perhaps the cut was made by the distributor:

I have seen both Region's 1 and 2 of this film and found at cut of about 5 to 10 seconds where George Clooney and Arnie tug and tussle for Mr Freeze's ice weapon, Clooney says to Mr Freeze didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with guns and cuts straight to batman lifting freeze in the air with the barrel of the gun.

From SBBFC

The sound editing was altered following a BBFC 'advice viewing'. The sounds of crunchy implied headbutts were reduced to lessen the impact of the violence which enabled the work to be granted a 12A certificate.

Thanks to Gavin

My friends and I checked with the BBFC and the film is definitely NOT cut in any way. The info on SBBFC is incorrect. Just to be clear - the UK version is NOT edited, and all sound effects are loud and clear. I have also compared the waveforms of the R2 DVD to the R1 edition and they are identical.

The cuts were waived for the 12 rated 2005 Warner DVD/Blu-ray

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

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

Same cuts to cinema and video versions up to 1997

Thanks to Gavin & Rewind for the following cuts list. Voluntary cuts by the distributor to ensure a PG rather than a 12 rating.

• A shot of a cutting torch being picked up just after the main logo is missing.
• Two Face's reply after the guard says “You said you'd let me live” is missing Nothing better than live bait to trap a bat!
• After the “punctual funeral” line, Two Face shouting Kill the Bat! has been removed from the soundtrack and replaced with music and guards grunting
• When the elevator dings just before Batman exits, Two Face’ shout of “Blast him!” is not present in the UK version.
• The fight outside the elevator has lost a lot of sound effects, as well as a sequence where Batman drops his leg sharply onto a thug’s chest, complete with a loud thud
• Batman delivering a backward headbutt and breaking a thug’s nose in extreme close-up has been removed
• Close-ups of kicks to midriffs and faces are also missing
• Two Face’ lines in the helicopter about the acid have been removed
• In the sequence where the helicopter pilot is killed, Two Face emptying an entire clip into the helicopter pilot has been trimmed, along with shots showing the bullets riddling the pilot’s body from the front. The cut UK version has only three shots fired, and the pilot is shown slumping from behind
• The death of Nygma’s boss does not show him stopping on the window ledge, and hanging in terror, before Nygma runs over and says Fred, babe! You are fired! Or should I say...terminated? With this, he pulls the hat off him and he falls down, but this is all cut from the UK print
• Two Face’ line in the circus big top is cut from the UK version – Our new act for your personal amazement; we call it - Massacre Under The Big Top!
• A shot of Nygma laughing at the above line is also missing
• When the Mayor asks what Two Face wants at the circus, his reply is shortened from Batman. Bruised, broken, bleeding. In a word, dead! to simply Batman
• The UK version is missing the sequence where Bruce Wayne kills one guard on the right side of the big drum by coming up behind him, breaking his neck, and smacking him in the face as he falls
• When Two Face flips his coin before killing the Graysons, after his evil laugh he goes on to say Their kind of day, which is missing in the UK version
• As the bomb is raised through the roof of the circus, a quick sequence of Bruce flipping a guard over and kicking him hard in the gut is missing
• When Two Face accidentally kills two of his men in the car, their screams have been cut short in the UK version, and a shot of the driver’s terrified face has been removed
• The fight at Nygma’s party loses some impact sounds
• Shortly after this, Batman makes a guard do the splits and another crack accompanies this, but the sound has virtually been eliminated from the soundtrack
• A small crack has been greatly reduced in volume as Batman twists a thug’s arm backwards
• Robin throwing Two Face a vicious headbutts after the line, “This is for me!” has been replaced in the UK version, by removing the punch Robin throws after he says This is for my brother! and reinserting in place of the headbutt

All previous BBFC cuts were waived when the 15 rated Warner Blu-ray version was submitted in 2009

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 UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

A 2005 Warner video version was downgraded to 12 with cuts justified as follows: Compulsory cut required to remove a potentially dangerous imitable technique

Presumably the chainsticks cut has been waived but the aerosol in the microwave cut remains

(Note that the DVD still carries a 15 rating due to DVD extras being 15 rated)

Thanks to Adam, Oct 2007: The version playing on FilmFour is uncut and shows Catwoman putting a couple of aerosols in a microwave.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The 1992-4 Warner video versions were the same cut version as the cinema release but were rated 15 for home viewing

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The BBFC cut the 1992 cinema release by 9s for a 12 certificate

• Catwoman places an aerosol in a microwave but not in the UK version as we may be stupid enough to copy this idea.
• A clown swinging on chainsticks during in attack on Batman has also suffered. The BBFC refuse to allow the sight of chainsticks regardless of their usage.

• The Big Brawl
• Battle Creek
• Sha shou hao

The US release is uncut and R Rated for:

• US 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The BBFC explained:

• Cut required to sight of dangerous imitable technique (double ear clap) [From a fight between Iron Johnson and Fijo Atashi].

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove some uses of derogatory language referring to mental and physical disability for PG category

• Colonization of the Planet of the Apes

The UK cinema release, the 1988 video and the 2003 20th Century Fox DVD were all uncut by the BBFC but featured the US theatrical version cut to obtain a PG-13 rating

From cuts details on IMDb:

The 10 minutes longer unrated version is compared with the Theatrical Version

• 8'03: the score continues to its original ending for 25 seconds with extra footage of General Aldo approaching on a horse.
• 13'37:the chase of the teacher of the apes is longer by 20 seconds.
• 26'57: the mutant chief is walking around in his HQ and has more dialogue (30 sec)
• 29'38: the entry into the forbidden city of the ape scout party with Caesar is 40 sec longer with more dialogue.
• 34'32:the escape from the forbidden city shows more footage and dialogue of the apes.
• 42'06:the scene were Cornelius is "shot" by a human boy is beginning earlier, making it clear that the shooting is a game - which makes more sense since no mutant party had yet approached the ape city (15 sec).
• 46'47:Extra scene: the mutant chief tells his lieutenant to fire an atomic missile on Ape City when he give the signal. This adds to the tension, and it is odd that this element was left out. (1'16)
• 56'43:the assault by the mutants is shown 45 sec longer. (In this sequence there are three more smaller cuts that reduce the battle scene by 40 additional sec and there is no musical score.)
• 1'02'18: Extra scene where the mutant chief calls "Sergeant York". (1 min)
• 1'07'57: again, parts of the assault are cut by almost 40 sec.
• 1'08'50: there are additional shots and dialogue before the mutants lay the smoke screen.
• 1'09'29: 15 sec extra of the battle.
• 1'10'00: more battle footage cut. (20 sec)
• 1'16'00: the scene were Aldo kills the mutant chief and his followers in the school bus was cut in the Theatrical version.
• 1'22'10: the fight between Aldo and Caesar is longer.
• 1'24'00: Extra scene where the advisor talks the mutant lieutenant out of firing the atomic missile. (only with this sequence reinserted the odd cut from the Caesar conversation with the humans to the ending sequence makes a little more sense and looks better)

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

• Batoru rowaiaru

The 2002 Special Edition is an extended version. It was said to be a request by fans and is not the Director Approved version. The BBFC passed this version 18 without cuts.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The Theatrical Version region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon

• Batoru rowaiaru II: Chinkonka
• Batoru rowaiaru II: Rekuiemu
• Battle Royale II
• Battle Royale II: Requiem
• Battle Royale II: Revenge

The BBFC cut 8s from the Extended Version (Revenge Version) on the 2006 Tartan DVD: One cut was required to remove the Japanese text and English subtitle which state: "This film is restricted to aged 15 and over," in order to avoid confusion. I think these cuts can be discounted:

The Extended Version contains additional storylines but also includes some additional violence.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The Revenge Version region 0 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The Revenge Version region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• Battlefield Earth: A saga of the year 3000

The Theatrical Version was passed 12 uncut for:

• 2008 Optimum DVD

• 2001 Warner DVD

• 2001 Warner DVD
• 2000 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• cut to remove the sight of a head butt during a fight in a jail

• Razor

Unrated

The Unrated Extended Version was passed 15 without cuts for the 2008 Universal DVD

From cuts details on IMDb:

The Unrated Extended Version has additional scenes, extended gore and violence, and "R-rated" language not shown in the TV  Version

The German Extended Version has an extra uncontroversial 10s scene. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• Reazione a Catena
• Blood Bath
• Antefatto
• Bloodbath
• Bloodbath Bay of Death
• Bloodbath Bay of Blood
• Twitch of the Death Nerve
• Carnage
• Before the Fact: Ecology of a Crime
• The Ecology of a Crime
• L'Ecologia del Delitto
• Before the Fact
• Last House on the Left Part 2
• New House on the Left

The BBFC waived their cuts for an 18 rating for:

• UK 2010 Arrow DVD/Blu-ray

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon for release on 1st November 2010.
The uncut region 0 DVD is available via US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Granddaddy of all slasher movies

Bay of Blood is often called the "Granddaddy of all slasher movies". Many reviews have made the reference to Friday the 13th and very similar killing styles. After watching Bay of Blood you can definitely see where Friday the 13th (made in 1980) got a lot of it's ideas.

With that being said Bay of Blood does not possess the single element that defined the slasher film, the indestructible, omnipresent killer.

The movie succeeds almost entirely thanks to Mario Bavo, who serves as both director and cinematographer, with his typical stylish flare which heavily influenced the great Dario Argento, his eye appealing use of color and interesting editing techniques, which include a lot of blurry dissolves give Bay of Blood an almost dream-like, surrealistic feel.

All in all, worth an evening for the avid Italian horror fan.

• UK 2000 Film 2000 R2 DVD
• UK 1994 Redemption VHS

1. The first murder of a teenage girl loses 2s in 2 cuts, the first of her throat being cut from behind and the other of a graphic hatchet blow to the head.
2. 21s (nearly the entire scene) is cut from a boy dying with a machete embedded in his face.
3. 3 cuts totally 9s diminish the death of couple impaled with a spear whilst making love. We love the blood welling from the wounds and their writhing whilst impaled.
4. 11s has been cut from the death of Simon being forced up a wall by a spear impaled in his stomach.