BBFC Cuts H:Hn-Hz

The Hole

• After the Hole
• Secluded Empty Space

From imdb

The film was cut by the distributor to qualify for a "15" rating in the UK. The cuts include the re-dubbing of the word 'cunt'. Ironically, the 'deleted scenes' section on the UK DVD release is rated '18', therefore earning the DVD an '18' overall, even though the film is only a '15'. The same version of the film was released worldwide, so an uncut version/director's cut DVD sadly isn't available anywhere.

It has been suggested that the Dutch release is uncut.

Hollow Man

• Hollow Man - Unsichtbare Gefahr

The Extended Version or Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for the 2007 Sony DVD

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

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

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers

• Hollywood Hookers

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2000 Maingrip/Midnite Movies R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• UK 2000 Maingrip/Midnite Movies VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAa Unrated for:

• US 2008 Retromedia 20th Anniversary Edition R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• UK 1988 Colourbox VHS titled Hollywood Hookers

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• Cut scene showing Mercedes attacking Bo on the bed with a chainsaw. The scene doesn't actually show the chainsaw cutting anything but it does show Mercedes being splattered by blood and body parts.
• Mercedes attacking a guy in the bath with a chainsaw whilst the sect leader watches through the window is reduced to a whir of the saw and a couple of spatterings of blood.
• Cuts to a woman carving into a man's chest with a knife
• Cuts to the sect leader's off screen attack with a chainsaw to his gut
• Cuts to Samantha's chainsaw attack on mercedes
• The distributor was also forced to remove the word 'chainsaw' from the title.

Colourbox apologized on the video cover at the amount of footage they were forced to cut.

Hollywood Cop

The BBFC cut 1:03s for the 1999 VPD VHS

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon

Hollywood Monster

See Ghost Chase

Holocaust 2000

• Rain of Fire

Unrated

UK: The European Version was passed X (18) uncut for:

• UK 1978 cinema release

US: The release titled Rain of Fire features the European Version and is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Lions Gate R1 DVD titled Rain of Fire via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The Holy Mountain

• La montaña sagrada

See video from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2007 Tartan R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• UK 1999 Visual VHS

The BBFC noted that previous optical fogging had been removed [from the castration scene)

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

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

Summary Review: Surrealist vignettes

Mystical themes unfold through a series of surrealist vignettes rife with religion symbolism, sardonic satire and distancing cinematic shock tactics.

it's not going to be a film for everyone, but those already turned on to Jodorowsky's ideas will no doubt take away a great deal from the film's central message, and from the dizzying kaleidoscope of visual ideas, interpretations and sight gags that explode from the screen in a veritable barrage of colour and movement.

• UK 1974 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 114:21s

The Holy Virgin vs The Evil Dead

• Moh sun gip
• Mo chun jie

A shot of blood trickling over naked breasts has been removed from the TVB UK video of 1992 and presumably the 1995 video from Eastern Heroes

The Homophobia Project

The 2010 Surrey Community Action DVD was cut by 3s. A compulsory cut was required to sight of suicide technique

Horrible

See Absurd

Horrible Bosses

Unrated

UK: The Extended/Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Warner (Theatrical R2 DVD + Extended R0 Blu-ray) at UK Amazon

US: The Extended Version is Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Warner (Theatrical R1 DVD + Extended R0 Blu-ray) at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com. The extra material is mostly dialogue including a few jokes but does not add a lot to the vieweing experience

R Rated

• UK 2011 Warner (Theatrical R2 DVD + Extended R0 Blu-ray)
• UK 2011 Warner R2 DVD
• UK 2011 cinema release

Horror Hospital

• Computer Killers

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2010 MPI/Dark Sky R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Hippies

Take one part Woodstock, one part funky psychedelic music, two parts skintight jeans and Right on, man, mix thoroughly, smother the whole thing in cheese, and you have the makings of the 1973 camp classic Horror Hospital. Made by director Antony Balch on an obviously shoestring budget (and probably as an enormously sick joke), Horror Hospital ranks as one of the funniest films masquerading as a horror movie I have seen in some time. Personally,

I suspect Balch and his compatriots actually got the idea for this quirky schlockfest when they attended Woodstock and accidentally ingested the brown blotter. For all I know, maybe a biker rapped Balch over the head with a blackjack at Altamont. Whatever the case, only a severe trauma to the cranium could instill such a warped idea as Horror Hospital in the human brain.

It is a great shame more fans of the genre don't know about this movie. This film is great fun for those willing to put their mind on hold for a couple of hours.

• UK 1999 Sovereign VHS
• UK 1993 Vipco VHS

The running time doesn't quite stack up with claims of it being uncut.

• UK 1973 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 89:58s = 86:22s

Horror Hotel

See The City of the Dead

Horror of Dracula

See Dracula

Horrors of Spider Island

• Ein Toter hing im Netz

Passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2010 Archive Media video

• UK 1960 cinema release

Horrors of the Black Museum

• Crime in the Museum of Horrors

The vide/DVD releases of 1993 & 2004 feature the same cut cinema print and it appears the original footage may now be lost forever.

The original UK cinema version if 1959 was cut heavily by the BBFC to edit scenes of gore including:

• ice tongs stabbing
• sounds of screaming during the binocular murder (a proposed cut to the shot of the bloodstained binoculars was never made)
• shots of a woman's decapitated head being placed into a bag

Hostel

Unrated

The Unrated Version/Unseen Edition was passed 18 uncut for:

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

There is also a Director's Cut which restores an alternative ending originally rejected after a test screening

The uncut US releases are:

• 2007 Sony Unrated Version and Director's Cut R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2007 Sony Unrated Version and Director's Cut R1 DVD at via UK Amazon and US Amazon

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R Rated

From cuts details on IMDb:

Theatrical versions were cut for an MPAA R Rating

• Deleted close-up of the German Surgeon's severed leg after it's cut off by the chainsaw.
• A slightly reduced take of Kana's eye being cut out and the subsequent puss.
• Deleted close-up of the train crushing Kana's head during her suicide.

Hostel: Part II

Unrated

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

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

In the US the Unrated Director's Cut is uncut for:

• 2007 Sony RA Blue-ray at US Amazon
• 2007 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

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R Rated

• 2007 cinema release

Hostile Intentions

Hot Bed of Sex

See Amuck

The Hot Box

• Hell Cats

The BBFC cut 3:30s when the Xtasy video was submitted in 1987

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

Hot Import Nights Presents: Modified Mayhem

Cut in 2005 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove sight of topless women during nude photo shoots. 18 uncut was available

Hot Shots!

The BBFC cut 22s from the PG rated 1992 Fox video and 2001 20th Century Fox DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• Cut dialogue in a discussion with Topper and Block. The BBFC cut Tooper's analogy: "My uncle told me that not payin' to win is like sleepin' with your sister. sure, she's a great piece of tail with a blouseful of goodies, but it's illegal. Then you get into that whole inbred thing. Kids with no teeth who play the banjo eat apple sauce through a straw. Pork farm animals".

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

Hot Shots! Part Deux

• Hot Shots! 2

1:07s

pre-cut
1:53s

The 20th Century Fox 2001 DVD was further pre-cut by the distributor and the 1:07s of BBFC cuts were re-applied

• The chainsticks fight scene was absent from this version
• The scene where Topper and Michelle make out in the back of a limo blatantly watched by the driver was deleted by the distributor.
• The the Basic Instinct parody scene was absent from this version.
• The sole occurrence of the word 'fuck' was removed by shortening the dialogue where Topper reminisces with Ramada: I'll fuck up your life if it's the last thing I do.

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

Sky showed two versions, one of which was completely uncut. The uncut version was also shown on ITV 2 in April 2008.

The cinema cuts were extended to 1:07s by an additional cut for the PG rated 1994 Fox video

• The chainsticks fight scene was absent from this version
• The the Basic Instinct parody scene was absent from this version
• Also had the sole occurrence of the word 'fuck' was removed by shortening the dialogue where Topper reminisces with Ramada: I'll fuck up your life if it's the last thing I do.

• UK cinema version had a 12 certificate, but was missing the sequence during the Rambo fight parody where chainsticks were used.
• Also deleted the Basic Instinct spoof sex scene with Michelle on top of Topper riding him like a horse and shooting the guns

The submitted running time was noted as 88:27s = 84:55s

The Hot Spot

Same cuts for 1990 cinema version and video/DVDs of 1991 and 2003

• An incendiary device is built to provide a diversion for a bank robbery but we don't see how it is made out of an alarm clock, matches, a shoebox and sandpaper.

Hot Times

• A Hard Day for Archie

Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1989 Take 2 Plus VHS

The 1980 pre-cert Mountain VHS contains a brief hardcore scene at the end of the film. This is not found in most other versions

• UK 1976 cinema release

Hot Tub Time Machine

Unrated

The Unrated/Extended Version wax passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2010 20th Century Fox video

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2010 MGM R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2010 MGM R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com: Mostly features a little extra uncontentious material but a little nudity has also been added

R Rated

• UK 2010 20th Century Fox video
• UK 2010 cinema release

The Hound of the Baskervilles

best
available

Unrated

UK: An unknown version was passed without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2003 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1988 Warner VHS

A best guess based on a short running time is that this is the cinema version as cut in 1959

US: The same version as the UK release is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2003 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 1959 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 87:13s = 83:44s PAL

House III: The Horror Show

The US Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2005 Anchor Bay R2 DVD *
• UK 2001 Cinema Club VHS
• UK 1989 Lazer VHS

There is a cut US R Rated version cut by about 30s:

• edits to shots of severed legs in a meat grinder
• edits to Max's electrocution scene
• edits to the staircase fight
• edits to some bloody shootings.

* The 2004 Anchor Bay House Collection Box Set is reported to contain the cut R Rated Version of House III even though the submitted running time suggests the Unrated Version.

House IV

• House 4: The Repossession
• House IV: Home Deadly Home

Video/DVD versions of 1991 & 2004 are similarly cut

From WorldwideDVDForums

• A shower scene where water turns to blood is cut to remove blood on her breasts

The House by the Cemetery

• The House Outside the Cemetery
• Quella Villa Accanto al Cimitero

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut after the BBFC waived their cuts for:

• UK 2012 Arrow Limited Edition R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon for release on 21st May 2012
• UK 2012 Arrow Dual Format R0 Blu-ray/R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2011 Arrow/ArrowDrome Gates of Hell Trilogy R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2011 Arrow/ArrowDrome R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2009 Arrow R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Blue Underground R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2007 Blue Underground R0 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Dread and Fear

This is the third in a loose trilogy of films by Italian master of the macabre Lucio Fulci set in New England that evoke the uncanny and cosmic terrors of H.P. Lovecraft.

At times Fulci succeeds very well in creating an atmosphere of dread and fear, and the film is not without some subtle moments of terror, due mainly to an eerie soundtrack and a couple of creepy kids. But fans of Fulci and Italian horror cinema in general are not interested in the type of subtle scares one might find in ghost stories. Although this film is not without its moments (throats ripped out, maggot ridden bodies and decapitation), the violence seems quite muted compared to other Fulci films.

UK: Passed 18 after 33s of BBFC cuts but with some cuts waived for:

• UK 2001 Protected/Vipco DVD

The additional video cuts of 1988 were waived along with some cinema cuts to the poker murder. The majority of the cinema cuts were retained though.

The BBFC explained:

Cuts required to two sequences of detailed violence against women (stabs to chest and neck with sharp spike, knife cutting throat), in accordance with BBFC policy on violence, and to take into account recent, successful prosecutions of the uncut version under the Obscene Publications Act 1959.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• 28s cut from Ms. Gittleson murder by stabbed in the chest and neck with a spike
• 8s cut from the bloody throat slitting of Ann
• Also this version has a shorter scene where the child Bob runs away from staring eyes disembodied in the dark

• UK 1993 Vipco VHS

It is assumed that the extra cuts were to try and smooth over the edges of the BBFC cuts.

UK: Passed 18 after a further 4:11s of BBFC cuts beyond the 34s of cinema cuts for:

• UK 1988 Elephant VHS

The BBFC's further 4:11s of cuts were:

• Removal of all details of a girl being stabbed through the back of her head through to her mouth and of her body being dragged away.
• The entire poker killing mentioned above has been deleted along with the body being dragged away.
• The killing of a vampire bat and related blood spattering is missing.
• Shots of decomposing bodies in the cellar and the disembowelled man on the table have gone
• Norman having his throat cut by Fraudstein has also been removed

• UK 1983 Videomedia/Vampix VHS

The video was released in January 1983 but was banned as a video nasty in November 1983. It remained on the list through out the panic so became one of the collectable DPP 39's

UK: Passed X (18) after 34s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1982 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com. The BBFC required 6 cuts totalling 1:26s

• 3 cuts totalling 55s removed an estate agent being subjected to two stabs with a poker. This included the slow motion gushing of blood from her wounds.
• 3 cuts totalling 20s were imposed on the scene of a nanny (Ann) having her throat cut.

House of Evil

See The House on Sorority Row

The House of Exorcism

See Lisa and the Devil

House of Flying Daggers

• Shi mian mai fu

Passed 15 after 18s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2005 Pathe R2 DVD
• UK 2004 cinema release

The BBFC stated:

Cuts required to three instances of real animal cruelty (horses made to fall using techniques likely to result in serious injury). 

This Chinese martial arts extravaganza, contained four horsefalls in a chase scene set in a forest. Three of the falls appeared to have been achieved using cruel techniques, including use of trip wires. The production company contended that precautions, such as the placing of mattresses on the forest floor hidden by leaves and sand, the dampness of the land surface and the use of horse trainers and soft ropes, removed any element of cruelty. The sequence was shown to an expert veterinarian, experienced in supervising filmed animal action, who considered and rejected the film maker’s arguments. The three cruel and dangerous horsefalls were therefore removed.

Note also that there is a cut US PG-13 version to avoid, that deletes blood and bloody wounds. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

House of 1000 Dolls

• House of 1,000 Dolls
• House of a Thousand Dolls
• House of a Thousand Pleasures

Passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for:

• 1968 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 98:00s

House of the Dead

The US release featuring the Director's cut/Funny Version is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The Director's Cut version with the strap line Funny Version is a self parody featuring new music, alternative scenes, outtakes, several overlay-commentaries and speech balloons. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

R Rated

• UK 2005 Redbus R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• UK 2004 cinema release

House of Whipcord

• Photographer's Models

The cuts were restored for the 1995 Redemption Films video and hence also the 2005 Anchor Bay DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from IMDb

I'm shocked that this doesn't get mentioned more often! Pete Walker's film is both a sleazy seventies exploitation classic and a striking indictment of the justice system. The film serves as a warning against what would happen if private institutions were given the power to decide what is apt punishment for certain crimes, and the dedication of the film to all those who believe in capital punishment shows Pete Walker's love for controversy. The plot takes place in an old house, which doubles up as a private institution ran by a senile judge, his unforgiving partner; the female warden of the prison and two equally vile female orderlies. They punish girls for crimes committed that weren't, in their eyes, properly punished by the corrupt British courts.

The atmosphere of the film is brilliant; Pete Walker always ensures that the action is sleazy, and yet oddly erotic at the same time. The film is very matriarchal, and it's the female characters that are the protagonists while the men exist in background roles. However, the film isn't feminist; and, in fact, is the exact opposite; as the director ensures that none of the women are portrayed in a favourable light.

The film benefits from a handful of great performances; the best of which coming from Barbara Markham, who gives a powerhouse performance in the role of the head of the institution. Frightmare star Sheila Keith, and Dorothy Gordon are the orderlies, while Patrick Barr is brilliantly understated in his role as the ineffective Justice of the prison. Penny Irving is the young French victim at the centre of the story; but her performance is brought down by her ridiculous French accent!

On the whole, this is a vastly underrated and under seen seventies gem that must be seen by anyone who gets the chance to see it!

The House on Sorority Row

• Sorority Row
• House of Evil
• Seven Sisters

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

R Rated

UK: Passed 18 uncut after previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2007 Boulevard R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2002 Hollywood R0 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2012 Scorpion Katrina's Nightmare Theatre R0 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Classic slasher

After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.

The House On Sorority Row is a classic horror film. The acting was not that bad at all, and the directing was solid. This is a fave of mine. If you're a fan of 80's horror you will love this classic.

Other reviewers are not so impressed and rate it as moderate.

• UK 1986 Apex VHS titled House of Evil

The BBFC cuts were:

• Omits a short scene after the attack on Jeanie, in which Katherine goes to look for Peter and finds him standing by the piano.
• The UK version of the film cuts out two shots to Vicki's murder, the cane in the back and the cane in the eye. The UK version shows shots of childrens' toys at the end of the film, whereas the US version ends immediately after the killer's eyes open.

• UK 1983 cinema release titled The House on Sorority Row

House on Straw Hill

See Exposé

House on the Edge of the Park

• La Casa Speruta Nel Parco
• La Casa al Confini del Parco
• Der Schlitzer

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for

• US 2002 Bedford R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Interesting yet Chilling

A couple of rapists Alex and Ricky who are invited to a rich person's party. They decide to make their own cruel and twisted kind of fun such as murder and rape.

A harsh and unsettling Italian horror thriller from director Ruggero Deodato who definitely knows how to shock his audience.

The acting isn't all that great but the music is good with a funky disco song, some gory violence with torture, nudity, and sleaze abound.

• UK 2011 Argent/Shameless DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Company was required to make cuts to one sequence of sexualised violence in which a razor is traced over a woman's naked body, after which her body is cut with the razor.

According to Shameless, the BBFC originally asked for 16 cuts totalling 1:20s. The BBFC was asked to think again, and it reduced the cuts by 37s, leaving 43s still cut.

The waived cut was 37s to the sex scene between Alex and Lisa which had previously been cut due to the questionability of whether or not Lisa is enjoying her ordeal.

See article from dvdcompare.net. The 43s of cuts are to remove:

• sight of razor being traced between woman's breasts.
• sight of razor being traced over woman's breast and nipple.
• sight of razor being traced over woman's breasts and nipples.
• sight of razor being traced over woman's breast and nipple and over her body.
• sight of razor being traced over woman's stomach, with her breast visible.
• sight of razor being eased inside woman's jeans.
• As man approaches woman with razor blade, remove all sight of breast and arm being slashed with razor.
• all sight of razor cutting woman's breast and arm.
• all sight of razor cutting woman's breast and arm (again).
• all sight of razor cutting woman's breast and arm (again, for a third time).
• close sight of razor cutting woman's leg, next to her genitals.
• close sight of razor cutting woman's leg, next to her genitals (again).
• sight of razor cutting down woman's body, between her breasts.

• UK 2009 Cornerstone R2 DVD

• UK 2002 Protected/Vipco R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Cuts required to several sequences of sexual violence, humiliating depictions of female nudity and gross violence

From IMDb:

• BBFC removed most of the rape and assault scenes
• heavily edited the razor-slashing of Cindy
• heavily edited the opening murder scene
• removed shots of Tony's head being slammed against a table.

• UK 1982 Skyline VHS

Released in October 1982, it was listed as a video nasty in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout the panic so became one of the collectable DPP39s

• UK 1981 cinema release

House Where Evil Dwells

The BBFC cut 34s from the 1986 Warner video:

• Cut to opening scene with decapitation and dismemberment where 19th century samurai kills adulterous wife and her lover.
• Cuts to a further decapitation in the closing scene, a modern echo of the opening scene

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

Review from UK Amazon: Really graphic start

The movie kicks off with the wife of a samauri doing the dirty with one of his students & guess what? he catches them at it & strikes them dead with his sword then commits harikiri on himself, really graphic start!

That scene was 142 years earlier now we go to present day japan . a couple & their daughter stay in this rented house & are told it is haunted . They don't seem to mind but visions of the former occupants appear the wife (Susan George!) has an affair with her husbands friend, Doug Mclure & it turns nasty when he finds out!

The love making scenes go on far too long ,is this soft porn or horror? I ask myself. But then the horrible scene when the giant crabs scare their daughter stupid were shocking, the DVD was not rated, I could see why when this girl of about ten was screaming climbing up a tree to escape these nasty big monsters!

The film comes full circle when the husband & friend fight over the wife & the ghosts take them over turning it into a crazy martial arts blood bath!

I wont say any more youll have to see it!

How Sweet It Is

• Sweet Dreams

Banned by the BBFC for:

• UK 1982 cinema release

The US release is uncut for:

• US 2007 Alpha Blue VOD at Hot Movies
• US 2007 Alpha Blue R0 DVD at Hot Movies

Summary Review: Old Loops

A couple's fantasies are acted out in vignettes as they read an oriental newspaper. Finally we see them perform themselves.

Noted for the appearance of 1974 Penthouse Cover Girl Brigitte Maier in several of the eipisodes.

The vignettes may be pre-existing loops and may not have been specially made for this film.

Special Edition

Howard the Duck

• Howard: A New Breed of Hero

Another 2008 Metrodome DVD still titled Howard the Duck was cut by the BBFC for a PG: Company chose to remove moderate visual sex references (to a pornographic magazine and to working in a sleazy sauna/massage parlour) in order to achieve a PG classification. An uncut 12 classification was available.

The DVD was resubmitted in 2008 by Metrodome and passed uncut albeit with a 12 certificate and now titled, Howard the Duck

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

Thanks to Andrew

Two scenes were cut:

• one involving Lea Thompson finding a condom in Howard's wallet
• one where Jeffrey Jones uses a tentacle from his mouth to plug into a cigarette lighter

Both of these scenes were included in a BBC version in 1990 that was screened at 6pm!

Hudson Hawk

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2007 Sony Special Edition R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• UK 2008 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• UK 2005 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• UK 1999 Columbia/TriStar VHS
• UK 1998 VCI VHS
• UK 1991 RCA/Columbia VHS
• UK 1991 cinema release

The BBFC cuts:

• A brief close-up of Bruce Willis picking a lock has been deleted from the Swinging On A Star art gallery theft.

Hukkle Hiccup

Cinema version was cut in 2004 with the following BBFC statement: Cut required to remove a sequence of apparently real animal cruelty (cat writhing in pain after being poisoned ) The distributor was unable to provide a satisfactory explanation of how the scene was achieved and a cut was required.

Hulchul

Hum Sub Chor Hain

The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)

• Human Centipede 2

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut online [UK + Australia] at:

Uncut at:

Unrated

UK+Australia: The Director's Cut/Uncut Version is available online for:

• 2011 Bounty Rental Streaming [UK+Australia only] at Bounty Films
• 2011 Bounty Download to Own [UK+Australia only] at Bounty Films

• US 2012 IFC RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2012 IFC R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Sick Fantasy

Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.

This is the type of movie you will either like or hate, I doubt there will be much in between. The film is quite shocking, but not the most outrageous of the genre.

Actor Laurence R Harvey is masterful as Martin yet doesn't utter a single word of dialogue.

• US 2011 IFC Online [US only] at US Amazon

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• Missing shots of Martin's penis wrapped in sandpaper whilst masturbating
• Missing scene of Martin wrapping barbed wire around his penis and then raping the last girl in the chain.

• Au 2011 Bounty R4 DVD

• UK 2011 Bounty Blu-ray
• UK 2011 Bounty R2 DVD
• UK 2011 cinema release

The BBFC commented on their cuts:

Company was required to make 32 individual cuts to scenes of sexual and sexualised violence, sadistic violence and humiliation, and a child presented in an abusive and violent context. In this case, cuts included:

• a man masturbating with sandpaper around his penis

• graphic sight of a man's teeth being removed with a hammer

• graphic sight of lips being stapled to naked buttocks

• graphic sight of forced defecation into and around other people's mouths

• a man with barbed wire wrapped around his penis raping a woman

• a newborn baby being killed

• graphic sight of injury as staples are torn away from individuals' mouth and buttocks.

See further clarifications about cuts in the Extended Classification Information from bbfc.co.uk:

The film also contains scenes of sexual and sexualised violence, most notably a sequence in which Martin rapes the woman at the end of his centipede. He is shown thrusting into the naked woman, although in the classified version the duration of the scene and the emphasis on both male and female nudity has been significantly reduced.

Elsewhere in the film, it is implied that Martin is masturbating with sandpaper whilst viewing a DVD of THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE (FIRST SEQUENCE). However, the classified version of the film is significantly less explicit.

These cuts enabled the ban to be rescinded as explained by the BBFC:

The DVD of The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) has been passed with an 18 classification following 32 cuts made across 8 separate sequences. The cuts total 2 minutes 37 seconds and address all the concerns raised when the Board refused a classification on 6 June 2011, including those relating to sexual violence, graphic gore and the possibility of breach of the law relating to obscenity.

The President, Sir Quentin Thomas, said

When we first examined this work earlier this year we judged that, as submitted, it was unsuitable for classification; and, as we explained to the company, we could not ourselves see how cuts could produce a viable and classifiable work. That remains the view of one of our Vice Presidents, Gerard Lemos, who is therefore abstaining from the Board's collective decision.

The company lodged an appeal against our decision to refuse classification. In the course of preparations for that appeal, the company proposed a number of cuts which it was right for us to consider. In response, after further examination, we proposed a more extensive series of cuts. These cuts produce a work which many will find difficult but which I believe can properly be classified at the adult level. The company has now accepted these cuts, withdrawn its appeal and the work has been classified, as cut, at 18.

In its original letter of 6 June refusing classification, the Board made clear that it was open to the distributor to attempt cuts. The cuts which have now been made are, in the Board's judgement, necessary if the film is to be classified.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• Originally passed R18+ uncut by the Classification Board
• Banned on appeal by the Review Board in November 2011. The appeal was requested by NSW Attorney General, Greg Smith
• Unbanned by the Classification Board after 30s of cuts in December 2011.

UK: Temporarily banned by the BBFC for:

• UK 2011 Bounty R2 DVD

The BBFC explained:

The BBFC has rejected the sexually violent, and potentially obscene DVD, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) 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.

The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) is a sequel to the film The Human Centipede (First Sequence), which was classified 18 uncut for cinema and DVD release by the BBFC in 2010. The first film dealt with a mad doctor who sews together three kidnapped people in order to produce the human centipede'of the title. Although the concept of the film was undoubtedly tasteless and disgusting it was a relatively traditional and conventional horror film and the Board concluded that it was not in breach of our Guidelines at '18. This new work, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), tells the story of a man who becomes sexually obsessed with a DVD recording of the first film and who imagines putting the centipede idea into practice. Unlike the first film, the sequel presents graphic images of sexual violence, forced defecation, and mutilation, and the viewer is invited to witness events from the perspective of the protagonist. Whereas in the first film the centipede idea is presented as a revolting medical experiment, with the focus on whether the victims will be able to escape, this sequel presents the centipede idea as the object of the protagonist's depraved sexual fantasy.

The principal focus of The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) is the sexual arousal of the central character at both the idea and the spectacle of the total degradation, humiliation, mutilation, torture, and murder of his naked victims. Examples of this include a scene early in the film in which he masturbates whilst he watches a DVD of the original Human Centipede film, with sandpaper wrapped around his penis, and a sequence later in the film in which he becomes aroused at the sight of the members of the centipede being forced to defecate into one another's mouths, culminating in sight of the man wrapping barbed wire around his penis and raping the woman at the rear of the centipede. There is little attempt to portray any of the victims in the film as anything other than objects to be brutalised, degraded and mutilated for the amusement and arousal of the central character, as well as for the pleasure of the audience. There is a strong focus throughout on the link between sexual arousal and sexual violence and a clear association between pain, perversity and sexual pleasure. It is the Board's conclusion that the explicit presentation of the central character's obsessive sexually violent fantasies is in breach of its Classification Guidelines and poses a real, as opposed to a fanciful, risk that harm is likely to be caused to potential viewers.

David Cooke, Director of the BBFC said:

It is the Board's carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board's Guidelines, would risk potential harm within the terms of the VRA, and would be unacceptable to the public.

The Board also seeks to avoid classifying material that may be in breach of the Obscene Publications Acts 1959 and 1964 (OPA) or any other relevant legislation. The OPA prohibits the publication of works that have a tendency to deprave or corrupt a significant proportion of those likely to see them. In order to avoid classifying potentially obscene material, the Board engages in regular discussions with the relevant enforcement agencies, including the CPS, the police, and the Ministry of Justice. It is the Board's view that there is a genuine risk that this video work, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), may be considered obscene within the terms of the OPA, for the reasons given above.

The Board considered whether its concerns could be dealt with through cuts. However, given that the unacceptable content runs throughout the work, cuts are not a viable option in this case and the work is therefore refused a classification.

Human Experiments

See Strange Behaviour

Human Experiments

• Beyond the Gate
• Women in Prison

The video was released by Jaguar in 1981. It was listed as a video nasty in July 1983 but was soon dropped in March 1984

The Human Factor

• The 'Human' Factor

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2007 Digital Classics R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1987 Guild VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2006 Dark Sky R1 DVD at US Amazon

Review from IMDb: Seventies hardcore action

The Human Factor is a typical revenge movie in the wake of Dirty Harry, Death Wish and Straw Dogs with an American special agent and computer specialist in Italy losing his family by a terrorist's assault at his home and taking bloody revenge.

George Kennedy plays the hero and does a good job as hard-edged, desperate family father turning to a merciless killer, although he is no Clint Eastwood or Charles Bronson.

The scripts lacks a bit of logic sometimes, as the real motivation of the terrorist group is never really explained, but all in all the film keeps the action, thrills and suspense always going and adds some very scary moments and furious action sequences, especially the big showdown in a supermarket. Ennio Morricone's sound tracks puts even more thrills and atmosphere to this dark political thriller that can be seen as a sleeper for fans of seventies' hardcore action cinema.

Recommended!

• UK 1976 cinema release

Human Lanterns

• Ren pi deng long
• Human Skin Lanterns

The BBFC passed the 2005 Momentum DVD 18 without cuts.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com.

This version seems to be the best available but it is missing 24s of the first victim's skin being peeled. In particular the Hong Kong DVD is cut by 3:31s.

The US 2008 Image DVD is the same version but includes the missing 24s as a DVD extra

The most definitive region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The most definitive region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Humanoids from the Deep

• Monster

Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1986 Warner VHS titled Monster

From IMDB:

• Missing a small scene during the carnival massacre where a man has his head torn off.

• UK 1980 cinema release titled Monster

Humongous

• Dog Island

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Scorpion Katrina's Nightmare Theater R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Enjoyable B Movie Nonsense

A woman is raped at cocktail party. Years later, her son grows up to be a big hairy murderous monster who stalks a group of teens shipwrecked on his island.

Reviewers seem to fall into 2 camps. Those consider it a bad movie, but with sufficient B movie charm to make it a bit of a laugh.

Other reviewers seem to rate it as decent enough on merit to make it enjoyable.

At least both schools of opinion end up enjoying the film.

• UK 1987 Embassy VHS

The BBFC claim that the cut cinema release was submitted but this doesn't stack up with the running time nor the cuts description below. However if we assume that in fact the uncut version was submitted, then both the runtime and cuts description tally.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com. The cuts were to the opening scenes with Tom and Ida:

• Tom striking Ida in the face
• Tom ripping off Ida's clothes, spreading her legs and raping her
• Shots of injuries to Tom and Ida after a dog attack

pre-cut

• UK 1983 cinema release

The Hunger Games

US: Released with a PG-13 rating

7s

pre-cuts
~13s

• UK 2012 cinema release
• UK 2012 cinema release [IMAX]

The BBFC commented:

• This work was originally seen for advice in an unfinished form. The company was advised that the film was likely to receive a 15 certificate but that their preferred 12A classification could be achieved by making a number of cuts and visual reductions.

  When the finished version of the film was submitted for formal classification, cuts had been made in four scenes of violence and in one scene showing details of injuries. These reductions were implemented by a mixture of visual cuts, visual darkenings and the digital removal of sight of blood.

  In addition to the reductions already made during the advice process, the Board required further reductions in one scene following formal submission of the finished feature. A number of cuts were made in one scene to reduce an emphasis on blood and injury. These cuts, which were implemented by digitally removing sight of blood splashes and sight of blood on wounds and weapons, were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy.

  An uncut 15 classification was available.

See article from huffingtonpost.co.uk. David Cooke explained further:

Before the film's formal UK classification, Lionsgate, the UK distributor of The Hunger Games, approached the BBFC for classification advice. Lionsgate made clear that they were looking for a 12A classification which would enable many children who had read and enjoyed the book to see the film. However, it was clear that the film shown to us at this early stage went some way beyond the BBFC's Guidelines at 12A. The level of detail of some of the violence and gore, such as the tending of bloody wounds, required the 15 category.

We also considered at this early stage whether the theme and overall tone of the film were appropriate for 12-year-olds. Although the concept of children and young people being forced to fight and kill one another is potentially disturbing, we concluded that the futuristic and fantastical nature of the setting distanced the sense of threat from reality. The film is also alive to ethical questions and we believed young teenagers were likely to understand that the film, like the novel, is a critique of violence and of media manipulation. Indeed, it vividly invites its viewers to use and develop their media literacy skills.

The story has some similarities to The Lord of the Flies, which is taught in schools to the same age group. If anything, the latter takes a bleaker view of human nature.

Having concluded that the issues of theme and tone were appropriate for 12-year-olds, we suggested how the distributor might be able to secure the desired 12A classification by reducing the level of violence, blood and gore. Lionsgate returned with another version of the film for advice, which took account of some of our suggestions. However it was still some way off the 12A criteria. Scenes with emphasis on injuries and blood remained, going against what the public, through our research and consultations, have told us is acceptable at this relatively junior category. We again offered advice as to what Lionsgate should remove for the film to be contained at the 12A category.

When the film was finally submitted for formal classification we required a further seven seconds of cuts to the most violent and bloody sequence, which takes place as the game begins, as well as the digital removal of some bloody effects.

In all, Lionsgate removed around 20 seconds of the most violent, threatening and gory content and digitally removed other bloody effects. This was their choice. The BBFC did not require Lionsgate to make any cuts at all. We offered a 15 classification without cuts.

• Banned as being 'too violent' with a theme of kids killing kids. Perhaps more to do with Vietnam not being happy with a film that shows youngsters fighting back against a totalitarian state.

The Hunted

Passed uncut by the BBFC in 2001

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon for release on 9th October 2009
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Perfect East meets West action movie

One of Lambert's best films, The Hunted finds Paul Racine (Lambert), a New Yorker on business in Japan, who meets the lovely Kirina (Joan Chen) in a bar late one evening and goes back to her place for a night of passion. But when Paul wants to continue seeing her, Kirina sadly tells him that he can never see her again. Unknown to Paul, Kirina is marked for death by the boss, Nemura (James Saito) who hires the cunning and ruthless ninja, Kinjo (John Lone), to carry out his deeds.

But a mistake in door keys causes Paul to return to her apartment only to witness her demise at the hands of Kinjo, who fatally wounds Paul, who sees him without his mask.

Wth a satisfying climax, this film not only has plenty of action to satisfy all, but the added bonus of fine acting by the cast (Lambert, Lone, Chen, Harada, Shimada) which makes it a most enjoyable film to watch again and again. Plus you can't beat the music, which adds another layer all by itself.

I really loved this film, seeing it in the movie theater, buying the video, laserdisc and finally the DVD. The Hunted is the perfect East meets West action movie.

Cut by the BBFC for the use of "banned" weaponry:

1. During the night raid on the hospital at which Ravine (Christopher Lambert) is recovering, (3 secs) of a ninja throwing a shuriken (ninja star) into a wall have been removed.
2. Towards the end of the film, the scene on the island in which Kinjo (John Lone) conceals his identity to trap Ravine and his Samurai protectors is missing (3 secs) of him throwing two shurikens at guards - hitting both a chest and a face.
3. At the end of the showdown between Kinjo and Ravine, (5 secs) of Kinjo revealing a shuriken and throwing it at Ravine's chest have been trimmed. This occurs just before the beheading.
4. At the beginning of the train sequence when Takeda first encounters the goup of ninja the Female Ninja says to the others 'Kill Him'. 2 of the ninjas then produce Shurikens and throw them at Takeda. He deflects them with his sword and walks backs into another compartment. Again the Shurikens are not seen

The print shown on Sky is cut even further than the UK video.

Some rare rental editions appear to have been accidentally distributed uncut.

The Hunting Party

The BBFC similarly cut the X rated 1971 cinema release and the 1986 Warner video by 1:43s

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Cut to remove horse-falls
• Edits to the attempted rape scene with Hog Warren beating Melissa
• Cut close up of the slaughter of a cow
• Blood spurts from gunshot wounds were removed
• Ending cut to the scene of Brandt Ruger's bedroom assault of a hooker with a candelabra and a cigar.

See cuts details from dvdcompare.net

In the US, the film was originally cut before its release in 1971, to achieve an 'R' certificate from the MPAA. The uncut version of the film was also submitted to the BBFC, who demanded 1min 43s of edits that were somewhat different to those required by the MPAA.

However, all DVD versions of the film appear to derive from the American 'R' rated variant.

Hustler White

Uncut version is available at:

1996 Canadian/German drama by Rick Castro & Bruce La Bruce. See IMDb

The US release is uncut and MPAA NC-17 rated for:

• US R1 DVD via UK Amazon

The Italian release is uncut for:

• It 2009 R2 DVD via US Amazon

Summary Review: Rent it even if you're not gay!

Bruce La Bruce sure knows all about tragic Hollywood suicides. The sex scenes are certainly not as graphic as "regular" gay porno. What you imagine is much worse than what you actually see on screen. It's not as if there are any close-up penetration shots. Perhaps the razor blade scene with the "Versace Model", made me cringe the most.

Not to be taken too seriously. Rent it even if you're not gay!

• UK 2009 Peccadillo R2 DVD
• UK 1999 Millivres VHS
• UK 1997 Dangerous to Know VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• Two scenes of sexual violence towards men were cut to further reduce the detailed depiction of sado-masochistic practices.
• One scene was a man getting his buttocks cut with a razor blade.

• UK 1996 cinema release