• 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)

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

• Bruce Lee's Game of Death
• Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death
• Si wang you ju

For some reason the 2005 Universal DVD was the same as the cut video version.

The Medusa DVD was passed uncut in August 2001

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: A Fitting Tribute

Fortunately this DVD collection redresses all that is bad about the cinema release and delights in and celebrates all that is good. Firstly, all the missing footage has now been restored including the (in the UK at least) missing Nuchaku duel with Dan Inasanto. Also included is an excellent commentary from HK movie expert Bey Logan which points out all the flaws in the movie and even gives information on each of the lookalikes, this serves to make you almost forgive the travesty your watching by making it entertaining.

As if all of this wasn't enough the picture and sound quality throughout are excellent and you could be forgiven for thinking you were watching a new film, the picture is that good.

So in conclusion, Hong Kong Legends have taken what was once considered by many to be a blatant cash in on a genuine hero and have turned it into a fitting tribute to a legend.

The BBFC cut the 1986 Rank Video and removed the sight of nunchuks eg as in this scene

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.

• Tenement
• Slaughter in the South Bronx Tenement: Game of Survival

The BBFC passed the 2005 Blackhorse DVD 18 uncut titled Tenement

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

Review from US Amazon: Too Violent to be Rated!

Tenement is a violent 80s action/crime thriller grindhouse flick that I fully enjoyed. Upon merely seeing the hand-drawn, sketchy cover of this flick I knew I had to check it out. The plot revolves around a group of ornery NYC tenement dwellers who must fight together to survive after a gang of thugs traps them in the building, swearing vengeance after one of the tenants called the police on them earlier in the day.

Tenement's TOO VIOLENT TO BE RATED! tagline lives up to its name as well: people are dropped off windows, electrocuted, impaled, castrated, raped with broomstick handles, sliced on the jugular, etc. It's definitely one of the most violent 70s/80s grindhouse/exploitation flicks I've seen, but it was definitely entertaining if also brutal. Recommended.

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: 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

• Aoki Ôkami: chi hate umi tsukiru made
• The Blue Wolf: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea

The BBFC cut 1:27s from the 2008 Revolver DVD: Compulsory cuts required to sight of cruel horse falls orchestrated by the film makers

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: 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). 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

• L'Ultima Orgia del III Reich
• Bourreaux SS
• Last Orgy of the Third Reich
• Des Filles pour le Bourreau
• Caligua Reincarnated as Hitler

The video was released in 1983 by VFP with a missing 10:48s scene of an Aryan fantasy and a feast of human flesh. The video was re-released in 1984 by Video Shack

It was added to the DPP list of banned video nasties in March 1984 and stayed listed throughout the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP39s. The Videoshack version is particularly rare.

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

Review from Amazon US: Way Better than Expected

Caligula Reincarnated as Hitler was way better than what I expected. Just the exceptional location of Northern Italy's lake district gives it one star. Furthermore, the young blonde star of the film is gorgeous and someone both men and women would find attractive to sleep with. There are some five star sexual violence scenes that are unfortunately too brief. Beatings, whippings, gang raping of women prisoners, dipping naked women into vats of lime, hanging the young blonde star nude and upside down over a box of live rats! I mean, hey you "sicko" Nazi fans, is this something or what?

There are no actual hard core sex scenes, however, there are multiple simulated sex scenes that are quite hot to watch. I think there is significant sexual tension in scenes throughout this very good storyline. If you are into the whole "Nazi sex slave camp" thing....this is by far, the best of that genre I have come across. And because I only paid $9.99 for this double feature...it makes it a 5 star film for me by all catagories.

I am curious if there is an unrated or extra cut film out there of this, as another reviewer hinted at? If so, and they showed more actual sex, that would be the one to purchase.

No reports of cuts to the 1988 and 1998 videos.

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)

• Kôkaku kidôtai
• Shell Mobile Force
• Ghost in the Shell 2.0

The 2.0 Redux Version was passed 15 uncut for the 2009 cinema release and 2009 Manga DVD/Blu-ray.

The 2.0 Version has had mixed review from fans.

See article from en.wikipedia.org

Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a reproduced version of its original 1995 counterpart. For the films Version 2.0 release, all the original animations were re-produced with latest digital film and animation technologies, such as 3D-CGI. The original soundtrack was also re-organized and re-recorded.

Japanese music composer Kenji Kawai, who orchestrated the score for the original 1995 production, remixed the Version 2.0 soundtrack in 6.1 Channel Surround.

To complement the new soundtrack, Japanese voice dialogue was also re-recorded, with some variation from the original script to make use of more recent colloquial phrases in modern speech. Notably, the original male voice actor for the character of the Puppet Master, Iemasa Kayumi, has been replaced by the female voice actor Yoshiko Sakakibara

The uncut 2.0 Version region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut 2.0 Version UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The uncut 2.0 Version region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon for release on 12th Jan 2010
The uncut 2.0 Version US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Nicely cleaned-up

A 1995 movie based on the manga that was called by some the second coming of Akira. I can't help but agree with that.

So here we are almost 15 years later and we now have Ghost in the Shell 2.0, which is not a sequel but a redone version of the first movie. The colors have been changed and some CG has been brought in to replace the old animation.

The animation has been nicely cleaned-up. This is one of the best animated Blu-rays out there, up there with Cars, Wall-E, and Akira. While consistency is off thanks to the new computer graphics, new colors and old animation, but this is not the fault of the transfer.

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!

The BBFC passed the US Unrated Version (Extended Version) 18 uncut for the 2001 Cinema Club DVD and 2008 Warner DVD.

From cuts details on IMDb:

There is an Unrated/extended version available.

• Linda & Gia's sex scenes are longer and more explicit.
• In the scene where Gia gives Linda hamburgers in the kitchen, Gia straddles Linda in the chair, and says, Dinner is served!.

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

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

The 1993 Polygram video and 2009 Warner DVD were passed 15 uncut

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

This version is missing dialogue and a scene with a topless girl

The BBFC cut 2:35s from the 2007 Asphyxiation DVD: Distributor chose to remove sight of unsimulated cunnilingus and dildo penetration. R18 uncut was available.

• Ji mi zhong an zhi zhi ming you huo
• Rock on Fire

The BBFC cut 1:07s from the 1997 Eastern Heroes video

Thanks to Bleach:

• At 51 minutes, a scene of a man stripping clothes from a struggling woman was reduced.
• At 52 minutes, a scene of a man having sex with a recently deceased woman was removed.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove scenes of sexual detail (clear sight of oral-genital contact and dildo penetration)

The BBFC cut the 2007 Showbox DVD by 7:20s: Company chose to cut sexual detail (clear sight of explicit digital penetration and vibrator masturbation). An uncut R18 was available

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2007 with the following comment: Compulsory cut required to remove verbal reference to underage sex

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2007 with the following comment: The distributor chose to remove a sequence of explicit masturbation to secure an 18 certificate. An R18 uncut was available.

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 by the BBFC when submitted in 2007 with the following comment: Distributor chose to remove unsimulated, real sexual activity (digital penetration and oral-genital contact) in line with BBFC guidelines and policy in order to achieve the requested 18. An R18 was available.

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2007 with the following comment: Company was required to remove explicit sexual detail for the requested 18 category. An R18 uncut certification was available.

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2007 with the following comment: Distributor chose to remove clear sight of unsimulated cunnilingus and penetration of a woman's vagina An R18 uncut was available.

BBFC cut 5:42s from the 2007 Showbox Media Group DVD: The distributor chose to cut seven scenes of clearly unsimulated sex (digital penetration of the vagina and oral-genital contact during cunnilingus). An 'R18' without cuts was available to the distributor.

Same BBFC cuts when submitted in 2006 & 2008 with the following comment: Distributor chose to remove clear sight of oral-genital contact. for an 18 category. R18 uncut was available.

BBFC cut 31s from the 2007 Showbox Media Group DVD: The distributor chose to remove the sexual detail from a scene (clear sight of dildo penetration). An uncut R18 was available to the company

The BBFC cut 12:26s when submitted in 2008: Distributor was required to make a compulsory cut to underage sex references in the title of the work. The distributor chose to make cuts to a range of unsimulated, explicit sexual activity.

The BBFC cut 6:59s when submitted in 2008: One compulsory cut was required to remove a reference to 'schoolgirls' in the title, as per BBFC Policy. Distributor additionally chose to remove explicit sexual detail (anal and vaginal penetration, oral genital contact and vigorous masturbation)

The BBFC cut 10:35s when submitted in 2008: Distributor chose to remove all sight of unsimulated sexual activity (in this case cunnilingus, digital vaginal and anal penetration, dildo penetration and masturbation). A compulsory cut was required to an underage sex reference.

Cut to avoid an R18 when submitted in 2007

The uncut DVD is available at US Amazon.

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2008 with the following comment: Distributor chose to cut shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (vaginal penetration with a vase and masturbation). An R18 without cuts was available.

Cut by 47s when submitted in 2007: Distributor chose to remove clear sight of unsimulated masturbation. An R18 certificate was available.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (cunnilingus). An R18 uncut was available to the distributor

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The distributor chose to make cuts to sexual detail (clear sight of unsimulated oral-genital contact)

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

Cut by 5:04s when submitted in 2007: Company chose to remove scenes of unsimulated sex (in this case penetration of vaginas with dildos). An uncut certification was available at the R18 category.

The BBFC cut 26s when submitted in 2008: Distributor chose to cut a scene of sexual detail (in this case, a woman dropping liquid resembling semen into her mouth)

The R18 hardcore version runs 8:54s longer

The BBFC cut 7:08s when submitted in 2009: The company chose to make cuts to scenes containing explicit sexual detail. An uncut R18 was available to the distributor.

The Extended Version was released on 2005 Universal DVD without BBFC cuts

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The BBFC cut 1:33s from the 2009 Darker Enterprises DVD: Distributor chose to remove sight of unsimulated sexual activity (oral sex and masturbation). An R18 without cuts was available.

• 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).

The BBFC cut 1:18s when DVD submitted in 2007 commenting: Company chose to remove three clear shots of unsimulated sexual activity (digital penetration and masturbation). An uncut 'R18' classification was available.

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.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Cut when videos submitted in 1997 and 1998 by Warner. 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 cinema release of 1990 and all subsequent video/DVD releases have been cut to remove horse falls

• Du Shen

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 2002 MIA DVD

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

Review from UK Amazon: Part of the charm

It isn't John Woo, but it's still a great action thriller. Not massive on the stunts until the end and boy, it's worth waiting for. The beauty of Chow yun Fat is that he does all of his own stunts (watch out for the: doing a somersault, catching two guns in each hand, and shooting a bad guy before he hits the floor).

The acting is admittedly camp, but it's all part of the charm of Hong Kong cinema.

Thanks to Bleach:

• In reel 4 a scene where a moustached man twirls a butterfly knife was removed.
• Also, shortly afterwards, a scene was reduced in which a knife is twirled by a man before he threatens a woman's face.

• Mario Puzo's The Godfather

The 2008 re-mastered version was downgraded to a 15 certificate

The re-mastered trilogy is available at UK Amazon
The re-mastered trilogy on UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The re-mastered trilogy on region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The re-mastered trilogy on US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

The origonal runnimh time was noted s 175:03s = 168:03s

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Suffered minor BBFC cuts to the scene of Sonny's body being machine-gunned and kicked in the face.

cut

Rated R

Coppola's Final Director's Cut was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 1991/1997 CIC videos and 2001 Paramount DVD

The blood burst in Don Lucchesi's stabbing is still missing from this version but as it is labelled a Director's Cut then this must be considered the definitive version.

From version details on IMDb:

• The DVD release features an alternate beginning with an extended version of the meeting between Michael and the Archbishop.

cut

Rated R

It was cut by the MPAA for an R Rating:

• 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).

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

Videos from Video Programme Distributor & Synergy Video were cut when submitted in 1986 & 2001

• A lengthy whipping sequence featuring a completely naked girl was removed.

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

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon

From an imdb review: Old ninja movies

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.

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.

Thanks to Gavin Salkeld

1964 Cinema cuts, presumably to the negative, as was often the norm in the 60s, persist to all cinema/video/DVD releases worldwide

• Bonita getting out of the bath has been removed, so it now happens off-screen
• The electrocution in the bath has been shortened
• The scene of Bond and Jill Masterson together on the bed has been shortened

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 Missing in Action video version submitted in 1991

From IMDb

• Cuts to remove an ear clap in a car park
• A shot of a guard being killed with a throwing star.
• A second shot of a killing with a throwing star

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

Review from Amazon US: Low-budget 'gem'

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.

The 2002 20th Century Fox DVD was passed uncut

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

The 1995 Fox video was cut by the BBFC

• 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.

• Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
• El bo, el lleig i el dolent
• El bueno, el feo y el malo
• The Good, the Ugly, the Bad The Magnificent Rogues
  Zwei glorreiche Halunken

The uncut extended version was downgraded to a 15 for the 2008 cinema re-release

The BBFC explained in the 2008 Annual Report: Sometimes it is clear that the classification previously awarded is no longer appropriate according to current standards. In 2008, a number of older films were reclassified down from ‘18’ to ‘15’, including Sergio Leone’s seminal 1966 Western, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, which features strong violence, moderate gore and hanging scenes.

From cuts details on IMDb:

The extra scenes integrate perfectly into the film, and after seeing them once, you won't be able to imagine they were ever missing. Among the scenes are Angel Eyes visiting a destroyed fort; Tuco hiring bandits to help him chase Blondie; Blondie and Angel Eyes having a face-to-face when they first set out together to find the gold; and some extra conversation between Tuco and Blondie in the desert

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

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

See review from IMDb: One of the best

This film probably had the largest impact on my life. It set the tone for everything I then got interested in. American Civil War. Film Music. Clint Eastwood. Real Westerns. This is the best of the Dollars Trilogy and by far one of the best Westerns of all time. It has drama, comedy, cracking dialogue, some of the most brutal battle scenes - especially around the bridge - that I'd seen up to then, music to die for and set pieces that just ooze atmosphere and tension. I have never forgotten the end shoot-out. This was unique; 3 people?! You can't do that. But Leone did, and he did it brilliantly - all cameras and music. I have now seen this film too many times to count but I'll be back for another blast of buono, brutto, cattivo, someday.

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Cut to shorten the beating up of Bill Carson's woman (reduced to 1 slap)
• remove the scene of Mario Brega's head being battered against a rock by Tuco
• extensively shorten the torture and beating of Tuco by around 2 minutes (much of the scene was completely cut from the film).

• Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom

Cinema release cut by 5s when submitted in 2008. Cuts were required to remove sight of real animal cruelty, in this instance three cruel horse falls.

Same animal cruelty pre-cut for the 2009 Icon DVD/Blu-ray

• 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

• Twinsanity

The BBFC cut the 1970 cinema release. The original running time was noted as 87:10s = 83:41s

The 2010 re-release promises a new master from the original cinema negatives so hopefully uncut

The region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon for release on 10th May 2010
The region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon

• 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

The film was released on 20th Century Fox DVD in 2007 in 2 versions. The 'Re-edited' Unseen Version is the uncut US unrated version

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

• Dante's naked butt replaced by alternative shot
• Barry sucking on the milk maid's bared breasts is missing
• An addendum scene with Jeff boasting about his STD is missing

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• Central Park Drifter

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

Uncut when submitted in 2007

Running time comparison suggests that a further 4:48s were pre-cut by the distributor

Uncut when submitted in 2007

Running time comparison suggests that a further 2:12s were pre-cut by the distributor

The BBFC cut 2s from the 2008 Liquid Gold DVD: The distributor chose to cut a single shot of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (oral-genital contact during fellatio). An 'R18' uncut was available to the distributor.

The 2010 Warner Blu-ray is uncut but with a 12 certificate.

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

From cuts details on IMDb

• edited shots of a man impaled with a tree branch

The original running time was noted as 142:41s (136:59s)

• 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.

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)

• Gurotesuku

The BBFC banned the 2009 4Digital Media DVD. The Japanese Unrated Version was submitted.

The BBFC explained their ban:

The BBFC has rejected the DVD Grotesque. This means that it cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK. The decision was taken by the Director, David Cooke and the Presidential Team of Sir Quentin Thomas, Alison Hastings and Gerard Lemos.

Grotesque is a feature that focuses for the majority of its running time on the sexual assault, humiliation and extreme torture of a male and female victim. The central character abducts, restrains, strips and masturbates both the man and the woman. After this he inflicts grave injuries on the restrained couple, including amputation, eye gouging, castration and evisceration. The torture becomes even more extreme, leading to the gory and violent death of both hostages. The film ends with the killer choosing his next victims.

David Cooke, Director of the BBFC said: “Unlike other recent ‘torture’ themed horror works, such as the Saw and Hostel series, Grotesque features minimal narrative or character development and presents the audience with little more than an unrelenting and escalating scenario of humiliation, brutality and sadism. The chief pleasure on offer seems to be in the spectacle of sadism (including sexual sadism) for its own sake.

“It is the Board’s carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to Grotesque, even if statutorily confined to adults, would involve risk of harm within the terms of the Video Recordings Act, would be inconsistent with the Board’s Guidelines, and would be unacceptable to the public. The BBFC has a strict policy on sexual violence. With portrayals of sexual violence which might eroticise or endorse sexual assault the Board may require cuts at any classification level.

“Rejecting a work outright is a serious matter and the Board considered whether the issue could be dealt with through cuts. However, given the unacceptable content featured throughout cutting the work is not a viable option in this case and the work is therefore refused a classification.”

“Rejecting a work outright is a serious matter and the Board considered whether the issue could be dealt with through cuts. However, given the unacceptable content featured throughout cutting the work is not a viable option in this case and the work is therefore refused a classification.”

See review from IMDb: Pointless torture movies

The new wave snuff films (or rebirth of 70's uber violent films) are just not my taste... this movie is a prime example of these pointless torture movies, While in context the aspect of torture in a horror film i.e. Saw, Hellraiser, Texas chainsaw (the original) etc... works great because it's bad people getting their come up-pence or just a cautionary of the cruelty of man but this film is just a fictionalized snuff film with no story what so ever. Watching people getting brutally killed (particularly those who were just there) for the bulk of the movie then.... "the end" after some silly f/x does nothing for me except feeling a little dirty for watching this piece of trash.

If you a fan of Devils rejects, Vacancy and the like check it out but if you are like me a little and like at least a little mental stimulation with your gore fix skip this one.

• Der Fluch
• The Juon

The BBFC passed the (US Unrated) Director's Cut 15 uncut for the Universal DVDs of 2005 and 2006.

The film was cut quite heavily in the US for a PG-13 so this version is an improvement both in terms of plot and horror.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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

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

Review from US Amazon: I enthusiastically recommend it.

Many have given The Grudge a very unjust rating, most likely because it isn't the typical American mindless gore that we have seen in so many horror films of both the past and present. While those films certainly have appeal to many fans of the genre, they hardly require your strict attention to follow the plot. The Grudge is different in that it doesn't use gore, or even violence (for the most part) to accomplish the scare. Instead it uses long approaches into scenes in which the audience can anticipate the outcome but is still startled and surprised when it actually happens.

The ending to the movie has been one of its most criticized points, but it is very much in sticking to Japanese tradition where man is not the stronger than the spirit world surrounding him, and with many of the other modern horror flicks.

Overall I am not a fan of the horror genre - usually finding them more funny in their ridiculousness than scary, but I can say that this is one of the very few movies that have actually scared me. To me that is all it takes to be a good horror movie.

I enthusiastically recommend it.

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 Nucleus Films DVD resubmitted in 2005

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Despite being 'uncut', the movie is actually missing a brief shot of Willard's genitals when his g-string is torn off.

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