BBFC Cuts E

The Eagle has Landed

The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2007 ITV Special Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2004 Carlton Special Edition R2 DVD

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.

• UK 2000 Carlton VHS
• UK 1985 Channel 5 VHS

• UK 2007 ITV R0 Blu-ray
• UK 1976 cinema release

Eagle Shadow Fist

• 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

Eastern Condors

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.

Easy Wheels

Cuts waived and certificate downgraded when resubmitted in 2004

Eat Pray Love

The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Sony Online
• UK 2011 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com:

The Director's Cut features five new scenes, for example a new scene with an argument between Liz and David, which motivates their break up later and another scenes deepens the figure of Delia, but generally these new scenes aren't that interesting.

The Theatrical Version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2011 Sony Online
• UK 2011 Sony R2 DVD
• UK 2010 cinema release

Eaten Alive

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

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2002 Shriek Show R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: 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. There's also a tribe of dangerous cannibals nearby, a tribe that nearly finished off Mark and Sheila on their journey into the village.

Lenzi throws out a bit of everything, not only recreating the Jim Jones massacre on a small scale,  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.

• UK 1992 Vipco VHS
• UK 1987 Elephant VHS

The Additional BBFC cut was:

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

• UK 1981 cinema release

From cuts details on IMDb:

The cinema cuts were:

• Cut killing of a crocodile with a knife
• Cut killing of a monkey by a snake
• Cut scene showing 2 cannibals eating arm and breast of female corpse
• Nudity has been cut from a scene with Mowara (Me Me Lay) stripped and moved to an altar in the cult's village. Then extensive cuts to her multiple rape
• Cut fight between a snake and a mongoose
• A scene showing naked Sheila being undressed, bedded and assaulted by Jonas with a bloody dildo has been replaced with a short clothed version
• Cut castration and skewering of a native man
• Cut scene showing an iguana slit open and skinned.
• Cut scene of a snake attacking a raptor
• Cuts to a scene showing Diana being stripped, hit and raped by Karim
• Cut scene with a man's ear being severed and eaten.
• Cuts to a scene where cannibals feast on Diana's breast and Mowara's neck and then the rest while Mark and Sheila flee.

Eddie Murphy Delirious

Uncut version is available at:

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

Edge of Sanity

• 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.

Edge of the Axe

Edward Scissorhands

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.

The Eel

• Unagi

The Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2011 Artificial Eye R2 DVD at UK Amazon for release on 31st December 2011
• UK 1999 20th Century Fox VHS
• UK 1998 cinema release

There is also a 134:00s Director's Cut

The Eight Escorts

• 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

• 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.

8MM 2

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2007 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 2005 R2 DVD

This seems to be the Unrated Version. There is also a cut US R Rated version to avoid.

El Canibal

See The Devil Hunter

El Topo

• The Mole

Unrated

The BBFC waived their cuts for:

• UK 2007 Tartan R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2007 cinema release
• UK 1999 Nouveaux VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Anchor Bay RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2007 Starz/Anchor Bay R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary review: The Original Cult Movie

It's not an ordinary movie, it has the look and feel of those violent Westerns produced in Mexico back in the 60's and 70's, but this is something more. Much, much more.

This film is often regarded as one of the original cult films that sparked the Midnight Movie craze of the seventies. If you have a taste for midnight movies and get a kick out of absurd or unconventional themes, you'll probably like this film on many levels. The film is a journey, and it's a testament to Alejandro Jodorowsky's vision and skill that one actually feels like they're along for the ride. The path in itself is just as mysterious as the implications of what awaits just beyond the horizon.

No one can tell you what it is, it simply has to be experienced. Much of what you take from this film is actually what you brought to it. Bring an open mind and you'll be amazed.

The submitted running time was noted as 124:47s = 119:48s

Elektra

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.

Eliminators

Elvis

• Elvis the Movie

The Extended Version was passed U Uncut for:

• UK 2010 Freemantlemedia R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1988 VCI VHS

There are also other versions:

• US Theatrical Version at ~150:00s = ~144:00s PAL
• German shortened Theatrical Version at 100:25s

Emanuele 3

• 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 and the Last Cannibals

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

Emanuelle Around the World

See Confessions of Emanuelle

Emanuelle in America

• Brutal Nights
• Black Emanuelle in America

Uncut version is available at:

1976 Italian sex drama by Joe D'Amato.
With Laura Gemser and Gabriele Tinti. See IMDb

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

• US 2003 Blue Underground R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

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.

Summary Review: 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 seeking out sensational news. 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 imagination with some hardcore sex (mostly softcore), 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.

• UK 2011 Studio Canal Online
• UK 2011 Studio Canal DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Company chose to make cuts to four sequences to remove sight of unsimulated sexual detail (fellatio, vaginal penetration, masturbation, ejaculation) in order to obtain an 18 classification. An R18 classification without these cuts would have been available.

• In addition, company was required to make compulsory cuts to a scene of bestiality (unsimulated sight of a naked woman masturbating a horse), in accordance with the current interpretation of the Obscene Publications Act 1959. (Hopefully not caught by the Dangerous Pictures Act which prohibits only oral sex and intercourse with animals)

• Company was also required to make compulsory cuts to four sequences of sadistic and sexual violence (naked women being humiliated, tortured, raped, branded, strangled, mutilated, and being violently penetrated with spiked objects, poles and metal hooks).

5:49s

pre-cut
13:03s

The Softcore Version pre-cut by 13:03s was passed 18 after a further 5:49s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1987 VPD VHS

See pictorial differences between softcore and hardcore versions at movie-censorship.com

• UK 1977 cinema release

Emanuelle in Bangkok

• Black Emanuelle Goes East
• Black Emanuelle En Orient
• Emanuelle nera: Orient reportage
• Emanuelle in Bangkok
• Emanuelle nera 2
• Black Emanuelle 2
• The New Black Emanuelle

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2010 Severin Video on Demand (worldwide) at TlaCult.com
• US 2010 Severin R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• UK 2008 Optimum R2 DVD titled Emanuelle in Bangkok

The BBFC commented:

• Compulsory cuts were required to remove a scene of rape that eroticises and endorses sexual violence
• and to remove two sequences of unsimulated animal cruelty (a cockfight and a fight between a mongoose and a snake).
• In addition, the company chose to remove explicit shots of unsimulated sexual activity (vaginal penetration with a ping pong ball) in order to obtain an '18' classification.
• An 'R18' without these cuts to sexual detail was available.

Emanuelle in Prison

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

Emanuelle's Sweet Revenge

• 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.

Embrace of the Vampire

• The Nosferatu Diaries: Embrace of the Vampire

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2006 Medusa/E1 R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• UK 2003 Prism R2 DVD
• UK 1997 Medusa VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 1999 New Line R1 DVD via US Amazon

There is also a cut US R Rated version lacking about a minute from the nude scenes.

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.

Emmanuelle

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut after BBFC cuts wived for:

• 2010 UK Optimum RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2007 UK Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2007 Lions Gate R1 DVD at US Amazon

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

Review from UK Amazon: Box office success

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.

Passed 18 after 38s of cuts with some cuts waived for:

• UK 2001 Momentum R2 DVD

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

• UK 1990 Braveworld VHS

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.

• 1979 UK cinema release

See cuts details from sbbfc.co.uk:

• 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.

• UK 1974 cinema release

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 2

• 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

Emmanuelle 4

• Emmanuelle IV

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

1983 French film by Francis Leroi/Iris Letans with Sylvia Kristel and Mia Nygren. See IMDb

Passed 18 uncut for strong sex with all previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2011 Studio Canal Online
• UK 2011 Studio Canal video
• UK 2001 Momentum R2 DVD via UK Amazon

There are reports that hardcore scenes were shot, but were never used. These explicit scenes, which did not involve the main actors, have turned up as extras on some European DVD releases.

• UK 1987 Canon VHS

• UK 1984 cinema release

Emmanuelle 5

• 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

Emmanuelle 6

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

Emmanuelle Goes to Cannes

• 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.

Emmanuelle in Soho

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

• 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.

The Empire Strikes Back

See Star Wars: Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back

An Empress and the Warriors

• 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

• 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.

• Robot
• The Robot

The longer Hindi version was passed 12A without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2010 cinema release

• UK 2010 cinema release

Enemy Mine

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.

Enemy of the State

• Enemy of America

The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2007 Buena Vista video

• 2007 Buena Vista R 2 DVD

Enter the Dragon

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

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

Passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2007 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2004 Warner Special Edition R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• UK 2001 Warner R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

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 US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2007 Warner R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2004 Warner Special Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary review: 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.

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.

• UK 1998 Warner VHS

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.

• UK 1996 Warner VHS
• UK 1993 Warner VHS

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.

• UK 1988 Warner VHS

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.

• UK 1979 cinema release

The film was recalled in 1979 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.

• UK 1973 cinema release

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

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

Enter the Ninja

• Ninja 1

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

1981 US action film by Menahem Golan with Franco Nero and Susan George. See IMDb

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Great Finale

After just completing his training at a ninja school, an army vet travels to the Philippines and finds himself battling a land grabber who wants his war-buddy's property.

Franco Nero is amazing as the white Ninja causing trouble to the local crime lord...leading him to call in an equally skilled ninja from Japan.

This movie contains the greatest ninja showdown ever filmed as the white and black ninja (the awesome Sho Kosugi) face off at the end.

Passed 18 after 1:05s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2011 Optimum Online
• UK 2011 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• Cuts required to two scenes of real animal cruelty (cock fighting)

• UK 1993 MIA VHS
• UK 1986 RCA/Columbia VHS
• UK 1981 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• 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)

Enter the Shootfighter

• Fists of Iron

Passed 18 after BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1995 Columbia/TriStar VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• to delete the use of nunchukas which the BBFC had a downer on at the time.

Enter the Void

Uncut version is available at:

The Long Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2011 MIHK/Bluelight/Entertainmentone R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2010 cinema release which was cancelled in favour of the Short Version

The BBFC commented: Contains hard drug use and strong real sex

The BBFC explained their 18 rating:

Enter the Void is a drama following the lives of a brother and sister living in contemporary Tokyo. The brother, Oscar, is a small-time drug dealer and his sister, Linda, works as an erotic dancer in a strip club. The film was classified 18 for frequent hard drug use and strong real sex.

The film contains frequent sight of hard drug use, including the use of cocaine, LSD, GHB and DMT. At 18, the BBFC's Guidelines state that cuts may be required to any detailed portrayal of [...] illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health. More generally, the Guidelines state that No work taken as a whole may promote the misuse of drugs and any detailed portrayal of drug misuse likely to promote or glamorise the activity may be cut. Although Enter the Void places some emphasis on the pleasures of recreational drug use, most notably through extended sequences filmed from the point of view of the hallucinating drug user, the dangers of drug misuse are made clear throughout the film, both in the dialogue and in the narrative itself. For example, one of the central characters is shot by police during a drugs raid and finds himself lying on the floor of a toilet cubicle, covered in his own blood. Such scenes serve to reduce any glamorisation of the lifestyle depicted. Additionally, although various methods of drug use are shown, such as taking pills, smoking drugs and snorting lines, none of the material shown presents information that is likely to be novel or instructional to an adult audience.

The film also contains several scenes of strong sexual activity and nudity, including sight of naked couples thrusting during sex, sight of implied fellatio and sight of erect penises. These scenes exceed the terms of the 15 Guidelines where Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail and are therefore more appropriately placed at 18. In addition there are infrequent scenes of strong real sex, including sight of vaginal penetration by dildo and by penis and sight of ejaculation. At 18, the Guidelines state that cuts are likely where there are more explicit images of sexual activity which cannot be justified by context. The images in question are relatively brief and are not dwelt upon. Their purpose is not to arouse or titillate the audience; rather, their purpose is to illustrate the hedonistic and often seedy world inhabited by many of the film's characters.

In addition, Enter the Void contains frequent strong language and two uses of very strong language. It also contains scenes of strong violence, some strong gory images (including sight of head wounds in the aftermath of a car accident), strong verbal sex references and a scene depicting a pregnant woman undergoing an abortion procedure in a hospital or clinic. The latter scene in particular includes sight of surgical instruments being used on the woman and close sight of the dead foetus lying in a metal dish, which some viewers may find disturbing. The film also includes occasional suggestions of an incestuous relationship, including inappropriate kissing between siblings and sight of a brother sniffing his sister's discarded underwear. However, no incestuous sex is actually shown.

Enter the Void also includes a number of sequences of flashing and flickering lights that are likely to trigger a physical reaction in vulnerable viewers. It also contains extended sequences featuring rotating and handheld camerawork that may induce motion sickness in some viewers.

The Short Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2010 cinema release

The Long Version was first submitted and passed 18 uncut but then the distributors decided to resubmit the film with reel 7 left out. They also said that the film would be projected at 25 frames per second, shortening the running time by a further 5:43s.

The BBFC commented: Contains hard drug use and strong real sex.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Entrapment

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

Epic Movie

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

Eraser

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).

Erasing David

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.

Erik the Viking

• Erik viking

The even more shortened Director's Son's Cut was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2011 Arrow Complete Version (UK Video Version + Director's Son's Cut) R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2006 Freemantlemedia R2 DVD

• UK 2011 Arrow Complete Version (UK Video Version + Director's Son's Cut) R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2000 Arrow R2 DVD
• UK 2000 Arrow VHS
• UK 1990 CBS/Fox VHS

• UK 1989 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Edits to the opening rape of Helga.

Ernest Goes to Africa

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

The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio

• 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.

The Erotic Adventures of Zorro

• Les chevauchées amoureuses de Zorro
• The Sexcapades of Don Diego
• Zorro und seine lsternen 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

Erotic Blue

See The Case of the Bloody Iris

Erotic China Dolls

Erotic Inferno

• Private Shots Presents Erotic Inferno
• Adam & Nicole

An abridged version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1989 Sheptonhurst VHS titled Private Shots Presents Erotic Inferno

• UK 1987 Sheptonhurst VHS
• UK 1987 Atlantic VHS
• UK 1975 cinema release

From IMDb:

BBFC Edits to:

• sex scene between Adam & Gayl
• sex scene between Martin & Nicole
• scene where Adam attacks Brenda in a bathroom

The submitted cinema running time was noted as 84:41s = 81:18s PAL

Erotic Quartet

See Lickerish Quartet

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

See Curse of Frankenstien

Erotic Zen

Escape from Brothel

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)

Escape from Hell

See Hell Prison

Escape from the Bronx

See Bronx Warriors 2

Escort Girls

• All Lovers are Strangers

Uncut version is available at:

The Extended Version was passed 18 uncut with previous cuts waived for:

• UK 2001 Nucleus R2 DVD at UK Amazon

An Extended Version was passed 18 after 6:19s of BBFC cuts for

• UK 1995 Jezebel VHS

The extended sex/rape scene just ended up extending the cuts to 6:19s

• UK 1990 Sheptonhurst  VHS

• UK 1974 cinema release titled as Escort Girls
• UK 1974 cinema release titled All Lovers are Strangers

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 101:20s = 97:17s PAL

Eskimo Nell

• The Ballad of Eskimo Nell

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2007 Showbox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1997 Medusa VHS
• UK 1985 Sheptonhurst  VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2007 Televista R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: 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 the infamous poem Eskimo Nell. 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.

The cast is pretty solid, made up of British TV regulars like Christopher Timothy and Katy Manning (Dr Who star who keeps her clothes on).

• UK 1975 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

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

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 85:13s = 81:48s

ET: Behind the Scenes

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

• E.T.

The 20th Anniversary Version was passed U uncut for:

• UK 2002 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2002 cinema release

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"

• UK 1992 CIC VHS
• UK 1988 CIC VHS
• UK 1982 cinema release

Eureka

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

Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

• Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo

The 1.11 Version was passed uncut for:

• UK 2010 Manga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com:

• The 1.11 Blu Ray version has been remastered from the 1.01 DVD version, some mistakes were corrected and additional effects were added. No changes to the plot

• UK 2010 Manga video

Even Dwarfs Started Small

• 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

• 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

Evil Aliens

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The UK Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2006 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2006 cinema release

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2010 Image Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2007 Image R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a cut US R Rated Version missing 3 minutes of sex and violence

Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain

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

Evil Clutch

• 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 Evil Dead

• The Book of the Dead

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

All BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2010 Sony R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon for release on 11th October 2010
• UK 2006 Anchor Bay R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2002 Anchor Bay R2 DVD
• UK 2001 Anchor Bay R2 DVD
• UK 2001 Anchor Bay VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2010 Anchor Bay RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2002 Starz/Anchor Bay R1 DVD at US Amazon

See version details from dvdcompare.net:

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

• a lightning shot has been removed (Raimi [rightly] felt it looked fake). See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com
• a shot where Cheryl is first possessed and turns round to the group has been zoomed in.

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

Passed X after 49s of BBFC cuts for:

• 1983 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• 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 II

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

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

1987 US horror video by Sam Raimi with Bruce Campbell and Sarah Berry. See IMDb

Passed 15 uncut for strong bloody horror for:

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

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Lions Gate 25th Anniversary Edition RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2000 Starz/Anchor Bay R1 DVD at US Amazon

From 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.

Summary Review: Hands Off

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 released a few years back and in many ways it's a better film.

A fun movie. Highly recommended!

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut with previous cuts waived for:

• UK 2001 Momentum R2 DVD

• UK 2000 Universal VHS
• UK 1999 BMG VHS
• UK 1987 Palace VHS
• UK 1987 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com. BBFC cuts:

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

Evil Dead Trap

• 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.

Evil Ed

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2005 Allumination R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

There is also an R Rated version cut by 2:58s. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The Unrated Version was passed 18 after 2s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1999 Polygram VHS
• UK 1997 Arrow VHS

The cuts were

• The cuts scene is in a clip featuring the maniac "Loose Limbs", the cut being applied to blood from knife wounds running over a woman's naked breasts.

The Evil of Frankenstein

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

1964 UK horror film by Freddie Francis with Peter Cushing and Peter Woodthorpe. See IMDb

Passed 12 uncut for moderate horror and violence with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2007 Showbox/Slam Dunk  R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2005 Hammer Horror Series R2 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 1964 cinema release

BBFC cuts:

• The murder of the Burgomaster was toned down

The submitted runtime was noted as 86:49s = 83:21s

The Evil Protege

The Evil that Men Do

• De liquidator

The R Rated Version was released without a BBFC record for:

• UK 2007 Network R2 DVD

Thanks to MM and Christopher who wrote a review in Is It Uncut?

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 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 cut UK Cinema Version was passed 18 after 10s of further BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2004 Prism R2 DVD
• UK 2000 Carlton VHS
• UK 1986 Heron VHS

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

• UK 1983 cinema release

Evil Woman

See Saving Silverman

Evilspeak

• 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

Excessive Force

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.

Executions 2

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).

Executive Decision

• Critical Decision

Uncut version is available at:

The US Version is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• UK 1997 Warner R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

pre-cut
12s

• UK 1998 Warner R2 DVD
• UK 1996 Warner VHS
• UK 1996 cinema release

BBFC cuts from IMDb:

• During the attack at the beginning of the film there are 3 cuts to the use of the knife by the Steven Seagal character. One bad guy suffers a sliced throat, a second gets stabbed in the throat and another gets stabbed trying to run away.

The European Version was pre-cut to remove references to islam

• 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.
• In German language releases, the dubbing of terrorists speaking in Arabic was mistranslated to tone down references to Allah and islam

Exhibition

The US release featuring an unknown version is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2007 Televista R0 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 1979 World of Video 2000 VHS

• UK 1976 cinema release

Exit the Dragon, Enter the tiger

• 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

Exorcism

See Demoniac

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Unseen Version/Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2007 Sony R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2006 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Sony R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2005 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

cut

PG-13

• UK 2005 Sony video
• UK 2005 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

The Theatrical Version is indeed considerably censored.

• One notable omission is that the photograph of Emily used as evidence in the courtroom. Frequent views of the photo have been altered and the photo has been changed to black and white.
• A lot of shots have been cut and the difference neutralized by alternative shots of the same length. It seems that the studio planned to get the more profitable PG-13 rating for the movie and had to censor it according to the guidelines of the MPAA.

The Exorcist

• William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

The Version You've Never Seen/ Director's Cut passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2010 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

The same US release is MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2010 Warner R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon

See version details from dvdcompare.net

• Two of the demon/gargoyle face effects which were available on the DVD release have been deleted.

R Rated

The Version You've Never Seen/ Director's Cut passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2001 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2000 R1 DVD at US Amazon

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".

R Rated

• UK 2010 Warner R0 Blu-ray
• UK 1999 Warner R2 DVD
• UK 1999 Harbottle & Lewis VHS
• UK 1990 cinema release

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.

R Rated

• UK 1974 cinema release

Exorcist II: The Heretic

• The Exorcist 2

R Rated

The Original Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2009 Warner Online
• UK 2002 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1998 Warner VHS

The US release featuring the Original Version is uncut and US R Rated for:

• US 2002 Warner R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a European Variant version

R Rated

• UK 1987 Warner VHS
• UK 1977 cinema release

After a presumably poor response to the premiere, the director rapidly created a shortened version for US general cinema release.

From IMDb: The film was shortened as follows:

• A faster re-working of the theme music
• An introduction was added to recap The Exorcist.
• In the opening, Burton's touching of Merrin's picture is cut. The tap-dancing scene with Linda Blair had been completely cut.
• Just about all conversation between Burton and the cardinal has been cut.
• The hypnosis scene is mercifully edited.
• A few lines are cut when Blair talks with the autistic girl.
• The church top communion scene is almost completely cut
• The line Let me reach you, spoken by Blair, is dubbed out.
• There is more stock footage to be seen when Linda Blair enters her old bedroom, Stock footage of her yelling Fill It UP! from the first film and a face dissolving scene with Blair in black lipstick.
• The line, Be joined with us father has been completely cut.
• The next three or four scenes have been mixed around as well, leaving the scene with Fletcher yelling HELP edited out.
• The infamous ending of course, has Burton dying, instead of living, and Blair and Fletcher just looking at each other with artificial looks of grief on their faces.
• The end credit theme changed to a rock song

Expect No Mercy

The Expendables

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

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

• US 2011 Lions Gate Online Rent or Buy [US only] at US Amazon
• US 2011 Lions Gate RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and  at US Amazon

The generally recommended Extended cut adds a little bit more characterisation to some of the tough guys neglected in the Theatrical Version.

R Rated

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2010 Lions Gate Online
• UK 2010 Lions Gate RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

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

• US 2010 Lions Gate R1 DVD/RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2010 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and  at US Amazon

The BBFC explained their 18 rating:

The Expendables is a US action thriller about a group of mercenaries on a mission to overthrow a dictatorship in a fictional South American country. The film was originally classified 15 for cinema release after a single cut was made to remove a close shot of the hero sadistically twisting a knife into a villain's neck. This DVD version of the film reinstates the footage cut from the cinema version and was therefore classified 18 for strong bloody violence.

The strong bloody violence occurs throughout the film, with the mercenaries shooting and stabbing dozens of people in a manner that is strongly reminiscent of a video game. The BBFC's Guidelines at 15 state that Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The film contains many moments depicting the infliction of injury but most of these occur in the context of lengthy battle scenes where the general mayhem and chaos lessens the visual impact of the actual killings. However, the single moment cut from the cinema release (in which the hero sadistically twists a knife into a villain's neck) does dwell on the infliction of pain and injury and therefore exceeds the terms of the 15 Guidelines.

The film also contains multiple uses of strong language and frequent sight of knives being displayed and used.

• UK 2010 Lions Gate R2 DVD
• UK 2010 cinema release.

The BBFC noted:

• 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.

Experiment in Terror

• 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

The Explorers

PG

The shortened Restored Video Version was passed U without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2004 Paramount R2 DVD via UK Amazon

The US release featured the Restored Video Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

• US 2004 Paramount R1 DVD via US Amazon

From IMDb:

Re-edited by director Joe Dante and is two-minutes shorter than the original theatrical release.

• Deleted scene following Wolfgang walking to school and be accosted by bullies and then discussing with Ben spceship ideas.
• Additional night time scene with the three boys pushing a stolen fun fair gondola and losing control of it.
• Deleted dream scene with Ben in a classroom with  teh starship in the corner

• UK 1986 CIC VHS
• UK 1985 cinema release

Exposé

• 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.

Exposed

• 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).

The Exterminator

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

1980 US vigilante film by James Glickenhaus with Christopher George and Robert Ginty. See IMDb

The Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2011 Arrow R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2004 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• Time had diminished the power and impact to the extent that it was no longer likely to prove harmful and so previous cuts were waived.

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

• US 2011 Synapse R0 DVD/RB Blu-ray Combo via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Review from imdb:  Decent cult movie

As far as I'm concerned, 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.

The  Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed 18 after 22s of BBFC cuts after other BBFC cuts were waived for:

• UK 2000 Synergy R0 DVD
• UK 2000 Synergy VHS

However it seems that the Synergy DVD was in fact released uncut

The BBFC commented:

• Cuts required to process beheading
• and graphic process violence, both in breach of Board guidelines;
• and to impressionistically strong sadistic torture of a woman

• UK 2000 Synergy video (unreleased)
• UK 1991 Braveworld VHS
• UK 1985 Intervision VHS

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 Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed X (18) after 44s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1980 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were

• The opening Vietnam scene has lost 2 shots:
  • Two cuts shorten the infamous beheading scene (10s)
  • A Vietcong with wire cutting into his throat
• The attack on Jefferson at 17mins loses 2 shots.
  • Part of the gang leader's stabbing of Jefferson
  • A 3s close up of a garden tool tearing into Jefferson's back
• The torture of a hooker at 50mins
  • 26s missing including 2s of the hooker lying on the bed and briefly tortured with red hot soldering iron
• The mugging of an old woman is missing 2s of a kick to the stomach

Exterminator 2

cut

The cut US R Rated Version was passed 18 after 2:39s of further BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1985 Guild VHS
• UK 1984 cinema release

From imdb: cut scenes:

• the robbery and murder of the elderly couple at the beginning
• shots of burning pilot in crashed helicopter
• a guard being run over by a truck
• 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 train scene.

Extreme Prejudice

The BBFC cuts were waived when resubmitted in 2003

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

Eye of the Needle

Passed 15 or AA uncut for:

• 2001 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1986 Warner VHS
• AA rated 1981 cinema release

The US release has a curtailed ending

Eyes of a Stranger

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

Eyes Wide Shut

• EWS

unrated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2008 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2008 Warner Stanley Kubrick Box Set R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2000 Warner R2 DVD
• UK 2000 Warner VHS
• UK 1999 cinema release

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Warner R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2008 Warner Special Edition R2 DVD at US Amazon

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.

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. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com