Film Cuts B: Bn-Bz

Boarding House

• Boardinghouse

Noted as the first horror film shot on video. The director's original cut was massively shortened for theatrical release. Both version are now available in the US. Banned by the BBFC for 1983 video release in the UK.

Summary Notes

Resembling a cross between "The Amityville Horror" and a Playboy Playmates video, this film tells the terrifying tale of a cheesy video special effect that stalks bikini-clad women. In between scenes of them playfully splashing each other and wrestling with each other's bathing suit tops, they're murdered and/or terrorized by horrific hallucinations. These hallucinations include seeing blood in the shower stalls (while they're trying to lather up), having giant monsters jump out of the hall closet, and seeing their faces temporarily turn into rubber halloween masks.

• 2015 Olive Films DVD [Director's Cut + Theatrical Cut] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 29th September 2015

• 2015 Olive Films DVD [Director's Cut + Theatrical Cut] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 29th September 2015

• 1983 Intervision VHS

See Das Boot

Boat Trip

There is an Unrated Version and a cut R rated Theatrical Version

• 2003 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

3:05s

R Rated

• 2003 EIV R2 DVD
• 2002 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . Some of the material has been cut for nudity and sex

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

• Il mondo violento di Bobbie Jo ragazza di provincia

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1977 cinema release. Unknown status fir the 1986 18 rated VHS. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A young country-star wannabe takes off from her carhop career to join with a young, modern Billy the Kid wannabe for an adventure in theft, murder and mayhem.

• 2015 Kino Lorber (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon

• 1986 Wise Owl Investments VHS

• 1977 cinema release

Boccaccio '70

The Original Italian Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate language and sex references for:

• 2010 Mr Bongo R0 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release featuring the Original Italian Version is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 Lorber RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2005 NoShame R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb:

• The original Italian version had four segments, starting with Act 1 Renzo e Luciana , directed by Mario Monicelli. The producers decided to shorten it for commercial purposes just before the feature went to the Cannes Film Festival in 1962 for the opening screening. Although Mario Monicelli had sued Boccaccio 70 went to be released worldwide without "Renzo e Luciana".

Body Bags

Uncut by the BBFC but there is a severely cut version used for US DVD releases, maybe a TV version. Uncut on 2013 US Blu-ray

Promotional Material

Alex Datcher ( Passenger 57 ) stars as a woman working the late shift at The Gas Station while a killer is on the loose. Then, Stacy Keach ( Road Games ) can't stand the thought of losing his Hair and he'll do anything to keep it. And finally, Mark Hamill ( Star Wars ) portrays a baseball player that submits to an Eye transplant after he loses an eye in a car accident.

R rated

• 1995 Polygram VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2013 Shout! Factory RA Blu-ray at UK Amazon and at US Amazon released on 12th November 2013

Body Double

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 2000 Columbia/TriStar DVD

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

Review from UK Amazon : Strange little film

This is quite a strange little film. Jake (Wasson) is a claustrophobic, B-Movie actor who has just been fired from his latest film when a friend invites him to look after an apartment for a few days. While there, Jake becomes a voyeur of a scantily - clad woman who performs some erotic dance routine nightly, on the dot. Jake unwittingly becomes a stalker, not just of the mystery woman, but of her other stalker! Inevitably, Jake witnesses her murder.

I say this is strange because I find DePalma confusing. He is such a skilled director, but at times it seems as if he is oblivious to his own cheesiness. The majority of this movie is fantastically directed, the scenes on set of the low budget vampire flick, the battle at the end (and the excellent cross-over to the said vampire film) and the surreal music video within a film featuring Frankie Goes to Hollywood on a porn set, this is quite an experience. Then there's the strange scenes like where Jake is kissing Gloria (the woman he's been stalking) and the camera pans around them in circles, in slo-mo, while soppy music plays, for what seems like an eternity. It really is embarrassing to watch. It's these occasional dips in quality, and some of the over-long scenes (especially with Melanie Griffith) that warrants this film only 3 stars.

It's worth mentioning that Craig Wasson is incredible in this film. He fits the role perfectly, an amazing, shamefully underused actor. Very convincing. It's definitely worth getting hold of this movie, just be wary of the cringe-worthy moments.

• Holly (Melanie Griffith) line of dialogue regarding what she wont do in porn films is cut. For the faint hearted cover your ears now: I will not shave my pussy. No fist-fucking. Absolutely no coming in my face
• The last shot of the video is reduced with a fade-out that appears 4s early. This masks out the BBFC no-no of blood on the breasts.

Body of Evidence

• Deadly Evidence

The US Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2005 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2003 Pathe R2 DVD
• 1997 Guild VHS
• 1993 Guild VHS
• 1992 cinema release

The US release is uncut for the MPAA Unrated Version

• 2002 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is a US cut R Rated Version which loses the sex scenes. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Body of Influence

• Animal Instincts II
• Indecent Advances

The uncut version was submitted and passed  by the BBFC in 2008

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from IMDb : Worth Watching

As one starts watching this movie, one thinks at first that it is a routine TV quality movie. It appeared at first to be a rip off of the theme from Madonna's Body of Evidence . Both movies rely on the sexuality of the female stars. I for one am glad that I watched this movie.

Shannon Whirry's sexuality makes this mediocre movie worth watching. One scene in particular where she is recounting a tale to the psychiatrist while simultaneously teasing him by stripping and doing body gymnastics literally under his nose is unforgettable. She alone makes this worth watching.

The other characters in this movie are memorable only to the extent that they are reacting to the hot sexual aura put out by Shannon Whirry. At least for males this is a much better than average movie.

Body Weapon

Video version cut in August 2000 with the following BBFC note: Cuts required to images of rape, sexual violence and humilation in accordance with BBFC policy on sexual violence

According to the Bullets 'n' Babes website the video has been improved by the cuts!

Anyway the cuts are as follows:

• The opening scene is missing the woman's strip and part of her pleasuring attempt on the killer. The subsequent longshot of her with a plastic bag on her head is also missing.
• The 2nd cut scene is the rape of Cheung. Her stripping to underwear is shortened and the scene cuts when the two assistants startt pushing her. The uncut feature shows them pushing her and hitting with a pillow for a further minute.
• The 2nd rape of Cheung is also shortened. A scene showing Slashface's buttocks against her leg has been removed.

There is an uncut version on HongKong VCD and on Hong Kong DVD from the Mei Ah Laser Disc Company Ltd

Body Without Soul

Bodycount

• Camping del terrore
• Body Count
• Camping della morte
• The Eleventh Commandment

 A pre-cut Hollywood DVD was passed 15 without BBFC cust for:

• 2003 Hollywood R0 DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

• A shot of Rose screaming as blood gushes out her mouth as she pulls her hand across a blade
• Sharon being pulled through a mirror is missing
• Cut to Tony losing fingers to an axe

• 1987 Braveworld VHS

Probably just the cuts to Sharon being pulled through a mirror.

The Bodyguard

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2012 Warner R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2005 Warner Special Edition R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon

• 2008 Warner Online
• 2005 Warner Special Edition R2 DVD
• 1999 Warner R2 DVD
• 1995 Warner VHS
• 1993 Warner VHS
• 1992 cinema release

The BBFC cut is:

• A double ear clap by Frank has been removed for BBFC fear of imitation.

The cinema release is a rare example where the word 'motherfucker' has been allowed in a 12/12A rated film. In fact the BBFC were only brave for the cinema version, the rating was raised to 15 for DVD.

• The 2001 cinema release was rated 12 for single use of strong and coarse language ('motherfucker') and mild violence
• The 2001 DVD was rated 15 uncut.

The Bogey Man

• Ulli Lommel's Boogeyman
• The Boogey Man

Passed X (18) uncut for 1980 cinema release. The 1981 VHS release was banned as a video nasty. Cut by the BBFC for 1982 VHS. Uncut for 2000 DVD and an extended version released on DVD in 2004. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summery Review: One of the better nasties

Through the reflection in the mirror, a girl witnesses her mother's boyfriend's murder.

I was surprised that this movie got such a low rating, to me it's one of the better horror films I've seen in some time. Ulli Lommel allows the horror in this story to gradually build until it erupts in very frightening and disturbing and occasionally blackly comic ways.

The boogeyman's appearances in the film are effectively kept very brief, he doesn't become a silly charactor of the Freddy/Jason mould. Ulli lommel keeps the location barren and banal and uses them in inventive ways. The scenes in which the disturbed deaf brother paints over every mirror in the house is brilliant and foreshadows a lot of scenes in clean-shaven.

• 2015 88 Films R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2015 88 Films RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2004 Hollywood R2 DVD via UK Amazon

• 2000 Horror Video/Vipco R0 DVD via UK Amazon

Netherlands: Uncut for:

• NL 2007 Shock R2 DVD via UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2008 Synergy R0 DVD at US Amazon
• 2008 Synergy VoD [US only] at US Amazon
• 2005 Sony R1 DVD

• 1992 Sachs Nicam/Vipco VHS

The cuts were:

• A good portion of Lacy's nightmare, beginning with the shot of her being dragged over the floor only dressed in her underwear. She gets thrown on a bed and bound pretty much the same way as her brother Willie in the opening sequence. Somebody is sharpening a big butcher-knife, intercut with close ups of her scared face. The cut version starts off again with a shot of the shining knife being raised.
• When the girl in the bathroom gets forced by "the Bogeyman" to stab herself with a pair of scissors, some shots of blood running down her breasts got removed.
• A shot of the above mentioned girl's body (with bloodstained breasts) in the bathtub was significantly shortened.

• 1981 Vipco VHS

Released on video in November 1981 by Vipco. The video was listed on the Video Nasties List in October 1983 but was dropped from the list in July 1985

• 1980 cinema release

Bogeyman 2

• Revenge of the Bogeyman
• Revenge of the Boogeyman
• Boogeyman II
• The Boogey Man 2
• The Boogeyman 2
• Bogeyman 2

Uncut version is available at:

Lame sequel the re-uses most of the first film. The original release was banned as a video nasty. Later released in a Director's Cut/Redux version, but this was no better, and possibly worse

Summary Review: Re-hash

The Boogeyman is a minor 80's classic. The story is pure hokum, but the film is full of absurdly grotesque murder sequences and extreme gore. Ulli Lommel and his buddies must have been so proud on their accomplishment that they decided to re-use all the best footage to fill up almost three quarters of the sequel.

Boogeyman II is stuffed like a Christmas turkey with key footage of the original, and that's the main reason why it receives so many negative reviews around here.

Boogeyman II is 50 minutes of stock footage and 25 minutes of non-stop new murders. The new massacres are very lame in comparison with those of the original, though. Death by electric toothbrush and suffocation in shaving gel, for example. The film still got included in the infamous list of video nasties, but only because of the stock footage of the original and not because of the ridiculous new murder set pieces.

R Rated

• 2003 Hollywood R2 DVD via UK Amazon

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

• 2003 Image R1 DVD via US Amazon

This is very different version to the Original Version.

• 1983 VTC VHS

The Original Version was was banned as a video nasty under the title Revenge of the Bogeyman in September 1984 but was removed from the list in July 1985

The Bold Caballero

• The Bold Cavalier

Bombay

+ cinema cuts

Boondock Saints

• Mission des dieux

The BBFC passed the 2002 Cinema Club DVD as 18 without BBFC cuts.

The BBFC noted this as a Re-edited Version which is reported as the cut US R Rated Version at dvdcompare.net

From cuts details on IMDb

The MPAA offered an NC-17 certificate so the following cuts were made to achieve an R Rated version:

• the Hotel Shootout: This scene has a cut about 7 seconds, showing bloody bullet hits, when the two brothers are hanging on the rope.
• Rocco shoots the Mafia-Guys in the bar: The headshot and the shot in the chest are cut away on the DVD. You only see the blood coming out of the back of the bench.
• Shoot out in the pool-room: one scene is cut which shows several bullet hits in the body of the guy who opens the door.
• Poolroom shootout: The guy that's holding the phone, standing in the back left corner gets shot twice. The second bullet hit is cut out from the US DVD.

Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

No censorship issues with the 2009 Theatrical Version. A Director's Cut was released in 2013

Summary Notes

The MacManus brothers are living a quiet life in Ireland with their father, but when they learn that their beloved priest has been killed by mob forces, they go back to Boston to bring justice to those responsible and avenge the priest.

• 2013 Columbia/Tri-Star RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2010 Sony R2 DVD

Boot Hill

Summary Notes

Honey Fisher has become a powerful man in this small Western town that has grown up around gold-prospecting fields. Fisher and his gang have managed, through swindling, murder, and terror, to gain leases on the important gold-yielding land in the area. A state commissioner comes to town to review the leases, which are crucial to Fisher's power. Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy join forces with circus performers and townsfolk led by Stevens' friend Finch to fight against Fisher and his henchmen.

• 2005 Orbit R2 DVD

• 1987 Action Channel VHS

Borderland

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2010 Technicolor/Momentum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The Borgias

Summary Notes

Following the Borgia family as they rise to power in the Roman Catholic church. Rodrigo Borgia uses bribery, with the help of his son, to secure his position as Pope Alexander VI. But he has gained enemies in the College of Cardinals, who begin to plot against him. He must find alliances.

UK: Passed 15 for strong violence after 9s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:

• 2013 Paramount Home Entertainment Season 3 R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• Company was required to remove sight of cockfighting.

See Arctic Heat

Cut by the BBFC for a 12A rated cinema release

• 2013 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

The company chose to make cuts to violence in order to achieve a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.

The Boston Strangler

Cuts were waived when resubmitted in 2004

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

From cuts details on IMDb :

• reduced the torture of Dianne Cluny to a series of flash shots by removing facial closeups, a shot of her kicking, and detailed footage of her arms and legs being tied to the bed.

From cuts details on IMDb :

The original UK cinema version suffered heavy BBFC cuts with edits to:

• shots of a woman's dead body
• the murder scenes
• the removal of graphic descriptions of the murder victims.

Bound

Pre-cut for UK 1996 cinema release. Uncut on home video. The US R rated version is cut but the Unrated version is uncut.

Summary Notes:

Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caeser.

Unrated

• 2014 Arrow RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2003 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2000 Pathe DVD
• 1997 Guild Pathe VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 Olive Films RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2012 Olive Films R1 DVD at US Amazon
• US Republic R1 DVD

France: Uncut for:

• Fr Warner R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon

• Missing 6s where Jennifer Tilly takes Gina Gershon's hand to her crotch.
• Minor edits to tone down the Tilly Gershon sex scene
• Deleted one of the blows when a man's head is repeatedly knocked against a toilet

pre-cut

• 1996 cinema release

From IMDB:

• The version released in cinemas cut the shot of the finger being chopped off in the bathroom scene.

The Bounty Killer

Cut by the BBFC in 2013 for a horse fall

• 2013 Odeon Entertainment R0 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• A compulsory cut was required to a scene of animal cruelty (in this case, sight of a horse being made to fall in a dangerous manner).

Bounty Tracker

• Bounty Tracer

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2005 Scanbox R2 DVD
• 1995 First Independent VHS

There is cut US R Rated version to avoid that is cut by 9s

The Boxer's Omen

• Mo

The BBFC cut the 1984 cinema release by 26s for an 18 rating.

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

Review from US Amazon : Exuberantly bizarre

The Boxer's Omen is a phantasmagoria of grossness, questionable special effects, gawdy visuals and Buddhism that is so exuberantly bizarre I couldn't wait to see what would happen next.

Part of the movie is a kickboxing revenge story, which is the only part of The Boxer's Omen that isn't insane, but the rest of it deals with the wildly hallucinatory conflict between Buddhists and practitioners of the dark arts.

The special effects are audaciously bad at times, particularly those involving animals. I swear that the bats and spiders in one part looked like plush toys, or something similar.

The black magic in this movie is the source for most of the grossness. Whenever one of the dark priests casts a spell, they usually chew up all sorts of nasty things and spit them out, sometimes repeatedly. There's also one part where they slice open an alligator, toss its guts out on the floor and then stuff a corpse inside in order to raise it from the dead. I just watched Jungle Holocaust where an alligator gets sliced open and has its innards strewn about, so I think I've had enough of that sort of thing for a while.

Because this movie exists almost entirely in the realm of the supernatural, it doesn't always make very much sense. The protagonists are Buddhists, so maybe possessing knowledge about the religion will put some of the occurrences in this film into perspective. Otherwise, the viewer can only go along for the ride and throw reason to the wind. I guess it is best classified as fantasy/horror with a small amount of martial arts thrown in. There's also a little T&A, for those so inclined.

If you have a difficult time suspending disbelief or like movies that make sense, you probably shouldn't watch this. I'd also recommend avoiding it if you find rampant, garish blood and gore disagreeable. Otherwise, it's worth experiencing at least once for the mindboggling weirdness alone.

The film was edited prior to release but both versions are rated PG-13 for violence and terror, and for some thematic material.

The Boy and the Beast

• Bakemono no ko

Strong language has been cut differently for the dubbed and subtitled versions for US release.

Summary Notes

The latest feature film from award-winning Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children): When Kyuta, a young orphan living on the streets of Shibuya, stumbles into a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by Kumatetsu, a gruff, rough-around-the-edges warrior beast who's been searching for the perfect apprentice. Despite their constant bickering, Kyuta and Kumatetsu begin training together and slowly form a bond as surrogate father and son. But when a deep darkness threatens to throw the human and beast worlds into chaos, the strong bond between this unlikely family will be put to ultimate test-a final showdown that will only be won if the two can finally work together using all of their combined strength and courage.

FUNimation Entertainment

The MPAA noted:

EDITED VERSION. CONTENT IS DIFFERENT FROM PG-13 RATED DUBBED VERSION, BULLETIN NO. 2410 (2/3/16).

FUNimation Entertainment

Boy Meets Girl

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2001 Imaginary Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1995 cinema release

US: uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2008 Unearthed R1 DVD at US Amazon

From Dark Star magazine: Banned

Boy Meets Girl is a bold and important film. It is full of subtle and controversial arguments. To dismiss it because of its bondage/sadistic trappings (as some have already done) is to miss the point entirely. How else could the director have approached the subject matter? Possibly as a documentary, but then that would loose the frisson of making the viewer an active participant in the debate. It is a film of violent ideas but it is not a barrage of graphic images.

The BBFC has passed countless numbers of films more violent than Boy Meets Girl, yet refused to give it a certificate. As the director of the BBFC, James Ferman must take the responsibility for denying you, the public, the chance to see a film which, for once, has a totally violent subject matter but does not glamorise it. Which is more than can be said of so many Hollywood studio pictures Mr Ferman has gladly issued certificates. Explicit violence has always been a contentious issue in cinema, but never, in a so-called democracy, should honesty about violence be treated like the glorification of violence. Shame on you Mr Ferman. For all its minor faults (most often due to the low budget) a film like Boy Meets Girl does not deserve to be treated in the manner it has been in Britain.

• 1995 Kino-Eye VHS

The BBFC said that it was banned because of its constant focus on the details of torture. See article from independent.co.uk   BBFC Director James Ferman explained in a letter to Brady:

This video focuses unrelentingly on the process of torture, mental as well as physical, including mutilation, sexual violation and evisceration, all in full view of the camera.

Ferman's letter continues tha the film-maker has refused to provide a coherent moral justification or context , therefore there is the risk of confirming sadistic tastes or reinforcing sadistic impulses , and this, says Ferman in a reference to the Criminal Justice Act, is crucial to any consideration of harm to potential viewers or, through their behaviour to society.

The Boy Next Door

BBFC category cuts were made for a 15 rated 2015 cinema release, however home video releases are uncut and 18 rated. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A divorced woman's affair with a neighbor teenager goes very wrong.

• 2015 Universal Pictures UK RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2015 Universal Pictures UK R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: In the US, the film is MPAA R rated for violence, sexual content/nudity and language.

• 2015 cinema release

• Company chose to remove a moment of strong gory detail (close up eye-gouging) in order to obtain a 15 classification. An 18 uncut classification was available.

• The Choir

There have been reports of a version including the word 'motherfucker' but this is not confirmed and is not apparent from any certifications received to date. Eg in the UK the film was passed PG uncut for mild violence, mild bad language.

However the film was initially rated M (PG-15) rated in Australia but was later downrated to PG on appeal. The reasons cited were that the violence and themes were sufficiently mild for a PG. No mention of strong language.

The Boys of St Vincent

• Le collège St. Vincent
• Les garçons de Saint-Vincent

The BBFC cut the 1997 Dangerous to Know video by 18s

Thanks to Bleach:

• At 1.5 mins - After corridor shot in which clerical brother walks forward past camera and music credit fades out, remove back view of four naked boys peeing, resuming on tight profile of boys under shower.
• At 22 mins - In shower scene focussing on two young boys, cut away as foreground boy bends over to pick up soap to remove sight of other boy's penis and subsequent image of both boys' nude buttocks, resuming on Brother Lavin watching.

The Boys of St Vincent: 15 Years Later

• Les garçons de Saint-Vincent: Quinze ans plus tard

The BBFC cut the 1997 Dangerous to Know video by 8s

Thanks to Bleach:

• At 53 mins - In shower scene, after soap bubbles drip down boy's back masking buttock cleft as priest watches, remove shot of bubbles clearing cleft to reveal boy's wet buttocks, resuming on big close up of priest's face framed through grill in confessional.

See Hardcore 18s List: Boys on Film X

Braceface: One Teeny Tiny Problem

Passed PG after 4s of BBFC cuts for:

• 2009 Freemantlemedia R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Company chose to remove an offensive term about disability ( spaz ) in order to achieve a PG classification. An uncut 12 classification was available.

Brain Damage

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Unrated Version was passed 18 after BBFC cuts waived for:

• 2007 Second Sight R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2007 Synapse R1 DVD at US Amazon

The US R Rated Version was edited to avoid an X Rating:

• The nightclub fellation scene was deleted
• Deleted scene showing Brian pulling Elmer out of his ear with much screaming and blood.
• Blood from a toilet stall killing has been deleted
• Brian eating brain in a dream sequence has been toned down.

Review from US Amazon : Addicted

1988's BRAIN DAMAGE is the second film from low-budget Grand Guignol writer/director Frank Henenlotter, his first being the grisly over-the-top cult favorite BASKET CASE (1982), and both films established him as the master auteur of bad-taste horror cinema in the 1980s. But despite of the excessive gore and crude sexual elements, Henenlotter's films are a cut above the average trash pics because his well-written scripts are weaved around a daedal subtext that offers wry comments and observations on certain elements or aspects of modern society. With the visceral horror comedy BRAIN DAMAGE, Henenlotter is satirizing the Western propensity for addiction.

BRAIN DAMAGE relates the "mind-blowing" tale of the Faustian bargain made between a young man named Brian and an enigmatic, snake-like parasite named Aylmer (pronounced like the name ELMER). Aylmer dispenses an addictive pleasure-inducing drug directly into Brian's brain, but as payment for each "fix," Brian must transport Aylmer around the city so the parasitic pusher can obtain his favorite food--human brains. Though Brian is generally a nice young man who wouldn't hurt a flea, he finds it impossible to resist the demands of the deceptively cute parasite because of his need and desire for the psychedelic "juice," and he ultimately becomes Aylmer's accomplice in murder.

With a meagre budget of circa $600,000, Henenlotter and crew have nonetheless succeeded in crafting BRAIN DAMAGE as a polished, professional-looking film. Yes, the violence is graphic, sophomorically comic, and often over the top, and yes, the film has a crude, puerile sexual element (snake-like Aylmer is obviously a phallic symbol). But these elements actually enhance the film's earnest anti-addiction subtext, as they vociferously underscore the negative effect that addiction has on an addict's personality, his personal life, and the lives of others with whom he has contact.

• 1988 Palace VHS
• 1988 cinema release

Note. The BBFC cut 18s from the cinema release. The distributors cut 22s before submitting the video. Presumably the same cuts have been applied.

Thanks to Andy

I've seen this version many times and can confirm that the ear pulling scene was not cut, the cuts were to the nightclub fellatio scene, were all shots of the groin area were removed.

• Brain eating thing, Elmer, is seen emerging from a guys fly at the nightclub as if for a blow job
• A girl is forced to take Elmer in her mouth again as if for a blow job
• Blood is seen coming from the girl mouth soon followed by her brain.
• Elmer with brain in tow then withdraws back to the guy's trousers

Braindead

• DeadAlive

Never cut by the BBFC. Cut in the US for an R Rating though. There are two uncut versions, both claiming to be the best

• 2008 Universal R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1993 Polygram VHS
• 1992 cinema release

See  The BBFC are well appreciative and pass the film with flying bloody colours from  bbfc.co.uk

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

The cut R Rated Version is truly a massacre. This movie-torso could have easily been sold as a kid's movie, since there is literally nothing to see.

Brainscan

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

Passed 15 uncut with previous cuts waived for:

• 2006 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2003 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

See trailer from youtube.com

Summary Review: B Movie

Set in the cliched world of teenage geeks, computer games and rock music.

Very much a B movie that hit the mark. The character Trickster perhaps makes the movie.

• 2003 Fox R2 DVD
• 1994 Guild VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

• The murder of a balding man loses several stabs in the. a death struggled, the knife being pulled out, the knife being used to sever the victim's foot, and then a pan across the bloody aftermath of the corpse.

R Rated

• 1994 cinema release

Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats

See Burial of the Rats

Brave, Bashed, Battered and Bruised

UK: Banned by the BBFC for:

• 1997 Visual Corporation VHS

The BBFC commented:

• A film in the guise of a sporting documentary about karate, was actually selling the pleasures of gross violence through its unrelenting focus on the infliction of injury and pain.

Braveheart

Cut for an MPAA R rating. This was then further cut by the BBFC for cinema, VHS and DVD. The BBFC cuts were waived for 2009 Blu-ray.

Summary Notes

William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce.

Cutting Edge: Quick Trims

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R Rated

• 2014 20th Century Fox Steelbook RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray  at UK Amazon
• 2014 20th Century Fox R2 DVD  at UK Amazon
• 2010 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray

US: The US Theatrical Version was cut for an MPAA R rating for:

• 2013 Warner R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2000 Warner R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The US cuts for and MPAA R rating were:

• Mel Gibson implemented cuts to remove copious bleeding from sword and axe wounds in the battle scenes to achieve a US R rating.

cut

• 1997 RBIB VHS
• 1996 Fox Guild VHS
• 1995 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• The front view of Wallace's (Mel Gibson) revenge cutting of the magistrate's throat, has been substituted for a less graphic side shot to obtain a 15' cert from the BBFC. The death of Wallace's wife has not been cut as widely mis-reported.

See the BBFC cuts in an episode of Quick Trims on YouTube

Brazil

Always uncut in the UK. The US suffered several shortened versions before getting the uncut version, which was then labelled the Director's Cut

• 2014 20th Century Fox Steelbook R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2003 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1997 Warner VHS
• 1986 Warner VHS
• 1985 cinema release

• 2012 Criterion [Director's Cut + Love Conquers All Version] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2012 Criterion R1 DVD at US Amazon

See article from dvdcompare.net . The US Director's Cut is equivalent to the European version but with minor extra footage:

• An extended opening sequence, with the titles over a cloudy background from NeverEnding Story, perhaps omitted in Europe for copyright reasons
• The scene in which Spoor answers the phone in Sam's apartment is slightly longer with extra dialogue.

Bread

A short version was passed 15 without cuts for the BFI 2010 DVD

Break

• Break - No Mercy, Just Pain!

Austria : Uncut for the Blu-ray and DVD released by NSM Records

• 2012 Trinity R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Company was required to remove elements of nudity from a scene of sexual violence that eroticise sexual violence in a potentially harmful manner.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . All cuts are to a scene with Samuel raping Anna who is stood up and tied to a tree.

The Break

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Submitted
76:47s
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Passed A/PG after about 1:02s of BBFC cuts for:

• 2010 Odeon R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1963 cinema release

Presumably the cut material has been lost and so this is the best available version.

Break of Dawn

• Entre chiens et loups

Cut in 2003 with the following BBFC statement: Compulsory cuts required to a scene of organised dog fighting

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Cut by the BBFC for an A rated 1961 cinema release. The cuts have persisted ever since and were extended to the entire stripper scene for UK 1995 VHS and 2001 cinema release.  The cut version of the stripper scene was restored for DVD and Blu-ray

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Unrated

submitted in 1961
114:47s =110:12s

• 2011 Paramount R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2009 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2006 Paramount R2 DVD

• 1961 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• Remove shots of a stripper's leg as the camera pans up her body
• It is thought that the cut material has been lost

From IMDb. This version includes revealing footage of the nightclub stripper that was previously left out of the earlier DVD and video releases. Presumably this does not include the shots cut by the BBFC in 1961 which have reportedly been lost

US: presumably the 1961 cut cinema version is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2013 Paramount [Audrey Hepburn Collection] RB Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2013 Paramount [Audrey Hepburn Collection] R2 DVD at US Amazon

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• 2001 cinema release
• 1995 CIC VHS

Distributors left out footage of the nightclub stripper

Breakheart Pass

BBFC category cuts for an A rated 1975 cinema release and 1987 VHS. Uncut on DVD since 2002. Uncut in the US.

Summary Notes

Train with medical supplies and small U.S. Army unit is heading through Rocky mountains towards plagued Fort Humboldt. Among its passengers are territory governor, priest, doctor and U.S. Marshal with his prisoner, John Deakin. However, nothing on that train is what it seems.

PG

• 2002 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

• 2014 Kino Lorber (RA) Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2014 Kino Lorber R2 DVD at US Amazon

• 1987 Warner VHS

UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:

• 1975 cinema release

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

• Removal of a bloody head shooting
• A shot of Claremont slashing Fairchild with a sword.

Breaking Bad

Summary Notes

A high school chemistry teacher turns to a life of crime in order to secure his family's financial future.

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The season 3 episode I.F.T. - which stands for I fucked Ted - was edited for broadcast in the US on AMC to omit the expletive from an important dialogue exchange at the end of the episode. The region 1 release lists that fact that it contains 3 uncensored episodes , but the UK version features the same censored version that AMC broadcast despite the fact that the language would not have caused a problem on UK at all, even on television.

What makes this more annoying is that the expletive is included in the English subtitle track and the French dub track is also intact.

Season 3 has subsequently been issued on Blu-ray, but there doesn't seem to be any indication that the edits have been restored.

Seasons 4 and 5 (part 1) seem to be okay, but I still don't see why UK viewers should have to put up with US TV censorship at all on a format that does not require it.

See The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Breaking In

The Breaking of Bumbo

Cut by the BBFC for an A rated cinema release. Uncut for 2013 12 rated DVD.

• 2013 Network R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 1970 cinema release

Breaking Wind: Part 1

• Breaking Wind
• Breaking Wind Part 1

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

Summary Notes

A 'comedic' spoof based on the worldwide phenomenon, The Twilight Saga.

• 2012 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com .

The Director's Cut contains an extra 8s scene showing Ronald getting his dick out and straddling the mouth of the sleeping Charlie

• 2012 Revolver Entertainment video

Breathless

• A Bout de Souffle Made in USA

Passed uncut with a 15 certificate in 2001

Uncut region 2 available on UK Amazon

Footage of Richard Gere breaking into a car by forcing the window and then hotwiring the ignition with the aid of a small piece of metal has been excised. Later on he breaks into Valerie Kaprisky's flat using the lock pick, but the details are again cut.

Summary Notes

An undercover Detroit cop navigates a dangerous neighborhood that's surrounded by a containment wall with the help of an ex-con in order to bring down a crime lord and his plot to devastate the entire city.

There is an extended version with a higher age rating being released in Germany. The extended version is 9 minutes longer than the Theatrical Version.

The Bride of Frank

Heavily cut by the BBFC for 2005 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US

Summary Review: Fake Blood

The plot is at the kindergarten level. It's just a crazy man killing people in gory methods, often doing obscene things with the corpses. His "friends" help him along the way and participating in one murder during his birthday party.

The cinematography is terrible. Basically, it has a lot of fake blood, fake wounds, ripped out eyes, and several fake penises. A bad movie.

• 2007 Sub Rosa R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2005 Odeon R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

Cuts required to remove:

• sight of man defecating down the neck of another;
• man being realistically "fellated";
• and man penetrating the eye socket of a woman, having removed her eye.

Cuts are made on grounds of potential harm and potential obscenity, for unjustified sexual detail, and sexual violence.

The BBFC seemed to have spoiled the joke of the films synopsis: All Franks wants is true love. But you better not mess with Frank, because if he tells you, I'll cut off your head and shit down your neck, he ain't kidding.

See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com

See Re-Animator 2

Bride Wars

The 2009 20th Century Fox DVD was passed uncut by the BBFC but the certificate was raised to a 12.

The BBFC explained their decision: BRIDE WARS is a comedy starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway, who play two women who have been friends since childhood. They find their friendship tested to the limit when their weddings are booked on the same day due to a mix-up. The DVD release was classified '12' for moderate language and sex references.

BRIDE WARS contains two uses of moderate language - an aggressive use of 'bitch' to describe a female character and a character saying 'Mother F' when she hears her wedding date has been double booked. Though the latter is only an implied swear word, these moments of dialogue were too strong to be contained at 'PG'. At 'PG' the BBFC's Guideline state that there should be 'mild bad language only'. In addition mild language in the film includes the use of "ass", "God", "damn", "fricking" and "bitchy", the last used without aggression.

The mild sex references include an extended comedic sequence in which a woman visits a strip club for a hen party, and dances with male dancers on stage. They wear sparkly shorts and she joins them to dance in hotpants. There is no nudity during the sequence. Dialogue also includes references to a character being "too sexy" and brief verbal references to sleeping with people. These sex references could have been contained under the BBFC's Guidelines at 'PG' which state that 'sexual activity may be implied, but should be discreet and infrequent. (There should be) mild sex references and innuendo only'.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon for release on 18th May 2009
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon or release on 28th April 2009

The 2008 cinema version has dialogue cuts to achieve a PG rating.

The BBFC explained their decision: BRIDE WARS is a comedy starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway, who play two women who have been friends since childhood. They find their friendship tested to the limit when their weddings are booked on the same day due to a mix-up. The film was classified 'PG' for mild language and sex references.

Language in the film includes the use of "ass", "God", "damn", "fricking" and "bitchy", the last used without aggression. At 'PG' the BBFC's Guideline state that there should be 'mild bad language only', and the dialogue heard in BRIDE WARS does not go beyond the limit of that description.

The mild sex references include an extended comedic sequence in which a woman visits a strip club for a hen party, and dances with male dancers on stage. They wear sparkly shorts and she joins them to dance in hotpants. There is no nudity during the sequence. Dialogue also includes references to a character being "too sexy" and brief verbal references to sleeping with people. The BBFC's Guidelines at 'PG' state that 'sexual activity may be implied, but should be discreet and infrequent. (There should be) mild sex references and innuendo only'. The references in BRIDE WARS are mild and discreet enough to pass at PG, with no verbal discussion of sexual activity carried out with any clear or obvious detail.

The Brides of Dracula

Cut by the BBFC for cinema release but uncut thereafter

Summary Review: Good Follow Up

A well regarded follow up to the very successful 1958 Dracula. Noted for style, atmosphere and good acting.

Peter Cushing plays a blinder in a film that contributed to establishment of Hammer as a major force in horror.

Unrated

• 2013 Final Cut (RB) Blu-ray/(R2) DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2007 Showbox Media/Slam Dunk Media R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

2014 Universal Hammer Horror Series R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1960 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Cut brief shot of gore from Baroness Meinster's staking

Bridesmaids

Unrated

UK: The Extended/Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for very strong language, strong sex references and crude humour for:

• 2011 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2011 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon

The extra material for the Unrated Version is uncontentious dialogue. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

R Rated

• 2011 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2011 Universal Online
• 2011 cinema release

Unrated

All US and UK releases are uncut so far.

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence for:

• 2013 Metrodome RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2013 Metrodome R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Banned in New Zealand See List of International Banned Films

A Bridge Too Far

The BBFC passed 1986,1993 1994 Warner videos and 2004 MGM DVD 15 uncut

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

From cuts details on IMDb

• edited out the word fucking in the scene where James Caan holds the doctor at gunpoint
• Scene where Elliott Gould yells Roll the fuckers is not present.
• close ups of men's bloody faces during the assault on Arnhem were cut

Bridget Jones's Diary

Pre-cut in the UK for strong language. Uncut in the US but it is presented in a variant US Version

Summary Notes

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her many imperfections. As a New Year's Resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance who Bridget cannot seem to stop running into or help finding quietly attractive.

Cutting Edge: Quick Trims

UK category cuts to  the cinema release and DVD.

See Quick Trims on YouTube
See more from Cutting Edge

• 2011 Miramax Lionsgate RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2011 Miramax Lionsgate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Before you rush to buy the US DVD, there are subtle differences between the same scenes in the USA and UK versions of the movie. This includes not only different takes of the scene, but sometimes different dialogue. For example, one version of the first job interview has a question about "the El Niño phenomenon", others have a question about Microsoft. In addition, during the credits, the USA version has a home movie of Mark Darcy's 8th birthday party with the young Bridget. The UK version has interviews with the various characters about the new relationship between Bridget and Mark.

• 2001 Columbia/Tri-Star R2 DVD
• 2001 Universal R2 DVD
• 2001 cinema release
• 2001 cinema release

The pre-cut was to ensure that the film was 15 rather than 18 rated:

• The dialogue Careful, you ham fisted cunt! is overdubbed ham fisted cow! .

The film was submitted twice for cinema release, perhaps something to do with the alternative version of the credits

Although the word 'cunt' was pre-cut from the main feature it appeared on the commentary track. So the DVD had to be re-released in 2002 with an officially recorded BBFC cut. The BBFC commented:

• Cut required to remove the word cunt from the line ham fisted cunt and from the director's commentary to make the work suitable for the 15 category given to previous, pre-cut video versions.

Brigand of Kandahar

UK: Presumably the cut cinema version was passed PG for mild violence for:

• 2011 Studio Canal R2 DVD

UK: Passed U after BBFC category cuts for:

• 1965 cinema release

See article from dvdcompare.net . It seems likely that the cuts for the 1965 cinema release have persisted into home video. The cuts were:

• Reduce to a minimum the pelting of the blind man with stones.
• Remove the shot of a man being slashed in the neck, and the sounds of his screams.

Bright Future

• Akarui mirai

The International Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for the 2007 Tartan Video.

There is also a longer Japanese version

Broken

Unrated

The Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2007 Revolver R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release featuring the Unrated Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2007 Weinstein R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a cut US R Rated version to avoid, shortened by about 2 minutes

The Bronx Warriors

• 1990: The Bronx Warriors
• 1990: I guerrieri del Bronx
• 1990: Bronx Warriors

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1983 cinema release and VHS. Uncut for 18 rated 2003 DVD and later downrated to 15 for 2010 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US

Summary Review : Cult classic

17-year-old Mark Gregory stars as Trash, leader of The Riders - a motorcycle gang that survive in the Bronx of the future. Crime has supposedly risen to such impossible heights that the police have abandoned the Bronx to its own devices - the gangs now rule the streets.

Originally made in Italian (although filmed in the Bronx) as I Guerrieri del Bronx , this cult classic was later dubbed into English. Only recently released in its uncut version, it was notorious for its violence and suffered extensive cuts in both its original UK and US releases. It also featured a lot of real Hell's Angels as the supporting bikers.

It has to be said that these days the violence in it looks quite restrained and won't shock as many as it once did. Suspension of disbelief is definitely required in order to deal with gangs who roller skate or tap dance, but the imagery of it all remains quite vivid.

• 2010 Argent/Shameless R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2009 Argent/Shameless Trilogy R0 DVD at UK Amazon

UK: Passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived for

• 2003 Michael Lee/Vipco R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2015 Blue Underground (RB) Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo titled 1990: The Bronx Warriors via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• Shriek Show R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDB. Cuts aside this is  also a longer version restoring uncontroversial scenes:

• A longer scene of the Riders discovering the body of Chris by the pier.
• After Sandy and Speedy's cremation all the Riders take a handful of cremated ash and throw it into the river in a ritual.
• A conversation between Anne and Trash on the beach, just before she is kidnapped by the Zombies, where she says she wants to leave because she feels responsible for all the deaths that have happened and Trash makes a speech about how "death is part of life, we live with it and it's scent gets on our skin". (This also makes Anne's dying words to Trash make a lot more sense at the film's close).

• 1993 Simitar VHS
• 1986 EIV VHS
• 1983 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Cut to edit the killing of the tramp and a man's face being hit with a baseball bat.

Bronx Warriors 2

• Escape from the Bronx
• Fuga dal Bronx
• Escape 2000

Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated 1985 cinema release. BBFC cuts were waived for a pre-cut 2003 DVD. Finally uncut and 15 rated for 2009 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Review from IMDB: That delinquent Trash person

The semi-tough, actually rather effeminate Mark Gregory is back as that delinquent Trash person in Bronx Warriors 2, which in my opinion bests the original. It's faster-paced, with more action and more dead bodies, and Mark Gregory's acting has even improved.

The story gleefully ups the bleakness quotient, with most of the Bronx gangs having retreated into subterranean hideouts as Disinfestation Annihilation Squads raze the blighted neighborhoods to make way for fascistic urban renewal. Anybody who's seen the first Bronx Warriors knows Trash isn't going to put up with that.

If you're in the mood for a cheap 80s action flick that delivers the goods, Bronx Warriors 2 has more than enough gun battles, flamethrowers, exploding miniatures, people dying and flying through the air in slow motion, and scatological dialogue to satisfy.

• 2010 Argent/Shameless R0 DVD titled Escape from the Bronx at UK Amazon
• 2009 Argent/Shameless Trilogy R0 DVD  titled Escape from the Bronx at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2015 Blue Underground (RA) Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

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• 2003 Michael Lee/Vipco R2 DVD

From IMDb:

• The Vipco DVD release of Bronx Warriors 2 is the most complete British release yet including the previously snipped Shotgun Butt in Helmet Visor and Hostages Rigged with Bombs scenes, plus the slightly longer flame deaths. It is however marginally trimmed in the opening minute with the first victim (comes flying out of a second floor window during the opening credits). We do not see the Disinfestors then give him a good hiding unlike previous releases where they beat him unconscious. for:

• 1985 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Cut to the "hostages rigged with bombs" sequence (originally a hostage deliberately ran at a Disinfestor so the bomb goes off in his face)
• Strike hitting a Disinfestor in the helmet visor with his shotgun butt causing his face to turn to red mush.

The Brood

• Chromosome 3
• David Cronenberg's The Brood
• La clinique de la terreur

The cinema release and VHS videos were cut by 36s in the US to achieve an R rating. The uncut version turned up in time for DVD.

Summary Notes: Cronenberg gets noticed

The Brood was David Cronenberg's third feature release and the film that got him noticed outside Canada and the horror genre. With heavy weight actors Oliver Reed and Samantha Egger, Cronenberg's excellent script and a story more psychological than outright horror, though there are a few gory scenes, Cronenberg was onto a winner.

This is a film that stays with you long after the final credits have rolled. Get this DVD now! it should be in your collection.

• 2013 Second Sight RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2005 Anchor Bay [Theatrical + Uncut] R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2015 Criterion Collection RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2015 Criterion Collection R1 DVD at US Amazon
• 2003 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

36s

• 2005 Anchor Bay [Theatrical + Uncut] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1998 Polygram VHS
• 1997 Arrow VHS
• 1992 Video Gems VHS
• 1979 cinema release

The Theatrical Version was cut to achieve an MPAA R Rating. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The film was cut by 36s for violence.

• The mallet murder of the old lady Juliana has less hammer blows
• Shots of the dead schoolteacher's battered face have been removed
• Shot missing of Nola ripping open the amniotic sack containing the fetus and then several shots of Nola licking the bloody fetus.
• A shot of the dead Oliver Reed character has been deleted

Brother

The International Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2010 Park Circus R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2003 FilmFour/Cinema Club R2 DVD
• 2003 FilmFour/Cinema Club VHS
• 2001 VCI video
• 2000 cinema release

US R Rated versions have been cut to remove violence

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Exists in 2 very different versions, the International Version and the Original Italian Version

Summary Notes

This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.

• 2004 Paramount  R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1987 CIC VHS

UK: The International Version was passed U uncut for:

• 1973 cinema release

The Italian version runs 14 minutes longer, has a different score (no Donovan) and is totally recut, almost to the extent of being a different film. The film is not a flashback, it begins as the boys travel to an attic where they've acquired suits of Armour, then into the credits, then an extended ride through the fields with totally different dialogue. Different scenes, shots and dialogue throughout.

Brotherhood of the Wolf

• Le pacte des loups

There are 3 versions , The Director's Cut, the UK Version and the US Theatrical Version. The differences are uncontroversial and none of the versions particularly stand out from the others

Summary Notes

In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.

• 2009 Universal Special Edition R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The differences between the 3 versions are uncontentious. Just different opinions on the best cut. See cuts details on IMDb

• 2007 Optimum RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2007 Optimum Special Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 Universal R2 DVD
• 2001 cinema release

• 2002 Universal VHS
• 2001 cinema release (unreleased)

See Grimsby

Brothers in Arms

The BBFC cut 3:29s when the Guild video was submitted in 1989

See Hardcore 18s List: The Brown Bunny

The Bruce

Same cuts for cinema and video versions

See Army of Darkness

See Bruce Lee: True Story

See Bruce Lee: True Story

Bruce Lee: The Legend

Bruce Lee, The Man and the Legend

Passed with all cuts waived in December 2000

Bruce Lee: True Story

• Li Hsiao Lung chuan chi
• Lee siu lung chuen kei
• Bruce Lee Master of Jeet Kune Do
• Bruce Lee, The Man, the Myth
• Secret of Bruce Lee
• Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story
• Behind Bruce Lee
• The Dragon Lives

Bruce Lee: True Story is a 1976 Hong Kong biography by Wu Chun-Man.
With Bruce Li, Carter Wong and Kuei Chang.

Bruce Lee: The Man, the Myth is a 1976 Hong Kong biography by See-Yuen Ng.
With David Chow, Kuei Chang, Chi-Min Chin.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2006 Tango R1 DVD titled Bruce Lee, The Man, the Myth via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2004 DVD.com/Showbox R2 DVD titled Bruce Lee: True Story
• 1994 VPD VHS titled Secret of Bruce Lee

The cuts were:

• 4 deleted views of nunchuka in the finale fight
• 1 deleted earclap

pre-cut

• 2000 MIA R0 DVD titled Bruce Lee, The Man, the Myth

• 1977 cinema release titled Bruce Lee Master of Jeet Kune Do

Bruce the Super Hero

Cut by the BBFC by 1:38s for 1986 VHS. Later cut by 34s of animal cruelty for 2012 DVD

• 2001 Good Times Video R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2012 Firefly Video

The BBFC commented:

• Cuts required to remove footage of animal cruelty (in this case a distressed and injured bull staggering, collapsing and convulsing on the ground, and sight of two captured animals fighting [a bird and a snake]).

• 1986 VPD VHS

Bruno

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The cut Theatrical Version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for the 2009/10 Universal DVDs

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The BBFC commented:

This film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive an '18' classification but that the requested '15' certificate could be achieved by making changes to three scenes. In particular the BBFC suggested that the company remove the majority of a montage of exaggerated sexual activity between Bruno and his boyfriend; Bruno comically miming fellatio and anilingus as he pretends to have oral sex with a deceased person with whom he is in contact through a medium; and sex between couples at a swingers' party and aggressive sexual dialogue at the same party. When this version of the feature was submitted these changes had been made and the film was classified '15'. A previous version of the feature was submitted without these changes and was classified at '18'.

The BBFC explained their 15 rating:

BRUNO is a satirical comedy in which Sacha Baron Cohen plays gay Austrian fashion show presenter Bruno, who falls into disgrace and travels to the States in an attempt to achieve fame. This film was classified '15' in accordance with BBFC Guidelines, for strong language and strong sex references.

At '15', the Guidelines state 'There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, 'fuck'). This film contains a number of examples of this language.

The BBFC's 15 Guidelines on sex note that 'sexual activity may be portrayed but without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour'. Amongst other references and scenes Bruno contains implied anal penetration with a champagne bottle; clothed acting out of various sexual positions; and Bruno being comically whipped by a dominatrix. In all cases strong detail is omitted.

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The BBFC Commented: Following the death of pop star Michael Jackson, the company chose to remove a sequence involving the star's sister, LaToya, which includes references to her late brother. Otherwise, the work remains identical to the previously classified '18' version.

The BBFC explained their 18 rating:

BRUNO is a satirical comedy in which Sacha Baron Cohen plays gay Austrian fashion show presenter Bruno, who falls into disgrace and travels to the States in an attempt to achieve fame. This film was classified '18' in accordance with BBFC Guidelines, for strong sex and strong sex references. At '15', the Guidelines state that 'sexual activity may be portrayed but without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour'. Both the scenes of strong sex and the sex references were considered by the Board to go beyond the '15' level, but acceptable at the adult '18' category. There are three strong sex scenes in the film. The first one features a montage of exaggerated sexual activity between Bruno and his boyfriend. The second shows Bruno comically miming fellatio and anilingus as he pretends to have oral sex with a deceased person with whom he is in contact through a medium, while the third scene features sex between couples at a swingers' party, with sexual detail obscured.

The film also contains some uses of strong language.

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Rated R

See Because of the Cats

The Brute

The BBFC cut the 1977 cinema release

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

Brute Corps

Banned by the BBFC for 1972 cinema release and not released since. Cut for US R rating but the Unrated version is uncut.

Summary Notes

A couple runs into a strange Marine camp where soldiers perform training exercises. The girl gets tormented, and the guy goes after them.

A beautiful hitchhiker and a draft dodger travel to Mexico and encounter a pack of mercenaries awaiting their next mission in Central America. A terribly psychotic merc takes a liking to the girl which sets the couple on a brutal and violent course of torture and rape. Gritty and exciting, this one is not for the faint of heart.

• 2011 Code Red R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1972 cinema release

Brutes and Savages

The cut original version was seized by police during the video nasty panic. There is an uncut Uncivilized Version released in the US.

Summary Notes

Fascinated by forbidden rituals and ceremonies, world explorer Arthur Davis takes a crew with hidden cameras to Africa and South America to secretly record the beauty and horror of the "law of the jungle". BRUTES AND SAVAGES is the filmed document of his death-defying adventures. Shocking, brutal and repulsive, this film mixes bizarre authentic footage with incredibly exploitive (and often hilarious) "re-enactments" of his findings. Animal sacrifices, bizarre tribal ceremonies, mating rituals and even brain surgery.

• 2003 Synapse Films R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1980 Derann VHS

When first released in US theaters in 1978, Brutes and Savages was cut down to avoid problems with the censors.

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

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Dead Man's Party (Season 3)

Episode from season 3 suffered 2 cuts; one for violence, a neck break (to get a 12); the other for an imitable technique, hot wiring a car

Of course when it was screened on the TV it was uncut even though Channel 4 have been noted for appalling butchery when trying to show the series at a totally inappropriate time slot.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Thanks to Daniel

This episode was broadcast on TV uncut, but it was on BBC2, not Channel 4.

Channel 4 broadcast the spin off series Angel , and all but destroyed it with terrible maiming cuts. One particular episode concerning the possession of a child earned an "18" certificate from the BBFC (I think C4 showed it at 5:05 pm with cuts in excess of 6 minutes).

On the whole, the BBC were fairly restrained with the scissors screening Buffy until the seventh season, which they maimed because of the high level of violence involving knives which coincided with news reports of several high profile stabbings of teenagers. They did repeat all the episodes uncut in a late night slot a month or so later. The BBC only ever cut one episode of Buffy in a late night slot, and that was to delete a use of the word "Spaz" said in a comedic context. I'm guessing The Idiots would not be a big hit at the BBC.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Bargaining Part 1 (Season 6)

A pre-cut version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2002 20th century Fox R2 DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

• Cut in the scene where Willow stabs a deer. The blood of the deer running into the container has been deleted

Bugs

• Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
• Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation

Video cut by the BBFC in 1996.

Thanks to Bleach:

• Sight of man hanging by his nipples was removed.

The Bulldog Breed

Cut by the BBFC for the 1960 UK cinema release. It is unknown if cuts persisted into home video

• 2013 The Product Agency video
• 2013 Carlton R2 DVD
• 1993 VCI VHS
• 1990 Warner VHS

Previously cut by the BBFC for the 1960 UK cinema release

• 1960 cinema release

Bullet

The BBFC cut 1:02s from the First Independent video version submitted in 1997

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

See also USA R vs Unrated versions from movie-censorship.com

Bullet for a Badman

+ cinema cuts

A Bullet for the General

• El chuncho, quien sabe?

International
Version
best
available

Unrated

UK: The International Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2004 Argent R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 1993 RTM VHS
• 1986 Stablecane VHS
• 1968 cinema release

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

• 2012 Blue Underground [International + US] R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2012 Blue Underground [International + US] R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Bully

• The Bully Project

Originally R rated for strong language. The distributors appealed the decision but lost their case, so the strong language was cut for a PG-13 rating.

Summary Notes

A documentary on peer-to-peer bullying in schools across America.

best
available

• 2013 Starz/Anchor Bar (RA) Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2013 Starz/Anchor Bar R1 DVD at US Amazon

After the appeal was turned down and the distributors cut the film for a PG-13 rating. The 6 'fucks' were whittled down to 3, and in particular, 3 or the more aggressive uses were removed from a scene on a school bus

Bumfights: Cause for Concern Volume 1

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

Unidentified R2 release via UK Amazon
Unidentified R1 release via UK Amazon

• 2003 Fabulous Films DVD

The BBFC commented:

The Bunny Caper

• Sex Play
• Games Girls Play

The US release features a short version MPAA R Rated for:

• 2008 Dark Sky R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1974 cinema release

The submitted running times was noted as 90:27s

The Bunny Game

Banned by the BBFC for 2011 DVD. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

A prostitute looking for her next meal hitches a ride with a trucker that leaves her praying for her next breath.

Rodleen Gestic's performance was amazing. She was physically branded, and abused for real in front of the camera, so it is impossible to fault her commitment. Similarly at times Renfro was genuinely convincing as a lunatic. However, the film has many flaws. The editing is so quick that for whole sections of the film, individual scenes last 3-5 seconds. I just found it distracting from an already weak story.

I have just wasted seventy six minutes of my life. I have a duty to warn everyone as a potential viewer to avoid this mess at all costs.

Unrated

• NL EIC R2 DVD via UK Amazon

Sweden: Uncut for:

• Sw 2012 Njuta Films R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 Autonomy R0 Blu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at US Amazon
• 2012 Autonomy R0 DVD at US Amazon

• 2011 Trinity DVD

The BBFC explained the ban in a press release:

The BBFC has rejected the sexually violent DVD The Bunny Game . The film follows a female prostitute who hitches a lift with a truck driver. The truck driver kidnaps the woman, restrains and forcibly strips her, and proceeds to physically and sexually abuse and humiliate her. The abuse of the kidnapped woman takes up the greater part of the film.

The Board's Guidelines state A strict policy on sexual violence and rape is applied. Content which might eroticise or endorse sexual violence may require cuts at any classification level. This is more likely with video works than film because of the potential for replaying scenes out of context. Any association of sex with non-consensual restraint, pain or humiliation may be cut . The principal focus of The Bunny Game is the unremitting sexual and physical abuse of a helpless woman, as well as the sadistic and sexual pleasure the man derives from this. The emphasis on the woman's nudity tends to eroticise what is shown, while aspects of the work such as the lack of explanation of the events depicted, and the stylistic treatment, may encourage some viewers to enjoy and share in the man's callousness and the pleasure he takes in the woman's pain and humiliation.

David Cooke, Director of the BBFC said:

It is the Board's carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board's Guidelines, would risk potential harm within the terms of the Video Recordings Act, and would accordingly be unacceptable to the public.

The Board considered whether its concerns could be dealt with through cuts. However, the pervasiveness of the abuse makes it very difficult to deal with The Bunny Game by means of cuts. If the company would like to attempt to cut this work in order to submit it in a reduced form, they are entitled to do so, but the Board can offer no assurances that such re-editing would be successful.

The decision to reject The Bunny Game was taken by the Director, David Cooke and the Presidential Team of Sir Quentin Thomas, Alison Hastings and Gerard Lemos.

The decision means that the film cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK.

The 'Burbs

Cut by the BBFC for a PG rated cinema and VHS release. Uncut for DVD but with a 12 rating. Uncut and PG rated in the US.

Summary Notes

An overstressed suburbanite and his paramilitaric neighbor struggle to prove their paranoid theory that the new family in town is a front for a cannibalistic cult.

MPAA

• 2016 Fabulous R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2014 Arrow [Theatrical version + Workprint] Steelbook RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Arrow [Theatrical version + Workprint] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2009 Universal R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA rated PG for:

• 1999 Universal R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2014 Arrow [Theatrical version + Workprint] Steelbook RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Arrow [Theatrical version + Workprint] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

• 1989 CIC VHS
• 1989 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• A little bit of secondary cutting going on here. Tom Hanks watches clips from Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and The Exorcist on TV but we don't.
• There's also cut to a failed attempt to use a credit card to open a door latch.

See The Zombie Dead

Burial of the Rats

• Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2005 Anchor Bay R2 DVD at UK Amazon

There is also a shortened US Unrated Version and a shortened cut US R Rated Version

Burke & Hare

• Horrors of Burke and Hare

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1972 cinema release.

Summary Notes

Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.

R rated

• 2015 Odeon Entertainment RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2015 Odeon Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2009 Simply R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: MPAA R Rated for:

• 2012 Redemption Re-mastered Edition RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2012 Redemption Re-mastered Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

The running time seems to short but perhaps it is doubly speeded up due to format transfers.

• UK1972 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Cut to remove a shot of Hare stabbing a man with a broken bottle during a fight
• Cuts to a scene where a prostitute 'corrects' her male client by beating him with a cane.

Burke's Law - Who Killed Julian Buck?

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts required to remove sight of horse falls

Burn !

• Queimada

The English Language Export Version was passed Passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2007 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 2004 Orbit R2 DVD

There is also a longer Italian language version

• 1970 cinema release titled Queimada

The Burning

• Cropsy

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1981 cinema release. Released uncut on pre-cert video but this then got banned as a video nasty. BBFC required further cuts for 18 rated 1992 VHS. Later uncut for DVD. In the US the Unrated Version is uncut but the R rated version is cut.

Summary Review : Must Have

A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.

I personally love the killer in the woods slashers the best and this is the perfect premise. This film starts as a flashback "of course"... The kids at a summer camp play a trick that goes terribly wrong on Cropsy the mean spirited grounds keeper and he is burned beyond recognition,

Flash back to the woods "summer camp " Cropsy returns to the scene of the crime to wreak havoc and spill PLENTY of blood. This is a MUST HAVE for slasher fans.

Cutting Edge: Quick Trims

See Quick Trims 17: The Burning on YouTube.
See more from Cutting Edge

Unrated

• 2008 Blackhorse R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 Vipco R2 DVD

US: uncut and MPAA Unrated (but labelled R Rated) for:

• 2013 Shout! Factory RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2009 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• 1992 Vipco VHS

The total BBFC cuts were:

• An attack on a prostitute loses 2 shots out of 3 of sheers stabbed into her stomach and of the girl in pain.
• A girl in an open shirt is slashed in the neck. The BBFC cut a follow on scene showing blood flowing down her partially naked breasts.
• In the scene on the boat where Eddie gets his fingers removed with the garden shears, the BBFC cut the follow up shot of the boy looking at the bleeding stumps.
• A few seconds later a boy being killed by being stabbed with sheers in his neck loses a close up of the stabbing and the sight of him coughing up blood.
• There is a shot missing of a girl with a gaping wound in her forehead.

• 1983 Thorn EMI VHS

The uncut version of the video was banned as a video nasty in October 1983. It remained on the list throughout the scare and so became one of the collectable DPP39s

• 1981 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• An attack on a prostitute loses 2 shots out of 3 of sheers stabbed into her stomach and of the girl in pain.
• In the scene on the boat where Eddie gets his fingers removed with the garden shears, the BBFC cut the follow up shot of the boy looking at the bleeding stumps.
• A few seconds later a boy being killed by being stabbed with sheers in his neck loses the sight of him coughing up blood.

Burning Bright

The German release is uncut and FSK 16 rated

pre-cut
3:34s

• 2010 Technicolor/Momentum R2 DVD

Note that DVD extras have raised the DVD to a BBFC 15 rating.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The speculation is that scenes were pre-cut as they showed an aerosol being used as a lash-up flame thrower.

No UK Release. See Banned and Unreleased Films:  The Burning Moon

The Bushido Blade

• The Bloody Bushido Blade

The cut US Cable TV Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

There is also the uncut Theatrical Version running at ~104:00s =~98:00s PAL titled The Bloody Bushido Blade

Busting

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated

• 1988 Warner VHS

• 1974 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 91:39s = 87:59s PAL

Butterfly & Sword

• Xin liu xing hu die jian
• Butterfly Sword
• Comet, Butterfly and Sword

Passed 18 after 7s of BBFC Cuts for:

• 2002 MIA R2 DVD

However MIA seem to have forgotten to implement this cut. The BBFC commented: Compulsory cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (deer shot with arrow).

It seems likely that the Hong Kong Version was submitted which has 40s removed from the end of the film to make the ending less downbeat.

There is an uncut Taiwan Version that features the complete ending.

Butterfly Effect

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 15 uncut for the 2004 Warner DVD

From version details on IMDb :

The director's cut contains a few new scenes:

• Evan discovering that his grandfather had the same gift, and also was considered crazy, like his father
• Evan and Andrea go to a palm reader that tells Evan he has no lifeline
• Andrea telling Evan she was pregnant twice before he was born.
• A scene in the prison where the prisoners publicly read Evan's journals.
• A scene in the prison where the other prisoners come to rape Evan one night.
• An extended hospital scene where Evan is visiting sick Andrea.
• An alternate ending.

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

By the Will of Ghenghis Khan

• Tayna Chingis Khaana

Passed 15 after 22s of BBFC cuts for:

• 2010 Manga R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Cuts required to remove all sight of cruel horse-falls achieved by use of trip wires

Bye Bye Love

Presumable the 12 rated version is uncut for:

• 2007 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 1995 Fox VHS

UK: Passed 15 uncut for very strong language, strong violence for:

• 2015 cinema release

Previously the same version was passed 18 for very strong language. The BBFC commented:

This work was originally classified 18 without cuts on 30 March 2015. This determination was formally reconsidered by the BBFC at the request of the submitting company. The BBFC carefully considered the arguments put forward by the submitting company, looked again at the relevant submitted material, and concluded that a revision to the original determination was appropriate.