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I am Curious Yellow

• Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2006 Second Sight R0 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA X Rated for:

• US 2003 Criterion R1 DVD at US Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: No Entertainment

This famous Swedish art film is all about different dimensions of freedom: political, artistic and sexual. The background reading is Herbert Marcuse's Eros and Civilization, the Magna Charta of the 1968 student revolution in Paris. Marcuse considered sexual freedom as the precondition for building a (new) humane society. Vilgot Sjoman seems to disagree with Marcuse: sexuality itself is expressed in possessiveness which is in conflict with the social and political programme of the radical left. There is also a significant feminist element in the film. It's an art film that makes one think. Don't try to watch it for entertainment, as there is none.

• UK 1994 Jezebel VHS

• UK 1968 cinema release.

The submitted running time was noted as 114:05s = 109:31s PAL

I Am Legend

The BBFC passed the Alternative Theatrical Version 15 uncut for the 2008 Warner DVD

From version details on IMDb:

The alternate theatrical version contains several new scenes:

• After Neville captures the Alpha Female, he notices that she has a butterfly tattoo on the back of her shoulder.
• After Neville thanks Anna for stitching his leg wound, they go out to where Neville was trapped the previous day. Neville recognizes the equipment as his own, but can't fathom what they're doing there. Anna asks him if the Dark Seekers could've made the trap, but Neville is adamant that they can't think or feel. Anna still brings up the point that Neville could be wrong and the Dark Seekers made the trap for him.
• Neville, Anna, and Ethan go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Neville and Anna sit together and watch Ethan fall into the water where the fish are. Ethan playfully splashes around, and Neville throws some food into the water. The fishes move frantically to get the food while Ethan floats in the middle of them. He remarks that it's cold, which makes Neville realize that he needs to lower the temperature of the Dark Seekers in order for the cure to work. He tells Anna and Ethan that they have to go.
• Additional shots of the Dark Seekers making their way into Neville's home.
• When the Dark Seekers corner Neville, Anna, and Ethan behind the Plexiglas, the Alpha Male shoves others out of his way and tries to break through the door. Eventually, the Alpha Male stops on his own and uses his hand to smear the shape of a butterfly on the door. Neville sees it, and then sees the butterfly tattoo again on the Alpha Female's shoulder. He realizes that he just wants his girl back. Neville gets the syringe he needs and injects the Alpha Female in the arm, waking her up. The Alpha Female hisses in delight upon seeing the Alpha Male, who tenderly presses their foreheads together. Neville is shocked that they feel love. The Alpha Male picks up his girl, screeches at Neville, and then leaves with the other Dark Seekers. Neville drops to the floor and looks at the wall of pictures he has of the Dark Seekers he's killed over the years, realizing that they have all been capable of thinking and feeling. Neville, Anna, and Ethan drive out of the city. The film ends with Anna broadcasting a message to other possible survivors. She says that she's traveling with Robert Neville and a boy named Ethan. She says that they have a cure for the virus and are heading towards Vermont. She urges anyone who's listening to have faith and continue to listen for their future broadcasts.

I Love You, I Don't

See Je t'aime moi non plus

I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses

See Drop Dead Dearest

I Saw the Devil

• Akmareul boatda

See trailer from youtube.com

The US release features the International Version and is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Magnolia RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2011 Magnolia R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The director re-edited the film for overseas audiences, reinstating some of the violence and cutting some dialogue sequences for reasons of pacing.

The jury is out as to which of the two available versions are best with perhaps most votes for the Korean Version due to preferred musical score at the end

See also pictorial comparison between Korean and International versions from wildgrounds.com

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• UK 2011 Optimum Online
• UK 2011 Optimum RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2011 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

This version was cut by 80-90s by the Korean censors to obtain a commercially viable certificate. Cuts were made to:

• a scene of body parts being eaten by a dog and humans
• a human body being mutilated.

I Spit on Your Grave

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

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

• UK 2011 Anchor Bay Blu-ray
• UK 2011 Anchor Bay R2 DVD
• UK 2010 cinema release.

The BBFC explained their cuts:

• Company was required to make a total of seventeen cuts during three separate scenes of sexual violence in order to remove potentially harmful material (in this case, shots of nudity that tend to eroticise sexual violence and shots of humiliation that tend to endorse sexual violence by encouraging viewer complicity in sexual humiliation and rape).

The BBFC added:

I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE is a US remake of the 1978 film of the same name. It tells the story of a young woman, Jennifer Hills, who rents a secluded cabin in order to work on her novel. She is terrorised, assaulted and brutally gang raped by a group of five men, including the local Sheriff. She then takes revenge on each of her attackers. The film was classified 18 for very strong terrorisation, sexual violence and bloody violence.

Before awarding an 18 classification to I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, the BBFC required seventeen individual cuts to its scenes of sexual violence in order to remove elements that tend to eroticise sexual assault (for example, through the use of nudity), as well as other elements that tend to endorse sexual assault (for example, by encouraging viewer complicity by the use of camcorder footage, filmed by the rapists, during the various scenes of sexual assault). With these cuts made, the film's scenes of very strong terrorisation and sexual violence remain potentially shocking, distressing or offensive to some adult viewers, but are also likely to be found repugnant and to be aversive. They are not credibly likely to encourage imitation. There are three scenes in which Jennifer is terrorised, humiliated and sexually assaulted by the men. She is verbally and physically abused, being forced to drink alcohol, dance in her underwear and behave like an animal. She is also beaten and pushed around by the men. Jennifer is then raped by each of the men in turn, although only two rapes are shown onscreen. In the cut version, the rape scenes feature only incidental nudity and are played largely off facial reactions. Although the scenes of assault are protracted, the most likely response to the cut version of the scenes is revulsion and disgust rather than excitement or arousal.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

I Spit on Your Grave

• Day of the Woman
• I Hate Your Guts
• The Rape and Revenge of Jennifer Hill

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 Anchor Bay RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and via US Amazon
• 2011 Anchor Bay R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

US R Rated versions are heavily cut.

Summary Review: Brutal

The film is evenly paced and unrelenting. One is forced to confront the brutality of rape and violence.

The actress is quite convincing and deserves recognition. The men are sickening and easily hated; they are just vicious animals without any redeeming qualities, yet they are believable.

Without question, the rape scenes are some of the most disturbing moments in cinematic history. The castration scene is unparalleled.

• 2010 101 Films Blu-ray
• 2010 101 Films DVD

The BBFC commented on their cuts:

• Company was required to make cuts to scenes of sexual violence in order to remove potentially harmful material.

This version was banned by the Irish censor in 2010.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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• 2006 International Trading/Screen Entertainment Special Edition R0 DVD

The BBFC explained their additional cuts

• Cut was required to remove images of a woman being raped over a rock

The  distributors claimed that the missing 7 minutes were restored prior to resubmission. This is not the case.

The latest submission was pre-cut by the distributor basically in line with the BBFC's 2001 cuts list. However, this time they decided to make the cuts differently (and, in fairness, more smoothly) than on the previous submission. Some of the cuts have been made by reframing (rather than removing) unacceptable material. This means that certain sequences that were previously cut are now partially present, albeit in a reframed version. As for the 41 seconds of cuts, these occurred at the one point where the BBFC  didn't feel that the  reframing (and their other tricks, such as use of slow motion) achieved the effect required by the 2001 cuts list. Basically, they had reframed the rape over the rock so that you couldn't see the woman being raped (she was below screen) but you could still see the attackers thrusting and enjoying the attack. The BBFC asked for this to be removed.

• 2005 Anchor Bay Box of the Damned R2 DVD
• 2005 International Trading/Screen Entertainment VHS
• 2001 International Trading/Screen Entertainment VHS

The BBFC commented on their cuts:

• Compulsory cuts were required to remove several sequences of sexual violence and humiliating depictions of female nudity in line with published Sexual Violence Guidelines.
   
• All cuts are to the gang rape scenes - no cuts in the 'revenge' section.

The video was one of the prime targets of the moral press and it was listed as a Video Nasty in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout so is therefore one the collectable DPP39s

I Spy

• I-Spy

Both the cinema release of 2002 and the DVD releases of 2003 were similarly cut with the following BBFC comment:

Company was obliged to remove sight of knife penetrating leg and also being withdrawn in order to attain 12A. An uncut 15 classification was available.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

I, the Jury

• A scene has been cut which flicks back and forth between an orgy taking place when Hammer visits a suspect, and, the torture of two naked women by a psycho with a cut throat razor. I am sure the linking of sex and violence gave the censor a seizure. The orgy scene seems to exist in at least 2 versions with varying shots of nudity...a TV version maybe.
• Also, there are cuts to a scene where a woman has her throat slit in a restaurant.

The US video (CBS/Fox)  contains the 4 minutes cut from the UK, but is still missing the throat slashing (probably cut for an R rating).

The Iceman Cometh

• Ji dong ji xia
• Time Warriors

The cuts were waived and the video was down rated to 15 in 2005

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from imdb

I really like this beautifully shot and choreographed action-fantasy/time travel yarn from Clarence Fok, the director of the moody Gun and Rose and the highly regarded Naked Killer. It is an ambitious, rich production that boasts several stunning martial arts sequences and not a few jaw-dropping stunts. It is such an aesthetically rich and varied piece of entertainment that it never fails to please.

Biao is excellent as the naive palace guard who comes into contact with sweet-natured callgirl Maggie Cheung. He is totally believable as the fish out of water and stunning when asked to demonstrate his extraordinary physical skills. A fight atop a crane is masterful, as is a snow-bound sword fight, a duel inside a museum and a heart-stopping leap over a speeding car on a freeway. Yuen Wah, whose character warms immediately to 20th century firearms and criminality, is also amazing in his demanding, bone-punishing role.

Fok, who always brings a strong visual style to his movies, directs the sometimes brutal action with consummate professionalism and fills the cast list with memorable character actors and assorted beauties. A great score helps, too.

A gem.

Ichi the Killer

• Koroshiya 1
• Koroshiya ichi

Uncut US Unrated Version available at:

The US Unrated Version is uncut for:

• 2003 Media Blasters R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2010 Tokyo Shock Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The Hong Kong Universe DVD has been cut by approximately 13 minutes. The New Zealand Siren DVD is the cut UK version. There's also a cut R rated US version from Media Blasters. Other world releases are uncut.

Review from US Amazon: A tough watch

I have come away with the impression that Miike is a brilliant filmmaker capable of forcing extreme reactions from his viewers. Hollywood should take note of this guy and bring him over here for a project or two. But doing so probably wouldn't work out; Miike's warped visions would send American censors scrambling for a sedative, and most mainstream viewers would recoil from the graphic nature of this director's films.

 A word of warning for those thinking of indulging in "Ichi the Killer": the movie is loaded with sadism, gore, black comedy, and all around unpleasantness. It's as though this movie turns upside down everything we associate with cleanness and decency. It's a tough watch, even for a gore fan like me, so prepare thoroughly before diving in. Good luck.

• 2009 Showbox R2 DVD
• 2007 Medusa/E1 R2 DVD
• 2004 Medusa/E1 Special Collector's Box R2 DVD
• 2003 Medusa/E1 R2 DVD
• 2002 cinema release

The BBFC explained:

The BBFC has required 11 cuts (approximately three and a quarter minutes of screen time) to the Japanese cinema film Ichi the Killer. The cuts have been made to remove extreme sexualised violence. These are the most substantial cuts required by the BBFC to an 18 rated film since 1994.

The Board's main concern is with content which is likely to promote harmful activity. The Board's Guidelines constrain, in particular, depictions which eroticise or appear to endorse sexual violence. Of specific concern are sexual images in a violent context which are designed to titillate. The Guidelines take account of academic research which indicates that violence when mixed with explicit sexual images (women forcibly stripped, shots which linger on naked breasts or genitalia during rape or assault) may produce a harmful response in some viewers.

The scenes cut from Ichi the Killer include naked women being sexually mutilated or beaten or killed. They contain images of erotically explicit violence which have never been passed by the BBFC at any classification level.

Ichi the Killer is a live action film based on a popular Japanese manga comic. Ichi, who has unusual powers, is caught in a conflict between two rival yakuza gangs. The film taken as a whole belongs to a genre of vivid fantasy violence which has been part of Japanese cinema for many years. The Board does not consider that the cartoon-like damage perpetrated by male gangsters on one another in the rest of the film is likely, at the adult classification level, to inspire emulation. However, this contrasts sharply with the eroticized scenes of violence against female characters which the Board has cut. These scenes appear to the Board to have no function other than the pleasure of the onlooker.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Identity

The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without cuts for the 2003 cinema release and 2003 Columbia/TriStar DVD/Blu-ray.

There is also an Extended Version.

From version details on IMDb:

• There is an additional scene at the courthouse showing Detective Varole getting upset that the prisoner transport is out of contact.
• It also has a re-cut ending featuring a little ore violence

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

The Idiots

• Idioterne
• Dogma 2: The Idiots

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2000 Palisades Tartan R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1999 Tartan VHS
• 1999 cinema release

Note that the US R Rated version is to be avoided as the hardcore is censored by black bars.

From UK Amazon: Actual Intercourse

Shot with handheld digital cameras and using natural lighting and natural locations, THE IDIOTS possesses an urgency that makes it feel like a documentary. Von Trier sparked a heated controversy with his decision to film the sex scenes with actual intercourse, adhering to the Dogme tenets. (He hired porn actors for the close-ups.) This controversy aside, the film nonetheless raises questions about cultism, modern ethics, and the idea of individuality within the absurdity of the characters' world.

If....

Uncut version is available at:

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R Rated

1968 UK drama by Lindsay Anderson with Malcolm McDowell and David Wood. See IMDb

The original cinema version was passed 15 for strong violence without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2007 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2001 cinema release
• UK 1986 CIC VHS

The original cinema version with pre-submission cuts to male nudity in the shower scene has now become the definitive version.

There are doubts about whether the US Criterion edition is the original cinema version. Possibly it has retained old US censor cuts.

• UK 1971 cinema release

See on article from homecinema.thedigitalfix.com:

The brief cut may have been a glimpse of Christine Noonan's pubic hair in her naked romp with McDowell in the coffee shop.

• UK 1968 cinema release

See on article from homecinema.thedigitalfix.com:

The film had problems with the censor. The main problem was the sequence where Mrs Kemp (Mary MacLeod) appears nude, including one shot in a corridor where her pubic hair can be seen. The only precedent for this on British screens was the Swedish film Hugs and Kisses, where a scene of female full-frontal nudity had provoked controversy a year or so earlier. Secretary of the BBFC, John Trevelyan, struck a bargain with Anderson: if he removed shots of male genitalia from the shower scene, Trevelyan would not cut Mrs Kemp's nude scene. Anderson went along with this, the film received an X certificate uncut, and the shower scene remains as-edited to this day.

If Looks Could Kill

The BBFC cut 1:22s for:

• 1987 Adrian Munsey VHS

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have To Invent Them

The BBFC passed 2 versions 12 uncut for the 2010 Sound & Media DVD

Both versions region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

If These Walls Could Talk

• In the hospital ward, multiple gunshots hitting Cher with  ensuing blood spurts have been reduced to one.

Il Grido

• The Cry

No BBFC cuts noted to the 2009 Eureka R2 DVD

The submitted running time was noted as 116:15s = 111:36s

Illicit Dreams

Illusions of Sin

A scene in which an unidentified man molests a drugged woman has suffered lest it gives us ideas.

Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

1976 Canada/US women in prison film by Don Edmonds with Dyanne Thorne, Max Thayer and Jerry Delony. See IMDb

The Dutch release is uncut for:

• NL 2006 Prime Time R2 DVD at UK Amazon and via UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2000 Anchor Bay R0 DVD

Summary Review: Resplendent in khaki shorts

Dyanne Thorn returns in the storming sequel to She Wolf, and it seems to have been given a budget boost, as the setting moves to an Arabian oils sheik's kingdom in the middle of the desert, where Ilsa presides over his palace as right hand security guard and keeper of his harem of kidnapped beauties.

The film doesn't quite match the excesses of the first film in bad taste, and the camp comedy elements have all been increased, but there are still many gruesome scenes as the harem women are abused and tortured for various reasons, including a pretty revolting sub-plot to assassinate the sheik by deploying a bomb placed inside a woman's body that will detonate during sex!

Uniform fans will be pleased to see Ilsa resplendent in her khaki shorts and boots, but she does not have the same presence as in the previous film because she is herself punished at one point by despotic sheik, and its a shame to see that the film recycles her weakness of falling in love with a hunky American, which once again leads to her downfall.

• UK 1973 cinema release

Presumably there is a date error somewhere as the ban is 3 years before the worldwide release

Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

The Dutch release is uncut for:

• NL 2006 Prime Time R2 DVD via UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2000 Starz/Anchor Bay R0 DVD via US Amazon

Summary Review: Brutal

This film takes place in a Nazi concentration camp dedicated to pseudo medical experimentation on its prisoners. Ilsa, the commandant is portrayed in ruthless fashion by the stunning Dyanne Thorne. Thorne designs and carries out the most excruciatingly painful and torturous experiments on her helpless victims.

Thorne is the essence of cruelty for cruelty's sake. Thorne is the screen's incarnation of pure evil. I can think of no other film that is as disturbing as this one. The explicit sadism portrayed in this film may or may not have actually occurred as depicted. But unthinkable sadism, torture, cruelty and debauchery did actually occur in Nazi camps.

This is an unbelievably difficult film to watch because the brutality depicted is extremely graphic. After viewing this film I was shocked and I had a feeling of just how brutal the Nazis actually were.

• UK 1976 cinema release
• UK 1975 cinema release

Ilsa the Wicked Warden

• Greta - Haus ohne Männer
• Greta the Torturer
• Greta, the Mad Butcher
• Greta, the Sadist
• Ilsa: Absolute Power
• Wanda, the Wicked Warden

Uncut version is available at:

1977 US/Germany/Switzerland women in prison film by Jesus Franco with Dyanne Thorne & Tania Busselier. See IMDb

The US release is uncut and MPAA X Rated for:

• US 2000 Starz/Anchor Bay R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Sleaze Mainatined

Ilsa, now a vicious warden, runs a mental-hospital for young women. A girl deliberately checks in to the hospital to find out what has happened to her sister who stayed there.

It's not like the plot is all that important; it serves merely as the most tenuous of threads with which Franco can tie together his usual penchant for nudity, depraved violence, and ham fisted dialogue. One thing is for certain: Ilsa, the Wicked Warden easily maintains the sleaze factor established in the first two films.

• UK 2004 Anchor Bay R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Cuts required to remove scenes of sadistic and sexualised violence

From IMDb:

• Heavy edits to an extensive scene where male guards rape some of the prisoners in the clinic supposedly in the name of prisoner therapy.
• Cuts to Ilsa whipping a chained naked woman
• Cut scene of a naked woman being suffocated by Ilsa with a plastic bag.

I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight

• Sex Ray
• The Love Ray

No BBFC cuts listed for the 2009 Sound & Media DVD.

The running time suggests that this version is probably uncut

The region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

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The submitted running time was noted as 83:31s = 80:11s

Image of Bruce Lee

• Meng nan da zei yan zhi hu

Cut when submitted in 1990

Immortals

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated

• UK 2011 cinema release

The BBFC consumer advice reads:

• Contains strong bloody violence

The BBFC commented on their cuts:

An uncut 18 classification was available.

The Imp

• Sorority Babes in the Slime Bowl-a-Rama

The video was cut when submitted in 1988

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum:

• At 8.5 mins-Close up of two different women`s buttocks hit with bat and rear views of spanking which follows were removed.
• at 63 mins-all sight of woman with raised whip advancing on naked cowering woman and impending blow with studded bat which follows were removed.

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from Amazon US:

I watched this film because I enjoy camp movies for what they are. The problem that this movie has is, that while it tries to be a campy, cult film (a bit too hard, judging from the title), it commits the unforgivable sin of being boring. This movie had me begging for the end to arrive. Avoid this film at all costs. It has no redeeming features of any sort. (OK, the girls are fairly attractive; but you will quickly forget that as the pain of the film begins.)

Impostor

R Rated

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 15 uncut for the 2002 Metrodome DVD

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

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PG-13

The film was extensively cut for a US PG-13 rating.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

In My Father's Den

The BBFC cut the 2005 cinema release and 2008 Optimum DVD for a 15 rating. The distributor chose to remove a scene which showed consensual asphyxiation in a sexual context in order to achieve a ‘15’. An uncut ‘18’ was available to the distributor.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• The missing scene is where Paul picks up a women in the bar and they return to his room for sex. The woman uses a belt to consensually suffocate Paul, but this eventually spooks the woman and she leaves

In the Cut

• En carne viva

The Unrated Director's Edition was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2004 Pathe R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 cinema release

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2004 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

The movie features a realistic looking explicit blow job that the film makers have said is faked using a prosthetic penis.

There is also a US R Rated version to avoid where the sex scenes are cut by 37s.

In the Electric Mist

The Director's Cut/Long Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2010 High Fliers video.

• 2010 High Fliers R2 DVD.

In the Line of Fire

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 2008 Sony Blu-ray

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via 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

Cuts of 8-10s apply to both 1993 cinema and 1994 Columbia/TriStar video versions. The same cuts spec was implemented slightly differently for different versions.

From IMDb:

• Removed close-ups of the plastic bag over Al's head during the opening sequence.
• The bullet impact has been removed from Frank's 1st shooting of a bad guy.
• Frank's shooting of the second bad guy on the boat is also cut - but only on widescreen prints - to remove the blood cloud. On the VHS pan and scan version, the blood impact happens off-screen.
• The assault on the banker's housemate has been cut from the DVD as well, but remains in the VHS video with a toned-down impact sound. Shortly after this, the two neck breaks have been removed completely, despite the BBFC only requesting sound cuts.

Thanks to Martin, May 2008: Breaks Back

I noticed during Friday's late night TV showing (00:50) of the Clint Eastwood film In the Line of Fire on ITV 2 that the previously cut scene of John Malkovich killing the bank teller and her room-mate at their home was uncut. This meant the fairly graphic depiction of 2 neck-breaks, sound effects included.

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

• Schwerter des Königs - Dungeon Siege

Unrated

The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for the 2010 Metrodome Blu-ray

This is more than just a version adding back bits removed for the US PG-13, more a total rework of the film. (And an improvement on the poorly received theatrical cut)

See version differences from movie-censorship.com

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

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In the Realm of the Senses

• Ai No Corrida
• Ai No Korida
• L'Empire des sens
• The Realm of the Senses

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Producers Cut was passed 18 uncut with all BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2011 Optimum Online
• UK 2011 Optimum RB Blu-ray + R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• Contains strong real sex, bloody mutilation and sexual fetish theme.
   
• In the Realm of the Senses contains... a scene in which an adult woman briefly tugs a young boy's penis. However, the tugging of the penis does not occur in a sexual context and is in no way sexualised. This scene was optically reframed or deleted on previous releases but was not considered to be indecent under the terms of the Protection of Children Act 1978 as currently applied. And so has been restored intact for this release.

The US release featuring the Producers Cut is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2009 Criterion RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2009 Criterion R1 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 2009 BFI cinema release
• UK 2007 Nouveaux Oshima Boxset R2 DVD
• UK 2000 Nouveaux R2 DVD

From article on sbbfc.co.uk:

In 2000, the BBFC was again asked to look at the film for DVD release. By this time sexual portrayals at the 18 level had become gradually more explicit and recent public surveys had shown that the public felt the BBFC could afford to be more relaxed about sex for adults. Therefore, following on from recent decisions on films like The Idiots and Romance, The Realm of the Senses was passed 18 uncut for video and DVD release, subject once again to the optical reframing of one scene [showing a boy's penis being yanked].

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

This Producer's Cut is missing about 6:22s of dialogue and narrative scenes compared with the Theatrical Version:

• At 18:38s, scene cut short by 1:13s
• At 28:32s, 14 second shot of couple's faces during sex missing
• At 1:03:22s, entire 1 minute 56 second scene (dialogue) missing
• At 1:10:12s, scene cut short by 38 seconds
• At 1:32:30s, scene cut short by 1 minute 4 seconds
• At 1:38:10s, beginning of scene (1 minute 2 seconds) missing
• At 34:38s, there is an additional shot lasting 12s not present in the cinema version

• The scene with the boy's penis has been completely deleted

• UK 1991 cinema release

The cuts are the same as for previous releases

• an image of an underage boy's penis being yanked has been deleted by reframing. 10s of footage has been so altered. All of the hardcore imagery is intact.

From article on sbbfc.co.uk:

The first attempt at reframing was considered unacceptably crude and damaging to the film. Therefore the scene was reworked in a specialist lab, using a more gradual zoom into the characters' faces.

At the time, the BBFC was also asked whether it would consider granting an 18 certificate for video release. However, given the greater likelihood of the film falling into the hands of children, or being viewed in parts rather than as a whole, the BBFC was unconvinced that the film's immunity to prosecution would be as strong on video. At the time, explicit sex was not permitted even at the R18 category and The Realm of the Senses was therefore regarded as better suited to cinema screenings where the circumstances of viewing were more able to be controlled

• UK 1982 Virgin VHS

However the source used was missing 8s through print damage at reel changes

The film was first shown here at the 1976 London Film Festival, where it won the critic's prize, before being acquired by the Gate Cinema in Notting Hill. At the time, the BBFC's Secretary, James Ferman, expressed the informal view that the film would require very heavy cuts to its more explicit sexual details before it could be awarded an X certificate. Any such cuts were likely to be very damaging to what was already a critically acclaimed film, from an established director.

Ferman therefore suggested that it would be preferable to show the film, without cuts, to members of private cinema clubs rather than approach the BBFC for a formal classification decision. Nonetheless, Ferman suggested that the film should not be opened, even under club conditions, until after the Obscene Publications Act (OPA) had been extended to include films (by the Criminal Law Act in 1977).

This, he believed, would allow the film to benefit from the requirement in the OPA that publications must be judged as a whole and that a defense of artistic merit was permitted.

Even then, one scene was edited before the film opened at the Gate Cinema Club in 1978, as a result of further legal advice. The cut was to remove a scene in which an adult woman tugs a young boy's penis, which seemed likely to constitute an indecent image of a child under the terms of the newly introduced Protection of Children Act.

In this slightly censored version the film continued to be shown for a number of years, without a BBFC certificate, in cinema clubs.

The Inbetweeners Movie
 

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

The Extended Version/Writers Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Channel 4 (Uncut theatrical + Extended, R2 DVD + RB Blu-ray) at UK Amazon

The UK Theatrical version was passed 18 uncut without the cuts for the 15 rating for:

• UK 2011 Channel 4 (Uncut theatrical + Extended, R2 DVD + RB Blu-ray) at UK Amazon

The UK Theatrical version was passed 15 after BBFC suggested cuts for category which were implemented for:

• UK 2011 Channel 4 R2 DVD
• UK 2011 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

The Inbetweeners Movie was originally seen by the BBFC in an unfinished version. The company was informed that the film was likely to receive an 18 classification but the preferred 15 classification could be achieved by making cuts in four scenes. These were:

• to remove an aggressive use of very strong language,
• to remove a particularly crude verbal sex reference (to urolagnia)
• and to reduce the explicitness of two scenes of sexual activity (one of self-fellatio and one of masturbation).

When the completed version of the film was submitted, the aggressive use of very strong language had been redubbed, the crude verbal sex reference had been removed, and the strong scenes of sexual activity had been reduced, by a mixture of cutting and reframing. The film was therefore classified 15 without further cuts.

Indecent Behaviour 3

Independence Day

• ID4

The Extended Version/Special Edition was passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 2001 20th Century Fox 2 Disc Special Edition (with Theatrical + Special Versions) R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release features Theatrical + Special Versions and is MPAA PG-13 Rated for:

• US 2003 20th Century Fox R1 DVD at US Amazon

The additional material is uncontentious plot but is given the thumbs up in pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• UK 2007 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 2001 20th Century Fox 2 Disc Special Edition with Theatrical + Special Versions R2 DVD
• UK 1998 20th Century Fox VHS
• UK 1996 cinema release

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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

1. Cuts to a close-up of a heart being ripped from the chest and the subsequent self healing of the chest wound.
2. The deletion of the line 'Leave him alone you bastards' when the Chinese kid is about to be whipped
3. Deletion of the Chinese Kid burning a guard's stomach with a flaming torch (and hence discovering an ability to heal)
4. The sequence in which a sacrifice victim is being lowered into the fiery pit has been shortened and set to different music.
5. Cut to the first 1s or 2s from the shot of his fall in order to delete the image of his head hitting the side of the cliff.

The BBFC cuts list for the film reads:

• In sacrificial Thuggee ceremony, remove entirely the tearing out of the young victim’s heart, and reduce sight of it in High Priest’s hand to one establishing shot only as he turns, having siezed it as if by magic
• All later shots of the pulsating heart must be removed except the final one when it burst into flames
• Greatly reduce terror of victim as he is lowered into fiery vortex, removing all prolonged camera emphasis on his screams as cage slowly descends by cutting away as soon as he disappears through trap door, after which his death must be over as soon as possible
• Reduce forced drinking of blood and brutal whipping of Indiana, and remove entirely the flogging of Shortie
• Reduce the line “leave him alone, you bastards!” to simply “leave him alone!”
• Also remove from the soundtrack Indiana’s cries of agony as he writhes on ledge after drinking blood
• Remove close shots of Willie screaming as she is locked in cage and lowered towards the fire and reduce her sobs on the soundtrack and the sight of her suspended over flames.
• Greatly reduce fight between Indiana and overseer, removing in particular heavy punches to back, chest, and head, and reduce bone-crunching sound effects of all impact blows so they approximate to the sounds associated with old-fashioned fisticuffs
• Reduce the sequence where Indiana’s cries out as his voodoo doll is burned in flames
• When Shortie burns the guard’s chest with the torch, remove the sound of flesh scalding
• Also reduce to minimum sight of blood on roller after overseer’s death.
• Continue to reduce violence on soundtrack, including screams of real pain as fight leads into final chase in the mine car
• Also reduce sounds of punches to High Priest’s head on banging end of rope bridge
• Remove sight of High Priest’s head cracking against rock face as he falls, and remove sounds of his body bouncing off the cliff twice more before he hits the water

Note, the Leave him alone you bastards line is heard in the 'behind the scenes' documentary on the recently re-released tape, although the line is still cut in the main film!

In the UK today, the uncut version would now be considered as 12 or even 12/15 borderline. The PG version is still considered to be one of the stronger PGs ever certificated by the BBFC and has generated more complaints than most over the years.

The recent BBC showing is confirmed to be the cut version. The BBC in fact consulted with the BBFC to ensure that they showed the officially sanctioned cut version.

The American decision to rate the film PG caused huge controversy in the US at the time.  In fact, the controversy over the PG rating (which was seen by many as the MPAA caving in to Spielberg and corporate pressure) was largely responsible for the introduction of the PG-13 certificate. 

Infernal Affairs III

• Infernal Affairs: End Inferno 3
• Mou gaan dou III: Jung gik mou gaan

The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2005 Tartan R2 DVD at UK Amazon

There is a Hong Kong Theatrical Version that is 10 minutes shorter, but the missing plot makes it confusing. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Inferno

• Dario Argento's Inferno
• Infierno

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2010 Arrow Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2010 Arrow R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2007 Blue Underground R0 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: My own favourite

This is my own favourite Argento movie, but if you try and work out the plot it will drive you nuts. It's best viewed as a dark and incredibly gory fairytale and companion-piece to Suspiria.

Irene Miracle becomes curious about the history of the old New York mansion block where she lives. Big mistake, but oh forget the logic. Just lap up the marvellous set-pieces: a swim through an underwater apartment (why is it flooded? don't even ask!), a witchy teenager and a cat who materialise during a music tutorial, a slasher murder set to the Slave's Chorus from Nabucco, a rat attack in Central Park.

The soundtrack is an audacious blend of Verdi and Keith Emerson. Sheer bliss.

• UK 1993 Fox VHS

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

• 2s cut as Sacha Pitoeff beats a cat against the side of a chair.
• 3 shots totalling 19s are cut of a cat eating a mouse.

Shown uncut on Zone Horror at the time

• UK 1987 1987 Film & Video VHS

• UK 1980 cinema release

The Infiltrator

Inglourious Basterds

The International Version was passed 18 uncut for the 2010 Universal DVD.

This may be a version with just a different mix of spoken language and subtitles

Innocent Blood

• A French Vampire in America

The Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 1995 Warner VHS
• UK 1993 Warner VHS

There is also an Extended German Version. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

cut

R Rated

• UK 1992 cinema release

The following cuts are reported in an article from cosmos.net.au

• An early scene shows Marie biting a chunk of flesh out of Sallie's neck. This has been substituted for a more harmless bite.
• The fact that LaPaglia hand-cuffs Parillaud before engaging in simulated sex with her was of primary concern to the MPAA. Landis was most vocal that the MPAA made him cut the sex scene for domestic release in the US
• Strippers dancing in front of Sallie have been dropped from the R Rated Version
• One shot Landis had to trim featured LaPaglia jamming a gun into a vampire gangster's mouth and pulling the trigger. The back of the vampire's head flipped up a little - no blood, no brains.
• A shot of Sallie on fire has been deleted.

An Innocent Man

See Sagebrush Trail

Innocent Voices

• Voces inocentes

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove strong expletive in order to attain a 12A category An uncut '15' was available.

Inside Deep Throat

NC-17

The Theatrical NC-17 Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2006 Technicolor/Momentum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2005 cinema release

This is a documentary about Deep Throat, not the classic film itself. However the UK release does contain a key 15 second hardcore sequence from the original oral sex scene in Deep Throat

However there is also a cut US R Rated version that deleted the blow job and several other explicit glimpses and also softer sex scenes. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

See review from IMDb: Insightful

All I can say is wow, this was a great documentary. Because of the subject matter it isn't for everyone, and the fact that it has an actual X-rated scene in it doesn't help either. But if you can get past that, this is an insightful, fascinating look at adult films and our society. And there is a lot of humor in it as well.

I wasn't surprised that several people in the audience walked out, since even I didn't realize how graphic the language/visuals would be. Showing how Deepthroat brought the "BJ" into the mainstream of adult films was interesting, and the interviews with the people actually making porn were very insightful.

Inside

• À l'intérieur

Unrated

The BBFC passed the US Unrated Version 18 uncut for the 2010 Technicolor DVD.

There is also a cut US R Rated Version

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

International Affairs

11:35s pre-cut and 2:58s cut by the BBFC

International Guerillas

• International Gorillay

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 1990 Tooting VHS
• UK 1990 cinema release

• UK 1990 cinema release

See article from en.wikipedia.org: Vilifying Salman Rushdie

This Pakistani comedy seizes on the controversy where Muslims were wound up by Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses. Salman Rushdie is depicted in the film played by Afzaal Ahmad. He is portrayed as a criminal mastermind, working for an international organization devoted to destroying Islam.

The film was banned by the BBFC. The board cited the safety of Salman Rushdie as an argument for refusing the certificate, arguing that it could inflame some to violence.

Although the film portrayed Salman Rushdie very negatively, he opposed the ruling of the BBFC, arguing that:

As a writer, I am opposed in principle to the use of the archaic criminal laws of blasphemy, sedition and criminal libel against creative works, even in the case of a film which quite plainly vilifies me.

The ban was then overturned on appeal and the film was passed 18 uncut.

Rushdie later said:

If that film had been banned, it would have become the hottest video in town: everyone would have seen it.

While the film was a great hit in Pakistan, it enjoyed only a limited release in the West, where it went virtually unnoticed.

Intimacy

• Intimidad
• Intimité

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut with one notable scene of real oral sex for:

• UK 2001 Pathe R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• UK 2001 cinema release

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2004 Koch Lorber R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is an extensively cut US R Rated version to avoid which is missing 6:11s from the sex scenes.

Review from UK Amazon: Beautiful, sensitive erotic story

I think this is an extra-ordinary cameo of a brief sexual affair between two strangers. If the sex scenes are controversial then I think it's because they are natural and realistic, contrasting with stylised sex in mainstream films. This is a beautiful, sensitive erotic story.

What makes it erotic is the compelling attraction between the two characters - this is done without words and is a strong point in the film, as Jay remarks on several occasions. Their encounters are the stuff of fantasies - anonymous sex. What is really refreshing from a woman's point of view is Jay's strength of feeling and tenderness in the role, performed brilliantly by Mark Rylance. To see a Jay cry in the last scene gives us another insight: a man needing more than sexual gratification - he wants relationship. By the end of the film we know he didn't leave his wife just because their sex life was over it was much more complex than that. As for Claire's role - well women aren't supposed to act like that are they? You know so detached emotionally? This is a brave film that turns gendered stereotypes and behaviour around. Another reason why it is so refreshing.

Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan

• Ai nu

Cut for a cinema release in 1973.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon May 2008: Pretty Bloody

This is a very different type of Shaw Brothers martial arts film. It reminded me of Lady Snowblood, so if you liked that, then I would definitely recommend this.

Betty Tei Pei plays a brothel owner, and she is a very evil woman. She could care less about men, and only loves women. When she gets in a new batch of prostitutes, she meets one that she likes. Lily Ho plays the prostitute, and she's a tough little woman, which is why the Madam likes her so much. Yes, they do makeout, and it is awesome.

The story has Lily Ho taking revenge on all the men she had to sleep with when she first came to the brothel, and it's a pretty simple story.

The acting from Betty Tei Pei is AMAZING, and it is a good overall movie, and has an amazing ending. It's directed by Chor Yuen, and as expected, it is a beautiful film to look at. Chor Yuen worked very hard and put in a lot of detail to make sure that his movies had a unique look.

The swordplay is quite good for 1972, and it gets pretty bloody.

Intimate Games

A short version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2008 Optimum R2 DVD

• UK 1976 cinema release

Intruder

• Night Crew: The Final Checkout

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

1988 US crime film by Scott Spiegel
With Elizabeth Cox and Renée Estevez. See IMDb

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2003 International Trading/Screen Entertainment R2 DVD via UK Amazon

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

• US 2011 Synapse R0 Blu-ray+DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2005 Wizard R1 DVD at US Amazon

Ireland: The Director's Cut carried a note saying it was illegal in the rest of the UK for:

• Ie 1989 Colorbox VHS

Summary Review: Surprisingly good

Surprisingly good stalk 'n' slash movie from Scott Speigel (long time associate of director Sam Raimi) was probably the last true slasher flick of the '80's.

Grocery store workers are set to do the night shift when an uninvited guest drops in and the employees begin to be butchered.

An effective dark sense of humor, stylish camera work, and eye-popping gore FX uplifts this movie above the normal slasher fair. The cast isn't half bad, some even make for some quirky characters.

All around Intruder makes for great fun for the slasher fans, exactly how this gem managed to escape me for so long I don't know! Not for the faint of heart.

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 after 1:53s of BBFC cuts for

• UK 1989 Colorbox VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• The murder of Danny is missing a shot of a skewer in his eye and his quivering impaled body.
• The murder of Tim is missing shots of a knife in his gut, his pain wracked face and shots of blood splattering onto beer cans.
• Bob's murder is totally cut. His head being squashed in a machine press was way too much for the censor.
• Randy's murder is missing a shot of him hanging by a hook through his neck.
• Dave's murder was totally cut. Again his heady being cut in half by a machine saw was too much for the censor at the time.
• Further shots of Randy's hanging body were cut
• Dave's messed up head in a fridge was reduced to a brief shot
• Several hits are missing when Craig uses a cleaver on Bill, slicing into his hand and head.

Invasion for Flesh & Blood

• A sexual assault of a woman in a car has been removed. Originally the woman was forcibly stripped, forced to give head and finally stabbed to death
• A female corpse with blood on her breasts has been cut as per usual BBFC policy

The original video is available in the US on the EI Independent Cinema label #196. A review of this version in Flesh & Blood suggested that it contains an impressive count of male groin mutilations. I wonder if these have been lost at some stage during the UK release.

Invasion USA

• Chuck Norris: Invasion USA

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

Passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2005 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

Time had diminished the power and impact to the extent that it was no longer likely to prove harmful and so previous cuts were waived

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2001 R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Great actioner

The plot is insane. Random terrorists invade the USA; it is never explained who they are, what they are doing, or what they want. Scene after scene of terrorists attacking Americans playing baseball, celebrating Christmas, in a church follow. There is one scene where they just drive around a neighbourhood, firing a bazooka into each house!

However, wherever they appear, Norris appears son afterwards and guns them down with the famous double Macho 10's that Norris tots from a specially designed shoulder holster.

This is artful camp at its most skilled but this really is one fun movie. Chuck says little, which is probably a good thing and lets his feet and guns do the talking. Great actioner!

• UK 1986 MGM/UA VHS
• UK 1985 cinema release

BBFC cuts from IMDb:

• Cut to remove bullet impacts from a groin shooting
• Edited scene where a woman snorting cocaine through a straw is hit across the head by Rostov

Invincible Armour

• Ying zhao tie bu shan

The cut video was re-submitted in 2005 by DVD.com. A couple of months later they found an uncut version which was duly passed uncut with previous cuts waived.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Review from IMDb: Balls

Those elaborate period costumes just don't work against a Poverty Row background like the one we see in "Invincible Armor", but hell...why quibble?

Hwang Jang Lee and John Liu, two of the top three kickers in the business (the third being Delon Tam, Liu's instructor), tear up the screen in this film and that's what counts. My only complaint about the fight scenes is that there were too many distracting, split-second shots of shattered eggs every time someone attacked what they thought was Hwang's vulnerable point (his testicles, naturally).

Just concentrate on the action, guys, please! Otherwise, this is a fun, straightforward flick that you'll enjoy if Hong Kong kung fu cinema is your thing.

• A novelty of the film was to flash images of broken eggs when a guy gets hit in the balls. The BBFC weren't impressed and cut a couple of shots of Jang Lee Hwang being grabbed by the balls in the final fight.

Invitation to Hell

The BBFC cut the 1986 Senator video by 39s.

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

See review from IMDb: Pretty bizarre

Pretty bizarre British schlock, wherein a girl is lured to a farmhouse in the country to become an unwilling participant in a Satanic ritual. There are several people staying in the house, and a few end up dying gory deaths or being possessed by a demon.

Badly shot, and the sound quality is occasionally muffled, but this has a surreal edge to it that got to me a bit (plus some moments of pretty strong gore). Also strange is the film's subtle gay-erotic undercurrent (a lengthy scene of two guys wrestling almost looks as though it might segue into a man-on-man porn scene).

Overall I would recommend this one to people who enjoy quirky low-budget horror obscurities.

Iron Angels

• Angel
• Tian shi xing dong
• Angels
• Fighting Madam
• Midnight Angels

The 1989 RCA/Columbia and 1994 MIA videos were similarly cut by the BBFC

There is a Hong Kong Mei Ah DVD that is just missing a flash of Madame Yeoung's left breast.

The Iron Fisted Monk

• San De huo shang yu Chong Mi Liu
• Saam Dak woh seung yue Chung Mai Luk

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2001 with the following comment:

Cuts were required to remove eroticising shots of the forced exposure and groping of breasts, and of volume of nudity of victim during a rape scene

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Good Addition

Here is yet another excellent kung fu movie done by Sammo Hung. The fighting is outstanding consisting of multiple kung fu styles facing off against each other, all done with superior speed and precision. Also sword and other weapons battles round out the action. There are still a ton of fight scenes but not quite as many as some of his other films, probably short by just a couple. The story is good and has decent acting. It is done well enough to keep your interest throughout and contains some scenes not normally seen in these type of films (nude, rape, a whore house). I was quite surprised with the amount of nudity shown (female). This movie is definitely not for children.

The Iron Fisted Monk is definitely a good addition to any kung fu collection.

Iron Lord

• Yaroslav. Tysyachu let nazad

Passed 15 after 3s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2011 Revolver Online
• UK 2011 Revolver R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• A compulsory cut was required to a scene featuring animal cruelty (in this case, sight of a horse being made to fall in a dangerous manner).

Iron Maiden: The Best of the Beast

• The opening sequence lost a whole load of shots of a head in a vice with iron spikes piercing the cheeks and forehead.
• 12 shots of horses being tripped as shown in the film Charge of the Light Brigade

Iron Monkey

• Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji: Tit Ma Lau

1993 Hong Kong martial arts film by Woo-ping Yuen with Hark Tsui and Tai-Muk Lau. See IMDb

Passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Cine Asia Hong Kong Legends Ultimate Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2004 Hong Kong Legends Platinum Edition R2 DVD
• UK 2001 Medusa/Hong Kong Legends R2 DVD
• UK 2001 Medusa/Hong Kong Legends VHS
• UK 1993 cinema release

Iron Monkey Strikes Back

• Jue dou Lao Hu Zhuang
• Duel at the Tiger Village
• Iron Monkey II
• Iron Monkey 2
• Tough Guy

Uncut version is available at:

1977 Hong Kong/Taiwan martial arts film by Hsueh Li Pao with Kuan Tai Chen and Sing Chen. See IMDb

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2002 tai Seng R0 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

The uncut region 0 DVD is available via US Amazon

Summary Review: Not a Sequel

A kung-fu fighting detective investigating the murder of the emperor's wife uncovers a high-ranking conspiracy.

This is a run of the mill Hong Kong Actioner. Donnie Yen is good, the action and fighting sequences are good, Yuen Wo Ping did design the fights. But the filming, editing, and overall quality are mediocre.

• UK 2001 Quantum Leap R0 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Compulsory cut made to dangerous imitable technique.

• Gaia 2

Ishtar

Passed 15 with BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2004 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• UK 1992 VCI VHS
• UK 1988 RCA/Columbia VHS
• UK 1987 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were

• Cuts were to remove the word 'fuck'

Island of Death

• Ta Pedhia tou dhiavolou
• A Craving for Lust
• Cruel Destination
• Devils in Mykonos
• Island of Perversion
• Psychic Killer 2

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut after previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2010 Arrow R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2003 Image R1 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 2003 Michael Lee/Vipco R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• The distributor was required to make several compulsory cuts to scenes of sexual violence, sexualised violence and a dehumanising sexual activity (urolagnia)

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• The urination sequence was cut showing Christopher urinating on the naked Patricia
• Cut scene showing Christopher kicking Patricia and then banging her head on the floor
• A bathroom rape is mostly deleted showing two hippies trying to rape Jane.
• Significant amounts cut from Chris using a blazing spray can to burn the face of Lesley
• Cut scene showing Chris trying to rape a naked woman in the shower and then killing her with a sickle into her back that protrudes from her chest
• Significant cuts to a shepherd raping Jane in a bar with Chris watching. And later the shepherd raping Chris

Review from imdb: Rough Diamond

Island of Perversion is a rough diamond from the deep seas of sickness, another gem from 1970s - the golden age of Grindhouse and exploitation! A film where you can still smell the dirt from the backyard and railway station cinemas it was shown in! But it´' a great one, I enjoyed every second of it!

The story is about two totally weird siblings who travel to Mykonos to free the peaceful Greek island from all those who are perverted scum in their eyes: gays, lesbians, nymphomaniacs, hippies... Unfortunately, the version that I watched was cut, so I didn't have the chance to see the notorious goat-rape!

Even though the violence is not that graphic in this film, the director seemed to be possessed by the ambition to make one of the most depraved movies ever! Loved the bad surprise ending!

• UK 1987 Hologram VHS

AVI released an uncut video in November 1982 as Island of Death.

Island of Death briefly appeared on the video nasties list in November 1983 but was deleted by the next issue. There may have been a confusion with another film with the same name by Narcisco Ibanez Serrador. The video returned to the list in October 1985 and remained on the list throughout so becoming one of the collectable DPP39s

• UK 1976 cinema release titled A Craving for Lust

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The BBFC passed the 2008 Optimum DVD 12 without cuts. Not sure which version was submitted but it runs 25s longer than previously.

Island of Fire

• The Prisoner
• Huo shao dao
• Jackie Chan Is the Prisoner

The Hong Kong Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2000 Medusa/E1 R2 DVD
• UK 1995 Imperial VHS
• UK 1993 Imperial VHS

There is also a longer and easier to understand Taiwan Version. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Island of Greed

• Hak gam
• Hei jin

Cut when submitted in 2002 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts required to animal cruelty

Island of Shame

See The Young One

Island of Terror

The BBFC cut the X rated 1966 cinema release and the cuts persisted to the 1995 Arthouse video and 2004 Leisureview DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• The film was cut to remove the scene showing West chopping off Stanley's Hand

The Isle

• Seom

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cuts required to remove sight of animal cruelty in accordance with BBFC policy

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Candidate scenes for the BBFC cuts from Sam:

• filleting of a fish for sushi while the fish is still alive, as noted
• a shot of a fish being jolted with electrodes
• there is one short shot [about 1s] of a dog being hit
• various shots of fish being hacked up whilst clearly still alive
• a few shots of fish swimming around with large chunks missing from
  them
• a shot of a bird flapping about in a cage whilst underwater
• some shots of a frog being hit with a stick and skinned

All in all, these shots are quite unnecessary, though some people like to think the pain the animals feel links quite poignantly with the pain the humans feel in the film and that though the pain the animals experience is quite temporary, the humans' pain is ultimately more drawn out and prolonged. Not that this justifies the scenes in any real sense.

Review: Sadomasochistic Love Story

The Isle concerns a lonely, beautiful young woman who works at a remote fishing area. People rent small houseboats on a large lake and spend the night. The woman travels out to the boats each day to do the housekeeping, bring them bait and other rations, and to give them sex if they want it. One day a lonely young cop rents a boat...but he seems beyond despair and suicidal. When he tries to kill himself by ingesting 5 large fish hooks, the woman saves him. So begins the most bizarre sadomasochistic love story of all time. The cop gets to return the favour when the woman, upset that all she is to men is a sex object, successfully inserts the same 5 hook arrangement into her vagina.

Review from Stuart: Pretty  Good

I saw it back in March at the Brussels International Fantasy Film Festival and whilst I can't remember any dogs being kicked there was definitely
scenes of:

• filleting fish to eat for sushi whilst the fish was still alive (the fillet is eaten as the fish flops around)
• a guy eating fish hooks (lots of blood) and having them removed
• the woman inserting hooks into her vagina (a LOT of blood)
• the underwater shot of the guy taking a crap does happen
• there's quite a violent sex scene

All in all, it's a pretty good film but rather slow (despite the above). Low budget (which shows) but nicely shot. Bloody bizarre ending though...

The cinema version has suffered 1:50s of cuts in 2003. The BBFC stated: Four compulsory cuts were required to the sight of animal cruelty in accordance with the Cinematograph (Animals) Act 1937.

It Takes a Thief

• The Challenge

Unknown version passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2011 Renown R2 DVD

A very short version was passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2007 Orbit R2 DVD

• UK 1960 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 95:25s =  91:36s PAL

The Italian Connection

See Manhunt in Milan