• Mindwarp: An Infinity of Terror
• Planet of Horrors
• Quest

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2002 (although it has been suggested that the MPAA may also have a hack at the maggot rape scene)

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Amazon Review:

I first saw this title in 1983 on VHS. I was a lot younger and it blew my mind, I thought it was great. Having seen it again since it has lost it little of its lustre and it looks very dated. The effects are mid-range the acting is mid-ranged, and the story is mid-ranged too. However, it has that B movie charm and can be a little gory. So lie back and laugh and enjoy this lovely piece of sci-fi hokum.

3 cuts were applied to a scene showing a rape by a giant maggot

• Bruce Lee's Game of Death
• Si wang you ju

Passed uncut in August 2001

I guess the nunchuks scene may have been the casualty (Beware! contains 417KByte mpeg1 video clip)

Comparison of the UK Rank video and a Video-CD from Malaysia reveals that an entire 4 minute fight scene has been substituted. Late on in the film the Chinese version shows a nunchucks fight between Bruce Lee and a villain dressed all in black. In the Rank Video, this is replaced with a far less savage battle between Bruce Lee and a different guy dressed all in white with no nunchucks to be seen.

Another version from Malaysia has a PAL running time of 100:18s, suggesting cuts of 8minutes somewhere along the line.

Cut by the BBFC in 2004 with the following explanation: Cut required to remove a scene of clear and instructive detail on the preparation of illegal drugs.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Amazon Review

If you're familiar with the works of the danish directors who've signed the DOGMA charter, GANG TAPES may please you with its improbable camera movements and its documentary style. If not, stay away from this movie.

I must admit that the scenes of violence of GANG TAPES are, in my opinion, far more impressive than those shown in the Hollywood thrillers. You never know what will happen next on the screen and you really feel in your guts the paranoia which is the life's companion of these people. And the impacts of the bullets in the body of the victims will hit you as if you were present in the hot streets of the city of the angels.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Compulsory cuts were required to remove visual references to the availability of sex works that have not been classified by the BBFC.

• Gefangen
• Locked Up
• Eingelocht

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cut required to sight of woman being vaginally 'fisted'. Compulsory cut required to implication of man being humiliated by being urinated on. Company chose to cut sight of explicit masturbation for the requested category of 18

Eingelocht, the uncut hardcore DVD is available at SimplyGayDVD
Locked Up, the full softcore region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Cuts were required to animal cruelty, horse falls and horses set on fire

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut sight of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (in this case, rear entry penetration and sight of liquid resembling semen on woman's face and in her mouth) to achieve an '18'. An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category.
Distributer chose to make cuts to clearly unsimulated sexual activity, fellatio and penetration, to gain an 18 certificate. An R18 without cuts was available to the distributer

Cut when resubmitted in 2006 with the following BBFC statement: The cuts were Compulsory. One cut required to sight of real animal cruelty - two cocks fighting

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Compulsory cut required to sight of potentially dangerous, imitable technique (in this case, a tyre on a motorcycle being set ablaze and then the wheel spun)

The 2007 Extended Cut on DVD was passed uncut at 15

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Note that the Sony Playstation UMD version is the same as the cut cinema release

From the BBFC 2007 Annual Report:

Ghost Rider was passed ‘12A’ on its theatrical release, after reductions were made to the sequence in which Johnny transforms into the ‘Ghost Rider’ for the first time. For the film’s DVD release the distributors reinstated the cut material, in particular shots of the skin on Johnny’s face breaking and falling away. These more detailed and gory shots added significantly to the intensity and horror of the sequence and necessitated an increase in category from 12A to 15

The UK release is uncut by the BBFC and was passed in 1981 for a cinema release and in 1986 on video.

However there are various source versions knocking around and the UK release is missing a scene where a ghostly force smashes Alice Krige into a glass cabinet.

Resubmitted in 2004 and passed with the comment: contains some previously cut material

From IMDb: Cut for violence and weapons

In the US the film was edited of some violence to earn a "PG-13" rating, which replaced the original "R" rating

The BBFC cuts were waived in 2004 and the rating was reduced from 15 to 12

he uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• Sengoku jieitai

Cut in 2005 with the following BBFC statement: Company was required to remove sight of illegal horsefalls

Thanks to Anthony: despite 44 seconds of horse falls being cut by the BBFC, there were still some shots that showed horses doing forward somersaults (which the sBBFC website claims can easily break a horse’s neck) and even a clear shot of trip-wired horses still remains in the version I have seen!

Subtitled version.

54:48s unofficial pre-cut and a further 32:27s cut by the BBFC.

79:22s pre-cut and then a further 3:01s cut by the BBFC

The distributors cut all explcit sex imagery and the BBFC objected to an entire scene set in a fetish torture dungeon particularly as a woman is shown in shackles.

65:22s unofficial pre-cuts with a further 16:26s cut by the BBFC

79:03s unofficial pre-cuts

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove scenes of sexual detail (clear sight of oral-genital contact and dildo penetration) to obtain an 18,

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2007 with the following comment: Compulsory cuts were required to verbal references likely to encourage an interest in underage sex. With these cuts made an R18 was available to the company. The company chose to remove all clear sight of explicit female masturbation and vaginal penetration with fingers and vibrator in order for the work to achieve an 18 classification.

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2007 with the following comment: Distributor chose to cut shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (masturbation and vaginal penetration) to gain an 18 classification. An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor.

Cut to avoid an R18 when submitted in 2007

The uncut DVD is available at US Amazon.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (cunnilingus) to achieve an 18 classification. An R18 uncut was available to the distributor

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. The distributor chose to make cuts to sexual detail (clear sight of unsimulated oral-genital contact) to obtain an 18

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to accept cuts to sight of explicit sexual detail (oral-genital contact and clearly unsimulated vaginal penetration with a dildo)

• A Brother's Justice
• Skate or Die

The 2000 video/DVD was released without cuts albeit with a 12 certificate

The 12 rated region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

From Andrew, April 2008: Squaring the Cube

Just watched the DVD and realised that this release is now a 12, and contains a few extra bits.

Does anyone know what the minute+ of cuts were exactly? It seems to have had several FUCKS overdubbed (especially scenes where the words SCREW UP are used).

Thanks to Chris

Although the cinema and video versions of 1997 and 1998 (Widescreen VHS) were cut, the 18 rated UK DVD from 1999 is FULLY UNCUT and contains the scenes originally removed.

This is not noted on the BBFC website. The DVD is still available.

Cut when submitted in 1997 and 1998. The same cuts applied:

From IMDb:

• In the scene where Cole confronts two Russians in the car, four seconds of Cole beating a Russian over the head nine times with his gun butt have been cut
• In the final fight scene, four seconds of Cole repeatedly punching Donald in the face after kicking him onto the table are cut.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

The cinema release of 1990 and all subsequent video/DVD releases have been cut to remove horse falls

• Du Shen

Same cuts for both cinema and video versions

Uncut by the BBFC but previously cut by the MPAA

Originally, after Don Lucchesi is stabbed in his aorta with his glasses, a glorious spurt of blood would have resulted (while in the background his assassin would have been shot). Note: Even Coppola's "final director's cut" doesn't include this, because of the ratings.

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2007

The uncut region 2 DVD is available as part of a John Candy set at UK Amazon

• A kung-fu spoof was removed as it involved the use of nunchucks
• Excised dialogue: Can't you read the sign? No seducing in the cafeteria!

Shown uncut on German Satellite channel RTL2

I have been told that the Hollywood DVD release is in fact uncut but I cannot see any record of the change in the BBFC database

From an imdb review

I like old ninja movies. The fights are usually pretty well choreographed, the storylines are unbelievable and the dubbing is hilarious. While Golden Ninja Warriors has all these things there are a few points that I didn't totally enjoy.

I have a problem with this movie. It's the attitude towards women that this women has. I know that it is an early Asian movie but it made the movie unappealing. Within the first ten or fifteen minutes we get to see a girl being viciously whipped for a prolonged period of time. This is followed by the beginnings of a sexual assault.

Candidates for cuts appear to be ninja throwing stars, a lengthy whipping sequence featuring a completely naked girl and a long rape scene.

An uncut 'Ultimate Edition DVD' will be released on July 17th 2006. The previous cuts have been reinstated but the certificate has been raised to an 15.

Thanks to Gavin who tells me that it is not yet clear with MPAA cuts have also been restored (006's shooting in the head, Xenia's death etc).

The Ultimate Edition region 2 DVD can be ordered at UK Amazon

Cut for cinema in 1995 during film editing. The same cuts were required to all  12 rated video versions

The BBFC commented on the cuts to the 2001 release: Company was asked to make seven compulsory cuts to scenes of violence as per the previously released 1996 12-rated version

From MI6

• A head butt was cut at Xenia's "wait your turn" line to Natalya
• Three head butts were deleted during the cradle fight between Bond and Trevelyan.
• Bond's rabbit punch on Xenia was cut from both US and UK theatrical releases. 

The DVD commentary suggests that the following cuts were made at the editing statge:

• At the beginning of the film, when 006 is shot, originally one clearly saw the impact to the head.
• Towards the end of the film, when Onatop is dragged to her death, originally the dragging and death struggle were a bit longer/more explicit.

Thanks to Joel:

Box set DVD extras include a documentary looking at this history of Bond. When it came to an interview with Famke Janssen about her character, one of the scenes shown was this exact same scene in it's UNCUT format.

The cinema release of 1997 was uncut but the BBFC cut 14s from the video submitted in 1998.

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum

• At 34.5 mins Sight of man headbutting other man was removed.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Same cuts to the cinema release of 1979 and the video version submitted in 1991

From IMDb

• Cuts to remove an ear clap and a shot of a guard being killed with a throwing star.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from Amazon US

This low-budget 'gem' from 1977 was a modest hit and pretty much made Chuck Norris a star. Norris is a former CIA commando whose dark past comes back to haunt him when the politician that set him up in a raid turned death trap needs to erase that unpleasant part of history.

This is an old school action movie, back when they bothered to have plot and mystery prior to the fist fights and car chases, and it will probably bore many expecting wall to wall kung-fu action. Nothing happens until nearly an hour into the movie, then the pay off begins.

As I said, it is a low budget movie, one with Southern California locations filling in for Vietnam as well as East Coast locations. Pretty giggle inducing. But the movie still works when watched in the context of its era (70s exploitation) and director Ted Post (Hang 'Em High, Magnum Force, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, etc.) keeps the movie professional looking, at least.

Recommended only to Norris fans on a nostalgia kick.

Finally passed uncut in 2002

The video was cut by the BBFC in 1995

Cuts to scene where two 10 year old boys engineer a motorway pile-up by dropping a lifelike dummy into a stream of traffic. The BBFC felt that the possibility that such a scene could be viewed and copied by mischievous children was too great to ignore. The BBFC also cut the sense of mounting excitement with which the boys greet the escalating devastation.

• Xin si wang you hu
• Goodbye Bruce Lee
• The New Game of Death

Cuts for violence were restore when resubmitted in 2002 but the inaccurate claims remain deleted

From worldwide dvd forums:

• All shots of chainsticks, a double-ear clap and a kick to a man's crotch removed.
• Also under the Trade Descriptions Act, references in the film's commentary that inaccurately inferred the first part of the film was part of a film unfinished before Bruce Lee's death

• Il Vangelo secondo Matteo
• L'Evangile selon saint Matthieu

This version was originally prepared for an afternoon TV showing. As they announced on-screen beforehand, they had had to cut the scene where Judas hangs himself, as hanging scenes cannot be shown on TV before the 9 o'clock watershed. (The film had previously been shown late at night, uncut.)

This pre-cut version was then submitted to the BBFC

• Central Park Drifter

All video versions have the same running time as the 1987 submission cut by 16s

• Virtual Combat

Cut by the BBFC in 1995

• Cuts to remove nunchaku during the scene where Wilson and Athena Massey(Liana) fight the thugs at the hostel.

• Anthropophagous
• The Anthropophagous Beast
• Anthropophagus
• Antropofago
• Man Eater
• Man Beast
• Savage Island
• Gomia, Terror en el Mar Egeo

No BBFC cuts were imposed when submitted in 2002 but the US version submitted was cut as follows:

• The foetus lunch
• The climatic scene of the beast eating his own entrails

It was released uncut in 2005 on region 1 DVD available at US Amazon

Review from Amazon US

Finally!  Now we'll have it as it was supposed to be. I've been waiting for this moment for so many years! Now "Anthropophagus" may not be a masterpiece but it has become a cult classic very long time ago.

This film has some gruesome scenes and really horrific atmosphere - a dreamy one like in many Italian horrors. I repeat it may not have a big cultural value but you MUST have it on your shelf if you call yourself a horror buff

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Company required to add warning caption to work to highlight potentially harmful behaviour (in this case a dangerous stunt in which a man takes potentially lethal doses of painkillers)

Cut by the makers to achieve a US R rating (I don't know what version will be picked up for UK distribution though). The R rating advises of pervasive depiction of anti social behaviour of juveniles, including violence, substance abuse, sexuality and language.

The cinema version was released in the UK without BBFC cuts with an 18 rating.

• Gunfight

Submitted in 2000 but was cut for cruelty to a snake

• The Guyver 2: Dark Hero

One scene cut for violence when submitted in 1994 to keep the certificate down to a 15 eg for a throat being cut. A slightly re-edited version was submitted in 2007 without cuts but the similar running time and lack of 'cuts waived' comment suggests that the cuts are still present.

From IMDb

In addition to the BBFC cuts for violence, the UK release is missing several plot scenes:

• A nightmare sequence
• a scene which Sean breaks up with Mizky
• scenes that further develop the relationship between Sean and Cori.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2005

Released on DVD by Nucleus on 5th June 2006

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon