An extended version was submitted on Carlton DVD in 2004. This was passed 15 uncut

From version details on IMDb:

The additional scenes are:

• Different pre-title sequence with Himmler arriving at the castle seen in the opening credits. Himmler, Canaris and Hitler exit a meeting, where Himmler suggests the feasibility study of the Churchill kidnap plot to Canaris. This runs into the title sequence.
• After the scene between Radl and Canaris, Radl goes to his own office to find his doctor waiting for him. A conversation follows which suggests that Radl is terminally ill.
• Extension of the scene between Devlin and Joanna Grey where she gives him money for the trucks, warns him about stolen petrol and they toast the success of the mission. This is followed by Devlin riding through the village on his motorcycle, across the marsh, arriving at his cottage and looking around. This runs into the scene of Devlin arriving at the village pub.
• After the scene in the dunes between Devlin and Molly Prior, there is a scene between Steiner and Von Neustadt at the airfield where they discuss their chances of success.
• That scene runs into Devlin arriving at his cottage. He is joined by Molly Prior. They talk and Devlin reads poetry to her.
• After Devlin takes delivery of the trucks, he re-enters the cottage to find Molly there. She confronts him, mistakenly thinking he is a black marketeer. These two scenes make more sense of her later declaration of love for Devlin to Arthur Seymour.
• Directly after Himmler rips up Radl's letter, there is a short scene with Father Verecker reading a newspaper in the vestry of the church. He is surprised by Laker Armsby who enters via the tunnel (used by Devlin and Steiner later). This basically explains where it comes and goes to.

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

• Ding tian li di
• Fist of Anger
• Not Scared to Die
• Return to China

The BBFC cut the 1997 Screen Multimedia video by 7s

• Missing Jackie Chan receiving a blow to his neck followed by a frontal kick.
• In the same fight 2 blows to Jackie Chan's spine are deleted
• Head butts have been deleted from a fight towards the end of the film

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to make cuts to explicit sexual detail (cunnilingus and ejaculation on face)

Same cuts for cinema and video versions

• A scene in the jungle showing Yuen Biao tearing apart a snake with his bare hands has been removed for animal cruelty.

Cuts waived and certificate downgraded when resubmitted in 2004

• Mangiati Vivi
• Doomed to Die
• Eaten Alive by Cannibals
• Emerald Jungle
• Mangiati vivi dai cannibali

Presumably the heavily cut UK Cinema Version was submitted for the 1987 Elephant video. The BBFC asked for a further 1s of cuts.

• The additional 1 sec cut was to remove the penetration of the crocodile's head with a knife.

The same version was submitted for the 1992 Vipco video.

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

Review from US Amazon: Pure Italian sleaze

Eaten Alive is one of the sicker entries in the much beloved cannibal genre.Mangiati Vivi follows the exploits of one Sheila Morris (Janet Agren) as she attempts to find out what happened to her sister Diana (Paola Senatore). She is put in touch with American expatriate Mark (Robert Kerman), a guy who will help find Diana Morris for the right price.

What follows is pure Italian sleaze as Mark and Sheila tramp through the jungle. They finally stumble into Jonas's purification village. Then the film gets nasty. It doesn't take too long to discover that Jonas is an unbalanced cult leader who will stop at nothing to protect his flock from outsiders. There's also a tribe of dangerous cannibals nearby, a tribe that nearly finished off Mark and Sheila on their journey into the village. Jonas and the cannibals don't get along at all, but there is a benefit to having a bunch of flesh eaters hovering around the perimeter; they keep the followers in a perpetual state of fear, which keeps them inside the camp for further mind control fun and games.

It's a bit frustrating to review a film like Mangiati Vivi because you can't talk in depth about the atrocities. Lenzi throws out a bit of everything, not only recreating the Jim Jones massacre on a small scale, grape kool aid and all, but also subjecting us to cannibal atrocities. The final scenes, with Diana Morris and cannibal film regular Me Me Lai falling prey to the cannibals, ranks right up there with anything you see in Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust.This stuff is so deeply disturbing and shockingly realistic, at least in certain parts, that one boggles over how something like this ever got made.

From cuts details on IMDb:

The cuts included:

• all footage of cannibalism
• explicit rape scenes
• the castration of a native man
• a man's ear being severed.
• The print used also replaced many of the nude scenes with alternative clothed footage.
• Animal violence was also cut including a snake killing a monkey, scenes of a snake fighting a mongoose and a bird, and the mutilations of a crocodile and an iguana.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to make cuts to sexual detail (specifically oral genital contact)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cut clear sight of real sex (vaginal penetration) to gain an 18 classification. An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to make cuts to remove sight of clear oral-genital contact and penetration. An R18 certificate was available.

Unrated

The BBFC cuts were waived for:

• 2009 Anchor Bay R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US MPAA Unrated release is uncut for:

• 2007 Studio Entertainment R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1986 CIC VHS

• Dr. Jekyll et Mr. Hyde

Cuts waived for the 2004 MGM DVD

The UK version is the same as the US R Rated DVD and US Unrated VHS. Avoid the cut  US R rated VHS.

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

Review from Trash City: Generally Solid

The acting is generally solid, with two major exceptions. Glynis Barber is out of place and looks uncomfortably wooden. This is more than made up for by the superb performance of Anthony Perkins. He conveys all the depravity of Jack Hyde with a single twitch and loads a simple phrase like 'Our lucky day' with enough menace to fuel an entire series of mundane slasher pics. The director (Gerard Kikoine on his legitimate debut - he's a converted pornmaster) shows plenty of neat touches and novel angles. Overall, highly impressive stuff and deserving of praise, especially for not trying to produce a 'happy ending'. Perkins' performance alone is worth the rental price.

• Cut to edit a throat slash and scenes of blood spattering.

Uncut when resubmitted in 2007

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon for a 24th January 2008 release on the Naughty label

The cuts were waived for the 2007 Blu-ray disc

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

The 1991 cinema release and the Fox video versions of 1991 & 1995 have same cuts

• The climactic fight between Edward (Johnny Depp) and Jim (Anthony Michael Hall) has been trimmed to remove blows with a poker to get a PG certificate.

• 8 Peerless Treasures

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC comment: Cut required to remove sight of genuine animal cruelty (a horse being pulled over backwards)

• 8mm - Acht Millimeter

cut

Rated R

The film was heavily cut in the US to gain an R rating. No further cuts were required by the BBFC for the 1999 cinema release and 1999 Columbia/TriStar DVD.

Joel Schumacher's audio commentary on the DVD makes some fascinating observations with asides to censor cuts all over the place. Seems the MPAA really butchered the film and yet Schumacher ends up defending the censors.

• Sex throughout was toned down. Eg background sexual activity was trimmed under the no more than two buttock-thrusts rule.
• A lot of the conversation between Phoenix and Cage was removed because a bank of TV monitors in the background were showing hardcore.
• Sequences in the underground sex club were trimmed to remove shots of enema porn
• Machine's cutting of Phoenix's throat suffered the wrath of the censors.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove clearly unsimulated oral-genital contact, masturbation, and digital penetration

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Cuts for requested 18 category required to remove sight of explicit sexual detail (clear sight of penis penetrating vagina and liquid resembling semen on woman's face)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts were required to remove dialogue promoting an interest in underage sex

See The Devil Hunter

Cut for softcore, references to underage sex and implied incest by sisters

Unrated

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 12 without BBFC cuts for 2005 20th century Fox DVD

The Directors Cut restores the MPAA inspired cuts for PG-13 and also adds extra dialogue

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

cuts

PG-13

The MPAA inspired cuts are described in article from cosmos.net.au:

• At 6:55s the man in the chair is skewered by Elektra from behind. In the uncut version, you see his gun dangling from the tip of her sword, which protrudes from his shirt (a nice touch). In the cut version, this shot was replaced with a close-up shot of his hand holding the gun and then going limp. The director says the MPAA thought it was too early in the movie for something that graphic.
• At 57:01 Elektra's friend and business contact is decapitated while kneeling on the floor of his house. In the uncut version, you see the sword stroke touch his neck in one frame, followed by three frames of his head flying up and away from the neck. In the cut version, the frame prior to the blade touching the neck is shown, followed by an alternative shot of the antagonist swinging his sword, then it cuts to black.
• At 84:16 when Elektra dispatches the leader of the bad guys down a well, she stabs him twice in the uncut version, with the second occurring at 84:22, but only once in the cut version.
• At 85:06 Elektra throws one of her blades lethally at the evil Treasure woman through the hedges, and skewers her through the left eye. In the uncut version, three frames were restored in the profile shot of the knife approaching her and knocking her backwards. In the cut version, the scene cuts from the previous approach shot directly to the blade already in her eye and knocking her backwards.

31:00s unofficial pre-cuts

BBFC cut 1:14s when DVD submitted in 2008: Cuts were required to remove dialogue references to underaged sex and endorsing drink spiking

• Le Journal érotique d'une Thailandaise
• Carnet intime
• Carnet intime d'une Thailandaise (France X-rated version)
• Clitò petalo del sesso
• Emmanuelle 3
• Oh Bangkok

The Softcore Version had one cinema cut waived for the 2003 Pegasus DVD titled Emanuele 3

The estimated cuts now run to 18:15s

The original French version includes hardcore scenes and runs at 91mins so estimated cuts are 18:48s

• Emanuelle e gli ultimi cannibali
• Emanuelle's Amazon Adventure
• Trap Them and Kill Them

Cut for Orbit Video in 2002 with the following BBFC explanation: Cuts required to sight of woman's nipple being sliced off, sexualised rape and sexualised evisceration of women.

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

Review from US Amazon: Classic Cannibal Flick

Emmanuelle and the Last Cannibals is simply put the best of the cannibal exploitation genre and for a good reason. The plot is very simple, starts in New York, and ends up in the cannibal infested tropics, on a forbidden island. Sexy Laura Gemser is the investigative reporter who must find out what is going on with the strange symbol found on the victim in NYC.

The jungle adventures are absolutely erotic, as everyone is constantly jumping each others bones. Including Gemser, and the sexy young blonde. That is until they run smack into the cannibals, and are inevitably captured, tortured, and eaten. Well, except for the sexy little blonde, who is stripped naked, and, well um, lets just say the cannibals had "other" ideas for her. Emmanuelle, however, is on the way, and to the rescue!

Laura Gemser is without a doubt, one of the sexiest women in the world, of all time. She has an exotic look to her that is an incredible mixture of Native American, Polynesian, and Asian. Lets say it here, the absolute queen of 70's exploitation. All Hail Gemser!

See Confessions of Emanuelle

• Brutal Nights

13:03s pre-cut and an additional 5:49s cut by the BBFC for the 1987 VPD video

Infamous exploitation movie supposedly mixing hardcore, bestiality and a bizarre subplot about the making of torture and snuff movies.

Joe D Amato had this to say about those scenes...we shot the 'snuff' scenes in 35mm. Afterwards we scratched the negative and we printed it as 8mm, then blew it up to give it the illusion of reality... I don't know people think it is real, it's just some bullshit.. it's only a movie, you know?

Joe D'Amato was asked how the rumor about the snuff footage being "real" got started and he had this to say:...we shot that footage in a warehouse with a lot of "extras" (actors). One of the girls in the scene wanted to make more money then she was making as an extra, so she filed a lawsuit saying that she was really abused during the filming....

Needless to say that with an entire film crew as witness to the fake acting, she lost the case. However, the rumour managed to circulate as truth.

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

Review from UK Amazon: Brutal Nights

Joe D'Amatos Emanuelle in America is one of the most notorious Italian sleaze epics ever. The story is about journalist Laura Gemser who travels the world looking for all manner of perversions. Along the way she encounters a woman who loves horses, stays with a couple in Venice who hold big orgies, a hotel where old women pay for the services of willing men and a senator who likes snuff movies. Director D'Amato leaves nothing to the immagination with harcore sex, very disturbing snuff gore footage of women being tortured and the most famous scene a woman getting intimate with a horse!. If you like extreme sleaze cinema this film is a must see.

The film was passed 18 uncut for the 2003 Michael Lee DVD.

Beware of a heavily cut US R Rated version

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

• I Mavri Emmanouella
• Emanuelle the Seductress (US censored version)
• Emanuelle's Daughter
• Emanuelle: Queen Bitch (UK)
• Emanuelle: Queen of Sados
• Emmanouella sto nisi tis Afroditis, I (Greece)

The BBFC cut the Pegasus DVD by 6:58s when submitted in 2008 with the following statement:

Cuts were required to remove scenes in which a naked or semi-naked child is portrayed in a sexual and exploitative manner, including a scene of sexual violence.

• The Nosferatu Diaries: Embrace of the Vampire

cut

R Rated

The BBFC passed the 1997 Medusa video, 18 without cuts.

The running time suggests that this version is the US R Rated version lacking about a minute from the nude scenes.

The Unrated region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The Unrated region 1 DVD is available via US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Alyssa Milano Nude

Does this movie have a plot worth watching? No. Is it a masterpiece of staging and set direction? No. Will this movie show up in a retrospective of great American 20th Century cinema? Not a chance in hell.

So what does this movie have? Well, Alyssa Milano, frequently nude, and occasionally in softcore sex scenes. Does that make it worth watching? Yes, definitely if you enjoy Alyssa Milano. Her portrayal of a naive, virginal co-ed rings a little less than true, but her seduction scene with the photographer alone is almost worth the price of the tape. The vampire orgy sequence and her dream foursome certainly round out the cost of the video.

Plus cinema cuts. However cinema version runs at 85:58s (pal equivalent 82:32s) suggesting pre-cuts of 8:34s with a further 49s cut for video.

Cuts waived when the uncut Optimum DVD was  submitted in 2007. From the 2007 BBFC Annual Report:

It was given much consideration before it was judged that in the full context of an uncut classification it was clearer that there was no endorsement of the ‘rape myth’. It was consequently passed ‘18’ without cuts.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon for release on 1st March 2010

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from UK Amazon:

Emmanuelle, released in 1974 was the first soft core porn movie to achieve major box office success, and this after the French government tried to have it banned. With utter predictability this ensured the film was an overnight success in it's native France, and it also went on to triumph in the USA where it was marketed as an art house movie.

Directed by Just Jaeckin, who also directed The Story Of O the movie features some truly eye catching cinematography using the exotic Thai locations and the performance of the striking natural beauty Kristel is surprisingly good.

The last third of the film degenerates badly with some excruciating dialogue and the introduction of some annoying characters and it's seems clear to me director and writers really had no idea where to take the film and the therefore the characters. Still, some of the scenes have retained a very pleasing erotic frisson and it has a certain charm and simplicity in this age of easily accessible internet porn, most of which makes Emmanuelle look like a Flake ad.

As soft-core porn Emmanuelle is probably as good as you will see. Judged purely as a piece of cinema it's not that great but most people will view it purely as the former so it does it's job very well.

Some cuts waived when Momentum DVD submitted in 2001

See cuts details from sbbfc.co.uk:

The cut to the smoking of the cigarette was waived as tasteless but not harmful or illegal

• the rape scene was still reduced to establishment

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

See cuts details from sbbfc.co.uk:

The sex cuts required on film in 1974 were no longer necessary by contemporary standards and only two cuts were insisted upon for video release, namely:

1. to remove the woman smoking a cigarette through her vagina and
2. to remove the entire rape in the opium den, as cut on film in the late 70s.

Unfortunately, a duplication error led to the uncut version being released on video in 1991, leading to a major and costly product recall.

In 1979 the BBFC now under James Ferman went on a crusade against the depiction of sexual violence. They revoked the X certificate and asked for a further 1:01s of cuts to delete the rape scene.

See cuts details from sbbfc.co.uk:

Cuts were made to the film, principally to reduce the sexual detail. As well as reducing the amount of implied thrusting, oral sex and masturbation in a number of sequences, the Board deleted an entire scene showing a night club act in which a woman 'smokes' a cigarette with her vagina.

Perhaps surprisingly given the later treatment of the film, a sequence in which Emmanuelle is raped in an opium den as part of her 'sexual education' was left largely intact, with only minimal cuts to reduce the amount of thrusting seen.

• Emmanuelle l'antivierge
• Emmanuelle's 7th Heaven
• Emmanuelle, the Queen
• Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman

BBFC cuts were waived for the 2001 DVD using the title Emmanuelle l'antivierge

The uncut region 2 DVD is available from UK Amazon

See Emanuelle 3

Passed uncut in 2001 for Momentum Pictures

• Emmanuelle V

Some cuts were waived in 2001 but the release was still cut with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to cut clear sight of dildo penetration for 18. An uncut R18 was available to the distributor.

from IMDb

Emmanuelle 5 was released in two versions: one with softcore love scenes typical of the series, and a French home video version that extended several scenes with hardcore sex directed by Borowczyk himself. The scenes in question are the Love Express and dance studio segments, embellished with penetration, ejaculation and even a woman urinating. This VHS version also omits several minutes of footage seen in the theatrical version (including dialogue and crucial plot), so it cannot be considered an "uncut version".

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

A hardcore version was released in France:

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The BBFC cut 8s from the 1990 cinema version and 2s from the 1990 Video Programme Distributors video

There is also a French version with 10 minutes of added hardcore

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• Emmanuelle 2: A World of Desire

• The Elementary Stud

Cut by a further 14s for the 1987 Sex-Cess & 2003 video and 2003 Pegasus DVD

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

Review from IMDb; Emmanuelle Exploitation

Personally I found both the film and Olinka Hardiman boring. Its interest lies only with those "completists" interested in either Olinka Hardiman's nudity or the "Emmanuelle" series. However I doubt that this film has any relationship to the "Emmanuelle" series except for opportunistic exploitation of the title.

The Softcore Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for the 1981 cinema release, 1986 Network video, 1997 Lazer video and 2010 Odeon DVD.

The US Version has an added 6 minute prologue.

There is also a Hardcore Version, but inserts were added that were not performed by the original cast.

• Emmanuelle in Space

• Emperor of the North Pole

The axe blows and chain were said to be restored for the 2007 Optimum DVD, but the BBFC still cut 3s: Compulsory cut required to remove sight of real animal cruelty, in this case using a live chicken to hit two characters.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

From cuts details on IMDb:

• All UK versions are cut by 3 secs to remove shots of 2 men being hit with a live chicken during a fight scene.
• Edits made to remove axe blows
• Edits made to a man being throttled by a chain.

• Kong saan mei yan
• Jiang shan mei ren
• The Kingdom and the Beauty

The BBFC cut 7s from the DVD submitted in 2009: Company was required to remove sight of unsimulated animal cruelty (horses being tripped)

• Endgame, gioco finale

10s has been cut from a scene where an axe is thrown at a man who is tied up against a wall and the axe hits him in the head.

The video was released uncut Pre-VRA on the VTC label.

13:05s unofficial pre-cuts and a further 8:55s cut by the BBFC

The International Version was passed 12 uncut for the 2002 20th Century Fox DVD

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

There is also a German Extended Version with 2 extra scenes adding up to an additional 1:01s:

• After Davidge talked in Drac while he was unconscious, his superiors think he's a spy. Nevertheless the pilots asks him if he could stay with his friends until he has recovered to answer all his superiors' questions.
• After the monolog in front of the moving space station: Davdige is together with his friends who tell him to forget everything. They also tell him that he'd get a promotion. But he just wants to return to the planet to help Drac and leaves.

From cuts details on IMDb:

The UK cinema version had been shortened by the distributors before release following negative reviews in the US

• cut by 27s for a PG certificate with edits made to the severed ear sequence.

• The Deadly Three
• Long Zheng Hu Dou
• Operation Dragon

The BBFC waived their previous for the 2001 Warner DVD with the following comment: Enter the Dragon has been passed '18' uncut. All previous film and video cuts have been waived.

Throughout its history the Board has periodically reviewed its policies and adjusted them as the situation demanded. A review of the weapons policy was undertaken in June 1999 . The review concluded that the depiction of weapons in films and other media, and the nature of the 'weapons culture' in the real world was currently such that a firm distinction between different types of offensive weapon was no longer appropriate, and the policy has been rationalised so that knives, nunchakus, knuckle-dusters, ninja stars, and other easily obtainable weapons are now judged on exactly the same basis. Depictions of offensive weapons continue to be liable to cuts if they are considered likely to encourage violent behaviour in the real world.

Enter the Dragon was resubmitted in its uncut form this year and, in accordance with the Board's revised policy, has now been passed '18' without cuts. The 21 second cut made to the brief use of nunchaku in 1993 has been waived.

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

Review from UK Amazon: Enter the World's Greatest

Enter The Dragon is considered by many to be the greatest martial arts movie of all time and it's almost 30 years old. It was made on a small budget which doesn't show, even in comparison to recent movies of the genre. It has exotic locations on a worldwide scale such as Kowloon, a cast of thousands and a credible actor, John Saxon who was at the time a big star but stayed second billing to Bruce Lee because when Lee was on screen nobody else got noticed anyway.

There's the excellent music score by Lalo Schifrin who was the man behind the original Mission Impossible theme and of course...Action!

With such varied and visually stunning styles as Tai Chi Chuan, Hapkido, Tai Kwan Do, Karate and Lee's invention Jeet Kune Do, the action has never looked so unpredictable.

This new DVD edition was well worth waiting for. If you've got any other version of this movie, get this anyway. For the first time in the UK it is completely uncut, with the infamous nunchaku scene reinstated, and it's even got extra scenes placed in the movie which were not even in the original cinema release.

Own this now!

The BBFC passed the 1998 Special Edition Warner video without further cuts

This special edition, featured some non-contentious extra footage but again the brief nunchaku sequence was deleted prior to submission.

Warners sensibly decided not to market this version as the Directors cut.

In 1991 the Board modified its policy on nunchaku to some extent so that the weapon was no longer removed on sight. Essentially it was the glamorous use of the weapon in a violent film that was of most concern, and the modified policy reflected that. After 1991 a number of representations of nunchaku were passed but only when they were not actually in use or were displayed in non violent demonstrations of skill or served to establish the nature of a character.

The video of Enter the Dragon was resubmitted again in 1993 for widescreen release. This time the two remaining violence cuts were waived, as was the brief sight of nunchaku being carried, in accordance with the new policy.

The only cut made this time was to sight of Bruce Lee twirling and briefly using the nunchaku (21 seconds cut). Even under revised policy this scene was still not acceptable.

Three of the five violence cuts made in 1973 were waived but two were maintained and the cuts to sight and use of nunchaku implemented in 1979 were repeated for video.

The BBFC insisted that every last glimpse of nunchucks were removed. In addition, they made two cuts to the sequence in which Bolo despatches Han's incompetent henchmen:

• The first cut is to an (offscreen) neckbreak - this version cuts away just as Bolo crouches to jerk and snap the poor sap's spine.
• The second cut occurs when Bolo cradles the final opponent in order to slowly break his back - the process and sound effect of this act have been shortened.

The film was recalled so that a brief sequence in which Bruce Lee twirls and uses nunchaku could be deleted, along with another sequence in which nunchaku were briefly seen being carried. The decision was taken to make these further cuts because of the spread of nunchakus among youths in the London area. Concern had been expressed that the nunchakus demonstrated in martial arts films were being easily constructed and used by some violent individuals.

As a result of concern on the part of the police and judiciary it was decided that this weapon, which has no legal use in this country outside the martial arts class, should be removed from violent films in order to discourage its spread.

The weapon was subsequently proscribed by the Home Office so that it is now illegal to carry nunchakus unless en route to a bona fide martial arts school.

A total of 5 cuts were made to scenes of violence.

The submitted running time was noted as 99:09s = 95:11s

• Ninja 1

• All shots of banned weapons (nunchakus, shurikens, darts, spikes etc) are cut.
• Neck-breaks, limbs breaks are trimmed.
• Throat-cutting, repeated punches, ear-claps also gone.
• Two scenes missing that show illegal cockfighting.

May 2007: The movie is being shown on Bravo uncut so perhaps this indicates that the BBFC would now pass the film uncut. (Except for the fact that the cockfighting would still be cut)

Cinema version had some dialogue substitution. It is  rumoured that the word 'fuck' had to go. The different video versions have cuts of 1s & 4s but are listed as the same cuts. Presumably the same cuts have been implemented slightly differently

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Unrated

The 20th Century 2007 DVD is noted as the Unseen Version (US Unrated Version). It was passed 15 uncut

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

PG-13

R Rated

BBFC cuts were waived for the 2009 Warner DVD

In the US the uncut version is R rated for:

• 2008 R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 1997 Warner R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

A total of 43 cuts for the 1997 video version (including  cuts totalling 27s for the 18 cinema version)

The cinema release flopped in the UK so the distributor opted for a 15 release. The BBFC felt that they had removed the sadistic edge from most of the violence and revealed a good action thriller which proved to have far greater audience appeal.

1. In the opening sequence where Kruger rescues Johnny C, 17s of punches were removed along with the post punch dialogue: Get me some ice, I think I broke my goddam hand.
2. Also in the opening scene, a scene with a bound & gagged woman being doused with petrol has been removed. Also a thug with a petrol can saying Sure boss has been deleted
3. A close up a a man in a noose being lifted up has been cut.
4. A scene where they attempt to remove Johnny's tongue was cut along with the line: See if it sings on its own
5. 4s cut where Kruger breaks a mans neck in a fridge door.
6. 1s missing of a scene which has a close up of Kruger as he pumps a second bullet into the body of the dead bad guy to frame them.
7. As the hero ignites the pretrol on the floor, the sight of the flames engulfing a corpse has gone.
8. 3s cut in William Donough's office. He points the gun at Lee and shouts "You have no fucking idea". In the 15 video all that remains is "You".
9. In William Donough's office, 1s is cut where he puts the gun into his mouth and fires. Also, the close up of the man with blood coming out of his mouth.
10. Close up of man with a blade in his neck after Kruger stabs him through the door is missing.
11. We fail to see the guy he then kills flying through the air into a wall.
12. In the video, we see Samaritan hold his witness and appear to smother her. It should show Samaritan shoot her and then pretend to give her mouth to mouth resuscitation as she dies.
13. Samaritan actually shoots Monroe twice, one of those shots has been cut.
14. Inside the alligator park, the first bad guy gets an arm ripped of. Visual data is lost in the transfer from widescreen to pan-and-scan.
15. The hero pursues and pistol whips a SWAT man which we dont see
16. The villain grabs and woman and pistol whips her, we don't see this
17. Neither do we see the hero erase the swat team in a lift by removing the pins from a SWAT man's belt and then throwing him down the shaft.
18. 3s cut when Kruger runs out to see the helicopter fly away. In the NSTC Laserdisc, he punches a man and breaks his neck.
19. A Russian guard is seen slapping a woman...or rather isn't
20. In the shipyard, 4s is missing when Kruger finishes off two guards after an impressive aerial acrobatics display.The impact shot of a third man being shot and thrown through a window has gone
21. A close up of a knife blade used to threaten a woman has gone
22. 1s missing when Lee kicks her Russian captor in the face after escaping.
23. The hero gets the upper hand but we dont see the impact shot of three men being thrown into the air along with gun shots and impacts
24. 1s missing when Sall shoots a bad guy in the eye. We should see a close up of the man falling back without an eye.
25. The villain's pistol blow to the woman has gone along with gunfire and impacts in the gun battle around the crane
26. 4s are cut from the fight between Kruger and Samaritan, when Samaritan hits Kruger with an iron bar.
27. 45s The train ploughs into the car but we don'tsee the Baddies screaming and thumping as they try to escape. Kruger stands and watches and when it is over but we dont see the satisfied look on his face nor do wee the smoking car wreck in the ruins of the train.

Update: from Mark, Jan 2008: Cinema Version on TV

The version of Eraser screened by Channel 4 was NOT uncut.

It was, in fact, the less cut UK cinema version (or an approximation of, since the cuts were made slightly differently from what I remember), which was cut by 28 seconds in 1996 for an '18' certificate.

I can't imagine the BBFC requiring any cuts today so one can only assume C4 were playing it overly cautious by screening the cinema version.

From cuts details on IMDb

• Scene with Johnny C being threatened with a flick knife has been removed along with the attempt to pull his tongue out with pliers.
• When John Kruger kicks a gangster into an open fridge the shot of John slamming the fridge door on the gangsters head and pulling his shoulder to break his neck was cut.
• When Lee is captured by DeGuerin and the fire shield comes between DeGuerin and Kruger the shot of a pistol whip to Lee has been removed.
• Kruger is approached by Haggerty on the helicopter platform Kruger twists his head round into a headlock then he lifts up and breaks his neck.
• A shot of Lee being threaten by Sergei Ivanovich Petrofsky with a flick knife has been removed.
• When Lee breaks free she hits Sergei with the Coffee Jar she gets up and Kicks him in the face(the kick to the face was removed).

The BBFC passed the 2010 cinema release 12A with the comment: During post-production, the distributor sought and was given advice on how to secure the desired classification. Following this advice, certain changes were made prior to submission.

The BBFC explained their 12A rating:

Erasing David is a documentary about one man's attempts to escape from what he sees as the increasingly intrusive nature of public surveillance and data collection. It has been passed 12A for strong language.

The BBFC Guidelines at 12A state that the use of strong language (for example, 'fuck') must be infrequent. The film contains four uses of strong language, all of which are spoken by the film's director and subject, David Bond, in moments of extreme frustration. He is alone on each occasion and speaks only for the benefit of the camera. They are not, therefore, directed at any other person.

There are two mild sex references in the film. The first occurs when one of the witnesses used by Bond talks about how his credit card details had been stolen and used to visit pornographic websites, including some containing indecent images of children. The other occurs when Bond's wife, examining the extent to which her family's personal details had been stored by a number of organisations, says I feel like I've been data raped. The Guidelines at 12A state that sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers. In the context of this serious documentary the sex references would have been permissible at PG.

• A headbutt has been deleted in a fight
• The sight and use of throwing stars have been excised

• Pinocchio

The BBFC passed the film 18 uncut for the 1986 Target video and 2007 Blackhorse DVD.

The film was originally X rated in the US but a cut R rated version was produced in 1977 to play in drive ins paired with other sexy fairy tales.

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

See review from IMDb: Falls Flat

With a cast that included Dyanne Thorne, Uschi Digard, Monica Gayle, and Vincene Wallace, this film should have been far more erotic than it was. Very disappointing.

The sex scenes, the few that there are in this film, are cut way too short and should have been extended a lot more than they were. Since they aren't, the film kind of falls flat on the erotic front and that's too bad considering the talent especially in front of the camera.

• Les chevauchées amoureuses de Zorro
• The Sexcapades of Don Diego
• Zorro und seine lüsternen Mädchen

Some cuts were waived for the 2008 Pegasus DVD: Distributor was required to remove a scene of eroticised sexual assault. The Protection of Children Act 1978 was also a concern with this DVD.

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

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cut three shots of unsimulated sexual activity - dildo penetration of vagina. An 'R18' uncut was available to the distributor.

See Curse of Frankenstien

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Company chose to make cuts to scenes of sexual detail (clear sight of unsimulated oral-genital contact and dildo penetration)

Unofficial pre-cuts of 10m with an additional 1:14s cut by the BBFC

Cantonese exploitation video bearing the Cat III rating. The extensive cuts were inflicted on some naked Kung-Fu antics and the subsequent rape scene. A scene where two girls masturbate with a baseball bat has also been trimmed. (This is not an explicit sex scene even in the original)

The video is available uncut in the Netherlands on the Hollywood East label (HE002)

See Hell Prison

See Bronx Warriors 2

Cut when Paul Raymond DVDs submitted in 2007-8: Cuts for requested 18 required to remove scenes of unsimulated sexual activity. An R18 uncut was available to the distributor.

• All Lovers are Strangers

The 1995 Jezebel video featured an extended sex/rape scene but this just ended up with extended cuts of 6:19s

• The Ballad of Eskimo Nell

The 1985 Sheptonhurst and 1997 Medusa videos are said to be uncut

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

Review from US Amazon: More Funny than Filthy

British '70's sex comedies tended not to be particularly sexy or particularly funny. This one at least picked a direction and aimed to be funny.

The plot briefly is a young film school graduate is hired to make a version of Eskimo Nell (from the (infamous poem). Eventually the conman producer (Roy Kinnier) has them making 3 versions, a hardcore porn version, a kung fu musical and a gay western to which is later added a wholesome family film.

There's occasional nudity (largely female) most of which is pretty much incidental far more interesting and fun are the glimpses we get of the three films (if you're looking for a challenge count the references to other musicals in the kung fu musical there's a lot).

The cast is pretty solid, made up of British TV regulars like Christopher Timothy (all creatures great and small) and Katy Manning (Dr Who (don't get excited she keeps her clothes on).

If you're looking for an fun little British farce with some nudity you can do a lot worse. If you're looking for large amounts of sex or American Pie style laughs this is probably not for you

• Cuts made to a sex scene involving the shooting of the hardcore version Eskimo Nell

• E.T.

The 20th Anniversary Version was passed U uncut for the 2002 cinema release and 2002 Universal DVD.

From version details on IMDb:

The 20th Anniversary Version includes:

• a new, CGI-enhanced scene showing E.T. and Elliot taking a bath together. The scene was originally scrapped because Spielberg thought the animatronic effects weren't up to par;
• for the "E.T. phone home" dialogue scenes, CGI has been used to make E.T.'s lips movement match the words more closely;
• a longer version of the Halloween sequence;
• in the original release, the government agents pursuing E.T. and Elliot had weapons in their hands; the new edition digitally replaces them with walkie-talkies/
• changes in dialogue: Elliot's mother's prohibition to go trick-or-treating dressed as "a terrorist" has been changed to "a hippie"

Cuts to the murder of Jack McCann (Gene Hackman), Shots of the use of a flamethrower and the after-effects have been cut. Note that the BBFC do not own up to these cuts

The BBFC cut the 2007 Mistique DVD by 5:00s. Distributor chose to remove clear sight of unsimulated masturbation. An uncut R18 certificate was available.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to cut two instances of clear oral genital contact (in this case sight of one performer licking the penis of another)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment:Distributor chose to cut images of clearly unsimulated sexual activity - oral-genital contact during fellatio and penile penetration of anus -

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove two instances of sexual detail

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment:Cuts for requested 18 category required to remove clear sight of explicit sexual activity (fellatio)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove two shots of sexual detail (sight of a man's penis during unsimulated penetration and sight of liquid resembling semen on a woman's face) in order to achieve the 18 certificate.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory., The cuts were Cuts for Category. Cut required to remove potentially problematic dialogue between woman in school uniform and man. Distributor chose to cut shot of liquid resembling semen on woman's chin to gain an 18 classification. An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to make cuts to several instances of unsimulated sexual activity (cunnilingus, penetration and semen on face)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Cuts for 18 category required to remove explicit sexual detail (vigorous masturbation and sight of semen on woman's face)

• Auch Zwerge Haben Klein Angefangen

Cut in 1991 and again in 2005 with the following BBFC statement: Compulsory cuts required to remove all sight of cockfight and live monkey in distress on a crucifix,

Thanks to Graham:

I logged on to the BBFC website to try and work out how Even Dwarfs Started Small, one of the most disturbing films I've seen in my entire life, could possibly have gotten away with a PG.

Well, it gets away with it after cuts of 2 minutes and 17 seconds, apparently. The cuts were compulsory and removed a cockfight and most of the infamous scene involving a crucified monkey, though we still see two actors about to set the birds on each other and the procession with the monkey on a cross. Herzog explains on the commentary how the scenes of animal cruelty were faked, but apparently the monkey was still upset enough to warrant censure by the BBFC.

Interestingly, the (uncut) 15-certificate Work Of Director Mark Romanek DVD contains a homage to this scene in the video to 'Closer' by Nine Inch Nails. As far as I'm aware, Romanek is allowed to pretend to crucify a monkey, but Herzog isn't.

• Ever After: A Cinderella Story

No BBFC cuts noted but a 'fuck' was pre-cut to obtain a PG.

The US video is also said to have lost 3 overdubbed swear words but the US DVD is said to be uncut.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The distributor chose to remove shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (fellatio and cunnilingus).

Cut when submitted in 2005 with the following BBFC statement: Cuts required to remove a scene of sexualised violence in which a woman is killed with focus on breasts as knife is played over her and as she is stabbed, and subsequent close focus on bloodied full body nudity.

The US version was heavily cut for an R rating. There is an uncut German version on the I-ON label

See also USA R Rated vs German Uncut from movie-censorship.com

• Il Bosco

Cut when submitted in 1996

Cut to remove a single shot (17 seconds) of a fish hook embedded in a woman's cheek.  It is unlikely that this cut would be required today.

• The Book of the Dead

All cuts waived for 2001 Anchor Bay DVD

See version details from dvdcompare.net

The UK features the minor tweaks performed at Raimi's request:

• a lightning shot has been removed (Raimi felt it looked fake),
• a shot where Cheryl is first possessed and turns round to the group has been zoomed in.

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

Review from imdb: Raimi is already a legend

Raimi is already a legend, because he created 'The Evil Dead', without a doubt one of the greatest horror movies of all time. Made on a shoe string budget as a labour of love, it still remains Raimi's best movie. He has subsequently worked on bigger projects with bigger names but it is arguable whether he has ever surpassed the invention, thrills, energy and sheer fun of this. And why Bruce Campbell never became a genuine movie star after his debut here, and not just a much loved cult figure, is a complete mystery to me.

'The Evil Dead' is a modern horror classic and absolutely ESSENTIAL viewing for any self-respecting movie buff! It doesn't get much better than this!

Due to the video nasty scare of the early 80's the BBFC removed a further 1:06s for video when submitted in 1990. There were 41 cuts specified:

• Cheryl being raped by a possessed tree (4 cuts)
• Ash's fight with Shelly (8 cuts)
• Ash's fight with Linda (6 cuts)
• Ash's fight with Scott (5 cuts)

Examples of these numerous cuts:

• A zombie women being repeatedly hit with a pole has vanished
• Shots of zombies clawing at flesh and eye gouging have been deleted
• A man being hit repeatedly with a hot iron is reduced from 5 hits to 3
• Zombies limbs being severed with axes are no more
• A fight between the protagonist and a headless female zombie is missing.
• The blood gushing from the girl's neck over Ash's face when he decapitates her with the spade has been removed
• Shots of exploding zombies and a zombie biting her own arm off have been removed
• A female zombie being repeatedly slapped across the face has been reduced to one slap
• A zombie's face burning in the fire isn't present anymore

See UK BBFC Video Edits (1990) from youtube.com
See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The cinema version was cut by 59s when submitted in 1982 for a 1983 release:

• Linda's ankle being pierced with a pencil (See right) (2 cuts)
• Shelly hacked to pieces by an axe (4 cuts)
• Ash tries to kill Linda (8 cuts)
• Ash hitting Cheryl's hand with a rifle has been reduced from twice to once (1 cut)
• Blood shooting from Scott's chest after a stake is extracted (1 cut)
• Cheryl hitting Ash on the head with a poker (1 cut)

• Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn
• Evil Dead II: Kiss Your Nerves Goodbye

Thanks to Adam:

The certificate was downgraded to 15 when submitted for the 2008 Optimum DVD

From cuts details on IMDb:

The full version of the film is considered lost, but nonetheless behind-the-scenes photo and video of some scenes have been found and are included on laserdisc and DVD editions:

• As Henrietta is in her rocking chair while the professor is reading the incantations, she rocks into the light, which reveals her demonic eyes. Linda's severed head throws up black bile on Ash when it's trapped in the vice (which is why black slime suddenly appears around her mouth in the final scene).
• A gorier version of Ash cutting off his hand with a hatchet rather than the usual chainsaw. During the "blood flood" the blood not only changes to black, but to red, green, and orange. This scene was altered in theatres in an attempt to get an R-rating, which the film never received.
• After hitting the possessed Ed with the axe, the scene continues as a "half-headed" Ed runs after them and eventually is chopped to pieces. The body parts flop on the floor.
• A possessed Ash eating a squirrel as he runs after Annie.

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

Review from IMDb: Hands Off

After the huge success of the first film, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell reunite for this Quasi-Remake/Sequel.

Ash and his lady are off on a nice trip through the woods. They stop off and rest inside an old cabin. Does Ash realize that he's been here before, or hasn't he?

Raimi and company (armed with a bigger budget and over the top special effects) bring us the second instalment of the Evil Dead series.

This film focuses more on black humor and camp instead of shock and horror. Technically this film is far superior to the one that was release a few years back and in many ways it's a better film.

What a better way to spend the night? Watch Evil Dead II with some of your friends and let the party begin! Leave all logic at the door.

Remember, this is a movie, and a fun one at that. Highly recommended!

The BBFC waived their previous cuts when submitted in August 2001 by Momentum Pictures.

• We don't see Ash (Bruce Campbell) being kicked in the head by Jake. This has been cut from 2 scenes

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• Shiryo na wana
• Evil Dead's Trap

Cut when submitted by Artsmagic in 2002 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts required to two close shots of a knife cutting flesh in a sexualised context.

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Removed close up shots of a crucified woman's breasts being cut with a knife.

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

Review from US Amazon: Intelligent Horror and Graphic Gore

Warning their are scenes of intense violence contained within in this movie. However if you can stomach the gore this movie has a lot more to offer than you're standard hack and slash effort. There is a wonderfully intense atmosphere pervading the whole movie. The deaths are imaginative and are handled extremely well.

The influences although obvious (Argento, Ramai and a brilliant tribute to Fulci), Japanese director Toshiharu Ikeda adds his own twist to the proceedings. If you are fed up of limp offerings that fail to deliver the goods then check this excellent film out.

The BBFC cut 2s from the 1997 Arrow video and 1999 Polygram video

• The cuts scene is a "Loose Limbs" clip, the cut being applied to blood dripping on a woman's breasts.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

The cuts were waived by the BBFC when resubmitted for the 2007 DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

• The murder of the Burgomaster was toned down

Thanks to M.M.

The new 2007 Network dvd release restores ALL the previous BBFC cinema & video cuts. However there is no note of these changes in the BBFC database

The electrocution is fully restored including more bloody close-ups. The shotgun killing of a hired thug Cannell is now uncut restoring a shot of his bloody face when Bronson shoots & a more lingering shot of his bloody corpse. The bar fight is uncut now restoring close-ups of Bronson twisting a thugs testicles.

• However a cut NEVER made to uk video & Carlton/Prism dvd releases of roughly 2 seconds is apparent. The bloody exit wound to John Glovers back after Bronson shotguns him is missing (its in both previous dvds!)

The dvd has the Columbia Tristar logo at the start and may be exactly the same as the region 1 dvd which also apparently removes the exit wound shot.

Thanks to Christopher who wrote a review in Is It Uncut? magazine Issue 18 (See www.midnight-media.demon.co.uk)

It appears that the new UK DVD from Network DOES utilise the 'R' rated R1 DVD print! This 'R' rated version would have been shorter that the original UK versions if the UK versions hadn't been cut by the BBFC.

The R rated version as stated omits a 2 second shot of David Glover with blood shooting out of his back.

The R rated version also has a totally (less-bloody) different shot of Raymond St. Jacques with the knife in his throat. The older UK versions have a much bloodier close-up.

The cinema release was cut by 52s and then the video versions from 1986 (Heron) & 2000 (Carlton/Prism) suffered 10s of additional cuts.

Thanks to M.M.

• The electricity torture scene was very heavily edited and loses several bloody close-ups
• The shotgun killing of a hired thug, Cannell, lost a shot of his bloody face when Bronson shoots & a more lingering shot of his bloody corpse.
• The film also suffered cuts from the opening fight in the bar in particular Bronson twisting a thugs testicles

See Saving Silverman

• Evilspeaks

The extended version was passed 18 uncut for the 2004 Anchor Bay DVD in a fully restored version complete with dialogue deleted in the previous version

The fully uncut version, being a composite print, will obviously have differences in picture and sound quality

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: Stands Up Well

It's strange when you see a film for the first time in twenty years, you expect it to have the same impact as it did when you first saw it as a gore-hungry teenager. And of course it can't, but it does stand up remarkably well.

The bullying & violent-revenge plot still works well because the bullies still so very much deserve what they get!

The gore is all there from what I remember of it and the performances are still cheesy, although Clint Howard's sweaty, stuttering performance as the bullied Coopersmith isn't half bad.

My only real moan about the presentation (bear in mind I only watched the UNCUT version of the film on disc 2) is the quality of the print. The UNCUT version seems to have been edited together using a patchwork of many different prints , ranging from the pristine to the power-sanded!! Some scenes look mint while some look like a video source while some look like they have just been discovered in a bin.

A shortened version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts as an extra for the 2004 Anchor Bay DVD

From Dark Angel, www.realmofhorror.co.uk

The UK 2004 Anchor Bay release will be a 2 disc special edition containing the US version, which is uncut in terms of gore but misses out some scenes of dialogue, and a fully uncut version which has the additional dialogue spliced into it from the previous cut UK release.

The reasons for the 2 different versions is that the shorter version will contain the directors commentary track as used on the US R1 DVD. The fully uncut version, being a composite print, will obviously have differences in picture and sound quality, so they wanted to give fans the best way of viewing these as possible.

• 2001 Prism R2 DVD
• 1999 Digital Entertainment VHS
• 1987 Apex VHS

The BBFC cuts were to:

• a young maiden having her head chopped off
• a shot of the basement bloke having his neck broken
• pigs attacking woman in bath and eating her guts.
• priest have a nail in the head and shots of him.
• teacher having head splatted by Coopersmith.
• pigs eating the kids.
• kids losing their heads
• kids being terrorised by pigs
• kid's heart being torn out

Banned as a video nasty in March 1984 (cut and uncut versions). It stayed listed throughout the panic so became one of the collectable DPP 39s

Presumeably this was the cut US R rated video on the CBS FOX label which has been cut as follows:

• Part of attack by pigs on secretary
• Captain's head exploding when hit by sword
• Part of gut wrenching scene at end.

See Pictorial details of cuts for R rating from movie-censorship.com

Banned as a video nasty in March 1984 (cut and uncut versions). It stayed listed throughout the panic so became one of the collectable DPP 39s

The BBFC cuts were waived for the 2007 Entertainment in Video DVD

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

Review from US Amazon: Excessive Praise

Action superstar Thomas Ian Griffith takes on evil Italians and corrupt cops in this edge-of-your seat thriller. In perhaps his best role of all time, Griffith crafts a fascinating character unlike any ever seen before: a cop frustrated with his work and alienated from his wife. When Griffith uses excessive force to get a confession, a web of intrigue and sinister alliances is slowly revealed to him.

Excessive Force is a 90 minute visual feast of pure adrenaline! A must-see film for any fan of good cinema.

Cut when submitted in 2005 with the following BBFC comment:

Cuts required to remove (1) lingering and close-up details of man being shot repeatedly, his death throes and his mutilated face, (2) entire scene of bloodily wounded man virtually torn in half at waist, and (3) entire scene of two restrained and conscious men having their hands sawn off at wrist.

These are in accordance with the Video Recordings Act 1984 (harm to potential viewers or to society through the depiction of mutilation, torture or acts of gross violence towards humans) and BBFC policy (encouraging callousness towards victims and taking pleasure in pain).

• Critical Decision

Same cut version for 1996 cinema release and Warner video versions from 1996 & 1998

From IMDb

• During the attack at the beginning of the film there are cuts to the use of the knife by the Steven Seagal character. One bad guy suffers a sliced throat and another gets stabbed trying to run away.
• Another strange cut occurs on the plane during the hijack. Al Tar, the David Suchet character, is seen rising from a praying position to answer a phone call from the cockpit. The UK version shows him answering the phone only, you do not know he has been praying.

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

• Tian whang jou whang
• Bruce Lee: Star of Stars

Cut when submitted in 1990

• Cuts to the use of nunchaku and fight violence.
• An attack on a woman was deleted
• The use of a blow torch was trimmed

Note that Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger is several minutes shorter than the Bruce Lee: Star of Stars version. Most of the edits were of dialogue rather than action

See Demoniac

• William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist

No BBFC cuts for The Version You've Never Seen: The Director's Cut for cinema in 2000 and for DVD in 2002.

From cuts details on IMDb:

"The version you've never seen" includes the following additions and changes.

• A slightly different opening, which shows the MacNeil's home in Georgetown, then cuts to the opening titles.
• The scene where Chris MacNeil screams on the phone includes a new music cue and omits the line "I've been on this fucking line for 20 minutes!" and simply cuts to the next scene.
• A new scene with Regan at the hospital receiving treatment to diagnose her "unusual" behavior. The doctor tells Chris MacNeil that Regan told him to "keep his hands away from her Goddamn cunt." This scene sets up her bizarre behavior earlier and clarifies the scene where Chris tells Regan "it's just like the doctor said, it's just nerves. You just take your pills and you'll be fine"
• The party scene removes the shot of Regan lauging with the guests, obviously because of her "unusual" behavior in the previous scene.
• In the scene where Chris returns home and the lights go out, new digital effects including satanic faces and images of the statue, new sound effects, and music have been added to the scene.
• The "spider-walk" scene has been restored and digitally altered from the original scene. Here, crude wires from the scene have been digitally removed, she comes down the stairs much faster, and her mouth is full of blood. It then cuts to black, and the next scene opens.
• Before she grabs the psychiatrist's crotch, a new digital effect of her face morphing into the devil(which is seen in subliminal cuts throughout)including a new growl has been added.
• A new music cue has been added to the scene with Lt. Kinderman and Father Karras.
• After Father Karras leaves for the night, a new scene of him examining a tape of Regan trying to talk to her dad has been added and a new music cues ties the new scene and the scene of Father Karras at the mass together.
• New scenes with Sharon trying to tune out the devil groans and a short moment with Chris MacNeil and Father Merrin(which hints his vulnerability and weakness) have been added.
• A new music cue has been added to the scene with Father Karras and Father Merrin going up the stairs to perform the exorcism, and a short scene has been added before they enter the room. Father Damien asks Chris MacNeil what Regan's middle name is. She tells him it's Theresa, and he says "what a lovely name."
• The scene with Father Karras and Father Merrin talking on the stairs (which was included on the 25th Anniversary DVD) has been restored.
• When Father Karras looks up at the window when he's possessed, a new digital effect with Karras' mother's face has been added, and the scene includes the "subtle morph effect" that was included on the 25th anniversary edition DVD.
• When Chris MacNeil gives Father Dyer Father Karras' medal, he gives it back to her and says "I think you should keep it", instead of simply keeping it as in the original version. A new short scene of Regan smiling and waving at Father Dyer as they drive away and Father Dyer waving back has been added.
• The original ending with Father Dyer and Lt. Kinderman has been restored. The 'tubular bells' music cue plays over them walking away, and it ends before Lt. Kinderman can say quote "Casablanca", "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship".

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

By the time Ferman had been replaced as director by Duval the video was passed with the following justification:

The film version was originally given an 'X' certificate in 1974 and has been widely shown since then. In the 1970s, however, incidents of hysteria involving young women led to some concern that the film might cause severe emotional problems particularly among those who believed in the reality of demonic possession. It was with this concern in mind that the BBFC in the 1980s and early 1990s concluded that a video classification - even with an '18' rating (which could not entirely exclude the possibility of the work being seen by younger and susceptible viewers) - was inappropriate.

It must be acknowledged, however, that there is little if any hard evidence known to the BBFC that The Exorcist has, in its video form, caused actual harm to its viewers. The video version was in fact widely available for many years before the Video Recordings Act 1984 introduced the requirement of BBFC classification. The recent re-release of the film version by Warner Brothers has, moreover, been accompanied by none of the hysteria or audience disturbance which occurred in the mid-1970s.

The Exorcist has been available on video uncut for many years in other European countries, notably Germany (rated for 16 year olds) and Sweden (rated for 14 year olds) where the protection of the young is considered particularly important.

The Video Recordings Act places on the BBFC a duty to have special regard (among other relevant factors) to any harm that may be caused to potential viewers or, through their behaviour, to society by the manner in which the work deals with, for example, violent or horrific behaviour or incidents or human sexual activity. The Board must consider as a potential viewer any person (including a child or young person) who is likely to view the video.

The BBFC must also apply the requirements of Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights, now accepted as British law. Inter alia, these impose a duty to preserve freedom of expression, with the relevant restrictions being "for the prevention of disorder or crime (or) for the protection of health or morals". Alongside these, there is a duty to observe the principle of proportionality: any restriction on the basic duty of freedom of expression should have a proportional justification.

The BBFC concluded that The Exorcist, while still a powerful and compelling work, no longer has the same impact as it did 25 years ago. Film technique and special effects have moved on a long way since then, and audiences - including (or especially) teenagers brought up on a range of modern multi- media output - are less likely to be affected. Correspondingly, the potential of The Exorcist to disturb a small, impressionable minority must be significantly diminished.

The BBFC has also considered the likely effects of The Exorcist's current reputation. We cannot discount the possibility that, however restrictive its classification, under-age persons may seek ways to view it. On the other hand, both the name and the nature of this film are familiar to most people: its reputation should prompt many parents and guardians to be more alert to that possibility than would normally be the case.

On balance, therefore, and after careful consideration, the Board has concluded that the video version of The Exorcist should be classified - but at a level which minimises the likelihood of the work being viewed by young and impressionable persons.

The BBFC website in Dec 98 noted the absence of video releases:

The film itself still shows quite regularly in cinemas but we have not yet classified the video, nor has it ever been shown on television, including subscription television. The problem is not the frightening nature of the story but the combination of the themes with which it deals and the very powerful treatment it is given in this version.

Showings of this film have resulted in severe emotional problems among a small but worrying number of adults who do believe in the reality of demonic possession and satanic practices. A video or television showing would inevitably attract many young teenagers, some of whom would be, more even than adults, susceptible to this sort of material, since they might well identify with the central character, a 12-year-old girl. Newspaper reports and letters in our files indicate the very real and serious disturbance that can result and we feel uneasy about being a party to this sort of psychological damage. It is partly because the film is so convincing and effective that it can be so disturbing for some.

It is hard for those of us who do not give credence to the possibility of possession to appreciate how powerful an influence this can evidently exert on those who do. At a time when charges of satanic abuse appear fairly regularly in the press and alleged instances have been reported and when an Act was passed in Parliament, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act (1994), which specifically requires the Board "to have special regard to any harm that may be caused to potential viewers, or, through their behaviour, to society by the manner in which the work deals with, for example, horrific incidents", there are added reasons to be cautious. Eventually, perhaps the time will come to release THE EXORCIST on video, but we are not convinced that this is that moment, particularly at a time when many parents allow their children to see videos unsupervised, according to the latest research.

The BBFC cut 2s for a 15 rating for the 2010 cinema release. The company chose to remove one shot, showing a hero sadistically twisting a knife into a guard's neck, in order to obtain a 15 classification. An uncut 18 classification was available.

• The Grip of Fear

The Pre-cut Theatrical Version was passed 12 without further BBFC cuts for the 2010 Sony R2 DVD

The submitted running time was noted as 123:10s = 118:14s

• House on Straw Hill
• Trauma

The BBFC cut 51s for:

• 2006 Village DVD
• 2002 Odyssey DVD
• 1997 Disc VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• Two country boys threaten Linda Hayden with a shotgun and force her to have sex with each of them. The scene goes on for a long time and the guys are shown to be clearly enjoying it whilst the woman rubs her hand up and down the shotgun in a very suggestive manner. The fact that she manages to shoot them both didn't appease the BBFC who cut almost the entire scene.
• Also a scene showing Fiona Richmond getting murdered in the shower has been reduced to eliminate blood on the breasts.

The French and Australian releases under the name of House on Straw Hill are uncut.

See review from IMDb: Sleazy and Gruesome

Writer Paul Martin has scored a massive hit with his first novel and has retreated to a remote cottage in the heart of the English countryside to concentrate on his follow up. He's accompanied by his new secretary, Linda, a housekeeper and occasionally his lover Suzanne. However there is something strange about Linda and soon the bodies begin to pile up.

Admittedly it has a few sex/nudity scenes and a little bit of bloody violence, but there is not enough exploitative elements for my liking.

Udo Kier is decent as a highly unlikeable writer and Linda Hayden is excellent as his secretary. She openly masturbates few times and has a great lesbian encounter with Fiona Richmond.

The violence is quite tame except for the bathroom murder scene which is pretty nasty. The direction is lifeless, the characters are unpleasant and the film is slightly dull. Still I enjoyed it and you should too, if you like exploitation cinema.

It was also notable in that this was the only UK video that achieved the DPP39 video nasty status.

The cinema version of 1975 was pre-cut. A shot of Fiona Richmond's legs streaming with blood was removed.

From cuts details on IMDb:

• The BBFC required around 2 minutes of heavy edits to all the sex scenes and shots of bloody stabbings.

• Exponerad
• Diary of a Rape
• The Depraved

Previous cinema cuts were waived when submitted for DVD in 2008. However the BBFC required one new cut of 12s: Cut required to an indecent image of a child (sight of a magazine cover in which a young boy is seen performing fellatio).

30:26s unofficial pre-cuts

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

Review from imdb:  Decent cult movie

As far as I'm concern, this isn't even an action movie like it's usually classified - this is definitely a thriller. Sure there are lots of cruel scenes and bloodshed. It still isn't far as ultra-violent critics sometimes makes it to be. Violence is just something that gives audience the necessary shocks to built the excitement or to keep it up.

Actors aren't brilliant and the plot is faulty but from time to time this movie gets very interesting and it has a great bunch of magnificent sequences and couple of really good lines. Not a perfect thriller but surely a decent cult movie.

Synergy had submitted the heavily cut 1991 video version in June 2000 and were presumably told that some of these cuts could now be waived. So Synergy submitted the uncut film in August 2000

Some cuts were duly waived and the BBFC reduced their cuts to 22s: Cuts required to process beheading and graphic process violence, both in breach of Board guidelines; and to impressionistically strong sadistic torture of woman

The cut cinema version was submitted for the 1991 Braveworld video. but the BBFC wanted a further 2:54s of cuts.

The following additional cuts were inflicted on the certificated video version

• The opening Vietnam scene has a further 4 cuts:
  • The infamous beheading shot has been shortened further (7s)
  • A shot of a Vietcong trying to remove wire from his throat is missing 2s
  • A 4s slow motion shot of a Vietcong being shot several times has been deleted
  • The slow-motion shot of a burning Vietcong jumping in the water has been shortened by 5s.
• The attack on Jefferson suffers 2 further cuts.
  • 2s cut of gang leader with his weapon
  • 2s cut from the stabbing of Jefferson
• The torture of a hooker is well shortened
  • Two shots missing totalling 1s showing the hooker being stripped
  • A further 11 shots of torment totalling 28s
• The scene where Eastman (Robert Ginty) fills a dum-dum bullet wth mercury has been heavily cut, almost 2.30 minutes, missing 12 shots

The BBFC cut the 1980 cinema release by 44s

• The opening Vietnam scene has lost 2 shots:
  • Two cuts shorten the infamous beheading scene (10s)
  • A Vietcong with wire
• The attack on Jefferson at 17mins loses 2 shots.
  • Part of the gang leader's stabbing of Jefferson
  • A 3s close up of a weapon tearing into Jefferson's back
• The torture of a hooker at 50mins
  • 26s missing including 2s of the hooker lying on the bed
• The mugging of an old woman is missing 2s

The cut US R Rated Version was submitted for the 1984 cinema version and 1985 Guild video version have suffered a further 2:39s of BBFC cuts:

From imdb: Among the scenes cut are:

• the robbery and murder of the elderly couple at the beginning
• the forced heroin injection of the girl
• Robert Ginty's girlfriend being beaten up by X's gang
• assorted shots of weapons including nunchakus
• almost the entire killing of the guard in the subway scene.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Distributor chose to cut shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (anal penetration) and to verbal and visual references to gagging during sex (fellatio)

2007 Liquid Gold DVD cut by 6:07s. The Distributor chose to remove explicit activity from an adult work (in this instance sight of unsimulated fellatio, dildo and digital penetration and semen shots on face and anus). An R18 uncut was available to the company.

Cut in 2007 with the following BBFC comment: Company was obliged to remove sight of explicit sex acts, that is penetration with vegetables. An uncut certification was available.

The BBFC cuts were waived when resubmitted in 2003

• Cut to remove shot of rat wriggling after being impaled on a knife

2:55s cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2008. Distributor was required to remove all scenes of unsimulated oral-genital contact and vaginal penetration by penis. R18 uncut was available.

1:25s

13s

The US R rated version (already shorn of 13s) was submitted for video in 1986 by Warner and the BBFC wanted another 1:25s of cuts.

From IMDb:

• A shot of the killer slicing off a victims head with a cleaver has been removed.
• The twitching hand shot of the headless body has been shortened.
• When Debbie discovers what's in her fish tank, two shots have been removed. The first is head in fish tank. The second is the next shot, which is her reacting to seeing that (obviously removed because there was nothing to cut it to). So in the rated cut, the head in the fish tank is only shown three times, while in the unrated cut, it is shown four times.
• When the man in car is knifed in the throat, another two shots have been removed. The first is the impact shot. The second is the knife being pulled out and him stumbling away from the car. Also, the shot showing his head bobbing back has been shortened.
• A closeup of the woman in car getting her throat slit is removed.
• The shot of the woman in car dying has been trimmed, removing the second half of it where the wound is shown. The shot runs for almost 20 seconds in the unrated cut, and 10 seconds in the rated.

The BBFC edits were made to:

• shots of nudity
• heavy cuts to the belt strangulation scene.

Thanks to MM:

The new R1 DVD included in the Twisted Terrors collection runs 84:57 = 81:33s and restores the heavy cuts to the UK Warner rental big box video PLUS the cuts to the US theatrical release made to avoid an X rating. The graphic killings of a couple having their throats cut are now restored.

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

• EWS

unrated

The BBFC passed the 1999 cinema release, Warner 2000 video/DVD and 2008 Warner DVD/Blu-ray 18 without BBFC cuts.

UK Versions, the US Special Edition, and European Versions are uncut in terms of orgy details.

Avoid the US R Rated Version though where the orgy scene was partially censored in the American release with the placement of computer-generated objects and characters in front of the more sexually explicit details.

• All British prints are missing the recitation of a passage from the Bhagavad Gita (the holiest Hindu book) during an orgy scene. Warner Brothers cut this before release of the film due to protests from Hindu organizations. It was also removed from all worldwide video releases of the film.