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The Da Vinci Code

Cut by the BBFC for a 12 rating. The Extended Version is uncut at 15.

Summary Notes

A murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity.

A video and detailed description of the BBFC cuts in
Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge 10: The Da Vinci Code/Angels & Demons 25th July 2014

See more from Cutting Edge
 

• 2009 Sony R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The Extended Version is MPAA unrated for:

• 2009 Sony R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon

• UK 2006 Sony R2 DVD

However it seems that sounds cuts weren't actually implemented and that the UK 12 rated DVD is actually the uncut US Theatrical Version.

• UK 2006 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• The BBFC advised the company that sound levels during some acts of violence may be too impactful for 12A and that the film was likely to receive a 15 classification. The final score and sound effects on the completed film included differences in sound levels which reduced the strength of some acts of violence to an extent which made the film acceptable at 12A.

Thanks to Gavin Salkeld. None of the musical score was changed or reduced in any way. As for the cuts:

• Silas breaking the thieves' necks has had the sound effects reduced in volume. In the theatrical cut, the second neck break happens off-screen, but you see both in the extended cut.
• The impact of Silas striking the nun with the slab was reduced in volume
• The impact sounds of Fache kicking the air traffic controller were reduced in volume

Passed 15 uncut for:

• 2010 Eros DVD

• 2010 cinema release

Daddy Darling

Banned by the BBFC for 1970 cinema release. Uncut for 1973 cinema release

Summary Review: Intelligent erotica

A young Danish girl (Helli Louise) seduces everything in sight after daddy refuses her naughty come-ons. She'll have a lesbian affair with her teacher, pretend that her teenage boyfriend is dear old dad and finally get to her stepmother

The taboo of incest is explored/exploited by Joe Sarno in this flick, but it's the daughter lusting after Dad and not the other way around.

For a film made in 1969, it's notoriety lies in its stretching the limits and possibilities of soft-core erotica, just before the advent of hardcore movies. It helps that the actresses are attractive, the nudity abundant, and the exploitation envelope pushed. All in all, a good example of reasonably intelligent erotica from a lost era, well-handled and well-executed.

Unrated

• 1973 cinema release

US: MPAA Unrated for:

• 2008 Retro-Seduction R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

France: Uncut for:

• Fr ARTE R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 1970 cinema release

Daddy Day Care

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

• 2003 Sony Special Edition R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2003 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

• 2003 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

During post-production, the UK distributor sought and was given advice about classification. After receiving that advice the company chose to make a change to the film for release in the UK and as a result the UK cinema version may differ from the US cinema version. The change consists of the removal of a sequence in which a child drinks bubble mixture and then blows bubbles from his mouth. The only formal submission to the BBFC for classification was of the UK cinema version and this was passed PG without cuts.

Daddy's Home

Cut for an MPAA PG-13 rating.

In an interview with Collider, the filmmakers said that the MPAA weren't too happy about some sexual dialogue scene and the way it was delivered so they had to change it in order to avoid an R rating. The filmmakers added that it is unlikely that the cut material will ever be released.

Daisy

BBFC category cuts were required for 18 rated 2016 DVD

Promotional Material:

Daisy tells the story of real life porn star Daisy Rock and her involvement within the controversial and multi-billion dollar Adult Film Industry . It depicts her story as she contemplates her life whilst shooting her last film in Ibiza. Her story is unadorned and authentic, without glorification or prejudice. It delivers a deep insight into her personal life as a porn star.

• 2016 Bright Spark video

• Distributor chose to remove clear sight of unsimulated sexual activity (in this case, oral sex) in order to achieve an 18 classification. An R18 without cuts was available.

Damage

Uncut in the UK but cut in the US for an MPAA R rating

Summary Notes

A member of Parliament (Irons) falls passionately in love with his son's fiancée. They pursue their affair with obsessive abandon despite the dangers of discovery and what it would do to his complacent life and his son. Completely obsessed, he wants to give up his current lifestyle to be with her. She has no intention of allowing him to do this, preferring to have her marriage to the son as a cover. They are eventually discovered, and must deal with the damage. Based on the novel by Josephine Hart.

Unrated

• 2015 Icon Home Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2003 Cinema Club R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1993 EIV VHS
• 1992 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 Warner Archive [Unrated + R Rated Versions] R0 DVD-R at US Amazon

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The cuts for an MPAA R rating were:

• 4s of entwined lovemaking deleted from the sex scene between Stephen and Anna

See These are the Damned

Damned by Desire

Banned by the BBFC for 1969 cinema release, not seen since.

• 1969 cinema release

Damo

Cut by 3:38s when submitted to the BBFC in 2007: Cuts were required to remove repeated sight of a cruel horse fall and sight of a chicken being mistreated

Dance Flick

The Extended & Outrageous Version/US Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for the 2010 Paramount R2 DVD.

This includes 6:16s of extra uncontentious material.

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

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

See The Fearless Vampire Killers

See Perdita Durango

PG-13

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

• 2004 Pathe Special Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1992 Guild VHS
• 1991 cinema release

US: The Director's Cut/Extended Version is MPAA PG-13 Rated for:

• 2011 MGM 20th Anniversary Edition RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Both versions have their champions so considered as alternatives rather than one being definitive. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

PG-13

• 2009 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2009 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1991 Guild VHS
• 1990 cinema releas

• UK 1974 cinema release

Danger! 50,000 Zombies

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC statement: Cuts to three uses of very strong expletive, ie cunt, in order to attain a '15' category. An uncut '18' was available

Dangerous Game

• Snake Eyes

Cut for a US R rating. But the uncut version was released in the UK and later in the US Unrated.

Summary Notes

A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.

Unrated

• 2001 Universal R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1994 Polygram VHS
• 1994 cinema release

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

• 2015 Olive Films [Unrated + R rated version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2005 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com . The R rated version is cut by 27s in two scenes:

• video footage of an orgy is missing a little simulated sex
• The clothed rape scene has been shortened

The Daniel Connection

BBFC cuts required for a 2015 12A rated cinema release.

Summary Notes

When her best friend, an underground journalist is mysteriously killed whilst investigating alien sightings, a feisty radio presenter realizes her own life is endangered as others around her disappear and the Federal Protection Force increase in power and control. Not knowing who to trust when she discovers film footage of a secret detention center and then a troubled detective offers to help her, she finds the same subjects keep coming to the fore. A mixture of ancient mysteries and conspiracy theories masquerading as science fiction. However, the more she digs, the more she realizes that the ancient prophecies foretelling the end of this world as we know it may be frighteningly accurate. This apocalyptic thriller is based on a best selling documentary, The Daniel Project.

• 2015 Studio Scotland. video

• Cuts required to remove incorrect and inaccurate use of BBFC ratings symbols and information.

See Banned International: The Danish Girl

Daredevil

• Daredevil: A Daring New Vision

BBFC Advised category cuts for cinema failed to get the required 12 rating. The Theatrical Version is uncut on home video. There is also a Director's Cut

Summary Notes

A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.

Cutting Edge: Quick Trims

See video on YouTube by Gavin Salkeld
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R Rated

• 2005 20th Century Fox Director's Cut R2 DVD at UK Amazon

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

• 2008 20th Century Fox Director's Cut RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2004 20th Century Fox Director's Cut R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb. The Directors Cut is very different (and improved). There are many narrative changes but those changes that may be censorship related are:

• There are more scenes involving The Kingpin at his most vicious, at point killing two of his own bodyguards by breaking their necks.
• The fight scene in the playground with Matt and Elektra is longer.
• The scene in the bar where Daredevil takes out the bikers is longer and more violent.
• An exchange during the Natchios' party where Foggy and Wesley have a verbal exchange, that ends by Foggy saying What a dick.
• The scene where Matt returns from his battle in the opening of the film, he is seen in his apartment pouring Epsom salt into the water of his coffin and as he is about to lay down he starts to hear noises and sounds from the outside world as far as seeing a woman crawling on the floor and ends by him laying down inside the coffin and the top sealing.
• The scene where Bullseye demands his own costume is restored to I want a fucking costume as opposed to the theatrical version where he says I want a bloody costume
• The fight between Elektra and Bullseye is longer and ends with Bullseye giving her a kiss before he throws her onto the roof of the adjacent building.
• The final confrontation between Daredevil and The Kingpin is longer and more brutal.

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PG-13

• 2009 20th Century Fox R0 Blu-ray
• 2003 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

It appears that the previous distributor cinema cuts did not produce the desired 12 certificate and so the cuts were re-instated for the video/DVD version.

cut

• 2003 cinema release

It seems that the distributors ran out of time before the release deadline to try another submission for the required 12 rating.

The BBFC commented:

During post-production, the UK distributor sought and was given advice about classification. After receiving that advice the company chose to make changes to the film for release in the UK. The changes occur in two scenes:

• in the fight between Elektra and Bullseye the UK version lacks all sight of a dagger sticking through Elektra's hand and all sight of her removing the dagger from her hand
• in the fight between Daredevil and Kingpin the UK version lacks a headbutt and has the sound of breaking bones partially obscured by a crack of thunder.

Daredevils of the Desert

• Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones Vol 2 - Disc 8

Similarly cut in 2000 and 2008. Cuts were required under BBFC policy to remove animal cruelty - in this case two galloping horses being tripped in dangerous fashion so that they land on their necks and heads.

Dario Argento's World of Horror

1:00s pre-cuts prior to submission include:

1. Cut: machete in the face scene passed for Dawn of the Dead
2. Cut: hand chopping from Tenebrae, also cut in Tenebrae

Dark City

R Rated

The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2008 EIV RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2008 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon

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

• 2008 EIV RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2008 EIV R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

The Director's Cut is the preferential version. Thanks to all the plot extensions, the DC has more substance and some new aspects. In combination with the modifications of the coloring and the new effects, the movie looks just better and makes a better impression.

R Rated

• 1999 EIV VHS
• 1998 EIV VHS
• 1998 cinema release

Dark House

• Darkroom

Note: Edited for re-rate in January 2014. Previous R rating from a few months earlier was voided. No change in rating or rating reason.

Uncut by the BBFC. The 12A rating lead to the film being the most complained about film in recent years. The complainants mostly suggested that it should have been 15 rated.

There were rumours of a director's cut but these never panned out

The Dark Side of Love

• Fotografando Patrizia

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 One 7 Films R0 DVD at US Amazon

• 1994 Jezebel VHS

Dark Side of the Moon

Dark Star

G Rated

UK: The Director's Cut/Extended Version was passed A/PG uncut for:

• 2011 Fabulous Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2011 Fabulous HyperDrive Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1997 Fabulous VHS
• 1989 Hendring VHS
• 1978 cinema release

US: uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

• 2012 VCI Thermostellar  Edition Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2010 VCI HyperDrive Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

Note it seems likely that the UK release features the variant that has blurred Playboy pinups on the walls

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The Director's Cut/Extended Version adds 9:42s of additional scenes, namely:

• the meteor storm
• banter in the bunk room
• Doolittle's improvised musical instrument made from bottles

Dark Tales: Episodes 21-24

Darkman

Cut by the BBFC for a 15 rated 1990 cinema release. Then less cut for 18 rated VHS and DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Review : Entertaining

Sam Raimi directed this entertaining action yarn hot on the heels of 1989's hit Batman. Liam Neeson (before he hit it big) stars as scientist Peyton Westlake, who has developed a synthetic skin, only problem is, it can only hold for 99 minutes before it deteriorates. When his lab is destroyed by Robert Durant (Larry Drake), Peyton is blasted into a nearby harbor. He is left horribly scarred, but when he recovers he uses the synthetic skin to get his revenge on his would be murderers while trying to get back with his girlfriend (Frances McDormand).

Darkman is really entertaining and is a great twist on superhero movies, Neeson shines as the tortured soul hero, while McDormand is great as his girlfriend. Recommended to those looking for a comic style movie with a twist.

• 2014 Shout! Factory Collectors Edition RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2010 Universal R0 Blu-ray
• 2007 Universal Darkman Trilogy R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

• 2015 MediumRare RB Blu-ray
• 2008 Universal R2 DVD
• 1999 Universal video
• 1991 CIC VHS

Most of the cinema cuts were restored for the 18 rated video except:

• The deleted seconds are missing from the start when Durant turns up at the warehouse. Eddie Black's henchmen start walking toward the camera (to frisk Durant's men) and there is a shot of one of them swinging some nunchukas. The BBFC were sensitive to nunchukas so we are denied this shot.

• 1990 cinema release

Darkness

The US Theatrical Version was cut for and MPAA PG-13 rating. There is also an uncut Spanish/Unrated Version.

Summary Notes

There's something in this house... Something ancient and dark that remains still, hidden and silent. It can only wait, having been concealed in the shadows for years. In fact, its milieu is darkness. Only in it can it show itself and move. It even takes its name: DARKNESS. It's lived here since someone tried to call it, more than forty years ago. Because this house hides a secret, a terrible past, an inconceivably evil act... Seven children, faceless people, a circle that must be completed. And blood, lots of blood...

Unrated

• 2005 Buena Vista R2 DVD at UK Amazon

UK: The Spanish Theatrical Version/Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language, moderate violence and supernatural horror for:

• 2005 Buena Vista R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2005 Dimension R1 DVD at US Amazon

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• 2005 Buena Vista R2 DVD
• 2005 cinema release

See extensive pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Darkness

• Leif Jonker's Darkness

The US release is the MPAA Unrated Director's Cut/Vampire Version for:

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

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 1998 Screen Edge VHS

Darling

• Darling - A Que Amou Demais

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1965 cinema release. This cut version was passed 15 for 1989 VHS. Uncut and 15 rated on DVD since 2007. Both cut and uncut versions exist in the US.

Summary Notes

Young, attractive and vivacious, model Diana Scott is firmly decided to become rich and famous as well. To succeed, she does not hesitate to take bold steps. After a while, she literally strikes gold: she meets Robert Gold, a well-known TV journalist, who not only introduces her into new social and professional circles, but also abandons his family to live with her. Diana seems to have happily combined success and love. However, in those roaring sixties, others are ready to offer her even more money, fame, and, seemingly, fun than Robert can...

Unrated

• 2015 Studiocanal RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2007 Optimum Releasing video

The uncut US version is MPAA unrated for

• 2003 R1 MGM DVD at US Amazon

The US version, released by Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures in 1965, is cut by four minutes (including a nude scene of Julie Christie at the end of the film). The Embassy Home Entertainment VHS contains the shorter version while the MGM DVD and VHS contain the uncut version.

• 2000 Warner VHS
• 1989 Warner VHS

• 1970 cinema release

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

• Cut by the the BBFC to remove shots of a man wearing a woman's corset
• cut to heavily shorten a scene at a party in Paris where guests watch a couple making love on a hotel bed (the scene was edited to end the scene before the male partner appears).

Das Boot

• The Boat

The TV Version/Mini Series was passed 12 uncut for:

• 2004 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD

R Rated

• 2011 Sony R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 1999 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• 1999 Columbia/TriStar VHS

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

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

• 1998 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1998 Columbia/TriStar VHS

• 1994 Columbia/TriStar VHS

• 1985 RCA/Columbia VHS

• 1982 cinema release

• Dasavatharam

A longer version was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2009 Ayngaran DVD

• 2008 cinema release

Date Movie

A US comedy with the inevitable Theatrical and Extended versions.

Unrated

• 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2006 20th Century Fox Ra DVD at US Amazon

From pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

• The Unrated DVD adds some 126s of extra material and uncensored speech but it has no consequences for the movie's quality.

PG-13

• 2006 cinema release

Date Night

Unrated

The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2010 20th Century Fox Blu-ray at UK Amazon

The US is release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2010 20th Century Fox Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2010 20th Century Fox R1 Blu-ray at US Amazon

The extra footage is uncontentious but worthwhile. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

PG-13

• 2010 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

The Daughter of Emanuelle

• La fille d'Emmanuelle

The BBFC noted a re-edited version for 2012 submission. Otherwise uncut

Summary Notes

Emanuelle's daughter Pussy introduces her to her new lover and she suffers a flash of recognition.

• 2012 Firefly Entertainment Video

• 2003 Pegasus R0 DVD
• 1979 cinema release

Daughters of Darkness

• Les lèvres rouges

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2010 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1993 Tartan VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 Blue Underground R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2008 Blue Underground R0 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a cut US R Rated release to avoid.

Review from US Amazon : Underrated gem

There's nothing like a bunch of gals trooping around in revealing outfits, or no outfits at all, to perk up the dreary old Stoker legend. And if you can make the head vampire a woman, that certainly can't hurt either. Welcome to Daughters of Darkness.

You just gotta love this film. Daughters of Darkness is one of the best vampire films I have ever seen for a multitude of reasons. The primary reason the picture succeeds is due to the amazing talents of Delphine Seyrig. Who is this enchanting woman and where has she been all my life? I love this lady! She manages to make her character insanely gorgeous and metaphysically eerie at the same time. She slinks around in shimmering outfits dropping suggestive comments, tells horribly gory stories, winks, and grins with the greatest of ease. And her fate at the end of the film is gruesome and disturbing. Just as good as Seyrig is the oppressive atmosphere of the hotel and the desolate surroundings.

Daughters of Darkness deserves five stars for its amazing performances and over the top antics.

Run, don't walk, to pick up a copy of this underrated gem.

• 1971 cinema release

Daughters of Satan

• Die Töchter Satans

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1972 cinema release, later uncut on DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

James Robertson buys a painting depicting witches being burned at the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife, Chris. Chris, gradually taken over by the personality of the witch in the painting that she resembles, allies herself with two other reincarnated witches to plan James' death, as he proves to be a descendant of the man responsible for the witches' fate.

MPAA

• 2003 ILC Prime R0 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2011 MGM R0 DVD at US Amazon

• 1972 cinema release

• Vikram

BBFC category cuts for a 12A rated cinema release in 2013

• 2013 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Distributor chose to make cuts to remove:

• a scene of violence (a man being set alight after being doused with alcohol) and
• a scene of bloody self-harming (a man cutting his arm with a knife)

in order to obtain a 12A rating. An uncut 15 classification was available.

See article from in.omg.yahoo.com :

Director Bejoy Nambiar has decided to remove Lucky Ali's song Ya Hussain from his new film David after some groups objected to it.

A section of the Muslim community had urged Nambiar to remove the song as they felt it does not befit their definition of propriety. The song accompanied a sequence in the film, which showed a Moharram procession. Nambiar explained:

They (Muslim groups) objected to the song. But they were kind enough to accept my invitation to discuss the matter. After a lengthy discussion, it was decided that it would be better if I didn't hurt anyone's sentiments. So I've decided to remove the song.

David and Goliath

• David e Golia

The cinema release of 1961 was uncut but the DVD/video release was cut with the following BBFC comment: Cuts required to sight of horses tripping head over heels, to obtain a 'U''

Dawn of the Dead

• Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead

Uncut version is available at:

The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2004 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon

From David: Fake Blood

The US release promising the Director's Cut is in fact cut.

I have checked all versions. The UK/Europe R2 is uncut. The unrated US R1 version and US Blu-ray are strangely censored in the scene of the topless female zombie who walks out in front of Anna's jeep. Her naked breasts  have been obscured by fake looking digitally added blood on the windscreen.

Review from UK Amazon : Great sense of humour

This remake has been handled exceptionally well.

Looking at other recent remakes ( Texas Chainsaw Massacre , The Ring etc.) you're perfectly entitled to feel a little bit cautious as to whether this film is going to be much cop....I know I was! Especially given that the original is one of my favourite films.

Don't worry though. It's a great film! The feeling of dread may be missing but it's replaced by tons of adrenaline-fueled terror (Thanks to the change in Zombies' speed) and the special effects and gore are second to none. What this film also has is a great sense of humour.....which is just what's needed at certain points!

Overall, this remake is not better or worse than the original, it's different. It runs at a much different pace, emphasises have changed and it's far more about fun and thrills than doom and despair.

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R Rated

• 2004 EIV R2 DVD
• 2004 cinema release

Thanks to David:

I can honestly say that after watching this film UNRATED it really sticks in your mind. You learn loads more more about the characters with this extra dialogue in terms of character development and the film is becomes like the original 1978 horror classic with all that nice gore included.

The R rated version suffers cuts as follows:

• When Ana arrives at the Bus Transport and sees the two zombies tearing someone apart in the back of the bus, there is a shot of a nude woman (bare breasted) looking dazed and confused. Very disturbing scene and I can see why the MPAA insisted on its being removed! In the Region 1 DVD - the woman's breasts have been obscured by digitally adding extra blood to the windscreen that the camera is viewing through. This extra blood is not added in the UK Region 2 version.

• Right after ANA and KEN meet up, they walk past a playground right before entering the small tunnel. As they arrive at the back entrance of the mall, everyone gets a surprise as this crazy looking dude comes running. He also brings some nice friends...While in the store, they see the toilet sitting there, which ends up going through the window.

• When MICHAEL shoots the mallet up through the zombie's neck into his head, extra brain matter was removed in the theatrical cut.

• Two dip shits discussing the zombie outbreak while CJ watches in anger.

• We actually get to see CJ waste the zombie janitor in the sports store.

• Right after the "Down With The Sickness" montage, instead of cutting to the sniper shot of Jay Leno, CJ is reading a women's top 3 list to BART who is asleep. #1 in his list is trust. GLEN tells the uncomfortable BART and CJ the first time he knew he was gay...lol

• A quick shot of NORMA grabbing that hotties cigarette right as ANDRE leaves for LIDA.

• The actual gunshots which hit Norma as her and Andre battle it out.

• A more realistic shot of the zombie baby right before getting done in.

• Michael and Anna make out in the shuttle bus before the "food-Andy meeting"

• A lot more zombies during their run for the gun shop. More Zombies, and more headshots.

• Awesome shot of a zombie's half-face after getting a shotgun blast by KEN.

• THE MISSING GUN SHOP EXIT: CJ runs to the roof with a propane tank and chucks it over. He's aiming with Andy's sniper rifle. Aim...Ready...Fire!!! How will we know if he shoots it? CJ exits the gunshop last, leaving right up to his exit from the truck and back onto the street. (Where the theatrical cut left you). CJ gets another zombie right before blowing up another propane tank.

• More gore is involved in the scene when the blonde babe gets sawn in half by Glen. Blood splatters on KEN's face blinding him, causing the turn-over.

• We get to see Michael actually place the gun up to his throat and Bang- suicide!

Dawn of the Dead

• Dawn of the Living Dead
• Zombies
• Zombie: Dawn of the Dead
• George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead
• Dawn of the Living Dead: The Zombies
• Zombi
  Zombie
• Zombies: Dawn of the Dead

A long history of BBFC cuts to Dawn of the Dead from 1978 - 1997. The cuts were waived in 2003 but there are still multiple versions to add to the complexity.

Summary Review: Consumerism and materialism

Although you will find this film under the Horror section of your video shop, I view Romero's zombie films as terrific action films. The rules are simple (don't get bit and shoot them in the head), the prey is stiff and slow and the shopping mall setting is the ultimate playground.

However, where the film separates itself from every other action film and horror film out there is its clever subtext that reflects society at the time the film was made. In 1978, consumerism and materialism had started to rear its ugly head. I think Total Film magazine said it best when it said that the ...survivors have everything they want in the shoppers paradise, but nothing they need, such as freedom and liberty.

Unrated

• 2010 Arrow [Theatrical + Argento's + Director's] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Arrow 4 disc [Theatrical + Argento's + Director's] R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2004 Freemantlemedia/Arrow R0 DVD

This version is claimed to be the director's preferred version

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2004 Starz/Anchor Bay RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2004 Starz/Anchor Bay R1 DVD at US Amazon

The film was originally awarded an NC-17 rating by the MPAA but it was released unrated instead.

• 2010 Arrow [Theatrical + Argento's + Director's] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Arrow 4 disc [Theatrical + Argento's + Director's] R0 DVD at UK Amazon

No sign of this in the BBFC database though (unless it was the version passed for a Sky TV showing)

• 2011 Arrow/Arrowdrome Trilogy of the Dead R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2010 Arrow [Theatrical + Argento's + Director's] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Arrow 4 disc [Theatrical + Argento's + Director's] R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2003 BMG R2 DVD

The 'Directors Cut' has also been described as just an extended work print, and that the director prefers the Theatrical Version.

• 1997 BMG VHS

The 6s of BBFC cuts were:

1. Apartment raid by SWAT team: cut: scene of a woman having her shoulder bitten.
2. Apartment raid by SWAT team: cut: SWAT guy literally blowing a man's head off with a shot gun The edited version shows victim, then a scream and gun shot but the impact of the shot is not seen. (see picture below)
3. Peter shooting two zombie children at petrol station: trimmed.

• 1989 EIV VHS

The 12s of extra BBFC cuts were:

• A few frames from the shooting of a black female zombie in the SWAT raid
• A black male zombie biting the black woman's arm
• A few more frames of the shooting of a female zombie in the mall
• A zombie's blood splattering over Roger as they manoeuveur the trucks.
• A few zombie killings around the trucks
• A zombie pressing his finger into Roger's bandaged leg and it's subsequent death.
• A zombie being shot in the head as the bikers enter the mall.

• 1978 Pre-cert Intervision VHS
• 1978 X Rated cinema release titled Zombies: Dawn of he Dead .

The BBFC deleted the following shots:

• Apartment raid by SWAT team: a woman having her shoulder bitten.
• Apartment raid by SWAT team: The exploding head
• A view of a zombie chomping on an arm
• Roger inserting a screwdriver into the zombie janitor's ear
• Roger shooting several zombies as the mall door is opened
• Peter shooting a zombie as seen through the sights of a rifle
• Tom Savini being knocked off his bike by a zombie and retaliating by burying his machete in its head
• Savini sticking his knife into the zombie's neck prior to falling to his death
• Two shots of a biker on a blood pressure machine being detached of his arm
• 19 shots of a biker having his intestines pulled out
• Part of Stephen's death in the elevator

See  article from  sbbfc.co.uk:

The film was seen by six Examiners and the then Director of the BBFC, James Ferman.

The Examiners unanimously disliked the film, whilst at the same time acknowledged that Romero had displayed some technical flair in creating pace and atmosphere. Much discussion was given over to the moral framework of the film – were the zombies sentient beings or unfeeling objects; was the violence mitigated by the fact that the zombies are no longer human beings; was the audience being invited to indulge in the killings because the zombies ostensibly felt nothing?

One thing that all the Examiners and James Ferman agreed on was that the 125 minute submitted version would have be cut before being released to the general public. Ferman stated that the film featured violence perpetrated against people which was to a degree never before passed by the Board and subsequently issued a cuts list that amounted to approximately 55 separate cuts (2 minutes 17 seconds).

The following month a cut version of the film was re-submitted for re-examination and this time another team of Examiners viewed the film. All of the Examiners still disliked the film and some were convinced that cutting was not the solution to alleviating the possible desensitising effect that the film might have on vulnerable audiences. Despite this view, the suggestion of further extensive cuts was made and the film was once again seen by Ferman who subsequently issued a further 1 minute 29 seconds of cuts to more scenes of gory detail.

In September 1979 Ferman wrote to the distributor exclaiming that a tour de force of virtuoso editing has transformed this potential reject from a disgusting and desensitising wallow in the ghoulish details of violence and horror to a strong, but more conventional action piece…The cutting is not only skilful, but creative, and I think it has actually improved a number of the sequences by making the audience notice the emotions of the characters and the horror of the situation instead of being deadened by blood and gore .

Dawn of the Mummy

Cut by the BBFC for 1985 cinema release. Released uncut 0n 1983 pre-cert video but was seized by the police and withdrawn. Cut again by the BBFC for 1987 VHS. The BBFC cuts were waived for 2003 DVD. Uncut in the US.

Summary Review: Crummy Acting

Too much crummy acting in this one, and not enough quality make-up effects makes this hard to recommend.

This way-low-budget flick doesn't really have set-piece effects where you see the ripping and tearing, so it flops as a gore shocker.

Unrated

• 2003 Anchor Bay R2 DVD via UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2003 Madacy Records R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1987 Apex VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• 10s missing where the butcher gets a knife rammed into his head
• 38s cut deleting neck biting and a woman being dragged under the sand and maybe a messy reel change
• 10 cuts totalling 47s, showing various people being eviscerated and eaten.
• 6s showing an eye gouging and more cannibalism.

• 1983 VideoSpace VHS

The video was seized by police and consequently withdrawn from further distribution.

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

• 1985 cinema release

Director Matt Reeves has identified 5 minutes of deleted scenes that will be added back for an Extended Version. Reeves adds though that the Theatrical Version is his favoured version.

There's no sign of an extended version in the first batch of home video releases though.

The Dawn Rider

• Cold Vengeance

The BBFC required 2s of cuts for the U rated 2009 and 2010 Deagostoni DVD entitled The Dawn Rider. Distributor was required to remove sight of an illegal horse fall.

The Day After

The Modern Version was passed 12 uncut for:

• 2002 Pearson R2 DVD

See more about other versions at pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 1996 Total Home Entertainment VHS

The TV Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 1986 CBS/Fox VHS

Day of Anger

• Gunlaw
• I giorni dell'Ira

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1970 cinema release. Then presumably further cuts for an 'A' rated 1975 cinema release. The film exists as the original Italian Version and a shortened International Version and were both passed uncut for 2015 Blu-ray

Summary Notes

Amiable, unassertive Scott Mary picks up the trash, cleans the toilets, sweeps the floors in the town of Clifton. Then a gunfighter comes to town. He offers advice and guidance to Scott who quickly begins to toughen and mature, thus upsetting the balance of power in the town.

Unrated

• 2015 Arrow [Italian + International Version] RAB Blu-ray / R12 DVD Combo at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2015 Arrow Video (RA) [Italian + International Version] Blu-ray at US Amazon

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Unrated

• 2015 Arrow [Italian + International Version] RAB Blu-ray / R12 DVD Combo at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2015 Arrow Video (RA) [Italian + International Version] Blu-ray at US Amazon

• 1975 cinema release

• 1970 cinema release

Day of the Animals

• Something Is Out There

Exists in 2 alternative versions, a Theatrical Version and a TV Version.

Summary Notes

The depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run amok, which is very unfortunate for a group of hikers who get dropped off up there by helicopter just before the quarantine is announced.

• 1985 Warner VHS

• 1977 cinema release

See article from dvdcompare.net :

The Theatrical Version is missing a 15s dialogue. Otherwise the time difference is down to missing credits and a blank filler.

• 2013 Scorpion [TV + Theatrical Version] RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2006 Scorpion [TV + Theatrical Version] R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Day of the Dead

Cut by the BBFC in 1986 for cinema and VHS but later releases are uncut

Summary review: Classic

George A Romero's zombie films are probably the most famous of all the zombie flics and are for good reasons. And this a must-see entry in the series

Day of the dead is the third in Georges line-up and is a masterpiece and has some of the best blood/gore special effects I have ever seen on a film before! The infamous scene where a man is ripped in two looks almost what you would expect to be real!

Don't be expecting any award winning acting though, as this doesn't have it. There is lots of annoying shouting and swearing in this too, which does get on your nerves, but that makes it all the better when you see the annoying soldiers get eaten alive!

Unrated

• 2011 Arrow/Arrowdrome Trilogy of the Dead R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2010 Arrow R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Arrow R2 DVD
• 2006 Freemantle/Arrow R2 DVD
• 1998 Polygram VHS
• 1997 Arrow VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2013 Shout! Factory Collector's Edition RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2013 Shout! Factory Collector's Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon
• 2007 Starz/Anchor Bay RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2003 Starz/Anchor Bay R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1986 Media Releasing VHS
• 1986 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

1. A second is cut from a zombie tearing a bite off a man's neck.
2. The scene where Miguel (Antone DiLeo) gets his infected arm amputated loses the 2nd shot of the machete working its way through the arm along with a shot of spectators reaction.
3. A shot of a shovel cutting through the head of zombie has been reduced from 2 cuts to 1.
4. A soldiers death has been much reduced and loses a zombie biting off the soldier's fingers as well as eyeballs being gouged out
5. Several shots are missing from the zombies feasting on the remains of Captain Rhodes (Josef Pilato)

Day of the Locust

Cut in 2004 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cut required to sight of cock fighting.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Cuts information is vague for an X rated 1961 cinema release and PG rated DVDs.

Summary Notes

Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.

• 2014 BFI RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 cinema release
• 2009 Network R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 Sound & Media/Network R0 DVD

• 1961 cinema release

From IMDb.

Although listed as cut by the BBFC, the then censor John Trevelyan passed the film uncut according to his memoirs. The X certificate was given due to the subject matter, and occasional tough language, being unsuitable for anyone under the age of 16.

At about 45:20 into the movie the actress portraying Jeannie Craig (Janet Munro) steps from the shower and wraps herself in a towel. The image in the mirror at the right of the screen reflects her nude breasts. There has been speculation that this topless glimpse was censored from the US Version

The cuts status is vague as regards to the above variations.

Day Watch

• Dnevnoy dozor
• Дневной дозор
• Night Watch 2
• Night Patrol 2

The 2007 20th Century Fox DVD/Blu-ray is the longer Russian Theatrical Version also called the Director's Cut (Unrated Version in the US) No BBFC cuts were required for a 15 rating.

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

From version details on IMDb :

The international version was cut by about 18 minutes for the worldwide release by the distributor's Fox. Additionally, a new prologue has been added, summing up the events of Nochnoy Dozor (2004). Here are some of the bigger scenes omitted from the international version:

• Anton and Anatoly play basketball in the computer room.
• Alisa visits Galina Rogova's little daughter to find out if she saw Gorodetsky.
• Anton calls his ex-wife (Yegor's mother) to find out where Yegor is.
• In the subway, Anton escapes from the pursuing Dark Others by jumping into a running train. The pursuers kill a night guard who tries to stop them.
• At the party Anton grabs a microphone from a singer and starts singing Communist songs.
• Yegor is trying to suck out life's force of Svetlana through the needle he put into her at the beginning.
• Additionally to that, there are many trims of existing scenes and excised lines.
• There are some cuts for violence, e.g. Yegor pouring a pot of hot sausages over a vendor and Anton's brutal beating by the security guard.

Daybreakers

BBFC category cuts were made for a 15 rated 2009 cinema release. The film was released 18 uncut on home video. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.

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MPAA

• 2010 Lions Gate RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Lions Gate R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2010 Lionsgate RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2010 Lionsgate R1 DVD at US Amazon

The BBFC further explained their 18 rating:

A cut version of the film was previously classified 15 for cinema release but this version of the film is uncut and has therefore been passed 18 for scenes of strong, gory and bloody violence.

The film contains several scenes where vampires are killed in extremely gory fashion, with copious bloodshed and including images of severed limbs and decapitations. The Guidelines at 15 state that violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain and injury and that the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable . The scenes at the film's climax in particular show both vampires and humans being torn apart, with large quantities of blood and sight of flesh being ripped and torn. Daybreakers also includes some strong language and a brief scene of female nudity.

• 2010 Lions Gate Video [unreleased]
• 2010 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Company made three cuts to remove shots focussing on very strong gory violence, in order to achieve a 15 classification. Cuts made in line with BBFC Guidelines. An uncut 18 was available.

The BBFC further explained the15 rating:

The film contains several scenes where vampires are killed in extremely gory fashion, with copious bloodshed and including images of severed limbs and decapitations. The guidelines at 15 state that violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain and injury and that the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable . Many of the violent scenes in the film show the blood as almost black and this lessens the impact of the bloodshed and allows these scenes to be contained at 15 . The scenes at the film's climax, in particular, show both vampires and humans being torn apart but these shots are all in the distance and very rapidly edited with much of the stronger detail carefully masked. Daybreakers also includes some strong language and a brief scene of female nudity

The BBFC category cuts were:

• Remove medium shot of Frankie with torn up chest and streaming blood as vampire soldiers feed on him.
• Remove close shot of Frankie with shredded chest and neck as vampire soldiers continue feeding.
• Remove close shot as blood gushed from neck wound. Resume on vampire soldiers eating flesh.