Beach of the War Gods is a 1973 Hong Kong/Taiwan action war by Yu Wang. With Yu Wang, Fei Lung and Yeh Tien.
Cut by the BBFC for AA rated cinema release in 1973. Later uncut and BBFC 15 rated for 2023 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US
Summary Review: Visually Stunning
The famous
swordsman Hsia Feng gathers five other fighters and rallies the local fishermen to fight off a band of Japanese pirates.
Since this is a Golden Harvest production the sets, costumes and props are well made. The directing by Wang
Yu is superb, his visual style of camera angles and the use of slow-motion is just like the movies are made today. The fight-choreographing is sharp, and visually stunning.
Versions
uncut
run:
101:19s
pal:
97:16s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong bloody violence:
Beach Red is a 1967 USA war drama by Cornel Wilde. Starring Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn and
Burr DeBenning.
The 1967 X rated cinema release was cut by the BBFC. UK home video releases are now uncut. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Promotional Material
Cornel Wilde produced directed
and starred in this sincere, hard-edged look at World War II that doesn't flinch from the horrors of battle. The action takes place during a single American campaign to take an island held by the Japanese.
The usual cliché characters are replaced
by believable portrayals, such as the captain (Wilde) who loves his wife but hates the war, the sergeant (Rip Torn) who gets sadistic pleasure out of battle, the minister's son (Patrick Wolfe) who keeps remembering the girl he left back home and the
Southern illiterate (Burr DeBenning) who finds a place for himself in the Marines.
Versions
uncut
run:
105:49s
pal:
101:35s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate injury detail, violence for:
Bear Club is a 2004 Spain gay comedy drama by Miguel Albaladejo. Starring José Luis García Pérez, David Castillo and Empar Ferrer.
Uncut in Europe but cut for an R rating in the US. However there is also
an Unrated and uncut version in the US.
Summary Notes
Pedro, a gay man with an active social life and big circle of friends, takes in his nephew Bernardo for a couple weeks. When it appears as though it
might become a permanent arrangement, however, Pedro turns to his friends for guidance as he and 9-year-old Bernardo begin to forge a household together.
Versions
uncut
Unrated
99:05s =95:07s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and drug use for:
Beast is a 2022 India action comedy thriller by Nelson Dilipkumar Starring
Thalapathy Vijay, Shiva Aravind and Sujatha Babu
Distributor cuts were made to achieve a 12A rated cinema release in 2022.
Summary Notes
After a shopping mall in Chennai is hijacked by terrorists who hold the visitors as hostages, Veera Raghavan, a spy also trapped in the mall, decides to save the hostages by
eliminating the terrorists.
Versions
pre-cut
cut:
run:
154m
pal:
148m
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, injury detail, threat after BBFC cuts:
2022 cinema release titled Beast (Tamil)
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make cuts to violence and bloody images in order to achieve a 12A certificate. An uncut 15 was available. Cuts made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy.
pre-cut
cut:
run:
156m
pal:
150m
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, injury detail, threat after BBFC cuts:
2022 cinema release titled Beast (Hindi)
The BBFC commented:
Having been informed cuts were not viable, the distributor chose to make their own cuts to violence and bloody images in order to achieve a 12A certificate. An uncut 15 was available. Cuts made in accordance with BBFC
Guidelines and policy.
uncut
run:
157m
pal:
151m
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence, bloody images:
2022 cinema release unrelease as the distributors preferred a cut 12A release
The Beast in Heat is a 1977 Italian Naziploitation by Luigi Batzella With Macha Magall, Gino Turini and Edilio Kim.
Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Not released in the UK since. Uncut and
MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: The Good Old Days
A beautiful, nefarious senior female SS officer/doctor (Magall) creates a genetic, mutant human Beast (half man/half beast). The Beast is a
rapacious, squat, mongoloid sex fiend which she uses to torture and molest female prisoners while the Nazis watch. The vertically challenged beast is kept on a diet of mega-aphrodisiacs. There is plenty of sadistic titillations, gore and nudity in this
Nazi sub-genre exploitation flick.
Ahhh, the good old days when absolutely nothing was safe or sacred to the exploitation movie merchants.... Here we have, in my opinion, probably the most tasteless example of the
Naziploitation picture, a genre that more or less died shortly after this "movie".
Anyway, about the movie. For the uninitiated, start with Ilsa - She Wolf of the SS . If you can "enjoy" that bit of nastiness, then
perhaps consider taking on this "unique" take on a forgotten film genre. Just don't watch it with your mom or girlfriend or aunt or grandma etc...
Released on video in June 1982 by JVI. Banned in October 1983 when it was added to the official video nasty list . It r emained on the DPP list throughout the scare and so became
one of the (rarest) collectable DPP39s
contains alternative hardcore shots of the beast Onaf raping Sondra
a hardcore sex scene between Madison and Sondra
extra shots of Onaf's prosthetic penis.
Summary Review: Sexual Energy
Without stating the obvious, the film is a mess. But that's where the fun begins. There is no real telling of what is happening, but one might surmise some of the possibilities. Ultimately
this film is riding the coattails of two other films: The Beast (La Bete) and Star Wars . How you might imagine to combine these two films into one heap of psuedo-science-fiction with a touch of pornography? Its not easy, and watching this
is not very easy either.
There are hardcore scenes in this version, but its really not erotic or sexually interesting. While the film is already cut-up to an incomprehensible mess, the hardcore footage does not help
matters much either.
Beast of Blood is a 1970 Philippines / USA horror adventure by Eddie Romero. Starring John Ashley, Celeste Yarnall and Eddie Garcia.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1970. Uncut on pre-cert
VHS. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented.
Versions
uncut
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2018 Severin Films The Blood Island Collection RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
uncut
86:23s
UK: Uncut for pre-cert video:
1983 Horror Time VHS
From IMDb. There was a British video release that was uncut. It went by the title Beast of the Dead, it contains some topless footage that wouldn't have got past U.S. TV, but would have been passed by the British censor. However lots of violence
obviously hadn't much chance of making it past the BBFC, especially a gruesome scene where a doctor removes a man's head.
compulsory
BBFC cuts
submitted 89:25s =85:50s
UK: Passed X
(18) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
1971 cinema release titled Blood Devils
From IMDb. The British X certificate cinema release Blood Devils was taken from the same cut version used for the American TV version. This same version later resurfaced on video.
A headbutt was cut (13.45s in)from the start of a fight between cheetor & Black Arachnia because it's a dangerous technique of course I'm sure the subsequent series of punchs and kicks to the side of the head are
perfectly safe.
The Beast Within is a 1982 USA horror by Philippe Mora. With Ronny Cox,
Bibi Besch and Paul Clemens.
Cut by the BBFC for VHS, then uncut on DVD. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
In the beginning of the movie you see a woman getting raped by a man-creature of some sort. The movie takes
place years later when the child that was a result of that rape is on the rampage looking for a girl to rape to start the process all over again.
Versions
uncut
94:20s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, sexual violence for:
The Beast Master is a 1982 USA / West Germany action fantasy adventure by Don Coscarelli Starring Marc Singer,Tanya Roberts,Rip Torn
The UK cinema version was heavily cut for a PG rating. The 1987 video certificate was
raised to a 15 but releases mistakenly featured the cut cinema print. The film has been uncut and 15 rated since 1998 DVD. The film is uncut rated MPAA PG in the US. There is also a shortened video version released in the US which led to the original
full length version being referred to as the Director's Cut.
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes
Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after
his birth, so he is sent to grow up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages. He discovers that he has the ability to communicate with the animals, and after that, Dar begins his quest for revenge in this
Conan-like movie.
UK: The Original Version was nominally passed 15 uncut but the film released seems to be the cut cinema version:
1987 Warner Home Video Ltd VHS
The 1987 Warner video was raised to a 15 but still featured the PG rated cut cinema version. It seems likely there may have been a mistake somewhere along the line
category cuts
cut:
1:18s
run:
117:00s
pal:
112:19s
UK: The Original Version was passed PG after significant category cuts:
1982 cinema release
From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:
Edits to shots of impaled bodies
Edits to the puncturing of a ring containing an eyeball
Removed all footage of topless nudity during Kiri's bathing scene.
Beat Girl is a 1960 UK drama by Edmond T Gréville. Starring David Farrar, Noëlle Adam and Christopher Lee.
Cut by the BBFC for a 1960 X rated cinema release. uncut and 12 rated on
home video. There also exists a further cut alternative version that adds additional material to make up the run time. There is also an Extended Version that adds some of the additional material in the alternative version to the Theatrical Version
Summary Notes
Paul, a divorced architect, marries Nichole, a woman from Paris. His teen daughter Jenny has fallen in with the English beatnik scene and likes to hang out in cave-like clubs to listen to
jazz and rudimentary rock'n'roll. Jenny takes an immediate dislike to her step mother, who is not that much older than she, and goes out of her way to make life miserable for Nichole. When Jenny discovers that Nichole is a friend of one of the strippers
from the dance hall across the street, she investigates and uses Nichole's sordid past to embarrass her father. Meanwhile Jenny attracts the lecherous eye of Kenny, the owner of the dance hall.
Versions
Extended Version uncut
run:
92:33s
pal:
88:51s
UK: The Extended Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate bad language, nudity for:
2016 Bfi [Theatrical + Extended + Alternative Versions] RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo
at UK Amazon
This is still shorter than the submitted version in 1960 so perhaps the cuts have persisted.
Three version are included in the BFI release. There is the UK Theatrical Version. Then there is an alternative version which misses out on some of the racier sequences, yet offers two new
sequences of plot that were not included in the original version in order to make up for the lost runtime. The third version is an extended cut that was based on the UK Theatrical Version, yet also includes the new scenes from the alternative cut.
Alternative Version
run:
92:23s
pal:
88:41s
UK: The Alternative Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate nudity for:
2016 Bfi [Theatrical + Extended + Alternative Versions] RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo
at UK Amazon
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
1960 cinema release
From IMDb:
The original UK cinema version was described by the BBFC as the product of squalid and illiterate minds and the film suffered extensive cuts to all striptease/dancing sequences and the scene where the
teenage gang lies on a railway line. Later UK releases and TV showings were fully restored and uncut.
Beat Street is a 1984 USA music drama by Stan Lathan. Starring Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis and Jon Chardiet.
BBFC category cuts were required for a PG rated cinema release in 1984.
Uncut 15 on VHS and 2002 DVD. Uncut 12 from 2008 DVD. Uncut and PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by
exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
Versions
uncut
MPAA
101:38s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for
infrequent strong language for:
Beau Is Afraid is a 2023 Canada/Finland/US comedy horror drama by Ari Aster
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey and Amy Ryan
The film was original rated R18+ in Australia. A modified second submission was
presumably an attempt to cut the film for an MA15+ rating, but the film was again rated R18+. The cinema release was 15 rated in the UK albeit with a question mark about the 178m running time compared with the 179m Australian versions. The Irish cinema
release is rated 16 uncut and is also 179m.
Summary Notes
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on
an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
Versions
uncut
run:
178:52s
pal:
171:43s
Ireland
Ireland: A longer version has been passed 16 uncut for Strong violence and language throughout.
Graphic injury detail portrayed. Some explicit scenes of a sexual nature. Use of illicit and legal drug and impact portrayed.
2023 cinema release
short version
run:
178:02s
pal:
170:55s
UK: Passed 15 for strong threat, violence, sex, drug misuse, language, nudity, injury detail:
2023 cinema release
Thanks to Ben:
I saw the film at an early/preview screening in the UK with a BBFC 15 black card etc. It seems uncut to me. All the following possible cut scenes in your entry were included on-screen.
[ Spoilers! hover or click text below]
drinking paint
building-jump suicide (implied - it cuts straight to the aftermath of a corpse - seems a directing choice though)
extended/strong sex scene with a decent
amount of nudity
3 uses of cunt
The extra 50s could be distributor logos - given all the above, the UK version seems uncut.
Thanks to Scott:
The IFCO have passed the film with a running time of 178m 52s,
practically the same as the NZ OFLC's 178m 50s. The BBFC have it at 178m 2s. It almost certainly is cut. The BBFC's website still doesn't list any cuts, however this could be a similar case to The Invisible Man in 2020 where cuts info was only added to
the site once the film had been released.
US parental guide sites mention that the film contains several suicide scenes, including someone drinking paint and another person jumping from a building, with their head smashing open
upon landing - the BBFC don't mention suicide at all in their short insight, so quite possibly this is what's been cut. The sex scene responsible for the Aussie R18+ sounds quite strong too, yet the BBFC have buried the mention of it in the middle of
their short insight, so this is another candidate for cuts. Additionally, the film apparently contains several uses of the c-word, however the BBFC haven't mentioned very strong language in the short insight - it could be that they didn't have space for
the phrase very strong given how much else is listed, which previously happened with Promising Young Woman, although this is very rare.
When the BBFC publishes its extended insight the situation will become clearer, but at the
moment this looks to be a proper 90-style hack job, cut to bits for no reason. If it really is missing almost a minute I won't be wasting my time seeing it.
Beautiful Beings is a 2022 Iceland drama by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Starring Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Áskell Einar Pálmason and Viktor Benóný Benediktsson
BBFC cuts were required for 18 rated home video in 2023.
Summary Notes
A teenage boy raised by a clairvoyant mother takes a bullied kid into his gang of violent outsiders.
Versions
cut:
run:
122:20s
pal:
117:26s
UK: Passed 18 with a BBFC trigger warning for drug misuse, child sexual abuse, strong sex references after BBFC cuts:
2023 Signature Entertainment video
This slightly shorter version was submitted a few days after the version cut by the BBFC. Presumably the same cuts apply but perhaps they were made in a different way.
cut:
run:
122:39s
pal:
117:45s
UK: Passed 18 with a BBFC trigger warning for drug misuse, child sexual abuse, strong sex references after BBFC cuts:
2023 Signature Entertainment video
The BBFC commented:
This work had a compulsory cut made, removing a shot that constituted an indecent image of a child.
Because of the Cats is a 1973 Netherlands/Belgium crime thriller by Fons Rademakers. With Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Stewart and Sebastian Graham Jones.
Cut by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release and also cut in the US for am R
rating. The uncut version is Unrated
Summary Notes
A gang of six wealthy, well-dressed and well-spoken hoodlums break into a married couple's house and rape the wife while forcing the husband to watch.
Thus begins a dogged investigation by a determined detective who quickly finds that their cult-like solidarity can be a serious obstacle to breaking them.
An interesting, little known and entertaining film includes scenes which
are not for the squeamish even by today's standards. This caused censorship problems for the film makers when it was originally released way back in the 70s and understandably repels a lot of viewers.
Stanley is a short order cook, infatuated with Margaret, the statuesque waitress who works at Wimpy Bar with him. Despondent, he prepares to end it all when he meets George Spiggott AKA the Devil. Selling his soul for 7
wishes, Stanley tries to make Margaret his own first as an intellectual, then as a rock star, then as a wealthy industrialist. As each fails, he becomes more aware of how empty his life had been and how much more he has to live for. He also meets the
seven deadly sins who try and advise him.
Versions
uncut
99:27s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate sex references for:
2005 Second Sight Films video
Just in passing, the BBFC note for the 2003 12 rating a different rating reason than discussed in the podcast, where the 12 was said to be for imitable suicide techniques. The BBFC also note:
This work has been
approved under the Different Versions At Different Categories policy 2004.
The Podcast does mention that there were two variants with a different opening being considered in 1967 but it is not clear if this is the reason for the
different versions comment.
At 32.5 mins - After man grabs woman walking along street, remove all sight of him pulling her tights and underwear down to her ankles, resuming on medium close up of her facing wall.
Bedtime is a 1967 UK drama short by John Irvin. With Imogen Hassall and Michael Latimer.
Banned by the BBFC for 1967 cinema release
Summary Notes: Inbetweeners
Film begins at the end of one act of love-making and ends at the beginning of the next. It is a dialogue between
two people who are neither in love nor married to each other.
The cinema release was cut in 2007 with the following BBFC comment: The distributor was required to make one cut, in a film aimed at younger viewers, of a potentially dangerous and easily imitated technique
involving materials that are readily available in the average household (specifically, turning household items into a flame thrower). An uncut classification was not available to the distributor.
The film was released with
the aerosol replaced by a harmless shower-head.
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 after 9s of BBFC cuts for:
2006 cinema release
The cinema version was cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove scene of sexualised asphyxiation in order to achieve the requested '15'. An uncut '18' was available'.
The BBFC explained
further in their 2006 Annual Report:
The film contained a brief, comic sex scene that included sight of a man being asphyxiated with a plastic bag. The clear detail, together with the potential for harm amongst teen viewers for
whom the dangers of sexual asphyxiation might not be clear, seemed to warrant an '18' certificate.
But as Kirei points out, the same scene would perversely be banned from an R18 film.
The Beguiled is a 1971 USA war western romance by Don Siegel Starring Clint Eastwood,
Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Hartman.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1971 cinema release. Then 15 uncut on home video.
Summary Notes
During the civil war, injured Yankee soldier, John McBurney is rescued on the verge of
death by a teenage girl from a southern boarding school. She manages to get him back to the school, and at first the all-female staff and pupils are scared. As he starts to recover, one by one he charms them and the atmosphere becomes filled with
jealousy and deceit.
Versions
uncut
run:
104:04s
pal:
99:54s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate language,
sex and violence. for:
2014 Universal Pictures Clint Eastwood Blu-ray Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Behind Convent Walls is a 1978 Italy erotic romance by Walerian Borowczyk. Starring Ligia Branice, Howard Ross and Marina Pierro.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1978 cinema release and was further cut for
1987 VHS. The cut cinema version was 18 rated for 1996 VHS and the film was passed 18 uncut for 2012 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor
for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of one such institution to enforce the same strict rules on these unfortunate women that are applied to others. In doing so, they uncover a snake pit of sexual couplings, both lesbian and
heterosexual, as well as many tools for masturbation. At the same time, a particularly disturbed inmate manages to poison herself and many of the other novitiates in yet another scandal which is covered up by church authorities.
Versions
uncut
90:34s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex scenes with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 USA action war thriller by John
Moore. Starring Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson and Gabriel Macht.
The cinema release was cut for a 12 rating but home videos release were uncut and still 12 rated.
Summary Notes
Fighter navigator Chris Burnett wants out: he was looking for something more than the boring recon missions he's been flying. He finds himself flying the lone Christmas day mission over war-torn Bosnia. But when he talks pilot
Stackhouse into flying slightly off-course to check out an interesting target, the two get shot down. Burnett is soon alone, trying to outrun a pursuing army, while commanding officer Reigert finds his rescue operation hamstrung by politics, forcing
Burnett to run far out of his way.
Versions
uncut
101:23s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate war violence and one use of strong language:
2012 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
pre-cut
105:37s =101:24s
UK: A pre-cut version was passed 12:
2001 cinema release
From IMDb. The UK theatrical version had one dialogue substitution (removal of a single use of the word 'fuck') to secure the 12 rating. The DVD/video release was uncut.
Bellman and True is a 1987 UK crime drama by Richard Loncraine. Starring Bernard Hill, Derek Newark and Richard Hope.
Exists as a longer Premiere/Film Festival Version and a shorter Theatrical
Version.
Summary Notes
Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the
information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.
Versions
Premiere Version
run:
121:37s
pal:
116:45s
UK: The Premiere Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language, violence
and sex references
2019 Powerhouse Films {Premiere Version + Theatrical Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
2005 Anchor Bay R2 DVD
1998 Cannon VHS
1987 cinema release
See pictorial versiondetails from movie-censorship.com . For some reason UK releases all have the running time for the Premiere Version rather than
Theatrical Version. The extra plot in the Premiere Version is worth having but does not affect the film much.
Theatrical Version
run:
113:47s
pal:
109:14s
UK: The Theatrical Version was release without an obvious BBFC certificate for
2019 Powerhouse Films {Premiere Version + Theatrical Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
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Ben-Hur - 2016 USA historical adventure drama by Timur Bekmambetov.
Ben-Hur is a 2016 USA historical adventure drama by Timur Bekmambetov. Starring Jack
Huston, Toby Kebbell and Rodrigo Santoro.
There exists a 114 minute export version for intolerant countries that ban the depiction of foreign religions, eg Malaysia. This version has deleted every scene in the film featuring the religious character Jesus Christ, leaving
viewers baffled about the motivations of Ben Hur.
Summary Notes
The epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army.
After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.
This is a Russ Meyers
film, his final full length film as director and as usual his fascination for the female form is in abundance.
The movie is based in a small town USA and centers around the married couple of Lammar and Levonna and the
sexual frustration of Levonna, here on in ensues a fantastic comedy soft porn romp in which the couple meet various colourful charactors along the journey to help cure Lammar's bedroom leanings, ending up in the fantastic Church of Rio Dio Radio where in lies Eufaula Roop, who has to be seen to be believed.
This movie was not the best received Meyers movie at the time of release however its safe to say that it has now gained cult status.
Benedetta is a 2021 France/Belgium/Netherlands historical romance by Paul Verhoeven Starring Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling and Daphne Patakia
Uncut and 18 rated by the BBFC and Irish Film Classification Office. The film was released MPA Unrated in the US.
Controversy
A lesbian nun thriller that features a sex scene that has been slammed by US Catholic groups who have claimed it as 'appalling and blasphemous'. The film was released in Ireland on Good Friday, 2022. A scene which features a statue of Virgin Mary being used as a sex toy has been particularly criticised.
The Benny Hill Show is a 1969-1989 UK comedy TV series Starring Benny Hill, Henry McGee and Jackie Wright
Enormously popular at the time and had a long life of international sales. Later became a beacon of political correctness and was duly consigned to the televisual wilderness. Revived for TV showing on UK nostalgia channels in 2021 carefully
wrapped up in censor cuts and trigger warnings.
Summary Notes
A sketch-comedy series in which Hill would often play multiple characters and satirize popular British and American
performers and stars. Common themes in the show were the husband-beating wife, buxom women, and silent, high-speed chase scenes between Hill and the other characters.
That's TV Gold broadcast in the UK in 2021
Thanks to Philip
That's TV Gold channel is currently re-showing edited versions of The Benny Hill Show in the That's Entertainment slot with a warning at the beginning to the effect that This show contains outdated opinions that some people may find offence. Surely by
now people know what to expect from this show and if are offended by such humour they shouldn't watch it.
In another edited episode of The Benny Hill Show and came across yet another trigger warning. This was for Black-Face and featured a hospital
sketch where in one scene Benny gets multiple bed-baths from a sexy nurse by disguising himself by various methods (Bandages, false moustache made from a broom etc.) One of which used a mop head and a tin of shoe polish as the patient was a Rastafarian.
Benny is caught out however as he forgot to boot-polish something, much to the nurses confusion and shock.
And a deliberate censorial cut. There was a sketch where Benny Hill is playing vicar and is being interviewed by Patricia Hayes where they talk
about a bishop who Benny's character knew. At the end of the sketch the light fades but not the sound and the two can be heard talking. Hayes mentioned that when she interviewed the bishop last he pinched her bum but not in this version and there is a
very noticeable pictorial and sound cut in the sketch. As there have been warnings prior to the programme starting, wouldn't it have been better to leave the sketch intact?
Bereavement is a 2010 USA crime horror thriller by Stevan Mena. Starring Michael Biehn, Alexandra Daddario and Brett Rickaby.
Exists as an Original Version and an extended Director's Cut.
Summary Notes
In 1989, the boy Martin Bristol has congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA), a rare neural disorder, in which the patient does not feel pain, heat or cold. He is
abducted by the deranged serial-killer Graham Sutter (Brett Rickaby) and brought to the Sutter Meat & Poultry, an abandoned meat-packing plant in Minersville, Pennsylvania, where Graham slaughters young women that he kidnaps. Five years later, the
stubborn seventeen year-old teenager Allison Miller loses her parents and moves to her uncle Jonathan Miller's house near the decrepit plant. Jonathan, his wife Karen and their little daughter Wendy welcome Allison, but the teenager does not give much
attention to her new family. Allison likes to run alone on the road and she passes by the meat-packing plant and then she meets the mechanic William "Billy" and has a crush on him. Jonathan advises Allison to avoid running near the old factory and Billy,
who is a problematic teenager. Allison does not listen to her ...
Berlin, I Love You is a 2019 Germany romance by Dianna Agron,
Peter Chelsom... Starring Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren and Luke Wilson.
A contribution by the Chinese artist, film-maker and activist Ai Weiwei to
a film called Berlin, I Love You , was cut by the producers on concern it could create difficulties for them with the Chinese authorities.
Summary Notes
Latest installment of the Cities of Love series
(Paris, je t'aime / New York, I Love You / Rio, Eu Te Amo), this collective feature-film is made of ten stories of romance set in the German capital.
2004 France/South Korea/Spain animated TV
series by Claudio Biern Lliviria; Jose Luis Ucha
BBFC cut 5s when submitted in 2008. Cut required to remove sight of the main character touching the bare ends of two live electrical cables together. A higher classification at
which this could have been passed would be inappropriate for this work and was not made available.
v Berserk
- 1967 UK horror mystery thriller by Jim O'Connolly.
Berserker: The Nordic Curse is a 1987 USA horror by Jefferson Richard (as Jef Richard). Starring Joseph Alan Johnson, Greg Dawson and Valerie Sheldon.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1987. The cuts were waived for 18
rated DVD in 2004. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Promotional Material
A group of friends have set out on a camping trip in a rural part of Utah. Although warned by kindly Norwegian
immigrant, Pappy Nyquist ( George 'Buck' Flowers ), of a series of recent killings, supposedly the result of a bear, the campers are undeterred and decide to spend the night outdoors, getting drunk and sharing stories of berserkers, ruthlessly
violent viking warriors who wore bear skins and snouts. Not long after pairing off for romantic escapades, they find themselves terrorized and ripped apart by a large and violent bear...but is it actually a bear, or perhaps a real life berserker who has
somehow been transported to the 20th century...
Versions
uncut
run:
84:44s
pal:
81:21s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong language, sex and
violence with previous BBFC cuts waived
The Best of Rocko's Modern Life: Volume Two is a 1993-1996 USA children's cartoon by Stephen Hillenberg, Joe Murray, Roger Chiasson... With Carlos Alazraqui, Tom
Kenny, Charles Adler.
Cut by the BBFC for DVD
Versions
compulsory cuts 16s
64:43s
UK: Passed PG for moderate cartoon violence after 16s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
2013 Content Partners video
The BBFC commented:
Cut required to remove sight of a potentially imitable technique in a work aimed at children (in this case sight of a pet dog being placed inside a tumbler dryer and spinning around, without any indication of
potentially harmful consequences).
Best of the Best II is a 1993 USA action crime thriller by Robert Radler. Starring Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee and Chris Penn.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This was further cut in the UK for an
18 rated cinema release in 1992 and the follow up DVD in 1993. The cut R rated version was later passed 18 for 2005 DVD. Meanwhile the film was released uncut and MPAA Unrated on US DVD in 2007. A UK Blu-ray release featured the uncut version in 2016 but
the BBFC database hasn't been updated with an uncut version.
Summary Notes
In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts
master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his partner, Tommy Lee, vow to avenge their friend's death by defeating Brakus and shutting down the fight club.
Versions
uncut
run:
101:34s
pal:
97:30s
Sweden
UK: Uncut but without a BBFC database entry:
2016 4digital The Complete Collection RB Blu-ray now out of print at UK
Amazon
News from Anthony:
I bought the Best of the Best: The Complete Collection UK Blu-Ray 2016 4Digital Media set, and can confirm it to be completely uncut. In this release you once again see all of the shots of James' vomiting and the
finger-blowing-off scene was also there.
UK: The uncut status is unconfirmed but it is likely that it is the same as the above multipack.
The DVD cover proclaims an MPAA R rating but is in fact uncut and therefore MPAA Unrated
Sweden: The DVD from Midget Entertainment is fully uncut
cut
cut:
6s
run:
101:13s
pal:
97:10s
UK: The cut MPAA R Rated was passed 18 for strong
violence without further BBFC cuts:
2005 ILC Prime video
The US cuts of about 6s for an MPAA R rating were:
Missing some shots of James throwing up when he is fighting Tommy,
the shot of James finger being blown off.
Also a bad guy getting shot is let off with less bullet wounds than in the uncut version.
This seems to be the version shown on Sky and at least it contains the fight using nunchakus.
pre-cut
cut:
1:31s
run:
99:30s
pal:
95:31s
UK: A pre-cut version missing 1:31s was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts:
1993 Entertainment in VHS
1992 cinema release
From IMDb. The UK pre-cuts were:
The duel between Tommy (Philip Rhee) and the Asian, ponytailed gladiator has been severely shortened for the U.K prints. A lengthy segment of the fight in which the gladiator uses two
pairs of silver nunchakus is missing. The scene lasts twice as long in the uncut version, which has been shown in the past on Sky.
This cut version includes the cuts for an MPAA R rating
TV
versions
The version currently screening on Bravo, however, appears to be the same as the video except for an extra shot of James (Tommy's native brother) having his finger blown off - which isn't in Sky's print.
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back is a 1995 USA action crime thriller by Phillip Rhee. Starring Phillip Rhee, Christopher McDonald and Gina Gershon.
Cut by the BBFC for 15 rated VHS in 1996 and 15 rated DVD in 2007. The 2016
Blu-ray release seems uncut but without a BBFC database entry. The US R rated version is very short.
Summary Review : Bad Film, Great Fun
I really enjoyed it, in a campy way.
Tommy turns up in some rural town and steps right into a race war. Tommy is basically given reason after reason to take on guys of 4 or more and throw them through various fruit stalls, ticket offices, coffee tables, and french windows.
The gorgeous Gina Gershon does her best as a choir teacher helping Tommy out, but whenever she needs to be helpless it kinda doesn't work because she now plays such strong, female roles.
The
acting and direction are seriously questionable but this film is obviously about fight scenes and they are entertaining enough, from the moment we see Gershon's house is full of glass tables, flimsy bookcases and china filled cabinets we know we are in
for a treat. Terrible, patronising attitude toward racial issues but, hey, its got a rocket launcher and plenty of flying kicks.
Versions
uncut
run:
97m
pal:
93m
UK: Uncut but without a BBFC database entry:
2016 4digital The Complete Collection RB Blu-ray now out of print at UK
Amazon
News from Anthony:
The Complete Collection box-set the film had footage matching the description of what was cut back then, suggesting that this film is uncut.
Scandinavia: Uncut for:
[Uncut + short US R rated Version] R2 DVD at US Amazon
cut
cut:
run:
91m
pal:
87m
US: The US R rated version is very short
cut
cut:
44s
run:
97:11s
pal:
93:18s
UK: Passed 15 after 44s of BBFC category cuts:
2007 ILC Entertainment [Full Frame] video
1996 Entertainment in VHS
From IMDb:
cuts to the scene where Margo is assaulted and her clothes cut with a knife to reveal her bra.
Deadliest Art: The Best of the Martial Arts Movies
The Best of the Martial Arts
Versions
86:19s
1990 Hong Kong by Sandra Weintraub
No cuts
listed by the BBFC but at the very end the narrator says: we've saved the best for last, here is Bruce Lee fighting with the deadly nunchaku in Enter the Dragon . The clip begins with Lee beating up a few of the guards, then he
knocks one over in to some water and it fades out and ends, surprise, surprise, no nunchaku!
The import Region 0 DVD from Universe Laser & Video Co is uncut and available at
AsianDiscs
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival is a 1974 US erotic short film compilation.
Banned by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release but was later passed X after cuts. Also cur for 1987 VHS
Summary Notes
An explicit compilation of short films with just as strong scenes of sexual activity filmed during festival parties. Compilation of 5 short prize winners from previous festivals:
Introduction
Eyetoon
Baby
The stripper
4. Norien ten (uncredited direction)
Life with video
Thanks to Rustin Mann on The Melon Farmers' Forum:
One of the shorts is directed by Penelope Spheeris. The story line is of a meek pharmacist hatching a plot to snag his loud sex-loving "hot"
neighbour by making a simulated sex tape.
Versions
5:00s
68:13s
UK: Passed 18 after 5:00s of BBFC cuts for:
1987 Moira Maher VHS
cut
UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts in August 1975 for:
Better Days is a 2019 China romance by Derek Tsang (as Kwok Cheung Tsang). Starring Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee and Fang Yin.
The film seemed to have censorship troubles in China. The film was pulled from the Berlinale Film Festival in June 2019. This was attributed to censorship problems with scenes depicting strong bullying, presumably related to the BBFC
15 rating and comment about 'strong threat'. It is unknown if this issue resulted in edits to the film.
La bete - 1975 French film by Walerian Borowczyk See La Bete
Betty Page: Bondage Queen is a 1998 US documentary by Irving Klaw Starring Bettie Page, Lili Dawn and Shirley Maitland
Banned by the BBFC for 1999 VHS release but was later passed 18 uncut for 2010 DVD.
Review: Queen of Curves
The new DVD : Betty Page Bondage Queen will be a desirable addition to any Bettie Page fan but I suppose that I was expecting the whole disk to
be unpublished shots of the Queen of Curves as the title suggests. The several short movies presented are black and white films taken of some of Irving Klaw's models in their undies, being bound and gagged by Klaw's sister.
Betty appears in a few and in many stills. The exclusive commentary by Bettie Page is a short written page or two, not the audio file I hoped for. I enjoyed the movies of the models in their bras and panties, dark nylons and
ultra high heels as they tried to walk in them but a more truthful title for the DVD would have been Irving Klaw's Bondage and Fetish models, Featuring Bettie Page.
Summary Notes
Betty Page famous for her pin up modeling and other glamour girls appear in bondage photos and short films. These unique classics are the first film sources of today's fetish and SM scene and appear nowadays surreal, tender and
joyful.
Versions
uncut
run:
114:38s
pal:
110:03s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for sexualised images and bondage scenes:
2010 Digital Classics DVD DVD (THE CLASSIC FILMS OF IRVING KLAW - VOLUME ONE & TWO rated 22/01/2010)
banned
UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
1999 Visual Entertainment video title The Classic Films of Irving Klaw Vol 1 (of 2), which forms part of Betty Page: Bondage Queen
T he BBFC stated:
T he Board's guidelines state that mild fetishism may be represented, but in Irving Klaw we have scenes of women trussed, bound, gagged, spanked, shackled,
handcuffed, slapped, tethered and suspended. Such sequences of bondage, restraint and gagging (proffered as masturbation material) are very extensive and unacceptable. The distributor of this material has decided to re-edit two versions of Betty page's
work by photographer Irving Klaw that will not breach our guidelines. We are awaiting their resubmission.
Beware! Children at Play is a 1989 US horror thriller by Mik Cribben
Starring Michael Robertson, Rich Hamilton and Robin Lilly
The unrated video release features brutal and graphic murders of small children not seen in the R Rated version.
Summary
Notes
After several children have gone missing, a writer and a cop decide to get to the bottom of the problem once and for all. As they find more and more leads they discover that their children are being brainwashed
into zombified cannibal killers by a disturbed teen.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2022 Vinegar Syndrome R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 29th March 2022
From IMDb. The unrated video release features brutal and graphic murders of small children not seen in the R Rated version.
Version
cut
US: Cut for
an MPAA R rating for violence and gore, and for some sexuality
Promotional Material
Young Glenn and his father have gone into the woods for a fun-filled camping adventure. But when dad steps into a bear trap, the pair find themselves stranded miles from civilization,
with limited supplies and nothing to eat. After his dad dies, Glenn, as a matter of survival, is forced to consume his flesh. Years later, children from a nearby town begin to disappear into the woods, never to be seen again, while adults are murdered in
the most savage of fashions. Could not-so-young-anymore Glenn have something to do with all the mayhem?
Shamelessly trashy and a whole lot of fun, prolific cinematographer Mik Cribben's ( The Defiance of Good ) sole
directorial effort, BEWARE: CHILDREN AT PLAY , is a no holds barred assault on good taste, with a plethora of ultra gory and creative deaths and one of the most ridiculous endings in the history of horror cinema. Another victim of decades of poor quality
VHS copies, Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to offer the world Blu-ray debut of BEWARE: CHILDREN AT PLAY , newly restored from its 35mm original camera negative.
Bonus Features:
1. Region Free Blu-ray 2.
Newly scanned & restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative 3. Brand new commentary track with director Mik Cribben 4. "Why I Don't Have Children" - an extended making-of documentary featuring interviews with the cast and
crew 5. Brand new interview with Mik Cribben 6. Archival interview with Mik Cribben 7. Reversible cover artwork 8. English SDH subtitles +
Beware My Brethren - 1972 UK horror by Robert Hartford-Davis. See
The Fiend
The Beyond is a 1981 Italian horror film by Lucio Fulci With Catriona MacColl and David Warbeck.
Cut by the BBFC for cinema release. Then the same version was banned as a
video nasty. Passed uncut on DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US but there is also a cut R rated version.
Summary Review: Fulci Lives
The Beyond is one of Fulci's best films. The film takes place in
modern day Louisiana as a woman oversees the the renovation of an hotel that she inherits. Strange and gory things start to happen and poof the hotel just happens to be over one of the 7 doors to hell.
Very bloody with a
slightly incoherent plot the film is a lot of fun and I suspect that no Fulci fan should be without their copy. Visually I think this is Fulci's best film (that I've seen) and the acting is what you'd expect.
Versions
uncut
run:
87:16s
pal:
83:47s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong horror and
gory violence for:
UK: The cut cinema version was passed 18 without further cuts for:
1992 Vipco VHS
1987 Elephant VHS
UK: The cut cinema version was released on pre-cert video for:
1982 Vampix VHS
Released on pre-cert video in March 1982. This was then banned as a video nasty in November 1983 but was later dropped from the list in April 1985
UK: Passed X after 9 BBFC cuts totalling
1:39s for:
1981 cinema release
The cuts were.:
18s have been cut from the prologue, ie the man being killed for witchcraft is missing several severe chain whippings. It is also missing shots of his hands showing he is nailed to the wall.
The eye gouging of a drainage mechanic has lost 6s
of the gouging
4 cuts totalling 43s have been imposed on the attack of (very unconvincing) spiders on a librarian. These include shots of the spiders biting his lip, nose and tongue and also of them pulling his eye out.
5s has been cut
from a cleaning lady being impaled on a nail through the eye.
26s are missing from the blind girl's throat being ripped out by a dog. this includes shots of blood gushing from the wounds and shots of her ear being bitten off.
1s is
missing from a child's head exploding after a gunshot.
5:02s
US: A substantially cut version was released on US R rated VHS titled 7 Doors of Death
Beyond Atlantis is a 1973 Philippines / USA action Sci-Fi horror by Eddie Romero. Starring Patrick Wayne, John Ashley and Leigh Christian.
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1977. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
A band of adventurers invade a
native island determined to grab a reported fortune in buried treasure. The islanders are just as determined to keep their sacred treasure. Complications ensue.
Beyond Bedlam is a 1994 UK comedy horror by Vadim Jean. Starring Craig Fairbrass, Elizabeth Hurley and Keith Allen.
Uncut and 18 rated for 1994 cinema release but for several 18 rated VHS
releases and then DVD. Not released in the US.
Summary Notes
Dr.Stephanie Lyell works for Neurological Research, and is testing a seemingly safe personality-altering drug on Marc Gilmour a notorious
Serial Killer. But when a pair of bizarre suicides occur at Dr. Lyell's apartment complex, Homicide Detective Terry Hamilton connects the mysterious deaths to the drug's diabolical side effects on Gilmour. Only after they too begin to experience horrible
dreams and hallucinations do Terry and Stephanie realize they are trapped in Gilmour's nightmarish world, from which there is no hope of escape.
Versions
uncut
89:00s =85:26s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
1994 cinema release
compulsory cuts 17s
85:09s
UK: Passed 18 after 17s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
Beyond Re-animator is a 2003 Spain / USA comedy Sci-Fi horror by Brian Yuzna. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Tommy Dean Musset and Jason Barry.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. European releases have all been the uncut version.
Summary Notes
Everyone's favorite mad scientist Herbert West is currently in jail after having state's
evidence turned against him by his former assistant, Dan Cain. While being led away, some re-agent falls from his pocket where it is picked up by a young man who was camping nearby. The young man finds Herbert down in his jail cell and learns for himself
just what the re-agent is capable of.
Versions
uncut
run:
95:55s
pal:
92:05s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong gory
violence and sexualised violence for:
When Speedball ODs on the re-agent, he sits up and his eyeball pops out.
When he explodes, we see him open his shirt and his stomach spew out. (On the DVD, the shot lingers on West up until Speedball's guts are already halfway through the
air.)
When the Doctor Phillips is battling with Laura, a few of the shots where he starts hacking at her neck are trimmed.
v Beyond Skyline - 2016 Singapore / USA action Sci-Fi film by Liam O'Donnell.
Beyond Skyline is a 2016 Singapore / USA action Sci-Fi film by Liam
O'Donnell. Starring Frank Grillo, Bojana Novakovic and Jonny Weston.
The film was edited in the US prior to release. It was MPAA R rated for
sequences of bloody sci-fi violence, and language throughout.
The MPAA noted:
EDITED FOR RE-RATE. CONTENT IS DIFFERENT FROM R RATED VERSION BULLETIN #2452 (11/23/2016). ONLY THIS VERSION IS RATED. NO CHANGE IN
RATING OR RATING REASON.
Beyond the Darkness is a 1979 Italy horror drama by Joe D'Amato. Starring Kieran Canter, Cinzia Monreale and Franca Stoppi.
Uncut by censors but the film has been been shortened for some releases.
Summary Review: Honest Horror
A young rich orphan loses his fiancée to voodoo doll mischief on the part of his housekeeper who is jealous of his attentions.
The film is
also packed with a series of extreme gore scenes that are effective and really well-done. All of a person's fingernails are pulled out with pliers in an act of pure sadism and the corpse dismemberment is a sickening, uncompromising gore sequence as it is
completely and utterly cut to pieces and dumped into acid, complete with gruesome close-ups provided of the flesh-less pieces immersed in acid.
One of the strongest films to ever get through in the European sleaze genre, it's got
a lot to look forward to. Due to the subject matter and extremes presented, this is one for the strongest-willed of Exploitation fanatics, while those who have no desire for these films should avoid.
Versions
uncut
run:
93:48s
pal:
90:03s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence,
gore, nudity for:
The Shriek Show Bu-ray is missing a 25 second scene (which should run immediately after the opening titles) in which Frank carries the body of a baboon from his van into his house. It is not clear if this scene is missing from other releases.
shortened
cut:
3m
run:
88:33s
pal:
85:00s
UK: A short version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
1989 VPD VHS
This may be a shortened US Version titled Buried Alive described by IMDb as missing several scenes:
A scene of Frank picking up a girl in a disco near the end of the film.
A scene of a strange old woman yelling ominous phrases at Frank and his date outside the disco
A scene of one of the undertaker's failed attempt to spy on Frank
at his house
v Beyond the Door
- 1974 Italy horror by Ovidio G Assonitis (as O Hellman) and Robert Barrett (as R Barrett).
Beyond the Door is a 1974 Italy horror by Ovidio G Assonitis (as O Hellman) and Robert Barrett (as R Barrett). Starring Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson and Gabriele Lavia.
Generally released in an uncut Export Version (titled The Devil Within Her) but the film was shortened in the US for its theatrical release.
The film was shortened in the US after Warner
Brothers won a law suit claiming that the film infringed Warner's copyrights over its film The Exorcist. Beyond the Door was shortened to remove the infringing content.
Summary Notes
Juliet Mills plays a pregnant woman who becomes possessed by a demon and begins puking split pea soup all over the place. Ex-boyfriend Richard Johnson shows up to save the day.
Export Version
uncut Export Version
run:
107:35s
pal:
103:17s
UK: The Export Version was passed 15 uncut for strong threat, nudity:
2020 Arrow Special Edition [Export Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2020 Arrow Limited Edition [Export Version + US Theatrical Version] RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
UK: The Export Version was passed X (18) uncut:
1975 cinema release titled Devil Within Her
US: The Export Version is MPAA Unrated for:
2020 Arrow Special Edition [Uncut Export Version] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
US Theatrical Version
shortened US Theatrical Version
run:
98:18s
pal:
94:22s
UK: The shortened US Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for strong threat, nudity:
2020 Arrow Limited Edition [Export Version + US Theatrical Version] RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
Beyond the Door II - 1977 Italy horror by Mario Bava See
Shock
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 USA comedy music film by Russ Meyer. Starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers and Marcia McBroom.
Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1970 cinema release. Cut again for 18 rated 1989 VHS. Passed 18 uncut since 2003 DVD. Uncut and MPAA NC-17 rated in the US.
Summary Review: Camp Classic
This film is a sequel in name only to Valley of the Dolls (1967). An all-girl rock band goes to Hollywood to make it big. There they find success, but luckily for us, they sink into a cesspool of decadence. This film has a sleeping woman performing on a gun which is in her mouth. It has women posing as men. It has lesbian sex scenes. It is also written by Roger Ebert, who had become friends with Russ Meyer after writing favorable reviews of several of his films.
What more could one ask for? Valley of the Dolls took itself seriously with hilarious effects. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (supposedly not related) was more of a spoof that played straight with seriously
hilarious effects. Both are camp classics and at this price, this DVD is nearly impossible to pass up.
Versions
uncut
run:
108:56s
pal:
104:35s
UK: Passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts
waived for:
Fox Home Entertainment has once again attempted to improve upon a
classic. BEYOND TOMORROW gets the colorizing and retitling treatment, retitling the film (BEYOND Christmas).
The company has also chopped out about 5 minutes of material from the movie. Granted, they include the material in the Extras as deleted
footage, but that only begs the question, What was the point of deleting it at this time, to begin with?
Some of the deletions, such as the sequence where Arlene Terry's ex-boyfriend clashes with her new leading man, destroy the emotional
impact of the showdown between the two men and Arlene during the film's finale. To first-time viewers unfamiliar with the film, the jilted lover's appearance at the end comes almost out of the blue, causing confusion as to who he is.
In spite of these
alterations/deletions, the box proudly announces the film is fully restored. Sorry, Fox, but the term restoration does NOT mean alteration or condensation. And with the various advances in such technology, it is amazing to see how artificial the
colorization still looks, at least on this film.
83:34s
The 2007 Passport DVD was passed uncut by the BBFC