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The Fog

• Le brouillard

See video from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The US Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2006 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2006 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: A mess

The cast in this mess look like teen Baywatch rejects. The music in the original by Carpenter himself brought suspense, tension and a murky sense of foreboding. This nonsense is like a pop promo gone wrong. Avoid this film like the plague.

3:25s

PG-13

• UK 2005 cinema release.

The MPAA made cuts for a PG-13

• Cuts to shots of a man burning, after he has been thrown through the window in flames.
• Cuts to shots of a man burning at the end scene.
• The studio also excised about 3 minute of plot

Fong Sai-Yuk

See The Legend

Footloose

Originally cut by 2:48s for a PG cinema certificate. These cuts seem to have persisted into the 15 rated video version. The excised material is from a scene involving a spliff.

The scene reappeared when shown on BBC2 (Feb 2002)

For a Few Dollars More

• Per qualche dollaro in più
• A Few Dollars More
• For Some Dollars More

A pre-cut version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 1999 and 2005 MGM DVDs

From cuts details on IMDb:

• missing around 20s from the beating of prisoners (which ends abruptly and without the dialogue exchange between Indio and Groggy).

The Submitted running time was noted as 131:45s = 126:29s

From cuts details on IMDb:

• cut to shorten the beating of prisoners scene after a few punches
• cut to completely remove the second flashback sequence where Mortimer's sister shoots herself to avoid a possible rape.

For Love of the Game

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PG-13

From cuts details on IMDb:

• A full frontal nude shot of Kevin Costner had to be cut at Universal's request to secure a PG-13 rating

Forbidden World

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

• US 2010 Shout! Factory Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2010 Shout! Factory R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

R Rated

• UK 2010 Nouveaux R2 DVD

R Rated

• UK 1987 Embassy VHS
• UK 1984 cinema release

The Force

Passed 18 presumably uncut for strong violence or:

• UK 2006 Scanbox video

• UK 1994 First Independent VHS

A Force of One

The cinema version and all video versions until 1991 suffered the same cuts

From IMDb

• Edits to scenes of drug use
• All footage of nunchakus removed

Forced Entry

• Last Victim

Banned by the BBFC for:

• UK 1982 cinema release

Forced Vengeance

The cinema version was cut back in 1982 and the only video version was cut in 1986.

• The BBFC took offence to a scene in an alley where a youth was showing off with his nunucku to Chuck Norris...silly boy...silly BBFC

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from Amazon US

Forced Vengeance is about much raw strength and nice evil characters. Real characters, not the usual martial arts actors of the nineties. It's great.

So, the fights here are not dozens of minutes but a few hard hits. And to see, how these hits work, give it a brutal flavor. The colors in the movie are sometimes neon lights, sometimes a very hard contrast to blood

Forced Vengeance is about 60% dialogue and 40% fights / violence. I would say it is pretty good. Plus Joy is a cutie. Plus it has good music. Plus the letter characters for the cast are really stylish (note that in the making of a film even the fonts have to be chosen).

Chuck Norris is not there to make a good movie actor but to hit damn hard, and he does.

The Forest

• Terror in the Forest

The BBFC cut 22s from the 1988 Pyramid video.

• The opening stabbing scene was edited

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon for release on 26th May 2009

Forest of Fear

• Blood Butchers
• Blood Eaters
• Toxic Zombies

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2007 Telavista R1 DVD titled Toxic Zombies via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Cheesy Classic

This is one of those cheesy classics from the 70's. I enjoyed it somewhat.

A group of people growing dope get dusted with a chemical meant to kill their crop. They turn into flesh eating zombies and try to kill campers in the same area.

Not one of the goriest nasties but does have a few violent set pieces.

The November 1982 Monte video release is missing the epilogue about FBI agent quitting his job but all the violence was intact

It was added to the DPP list of video nasties in November 1983 and stayed on the list throughout the panic, so becoming one of the collectable DPP39s

Forest Warrior

According to the BBFC: Heavy cuts were imposed on the video Forrest Warrior, which featured boys being taught how to deliver kicks to the head.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

The US Unrated Version was passed 15 for a 2008 Universal DVD

• The Unrated Version features a few non contentious extended scenes. There is an extra scene with the characters partaking in a yoga class.

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

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

for the 2008 cinema release and subsequent Universal DVD

The Forgotten Warrior

The US R Rated Version was cut by 10s for the 1986 Apex VHS.

The US R Rated Version is (mercifully) shortened with the removal of 5:32s of plot. See version details from movie-censorship.com

Fortress

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The BBFC passed the 1999 Columbia/TriStar DVD 18 without cuts.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The US R Rated version has lost 4 non-contentious scenes and suffered cuts for violence to 2 scenes.

The UK DVD contains the 4 non-contentious scenes but still suffers the 2 US cuts for violence

From IMDb

• When the claustrophobic prisoner (Alan Zitner) is killed at the beginning an extra shot of blood oozing out of the wound is missing.
• Also D Day's (Jeffrey Combs) death by shooting has been shortened.

Unrated

48 Hrs.

A long version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2009 Paramount Online
• UK 2009 Paramount video

Maybe another toned down version to achieve a 15 rating

• UK 2011 Paramount Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2009 Paramount Online
• UK 2000 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1986 CIC VHS
• UK 1982 cinema release

• UK 1987 CIC VHS

This version was stripped of the strong language to achieve a 15 rating.

40 Year Old Virgin

Unrated

The US Unrated or XXL Version was passed 15 uncut for the 2005 Universal DVD and 2008 Universal Blu-ray.

From version details on IMDb:

The Unrated features additional material:

• A heated argument between Jay and Mooj over a "poached" customer
• An extended version of the poker game
• An extended version of David's chat with Andy
• An extended version of the scene where the guys take Andy to a bar
• Andy sees sexy photos of women on magazine covers at a newsstand
• A flashback featuring young Andy's struggle to remove a girl's bra
• An extended version of the scene where Andy picks up Nicky
• Andy imagines the star of the porno tape talking to him with his own clumsy sex talk
• Paula tells Cal that she'd be willing to have sex with Andy
• Additional footage shot for the speed dating scene
• An extended version of the "You know how I know you're gay?" exchange between David and Cal.
• Andy calls the customer service line for Viagra and the operator describes various ways to lose an erection
• An extended version of the argument between Jay and a customer in which Andy gets involved
• David sells a television set to a customer who enjoys the Michael McDonald

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

R Rated

The Fountain

The International Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2007 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 2006 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• Having had the film classified on 30 June 2006, the company submitted a re-edited version with changes made to reels 2, 3 and 5. This version was deemed suitable for classification at 12A.

Four Fast Guns

1960 US western by William J Hole Jr with James Craig and Martha Vickers. See IMDb

Passed PG for moderate violence without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2011 Odeon R2 DVD

Presumably an uncut version was submitted.

• UK 1960 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 72:50s

Four Flies on Grey Velvet

• 4 mosche di velluto grigio
• 4 Flies on Grey Velvet
• 4 mouches de velours gris
• Four Flies on Grey Velvet
• Four Patches of Grey Velvet
• Quatre mouches de velours gris
• Quattro mosche di velluto grigio
• The Four Velvet Flies

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

1971 Italy/France giallo by Dario Argento.
With Michael Brandon and Mimsy Farmer. See IMDb

A Restored Version/Rebuild Edit  was passed 15 uncut for strong violence for:

• UK 2012 Argent/Shameless 40th Anniversary Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2012 Argent/Shameless 40th Anniversary R2 DVD at UK Amazon

From promotional material:

This special 40th Anniversary Edition has been fully re-mastered in HD from the original negative and includes four inserts of previously missing footage, through print damage, known amongst Argento fans as the legendary missing forty seconds.

However the inserts are in Standard-Definition quality only. The Blu-ray will allow for seamless branching of the four inserts giving viewers two versions of the film: one all HD without the re-inserted scenes and one longer version including the inserts.

Summary Review: Argento's rarest giallo

A musician is stalked by an unknown killer who's blackmailing him for an accidental killing of another stalker. But is everything what it appears to be?

Argento demonstrates some very creative camera work in this one. Furthermore, he keeps a nice and steady pace, there is very little downtime in this one and Ennio Morricone gives a good, if not great score.

It also boasts some inventive deaths. Now, Four Flies on Grey Velvet certainly has its flaws. There is a bit too much comedy in for my tastes, which I feel distracted from the horror. Also, Morriconne's score is underutilized and there isn't enough nudity.

Undoubtedly Dario Argento's rarest giallo, Four Flies on Grey Velvet is none the less the weakest in his Animal Trilogy (which also includes The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Cat O'Nine Tails), but it is still a pretty entertaining entry in the giallo genre.

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated albeit suffering 40s of print damage for:

• US 2009 Mya R0 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 1973 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 104:00s = 99:50s

491

Banned by the BBFC for:

• UK 1968 cinema release

Summary Review: Shocking

It is written that 490 times you can sin and be forgiven. This motion picture is about the 491st.

This movie was an absolute bombshell when it opened in 1964. Proved shocking at the time with scenes including tacit allusions to sodomy and a scene depicting (out of shot) a dog rape!

Apart from that there was the naked portrait of a society in change where young people behave in a way unknown to their parents. This was unnerving, unsettling.

But the Problem with the movie is that despite its good intentions it doesn't work.

• Playboy - Season 1 Episode 1-5

• Playboy - Season 1 Episode 6-10

The 4400: The Great Leap Forward

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 12 uncut in 2008

1408

PG-13

The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2007 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The Danish release is uncut for:

• Dk RB Blu-ray via UK Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com:

• The Director's Cut features more character development and an alternative ending.

PG-13

• UK 2007 cinema release

The Special Edition

Foxy Brown

R Rated

The BBFC waived their cuts for:

• UK 2003 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1998 Cinram/Orion VHS

The uncut version is R Rated  in the US for:

• US 2001 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: Blaxploitation classic

Foxy Brown just blew me away. Though the script is flawed, and has some unrealistic characters, this only adds to the fun, campy nature of the film. The opening sequence rivals those of the James Bond films.

Foxy Brown features a brilliant lead performance from the hypnotically attractive Pam Grier, whose federal agent boyfriend is gunned down, and who sets out to fight for revenge and justice where the System has failed her and at the same time is matched at every turn by Antonio Huggy Bear Fargas as her no-good younger brother. The rest of the performances are variable, and the budgets of these things did tend to preclude brilliant method actors! Jack Hill's direction keeps things ticking over nicely and the screenplay swings wildly between shock-horror tactics, tongue-in-cheek theatricality and even the occasional stab at gut-level farce.

Foxy Brown is a definite must-see. The camera is certainly in love with her. Definitely one of the best, and most enjoyable blaxploitation films I've seen thus far.

• UK 1987 Guild VHS

From cuts details on IMDb:

• footage removed from the rape scene
• cuts to shots of drug taking
• cut shot of a woman's bloodied throat.

• UK 1974 cinema release

Framed

The BBFC cut the 1975 cinema release. These cuts followed through to the 1987 CIC video and 2009 CIC DVD

The original cinema running time is 106:19s = 102:04s

From the running time it seems that the UK cut was submitted for an Australian release. From refused-classification.com:

• 15min approx- Here Haskins has come to arrest Ron for the shooting. The two get into a very violent and bloody fight. Ron finally kills Haskins by bashing his head four times of the garage floor. The CIC VHS cuts the first two of these, and only shows the last two.
• 19min - Susan is threatened by Frank and the blond guy. The CIC VHS cuts the part where she says Ow, my breasts. The scene then continues with her slowly sliding down the wall before it cuts again. Missing here is around 25s of Frank threatening Susan by pushing the gun close to her mouth.
• 83min - In the CIC VHS Ron is shown placing his gun next to Frank's ear. It then cuts around 25sec of him shooting and of the now bloody ear as Frank is bundled into the car.
• 85min - Ron opens the hood of his car and pushes Frank under it. Missing in the CIC VHS is a shot of the spark plug being pushed into Frank's ear.
• 97min - The CIC VHS cuts the scene where Ron stabs the Mayor in the back of the hand.

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

Frank and I

• Lady Libertine

Thanks to MM:

3:08s minutes were cut from the 1984 cinema release and these cuts have found there way into the video/DVD releases of 1985 & 2006

• When 'Frank' is caned by Charles who believes she is male, sight of cane in front of her bare buttocks was removed. Most of the blows were also removed so idea is established only enough for him to realise she is a woman. No welts may be featured on Frank's buttocks.
• Dialogue "Weren't you angry when I beat you?", "No,somehow after it I loved you more - it was terrible but very exciting..."was removed.
• In scene in which Madam beats blonde with slipper, close up of bare buttocks before beating begins was removed, cutting away after skirt is
  lifted.
• In brothel entertainment, entire enactment of sequence: "Punishment of a Nihilist in a Russian prison" was removed. (the longest censor cut)
• When Charles meets the Count on stairs, dialogue line: ...including a little more punishment was removed.
• Flagellation scene after 'Frank' asks Charles to punish her with cane was reduced to absolute minimum, resuming as he asks her for forgiveness.

There is an unrated region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon

The version playing on the UK satellite channel Movies 4 Men as Lady Libertine is also uncut. So maybe would no longer be cut if the full version were to be submitted, or maybe not

Frank Herbert's Dune

See Dune

Frankenhooker

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Unrated Version/Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong language, sexualised nudity and drug use for:

• UK 2011 Arrow R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Synapse R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2008 Unearthed R1 DVD via US Amazon

The German release is uncut for:

• De R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Summary Review: Explosive Fun

Jeffery resurrects his fiancee named Elizabeth after a tragic accident. He goes out to New York City to look for some prostitutes and use a special experimental crack to make the hookers literally go out with a bang, he stitches all parts together along with Elizabeth's head then use lightning to resurrect her as a sleazy minded hooker who can literally kill men during sex.

Entertaining and over-the-top horror comedy from Frank Henenlotter (director of Basket Case and Brain Damage) brings another winning combination of laughs, splatter and sleaze galore.

Unrated

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

• UK 2004 Optimum R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• UK 1992 Polygram VHS
• UK 1991 Sky TV broadcast
• UK 1990 Lazer VHS
• UK 1990 cinema release

1:45s

R Rated

• UK 2000 Synergy R0 DVD
• UK 2000 Synergy VHS

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

• several scenes with sex and nudity
• some scenes with drug taking.
• shortened scene of an exploding prostitute and remains
• shortened scene of a decapitated prostitute

Frankenstein

The BBFC waived their cuts for the uncut Restored Version submitted for the 2002 Universal DVD

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

The original running time was noted as 66:45s = 64:05s

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

The cut cinema version was submitted for the 1996 Warner video and 2003 Leisurewear DVD which were passed 15 without further cuts

• A deleted  close-up of the bloodied throat of the murdered asylum director (John Stratton)
• Cuts to some of the footage of the asylum maniac ripping up the monster and eating parts of him.
• Missing shot of severed hands in coffin
• Missing shot of monster’s eye being put in socket

The most complete version is the German DVD which only suffers the cut close up to bloodied throat

The BBFC noted a submitted running time of 97:30s = 93:36s

Frankie's House

The BBFC cut the 2008 Sound & Media DVD by 18s: A compulsory cut was required to remove images of animal cruelty (in this instance, a scene of cockfighting)

Freaky Fairy Tales

• Deadtime Stories
• Deadtime Tales
• Freaky Film Tales

The Unrated Version was passed 18 after 29s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1986 EIV VHS

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

• Cut to Rachel's friend's neck being torn open by the werewolf.
• Cuts to a scene where Goldi impales a man with a pole.
• Replacement shots of Goldi naked in the shower

There is also a us cut R Rated version

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 6

See video from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

UK: Passed 18 uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2011 Warner 1-7 Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2001 Pathe R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2000 New Line R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: For the Fans

This film was made just for the fans of Freddy Kruger. If you thought you knew all about him you were wrong unless you've seen this. A few unimpressive special effects with a not too thrilling story line but it will teach you about the mind of Freddy.

• UK 1992 Guild VHS
• UK 1991 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• A sight of throwing star in Freddy's leg was cut.
• Another throwing star pinning Freddy's sweater to a wall was also cut.
• Maggie throwing another at Freddy deleted
• Maggie firing a crossbow bolt into Freddy's leg was cut

Freebie & the Bean

Same cuts to the cinema release and the only BBFC video submission in 1988

• At 14m remove kick to head of blonde man on floor by James Caan
• At 98m in killing of transvestite in toilets, reduce number of shots fired into body to two only. (This is reduced from 5 shots).

Recent screenings on Film Four appeared to be intact and was noticeably extended from the version previously broadcast on Channel 5. This extended multiple shooting was also included in the Channel 4 documentary, The Celluloid Closet.

Freedom Road

The short version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2011 Boulevard video

• UK 1990 Castle VHS

• UK 1980 cinema release

Freeway

The BBFC waived the cuts when resubmitted for the 2007 Blackhorse DVD.

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

• The killer is confronted by his wife regarding his porn magazine collection. This is missing one title courtesy of the BBFC, namely, Cock Sucking Toddlers
• Towards the end, a cop sees the naked body of the murdered gran, but we don't

May 2007: The movie is being shown on Zone Thriller uncut so perhaps this indicates that the BBFC would now pass the film uncut

Frenzy

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 2001 Universal Pictures DVD

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

Ferman took a dislike to a tactfully handled rape scene:

• Cut to remove shots of underwear  removal
• Cut close ups of neck strangling from the murder scene.

Even the BBC and ITV have OK'd this scene on several screenings.

Friday

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 15 uncut for the 2009 EIV DVD/Blu-ray

The uncut Director's Cut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The uncut Director's Cut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Friday the 13th

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

R Rated

UK: The Killer Cut/Extended Cut was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and strong sex for:

• UK 2009 Paramount Online
• UK 2009 Paramount R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2009 Paramount R2 DVD/Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The Killer Cut is MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2009 Warner [Theatrical+Killer Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2009 Warner R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Decent Gore

A group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

The Jason mythology is still here. His mother is still involved, there's still a hockey mask, and it all makes sense.

If you're looking for sex, drugs and rock and roll, this film has it. Plenty of topless girl screen time, although you should be warned that the two most attractive women don't get naked.

Many good one-liner jokes, and the gore here is decent.

9:46s

R Rated

•  UK 2009 cinema release

The Theatrical Version is 9:46s shorter than the Killer Cut. See pictorial cuts on movie-censorship.com:

• The Killer Cut lets Whitney escape from her prison in Jason's catacombs for a short period of time but later he manages to catch her, again, anyway. The Killer Cut uses several scenes to treat this change. In those scenes a little bit more of Jason's historical background is being told.
• When it comes to sex and violence the film is definitely a little more explicit than the Theatrical version.
• The Killer Cut contains 5 additional scenes,
• 9 scenes containing story extensions,
• 12 scenes containing erotic (partially alternative footage),
• 15 scenes containing violence extension

Friday the 13th

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2009 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2009 Paramount R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2009 Paramount R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: A Slasher Star is Born

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to re-open a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

Friday the 13th must be one of the biggest mysteries in cinema. Although it's a long way from being a good movie, its success and influence is unnameable.

The make-up effects by the master Tom Savini himself are excellent, but that alone isn't really enough to create a legendary horror movie.

I'll never reckon the Friday the 13th films as good - or even decent - efforts in the genre, but I'm always up for a little bit of brainless gore slashing. And that's what these series are made for...pure entertainment!!

10s

R Rated

This US R Rated version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1987 Warner VHS

The film was cut by about 10s for the US R rating.

1. Annie has her throat cut. The 18 cert, version adds the white out before we get a good glimpse at the Tom Savini created FX.
2. Kevin Bacon's girlfriend gets an axe in the skull: Once again this cuts away to an early, imposed, whiteout. There is about a second more of gory detail. (see below)
3. A birds eye view of Kevin Bacon with a spear exiting out of his throat has been censored (this is approx. 4 seconds long). The current version shows us a side view of his death then jumps before we get the other angle.
4. The decapitation of Mrs. Voorhees has been cut of one sequence involving her headless torso. The cut is quite obtrusive and the sequence has been slightly re edited so that we cut back to Alice sooner than we should. The sound jumps too, so it's not hard to notice this cut.

The cut scenes are available as RealPlayer clips at Dark Angel's Relam of Horror. See also pictorial cuts on movie-censorship.com

It has been reported to me that the second cut in the list is restored on the 1995 release of the video from Warner Home Video

R Rated

• UK 1983 Warner VHS

Warner seemed to have decided to play it safe whilst the video nasties moral panic was kicking off. So they switched from releasing the uncut version to the cut US version

Unrated

• UK 1982 Warner VHS

Unrated

• UK 1980 cinema release

Friday the 13th Part 2

• Friday the 13th Part II

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R Rated

The cut R Rated Theatrical Version was passed 15 without further BBFC cuts for strong horror, violence and threat for:

• UK 2009 Paramount Special Edition RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2009 Paramount Special Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release featuring the Theatrical Version is MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2009 Paramount R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2009 Paramount Deluxe Edition R2 DVD at US Amazon

There's no sign of the cuts being restored, so for the moment this is the best available version

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R Rated

The cut R Rated Theatrical Version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2001 paramount R2 DVD
• UK 1987 CIC VHS
• UK 1981 cinema release

The cut R Rated Theatrical Version was also released on pre-cert video for:

• UK 1983 CIC VHS

MPAA cuts from ATTIC Censorship:

• The decapitation from part 1 shown as a flashback has the decapitation once again trimmed for the blood-gushing from the cut throat.
• Blood was cut from the death of Alice.
• Crazy Ralph's death was briefly reduced from the wire-cut.
• The scene where Jason hits a cop in the head with a hammer was cut to non-bloody.
• Scott's throats-lit was toned down from the bloodflow.
• Graphic close-up on Mark's machete-hit face is cut out.
• The scene where Jason impales the love-making couple with a spear was originally longer; it showed the spear actually being stabbed in the boy's back, while the girl screamed.

Friday the 13th Part 3 (3D)

• Friday the 13th Part III

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Best available at:

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R Rated

UK: The cut US R Rated Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for strong bloody violence for:

• UK 2009 Paramount Special Edition RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US:  Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2009 Paramount R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2009 Paramount Deluxe Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

There's no sign of the cuts being restored, so for the moment this is the best available version

Summary Review: Anyone for Hockey?

Jason is back to revenge on all that visit his woods. A new group of friends come over to party at an area close to the campsite. This time, Jason will be stronger than ever, and getting a hockey mask from one of those friends.

This film has a decent story to it but it's still not much different from some of the others (bunch of people go to Camp Crystal Lake, they get killed one by one by god-knows-what type of sharp steel garden tool or machete then one extremely exhausted, half naked, woman who is soaked in blood kills Jason...again!. But no matter how similar it is to the other films it's still a bloody great film.

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R Rated

• UK 2001 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon

cut

The cut US R Rated Version was passed 18 after a further 4s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1987 CIC VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• Cut to a shot of spear sticking out of Vera's eye
• There is a missing shot of Andy's body cut in half on a hammock above Debbie
• Then the knife piercing of Debbie was reduced so that the knife isn't seen emerging from her chest

cut

R Rated

• UK 1982 cinema release

The following scenes were cut in the US to obtain an R rating instead of an X:

From cuts details on IMDb:

• The death scene of Andy showed his right leg and stomach being cut apart.
• Vera's death was longer, it included more blood and a shot of her reaction. It was cut because the board said that it looked too real.
• Edna's death was cut of excess blood.
• The impaling of Chili with the hot poker was cut. Originally, the impalement was shown, along with a splash of smoldering blood.
• Debbie's death originally showed blood spraying across her upper half and face.

Friday the 13th The Final Chapter

• Friday the 13th Part 4
• Friday the 13th: Last Chapter

See trailer from youtube.com
 

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R Rated

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

• UK 2009 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 Paramount R2 DVD

US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2009 Paramount Deluxe Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

There's no sign of the cuts being restored, so for the moment this is the best available version

Summary Review: Saving the best for last, sort of

After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Crystal Lake.

Immediately picking up where Friday the 13th Part 3, Friday the 13th Part 4 was such a brilliant addition to the franchise. For those who haven't seen the series, Part 4 is not a bad place to start, or finish.

We get a great little campfire story and a lot of great death sequences  within the first 5 minutes. We also get real acting, & actual character development with the Final Chapter. This was the last movie in the series that was actually made AS a horror film, and not as a cult film. And this movie does scare!

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The cut R Rated Version was passed 18 with a further 20s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1987 CIC VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• This has the climactic scene of Jason's 'demise' truncated. We see a machete strike the side of his head. The removed sequence shows him falling forward on the machete and it passing through his eye.

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R Rated

• UK 1984 cinema release

See article from forum.dvdtalk.com:

Director Joseph Zito said:

• There's MPAA cuts throughout the entire movie. I mean every single Savini effect that was filmed was negotiated with the MPAA and trimmed, and trimmed again, and then trimmed a third time.

See article from users.tpg.com.au:

• Nurse Rhonda was originally held up and gutted, but it ended up being cut out so that it only showed her being stabbed.
• A scene cut in which Tommy shows Rob a fake guillotine. Tommy puts a stick in the guillotine. It drops and the stick is cut in two. Then, Tommy puts a fake arm in and cuts it off. Rob thinks its real and starts screaming. When Tommy starts laughing, Rob figures out that it is a joke.
• One scene in which Doug and Sarah are on the porch. They stand outside and talk about not dancing.
• In another scene, Mrs. Jarvis goes into Trish's room and tells her to go get a car part in town and that she is going jogging before it storms.
• A small scene cut during the time in which the Jarvis' car breaks down. In the original version, right after Trish tells Tommy to hurry up it cuts. It did continue with Tommy running up to Trish in a scary mask, scaring Trish. Tommy declares that he made the mask the first week that he got there.
• Sarah and Doug are together in their room (before the party starts). They talk about how nice each others legs are and how nervous they are about going to the party.
• A scene where Tommy shows Rob a toy soldier melting under a magnifying glass.
• A scene where Trish finds her mother drowned in a bathtub.

Friday the 13th A New Beginning

• Friday the 13th: Part 5: A New Beginning

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Best available at:

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R Rated

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

• UK 2009 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 Paramount R2 DVD

US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2009 Paramount R1 DVD at US Amazon

There's no sign of the cuts being restored, so for the moment this is the best available version

Summary Review: Plenty more Jasons where that came form

While Jason lies unconscious, a local man decides to use Jason's old M.O. and wreaks havoc at a halfway house for troubled teens.

Considered by fans as the worst of the Paramount Friday The 13th movies, this one isn't that bad as they said it was. The makers wanted to make the series into something different with a new killer in each installment. Fans of Jason rejected this idea and wanted the goalie back and they got their wish with the next installment.

There's a lot of graphic killings in this one as it has a body count of 20 dead people with some good kills of skull-crushings, implements, stabbings and that kind of thing. A couple of sexy naked chicks including a topless blonde waitress who is just gorgeous as hell and of course some twists with turns.

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The cut R Rated Version was passed 18 after a further 1:22s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1987 CIC VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• Several shots missing of topless Tina in the wood prior to her death and of her corpse and eyeless face. Her fate is revealed as her boyfriend Eddie similarly suffers with his head being crushed via a leather strap tightening into his eyes. But mostly missing from this version.
• The guy being attacked in a toilet shack is missing an impalement by a spear and reaction shots
• A couple killed in their bedroom is missing topless introductory shots, a shot of strangulation and shots of their bodies with the girl still being topless.

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• UK 1985 cinema release

From IMDB:

• According to the film editors the sex scene in the forest was much longer in the original unrated version.

Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Best available at:

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R Rated

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

• UK 2009 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2002 Paramount R2 DVD

US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 1988 Paramount R1 DVD at US Amazon

There's no sign of the cuts being restored, so for the moment this is the best available version

Summary Review: Power to Resist

Years after Tommy Jarvis chained him underwater at Camp Crystal Lake, the hulking killer Jason Vorhees returns to the camp grounds when he's released accidently by a teenager with psychic powers.

This is easily one of the better efforts in the Friday series but it suffers just like the rest of them from cuts, cuts, cuts. This is, apparently, one of the most cut entries by far as the MPAA rejected many of the more elaborate gore effects. Director John Carl Buechler is a respected makeup effects man and was a good choice to helm a Friday flick.

The New Blood's Jason is a full-blown, rotting, hulking zombie and is well worth a watch.

Well, once Tina raises Jason from the dead (involuntarily) the action gets under way. And he's quite busy, as this has easily one of the highest Friday body counts. Our young vacationers are dispatched with a lovely array of sharp objects, gardening tools, and even a plastic party horn. Jason also repeats himself a bit by simply throwing one girl out the window, and crushing some poor sap's head. All of the murders are edited down until there's little blood and gore.

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• UK 1989 CIC VHS
• UK 1988 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• The BBFC cuts are to underwater shots of the naked Jane treading water

The New Blood was the most heavily cut movie by the MPAA, losing about four minutes to avoid an X Rating. It was considered the most violent of the series.

See article from ifmagazine.com:

An old VHS copy of Buechler's work print surfaced, and you get to see how much cooler this version would have been if the gore remained. The infamous sleeping bag scene goes on much longer, all the deaths have extra blood (including a killer head crush scene) and there's even a deleted coda on a boat that should have been kept in.

See article from forum.dvdtalk.com. Director John Carl Buechler said:

Dialogue within scenes was cut. And certainly almost every single punch-line to every stalk and pay-off was trimmed considerably. I mean when you see the axe jump-cut into that lady's head, and when you see Jason smack that guy up the chin with the axe. I mean the shots are just noticeably missing. I mean there were some cool shots we did. But not since Tom Savini's time have people been allowed to put stuff like that on screen.

Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason takes Manhattan

• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason takes Manhattan
• Friday the 13th: Jason takes Manhattan

See trailer from youtube.com
 

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R Rated

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

• UK 2009 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 CIC R2 DVD

US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2002 Paramount R1 DVD at US Amazon

There's no sign of the cuts being restored, so for the moment this is the best available version

Summary Review: Not the Best

A passing boat bound for New York pulls Jason along for the ride. Look out New York, here comes hell in a hockey mask.

This is definitely not a defining film in the slasher genre, the plot is uninspired the locations are awful and the death scenes are frankly poor. Unless your a Friday the 13th completist and want the whole set I wouldn't bother with this film

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• UK 1990 CIC VHS

The BBFC Cut is:

• A 1s shot of a butterfly knife being twirled by gang members was cut

The version submitted was the US R Rated version which has been substantially cut to avoid an X Rating. From cuts details on IMDb:

As described by the director on the DVD commentary, the following shots were cut or altered in order to receive an MPAA rating of "R" instead of an "X":

• Jim's death was much gorier. Originally, Jason shoves the entire spear gun through his stomach, then rips it out, causing Jim's intestines to slide out along with a large amount of blood.
• Suzy's death was disturbingly gruesome. Jason shoves the spear through her stomach and twists it non-stop. There were close-up shots of Suzy's mouth gurgling blood and blood rapidly oozing from the spear wound. J.J.'s death was an alternate shot. In the original shot, we actually see Jason smashing J.J.'s head with the guitar.
• Tamera's death in the original print was completely different. Originally, Jason repeatedly stabs her with a mirror shard in a shower while she's completely nude. Blood rapidly oozes from her stab wounds and Jason keeps stabbing non-stop. Later on, when Eva finds Tamara's corpse, the original shot was one featuring Tamera's fully nude body with dozens of shards of glass protruding from it.
• The scene where the uncredited boxer gets the hot sauna rock shoved into his chest cavity was a re-shoot. Originally, Jason jammed two darts through his eye sockets, but it was deemed too graphic, and the MPAA forced the crew to re-shoot it. Even with the re-shoot, the scene had to be trimmed. Originally, there was more blood and steam, but the MPAA found even that to be too graphic.
• The scene where the captain gets his neck sliced by Jason's bowing knife was shot five different ways. The director's desire was a shot of a huge gash wound spurting blood, but the MPAA made him choose the least gory shot, which is what appears in the final cut of the movie.
• Wayne's death originally featured him being electrocuted for a few seconds longer.
• The full version of Miles' death scene actually saw him land on the spikes, rather than just showing the aftermath as we see in the "R" rated version.
• When Jason kills the first gang banger, the uncut print featured Jason's hand and the needle going all the way through the gang banger's body.

See also Interview with Rob Hedden from forum.dvdtalk.com

Yes, it [Tamara's death] was trimmed. It was a little more in the Psycho tradition. There was a lot more blood, a lot of Jason's arm slicing down upon her, shards of glass. It was pretty gruesome. And that was the end of it. The scene was over the top as far as the MPAA was concerned. I went into it with more of a Hitchcockian style. And whenever any of us, do a shower scene, you gotta pay homage to Hitchcock. But this was in color with real blood running down the drain. We went further with the scene as far as intensity, but the MPAA pulled us back. In filming her death, we didn't use any prosthetics. Originally, you see his arm slashing down, blood splatters the shower wall, blood on her. It's all very Hitchcockian. It's much like the Psycho shower scene. It was pretty much the same as what was released, except there was much more of it, and there was some gore cut.

Just like in the beginning scene with Jim and Suzy. And y'know, they have sex and Jason comes in, everything was trimmed. I mean, the kid getting shot with the spear. I had a lot more coverage of that. In that Jason takes the spear gun and not only jabs the spear into him, but the entire spear gun. When Jason guts him, and pulls the gun out, his intestines were all over the gun. It was just, trimmed, trimmed, trimmed. There were a lot of frames cut out. And in the final version, it's just quick cuts. If you look at it, the scene looks like it was edited.

The other thing was when Jason finds the girl in the hatch, and he reaches in and goes to stab her. That was very abbreviated in the final version. Before, it is really hard to watch, not for the fans but for most people out there. It's kind of a torturous thing. He really tortures her. He doesn't just shove the spear in. He shoved it in, he twisted it around. There were close-ups of her face, her gurgling. Back to Jason, more twisting, close-ups of the spear twisting. It was pretty intense and the MPAA said no.

Fried Green Tomatoes

• Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

The Theatrical Version was passed 12 uncut for the 1992 cinema release and PF uncut for the 1992 Columbia/TriStar video, 1993/1999 VCI videos and 2002 Carlton DVD.

There is also an uncontentious Extended Version with 5:45s of additional plot. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

Friends Pilot

• Friends
• The One Where it All Began

The Extended Version/Director's Cut was passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2010 Warner R2 DVD
• UK 2009 Warner R2 DVD

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• UK 2008 Warner Online
• UK 1997 Warner VHS

The Frightened Woman

• Femina ridens
• The Laughing Woman
• Gioco d'amore, gioco di morte

The DVD was passed uncut for Shameless in 2008. This is an extended version with additional footage.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from IMDb: Eurocult

The Frightened Woman is a curious piece of Eurocult, much along the same lines as the films that Jess Franco was churning out around the same time. The film very much captures the feel of late sixties to early seventies European cinema and the atmosphere is definitely the film's best asset. It's lucky that the film will to appeal to fans of this sort of film too, as the idea behind the central plot line is pretty damn ridiculous!

Naturally, the entire film is really rather pointless; and while The Frightened Woman isn't exactly a thrill ride, there's still some interest. The acting is typically trashy, although the leads; Philippe Leroy and Dagmar Lassander give decent leading performances considering the type of film. Overall, I wouldn't recommend anyone going out of their way to find this film; but if you're a fan of trashy Jess Franco stuff, you might just like this too.

See full article from IMDb:

• Cut to remove photographic shots of women being tortured.

A later re-release mistakenly featured the uncut version.

Frighteners

• Robert Zemeckis Presents: The Frighteners

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Universal Director's Cut Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2005 Universal Director's Cut R2 DVD at UK Amazon

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

• US 2011 Universal 15th Anniversary Edition (Theatrical+Director's Cut) R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2005 Universal Director's Cut R1 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 2000 Columbia/TriStar VHS
• UK 1998 CIC VHS
• UK 1997 CIC VHS
• UK 1997 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com"

• The bloodied body of the dead mother gets a shorter screen time
• Cuts to Jeffery Coombs' head explosion:

In the chapter, "Dammers loses his head", when Dammers (Jeffrey Combs) is shot his head explodes leaving his ghostly face in the middle with a confused expression,and separate gory parts of his head hanging around him. On the NTSC disc this is complete and is then followed by Michael J. Fox falling backwards through the floorboards.

In the UK  version, as Dammers head starts to explode the picture cuts to Fox beginning to fall backwards. Then it cuts back to Dammers looking confused with the parts of his head hanging around him, before going back to Fox, so you lose the force of the explosion.

Frightmare

• Cover Up
• Frightmare II
• Once Upon a Frightmare

No record of any cuts to any video or DVD release

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from IMDb: Impressive

This is an impressive downbeat British horror from the Pete Walker / David McGillivray partnership which, despite its gory reputation, works on more of a psychological level.

From the grainy black & white prologue, with a pre-Fawlty Towers Andrew Sachs visiting a deserted fairground, to the terrifying climax in a farm attic, 'Frightmare' holds itself together incredibly well.

The bulk of the narrative revolves around twenty-something Jackie and her wild-child teenage sister Debbie. Jackie frequently goes to visit her parents in an isolated farmhouse, both of whom have recently been released from a mental institution. The atmosphere of unease built up in these family scenes is almost suffocating, with Sheila Keith putting in a virtuoso performance as Dorothy, the mother.

The film has been termed as Britain's answer to 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and make no mistake, 'Frightmare' is every bit as impressive as its more famous American counterpart. There are also a few nods to Hitchcock's 'Psycho' and once again any comparisons are favourable.

'Frightmare' really delivers the goods though and should be in everyone's list of Top Cult Horror Films.

Le Frisson des Vampires

See Shiver of the Vampires

From a Whisper to a Scream

• The Offspring

From Beyond

• HP Lovecraft's From Beyond

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The cut US R Rated Theatrical Version was passed 18 after a further 10s of BBFC cuts for the 1987 Vestron video and 1991 VCI video.

• The BBFC were upset by a head being pulled off
• and the molesting of Katherine's breast by Pretorius

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

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R Rated

The film had suffered MPAA cuts of about a minute:

• The scene that upset the MPAA the most—and as I describe it, it is truly disgusting—is when Jeffrey Combs’ character’s pineal gland has gone out of control and he’s hungry for brains. He attacks a psychiatrist, played by my wife [Carolyn Purdy-Gordon], and he plants his mouth onto her eye socket and starts sucking. And the material that was cut out was when he actually sucks her eyeball out, spits it onto the floor and the eyeball lands looking back up at him and he continues to suck her brains through the eye socket and the camera pushes in. It’s really disturbing and it’s the longest restored piece; my guess is it’s about 30 seconds or so. I think it’s the most horrific moment in the whole movie.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

From Dusk till Dawn

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R Rated

The cut US R Rated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1996 Buena Vista 1997 VHS
• UK 1996 Buena Vista 1996 VHS
• UK 1996 cinema release

The US cuts were to some of the gorier scenes. The US 'Directors Edition' laserdisc (Dimension Home Video) contains a supplement of the deleted scenes and reveals the following:

• 6s :A vampire slicing a customer's throat in the bar
• 15s: Tom Savini having his arm bitten by a vampire, the flesh being torn away from his arm. Savini then stakes the vampire in the chest, rips the stake from the chest and repeatedly bashes the vampire about the head.

The complete version has been shown on TV1000

Banned in Ireland from 1996 until 2000.

From Russia with Love

• Ian Fleming's 'From Russia with Love'

Passed PG with most cuts persisting, but the old cinema cut to Tania walking nude towards the bed has been restored for:

• UK 2008 20th Century Fox/MGM R0 Blu-ray
• UK 2008 20th Century Fox/MGM R2 DVD
• UK 2008 cinema release
• UK 2000 MGM R2 DVD
• UK 1994 Warner VHS
• UK 1987 Warner VHS

Passed A (PG) after BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1963 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:.

• Sexual dialogue early in the film about lovers and physical enjoyment have been removed
• The gypsy dance has been shortened, removing in particular almost all shots of the dancer wriggling her stomach and bending right over
  backwards
• The fight that happens soon after between the two women has been heavily cut
• Tania walking nude towards the bed was cut for cinema release, but has since been restored for all video releases
• The reference to searching Tania has been cut soon after
• Bond and Tania's kissing in bed has been trimmed
• The footage of Bond and Tania being filmed and photographed by two men through the mirror has been darkened and shortened through the introduction of an early fade to black
• When M and other's listen to the recording of Bond questioning Tania, the line Was I as exciting as all those Western girls? has 'was' changed to 'am', as it was considered less sexually suggestive
• On the train, Bond lowering the blind in his cabin and his quip of Two hours should straighten this out has been cut
• When Grant reveals the roll of film to Bond, his comment of What a performance has been removed
• The famous fight between Grant and Bond has been shortened
• Kleb's death has been shorted, reducing the sight of her protracted suffering, and her death cries have been partially muted on the soundtrack
• Bond's remark to Tania of What a performance has been cut at the very end of the film, resulting in a particularly bad jump-cut on the print, which affects the soundtrack particularly badly

The submitted running time was noted as 122:19s = 117:25s PAL

Frozen Scream

Released on video in 1983 by Home Video Productions. It was added to the video nasty list in August 1984 but was soon dropped by October 1984

Still nominally banned in the UK

It was released on DVD in Germany in 1997 with an English soundtrack

This uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

See review from IMDb: For bad movie fans

A pretty lame horror flick about a scientist's attempts to make people immortal. This is a bad movie, featuring several funny parts. I particularly liked the scene of two women in the hospital talking, when out of nowhere the policeman narrator's voice is dubbed over the conversation. It's just sloppily put together.

Beyond that, the only point of interest is that H. Kingsley Thurber did the music.

After watching it again. I now value Frozen Scream. Some stretches of boredom, but more amusement than I had originally thought. Don't go too far out of your way to see it, but bad movie fans should find something of interest here.

Fruits of Passion

• Les Fruits de la passion
• The Story of O Continued

Cuts waived when DVD resubmitted in 2005 by Nouveaux Pictures

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Thanks to Bleach:

• At 5.5 mins - After slavemaster stretches whip with cracking sound, cut away to remove sight of woman bound to wheel being whipped with flowers, resuming on woman eating from bowl on floor.
   
• At 8 mins - After O has her body painted, reduce rough sex scene with Sir Stephen by removing her pained protests in CU and cries of I can't, I can't! as she shakes her head vigorously, suggesting that this is non-consenting sex, resuming on shot looking down their bodies.
   
• At 38 mins - When Sir Stephen watches her have sex with a butcher who approaches her and takes out his limp penis, remove side view of her taking his penis into her mouth by mixing from dark shot of it about to enter mouth to later point when it is wholly concealed inside her mouth as his hooked hand comes down to wipe across dissolve, finishing with tight 2-shot of oral sex with penis concealed and Sir Stephen appearing between them as voyeur.

Fudoh: The New Generation

• Gokudô sengokushi: Fudô

Cut when submitted for the 2002 Artsmagic DVD with the BBFC comment: Compulsory cut required to remove elements of sadistic violence and humiliation in scene where woman is brutally beaten by man.

• In the scene where Gondo picks on the girl, Touko, the BBFC cut a slap, a hard punch to the belly and a kick between her legs.
• It is also missing Touko's reaction to the beating to wet herself.

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

Review from US Amazon: Nastiest family squabble

A Takashi Miike is always worth looking out for, and this one was highly anticipated. It's one of his earlier Yakuza movies, but still very Miike in approach.

Riki (Shosuke Tanihara) is the smartest, best-looking kid in his high school. He also runs the place with the aid of his own gang comprised of fellow students. With the aid of eight-year-old hit men and schoolgirl strippers and assassins, it looks like Riki could have his revenge on the 10th anniversary of his brother's death.

Shock value and native Japanese weirdness aside, this is a great movie. It looks great. Whatever the content, each shot is carefully composed and the action is often so manic it can be had to keep up with.

As unemotional as the Japanese can be, "Fudoh" turns into the nastiest family squabble since "Medea". Just when you think the film can't get any weirder, it's just getting started. Murders are often accompanied by rivers of blood. The scenes in the children's assassin training camp are hysterical. I lost count on the number of decapitations.

Full Contact

• Xia dao Gao Fei

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

The cinema version was cut by 8s but the first video version suffered 34s of cuts

Various sightings of the dreaded butterfly knife have been removed from the following scenes:

• At the nightclub during the credit sequence
• During a confrontation between the hero and two men with long knives
• In the scene at a garage
• In the final confrontation ("You think your knife is faster than my bullet")

Thanks to Mark:

The Mei Ah DVD is in fact the uncut version as rumoured. A number of instances of strong violence - such as stabbings, bullet impacts, blood spurts - have been restored for the DVD. The sleeve claims that the film is Cat-II, but that rating applies to the censored cinema version, and not the DVD.

There was a gory scene pre-cut by the distributors who felt that director Lam had gone too far with the ketchup: it apparently showed Simon Yam sucking on an eyeball that Anthony Wong has cut out from a victim's socket! I don't believe this footage has ever been seen, so isn't really applicable when talking about an 'uncut' version. As it stands, the Mei Ah is as uncut as we're going to get.

Amazon Review

Full Contact release on DVD was long overdue, and now, in this finely presented package, it has been worth the wait. By far one of the most brutal Hong Kong Gangster movies.

Whilst the gun battles are not quite on a par with John Woo's, as they lack both the scale and the choreography, Ringo Lam ensures that he makes up for it in style. Using the bullets eye view twice in the film, Lam delivers an intensity to his film making that has little comparison elsewhere. With eye catching cinematography, an awesome soundtrack than really delivers the goods, and one of Chow Yun Fat's greatest performances, this is a truly must have film.

Special credit must go to Simon Yam who totally steals the show with his sadistic villian Judge. Not even Dennis Hopper's character in Blue Velvet can hold a candle to the sinister, homosexual psychopath that is portrayed here. Their rivalry is given an almost homoerotic overtone as Judge expresses his underlying desire for Jeff.

With superb picture quality, an unforgettable film, and a great variety of extras within a finely presented package, this DVD is true value for money.

Full Eclipse

The US Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2003 Prism R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• UK 1994 Lazer VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated but noted as R Rated on the DVD for:

• US 2001 HBO R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a cut R Rated Version to avoid running 3:46s shorter with an NTSC running time noted as 93 mins. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The Funhouse

• The Funhouse: Carnival of Terror
• Carnival of Terror

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

1981 US horror by Tobe Hooper
With Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson and Jeanne Austin. See IMDb

Passed 15 uncut for moderate horror, sex, violence and threat for:

• UK 2011 ArrowDrome R2 DVD  at UK Amazon
• UK 2011 Arrow R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2007 Freemantlemedia/Arrow R2 DVD

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for

• US 2004 Universal R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Underrated slasher

Four teenage friends spent the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a Frankenstein mask.

This is an effectively underrated slasher entry. One of it's most impressive feats is that it gives us a nice carnival atmosphere with some interesting sights. The setting is the best thing about this, as great pains is taken to turn the early part into setup, and this does create a great atmosphere for later on in the film.

This little gem has minimum bloodletting but its good, its better than good. It has a genuine sense of dread and a fear and paradoxically, an understanding of human vulnerability and mutation.

• 1987 CIC VHS

Shortened by deleting some uncontentious plot

Added to the DPP list of video nasties in September 1984 and was dropped in June 1985

Bizarrely banned as a video nasty. It has been suggested that the video appears on the list due to a confusion with another film Last House on Dead End Street that is also known as The Fun House.

Shortened by deleting some uncontentious plot

• UK 1981 cinema release

Funny Kung Fu

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor was required to make a compulsory cut to a scene of animal cruelty (two cockrels fighting)

Funny People

Unrated

The US Unrated Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2009 Universal DVD/Blu-ray.

The additional material is uncontentious plot.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

R Rated

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

A very short version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2003 Cinema Club R2 DVD

• UK 1961 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 98:12s = 94:16s PAL

Future Force

The video was cut in 1991. The same cut version was submitted in 2006

Future-Kill

• Night of the Alien
• Splatter

The BBFC cut 2:39s from the Media Releasing video of 1985

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• Clint's death is missing in the english version: Splatter rams his armblades into his jaw; Clint spills out blood.
• A woman is scared because of what she has found in Splatter’s pants. Her subsequent murder, crushed in a sheet of corrugated metal, has been cut.
• A woman's interrogation and death has been deleted. The woman is interrogated, her breasts are revealed by Splatter who then claws at her crotch and then continues to kill her again with the claw.
• The death of splatter being disembowelled by a blade is missing long with his bursting eye.
• Steve breakings a man's neck has also been deleted

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

Review from US Amazon: Great 'Bad' Movie

Except the 2 actors from Texas Chainsaw Massacre this movie stars people that look like your next door neighbors (from the 80's).

Some preppy-new waver-Frats are initiating all night in the worst part of town when they piss off an armored clad killer-psycho with throwing stars and claws in charge of a gang of anti-nuke-grunge-new wavers.

 I liked it a lot because once the action starts it doesn't stop also there are some decent punk rock tunes and impressive gore scenes. The bad acting, 80's attire, and goofy dialog only add to the fun.