BBFC Cuts C: Ca

Cabin Fever

Unrated

The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2010 Lions Gate RB Blu-ray via UK Amazon

The US release featuring the Director's Cut is MPAA unrated for:

• US 2010  Lions Gate RA Blu-ray via US Amazon

See version details from dvdcompare.net

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R Rated

• UK 2004 Warner R2 DVD
• UK 2003 cinema release

The Cable Guy

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

• US 2011 Sony R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 1997 Sony R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Passed 12 after 4s of BBFC cuts for category for:

• UK 2005 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• UK 1999 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• UK 1997 Columbia/TriStar VHS
• UK 1996 cinema release

A single 4 sec cut was made to this black comedy, in order to secure a required 12 cert.

• The cut occurs towards the end, when Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick, are fighting on top of the TV satellite. A couple of shots of Carrey headbutting Broderick and an ear clap have been removed.

Cage Fight Tournament

Caged Fury

The BBFC cut the 1991 RCA/Columbia video by 2:41s

From cuts details on IMDb

• Cut to edit scenes of fighting and violence including blood spurts and an eye gouging.

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

See review from IMDb: Dirk Ramsey is the MAN

This has got to be one of the funniest films of all time; featuring the most underrated action hero ever to grace the silver screen. For those of you who have yet to watch this masterpiece, Dirk Ramsey is the MAN! He is far superior to Spiderman; his intellect makes Batman look like a dunce, while his strength, even Superman would struggle against the might that is Ramsey. And did I mention that he oozes sex appeal? Throw in sleazy Eric Estrada as his side-kick Victor, and you have all the ingredients for one hell of a viewing. Also, all the 'ladies' on offer apart from Cat and Tracey Collins, are porn stars in real life, you've gotta love this film.

Caged Hearts

Caged Women

See Barbed Wire Dolls

Caged Women

• Caged - Le prede umane
• Caged Women in Purgatory

A heavily pre-cut was resubmitted by New Age in 1992 and the BBFC cut a further 3:43s. The total cuts add up to something around the 20:49s mark

The same cut version was released by MIA on DVD in 2001

California Axe Massacre

• Axe
• Lisa, Lisa
• The Axe Murders
• California Axe Murders

See listing under the title Axe

Caligula

• Caligola

The BBFC cuts were waived for the 2008 Freemantlemedia DVD

See full article from the sBBFC:

In 2008, the full uncut version of Caligula was resubmitted to the BBFC for DVD release. The passage of nearly 30 years had significantly diminished the film's impact and after careful consideration it was decided that it could now be classified '18' uncut.

This decision accords with the BBFC Guidelines, which state that At '18', the BBFC's guideline concerns will not normally override the wish that adults should be free to chose their own entertainment, within the law.

Although there are scenes in Caligula that some people will find shocking, offensive or disgusting, the film does not contain any material that is illegal in terms of current UK law and nor does it contain any material that is likely to give rise to harm for adults audiences, most of whom will be well aware of its controversial reputation.

The DVD version was classified '18' uncut with the consumer advice Contains strong violence, sexual violence and strong real sex.

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

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

This version is perhaps is historically at the point where Bob Guccione edited together a version from the material directed by Tinto Brass but before he decided that it could be improved by adding hardcore footage. So orgy scenes etc are the original softcore as directed by Tinto Brass.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The heavily pre-cut US R rated version was submitted in 1990 and then 1998

A couple of brief shots of genital detail and sight of nurses cradling babies and phallic shaped bottles were reinstated from the the previous cut release and were allowed to remain.

Many of the cuts were not related to sex & violence but to shorten the running time and deal with continuity issues over sex and violent scenes that were cut. See details on IMDB

James Ferman commented in Photoplay: Even before it could be considered for a certificate some 8.5 minutes had to be cut to make it legal. There are scenes of perverted violence that I wouldn't have thought would ever have been seen in this country, in clubs or anywhere else. A lot of the sex was just straight sex, but more explicit than has ever been passed here. They took out another 3 or 4 minutes and replaced it with lesser material to make it acceptable for the X certificate.

11 minutes of cuts including:

• Views of Drusilla's vulva removed from several pints in the film
• Sights of babies sucking phallic-shaped bottles removed
• Much reduced scene of bootlace being tied around soldier's penis.
• Hardcore action inserted into orgy scenes taken out
• The sight of wine streaming out of soldier's bladder after being hacked with a sword removed.
• Torture shots deleted, a stake into a vagina and several bloodied genitals.
• Male blow job and masturbation deleted
• Priestess bathing loses hardcore cunnilingus and insertion
• Blood of recently ex virgin bride deleted as was greasing of the buttocks and suggestion of fisting for the similarly road tested bridegroom
• A Lesbian scene lost all hardcore and explicit images
• Death of Proculus lost a stabbing and the subsequent humiliation of being pissed on and castrated.
• The sight of Caligula torturing a mouse was deleted.
• A childbirth scene is missing an emerging head.
• Hardcore elements of prison scene deleted
• Hardcore elements of brothel scene deleted
• Explicit detail removed from scene of women with pearl adorned vulvas

Caligula Reincarnated as Hitler

See The Gestapo's Last Orgy

Caligula: The Untold Story

The BBFC rejected the extensively cut cinema version when it was submitted for VTC video in 1987

The original contains hardcore scenes and is available on Italian DVD. A longer version was released in Germany.

The uncut region 0 DVD is available via UK Amazon

From cuts details on IMDb:

The submitted film that had been pre-cut by the distributors to remove 14 minutes of hardcore footage and a bestiality scene featuring a horse, and then cut by a further 8:42s secs by the BBFC. These included:

• all footage of dildos
• Caligula raping a virgin in a forest
• a wife and child being slaughtered
• a man's tongue being removed
• close ups of sex scenes.

Caligula's Daughter

• Caligula's Spawn

The BBFC cut the 2010 Third Millenium DVD by 24:32s. Compulsory cuts required for requested 18 to remove scenes of threat, humiliation, torture and abuse, sexual and sexualised violence, in a sex work.

The BBFC added in their 2009 Annual Report:

Some works submitted with a request for an 18 classification tread a fine line between being an erotic drama, with strong sex scenes set within an equally strong narrative context, and being a sex work, where the main purpose of sex scenes is sexual stimulation. Caligula's Daughter was just such a work. Its storyline, which revolved around the enslavement and subjugation of young women, was outweighed by the frequency of its extended scenes of sexual fondling and simulated sexual activity. With the latter dominating the work, it was judged to be an 18 level sex work. As a consequence several cuts were made to scenes where the sexual activity was combined with elements including lack of consent, use of restraint, or sexual humiliation of the female characters.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Camille 2000

• Forbidden Love

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

• US 2011 Cult Epics R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2011 Cult Epics R0 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Stylish

A very stylish working of Dumas' Lady of the Camellias giving Radley Metzger's alternate view of what the year 2000 might look like from a late sixties perspective. Includes a notable score from the late Piero Piccioni and some stunning cinemascope compositions.

A softcore drama providing a portrait of the idle rich cavorting across the continent of Europe in an endless series of orgies and parties.

Generally well appreciated for its style but some reviewers have found the drama a little dull.

• UK 2003 Salvation R2 DVD
• UK 1982 cinema release

There are said to be 2 US versions. The 117 minute version is missing about 2 minutes from the sex scenes. It is not clear which version were released in the UK.

• UK 1986 Tower VHS

The European Version was shortened to reduce running time but the sex scenes are intact

Can You Keep It Up for a Week

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2002 Image/Jezebel R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

Summary Review: Job Prospects

Flat sex comedy with the philandering hero struggling to keep a job for a week at an employment agency.

Plenty of playful fun as he gets distracted from his quest by an endless stream of naughty women.

Totally softcore, but plenty of nudity in material likened to Benny Hill by an American reviewer.

• UK 1995 Jezebel VHS
• UK 1975 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 93:44s = 89:59s

Candle for the Devil

• Una Vela para el diablo
• It Happened at Nightmare Inn
• Nightmare Hotel
• Nightmare Inn

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2008 Odeon R0 DVD at UK Amazon

There is a heavily cut US version to avoid, titled It Happened at Nightmare Inn

Review from UK Amazon: Murderous Nutters

A very strange, dark and brooding film somewhat in the style of some of Pete Walkers offerings from the same period.

Two sisters running a Spanish boarding house begin offing various nubile female, predominately English occupiers who have run foul of said hosts religious moral code.

Judy Geeson is the sister of one of the disappeared and soon notices a disturbing trend of young gals disappearing without warning and sets out to investigate further. It is all really well done.

There are some great scenes. The elder sister after observing naked frolicking in the river runs through a thorny field as a form of self-flagellation, punishing herself whilst also enjoying the pain and feel of the thorns tearing her body.

There is no real gore, but there is quite a bit of semi-nudeness and a nice little story underpinning it all.

The submitted running time was noted as 83:31s = 80:11s PAL

The Candy Snatchers

Uncut version is available at:

Banned by the BBFC for:

• UK 1973 cinema release

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2005 Subversive R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Classic exploitation

The Candy Snatchers is a very good example of the exploitation genre. It boasts a good plot with fine one liner dialogue and a wicked black sense of humour. The actor is also good. And to add to the mix, the plot featuring incest, drugs, murder, rape, and kidnapping is described as sleazy but light on violence.

There are several scenes that seem to have inspired Quentin Tarantino's homages to the genre.

The Candy Tangerine Man

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum:

Cut when submitted in 1986

• At 37 mins-In scene in which several gangsters threaten half-naked women shortly after man says " None of your business", all sight of moustachioed man walking down line holding knife against bare breasts and a woman`s neck was removed, resuming on sight of woman being pushed to the ground.
• At 38 mins-Directly after, when woman on ground has hand shoved up her pink nightdress, all sight of her nipple exposed in medium close up and being fingered was removed. Also removed was all sight of knife actually cutting breast on screen, resuming on shot of blonde woman watching, holding her hand over mouth.
• At 44 mins-In sequence in which black man in burgundy hat thrusts villain`s hand into sink waste disposal unit, second shot of hand in and surrounded by blood was removed.
• At 64.5 mins-In scene in which black man in white suit enters flat, held shot of dead blonde woman with bloody bullet hole on her left breast was removed, resuming on passing shot of dead man on sofa next to her.

Candyman

• Clive Barker's Candyman

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UK/US versions suffer the same cut R rated version including the Universal  'Collectors Edition' DVD release of 2006

Uncut by the BBFC but pre-cut by the distributors due to MPAA interference to achieve an R rating. Thanks also to Bill

• Cuts to a more graphic rocking of the doctor as he violently headbutts the table when Tony Todd's character Candyman is tearing away at his flesh. The screams of the doctor are reduced for sound impact too. C4 have always shown this film uncut and the distributor Columbia Tristar can be blamed for these cuts due to MPAA interference of which Tristar are a member of. The R1 version is cut the same, but the sound impact is not as severely reduced probably due to the prologic soundtrack
• Unrated workprints (bootlegs) of Candyman also contain a more graphic beating of Virginia Madsen's character 'Helen' in the toilets by the black youths who enter into the toilet and who kick her several times on the floor while she bleeds profusely from the head wound inflicted from the blow by the hook of the main youth. This is cut in all regular prints
• In the uncut print you can see Candyman's hook emerging from the doctor's stomach as he tears away ferociously and the blood spurts towards Virginia Madsen. This is not in R print, but is in the earlier VHS!

Thanks to David

I bought the Special Edition of Candyman on the Tiglon label on R2 in Turkey and was extremely happy to find that it is uncut. The DVD video is much better than previous releases as well as the audio being vastly improved instead of previous monaural surround. Todd's superbly deep bass voice booms now! Anyway the good part is that it must have been taken from an uncut master or VHS source and remastered. I checked it with my uncut VHS taped from C4's showing several years ago and it matches. Great stuff!

All the previous MPAA cuts are intact. The violent jerking forward of the psychiatrist, the three or more main blood spurts( but they are quick!), the reaction shot of Madsen as his blood spurts on her face are all there and his screams are not lessened for sound impact as before. There is a mistake on the back cover as it says runtime 99mins(this must be a quote refering to R1 NTSC speed), anyway at PAL rate it runs 95 mins 14 seconds with the Propaganda label at end.

On the commentary it is mentioned that the MPAA kept rejecting it as an NC17, as they hated the spurting blood in this scene- 68 mins at PAL frame- but they are all there in this R2 release. There is a God!

Thanks to David, July 2009:

Take a look at pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com which discusses the "unrated" German VHS of Candyman.

Now my Turkish Tiglon version seems to be missing the shots shown at 1.10.35-1.10.37 (NTSC I assume compared with unrated PAL speed) and final shot at bottom of page-back of doctor getting killed. In the so called harmless replacement shots of a shocked Virginia Madsen strapped in the chair the Turkish one shows her getting blood splattered on her face-missing in US R print (but could someone please confirm this- been a while since I saw US version) and missing too (going by their pictures here) of this German so called unrated VHS, which by the way is a bit shorter than Tiglon Turkish version to amount of 37 seconds, but contains more graphic violence as confirmed by pictures.

This appears to an alternate version to both R2 Turkish and R rated one. the German version appears to show more stock footage of doctor's death scene which has never appeared in our old UK VHS version/or DVD and the 'complete' version which C4 showed several times years back.

See also comparison from cosmos.net.au which details variations in Australian releases

Cannibal Apocalypse

• Apocalisse Domani
• The Cannibals are in the Streets
• Invasion of the Flesh Hunters
• Savage Apocalypse
• Slaughterers
• Cannibals in the City

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2002 Image R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Horror and action

Interesting and disgusting mix of horror and action from the director of Castle of Blood Antonio Margheriti. What makes it work is that there is some nasty gore scenes like the infamous shotgun wound scene and eating chunks out of human flesh, a cool if cheesy funk soundtrack with a war theme that almost sounds like the theme to "G.I. Joe", a grisly twist in the end and the film is also a metaphore on how the horrors of vietnam can affect a soldier and this is one of Quentin Taratino's personal faves.

Passed 18 after 2s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2010 Optimum R2 DVD
• UK 2005 Cinema Club R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• A compulsory cut was required to remove sight of animal cruelty (in this case, a rat being set on fire with a flamethrower)

It was an early casualty of the press panic and was added to the DPP list of banned videos in July 1983. It remained on the list until the end of the scare.

Cannibal Ferox

• Cannibal Feroz
• Make them Die Slowly
• Let them Die Slowly
• Woman from Deep River
• Die Rache der Kannibalen

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2006 Aquarius R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Delivers the Goods

Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.

Not a patch on Deodato's excellent Cannibal Holocaust, which is just as gory and a hell of a lot more realistic, with believable actors and an intelligent script. In comparison, Ferox seems like just an exploitative rip-off. But taken in its own terms, Cannibal Ferox does deliver the goods (I'm talking gore-wise) with hard-to-watch sexual violence accompanying genuine animal deaths. The music is cheesy, and again not up to the standards of Holocaust, but it grows on you.

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• UK 2001 Horror Video/S Gold R0 DVD
• UK 2001 Horror Video/S Gold VHS

The BBFC commented on their 6s cut:

• Cut required to sight of small animal on end of rope banging against side of a jeep

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Removed scene of coati being eaten by a snake whilst the adventurers look on.
• Removed scene of a monkey being attacked by a jaguar.
• Removed scene of iguana fending off snake
• Removed scenes of Pat & Mike tormenting a native girl about being a virgin and then threatening to hurt her with a knife drawn across her naked breasts
• Removed scene of live turtle having its head an legs chopped off.
• Removed scene of Mike removing a native's eye with a knife.
• Shortened scene of Joe getting speared and his innards becoming a cannibal feast.
• Removed scene of Mike being castrated with a machete and then the natives eating the tasty morsel.
• Removed flashback to Mike's ex-girl being kicked in the head.
• Removed scene of a crocodile being killed and devoured by natives
• Removed scenes of Mike's hand being chopped off.
• When Zora Kerowa is killed, this edited version plays as though she has disappeared, never once showing either the actual event of the aftermath of the famous "hooks through the breasts" death.
• After having his skull sliced off, cuts to natives eating his brains.

An e-mail from the BBFC explained further:

Cannibal Ferox was passed '18' by the BBFC in 1983 after approximately 7 minutes of cuts to remove scenes of cruelty to animals, sexual violence and some of the film's more extreme moments of violence. Before the introduction of the Video Recordings Act in 1984, the BBFC issued a number of such "informal" video certificates but once the VRA came in to effect (at the beginning of 1985), all such "informally" classified videos had to be judged again under the precise terms of the VRA.

By this stage, both the BBFC cut and uncut versions of Cannibal Ferox (both were released on video in the UK) had been successfully prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act. It was therefore not possible for the BBFC to provide a formal classification at this stage since our cut version (as well as the uncut version) had been found obscene. The BBFC-cut version of Cannibal Ferox was seen again for classification last year and was finally approved at '18' earlier this year after one brief cut for animal cruelty. The classified version will be the version passed in 1983. By today's standards the cut version of the work was judged to be acceptable at '18' and the previous conviction was not felt to be significant today. The cut version was removed from the DPP list at a later date and there have been no prosecutions since the early 1980s.

Cannibal Ferox was listed as a video nasty in July 1983 and both the cut and uncut versions were successfully prosecuted. The cut version was eventually removed from the list.

Replay first released an uncut VHS version in August 1982.

It was listed as a video nasty in July 1983 and both the cut and uncut versions were successfully prosecuted. The uncut version stayed listed throughout the panic so became a one of the collectable DPP 39's.

Cannibal Ferox 2

• Nudo e selvaggio
• A Baixeda dos Dinosauros
• Massacre in Dinosaur Valley
• Perdidos no Vale dos Dinossauros
• Stranded in Dinosaur Valley

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2004 Media Blasters R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: Low Budget

A low budget cross between Indiana Jones and Cannibal Ferox, this is just direct to video nonsense that seems to have found a whole new audience thanks to DVD and re-releases of long lost 80's horror.

Michael Sopkiw plays a young paleontologist who hitches an aeroplane ride deep into the Amazon jungle with a cast of badly dubbed Europeans. When the plane crashes in freak turbulence [possibly the worst plane crash in movie history, just check out that model] the survivors are left to fend for them selves against everything you would expect from a cheesy jungle adventure such as piranhas, leeches, quicksand and not forgetting cannibals.

Direction and plot are inept at best and apart from Sopkiw its a cast of amateurs not helped by a awful script.

As is to be expected there is a fair bit of gore from piranha bites to cannibalism but it is far less extreme than say Cannibal Ferox or Holocaust.

On a plus point its fairly entertaining if your in the right mood, with plenty of crowd pleasing nudity.

• UK 2002 Protected/Vipco R2 DVD
• UK 2002 Protected/Vipco VHS

The BBFC commented:

• forcible removal of woman's underwear and subsequent shots of full nudity
• sight of woman's breast being clawed and wounded with resulting flow of blood and collection of blood in a bowl
• sight of woman's breast being exposed, her breast being kissed, her loin cloth being undone, her pubic hair being touched and her positive response to a sexual assault
• sight of man forcibly tearing open a woman's shirt, revealing her breasts and struggling with her).
• Further cuts to sight of cocks attacking each other during a cockfight.

Cannibal Holocaust

• Cannibal Massaker
• Holocausto Cannibal
• Nackt und Zerfeischt

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Grindhouse R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Very well written plot

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

Cannibal Holocaust was, first and foremost, a disgusting movie with more violence than I have ever seen. Despite this, it is also one of my favorite movies. It gives a feeling of Blair Witch done right, even though there are some very obviously contrived scenes in which nobody is holding the camera, but despite some small cosmetic problems this is the best horror movie I have ever seen.

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• UK 2011 Shameless Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2011 Shameless R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• pre-cut in line with 2011 BBFC cut version. [Cut to remove the cruel killing of a coatimundi]

• UK 2011 Shameless Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2011 Shameless DVD

The BBFC cuts are:

• to remove the cruel killing of a coatimundi.

The BBFC explained:

Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian horror film. It tells the story of a group of documentary film makers who go missing in the rain-forests of South America. An anthropologist who goes in search of the film makers finds cans containing their undeveloped footage. When the processed footage is viewed, back in New York City, it reveals their fate.

Cannibal Holocaust contains a number of scenes of sexual and sexualised violence that are insufficiently discreet for a 15 classification and which received varying levels of cuts when the film was previously submitted in 2001. In one scene, we see a native woman receiving a ritual punishment for adultery, which involves her being dragged out of a boat, being tied up, and then being violently assaulted with a spiked wooden dildo and a ball of mud containing spikes. Although the scene is shocking and some blood is seen, the emphasis is on the disturbing nature of what is happening, rather than on any erotic detail. The moments of nudity, which are generally shown in longer shot, are well broken up by facial shots of the woman and her attacker, as well as by reaction shots from the disgusted anthropologist and his team who are watching from behind a bush. In another scene, we briefly see a native woman being attacked by a member of another tribe. However, no detail is visible beyond some undetailed thrusting. Later in the film, we witness the documentary film makers raping a native woman. However, the woman in question is covered in mud and very little detail of nudity is visible in what is actually quite a chaotic scene. The scene is shot using a hand-held camera, with the woman moving in and out of view behind the thrusting buttocks of the film makers. The emphasis is firmly on the sadism of the film makers, rather than on any erotic detail, with cutaways to the female film maker protesting about what is being done. Finally, there is a scene in which the female member of the film crew is sexually assaulted and then killed by the cannibals, in retribution for the violence she and her crew have meted out against the native people. As with the previous scene, the manner of filming is chaotic, with hand-held camera-work and the action often moving in and out of focus behind other characters and the surrounding vegetation. The Guidelines state Content which might endorse or eroticise sexual violence may require cuts at any classification level. Although cuts were required to all four scenes of sexual violence in 2001, the BBFC's conclusion today is that the limited detail of nudity, and the frequent intercutting of the scenes with other material, renders the scenes horrific and aversive rather than erotic or likely to eroticise or endorse sexual violence in the real world.

The BBFC's Guidelines state It is illegal to show any scene 'organised or directed for the purposes of the film that involves actual cruelty to animals. This Act applies to the exhibition of films in public cinemas, but the BBFC also applies the same test to video works. In 2001, the BBFC permitted two scenes of unsimulated animal killing in Cannibal Holocaust, namely the decapitation of a snake and the stamping to death of a tarantula. In the case of the snake, the killing was permitted because the decapitation of the snake was instant and therefore comprised a quick clean kill, which is not inherently cruel in terms of BBFC policy. In the case of the tarantula, the killing was permitted because spiders are invertebrates and are therefore not covered by the relevant legislation, nor by BBFC Guidelines or policy. However, cuts were required to four other sequences in which animals were actually killed, namely a small mammal, a turtle, a monkey and a pig. On this occasion, the BBFC concluded that the killing of the small mammal, previously cut in 2001, was still in breach of BBFC Guidelines and policy. In the scene in question, a small mammal (described as a muskrat in the film [but actually a coatimundi]) is killed using a knife. The animal is repeatedly cut with the knife, resulting in blood loss, and squeals in evident pain and terror. This protracted killing is a clear breach of BBFC Guidelines and policy in relation to the cruel infliction of pain and terror on an animal and in terms of the cruel goading of an animal to fury. However, careful examination of the other three scenes of animal killing revealed that, in each case, the animal in question is killed quickly and cleanly. The turtle's neck is completely and instantly severed, with a rapid blow from a machete; the monkey is killed by the first of two rapid blows from a machete, resulting in its head being cut in two; the pig is killed by a gun shot to the head at close range, resulting in instant death. Although, in the case of the turtle and the pig, there is some sight of the animals' bodies (or body parts) twitching, this is evidently a post mortem nervous reaction, akin to a headless chicken running around a farmyard. Although the BBFC recognises that these scenes of animal slaughter may be upsetting or offensive to some viewers, it is clear that the scenes in question depict animals being killed in a quick and clean fashion that is acceptable under BBFC Guidelines and policy and the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, on which that policy is based.

The 2001 decision to cut these scenes was primarily the result of the disgusting and exploitative nature of the sequences, as well as the history of the film as a DPP-listed video nasty, rather than the result of a strict application of BBFC policy. In spite of any ethical concerns viewers might have about the killing of real animals for film making purposes, removing these sequences would be inconsistent with the BBFC's decisions to permit quick clean kills in several other films, such as Apocalypse Now. It is clear that these scenes are not illegal and are not likely to be harmful to adult viewers. Indeed, the most likely reaction is disgust and revulsion.

Passed 18 after 5:44s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2001 Protected/Vipco DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Cuts required to scenes involving real cruelty to animals and to eroticised sexual violence

The BBFC explained further:

Cannibal Holocaust was not formally submitted to the BBFC until 2001, largely because its reputation as a 'video nasty' and its long history of prosecutions for obscenity seemed to preclude the issuing of a BBFC certificate. When it was submitted for video and DVD release the BBFC examined the film very carefully in terms of its own published Guidelines.

The film's presentation of strong sexual violence infringed the Board's strict policy on rape and sexual violence which states that 'Where the portrayal eroticises or endorses sexual assault, the Board is likely to require cuts at any classification level'. Furthermore, in common with a number of Italian films of the same period, the scenes of cruelty to animals were clearly unsimualted and deliberately orchestrated by the filmmakers. UK law prohibits the public exhibition of cinema films if animals were cruelly mistreated during their making and the BBFC applies this test also to videos and DVDs.

Nonetheless, the BBFC recognised that the film, although strong, could be made acceptable, subject to the removal of the above scenes. The distributor therefore agreed to make five minutes 44 seconds of cuts to remove unacceptable elements, after which the film was passed '18' for video and DVD release.

• The killing of a coatimundi has been deleted
• Our intrepid adventurers witness the riverside murder and mutilation of a woman presumably by her husband. We don't get to witness:
  • the girl being dragged through the mud and having her legs forced apart
  • the girl struggling and being raped with a wooden dildo
  • the man raising a mudball with spikes and the subsequent shot of genital mutilation
• Another woman getting raped on the river bank has been removed
• The disembowelling of a giant turtle has been predictably deleted
• A monkey gets his head sliced open and its blood is drained into a bowl...but not in the censored version
• The kicking of a tethered pig has been removed and its subsequent shooting and death
• The rape one of a native girl by 3 men has been reduced
• The cannibals eventually overpower the adventurers. The woman in the party gets stripped and raped but not in the UK version.
• The woman's death scene is missing nudity shots.

Go Video pre-cut their February 1982 release. It was quickly labelled as a video nasty in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout the panic so is one of the collectable DPP39s

Cannibal Holocaust 2

• Natura Contro

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2002 by Michael Lee/Vipco with the justification: Cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (a monkey hit with a blow dart)

Thanks to Hell2Pay:

I haven't exactly clocked out the film on the DVD, but I have purchased the VIPCO (UK) DVD for Cannibal Holocaust II, and there is indeed footage of monkeys (more than one) being hit with a blowdart.

Now, there's probably a good explanation for this (possibly more graphic shots of monkeys being hit were removed and some less graphic ones kept),

The Cannibal Man

• The Apartment on the 13th Floor
• La Semana del Asesino
• Week of the Killer

The BBFC cut 3s when the Redemption Films video was submitted in 1993

• The cuts were to a scene of throat slashing

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

Review from US Amazon: Pseudo-sleazy

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

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

He tries to dispose of the body parts at the slaughterhouse, but he can't do it fast enough and soon the stench of the corpses is becoming a problem, and Marcos slips further and further into madness. Weird, pseudo-sleazy film that works even though it doesn't even attempt to live up to its title - there's *no cannibalism*.

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

It's not big on splatter, but it's still worth a look for Eurohorror fans.

It was banned as a video nasty in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout the panic and became one of the collectable DPP39s. The cover was a flimsy slip case that didn't last long so adding to the rarity of a mint condition cover.

Cannibal Terror

• Terreur Cannibale

Passed 18 uncut for International Trading in 2003

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

Review from US Amazon: Fails Miserably

Cannibal Terror fails miserably on all accounts.

The first thing that sets Cannibal Terror apart from other films in the genre is that its a Spanish/French co-production. This proves that cannibal exploitation films should be left to the Italians as this shameful bandwagon effort is an insult to people looking for a bloody, exploitative good time.

Cannibal films aren't known for great plots this film literally has no plot. Some lowlife criminals kidnap a girl and run into Cannibals in a jungle. Almost the entire film is filler with pointless, boring dialogue. There is only two gore scenes but nothing viewers haven't seen in this genre before and better. The worst aspect of the film is the cannibal tribe itself as they don't even look like jungle tribal members. It's a bunch of extras from all different races and hairdos. Some of the tribal members are fat, middle aged white men and there is even one tribal member with 70's style sideburns!

I do not recommend buying this film. Only buy if your an absolute completist or you are into torturing yourself.

Banned as a video nasty in July 1983, probably down to the title. Removed from the DPP list in September 1985

Cannonball

• Carquake

The BBFC cuts were waived for the 2004 DVD

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

Canterbury Tales

• I Racconti di Canterbury
• Les Contes de Canterbury

The cinema cuts have been waived since the 2001 BFI DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon for release on 27th April 2009
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon for release on 27th April 2009

Captivity

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2007 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The Unrated Version features an extra 3 minutes including an alternative ending. The extra material is not violent or sexual.

R Rated

UK: The R Rated version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2009 Optimum RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2007 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2007 cinema release and 2007

The film started life as a thriller with much less gore. But then the producers decided to catch the torture bandwagon and shot extra material for an R Rated Version.

See pictorial R/Unrated Version details from movie-censorship.com. Note that the author of this report prefers the R Rated Version over the Unrated Version.

See pictorial Thriller Version details from movie-censorship.com

Carlos the Jackal

• Carlos

The Complete TV Series Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2010 Optimum Online
• UK 2010 Optimum RB Blu-ray
• UK 2010 Optimum R2 DVD
• UK 2010 cinema release

Presumably the cock fighting cuts were implemented prior to submission but this is not confirmed on the BBFC database

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• UK 2010 Optimum Online
• UK 2010 Optimum RB Blu-ray
• UK 2010 Optimum R2 DVD
• UK 2010 cinema release

The BBFC commemnted:

• Company was required to remove three shots of animal cruelty (in this case, cocks being goaded to fury during a cockfight)

Carmen

Cut in 2002 with the following BBFC comment: One cut required to strong expletive in order to achieve requested 'PG'. Current reclassification policy does not normally allow a work to be classified at a different category if a different version of the same work work was previously classified after July 1994.

Carnal Crimes

The uncut version was passed in 2008

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Carnal Violence

See Torso

Released with the misleading tag International Version. It is a softcore version with a few hardcore snippets

Carnival of Souls

The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2009 E1 R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2004 Classic DVD

• UK 2005 Pickwick DVD
• UK 2005 HHO DVD
• UK 1996 Encore VHS

• UK 1991 Palace VHS
• UK 1990 cinema release

• UK 1964 cinema release

Carousella

The BBFC passed a short version as 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2009 BFI DVD

Carriers

R Rated

The US R Rated version was passed 15 uncut for:

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

cut

PG-13

• UK 2009 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• 13 'fucks' have been redubbed to leave just one.
• Close up of infected bloody corpse has been reduced
• A woman being shot in a car has been replaced with a less bloody take as has the shooting of the car passenger
• The shot of a woman's corpse was reduced
• A dog feeding a man's corpse was reduced

Carry On Abroad

Same cuts to cinema and all video versions, 1987 & 2003

Carry On Again Doctor

The cinema release and 1987 video releases were cut but no cuts noted for the video version of 2003

Carry On At Your Convenience

Same cuts to cinema and all video versions, 1987 & 2003

Carry On Admiral

Cut for the 1957 cinema release but no video cuts noted.

Carry On Behind

Cinema version cut back in 1975 and the same cuts carry on to the video releases of 1987 & 2001

The Carlton version of 2003 is a similar length to the previous cut version but is no longer noted as cut in the BBFC database

Carry On Cleo

The BBC cut the cinema release and these cuts seem to have persisted since for:

• 2007 Optimum R2 DVD
• 2006 TPC R2 DVD
• 2001 Warner R2 DVD
• 1997 Warner VHS
• 1988 Warner VHS
• 1964 cinema release

The submitted running time for the cinema release was noted as 92:05s = 88:24s

The BBFC cuts are described at cuts details from dvdcompare.net:

• In they are a very backward people change Backward to Bashful
• Remove the line He was Liqui - dicking
• The sequence in which Mark Anthony falls on top of Cleopatra on the bed, must stop before we see him wriggling his legs.
• Remove Lover, and shorten the scene when Mark Anthony comes out of the room so as to get rid of the suggestion that he is physically exhausted.
• In the sequence in which the mute is being discussed remove the dialogue lines I expect he works in a harem, they cut them out so that they can't talk to the girls. Also remove the line: No wonder Mark Anthony has ants in his pants
• Remove I bet you didn't know you had it in him

Carry On Constable

Cut back in 1960 for cinema and the same cuts carry on to the Warner video releases of 1988 & 2001

The Optimum Releasing version of 2006 is a little longer and no longer noted as cut in the BBFC database

Carry On Cowboy

Cinema version cut back in 1965 and the same cuts carry on to the Warner video releases of 1988, 2001 & 2006 (TPC)

The Optimum Releasing version of 2006 is a similar length to the previous cut version but is no longer noted as cut in the BBFC database

Carry On Cruising

Cut way back in 1962 and the same cuts carry on to the Warner video releases of 1986 & 2001

The Optimum Releasing version of 2006 is a little longer and no longer noted as cut in the BBFC database

Carry On England

The cinema release and 1987 video releases were cut but no cuts noted for the video versions of 2001 & 2003

Carry On Girls

The cinema release and 1987 video releases were cut but no cuts noted for the video version of 2003

Carry On Jack

Cut way back in 1963 and the same cuts carry on to the Warner video releases of 1988 & 2001

The Optimum Releasing version of 2006 is a little longer and no longer noted as cut in the BBFC database

Carry On Loving

The same cuts apply to the cinema release of 1970 and video release from 1987 & 2003

Carry On Nurse

Cut way back in 1959 and the same cuts carry on to the Warner video releases of 1988 & 2001

The Optimum Releasing version of 2006 is a little longer and no longer noted as cut in the BBFC database

Carry On Teacher

Cut way back in 1959 and the same cuts carry on to the Warner video releases of 1988 & 2001

The Optimum Releasing version of 2006 is no longer noted as cut in the BBFC database

Carry On Up the Jungle

Cut for the 1970 cinema release but no video cuts noted.

Carry On Up the Khyber

Cinema version cut back in 1968 and the same cuts carry on to the video releases of 1987 & 2001

The Carlton version of 2003 is a similar length to the previous cut version but is no longer noted as cut in the BBFC database

Cartel

The BBFC cut 1:31s from the 1990 Trans Atlantic Pictures video/DVD.

From cuts details on IMDb

• Heavy edits to the rape scene

The Case of the Bloody Iris

• Erotic Blue
• Perche' quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2003 Michael Lee/Vipco R2 DVD via UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Blue Underground R0 DVD at US Amazon

Summary review: One of the better giallos

The Case of the Bloody Iris is pretty much the standard Giallo of the time, but works well and is one of the better ones of an era dominated by them.

Director Giuliano Carnimeo going under the name Anthony Ascott does a solid job at keeping the pace moving along and there's no shortage of suspects and nudity. The murder scenes are done well with some pretty good suspense and tension and the investigation scenes are handled well and never lag. There is always something happening here to keep it from getting slow. Either we get a murder or stalk scene or we get some nudity.

Star Edwige Fenech is so incredibly beautiful that you're astonished to see her in a low budget film.

• UK 1973 cinema release titled Erotic Blue

The BBFC noted the submitted run time as 94:35s = 90:48s

The Case of the Smiling Stiffs

• The Case of the Full Moon Murders

Softcore Version passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1974 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 64:11s

• UK 1974 cinema release

Casino

cut

R Rated

The US R Rated Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for the 1995 cinema release, 1996-7 CIC Video and 2005 Universal DVD.

Cuts were made to secure the R rating and this cut version seems to have become the only version internationally available.

• The torture scene was slightly trimmed by the MPAA (Tony Dog's eye-ball popping out was cut) to avoid an NC-17 rating.

Casino Royale

• Ian Fleming's Casino Royale

Passed 12A/12 after BBFC suggested cuts were implemented for:

• UK 2007 Sony R0 Blu-ray
• UK 2007 Sony R1 DVD
• UK 2006 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Cut on BBFC advice in 2006: This film was originally seen by the BBFC in an unfinished version, for advice as to the film's suitability at '12A'. The BBFC advised the company that the torture scene placed too much emphasis on both the infliction of pain and the sadism of the villain for the requested '12A' category. When the completed version of the film was submitted for classification, reductions to the torture sequence had been made, including the removal of lingering shots of the rope, close shots of Bond's facial reaction and the substitution of a more distant shot of the beating compared to the original version. This re-edited version of the scene was considered acceptable at '12A', where the Guidelines permit violence provided there is no dwelling on detail or emphasis on injuries.

See Gavin Salkeld's Detailed cut list for details of the cuts made to appease both MPAA & BBFC.

The releases in Scandinavia, Netherlands, Japan and Australia are all uncut

Thanks to Floyd:

The Region 3 DVD is uncut, but there’s nothing graphic in the torture scene. There are a couple of lingering shots, most notably where Le Chiffre lands the rope gently on Bond's shoulder.

In the cut version when there is a distant shot of him walking around Bond he says ‘you‘ve taken care of your body’, and then in the next shot he’s swinging the rope before hitting Bond.

In the uncut version however, he lands the rope on his shoulder, and he leans over to him and says, ‘such a waste’.

The sound seems to be cut down as well of Chiffre swinging the rope before striking Bond, but nothing really shocking.

It seems that the hopes of an uncut US release are premature. The Irish 15A is the same version as the UK release. It appears that the German version has suffered even more cuts than the US/UK versions to achieve a 12 rating.

Perhaps the uncut version may have to wait on the (inevitable) Directors Cut.

Castle Freak

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

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1995 US horror by Stuart Gordon with Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton. See IMDb

The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, some sexual for:

• UK 2008 Film 2000 R2 DVD via UK Amazon

The Dutch release is uncut for:

• NL Living Colour R2 DVD via UK Amazon

Summary Review: Old horror movie style

A neat little brutal low budget horror flick. A freak locked up in a castle gets loose and terrorises mild-mannered family.

The gloomy cinematography and the authentic Italian gothic setting propel this monster along. Yet again, Re-animator favorites Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton turn in great performances, but it is the Freak who is the showstopper. Beautifully designed and wonderfully portrayed - a great tragic monster in the old horror movie style.

Recommended.

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• UK 1996 EIV VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• A scene showing a cat being dragged through a hatch door.
• A scene showing Giorgio biting chunks out of Sylvana's breasts
• A scene with Giorgio disturbed eating from Sylvana's lap and then forcibly freeing handcuffs from Sylvana's wrist before fleeing
• Cut to remove shots of mutilated Sylvana's corpse
• Cut to remove shots of dead maid next to Sylvana's corpse
• Further cuts to the sight of Sylvana's corpse when later examined by a policeman

Casualties of War

R Rated

The US R Rated Theatrical Version was passed 18 without cuts for the 1989 cinema release, 1990 RCA/Columbia video, 1993 VCI video, and 2000 Columbia/TriStar video/DVD.

There is also a US Unrated Extended Version with 2 6 minutes of 2 extra uncontentious scenes.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

Cat Chaser

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004

Cut for both cinema and Entertainment in Video versions. (submitted 1989/90)

Andre DeBoya (Thomas Milan) forces Mary (Kelly McGillis) to strip. He forces his gun into her mouth and then runs it over her body pressing it into her nipple. Too strong for the feeble UK constitution though.

Shown uncut on BBC2

Cat in the Brain

• Un Gatto nel cervello
• Nightmare Concert

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2007 Shriek Collection R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 International Trading R0 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US Warner Online to Own [US only] at US Amazon
• US 2009 Grindhouse/Ryko R0 DVD at US Amazon

From Justin:

I am glad to report that the International Trading version is not only uncut, but is longer than my Italian print Un Gatto Nel Cervello

Summary Review: Nasty gore-fest

A horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory death scenes from his movies.

Cat in the Brain is one of the goriest horror movies ever made. There is a lot of blood and gore, including chainsaw butchery, bloody stabbings and numerous decapitations.

The film is also interesting as "self parody" of Fulci, but the gore and violence is the key element in it. Some of the gore FX were taken from own Fulci's movies.

Highly recommended, especially if you like extreme cinema!

The Tartan Video was rejected in February 1999 with the following justification:

The Board carefully considered this low-budget Italian horror video in the light of the usual tests. It has over the years, in this context, expressed concern about images which bring sex and violence together. The BBFC Draft Guidelines for Classifying Films and Videos (published in July 1998 in the BBFC's last Annual Report) identify sexually violent material as potentially harmful. The Guidelines explain that the Board is stricter with scenes of sexual violence on video than film, because of their potential to be played over and over at home. Sexual violence may only be shown providing the scenes do not offer sexual thrills.

A Cat in the Brain contains many sequences involving gross violence committed against women, often in a context with clear sexual overtones. It invites the viewer to relish the detail of the violence and killings. Women are even presented as enjoying the violence visited on them. The work switches between the three levels of "actual" film-making, the "Director's" own nightmares and the murderous attacks of the villain. However, the Board found that the main effect of this device was to enable the frequent portrayal of brutal and detailed violence, particularly towards women.

The Board concluded that the video was potentially harmful because of the influence it may have on the attitudes and behaviour of a significant proportion of its likely viewers, whatever classification it was given. The Board considered the possibility of cuts as an acceptable remedy. It concluded, however, that the sheer quantity of the violence rendered such an approach ultimately fruitless since it would be unlikely to change the general tone or approach of the work.

The Cat o'Nine Tails

• Il gatto a nove code
• Cat o'Nine Tails

Unrated

1971 Italy/France/West Germany crime film by Dario Argento with James Franciscus and Karl Malden. See IMDb

Passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Arrow R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2005 Blackhorse/Platinum Argento Collection R2 DVD via UK Amazon

The US release features the same version and is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Blue Underground R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2007 Blue Underground R0 DVD at US Amazon

Presumably this is the same version as the 2002 Platinum DVD

• UK 2002 Platinum R2 DVD
• UK 1987 Warner VHS

This version is missing 2 dialogue scenes. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• Braun telling the Superintendent that he would like to quit and return to Germany
• Manuel and Giordini speaking about finding Braun's body

• UK 1971 cinema release

Catacombs

• Catacombs: la prigione del diavolo
• Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice

Cuts to remove a sequence in which a priest is punished for his gluttony by Christ. In the sequence removed by the Board, a statue of Christ came alive and stabbed the priest to death with a nail he had pulled from his ankle.

Catchfire

• Backtrack

The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2007 Lions Gate R2 DVD
• 2003 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• 2001 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• 1991 Vestron VHS
• 1990 cinema release

From version details on IMDb

The Theatrical Version was disowned by director Dennis Hopper and is credited to Alan Smithee.

There is also a Dennis Hopper approved Director's Cut only available on US VHS titled Backtrack.

Catfighters 3

Catgirl Nuku Nuku

Pre-cut by the distributors to maintain a PG. A character scratching his crotch has been deleted.