BBFC Cuts F: Fb-Fm

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

A Director's Cut has been released in Germany but strangely nowhere else

• Blu-ray via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The Director's Cut contains 2:24s of extra non-contentious material.

• 2016 Fabulous Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2013 cinema release
• 2010 Universal R0 Blu-ray
• 2008 Universal R2 DVD
• 1999 Universal R2 VHS
• 1999 CIC R2 VHS
• 1998 cinema release

Fear City

• New York 2H du matin

Cut for a US R rating. Further cut for US TV ,and this TV version was further cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS. The R rated version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts in 2000 and for 2008 DVD. In the US it is also available as an MPAA Unrated Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.

Unrated

• NL R2 DVD via UK Amazon

• 2012 Shout Factory RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

There was also an uncut  French DVD that featured the TV version padding as an extra

cut

• 2007 2 Entertain DVD
• 2000 MIA VHS

Update from Starz Forum :

The US "R" rated video from Thorn EMI/HBO has a mixture of bits and pieces both from the edited for TV UK video release and the Dutch uncut video version.

• Most of the dialogue is unchanged but Billy Dee Williams last line in the UK version, Maybe you are, take him home ,  is here, and not the one from the Dutch release, Get him out of here! As this alters the tone of the ending, maybe this was requested by the distributors. Also, the music at the end is a reprise of the song "New York Dolls" heard in the UK version, not the instrumental heard over the Dutch version.

• 1994 Lumiere VHS
• 1986 EMI VHS
• 1986 cinema release

Pre- Cut for US TV by approximately 7 minutes (but padded out by an extra 6 minutes of TV version material).

1. All strip club scenes have been shortened
2. All murders reduced especially that of Rae Dawn Chong.
3. The killer practising his nunchucks in his own room rather predictably gets the chop...
4. ... as does their use in attack on a woman in the park
5. Michael Gazzo's Shit, I'd give my only nut becomes Shoot, I'd give my only son

Fear No Evil

Fearless

• Huo Yuan Jia
• Jet Li's Fearless
• Legend of a Fighter

Unrated

The Director's cut was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2008 Universal (Director's Cut + UK Theatrical) R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

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

• 2011 Universal (Director's Cut + UK Theatrical + US Theatrical) R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2008 Universal (Director's Cut + UK Theatrical + US Theatrical) R1 DVD via via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Other versions:

• US Theatrical Version was cut to achieve a PG-13 Rating
• Thai Theatrical Version featuring an extra fight with the Thai boxer called Bei Cha
• Hong King Theatrical Version

Summary Review: Last for Jet Li

Fearless is inspired by the life of Huo Yuan Jia, real-life Chinese martial arts master. Jet Li plays this legendary figure, whose martial arts style and fearless fight helped the people in China regain their pride in the early 20th century when China was intimidated and humiliated by the growing Western and Japanese powers.

In Fearless Jet Li has shown his best performance since Once Upon A Time In China and the fight scenes (choreographed by Yuen Woo Ping) are all fantastic, sometimes visceral, and sometimes graceful, and always powerful. Good and smooth editing and gorgeous production designs also help greatly to create the background.

Fearless is a first-rate martial arts action film.

Unrated

• 2008 Universal (Director's Cut + UK Theatrical) R0 Blu-ray

• 2006 Universal R2 DVD

• 2006 cinema release

See article from dvdcompare.net

Director Ronny Yu reduced the length of 'Fearless' from 143 minutes to 103 minutes to speed up the pacing of the movie. The subplot with Michelle Yeoh has been cut. In the original cut the story of Huo Yuanjia is told by Miss Yang an Olympic official. In the early part of the movie Huo Yuanjia is in exile in a Thai village and to save a boy from being punished for stealing an ox, he is forced into a match with a local boxer, played by Somluck Kamsing. Ronny Yu made the cut after audiences from an internal screening criticized the film for being too slow and the Olympic sub-story being too irrelevant to the main plot.

See further pictorial details at www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com

The Fearless Vampire Killers

• Dance of the vampires
• The Fearless Vampire Killers or, Pardon Me But Your Teeth are in my Neck

See video from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

UK: Passed 12 uncut for:

• 2004 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1999 Terrovision VHS
• 1995 Warner VHS as The Fearless Vampire Killers

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2004 Warner R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Jokes and Atmosphere

The film perfectly captures the atmosphere of a snow- covered Transylvania, plagued by the sinister menace of an evil that the locals would rather keep under wraps. When the hapless Alfred (Roman Polanski) and his master Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) arrive at an inn for the night, they stumble upon a community reluctant to discuss their embarrassing secret.

The exaggeratedly Jewish local innkeeper Shagal (played brilliantly by Alfie Bass) does his best to feign ignorance, as nearly all of the villagers clam up tight, but the game is afoot. Add to the recipe the beautiful innkeeper's daughter (the simply lovely Sharon Tate) with whom Alfred falls instantly in love, and the scene is set for a wonderful tale of good over evil in the twilight world of the un-dead.

There are many subtle jokes along the way, as well as some very obvious slapstick, but the lair of the vampires is truly menacing and with a haunting score to emphasise the plot, this film simply works on many levels.

• 1986 MGM/UA VHS as Dance of the Vampires

• 1967 cinema release as The Fearless Vampire Killers
• 1967 cinema release as Dance of the Vampires

From IMDB:

• Heavy cuts were made by the BBFC to the scene of Von Krolock attacking Sarah in her bath in order for the film to receive an A certificate.

The submitted running time was noted as 108:16s = 103:56s PAL

This film was originally released in the United States in an edited version shortened by approximately 20 minutes. All actors voices redubbed to make them more American-sounding, the music was slightly altered and a cartoon prologue featuring Abronsius & Alfred was added. This was done by producer Martin Ransohoff without Roman Polanski's approval. Other edits included the shortening of the trip to Krolock's castle, the shots of Shagal watching the maid cleaning the floor as he stomps the sauerkraut, and Alfred searching for the mysterious voice in the castle corridors.

Upon seeing this American version, Polanski tried to have his name removed from the credits.

Feast II: Sloppy Seconds

• Feast 2

Unrated

The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2010 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2008 Weinstein R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a US R Rated version targeted just at censorial outlets such as Blockbuster

Feast III: The Happy Finish

• Feast 3

Unrated

The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2010 Optimum Online
• 2010 Optimum R2 DVD via UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2009 Weinstein R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a US R Rated version targeted just at censorial outlets such as Blockbuster

Feel the Noise

The BBFC cut 12s for:

• 2010 Anchor Bay R2 DVD

The BBFC explained:

• A compulsory cut was required to a scene of animal cruelty (in this instance two birds goaded to fury and seen pecking and fighting each other during a cockfight)

Felicity

Cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS. There is a Director's Cut that was passed 18 uncut by the BBFC and is MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Review: Glory Glory

An Australian answer to Emmanuelle that is a bit short on plot but seems to have hit the mark with the innocent fresh sensuality of the lovely Canadian actress, Glory Annen.

The softcore action starts off in a boarding school and then off to the almost mandatory Far East for further education.

Unrated

2008 Severin DVD no sign of an actual release though

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

• 2016 Severin Films (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2006 Severin Video on Demand (worldwide) at TlaCult.com
• 2006 Severin R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

pre-cut

• 1991 Tower VHS

• 1979 cinema release

Fellini's Casanova

• Casanova
• Il Casanova di Federico Fellini

Passed X uncut for 1977 cinema release. A shorter version was passed 18 on VHS then 15 on DVD and Blu-ray

Summary Notes

Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in someone, and is he really an interesting person ? Is he really alive ?

• 2015 Mr Bongo RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2015 Mr Bongo R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2005 Fremantlemedia R2 DVD

• 1987 CBS/Fox VHS titled Fellini's Casanova

Video versions are shorter than the Original Version released in cinemas.

• 1977 cinema release titled Casanova

Female Animal

The BBFC cut the 1971 cinema release.

The original running time was 82:55s

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

See review from IMDb : Eurotrash

On the surface, this looks like one of those erotic 60s art-house flicks which were imported by American entrepreneurs solely for their sex content. It even possesses the de rigueur subtext exposing the moneyed class for its decadence and its exploitation of the naive masses. However, it's all a scam -- it was intentionally made in Puerto Rico by these self-same American entrepreneurs to resemble a European flick -- and quite successfully so.

The film is well enough constructed and filmed to be watchable, with plenty of nudity, though it's overly melodramatic and dully predictable for long stretches. As well, there are a couple of psychedelic sequences for Swinging Sixties buffs. The star Angelique is quite a dish and is not averse to shedding her threads at the least provocation. At the same time, the filmmakers strive to offend conservative viewers (in true pseudo-Euro style) by including a lascivious hypocritical priest among the sordid proceedings, by using a soda bottle as an erotic device, and by being a bit unsubtle about Angelique's relationship with her housecat.

The Female Response

• Everybody's At It

Cut by the BBFC for 1973 cinema release

• 1973 cinema release

Female Trouble

Summary Notes

The life and times of Dawn Davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother, criminal and glamorous model before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair...

It is occasionally vulgar but all for good measure and although gross out, it has a hard impact that makes you feel for the characters...and what characters they are, Aunt Ida is scene stealing.

It's basically a really dirty Carry On movie...only far classier...and arguably more enjoyable... It may offend some people.

A genuinely great film from the Pope of Trash John Waters who has to be one of my favourite directors due to him taking the piss out of everyday life and pushing humor beyond the boundaries.

X rated

• 2007 Entertainment in Video R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2004 New Line R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1991 Castle VHS

From Cult Movie Forums :

• This is missing the scene where Earl tries to 'seduce' Taffy with his (literally) scabby cock being cut.

• 1988 Palace VHS

Female Vampire

• Les Avaleuses
• Bare Breasted Countess
• The Black Countess
• La Comtess aux Seins Nu
• La Comtesse Noire
• Entfesselte Begierde
• Erotic Killer
• Erotkill
• Erotikiller
• Jacula
• Yacula
• The Last Thrill
• The Loves of Irina
• Sicarius: The Midnight Party
• Verentahrima Morsian

Cut by the BBFC for VHS and DVD. There's a non-sex Erotikill Version, a softcore version, and a hardcore inserts version

• 2012 Redemption [softcore + Erotikill] R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2012 Redemption [softcore + Erotikill] R1 DVD at US Amazon
• US Image R0 DVD

• 2012 Redemption [softcore + Erotikill] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2012 Redemption [softcore + Erotikill] R1 DVD at US Amazon

This version is missing the erotic elements

• 2002 Arrow R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Cut required to remove sight of non-consenting woman being stripped and forced to engage in sex with two other women

• 1994 Redemption VHS

The softcore version has been well hacked by the BBFC but the film is notable because they missed a bit. One of the sex scenes retains about 1s of unsnipped fellatio.

• Cut to heavily edit the lesbian/bondage scene
• cut to remove shots of female masturbation
• cuts to sexual close ups.

Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters

Thanks to Bleach on The Melon Farmers Forum :

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 1996.

• At 72.5 mins - In fight in store-room, close up of knuckle duster was removed.
• At 73 mins - In outside assault scene featuring man in garden, close ups of throwing star in man`s hand and embedded in victim`s neck were removed, resuming on victim falling backwards.
• At 84.5 mins - In fight scene inside room, close up of man holding throwing star was removed.
• At 86 mins - In same fight, close up of arm being broken with bloody results and subsequent extreme close up of hand holding throwing star were removed, resuming on man in white top.

The region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon which contains original and overdubbed versions

Fiebre

• Fever

Banned by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release

Summary review from IMDB: Atmosphere of strangeness

In 1968 and 1969, Amando Bo and Isabel Sarli produced their three masterpieces: Carne , Fuego y Fiebre , three films that are unique in the world, three films that influenced John Waters big time and were a clear precedent to his revolutionary work.

Fiebre is an amazing piece of experimental film-making. The idea is Isabel falls in love with a horse . An so we see shots of her touching her breast over imposed with shots of the horse's organ for an hour nd a half. It sounds boring. It's not.

Bo's movies have an atmosphere of strangeness. They deserve a place in film history.

• 2014 VoD at YouTube

X Rated

• 1975 cinema release

The Fiend

• Beware My Brethren

Summary Review: Rampage of Redemption

As though enough pretty young women to fill a stadium haven't already been murdered in these films, a young man under the influence of a religious cult goes on a rampage of 'redemption,' murdering countless -- what else? -- young women.

Something of a minor horror that is watchable rather than notable. The cinematic style has been likened to the British sex comedies of the time. Patrick Magee provides couple of plus points for the film.

• 2010 Odeon R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 1981 Derann Pre-cert VHS
• 1972 cinema release

US: The same cut version was released for:

• 2005 Redemption R1 DVD

From IMDb. Comparison of Derann video with uncut version shown on BBC in 2001:

• The opening murder in the BBC version includes a more prolonged strangulation scene, as well as some further nudity as Kenny strips his dead victim (Janette Wild). There's also the sight of him removing a watch and necklace from the naked corpse, adding a (slightly out of place) petty criminal element to Kenny's religiously motivated crimes.
• The title scenes are slightly different, the BBC version plays the title over a still shot of the killer's boots (the rest of the credits appear the same way). The Derann version plays the title over a blue box background.
• When Kenny first plays the audio tapes back of his killings there is some cutaways to historical torture paintings. The older Derann version includes two brief shots of the same painting, the BBC version contains the same two shots but lingers on them a little longer and goes on to another shot of a second (more graphic) painting.
• The murder of the prostitute (Terry Quinlan) in toned down in the Derann version (she's beaten around the head off-screen). The BBC version however includes some nasty shots of Kenny ramming his torch into the girl's mouth. Her death from being beaten around the head is no longer shown totally off-screen in the BBC version either.
• The following scene where Quinlan's body is discovered in cement, is different in the two versions. The BBC version represents this scene with two shots of nudity (the actress obviously found it hard to hold her breath). The Derann version represents it with an odd, (still photograph?) close-up on the girl's face.
• The last difference is to the 'meat-hook scene' where one of Kenny's victims (Suzanna East) initially drowned is discovered hanging on a meat hook. Both versions play the discovery slightly different, the Derann version includes a brief shot of the girl on the meat hook as well as a second shot that zooms in on the dead girls face. The BBC version begins with an additional long shot of the dead girl, and ends on a second shot, that's actually the first shot we see of the body in the Derann version but is more drawn out. The zoom shot from the Derann version isn't included in the BBC version.

Fierce Creatures

Language has been cut for a cinema PG but this has been restored on video

The Fifth Cord

• Giornata nera per l'ariete

Unrated

UK: Passed X (18) uncut for:

• 1972 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2013 Blue Underground Midnight Movies 13 R0 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review:  Atmospheric giallo

An alcoholic journalist finds himself on the trail of a murderer after the police make him a suspect in their investigation.

A stylish, atmospheric giallo. Great score, great locations, superb cinematography by the great Storaro. The story, however, is quite muddled, but here, the mood makes up for that to a large extent.

• 1988 Redemption VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• The cut removes a shot of a man slashing a woman's neck with a knife after stalking her for a while.

The 5th Musketeer

• The Fifth Musketeer
• Behind the Iron Mask

Uncut in Europe, but in the US, the film was significantly cut for a PG rating

• 1994 IMC VHS

Netherlands: Uncut for:

• NL Bakker R2 DVD via UK Amazon

55 Days at Peking

Cut for a U rated 1963 cinema release and for later U rated videos. Presumably uncut for the PG rated DVD and Blu-ray release of 2014.

Promotional Material

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and the support of the Boxers by the Chinese Empress and her generals.

• 2014 Anchor Bay RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Anchor Bay R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The certificate has been uprated from U to PG and the film is a couple of minutes longer so presumably this is now the uncut version.

• 1997 Polygram VHS
• 1987 VCI VHS
• 1963 cinema release

From IMDb. BBFC category cuts for a U rated 1963 cinema release included:

• Cut scene of the priest being drowned by the water-wheel
• A shortening of the screaming sounds made by the soldier before his leg amputation
• The removal of all references by Lewis to local women being made available for soldiers.

To retain the same certificate all VHS releases also featured the same cut print.

The film was originally passed 18 uncut for cinema for very strong sex references. The film distributors appealed to the BBFC for a reconsideration of the 18 rating, asking for a 15 rating instead. The BBFC agreed, and the film is now passed 15 uncut for strong sex references.

Fifty Shades of Grey

No cuts in the UK or US. There exists a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version. Otherwise banned around the world

Promotional Material

Fifty Shades of Grey is the hotly anticipated film adaptation of the no.1 bestselling book by E L James. Fifty Shades Of Grey follows the relationship of 27-year-old handsome billionaire Christian Grey and innocent college student Anastasia Steele .

Since its release, the “Fifty Shades” trilogy has been translated into 51 languages worldwide and sold more than 100 million copies in e-book and print—making it one of the biggest and fastest-selling book series ever. Stepping into the roles of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, who have become iconic to millions of readers, are Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson. Fifty Shades of Grey is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and produced by Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti alongside E L James, the creator of the series. The screenplay for the film is by Kelly Marcel.

Unrated

• 2015 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 22nd June 2015
• 2015 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 22nd June 2015

US: The Extended version is MPAA Unrated

The Extended Version contains 3:14s minutes extra. This is mostly extra plot and an alternative ending but there are also a few extra seconds of nudity and sex. See  pictorial version details from  movie-censorship.com

• 2015 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 22nd June 2015
• 2015 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 22nd June 2015

52 Pick-Up

The BBFC cuts were waived for the 2004 MGM 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 : Little Gem

I saw this in the theaters when it first came out in the 80s, not expecting much, but then - BAM! - this nasty little gem of a thriller delivers thrills in spades.

JOHN GLOVER creates one of the most chilling, yet hilarious, villains in film history - and the film's most infamous sequence - the videotape replay of Cindy's snuff-movie murder that Glover forces Scheider to watch in horror SITTING THE SAME CHAIR WHERE SHE WAS KILLED! - still never fails to disturb the viewer.

Frankenheimer directs how the best do: so seamless and subtle and unobtrusive, you never notice him tightening the screws right up until a white-knuckle climax.

C'mon, guys, get with it! Once you see 52 PICK-UP, you will never forget it.

From cuts details on IMDb :

• Heavily edits to a scene where Harry watches a video showing a topless woman being tied to a chair and shot to death.

Fight Club

Cut by the BBFC for 1999 cinema release and VHS. Uncut on DVD since 2005. Uncut in the US.

Summary Notes

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

MPAA

• 2014 cinema release
• 2009 20th Century Fox 10th Anniversary RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2007 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2005 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2009 20th Century Fox 10th Anniversary RB Blu-ray at US Amazon  
• 200220th Century Fox R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2000 Fox Pathe VHS
• 1999 cinema release

 The BBFC noted:

Substitutions were made of 3 seconds in addition to the cuts to running time

The film was cut by 4s by the BBFC

• In the scene where the gangster beats up Brad Pitt, an overhead shot as Pitt receives a punch to the face is completely missing,
• In the scene where Edward Norton beats Jared Leto's face to a pulp, the third punch in the first load of hits has been cut and several hits as his face becomes bloodied during the last load of hits have been removed in two cuts

Fight Club: Members Only

Cut when submitted for a cinema certificate in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove violent elements from a work in order to achieve a '12A' category (in this instance, strong detail of stabbings). A '15' uncut was available to the company.

Fight for your Life

• Bloodbath at 1313 Fury Drive
• Getting Even
• Held Hostage
• I Hate Your Guts
• Staying Alive

Banned by the BBFC for 1981 cinema release. Banned as a video nasty 1984. Not seen since in the UK. Uncut in the US.

Summary Review : Disturbing Scenes

Strange entry in the list in that most of the video is taken up by talking about vengeance rather than getting on with the job.

Three escaped convicts seek refuge at the home of a black minister and his family, there the family is humiliated and beaten. When his daughter is violated the family begin to embark on some vengeance.

A film which has very little to offer other than racial hatred and some rather disturbing scenes of violence. But so became a grindhouse classic.

• 2004 Blue Underground R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

VoD:

• 2014 VoD at YouTube

• 1982 Vision On VHS

The 1982 uncut video release from Vision On was banned as a video nasty in September 1984 a nd remained on the DPP list throughout the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP39's

• 1981 cinema release

Fighting

The 2009 Universal DVD/Blu-ray features the US Unrated version.

The extra material is not significant and there is nothing to challenge the censor.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

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

The Final Countdown

• Der letzte Countdown

BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated 1980 cinema and PG rated 1986 VHS. Uncut on PG rated DVD.

Summary Notes

An American nuclear aircraft carrier and its crew are caught in a classic dilemma when a supernatural storm sends them back in time just before the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor.

• 2015 Icon Home Entertainment video
• 2006 Optimum Releasing video
• 2002 Hollywood DVD video

IMDb notes that the BBFC cuts were waived in 2002.

• 1986 Warner Home VHS

• 1980 cinema release

The Final Cut

UK: A re-edited version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2006 BBC Worldwide Video

• 1997 BBC Worldwide VHS

Final Exam

Seized by the police during the video nasties moral panic. Passed 18 uncut on 1986 VHS. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.

Final Exam was made at the peak of the early 80's slasher period and I'm not surprised that this one been forgotten. The intro is truly typical stuff with a teen couple making out in a car only to be killed (but in a crap off screen murder). During the next 50 minutes! or so you'll be wondering if you're actually watching a slasher as nothing happens.

MPAA

• 1986 Embassy Home Entertainment Video

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2014 Shout! Factory RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2011 Scorpion R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1983 Embassy VHS

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

Final Destination 2

• Destination Ultime 2

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R Rated

UK: The DVD Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2011 EIV RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2003 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The DVD Version is MPAA R Rated for:

• VOD to rent [US only] at US Amazon
• 2011 New Line R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2003 New Line R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb:

The theatrical release features a shot that is missing from all DVD versions:

• when one of the victims-to-be gets his hand stuck in his kitchen sink trying to retrieve his lost ring, the threatening disposal blades below are not shown.

The commentary track on the DVD mentions that this was a last moment add-on which heightened the menace and tension of the scene considerably.

The DVD commentary also mentions that the film lost a lot of gore when a preview version was found to have alienated the audience.

• 2003 cinema release

Final Fantasy: Unlimited-Yu-The Secret of Gaudium

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following statement: Distributor chose to remove derogatory use of the words 'spaz' and 'spastic' in order to get a U. An uncut 12 was available to the distributor

Final Mission

The BBFC cut the 1986 Thorn EMI video by 7s.

From cuts details on IMDb :

• Edits to a decapitation
• Cut eye gouging during a fight scene.
• Cut shot of a man's arm being broken later in the same fight.

See The Fallen

Final Terror

• The Final Terror
• Campsite Massacre
• Bump in the Night
• The Forest Primeval
• The Creeper

Uncut for UK cinema release but cut by the BBFC for VHS. Uncut in the US. There is an alternative Version called The Creeper

Summary Notes

A group of forest rangers go camping in the woods, and trespass into an area where a backwoods mama likes to kill people who come onto her turf.

The Final Terror wasn't a bad movie but it was a bad slasher movie. Nary a drop of blood, ok maybe a drop or 2 but WEAK kills.

Great cast .Darrel Hannah, Rachel Ward and Joe Pantoliano were virtual unknowns at the time and lend to the credibility of the cast today.

R rated

• UK 1982 cinema release titled Campsite Massacre

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2014 Shout! Factory (RA) Blu-ray/(R1) DVD Combo titled The Final Terror via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2005 Trinity R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

VOD:

• Online at YouTube

• 1986 Thorn-EMI VHS titled Final Terror

From IMDb:

• Edits to the repeated stabbing of Mike's back during the double murder in the forest.

Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers

Cuts were waived for the 2005 Freemantlemedia  DVD

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

See review from IMDb : Underrated and unnoticed

This film tends to touch base on issues in several other of his films. In Vixen , the issue was marital bliss and touched on the concept of partner swapping. A similar notion is touched on in Finders Keepers in marital fidelity, and promoting the concept that no one goes unpunished.

It contains the nudity and light humor of his other flicks. It's not one of his more known films, but is worth checking out even if only once. The movie actually has a good plot to it, with senses of drama and a sense of urgency that keeps the pace going from start to finish.

Thanks to Bleach:

• At 35 mins - In marital rape scene, after man begins to instigate sex with woman, and after her whispered dialogue line Oh God...no...please, remove all sight of him ripping open her night-dress to expose her breasts and lying on top of her with her breast clearly visible. Resume on close shot of his back and arm.
   
• At 62.5 mins - In robbery scene at bar, after woman is thrown onto pool table, and after man with red kerchief round neck shouts Stop it and man with acetylene torch laughs, remove all subsequent long shot of her struggling as her clothing is pulled open to reveal her breasts and man forces himself on top of her. Resume on close shot of man with red kerchief shouting Stop it...the combination's taped under the bar...

A Fine Madness

Passed 12 uncut for:

• 2011 Warner VOD

• 1966 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 1 05:03s = 100:51s PAL

Fingers

best
available

R Rated

Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• 1987 Hollywood Nights VHS

• 1978 cinema release

The film was cut for a US R Rating but the R Rated Version has become the definitive.

Toback said in the Las Vegas Weekly that his great experience with the people at Warner Bros. on Fingers, which had to be resubmitted 13 times before it got the 'R' it needed to be released. That was 1978, so I don't think the original cut of Fingers even exists.

Fire Birds

• Wings of the Apache

A Re-edited Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2007 Optimum R2 DVD titles Wings of the Apache at UK Amazon

• 1990 Medusa VHS titled Fire Birds
• 1990 cinema release titled Fire Birds

See Colossus of the Stone Age

Fire on the Amazon

• Lost Paradise

Unrated

UK: The Unrated Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2011 Anchor Bay R2 DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The R Rated version is missing:

• R.J. O'Brien seen in hotel room getting drunk while listening to a couple having loud sex in the room next door
• Missing 4s from sex scene between R.J. O'Brien and Alyssa

• 2002 Prism R2 DVD
• 2001 Film 2000 R2 DVD

Fired Up!

The (US PG-13 rated) Theatrical was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for the 2009 cinema release and Sony DVD.

There is also a US Unrated Version with just an a minute of additional material.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

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

Firefox

A shortened version was submitted for the 1986 Warner video and 2003 DVD.

The cuts are non contentious. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The Original Version region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The Original Version region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

This is the Original Version. The Director then prepared a shorter version after its initial release

Firepower

The BBFC waived previous cuts for the 2003 ILC Prime DVD

The uncut region 0 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon : Typical B action movie

Firepower is one of those cheesy martial art movies that tries to take place in the future and the result is even more cheesiness that is just a 1980's looking future. But not all is lost. There are plenty of fights in this film, and it stars familiar faces Chad Mcqueen and Gary Daniels.

Overall, the story is ok. There is a huge surprise near the end I did not expect from a film like this.

The fights are really the only decent thing about Firepower . If you are into underground cage fighting with weapons and screaming spectators, this is that kind of movie. None of the fights are exceptional, but most are good and solid for a martial arts film. Gary Daniels is definitely more skilled in Firepower than Chad Mcqueen.

A basic martial arts film that is a typical B action movie. The setting in the future makes it suffer more than it should with all its cheesiness glory, but other than that expect an average film.

From cuts details on IMDb

• edited out footage of weaponry including all crossbow scenes

Firepower

• Fire Power

BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated 1979 cinema release. These cuts were waived for 15 rated 1986 VHS but a cut for cockfighting was required. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A merc is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal. A woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.

• 2015 Scorpion Releasing (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2015 Scorpion Releasing R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1986 Channel 5 VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• to remove a 15s cock fighting scene

• 1979 cinema release

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

• Removed some of the bloodier shootings
• Removed shots of men on fire
• Removed a wire strangling
• Removed a brief shot of a topless woman.

Firestorm

Firewalker

• Le temple d'or

BBFC category cuts were required for a PG rated cinema release in 1987. Passed 15 uncut for VHS and 12 uncut for 2016 DVD. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

Summary Notes

Max Donigan sets off on a treasure hunt with his friend Leo and newly-acquired partner Patricia, who provided the treasure map. Along the way they encounter a few bar fights, evil "coyotes", and other obstacles they are able to overcome with ease. When they find the temple with the treasure, they also find the Firewalker, who wants to retain the power of his ancestors and put an end to the trio's treasure hunt. In the end, Max and his two friends persevere and return home wealthy.

MPAA

• 2016 101 Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 1996 Warner Home VHS
• 1987 Rank Video Library VHS

• 2015 Olive Films (R1) DVD at US Amazon

• 1987 cinema release

From IMDb. The UK cinema version was cut by 37s for a PG certificate:

• Remove shots of a soldier unzipping his trousers before raping a woman and
• cuts to head and groin kicks.

See Jackie Chan's First Choice

First Great Train Robbery

• The Great Train Robbery

All UK releases have been cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

Sutherland and Connery wish to rob a moving train's safe in Victorian England. They need wax impressions of keys, coffins, dead cats, and a great deal of planning in order to pull it off.

• 2014 Kino Lorber films RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2014 Kino Lorber films R1 DVD at US Amazon

cinema
107:42s
=103:24s

• 2001 MGM R2 DVD

• 1987 Warner VHS

• 1978 cinema release titled The First Great Train Robbery
• 1978 cinema release titled The Great Train Robbery

The BBFC commented:

Cuts required to sight of ratting. (Ratting is a blood sport where spectators bet on how long it takes for dogs to kill a pen of rats)

The cut DVD version was used for distribution throughout Europe.

Note there seems to be a slight discrepancy of a couple of minutes between the cinema and video version

First Kid

All cuts waived when resubmitted in 2002

See Jackie Chan's First Strike

F.I.S.T

• F.I.S.T.

Released in a Europe in a shortened version. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

• 2015 Kino Lorber RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2015 Kino Lorber R1 DVD at US Amazon  
• 2005 MGM R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

shortened

• 2003 MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) video
• 1987 Warner Home VHS

• 1978 cinema release

About 15 minutes of uncontentious material has been removed presumably for timing reasons but this has lead to inconsistencies in the plot. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Fist of Fun Series 2

The BBC have made gofasterstripe.com cut their forthcoming dvd release of the 1996 BBC2 series Fist of Fun series 2. 5 minutes from the shows themselves and 3 minutes from a Richard Herring/Stewart Lee podcast extra! The cuts are:

• Episode 3 - Lady Diana segment
• Episode 4 - Parents suing a theatre segment
• Episode 5 - Reference to the child in episode 4
• Also removed the obsolete bbc email, post and web addresses from the end of each episode and the address of the newsagent that Peter visits.

From the podcast-

• Reference to drug taking
• TV executives Stewart Lee's opinion of his poor treatment by the BBC
• Richard Herring saying Stew would lose his audience if he had sex with a child
• Section mentioning Alan Partridge rights
• Section where they talk about buying back Fist of Fun for 2/3rds what the BBC paid them to do it in the first place.

There will be no jokes about pedophilia from the BBC!

Fist of Fury

• Jing Wu men
• Jing mo mun
• The Chinese Connection
• Duel of Fists
• The Iron Hand
• School for Chivalry

UK cinema and VHS releases were cut by the BBFC. Uncut on DVD.

Summery Review : Don't miss this DVD

Chen Chen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher's death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on with his mastery of martial arts while investigating his teacher's murder.

The film is famous for its legendary first nunchaku fight scene at the Japanese' training camp as Bruce shows for the first time his personal fighting tool and weapon, a pair of nunchakus. That fight scene even before nunchakus is among the greatest ever filmed since the choreography and timing is totally marvellous as the one take lasts very long without edits, and Bruce kicks and hits about ten victims during that, and the timing and stunt men had to be really sharp in order to not to get hurt for real. Also, the nunchaku fights in the film are incredible as Bruce uses his weapon without flinching an eye and with fierce look on his face. This all is even more powerful in his next film, Way of the Dragon.

• 2015 Mediumrare RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2009 3 Film Box Set R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 Medusa/Hong Kong Legends R2 DVD

• 2014 Shout! Factory Bruce Lee Premiere Collection RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2013 Shout! Factory RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Hong Kong: Uncut for:

• 2009 Indies Asia/Zoom RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon

• 1986 Rank VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

1. The lengthy nunchaku segment of Bruce Lee's first raid on the Japanese dojo has been cut out completely. The missing footage shows Lee twirling the nunchakus around his head and body, and fending off numerous attackers with blows to the head and legs.
2. The film's second Nunchaku scene has also been cut. We no longer see Lee defending himself from the Japanese villain's sword, before disarming him and throwing his own weapon to the ground.
3. A second cut to the above scene removes the bit where Lee leaps through the air delivering a kick to the villain's throat that sends him flying backward through a nearby shoji screen. Ending the fight rather abruptly.

• 1973 cinema release titled Duel of Fists
• 1973 cinema release titled The Chinese Connection

• 1972 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• A cut to the second Nunchaku where Lee leaps through the air delivering a kick to the villain's throat that sends him flying backward through a nearby shoji screen. Ending the fight rather abruptly.

Fist of Fury: Part 2

• Fist of Fury Part II
• Fist of Fury Part Two
• Jing wu men xu ji
• Chinese Connection 2
• Ching wu men su tsi
• Fist of Fury II
• Fistful of the Dragon
• Fists of Fury II

Passed 18 after 1:12s of BBFC cuts with previous cinema cuts waived for:

• 2002 Film 2000 R0 DVD
• 1993 Polygram VHS
• 1991 VPD VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• The BBFC were having a downer on nunchaku and so these are deleted
• A double ear clap was removed
• A shot of a live bird being eaten by a cheetah was deleted for animal cruelty

• 1977 cinema version

The BBFC cuts were:

• A fatal beating is missing
• A shot of an impaled man was deleted

Fist of Honor

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 2004 Boulevard Entertainment DVD

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

From cuts details on IMDb

• Edits to violence including shots of a woman being punched to death with a metal knuckle duster.

Fist of Legend

• Jing wu ying xiong

There is an uncut Taiwan Version with 3 extra minutes showing the headmaster using opium with the prostitute.

pre-cut
21s

• 2010 Showbox R0 Blu-ray
• 2010 Showbox R2 DVD
• 2001 Buena Vista R2 DVD

See version details from dvdcompare.net :

• This is the Hong Kong Version omitting a 21 second sequence which has on-screen text telling the aftermath of Jing Wu followed by film of students running/training with Ting Yan.

• 1999 Made in Hong Kong VHS

• 1997 cinema release

Fist of the North Star Vol 2

The BBFC cut the 1999 Manga video by 1:03s for an 18 rating

Thanks to Bleach:

• At 59 mins - Remove use of chainsticks in fight sequence. All other fighting in this sequence may remain.

Fist of the North Star Vol 4

The BBFC cut the 1999 Manga video by 4s for a 15 rating

Thanks to Bleach:

• Cut to remove throwing stars

Fist of Unicorn

• Qi lin zhang
• Bruce Lee and I

R rated

UK: The International Version was passed 15 uncut for moderate violence and sex for:

• 2004 DVD.COM/Showbox R0 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The International Version is MPAA R rated for:

• 2003 Videoasia [International + Asian] R0 DVD at US Amazon

• 2003 Videoasia [International + Asian] R0 DVD at US Amazon

A Fistful of Dollars

• Per un pugno di dollari

Cut by the BBFC for an X (16) rated 1967 cinema release and it seems the same version was released again in 1981. Uncut on home video since 1999.

Summary Notes

An anonymous, but deadly man rides into a town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo's. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.

R Rated

• 2014 20th Century Fox [The Man With No Name Trilogy] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2013 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2005 MGM Special Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1999 Warner Video

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2014 MGM The Man With No Name Trilogy (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 1999 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1986 Warner VHS

submitted
96:20s
=92:29s

• 1981 cinema release

UK: Passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for:

• 1967 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

• Reel 4 - Reduce to a bare minimum the beating up of Joe [Clint Eastwood]. Also remove the kicks and stamping on his hand. Reduce the number of shots of his disfigured face, especially in close up.
• Reel 4 - Reduce to a minimum the shots and sounds of the beating up of the cantina's owner.
• Reel 5 - Remove as far as possible all close shots of the massacre of the Baxters and shorten the rest, including the murder of Mrs Baxter. [All shots of men on fire were removed along with the shot of Mrs Baxter falling backwards after being hit with a bullet].
• Reel 5 - Shorten the episode in which the cantina's owner is strung up and tortured.
• Reel 5 - Remove shots of Ramon dripping blood from his mouth.

See Duck You Sucker

See Shaolin Invincible Sticks

Five Guns To Tombstone

• Five Guns to Tombstone
• Reiter der Vergeltung

BBFC category cuts were required for a U rated 1960 cinema release. Uncut and PG rated for 2016 DVD.

Summary Notes

Matt Wade escapes from prison and tries to persuade his brother Bill, a reformed gunslinger, to participate in a hold-up. Billy refuses but Matt frames him and he is forced to ride off with the gang. Billy fights with his brother and accidentally kills him, while Matt's teen-aged son, Ted, who thinks his father had been paroled from prison, sees the shooting. Returning to town to explain the true situation, Billy is almost lynched by the townsmen mob who think he was part of the robbery. He escapes and goes back to the gang, pretending to join them but actually looking for evidence to clear himself and turn gang leader, Ike Garvey, over to Marshal Sam Jennings. Only his fiancée Arlene knows of his plan.

• 2015 101 Films Limited video

• 1960 cinema release

Five Minarets in New York

• The Terrorist
• New York'ta Bes Minare

Shortened for UK release and then passed 15 without further cuts. Uncut in Germany

Summary Notes

Two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to find and bring back the dangerous Islamic leader codenamed "Dajjal", believed to be hiding in there. Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of Hadji Gumus, a well-respected Muslim scholar and family man who years before fled to the United States after being released from a Turkish prison, where he served time for murder. This tale love, friendship, peace and prejudices, takes us on a journey seeking to answer the question of whether innocence or guilt even matters to one who lusts for vengeance.

shortened

• 2011 Showbox RB Blu-ray
• 2011 Showbox R2 DVD

The Five-Year Engagement

There is a Theatrical Version and an uncontroversial Extended Version

Unrated

• 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 29th October 2012

US: The Extended Version is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
• 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R1 DVD at US Amazon
• 2012 Universal VOD to buy [US only] at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The additional footage is uncontroversial. It adds a new character of Violet's ex, but nothing particularly important.

R Rated

• 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 29th October 2012
• 2012 Universal R2 DVD
• 2012 cinema release

Flavia the Heretic

• Flavia, la Monaca Musulmana
• Flavia the Rebel Nun
• Flavia, Priestess of Violence
• The Heretic
• The Muslim Nun
• The Rebel Nun

Cut by the BBFC for cinema release and VHS. Uncut on DVD in UK and US

Summary Notes

Italy 1600: A convent of nuns are invaded by the Tarantula Sect on their annual pilgrimage. The cultists defile the place of worship, orgying in the chapel and desecrating the altar. One nun decides she can't take the religious oppression any longer and flees the convent upset that all the leaders are male.

Flavia the Heretic is different from other exploitation films. Instead of being gore and sex hidden under a thin shroud of message, Flavia the Heretic has a legitimate message (absurd as it might be at times), but gets grouped in with the sex and gore movies that the Italians are so famous for.

The movie is more than nunsploitation. None of the scenes are all that violent. Movies like Behind Convent Walls were certainly more sexually graphic and dwelt much longer on the sex scenes in attempt to make the erotic. No such attempts were made in this movie.

R rated

• 2008 Argent Films/Shameless R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2014 ADA Corp DVD RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2003 Synapse Films R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1994 Redemption VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

1. Horse castration: a shot of the horses testicles is cut followed by details of the procedure.
2. Swineherd's daughter's rape: a glimpse of the girls breasts is deleted along with the mounting by the male and some struggling by the girl.
3. Nun being tortured: cuts to views of the nun's breast being burnt and a close up of a nipple being cut off
4. Rape victim's revenge: The above rapist himself gets raped but shots of breasts and the girl gasping have been deleted.
5. Skinning alive: Flavia is skinned alive but we do not get to see fingers digging into an ankle wound nor skin being pulled from her leg.

• 1974 Redemption VHS

Flesh + Blood

• Flesh & Blood
• The Rose and the Sword

Cut by the BBFC for 1986 cinema and VHS releases. Cuts waived for the 2005 DVD. In the US there is a cut R rated version and an uncut Unrated version.

Summary Notes

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.

Unrated

• 2014 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2005 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The previous BBFC cuts were waived when the MGM DVD was resubmitted in 2005

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2014 Kino Lorber RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2012 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2004 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1986 Rank VHS
• 1986 cinema release

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

• The scene in which Agnes (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is gang raped by Martin (Rutger Hauer) and his gang is reduced.

The Flesh and the Fiends

• Mania

The UK Version is cut both by the distributors and the BBFC. The uncut Continental Version is available in the US

Summary Review: Obscure masterpiece

This film deals with the infamous exploits of grave-robbers Burke & Hare, and the university professor surgeon Dr. Knox.

This is exploitative macabre melodrama, more than a horror film; though it is more gruesome and horrific than other films of the terror genre.

This is still intense viewing today,the performances of George Rose as Burke, and Donald Pleasence as Hare, are superb, powerful & really scary, if there is anything funny about them, it is the darkest of comedy. Peter Cushing is fine as Knox (NB. Cushing is not the principal protagonist, the film revolves on several characters) the quality of the remaining cast vary, but at worst they are theatrical; which by no means mar the film.

The cinematography is first rate, and any Hammer fans amongst you might agree that the director John Gilling, who co-scripted it, never made anything else quite like this.

• 2001 Image [Continental + UK Version] R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

pre-cut

• 2012 Anchor Bay Peter Cushing Collection R2 DVD

The UK Version was passed X (16) after about 27s of BBFC cuts for:

• 1960 cinema release

From IMDb. The 1960 UK distributors prepared a version with topless shots replaced by more modest footage:

• In a tavern scene with Burke and Hare, a female extra allows her blouse to slip revealing her breasts while B&H are talking (in the UK print the blouse doesn't slip)
• When Billie Whitelaw takes John Cairney up to her room she has a brief conversation at the foot of the stairs with a woman by an open door. In the UK print this woman is clothed - In the continental print her breasts are exposed.
• When Cairney goes into the brothel and confronts Whitelaw various of the extras are topless in the continental version (but clothed in the UK print). The Continental print also features a couple of unique shots preceding this of topless revelry.

The BBFC then cut some violent scenes:

• The murder of the old woman is slightly differently edited and more explicit in the Continental print (additional close-ups of her being smothered by Hare's hand).
• The murder of Daft Jamie is slightly extended and more violent
• The Continental version has a close-up of Burke's face when he is hanged which is missing from the UK print.

Flesh for Frankenstein

• Andy Warhol's Frankenstein
• Il Mostro e in Tavola... Barone Frankenstein
• Carne per Frankenstein
• Chair pour Frankenstein
• Andy Warhol's Young Frankenstein
• De la chair pour Frankenstein
• The Devil and Dr. Frankenstein
• Frankenstein
• The Frankenstein Experiment
• Up Frankenstein

Heavily cut by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release. Less heavily cut 1982 cinema release. Banned as a video nasty in 1984. Less cut for 1996 VHS and uncut for 2006 DVD. Uncut and MPAA X rated in the US.

Summary Revie w: Perverse

A very good film from the Warhol/Morrissey partnership. It features a decent stab at the Frankenstein legend featuring a fair few intentional laughs

Udo Kier is astounding as the mad Baron Frankenstein, Arno Juerging is great as his idiot assistant Otto, and Monique Van Vooren holds her own as Frankenstein's wife-sister, whose insatiable sexual appetite is fed by hunky Joe Dallesandro.

The quality productions values add to the package and it justifiably gets rated as one of the best campy horrors of the time.

X Rated

• 2006 Tartan R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA X Rated for:

• 20 05 Image R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1996 First Independent VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• Cuts to shots of the Baron smearing blood across the breasts of a female corpse
• and sexually caressing the body

• 1982 Vipco VHS

There is famous scene where the Baron has an orgasmic grope amongst his creations innards and proclaims that To know life you must fuck death in the gall bladder . (or vice versa). This contributed to the wind  up of the frenzied press and the video got added to the video nasties list in March 1984. It stayed on the list throughout the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP 39s

• 1982 cinema release

• 1981 Video Gems VHS

• 1975 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 95:47s = 91:57s PAL

Flesh for the Beast

Unrated

The Unrated version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2005 Stax R2 DVD via UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2008 Media Blasters RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2003 Shriek Show R1 DVD at US Amazon

From cuts details on IMDb

There is also a US R Rated version missing a four-minute montage of the three succubus ladies dancing and smearing blood all over their naked bodies during a ritual feeding after the last team member is killed.

Flesh Gordon

The 1988 EIV video was cut by the BBFC. A later UK release is reported as being longer but there is no record on the BBFC database.

• The cuts are said to be to the orgy scene.

X Rated scenes have been previously released but supposedly destroyed. There is also a version with 10 extra minutes of restored footage.

The submitted running time was noted as 89:49s = 86:13s

Flossie

• Swedish Sex Kitten

Passed with approximately 20 minutes of cuts for a cinema release in 1977

R18 material, even today. The young girl Flossie comes straight from a Swiss boarding school to Stockholm where she meets a young embassy clerk. Together with her friend Eva, each tell the other two of previous sexual encounters.

Flushed Away

Pre-cut when submitted in 2006 after a BBFC advice viewing. The BBFC commented: The animated tale originally contained uses of 'bugger' and 'bloody'. These were replaced by 'blinkin'' and 'bother' in the cut submitted for final classification

Fly Away Home

• Father Goose
• Flying Wild

The U rated 1996 cinema releaase was uncut but BBFC category cuts were required for a 1996 U rated VHS release. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

Summary Notes

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed in an auto wreck in New Zealand. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life...that is until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when developers began tearing up a local forest. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". The young birds must fly south for the winter, but who will lead them there? With a pair of ultralight airplanes, Amy, her dad and their friends must find a way to do it...

MPAA

• 1996 cinema release

• 2009 Sony R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2001 Sony R1 DVD via US Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1997 Columbia/Tri-Star Home VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• When Amy and her father fly low leading the flock of geese past the hunters, remove bearded hunter's exclamation holy shit! as he ducks, resuming on medium close up of Amy in plane.