BBFC Cuts C: Cn-Cz

Cobra

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cuts

The BBFC cut 4s from the 1986 Warner video and 1999 Warner DVD

• Stallone sets fire to a man that he has just doused with petrol but the following details are missing just before the match is struck; a glimpse of the man screaming followed by the dialogue from Stallone: You have the right to remain silent.

cuts

R Rated

• There are various mentions of extensive MPAA cuts to the many killings in the film. In particular, killings at a hospital and a victim's hand being severed and sent to the police. The studio was also said to be keen to keep the running time down to allow more showings in cinemas.

Cock-Ups And Boobs

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Cut required to sight of a fake BBFC black card.

Cocoon

sound cut

Cocoon: The Return

Same cuts for 1989 cinema release, the 1989 Film and Video release, and 2004 20th Century Fox DVD

• A suicide attempt was deleted to obtain a PG

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

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2: Episode 10

The BBFC cut 1s from the 2010 Beez DVD. Company was required to remove a shot likely to encourage an interest in underage sexual activity (in this case a young girl in the background of a shot suggesting sexual activity).

Code of Honour

Same cut version for cinema and video

Coffy

• Coffey

From cuts details on IMDb

The 1998 Cinram UK video was passed uncut as was the MGM DVD of 2003

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

Review from UK Amazon: Blaxploitation classic!

Maxim magazine lists Coffy as number 7 on its list of the 50 best B-movies of all time, and there can clearly be no mistake about its status as a B-movie. Pam Grier shines in this hilarious action-packed blaxploitation flick where she first got her name as a 'black pin-up queen' during the early 70's. It is apparent after watching this film that no one remembers this for the bad-acting and dialogue, but for Pam Grier herself she is one mean sister.

This movie screams 'early 70's', from the afro wigs to the awesome outfits Coffy finds herself wearing whether it be at a gala for call girls or when she's undercover to kick some drug-dealer's nasty behind!

This brilliant film mixes comedy right in there with the action. From the campy catfight scenes when Coffy dumps a salad bowl onto a blonde girl's head, to when King George makes his first appearance and steps out of his car in his pimp outfit, complete right down to the feather in his hat! The action is fairly consistent. There are a lot of guns firing off and endless catfights.

But every time Coffy appears on screen and you just know that some bad stuff is about to go down, you know that you're going to be taken for a fun ride! This is one movie where you don't have to be drunk to enjoy it.

The BBFC passed the 1974 cinema release after cuts:

• Cut to the stabbing of Omar

The BBFC rejected a 1973 cinema release under the title Coffey

The Cold Light of Day

US:  MPAA PG-13 Rated for:

• US 2012 cinema release

• UK 2012 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• This film was originally seen for advice. The company was advised that the film was likely to receive a 15 classification but that their preferred 12A could be achieved by making cuts in two scenes:
  
  - to reduce a focus on injury in one scene and
  - to remove a large blood spurt in another.
  
  When the film was submitted for formal classification, these changes had been made and the film was classified 12A.

The Cold Light of Day

Cold Sweat

• De la part des copains
• De vrienden laten groeten
• From the Boys
• L'uomo dalle due ombre

The 1986 VPD video, 1997 Warner video, 2004 Cinema Club DVD and 2010 Optimum DVD are all 15 uncut

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon for release on 22nd February 2010
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Entertaining

This is not the greatest Bronson movie ever made but it is nonetheless entertaining. It does have one spectacular car chase or rather motorcycle pursuit on winding roads of south of France.

There are some nice performances and it's fun to see James Mason play a villain although he's a likable one. Liv Ullman is fine and Jill Ireland plays a hilarious rich hippie chick.

There are the usual plot absurdities but Bronson is the reason we watch these movies and he's no different here. He's a very likeable tough guy trying very hard to be nice around bunch of incorrigible villains.

From cuts details on IMDb

• Cut to remove the sound of a neck break
• cuts to a brief scene of nudity
• edits to the shooting of a man with a flare gun.

The original running time was noted as 93:03s = 89:20s

Cold Vengeance

See The Dawn Rider

Colombiana

See video from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

US: Extended Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US Online Rent/Buy [US only] at US Amazon
• US 2011 Sony RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2011 Sony R2 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com:

The Extended Version is 3:57s longer than the International Version and includes more violence. The Director is said to prefer the International Version. This sounds a bit unlikely in that the distributors chose to only release the Unrated version on home video.

The International Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2011 EIV R2 DVD
• UK 2011 cinema release

This seems to be a version without the extensions for the Unrated version but at least has not suffered the US cuts for PG-13. Eg The BBFC noted 9 uses of strong language (eg 'fuck') whereas the US MPAA passed the film PG-13 with the comment contains brief strong language.

Color of Night

The Director's Cut was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2003 Pathe R2 DVD via UK Amazon

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

There are 2 'Director's Cuts' The US R Rated Director's Cut has a shortened pool sex scene missing Bill (Bruce Willis) kissing his way up Rose's body and a shot of Willis' penis as Rose reciprocates. The other omission is a scene of footsie as Bill and Rose dine at a restaurant. The German Director's Cut is complete. It is not clear which version was released in the UK.

• UK 1995 Guild VHS
• UK 1994 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

The US Theatrical Version is said to have suffered cuts to sex scenes

Colour of Sacrifice

• Rang de Basanti

The BBFC passed the 2007 Re-edited Version 15 for both cinema and U TV DVD. No BBFC cuts were required for the shorter version titled Colour of Sacrifice.

Comancheros

All video releases cut as described by the BBFC:  Distributor was required to remove three shots of horses being twisted by neck and onto back.

Combat Shock

• American Nightmare

UK: The Director's Cut is set for:

• UK 2012 Arrow (Theatrical + Director's Cut) R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 6th August 2012

US: The Director's Cut is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2009 Troma 25th Anniversary Edition (Theatrical + Director's Cut) R1 DVD at US Amazon

The Director's Cut titled American Nightmare was dropped in favour of another cut used for the Theatrical Version

• UK 2012 Arrow (Theatrical + Director's Cut) R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 6th August 2012

US: The Theatrical version is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2009 Troma 25th Anniversary Edition (Theatrical + Director's Cut) R1 DVD at US Amazon

Come Play With Me

• David Sullivan's Come Play with Me

No mention of cuts to the 2010 Odeon DVD but the running time is the same as previous cut versions

The BBFC cut the 1977 cinema release and the cuts carried through to the videos of 1986 (Mighty Fair) and 1997 (Lazer)

• Sights of clear female genitalia were deleted
• A strip tease sequence was reduced
• Sex scenes were cut

From cuts details on IMDb:

Hardcore versions of four of the film's sex scenes were shot for the overseas market. It is believed that the hardcore version was never exhibited commercially and may now be lost.

Come Play With Me 2

• Die Nichten der Frau Oberst
• Secrets of a French Maid

The BBFC cut the 1980 cinema release

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon

Come Play With Me 3

• Julchen und Jettchen, die verliebten Apothekerstöchter
• The Amorous Sisters

The BBFC cut the 1986 by a furher 1:25s beyond their previous film cuts.

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

The Comedy of Terrors

• The Graveside Story

The 2009 Optimum DVD is uncut and 12 rated.

Thanks to Floyd:

According to dvdcompare.net the R1 America MGM is missing 1s. In the sequence where Vincent Price and Peter Lorre are attempting to keep a supposedly-dead Basil Rathbone inside his coffin. Price and Lorre finally "succeed" by both sitting on top of the coffin. On the DVD, this scene immediately cuts to one of Price and Lorre suddenly hitting the floor for no apparent reason. This is cut: Rathbone's character is obviously still alive, because he suddenly pushes the coffin lid upward with all his might, and you see Price and Lorre flying up and backwards onto the floor.

The recent region 2 Optimum release includes the scene in question intact.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

The original running time was noted as 81:36s = 78:20s

Coming Soon

Cut to achieve an American R rating. The scene where a female character states her objection to oral sex on the grounds of sperm's high calorific content has gone.

The Commander

• Der Commander

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Germany: Uncut and FSK 16 rated for:

• De Ascot Elite R2 DVD via UK Amazon

pre-cut

• UK 1988 EIV VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• to remove a cockfight

Commando

Unrated

The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut in 2007 for 20th Century Fox but no sign of a UK release yet

From bigandya on www.pre-cert.co.uk: Commando Myths Dispelled

There is NO scene of Arnie whacking the bad guys with the severed limb, but there ARE 2 extra bits of gore:

1. A second saw scene: he throws a second circular saw blade which embeds itself into the neck of a bad guy, lots of blood
2. The guy with the severed arm is seen lying on the floor, stump in the air, screaming for a second or two"

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

R Rated

• 2008 RB 20th Century Fox Blu-ray

The BBFC commented in their 2006 Annual Report:

Commando had previously required two cuts for ‘18’ to reduce strong bloody injury detail. These cuts were waived when the work was resubmitted, both to reflect public expectations following the Board’s public consultations in recent years and because the cut scenes are now considered to have little impact on the tone of the work as a whole or its likely effect on an audience.

Shown uncut on Channel 4 in May 2008

• 2003 20th Century Fox DVD

The submitted DVD version was pre-cut by the distributor by 26s in addition to the 12s of BBFC cuts.

The pre-cuts which the UK (and R2 Scandinavian and R4 Australian) releases contain, have their origin in Germany. These cuts were imposed on German theatrical and video releases by the German censors,  FSK, in order to achieve an "FSK 18" rating. So these cut masters must have served FOX to produce their UK DVDs.

Thanks to Luis who has specified the cuts are as follow:

• 0:02:00 - Before the credits Cooke (Bill Duke), disguised as a garbage man, shots a man from a short distance. A scene in which he approaches the body and shoots it on the chest several times was cut. On the DVD we see him getting near and then lowering the gun and going back.
• 0:21:17 - Matrix (Schwarzenegger) hits the guy with him on the plane with an elbow. Then pulls a blanket over him to make it appear that he's sleeping. On the uncut version he pulls the head of the man down gently and breaks his neck, before covering him. In the censored version, the man is killed with a single blow or maybe died from a heart attack during his sleep!
• 0:45:30 - Matrix throws Cooke against some piece of wooden furniture on the floor (the impact is not seen in any version). We hear him moaning, and then Matrix gets near him. We then see a close shot framing Cooke's face, foaming a bit of blood from the mouth, and the wood spike coming from his chest. Matrix asks for his daughter: "Where is she?" then pulling the tie of the dying man: "Talk!" Another close shot of the face and the bloody mouth and chest. The DVD version cuts both close shots while also removing both lines of dialogue from Swarzenegger. It also cuts part of the moaning we hear from Cooke.
• 1:06:50 - Following to the fight scenes with the Big Ugly Hispanics (BUH), a cut is made when Matrix stabs one on the stomach
• 1:07:09 - A BUH is killed with a knife on the throat. The frontal shot is cut (it's not very bloody originally).
• 1:07:17 - Matrix killing another soldier is missing
• 1:08:34 - 5 shots cut to remove the one in which BUH is machine-gunned.
• 1.10:20 - After some more shooting with the machine gun, Matrix grabs his pistol. But before that shot, two others are cut: one has more BUHs being hit at a distance (probably the less violent deaths in the film...); another one is a close shot of a BUH being killed with two bullets on the chest (with some blood spilling).
• 1:11:38 - Here we're in the famous tool shed sequence.. A soldier approaches the door and opens it. He's stabbed by a pitchfork on the chest. This was cut in this version, even though they left the more violent scene in which a man is killed with a circular saw that cuts part of the top of his head.
• 1:11:40 - After the second saw, Matrix grabs an axe and a machete, he uses the axe between the legs of a BUH and then proceeds to the last Hispanic. He grabs his arm and cuts it with the machete. 5 shots where removed here, eliminating both deaths. On the censored version, after the last saw we see Matrix immediately grabbing a machine gun from the floor.
• 1:19:50 - During the "releasing some steam" scene, after Matrix throws a metal pipe at Bennett there's originally a close-up shot of the bad guy's chest with the pipe against it (there's no blood). We then see him moaning and spilling some blood from the mouth. The camera slowly pulls back framing Bennett and the pipe releasing steam. The censored version is  cut before the pipe enters the frame, passing for a shot of Matrix, which then delivers the line "Let out some steam, Bennett!" Much moaning is also cut with this; so, just like Cooke, Bennett has a much faster death with a bit less suffering.

• 1999 20th Century Fox VHS
• 1986 CBS/Fox VHS
• 1985 cinema release

The UK laserdisc seems to have got by uncut

BBFC cuts were:

• In the uncut version Arnie grabbed an axe and a machette from inside the wall of a toolshed. Then he hit the guard coming through the door between the legs with axe, dropped him, and exited. He then grabbed the guard outside who was holding a machine gun and chopped off his gun arm with the machete. As the arm falls he pulls the machine gun away. The cut version makes it appear he's lifting the gun.
• At the end of the film where a close-up of the pole sticking out of Bennett's stomach has been cut

Comrades

The BBFC passed the 2009 BFI DVD 15 uncut

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

From cuts details on IMDb

• Cut during a scene hinting at oral sex between McCallum and his dog.

Commuter Husbands

Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1973 cinema release'

The submitted running time was 91:13s

There is also a short US version missing about 6 minutes.

There is also said to be a European version with hardcore inserts

Con Air

Unrated

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

• UK 2007 Buena Vista R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release featuring the Director's Cut/Extended Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated

• US 2006 Buena Vista R1 DVD via US Amazon

cut

R Rated

The BBFC raised he certificate from a cinema 15 to a video 18 as it was felt that original decision was too lenient for:

• 2008 Online
• 1998 Buena Vista video
• 1997 Buena Vista video

There are reports of cuts to edit out the Sally Can't Dance character eg

• When Sally Can't Dance see cops getting closer to the plane he squeals Oooh, men in uniform, but not in the UK version.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com. Multiple cuts to reduce violence and to tone down the dialogue eg

• Blood oozing from wounds deleted in the Theatrical Version
• A convict with a nasty bullet wound to the head is missing the detail
• In the Extended Pinball says "Suck my dick, Cyrus!" instead of "Hey!" in the theatrical version.

cut

R Rated

• 1997 cinema release

Conan the Barbarian

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

The MPAA initially rated the film X. Very extensive and scattered cuts were made totalling about 5 minutes. These occured during the course of 3 iterations of resubmissions. The resulting R rated version has become definitive and there's no sign of any restoration of the original X Rated version. There's lots on the topic gathered from comments from the film makers at conventions and on commentary tracks etc. See conancompletist.com.

The Longer International Version/Extended Cut was released uncut for:

• UK 2011 20th Century Fox R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon *see note

*note. Based on article from dvdcompare.net, Thanks to Scott:

The UK Blu-ray contains both the uncut international version and the cut UK variant of the international version.

The uncut version is played when the default language for the Blu-ray Player internal menus is set to one of the non-English options. The English language film may still be selected. If the English Blu-ray player menuing system is selected then the cut UK version will play.

The longer International Version/Extended Cut was passed 15 for strong violence and moderate sex and nudity after 19s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2011 20th Century Fox R0 Blu-ray *see note
• UK 2005 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 2002 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 1993 Fox VHS

The same BBFC cuts were required as per the Theatrical Version but were implemented differently.

TV showings have not picked up on the BBFC requirement to cut such scenes

Based on article from dvdcompare.net:

• UK 1987 Warner VHS
• UK 1982 cinema release (rated AA) and 1987 Warner video.

The cuts were:

• Several horse falls have been trimmed from the UK  versions in differing ways. One of which is from the opening raid on young Conan's village.
• The rest of the horse falls are from the lengthy stand-off in the desert, featured much later in the movie. One fall is severe as it caused by Conan hacking at the horses legs with a sword.
• A sex scene with the witch featuring a lost naked rump was also trimmed to remove 3 out of 6 groans

Conan the Destroyer

The US release is uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

• US 2011 Universal R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2007 Universal R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Passed 15 after BBFC cuts of 19s for:

• UK 2004 Sanctuary R2 DVD

This release is listed as having the original video version cuts + an additional cut for animal cruelty.

Passed 15 after 28s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2001 Sanctuary R2 DVD
• UK 1995 Polygram VHS
• UK 1995 RCA/Columbia VHS
• UK 1990 RCA/Columbia VHS
• UK 1986 RCA/Columbia VHS
• UK 1984 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

1. Numerous scenes of horse tripping at the start trimmed.
2. The Horse tripping of Zula (Grace Jones) and Bombatta (Wilt Chamberlain) during the Elite Guard attack is trimmed
3. Perhaps the clearest cut is the Camel Attack sequence. Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Malik are riding through the town. Malik points out a Camel, Conan talks to the camel, the Camel spits white goo over Conan. The UK Version then cuts to the next scene. The Uncut US version shows Conan smack the camel on the top of its head making it crumble to the floor. It was probably cut due to the issue of cruelty to animals.

Concrete Jungle

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 2008 Pegasus DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

• Cuts to rape scene

• Cuts to rape scene

Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair

• Star Sex

NO cuts reported for the 2010 Odeon DVD. But not yet sure what version was submitted

• UK 1997 Lazer VHS
• UK 1986 Mighty Fair VHS
• UK 1979 X rated cinema release

Confessions of a Serial Killer

No BBFC cuts to the 15 rated DVDs from Prism in 2002 and ILC in 2008

From cuts details on IMDb

• The UK DVD version is heavily edited and has removed the rape scenes. Even a nude shower scene is heavily cropped.

Confessions of a Young American Housewife

The 1979 Cinema release was cut by the BBFC

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from Amazon US:

All the earmarks of a Joe Sarno film are present in this soft, verging on hardcore sex picture. Followers of this auteur will note his sparse use of a music score, very conservative camera movements and insistence on a consistent storyline. Jennifer Welles generates much sympathy as the frustrated mother. Her tentative attempts at kindling a friendship with the far too young delivery boy are especially poignant.

Sarno ground out countless sex films throughout his illustrious career, and the usual consumer for this type of film was overly grateful to have a film with plot, acting and direction. This reviewer has always felt a sense of malaise hanging around most sex films. The actors, even if they're game and put forth a little extra effort, all appear keenly aware that the project at hand will not further their career, further their cause or endear them to their dear old Aunt Fanny.

If "adult films" are your cup of tea, a Sarno feature usually delivers on the premise of being as close to a "real movie" as this genre gets. Some feel that Sarno's films have a sense of psychological realism that other films in this genre lack - or you may find his stuff clinical and detached as I do.

Confessions of Emanuelle

• Emanuelle - perché violenza alle donne?
• Emanuelle Around the World
• Emanuelle Versus Violence to Women
• The Degradation of Emanuelle

See trailer from youtube.com
 

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US: The XXX European Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US Severin VOD Rent [available worldwide] titled Emanuelle Around the World at TlaCult
• US 2007 Severin R1 DVD titled Emanuelle Around the World via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Hardcore Inserts

Famous undercover journalist Emanuelle teams with her friend Cora Norman to uncover a white slave ring that traffics in women kidnapped from various locales around the world.

Emanuelle Around the World is one of the more shocking of the Emanuelle series, right up there with Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals and Emanuelle in America. Effective on an undeniably crass but immediate level, this is the kind of cinema that drips animal savagery and guilty pleasure -- exactly the type of subversive cinema that has moral police gasping in the isles (or masturbating in the closet).

The Euro XXX version of the film features a few brief clips of penetration & fellatio in orgy sequences (not with the stars of the show, however), but generally the sex portrayed is of the standard soft-core variety.

• US Weades Moines R1 DVD titled Emanuelle Around the World

Missing the hardcore inserts

• UK 1987 VPD VHS titled Confessions of Emanuelle

From Sex Gore Mutants. Some of the missing scenes compared with the "XXX European Edition" include:

• an all-woman Kama Sutra academy
• Karin Schubert's gang rape
• more lesbian encounters
• sick games with animals
• US Senators defiling women.

• UK 1978 cinema release titled Confessions of Emanuelle

The Conformist

• Il Conformista

R Rated

UK: The Restored Version/Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2012 Arrow RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD at UK Amazon

UK: The Restored Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2007 cinema release
• UK 1993 cinema release

US: The Restored Version is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon
• US 2006 Paramount R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb:

• The Dance of the Blind sequence was restored for the 1994 re-issue of the film. This had been cut for the American release.

• UK 1975 cinema release
• UK 1971 cinema release

Confucious

• Kong Zi

Passed 15 after 16s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2010 Showbox/Cine Asia RB Blu-ray
• UK 2010 Showbox/Cine Asia R1 DVD
• UK 2010 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Cuts were required to remove two scenes of animal cruelty:

• a cockfighting scene and
• two horses being tripped and made to fall forwards

Conquest

• Bárbaro, la conquista de la tierra perdida
• La conquista de la tierra perdida
• Mace the Outcast

The BBFC cut the 1983 cinema release by 4:08s

From cuts details on IMDb

• heavily reduced shots of nudity
• cut close ups of sores bursting open
• removed the beheading of the woman and shots of her brains being eaten.

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

Review from UK Amazon: Truly strange

Set in a land ruled by an evil sorceress called Ocron and her cruel followers. Two warriors unite to bring her down but she too knows about them and seeks to destroy them.

Lucio Fulci's stab at the fantasy genre is truly strange and highly enjoyable and therefore a must see for fans of Fulci.

Almost every scene is filled with smoke and often the camera is shone with bright sunlight that gives it an atmosphere all of its own. The photography is also impressive with many different colours and shades.

It's a lively affair with much action as well as some of the most strangest looking monsters you're ever likely to see.

Being a Fulci film you are guaranteed gory moments and Conquest doesn't disappoint as there are bloody set pieces throughout. Yes the effects at times are laughable but it all adds to the fun and it's accompanied by a pounding score by Claudio Simonetti from Goblin.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

The BBFC have passed the 2009 'Extended Version', on 20th Century Fox Blu-ray, 12 without cuts.

This is actually the original US version before it was cut down to achieve a US PG

From cuts details on IMDb:

The US uncut version includes alternate opening and ending scenes, which were excised due to poor audience reaction and a need to keep a PG rating. In the opening, a police patrol tracks and kills a gorilla, which is shown to have numerous cuts and welts. Breck later references a gorilla who turned on his master and was killed.

In the ending, Caesar allows the apes to beat Breck and the other humans to death. Breck does not cower, but faces his executioners. Lisa does not say "No" and Caesar makes no speech counseling compassion. There are also additional shots of apes and humans bleeding from gunshots, and apes stacking bodies of riot police.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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

From cuts details on IMDb:

• cuts to the electrical torture of Caesar
• cuts to close up scenes of violence from the killing of the guards
• cuts in the climactic battle

Contamination

• Contaminazione
• Alien Contamination
• Alien 2
• Astaron Strut des Scheckens
• Toxic Spawn

See trainer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

R Rated

UK: Passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2004 Anchor Bay R2 DVD via UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• US 2004 Blue Underground R0 DVD US Amazon

Summary Review: Odd and cheesy

A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.

This was a very odd and cheesy Italian gore flick, it was a mix of horror and science fiction and it was directed by Luigi Cozzi.

While Contamination was a decent film I just didn't think it was that good, the first half was very promising as we get to see some impressive gore scenes with the exploding stomachs but then the second half kind of loses steam and becomes slightly boring. The green alien eggs were a knock off from Alien and you could tell that this film was trying to cash in on its success which was typical of Italian horror films at the time, some of these films were of course great cause you can't take them too seriously and they were usually gorier than the original films.

Contamination has some pretty bad acting and the direction from Luigi Cozzi was rather low-key with some scenes looking a bit too dark, the pacing was a bit uneven despite having a great opening sequence which had some great suspense and the film also has a weak plot, but if your a gore hound then you won't mind since there were plenty of great gore scenes.

• UK 1982 ViP VHS
• UK 1985 European Creative Films VHS

The video was banned as a video nasty in October 1983. It was dropped from the list in January 1985 though.

About 2 minutes and 40 seconds of cuts were made, including:

• 13 seconds cut from opening sequence showing a dead man's mutilated and decomposing body in a cupboard.
• 73 seconds cut from opening sequence showing several men graphically exploding after tampering with alien pods. Footage includes facial explosions and several scientists exploding at the gut in lingering slow-motion.
• 19 seconds cut from warehouse sequence showing criminals exploding at the gut after unwisely standing amongst alien pods.
• 2 seconds cut from warehouse sequence in which remains of freshly-exploded men are shown.
• 9 seconds cut from climax, in which man's head is devoured by queen alien.
• 11 seconds cut from climax showing a scientist exploding at the gut after being shot by Ian McCulloch.
• 33 seconds cut from climax showing chief villain's chest exploding in slow-motion viscera-launch spectacle.

The Convent

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2000 Metrodome R2 DVD via UK Amazon

Beware of the cut US R Rated version that is missing 19s of the bloodiest bits

Conversation Piece

• Gruppo di famiglia in un interno
• Violence et passion

See trailer from youtube.com

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A presumably uncut re-mastered version is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2012 Raro R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2012 Raro R1 DVD via US Amazon

Summary Review: Super erotic and homo-erotic

Retired professor of American origin lives solitary life in luxurious palazzo in Rome He is confronted by vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover,  daughter and daughter's boyfriend renting an apartment on upper floor of his palazzo. From this point his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life is taking unexpected but inevitable turn.

Lancaster, as you would expect, is exceptional. His reluctant inclusion into a lively family dynamic is superbly rendered and absolutely believable. Filmed in stagnant shots within cramped quarters, the characters seemed all but trapped with one another.

This is Visconti's penultimate film which marks the culmination of his career as a master of Italian cinema. Super erotic and homo-erotic scenes that are humorous and titillating.

• UK 2003 Arrow R2 DVD

From cuts details on IMDb:

The 2003 DVD submission contained just one use of the word 'cunt' and the BBFC waived that cut. One use of 'cunt' was still missing though.

• UK 1975 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 121:26s = 116:35s PAL

From IMDb:

• The BBFC cut 2 uses of the word 'cunt'

Convoy

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

• UK 2006 Optimum R2 DVD

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• About 3 minutes is missing from the scene where A TV crew is films the convoy. They make several passes at drivers, who react accordingly (swerving into the camera car / pick up, mooning, and a very subtle gay invitation to the interviewer).

• UK 2001 Warner R2 DVD via UK Amazon

• UK 1987 Weintraub VHS

• UK 1978 cinema release

Cool It Carol!

• The Dirtiest Girl I Ever Met

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2008 Odeon R0 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut for:

• US Image/Jezebel R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Cool Askwith!

Cool it Carol! is now somewhat a curiosity and a fascinating glimpse into 1970s Britain.

At the time of release it was pushing the sexual boundaries and compared with today there really isn't any nudity that would now offend.

• UK 1994 Jezebel VHS

• UK Xtasy 1986 VHS

No mention of BBFC cuts but maybe a few seconds short

• UK 1970 cinema release

The submitted run time was noted as 101:35s = 97:31s PAL

The Cop

See Un Flic

Cop and a Half

• Cop and 1/2
• Cop & 1/2

The BBFC cut 4s from the 1993 CIC video

Copland

Video and laserdisc versions

Not cut but raised from a cinema 15 to a video 18 certificate.

Cops: Life and Death

Count Dracula's Great Love

• El Gran amor del conde Dracula
• Cemetery Girls
• Cemetry Tramps
• Count Dracula's Greatest Love
• Dracula's Great Love
• Dracula's Virgin Lovers
• The Great Love of Count Dracula
• Vampire Playgirls

Count of Monte Cristo

Same cuts for cinema and video

BBFC statement:

Distributor chose to remove two shots of a man hanging to avoid giving children the impression that a person can hang for some time with no ill effects and in order to achieve a PG classification. An uncut 15 was available to the distributor

The uncut region 1 DVD is available here from US Amazon

Countdown

Countess Dracula

Passed 18 (X) uncut for:

• UK 2006 Network R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2002 Carlton/ITV R2 DVD
• UK 1986 Video Collection VHS
• UK 1971 X rated cinema release

From IMDb:

Although cinema cuts were requested by the BBFC (and the film remains listed as cut on their website) the edits were never made following an appeal by Hammer to chief censor Stephen Murphy.

Cousins in Love

• Tendres cousines
• Tender Cousins
• Zärtliche Cousinen

The cuts were waived for the DVD version in 2007

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Cowboys & Aliens

Unrated

UK: The Extended Version was passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Paramount Online
• UK 2011 Paramount R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The Extended Version is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Universal [+Theatrical Version] R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com:

The Extended version doesn't add much to the movie but it is to be preferred. Although there is not a lot of new dialog, the Dolarhydes, mostly Percy, come across a lot nicer.

PG-13

• UK 2011 Paramount Online
• UK 2011 Paramount R2 DVD
• UK 2011 cinema release

Crank

The German release features the Director's Cut/Extended Version for:

• De Universum R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon

The Director's Cut features many short plot snippets and one extra non contentious scene totaling about 6:00s. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• UK 2009 Lions Gate Blu-ray
• UK 2007 Universal R1 DVD
• UK 2006 cinema release

Crash

• LA Crash

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 15 uncut for the 2006 Pathe DVD

The Director's Cut adds 2:32s of uncontentional dialogue.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

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

Crash

Uncut version is available at:

NC-17

The US NC-17 Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2007 UCA R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1999 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• UK 1988 Columbia/TriStar VHS
• UK 1997 cinema release

The US release is uncut and MPAA NC-17 Rated for:

• US 1998 New Line R1 DVD at US Amazon

Note that the US R rated version was significantly cut

Summary Review: Brave Attempt

The film adaptation, directed by David Cronenberg, becomes a futuristic love story set in the present. James (James Spader) and Catherine (Deborah Kara-Ungar) are a married couple so filled with inertia that they are desperate for some emotional connection by any means necessary. After a series of extra martial encounters they find themselves attracted to a group of disturbed members of a bizarre car-crash sect who enact famous car crashes for kicks. The pair soon find themselves willing accomplices in a tableaux of violence and desire until finally they attain some provisional approximation of actual love. Kara-Ungar's portrayal of Catherine exemplifies perfectly the icy detachment of a woman who appears to be observing herself from another galaxy.

Crash is, above all, a brave attempt to explore an almost un-bearable subject - the death of affect and our unconscious desire for violence.

See article from sbbfc.co.uk: Banned in Westminster

Perhaps in the light of the continuing media onslaught against the film, Westminster Council - who had previously given permission for the film to be premiered in their area as part of the 1996 London Film Festival - parted company with the BBFC at this point, insisting that cuts should now be made to the film before it was shown in the West End. The distributors declined to make cuts solely for screenings in Westminster and the film was therefore effectively banned from screens in the West End, including Leicester Square. However, cinema goers could easily see the film in neighbouring Camden where the council allowed the film to play uncut with its BBFC certificate

A Craving for Lust

The Crazies

• Code Name: Trixie
• The Mad People  

The 2003 Anchor Bay DVD was also passed 18 without BBFC cuts but was noted as a 'Re-edited version'.

No mention of anything positive or negative about this re-editing.

Crazy Chicks & Party Tricks

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Distributor was required to add a warning caption to a sequence in which fireworks are misused

Crazy Desires of a Murderer

• I Vizi morbosi di una governante
• The Morbid Habits of the Governess

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum

The video was cut by the BBFC when submitted in 1996:

• At 34.5 mins When blonde woman is killed, eyeball-gouging was reduced by removing second close up and two subsequent shots, resuming on corridor.

Creatures Fantastic: Werewolves

Creepers

See Phenemona

Crime Busters

• I Due superpiedi quasi piatti
• Trinity in Trouble Again
• Two Supercops

Cut in 2003 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove sight of dangerous imitable technique (double ear clap) in order to achieve a PG. A 15 uncut was available to the distributor.

Crime Story

• Zhong an zu

The Hong Kong Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2003 Medusa/E1/Hong Kong Legend R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1996 MIA VHS
• 1995 Imperial VHS

There's also a cut US R Rated version from Dimension and a Thai Director's Cut that was cut by the local censor

Crimes of Passion

• Ken Russell's Crimes of Passion
• China Blue

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

1984 US drama by Ken Russell with Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins and Bruce Davison. See IMDb

The US release features the Director's Cut and is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2002 Starz/Anchor Bay R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The Swedish release features the Director's Cut for:

• Sw Studio S R2 DVD titled China Blue via UK Amazon

The Director's Cut restores cuts for the US R Rating but the additional scenes over and above the European Version are uncontroversial plots scenes previously removed for reasons of pace. See version details from IMDb

Summary Review: A Lurid Masterpiece

Ken Russell's masterpiece has cult movie written all over it. A lurid, extreme sex-and-violence fantasy porno-movie.

In the bravest and best performance of her career, Kathleen Turner plays the mystery woman who is Joanna, prim fashion designer by day and China Blue, the fantasy hooker to end all fantasy hookers, by night.

Her nemesis is Anthony Perkin's psychopathic preacher with the razor-sharp dildo. His is the kind of performance that goes beyond mere acting into some kind of crazy stratosphere all it's own.

 Barry Sandler's script is brilliant.

The European Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for strong sex, nudity and one use of very strong language with previous BBFC cuts waived:

• UK 2004 Optimum R2 DVD
• UK 2004 Film Four TV Showing

• UK 1986 Rank VHS
• UK 1985 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• Opening dialogue (over credits) missing the line Fuck You, Hopper!
• Deleted sight of Miss Liberty reaching through trouser opening to stroke client's erect penis (concealed by his trousers) immediately after unzipping his flies
• Considerably reduced duration of mock rape of China Blue by removing much of the thrusting and the two most explicit Japanese erotic prints.
• During China Blue's S&M scene with policeman client, deleted emphasis on his truncheon being inserted and twisted in his anus, sadomasochism to be generalised rather than reaching a climax through anal penetration.

Criminal Pursuit

Crocodile Dundee

Cuts waived for the 2002 release

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Uncut in the cinema, but 23s chopped from the CBS/Fox video
release of 1987

I seem to recall the cut having to do with a drugs joke (Paul Hogan pours cocaine into a basin of water and puts a towel over his head)

From the 1987 BBFC Annual Report:

Cuts to the comic scene of cocaine-snorting in the video of Crocodile Dundee, one of the most popular cinema films of 1986-87. Here small trims were required to remove not only the actual sight of sniffing, which on video now happens off-screen, but all dialogue reference to the nature of the substance by the sympathetic leading lady, who on film suggested an uncritical attitude towards the recreational use of cocaine. When the film was classified in early 1986, cocaine was not a major drug of abuse in Britain, and the scene was found acceptable because of its attractive comic tone. A year later, when the video was submitted, cocaine use had become a problem even for teenagers, and caution was called for in respect of a scene that might be viewed in the family setting for many years to come.

Crocodile Dundee 2

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2003

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Same cuts for cinema and CIC Video version of 1989

Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

• US 2002 MGM R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The uncut region 1 DVD is available here from US Amazon

• UK 2002 20th century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 2002 MGM R2 DVD
• UK 2002 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Distributor chose to remove two instances of strong language ('wanker') to achieve a PG. An uncut 12 was available.

The Crow

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R Rated

1994 US action film by Alex Proyas with Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott and Rochelle Davis. See IMDb

Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2007 EIV RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 EIV Special Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1999 EIV R2 DVD
• UK 1994 EIV VHS
• UK 1994 cinema releases

The US release is MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2011 Miramax Lionsgate RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2011 Miramax Lionsgate Collector's Series RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

Cut scenes and a workprint version are available as DVD extras. These reveal violence scenes cut to obtain an R Rating in the US. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The Crow: City of Angels

• The Crow II

Uncut version is available at:

The US release featuring the Director's Cut is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2011 Echo Bridge RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and via US Amazon
• US 2001 Dimension R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

• UK 2003 Buena Vista R2 DVD
• UK 2003 Buena Vista VHS
• UK 2001 Buena Vista R2 DVD
• UK 1997 Buena Vista VHS

• UK 1996 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• 2 throwing stars removed as Kali throws at Ashe. The first misses and the second hits his hand
• The sight of butterfly knife is removed as Kali draws it on Ashe.

Cruel Intentions

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R Rated

No BBFC cuts to the cinema release and 1999-2000 Columbia/TriStar videos/DVDS

From article from cosmos.net.au:

The following cuts were mentioned in the UK DVD audio commentary with the director, producer and various crew members.

• At 9:31 a shot of Sarah Michelle Geller actually snorting cocaine from the crucifix pendant was cut, despite how obvious it looks.
• At 33:34 Sarah Michelle Geller says, Enough with the girl scout stories. Just fuck her already when Selma Blair's character is showing off to Ronald, her cello teacher.

Cruel Intentions originally scored a US NC-17 rating. The MPAA said that these minor moments had to be removed before an R rating was possible.

Cruel Passion

• Amori vizi e depravazioni di Justine
• De Sade's Justine
• Justine
• Justine - Grausame Leidenschaften
• The Marquis de Sade's Justine

Uncut at:

Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived for strong sex and scenes of sexual violence:

• UK 2012 Nucleus R2 DVD at UK Amazon for release on 21st May 2012

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon
• US 2012 Redemption RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon for release on 24th April 2012
• US 2012 Redemption R1 DVD at US Amazon for release on 24th April 2012

Summary Review: Koo Stark is good as Justine

Justine is a nubile young virgin cast out of a French orphanage and thrust into a depraved world of prostitution.

She slips into a life of debauchery, torture, whipping, slavery and salaciousness. Meanwhile, her brazen, flirtatious and liberated sister Juliette ironically receives nothing but happiness and reward for her wanton behaviour.

Koo Stark is good as Justine, innocent, naive, and of course, beautiful. The film has great period detail is beautifully shot.

Unrated

UK: Passed 18 after 18s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1994 Jezebel VHS

US: Cut as per the UK version and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Redemption/Image R1 DVD

• UK 1986 AVR VHS
• UK 1977 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 99:24s = 95:25s PAL

Cruising

• William Friedkin's Cruising

Cuts waived when Warner DVD submitted in 2008

Thanks to Daniel, May 2008: Subliminally Different

Has anyone else noticed that although the new director’s cut recently released in the UK restores the previously censored subliminal footage, the footage itself is different. In the original version, the footage was darkish but still distinct and in colour. In the new version it’s bright, scratchy and in black & white! It doesn’t even look like the same footage, and is clearly discernibly during normal playback which was not the case in the original version. Is it still genuine hardcore footage?

It appears Channel 5’s uncut screening was of even more value than I first thought.

This region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Some of the cuts were waived for the 2003 FilmFour DVD: Three compulsory cuts for 18 required to remove sight of explicit anal penetration by penis in two murder scenes

Presumably these cuts are to the much talked about subliminal shots.

Note that when Channel 4 screened The Celluloid Closet a few years ago as part of a gay film season, this documentary (a survey of homosexuality in the movies) included clips from this film, one of which was the cut sequence of (almost) subliminal anal penetration building up to a murder. These were fairly rapid film inserts, but you couldn't fail to notice them.

• 30 seconds were removed from the 1st murder, 7 shots. About 19 seconds removed of the killer gliding the knife over the victim's body. To bridge the gap, a shot which turns up later, (the killer grabbing something to tie the victim up with) is run here instead. 2 more shots removed of the killer tying up the victim. During the stabbing, 4 shots were removed, 2 of these shots were subliminal images showing hardcore anal penetration.
• ~29minutes into the film, a camera pan across one of the gay bars has lost 6 seconds (Just before the guy asks Pacino about the hankie).

There still exists one other subliminal shot during the peepshow murder, the image is so dark it looks like nothing. It's cut into the shot of the knife going into the victim's back.

Cry Wolf

Unrated

The Unrated Version was passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2009 Optimum Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2006 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2005 Rogue R1 DVD at US Amazon

10s

PG-13

• UK 2005 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com. The PG-13 version lost 10s as the violence is toned down.

Cry-Baby

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

PG-13

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2005 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA PG-13 rated for:

• US 2005 Universal R1 DVD at US Amazon

The extra material added for the Director's cut is enjoyable and worth having. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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PG-13

• UK 2011 Universal Online
• UK 2011 Universal R0 Blu-ray
• UK 2011 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 1990 cinema release

• UK 1990 CIC VHS

Note that in 1990, 12 certificates weren't available for video so were generally moved up to 15.

This version suffers from strong language being beeped out

Crying Freeman: The Hostages

• Crying Freeman 4: Oshu Tôgoku
• Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge
• Crying Freeman 4: The Hostages

The BBFC cut the 1994 Manga video by 3s

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• When Freeman kills his devotee. What is missing is him jumping and ramming the knife into her chest via her naked breast.

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

Crying Freeman 5: The Impersonator

• Crying Freeman 5: Senjô no kishimojin
• Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown

The BBFC cut the Manga video by 17s in 1994

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via US Amazon

Crying Freeman 6: The Russian Connection

• Crying Freeman Kanketsu hen: Mumyô ryûsha
• Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory

The BBFC cut the Manga video by 58s in 1995

Cut as described by a BBFC examiner: The sequence begins as a purely pornographic representation of sex as Freeman makes love to a woman while thinking aloud about his next hit and then abruptly shifts to sexualised violence when he inserts the barrel of his gun between the woman's legs with his finger still on the trigger.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via US Amazon

Crystal

• No foh wai lung
• Nu huo wei long

The BBFC cut the 1993 TVB video by 46s.

Thanks to Bleach:

• At 7 mins - In cockfight sequence, remove all sight of birds in contact.

Cuba

No cuts were noted for the 1980 cinema release nor the 1998 Warner Home Video release.

But in 2003 the BBFC made cuts with the following comment: Compulsory cuts required to remove scenes of real cockfighting

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Curfew

The BBFC passed the 2002 Hollywood DVD 18 uncut

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

See review from IMDb: Home-invasion flick

I am happy to report that although this late-80s home-invasion flick might not be the most offensive or sleazy movie in the genre (see 70s classic Fight For Your Life or Ruggero Deodato's House On The Edge of The Park for more extreme examples), it does provide enough dubious fun to warrant a watch.

Kyle Richards plays Stephanie Davenport, the big-haired, big breasted (but not really that attractive) teenage daughter of a district attorney. After a night out fending off the amorous advances of her high-school quarterback boyfriend, young Steph returns home to find that her parents have been taken hostage by two violent escaped convicts, Ray Perkins and his younger brother Bob (played by Wendell Wellman and John Putch), who are seeking revenge on those responsible for putting them behind bars. Having already murdered the judge and psychiatrist involved in their case, the vicious psychos now intend to dish out their own brand of justice to the Davenports.

A pretty tasteless film packed with assorted moments of gratuitous nastiness (and a little bit of nudity for good measure), Curfew might not be to everyone's taste, but if you like exploitation, then you could certainly do a lot worse. Admittedly, the story is occasionally too clichéd (Stephanie working her womanly charms on younger brother Bob was very predictable) and some moments are rather questionable (the victims are locked in a cellar full of tools, yet fail to arm themselves), but as low-budget trash goes, this one's really not that bad.

Curse of Demon Mountain

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Remove sight of animal cruelty (two horses falling down a mountain side)

Curse of Frankenstein

• La maldición de Frankenstein
• Les expériences érotiques de Frankenstein
• The Erotic Adventures of Frankenstein
• The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

The French Unclothed Version has nude scenes mostly filmed as alternative takes from the Spanish Clothed Version

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The Spanish Clothed  Version BBFC was passed  15 without cuts for:

• UK 2006 Tartan R2 DVD

See cuts details from dvdcompare.net. The Spanish Clothed Version removes:

• all the nudity (partly through cutting, but mostly by using alternate clothed takes).
• The notorious scene in which a man and a woman are whipped until they fall onto spikes in a non-nude variant.
• The Spanish version also adds a complete subplot in which Lina Romay plays a peasant called Esmeralda.
• There are 5 extra filler scenes, with a total running time of 17:29 min. These scenes were apparently filmed some time after the original release.

The Curse of Frankenstein

best
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R Rated

UK: The US Version was passed 15 and later 12 without further BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2003 12 rated Warner R2 DVD
• UK 1989 15 rated Warner VHS

Spain: The US Version was released with original English soundtrack and removable subtitles for:

• Es R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The US Version is MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2005 Warner (Double bill with Taste the Blood of Dracula) R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

From IMDb. Cuts and edits were:

• A man's head being dissolved in acid is reduced to a brief shot as per the UK cinema version
• Missing a brief close up shot of a severed eyeball seen through the Baron's magnifying glass. See cut scene on youtube.com

The UK Cinema Version was passed X (16) with BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1957 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 83:21s = 80:01s PAL

The version shown on TV by the BBC is this UK cinema version.

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

• Cuts to the scene where a man's head is severed by the Baron and dissolved in acid. The severing was reduced to a brief shot and no footage at all survives of the acid scene.

See article from blog.hammerfilms.com:

The Hammer website questions whether this scene was filmed at all, but agrees that stills exist

Curse of the Dragon

• Bruce Lee: Curse of the Dragon

Two scenes have been cut in their entirety.

• A letterboxed clip from the alleyway nunchaku sequence in Way Of The Dragon.
• A clip of the Lee Vs. Danny Inosanto nunchaku duel from Game Of Death.

Has been shown uncut on Sky Televsion.

Curse of the Golden Flower

• Man Cheng Jin Dai Huang Jin Jia

Passed 15 after 4s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2007 Universal R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Compulsory cuts required to remove sight of real animal cruelty, in this instance horse falls

Curse of the Werewolf

• The Curse of Siniestro
• The Wolfman

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

Unrated

UK: Passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2010 Media Sales/Final Cut R2 DVD at UK Amazon\

US: Uncut for:

• US 2005 Universal Hammer Horror Series Boxset R1 DVD at US Amazon

The film has been completely restored with all the missing footage intact.

Summary Review: A fine job

In Spain, Leon is born on Christmas day to a mute servant girl who was raped by a beggar. His mother dies giving birth and he is looked after by Don Alfredo. As a child Leon becomes a werewolf after getting a taste for blood on a hunting trip

Oliver Reeds portrayal of Leon Corledo is magnificent. He has a great presence and a roughness to him that is perfect for playing a man cursed with lycanthropy.

The movie is heavy on atmosphere and creepy visuals. Terence Fisher, one of Hammers prime directors did a fine Job in bringing to life the tale of the werewolf. This is another jewel in his crown of great horror films.

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• UK 1995 Warner VHS

From IMDb:

The 1995 Warner VHS featured a print often shown by BBC which featured different cuts. Much of the material cut for the 1961 release is intact except for a reduced stabbing. However additional shots were missing including scenes showing dead bodies, shots of dead goats, and much of the climactic killing of the werewolf, including his deafening by the bells, the bloody gunshot wound, and some shots of his dead face over the closing credits.

• UK 1961 cinema release

From IMDb:

The film had considerable problems with the BBFC on its initial cinema release and was subsequently cut by around 5 minutes.

Among the scenes edited:

• heavy cuts to the repeated stabbing of the Marquis (reduced to 1 stab)
• the murder of the prostitute where scenes of biting and a shot of her dead body were completely removed
• the killing of the werewolf in the bell tower which saw shots of his screaming when the bells ring, a blood spurt from a gunshot, and a closeup of his blood-dripping face also removed.
• In addition the film was also cut to edit scenes of the servant girl waking in the dungeon
• a shot of the Marquis picking a scab from his face
• images of dead lambs.

The submitted running time was noted as 88:24s

Cursed

• Verflucht
• Wes Craven's Cursed

The 2005 Buena Vista DVD was passed 15 uncut. The running time suggests that it is the US Unrated Version (99 mins NTSC) but reviewers suggest that it is still the Theatrical Version.

A gorier, Unrated Version was released on DVD featuring scenes with violence more graphic than what was seen in the theatrical PG-13 version of the film. The differences are as follows (includes Spoilers):

From cuts details on IMDb

• In the PG-13 version, Shannon Elizabeth's character Becky is simply dragged away by the wolf at the end of the opening sequence. In the unrated version, Becky is torn in half and her bloodied upper-torso is tossed back at Jimmy and Ellie.
• In the PG-13 version, during Ellie's nightmare, she merely bites Joshua Jackson's character Jake in the neck. The scene then cuts to a quick montage of bizarre images before Ellie wakes up. In the unrated version, after Ellie bites into Jake, she's shown ripping a large chunk of his neck off and then a torrent of blood shoots out of his wound.
• In the PG-13 version, after Joanie knocks out Jake she starts looking for Ellie and Jimmy. In the unrated version, she first stops by Kyle's body, digs into the large gash in his stomach with her hands, pulls them out and then licks his blood off her fingers before proceeding to look for Ellie and Jimmy.
• In the unrated version, Joanie (in wolf form) is killed when she is shot in the head and her brains slowly ooze onto the floor.
• In the PG-13 version, the coroner discovers that Joanie's corpse has changed back into human form when her nude body is shown laying on the floor. In the unrated version, a sheet over her body is pulled back and only her face, complete with a bullet hole in her forehead, is shown.
• In the PG-13 version, Jake's death by decapitation occurs off-camera. In the unrated version, Ellie is actually shown stabbing him in the neck with the shovel a couple of times before finally cutting his head off.

2:20s

PG-13

• 2005 cinema release

Cut and Run

• Inferno in diretta
• Amazon: Savage Adventure
• Straight to Hell

The 1985 Medusa video was not cut by the BBFC, but the softer of two versions was submitted

From cuts details on IMDb

There were 2 different versions of this film made for different markets. The first version was a straight forward action film, which was made for the US market (to get an R rating) and for countries like the UK where censorship restrictions where problematic. However the director filmed several additional extra gory scenes for use in Italy, Japan and other countries that demanded a "stronger" version.

These included alternate takes on the intro fight scene, the drug house massacre and the raid on the jungle camp, which featured additional violence nudity and gore.

Thanks to Simon:

The US Anchor Bay DVD contains the additional extra gory scenes in Italian language only (so the dialogue keeps switching between Italian and English) as they claim the extra gory "hard" version was never dubbed into English.

This is not the case as the Hong Kong video was of the uncut version and entirely in English. Also, there's a couple of scenes in the Anchor Bay DVD in Italian that were actually dubbed into English on the "soft" version, so there's no reason for these to be in Italian at all.

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

Review from UK Amazon: Slick jungle adventure

This is a slick jungle adventure that was first offered to Wes Craven but was given to Ruggero Deodato to direct.

The producers wanted a Cannibal Holocaust 2 and it shows with several scenes that is not for the squeamish but looking beyond that this is a big budget 80's horror/action adventure that boasts several standout performances and an outstanding score from Claudio Simonetti.

Given his brief screen time Richard Lynch gives a weird understated performance that was something out of Colonel Kurtz from Apocolypse Now.

Who also stands out even though he is given even less time than Lynch is Michael Berryman who has to be given the honour of having the greatest screen entrances of all time!! You have to see to believe!

Lastly was lifts right up above the rest is the pounding score by Simonetti, it creates the right mood for a jungle setting and switches pace with that of the movie. If anybody wants to know what the role of a score is, just watch this film.

Although this film does suffer from conflicting plot lines and confused genre direction, it is still a great film that is worth seeing.

Cutthroat Island

Uncut version is available at:

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

• US 2009 Lions Gate R0 Blu-ray  via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2007 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The 2003 Momentum DVD release was planned as a 15 rated release but this was denied and the DVD was pre-cut for a PG. The BBFC asked for a further 1s cut to reduce violence. Some scenes previously cut were reinstated though

From IMDb:

• Before leaving the room in the opening scene, Morgan tells the man she's just seduced: "I got your balls."
• Morgan pushes the eyepatched guard off a balcony saying "I promised I'd take care of you later", paying off a line earlier that never made sense without both scenes.
• When the chain wraps around Morgan's neck in the tavern she is now pulled off backwards in a bad CGI shot that shows her landing on a table below.
• More fighting scenes, more slashing of bellies.
• When Dawg shoots his own crew member ("We need less mouths") it's obvious this still remains badly cut as the gunshot cuts off abruptly and we don't see the man taking the bullet.

A further 4s over the cinema cuts was required for the 1996 video release from Guild

Comparison between the original and the UK video reveal the following differences:

1. Morgan (Geena Davis) is frisked for hidden weapons but we miss 3s of a man with his hands on her breast
2. A shot of Morgan being pulled off the balcony by a chain around her neck has been reduced by 5s
3. Morgan eventually gets to head-butt the groper but we miss 6s of that revenge.
4. Captain Dawg's (Frank Lagella's) shooting of one of his own men has been cut by 2s.
5. Morgan rescues her crew and breaks a guard's neck. We miss 10s of this
6. Morgan is not seen taking keys from the dead guard, accounting for 4s
7. We are missing 1s of Morgan cutting a man's throat
8. 29s has been removed from Blair's (Rex Linn's) fight with a pirate on the bridge
9. A fight involving Glasspoole (Stan Shaw) is missing 3s accounted for a kick in the face.

The cinema version was completely re-edited to remove the pervasive violence that would have made it a 15. Here, the failure of judgment seemed to be the film-maker's, in pumping up the mayhem at the expense of story and characters. Maintaining appropriate limits on the violence in family films must begin by acknowledging that there is less control of audience age in the home than in the cinema. It is sometimes necessary to impose further cuts on video. When everything else in a film is gratuitous, it is perhaps unsurprising that the violence should be gratuitous as well, in this case objectionably so.

Cutting Class

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2004 Prism R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2001 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• UK 1989 Locus VHS

From IMDB:

The US Lionsgate DVD is advertised as the Unrated Version though it actually features a badly edited print. This is missing:

• shots of blood spurts during Gary's throat slashing

• the teacher with the axe in his head

• Brian being hit with a hammer

• shots of a bloody Brian as he falls on the chainsaw.

Cutting Moments

• [part of] Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America

ILC Prime DVD cut in 2003 with the following comment: Three compulsory cuts were required to sight of hedge shears being applied to a breast in sexualised context.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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

Review from US Amazon: A negative film

The plot is actually a combination of three distinctly separate stories, all of which focus on one character and their decent into heartbreak, madness, and in some cases, murder. The first story is called Cutting Moments, a bleak expose that, frankly, has no redeeming qualities. It opens with a man named Patrick (Gary Betsworth) trimming his hedges. Right away we see that he's completely detached from the world; looking him in the eye would be as meaningless as looking at someone on a television screen. He then forces himself to speak pleasantly (unsuccessfully) with his young son (Jared Barsky), who's just as detached as his father is.

And then we meet Sarah (Nicca Ray), the wife and mother. Apparently, Sarah fits the recently coined Desperate Housewife profile, struggling with the torment of feeling unattractive and unloved. She makes one last attempt at a moment of happiness with her husband by dressing in a flattering red dress and putting on lipstick. His complete failure to notice her sends her over the edge ultimately leading to one of the most disgusting scenes of self-mutilation I've ever seen. I'll spare you the details, although I will say this much: Patrick certainly notices her then. And something is awakened within him, something much darker. By the time you get to the final shots of them in bed, you'll understand what I mean.

So I go back to my original point: why did I like Family Portraits? Maybe it's because--despite the repulsive gore, the wallowing characters, and the inescapable despair--it does follow a kind of twisted logic, one that centers on the reality of grief. This isn't to say that the film takes a moral stance against it; if that was the intention, the filmmakers certainly chose a funny way to get their point across. No, I think they were trying to say something else; specifically, that grief exists, period. It's a simple truth, but it's a truth nonetheless, and for a lot of people, it's something they have to live with everyday. Still, it makes you wonder: was there really no other way to say what needed to be said, even in a film about mental and physical suffering? Watching this is an emotionally draining ordeal, and if you don't prepare yourself for it, you just might lose yourself in a whirlwind of misery.

Doesn't sound like very much fun, does it? Oh well. It's a negative way to end a review for a negative film, and I'm sure that counts as something.

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• Masters of the Universe 2: The Cyborg

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R Rated

The cut R Rated Version was passed 18 with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2000 MGM/20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Cuts were made in the US to avoid and MPAA X Rating:

• A throat-slitting was reduced by near the start of the film.
• Cuts to the slaughter at the start of the attack on the village

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• UK 1990 Pathe VHS

The film was released around the time of the Hungerford massacre so that probably accounts for most of the cuts.

1. During the opening scene when the slinger is attacked by Fender's gang we do not see one punch to the face by the female thug, one punch to the ribs, one punch to the face and 3 kicks to the stomach by the male thug.
2. Fender cutting the slingers throat was actually an MPAA cut as a few scenes had to be toned down for an R rating.
3. When Gibs helps out the Pearl by stabbing the thug in the stomach with his own knife we fail to see a side on shot of this.
4. During the attack on the village, after Fender punches the man and say that he cant swim because hates the water we fail to see him grab a woman and says "Hey, I caught a nice fish here". The man screams for Fender to stop but he breaks the girls neck and picks up a wooden pole. A member of his gang opens tha mans mouth and Fender jams in the pole (this is offscreen). MPAA cuts were made to slaughter scenes at the beginning of the attack.
5. Heavy cuts were made to the wasteland fight with the thugs in the abandoned building. After the first thug trips Gibs with a chain we should see a blade attachment spring out from Gibs' boot. He then does a jumping spin kick cutting the thugs throat with the blade. We should then see a close up of the thug squirting blood from his neck onto the wall. We then fail to see Gibs grab another thug, break his arm over his shoulder and slash him twice in the stomach with the knife. We also fail to see him fight with another thug were the thug slashes him in the stomach and Gibs punches him twice to the face and then delivers 3 kicks to the thugs head. There are various other small snippets to the scene such as close ups of knives, weapons etc.
6. I am not sure about this but there is a scene just before we see Pearl's operation to become a cyborg. The scene shows Hayley sitting naked in Fenders boat. I may be wrong but I do not think this is in the UK version.
7. In the scene where van damme finds Fendor in the abandoned factory during the fight with the first thug when Gibs kicks him up against the barrel we fail to see him kick the thug in the face in a slow motion close up. When the next thug kicks Gibs in the face we fail to see the thug deliver another 2 kicks to Gibs' back before he falls over the edge.
8. During the chase though the swamps the fight between the two women is cut. We fail to see Nady sever the female thugs hand with a blade and stab her in close up.
9. When Gibs is fighting the thug in the water, he is grabbed and thrown to the ground by another thug. We fail to see Gibs boot blade appear and get snapped off by the thug.
10. Gibs is lying on the ground surrounded by Fenders gang and Fender says "Stand him up". The UK version cuts straight to him up on the cross. We should see a very lengthy scene were Fender constantly punches Gibs in the face. An exhausted Gibbs retailiates with kicks and punches but Fender easily blocks them and repeatedly punches Gibs face till he is nearly unconcious. He then removes his own sunglasses, smiles at Gibs headbutts him.
11. At various points in the film scenes of the young Hayley holding the barbed wire have been trimmed.
12. The fight in the barn with Nady and the female thug reduces chair shots, punches and kicks.
13. The fight with the long haired thug who says "I kill slingers" loses Gibs repeatedly kicking the thug in the ribs.
14. The end fight with Fender has been severely cut. Before Gibs is thrown through the car window shots of the two men trading puches back and forth have been cut. When van Gibs emerges from the car we, again, lose scenes of the two men trading punches. When Gibs stabs Fender we lose a close up of the knife entering his stomach. Finally in the barn when Fender is choking Van Damme we lose shots of Gibs giving Fender a double ear clap, an arm break, a close up side kick to the ribs, a punch to the face, several punches to the stomach, some form of attempted neck break, and several elbows to the stomach.

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See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

The US release featuring the longer International Version is uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

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

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com:

The International Version which contains extended plot scenes plus some more violence. It also focusses more on the cannibalism topic.

Summary Review: Campy Cult Gem

An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive..

Certainly an intense and at times campy little cult gem from Rene Cardon Jr.

• UK 1986 Xtasy VHS