• L Plate

Comparison of the running time with the R Rated version shows that at least 29:11s were pre-cut

• La belle noiseuse: Divertimento

A shorter version titled Divertimento was passed PG without BBFC cut for the 1992 cinema release and 1992 Artificial Eye video.

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

• Death's Ecstacy
• The Beast
• The Beast in Heat

The Director's Cut was passed uncut for the Nouveaux Pictures DVD of 2001

The Director's Cut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The Director's Cut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The Complete Version region 1 DVD is available via US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Most controversial film of the decade

This DVD has been a highly sought after film in the Walerian Borowczyk catalogue, and is considered by some to be ...the most controversial film of the decade. An insane adult reworking of The Beauty and the Beast tale. This erotic fable was originally to be part of the Immoral Tales (1974) anthology, yet was put aside due to it's controversial subject matter then later transformed into this film.

The opening close-up of a horse's throbbing vagina gave me a bit of a shock, and I soon realized that I was in for a very interesting ride.

The financially unstable son, Mathurin (Pierre Benedtti), and very rich, and horny Lucy Broadhurst (Lisbeth Hummel) are soon to be arranged in marriage at the failing Mathurin estate. The home is full of history relating to the families most famous ancestor, Romilda. Lucy immediately becomes fascinated with Romilda, and stumbles upon her diary.

The tale is told of the day she was brutally attacked in the woods by a comical man / beast creature with a extra large penis. This scene is both shockingly powerful and hilariously funny all at once. Combining black humour, with graphic sexuality.

My mouth was left a gasp from beginning to end with this outrageous film.

11 minutes of pre-cuts have been restored for a cinema certificate gained in February 2001.

This version is accepted as the Director's Cut and is generally preferred over the Complete Version

All sex scenes are intact but there are a couple of scenes missing (for pacing reasons). Thanks to Marc:

1. Missing scene: Ifany sneeking into the bathroom, after Mathurin has been groomed by his father, in order to stuff clumps of Mathutin's hair into an envelope.
2. Missing scene: Ifany bringing the envelope of Mathurin's hair into Duc Rammondelo de Balo's office, where he is dismissed and the Duc sniffs at it.
3. Missing scene: The cook sets the table while singing, prior to the farcical meal that the Mathurin, his father and the guests attend.
4. Better news is that the scene near the end of the film, when the Cardinal arrives at the family home and tutors his underling on the perils of bestiality, is included

Cut when submitted in 2005 with the following BBFC statement: Cuts required to remove scenes of sexual assaults which eroticised and/or endorsed the activity, and images encouraging an interest in underage sex. With these cuts made an R18 was available to the distributor. Distributor chose to make further cuts to explicit detail of sexual activity in order to achieve an 18.

I wonder if the definition of underage sex being used by the BBFC is 16 or 18. Sex is perfectly legal at 16 it just cannot be shown on video

Region 1  DVD available uncut from AnimeNation

Synopsis & review from www.hentaineko.com

A deadly sex ninja trained in the carnal arts, Miko is hot to deal out heavy martial arts mistreatments to any demon who threatens her. But when the monsters target her sexy sister for a little family fun, Miko really sees red! Who is the stronger sexual slayer, our hedonistic heroine or the preternatural perverts of the underworld?

I love La Blue Girl. And c'mon, isn't Miko Mido the cutest thing ever to sport a hair ribbon? If it's wildly over-the-top excess you're after and with tongue pressed firmly in cheek, then look no further. In fact, La Blue Girl returns pitches itself somewhere between the silly, sexy outrageousness of La Blue Girl while also giving us a coherent plot a la Lady Blue.

Did I mention the animation? Absolutely gorgeous is the most appropriate way I can think of describing the visuals. Far, far better than the vast majority of hentai releases, I was, to say the least, very impressed. The naughtiness level seems to have shifted up a notch or two from the rather subdued (in my opinion) Lady Blue.

Cut when submitted in 2005 with the following BBFC statement:

Cuts required to remove scenes of sexual assaults which eroticised and/or endorsed the activity, and scenes which suggested that sexually active characters were children. With these cuts made an R18 was available to the distributor. Distributor chose to make further cuts to explicit detail of sexual activity in order to achieve an 18.

I wonder if the children being referred to were in fact depicted as over the age of consent.

See LA Blue Girl Returns Episodes 1 & 2 for review

Region 1  DVD available uncut from AnimeNation

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to make cuts to the sight of clearly unsimulated oro-genital contact, vaginal penetration (digital and toy) and masturbation

• La Figlia di Frankenstein
• Daughter of Frankenstein
• Madame Frankenstein

The film cuts were waived in 2005 but it seems that the US version was submitted that has been shorn of 15 minutes.

There is a US release that seems to be the full version but it has had poor reviews with regards to the transfer

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

The full version had only previously seen the light of day on Swedish VHS, now deleted.

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2007 Artificial Eye R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2007 cinema release.

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2007 Kino R1 DVD at US Amazon

There are also longer TV versions running at 193 and 220 minutes

• Nu er dang zi qiang
• Supercop: Female

Same cut version for cinema and video

• The Day of the Landgrabber

The BBFC cut the 1970 AA rated cinema release

• Ur kärlekens språk

The film was passed 18 uncut for the 2008 Revelation DVD. The BBFC commented: Contains real sex. (But I suspect only in a scientific sex education documentary context)

See More About the Language of Love

The BBFC cut 2:15s from the 2009 Darker Enterprises DVD: Distributor chose to cut images of explicit cunnilingus and digital penetration. R18 uncut was available.

Thanks to Gavin

The 2009 Paramount Blu-ray is noted as the Uncut Feature and has been passed without BBFC cuts but with a 15 certificate

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

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

I have also been informed that the BBFC removed Lara's final deadly throat chop to the villain, Powell from the cinema version. It is bizarrely restored in the video and DVD

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove images of unsimulated sexual activity (in this instance sight of oral genital contact and liquid resembling semen on a performer's genitals)

Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC statement: During a scene in which a dog is shot, the animal reacts as if it has been hit by an object, knocking it to the ground. The distributor was unable to provide information about how the scene was filmed without involving cruelty, so a compulsory cut was made.

Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Cut was required to remove sight of dog apparently being shot.

• Lassie's Greatest Adventure

Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC statement: Distributor was required to remove a sequence where an eagle is tethered by the leg to the ground and goaded into fury and terror by a dog.

• Carnivorous
• Jungle Holocaust
• The Last Survivor
• Cannibal
• Ultimo Mondo Cannibale

The BBFC were never impressed by cannibal films so there seemed little point in an attempt at a UK release for a long time.

The BBFC finally passed the film 18 with 2:46s cuts for the 2003 International Trading DVD: Two compulsory cuts required for 18, one to remove scenes of animal cruelty organised or directed for the purposes of filmmaking and one to remove a scene of eroticised sexual violence

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

Review from US Amazon: It ain't pretty

If you're a cannibal junkie, this is one to devour. It's no "Cannibal Holocaust" and suffers from a somewhat simplistic script, but there's enough grue and nudity to satisfy gorehounds and enough animal cruelty to enrage everyone else.

It ain't pretty, folks, but it is one of a kind. They don't make 'em like this anymore and even though Deodato says he wants to now make "Cannibal Holocaust 2001" (too late ruggero!) - - don't hold your breath. This is a long-dead genre destined to stay that way. Bon appetit!

• L'ultimo imperatore
• Le dernier empereur
• Modai huangi

The TV Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2004 Optimum DVD
• UK 2004 cinema release
• UK 1999 Second Sight DVD

This longer version has been labelled The Director's Cut but the consensus seems to be that the director preferred the Theatrical Cut

• UK 1998 Second Sight VHS
• UK 1994 VCI VHS
• UK 1988 RCA/Columbia VHS
• UK 1987 cinema release

The scenes that were omitted were mainly Pu-yi's time in the Chinese concentration camp.

However it is interesting to note that towards the end of the film the protagonist sees the former prison warder in chains and approaches one of the officers in the street. In the Region 2 version of the film the officer responds, "fuck off" but if you view the region 1, this has been edited to "buzz off!"

• At the Hour of Our Death
• The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell
• The Fun House

Horror film from the video nasty era passed uncut by the BBFC in 2006

The uncut region 0 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Review from Amazon US: Spoof Snuff

Last House on Dead End Street was a movie that achieved popularity due to the fact that it was put in the same breath as Last House on the Left by Wes Craven, but that's about where the similarities end.

Roger Watkins directs and stars as a madman who is released from prison and vows to take revenge on society or so he says. However he instead chooses to kill his former friends and cohorts who may have stole some of his film ideas. He then plots an absurd plot where he makes the best snuff films. Yes that's part of the urban legend, but this is not a snuff film. What it is though is one disturbing, at times hilarious spoof of other wannabee snuff films.

What the movie is missing is the fact that in Last House on the Left we don't have any reversal of fortune between the victim and murderers, instead the movie chooses one direction and stays there, so nothing is really a surprise.

• Krug & Company
• The Men's Room
• Night of vengeance
• Sex Crime of the Century

uncut

No cuts are noted to the 2009 Metrodome/In2film DVD identified as The Krug Edit. This consists of minor edits throughout but includes the more controversial scenes. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

It is suggested that this edit may also be considered the Director's Cut.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

The BBFC waived their cuts when the Second Sight DVD was submitted in 2008: The uncut version was submitted by a new distributor and in 2008 the Board reviewed the work. On the basis of the authoritative interpretation of the harm test as directed in the High Court in the Manhunt 2 case, the Board considered that the dated nature of the work had reduced much of the impact of the sexual violence previously cut. The Board’s sexual violence policy tests had been applied afresh since the previous submission, and the Board did not now believe that the work posed a realistic possibility of harm, so it was classified ‘18’ uncut.

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

Review from imdb: Brutal Realist Tragedy

While I think that people tend to get a bit hyperbolic when they talk about The Last House on the Left, I do think it's a fairly good film, especially given what the filmmakers were trying to do and considering their lack of experience, the era and the budget. Also, despite a filmic precursor, it just may be the earliest example of the horror subgenre of brutal, realist tragedy. However, it has flaws that would be difficult to overlook in a distanced assessment of the film.

But again, focusing on that amounts to hype now, and shouldn't be taken too seriously, lest it lead to inflated expectations. Just as surprising on a first viewing is that The Last House on the Left has an intermittent goofy sense of humor and a groovy attitude that is firmly mired in the early 1970s. The two policemen are really comic relief characters (and very funny at that), but there is also a lot of humor surrounding the criminal quartet--this almost becomes a black comedy at times. These sensibilities even extend to the music, which has a frequent hillbilly edge and lyrics that supply ex-positional material. Surprisingly, Hess, who plays Krug, wrote the music.

In 2003 Anchor Bay released an alternative version of Last House on the Left titled Krug & Company.

It has minor differences throughout but all the footage in the BBFC 2002 cuts list is also cut here

The BBFC stated: Cuts required to humiliation of woman forced to urinate, violent stabbing assault on woman and removal of her entrails, and woman's chest carved with a knife.

The 2003 Anchor Bay DVDs implemented the 2002 cuts list differently and ended up deleting a further 13s

Interestingly the UK Anchor Bay release includes a DVD extra showing the deleted footage as a series of stills. (BBFC censorship only applies to video material)

Blue Underground released the video after 31s of BBFC cuts in 2002.

The BBFC justified their cuts as follows: Cuts required to humiliation of woman forced to urinate, violent stabbing assault on woman and removal of her entrails, and woman's chest carved with a knife.

See An appeal against the cuts report from the appeal
See also Last Appeal on the Left

The upshot was that the Video Appeals Committee agreed with the 16s of BBFC and added a further 15s of their own.

The Last House on the Left is not suitable for cinema exhibition because of the explicit and sadistic sexual violence contained in the film. This is the second time that The Last House on the Left has been refused classification by the BBFC. The present version is some four minutes longer than the version offered in 1974, but is still several minutes shorter than the original uncut version. Although the recent resubmission was of a cut version of the film, it was still found to contain elements which are unacceptable under the Board's published Guidelines. The Board asked for further cuts to remove images of the horrific stripping, rape and knife murder of two women. The option of making additional cuts was offered to the distributor in May 1999 and in September they confirmed that the film would be resubmitted with further cuts. After much delay it is now clear that the distributor has declined the option to proceed further. The Board is therefore unable to classify the film in this version.

This version did however get a release on the Art house cinema club circuit.

The release was mostly intact but was missing a short comic scene.

The Greater London Council proved no more sympathetic and refused to overturn the ban for London only showings.

The US Unrated Version (noted as an Extended Version in the UK) was passed 18 uncut for a 2009 Universal DVD. The BBFC explained their uncut 18 decision:

The Last House on the Left is a modern remake of a 1972 horror feature about a gang of violent criminals who assault a teenage girl then unwittingly find themselves seeking refuge at her parents' home. The film was classified 18 for strong bloody violence and strong sexual violence.

The film contains many scenes of strong bloody violence, many of which breach the BBFC Guidelines at 15 which state that violence may be strong but may not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury and that the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable . In the assault on the teenage girls, which includes a graphic stabbing and shooting, and in the scenes where the parents get their revenge, there is extended focus on the actual process of the infliction of wounds and the resultant blood loss. These scenes include a bullet being shot through a woman's eye, a man's arm being caught in a waste disposal unit and a man's head exploding after being put in a microwave.

The film also contains a mounting sense of sexual threat as the criminal gang take the two teenage girls into the wood; a threat which culminates with the rape of one of the girls. This extended scene went beyond the discreet and brief depiction of sexual assault that is allowed by the BBFC Guidelines at 15 . However, the focus on the girl's anguish and the lack of sexualised nudity or graphic sexual detail means that the scene did not eroticise or endorse sexual assault and therefore did not require intervention beyond the 18 category.

There is also one use of very strong language and multiple uses of strong language in the film alongside some strong verbal sex references and scenes in which the teenage characters smoke cannabis.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon for release on 19th October 2009
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon for release on 19th October 2009

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

Review from US Amazon: Polished Remake of Raw Classic

Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left was released in 1972 and I heard from many people who were old enough to see it when it first came out that it was the most shocking thing anyone had ever seen. To this day the original is still a raw and often disgusting piece of cinema, so being that in 2009 films can push the envelope even more, I didn't know how far this thing would go.

It's shocking, brutal and gross, but it didn't just go the buckets of blood route. Yes, there is some gore, but compared to films like Hostel and SAW this is quite tame. What does get under your skin is the rape scene. I read that some people witnessed others leave the theater at this point and they never came back. I guess they didn't see the original or read up on what they paid to see before plopping in their seat. It shows little skin compared to the 1972 version, but it's a long scene that is painful to watch.

The cast is quite good, though most are actors whose names you won't know. The father, played by Tony Goldwyn, and the leader of the killers, played by Garrett Dillahunt were the standouts.

For a film as gritty as this one, the cinematography is polished and takes away a little bit of the raw power that the original had. I actually don't think Wes Craven's 1972 flick holds up well today and thought this remake was better.

The US MPAA cuts were to the scene of rape and assault but there also a few plot extensions in the Unrated Version.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• L'Ultimo cacciatore
• Il Cacciatore

• Ultimo tango a Parigi

NC-17

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2000 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2000 MGM VHS
• UK 1988 Warner VHS

The US release is uncut and NC-17 Rated for:

• US 1998 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a cut US R Rated version with 2 minutes of the anal sex scene being blocked by a lamp

From IMDb:

• The BBFC originally demanded 20s of cuts to include edits for language but these were successfully appealed by the director. In the end a ten second shot of Paul putting his fingers between Jeanne's buttocks was censored from the sodomy scene

The submitted running time was noted as 128:58s = 123:48s

• L'Ultimo Treno della Notte
• Don't Ride on Late Night Trains
• Night Train Murders
• Torture Train
• L'ultimo treno della notte
• Night Train - Der Letzte Zug in der Nacht
• The New House on the Left

The Argent Films DVD was passed uncut in 2008 and released on the Shameless label under the title Night Train Murders.

The BBFC explained: The development of media awareness and public knowledge of film styles were felt to have reduced the impact and potential for harm of the scenes of sexual assault in the film, which seem particularly dated now.

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

Review from US Amazon

I agree that while this film borrowed heavily from Last House on the Left, Night Train Murders is the better of the two. Good production values, excellent cinematography, an Ennio Morricone score, decent acting and a tight script, set Night Train Murders above Last House and other films of this type.

The first third of the film introduces the main characters and then gets them on a train (the night before Christmas) that is full of odd, quirky travelers - most of whom seem to be prone to indulging in one perversion or another.

The "defilement" section of the film is a gripping, harrowing affair that escalates in viciousness before climaxing in a very brutal fashion.

The final act does not live up to the scenes that precede it.  I was expecting a truly grisly and horrific conclusion. However, the director's desire to keep from glamorizing violence is probably why the ending feels somewhat restrained.

This release was missing about 1 minute of violence and nearly 2 minutes of non contentious material

The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without cuts for the 1993-5 Warner videos.

There is also a Director's Expanded Version featuring uncontentious changes.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 15 uncut for the 2000 Columbia/TriStar DVD

7 minutes of uncontentious material has been added

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

38:08s pre-cut and then a further 8:52s cut by the BBFC

Cut by the BBFC in 2007. Distributor chose to remove clearly unsimulated sexual detail (in this case penetration and oral sex). An R18 uncut was available.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove shots of a suicide attempt which demonstrated a technique not felt to be widely known and more likely to result in death that the more well-known method

Unrated

The US Unrated Version  or Director's Cut was passed 18 for the 2010 Technicolor Blu-ray

The BBFC explained the 18 rating:

Law Abiding Citizen is a thriller about a man who feels let down by the US justice system after his wife and daughter are murdered. The film has been classified at 18 for strong bloody violence, torture and sexual violence.

The film contains several scenes of strong violence, with a bloody and protracted stabbing in one instance. BBFC Guidelines at 15 state that violence may not dwell on the infliction of pain and injury. At least one of the scenes was judged to go beyond the scope of the Guidelines at 15. Other scenes imply strong violence, including torture, but in most instances the strong detail is not seen on screen. The film includes one scene of sexual violence, with the attack implied rather than portrayed.

Law Abiding Citizen contains a vigilante theme, with a man taking the concept of justice into his own hands and using violence against those who he judges to have failed him. This theme was also considered suitable only at 18. The BBFC Guidelines require caution with themes that appear to endorse illegal behaviour, such as violent revenge. In this instance there is some ambiguity as to how the vigilante is presented, with some dialogue references to the lack of wisdom of his choices, but this is counterbalanced with him being presented as a sympathetic character.

The film also includes frequent use of strong language.

The additional material is mostly plot and dialogue but the violent scenes, including the rape and torture, have been extended too.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The Director's Cut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon for release on 12th April 2010
The Director's Cut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

R Rated

The BBFC cut 5s from the 2005 Classic Entertainment DVD and 2010 Deagostini DVD. Cut required to a scene of animal cruelty (horse being ridden off a cliff into water)

Running time variations suggest that there are 2 versions doing the rounds.

The video was cut by 2s in 1995 for Warner and 4s in 2204 for MGM. Cut required to remove a cruel horse fall

No cuts noted for the 1996 Columbia/TriStar VHS

Cut by the BBFC in 2007. The distributor was required to make cuts in order to obtain a BBFC classification. Cuts were made to the sight of a man grabbing a woman's neck and a man inserting fingers into a woman's throat until she gags during sexual activity

• Vampire Woman
• Vampire Women
• The Rape of the Vampire
• La Reine des vampires

• Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3
• Leatherface
• Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
• TCM 3
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The uncut US Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2004 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2004 New Line R1 DVD at US Amazon

Note that other cuts were implemented at an early stage of editing. These scenes were never completed and the unprocessed rough cuts have become DVD extras.

Review from UK Amazon: Unique and interesting

The film itself is extremely well-acted, especially by the lead, Kate Hodge. It is however, not the most pleasant film you will ever see and if the filmmakers intended it to be a gruelling and punishing experience, they definitely succeeded.

The film doesn't entirely gel, probably due to the many cuts and all of the editing to comply with the censors, in order to secure a more mainstream release. Unfortunately, despite featuring several strong performances, excellent (and very gruesome) special make-up effects, the completed film is left damaged and confused in several key places. But, it is still one of the better entries in this particular series and is well-worth a look as a unique and interesting horror film.

cut

R Rated

The following cuts were made after poor audience previews and to enable the distributors to get a US R Rating:

• Alfredo using scissors to deface pictures of girls in a porn magazine
• Various blood spattered shots are missing from a chainsaw attack on Gina by a tree
• The scene or Ryan stuck in a mantrap is missing a shot of his blooded foot and a subsequent scream
• A shot of a pen stabbed into Michelle's leg and its removal by a little girl is missing along with the subsequent maniacal laughing about the incident
• A shot of Michelle's bloodied hand nailed to a chair is gone as is a shot of a hook in Ryan's leg as he is suspended upside down. Further scenes of these victim's predicaments are also cut. As have the lines with Tex teasing Ryan: Hey, if you need anything... just twitch!; and Tex teasing Michelle: Don't ever think of leaving! Not before diner!
• Missing shots of Alfredo with a cut off leg and kissing a severed head before spitting on it and chucking it away
• The little girl's big chance for a kill has been deleted. She gets to pull the chord that releases a large hammer that swings down to hit Ryan on the head. Subsequent drinking of a cup of Ryan's blood is also trimmed
• Leatherface marking a line across Michelle's face to aim his chainsaw is missing
• Missing shots of Tinker's finger stumps and his ear on a grill and blood spattering onto Michelle
• Missing shots of gandpa being shot
• Missing shots of Michelle ripping her hand to free it from the nail in the chair.
• Missing shots of mom dying and uttering son of a bitch with her last breath
• Michelle gets less hits on Leatherface's head with her rock

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove sight of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (digital penetration). An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor

• Long zai jiang hu

A very brief shot was cut from the dubbed VPD video release of this Brandon Lee H.K actioner.

• During the finale - the raid on Michael Wong's house - a bloody shot of Lee chopping a henchmen's throat has been trimmed.

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

Review from US Amazon: Brandon's sheer presence

I watched Legacy of Rage after I saw Brandon's final film, The Crow, and I was literally blown away. Unlike most dubbed films, Brandon's sheer presence and force of character made the film very watchable--I never had a sense that I was missing a part of his performance (although of course I was) because of the intense physical acting of his character.

The fight and shooting scenes are well balance with thoughtful character development. The final confrontation between Brandon and Michael is often compared to John Woo style Hollywood action epics, and rightly so...you will rewind it again and again to catch all the action! The initial fight scene between Brandon and the bully is a treat for Bruce Lee fans. Brandon does several Brucisms, like cracking his knuckles by clenching his fists, and such. This is the only time you will see Brandon emulate his father on film.

If you are a Brandon fan, this is a must see...forget about Laser Mission and Showdown in Little Tokyo...this is Brandon as good as Rapid Fire, with distinct foreshadowings of The Crow. Get it.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. A warning caption was added to the work, alerting viewers to the danger of performing some of the driving stunts portrayed in the work without proper safety measures.

• Fong Sai Yu
• Fang Shi Yu
• Fong Sai Yuk
• The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk
• The Prodigal Fighter

Video releases of 2001 & 2002 cut by 1s. Cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (horse tripped so that it falls forward onto head)

The Director's Cut is uncut and release MPAA unrated for:

• US 2005 Universal R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The additional material is non-contentious See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

PG

• UK 2002 20th Century Fox DVD
• UK 1986 Warner VHS
• UK 1985 cinema release

The 12 rated Carlton Video version cut by 5s when submitted in 2000. Cuts required to two shots of horses suffering harm while falling

• 7 Brothers Versus Dracula
• Dracula and the Seven Golden Vampires
• The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula

Downgraded to 15 and cuts waived when submitted in 2004

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

When the expedition party is attacked by the thugs right after they set out on the travel, the last of the baddies is killed by a sort of death grip, apparantly punctuating his jugular vein. This is shown in both the uncut, the old US edit and the US trailer! In the UK version you merely see the guy drop to the ground.

When the vampire lords later raid the village, the uncut version shows two girls being dragged out of their homes and stripped, showing their breasts. In the UK version we only see this happen to one of the girls very briefly.

Incidently the abbreviated USA release version of this film, The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula, shows this whole sequence three times, once with the image reversed. As well as removing nearly 20mins of exposition, this version re-structures the film's narrative in order to cram a number of action scenes (some of which are shown two or three times) into the film as early as possible. In addition to the narrative deletions you mention, the opening credits sequence now unfolds against stills of scenes of the vampires which actually occur about 15 mins into the original film, the flashback structure of the old man avenging his daughters death by killing the 7th golden vampire has been removed and this is now simply an unexplained action sequence near the beginning of the film before Van Helsing appears rather than contained within his lecture, the sequence in which the high priest meets Dracula in Translyvania has been rendered incomprehensible by the deletion of over 50% of the footage (and occurs about 10-15mins into the film rather than being the first scene), and a lot of the dialogue in the scenes in the cave (where the good-guys rest for the night) is also missing.

• Shih ba pan wu yi
• 18 Legendary Weapons of China
• Legendary Weapons of China

I guess that this could not be sold under the title 18 legendary weapons without being harangued by Trading Standards.

• Le6ion of the Dead
• Legion of the Dead

The Producer's Cut was passed 18 without cuts for:

• UK 2003 Anchor Bay R2 DVD

There is also a Director's Cut running 15minutes longer. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• Eskimo Limon
• Going All the Way

No BBFC cuts for the 2009 15 rated Arrow DVD.

From cuts details on IMDb:

DVD releases restore the previous cuts but feature an edited print which removes

• shots of Benji and Hughie preparing to undress
• a keyhole shot of the Hughie/Stella sex scene.

• Removed the scene where Benji sells his things to pay for Nikki's abortion
• Removed the scene where the boys scratch themselves in class.
• Cut to remove shots of Hughie thrusting between Stella's legs during the sex scene.

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Cut to remove shots of Hughie thrusting between Stella's legs during the sex scene.

Same cuts apply to the 1993 cinema release, 1993 Tartan video & 2008 Sound & Media DVD

Two cuts reported. Quoted from a posting by Michael Brooke:

The BBFC's interpretation of the Child Protection Act, after a bit of uncertainty in the late 1970s, now seems pretty consistent. Nudity in itself isn't enough to justify cutting - there has to be actual sexual contact of some kind. I don't mean full intercourse or anything like that - one of the two cuts that 'Leolo' suffered was of a couple of obviously under-age children stroking a woman's breasts.

'Leolo' is an ideal case study concerning what is or isn't permissible - having seen both the uncut and cut versions, I'm amazed by what they left in! Bizarrely, shots of an obviously underage boy stuffing raw liver down the front of his trousers, lying face down on the floor and squelching up and down on top of it *doesn't* contravene the Protection of Children Act, but a far more innocent shot such as the one I described above does!

The other cut is for cat molestation.

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

Review from US Amazon: Poetic Genius

Léolo is a rare work of pure poetic genius in film. It is a French-Canadian film that reminds me not only of the power of great cinema, but of the unlimited potential of the human imagination, and what it means to experience real love.

Equally enchanting and depressing, Jean-Claude Lauzon's Léolo tells the story of Léo Lauzon (Maxime Collin), a 12-year-old Montreal boy who is more comfortable living in his wild imagination than in the reality of his dysfunctional life. (He provides the voice-over narration for the film, from the perspective of an old man.) During the film one wonders, is this endearing boy slipping into schizophrenia (as mental illness afflicts his family), or does he simply prefer a life of dreams to a life obsessed with bowel movements.

In confronting themes of adolescent sexuality, mental illness, and physical and emotional abuse (all of which are a part of Léolo's life), the film contains several truly disturbing scenes (none of which seem gratuitous in the context of the film). One such scene involves the depiction of a tortured cat (sure to offend many viewers). (The scene is used to address parental concerns about their children's behaviour: which is worse, teenage smoking or acts of violence?) The soundtrack includes Tom Waits and the Rolling Stones. Not surprisingly, Time Magazine named this poignant, one-of-a-kind film one of the 100 best movies of all time. It is one of my 10 favorite films. It is a film that will haunt you.

• Leon: The Professional
• The Professional

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut uncut 15 when submitted in 2009 by Optimum

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

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

From US Amazon: Uncut version is worth the price!

I own both the US and international versions of this film, and the international edition is much better. Both versions carry a slight sexual tension throughout between Leon and Matilda, and the uncut version is more pronounced in this area, but that isn't the reason to buy it.

The extra 24 minutes on the uncut version provides a deeper understanding of the relationship between the two as the film progresses. For example, in the US version Matilda never becomes a real "cleaner" or hitman. It's only hinted at when they shoot a jogger from a rooftop with blanks. In the uncut version, Leon takes her completely under his wing and teaches her the trade, including scenes where the pair run around killing bad guys and such. In the process, Leon teaches her the "ring trick" by tossing a grenade at a victim and keeping the ring and grenade pin in his hand. This scene sets up the final scenes in the movie in a way that the US version left short and unexplained.

If you enjoyed the US version, you'll probably love the uncut version more, if only because the characters and their relationships are much deeper.

From cuts details on IMDb:

Missing scenes:

• Mathilda asking Leon to have sex with her and Leon refusing
• Leon explaining why he had to leave Italy and go to New York when he was 19 years old
• Mathilda and Leon sleeping together in a bed
• Mathilda threatening to shoot herself playing Russian roulette
• Leon and Mathilda hitting the home of a tattooed drug dealer, and setting fire to his supply of drugs
• New training missions where Mathilda learns the ropes of becoming an assassin
• Leon and Matilda going to a restaurant to celebrate her first hit

• The Devils
• Los Diablos

The cinema version was cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC justification: Cut required to scene in which young boy holds apparently erect penis.

Les Diables, a critically well received French drama about a pair of juvenile runaways, was considered in relation to the terms of the Protection of Children Act. The film was a sensitive study of two children, one with learning disabilities, struggling on the margins of society. The film focused on their relationship, not just with the wider world, but also with each other. Several scenes suggested that the children were beginning to become sexually aware and sexually attracted to each other. The parts were played by a boy and a girl who were both under 16 at the time of filming and a few scenes involved a certain amount of nudity. The Board took legal advice about these scenes and also consulted a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist about the psychological impact that taking part in the scenes may have had on the young persons involved. As a consequence, most of the scenes were allowed to pass but a cut was required to a scene which implied that the boy had become sexually aroused while splashing around in water with the girl. Although it was almost impossible to register at normal speed, on freeze frame it was possible to see that the boy’s penis was apparently erect. In order to comply with the Protection of Children Act, the potentially indecent images showing his arousal were removed.

No DVD or video version has yet been certified

Thanks to Daniel, May 2008: Nothing Explicit

 I remember the film because it was actually shown on BBC4 before it was shown theatrically in the UK, and the scene of the two underage actors splashing around in the bath prior to some apparently off screen sexual contact was intact. I remember at the time being startled by what the scene suggested, but I didn't see any sign of the explicit detail that prompted the BBFC to cut it.

• The Demoniacs
• Curse of the Living Dead Demoniacs
• Les Deux vierges pour Satan Diablesses
• L'Isola delle demoniache
• Tina, la naufrageuse perverse

Cut in 2004 with the following BBFC statement: Cuts required to remove an image of rape and accompanying images of sexualised nudity which further eroticise the sexual violence.

The US Image Entertainment DVD is missing the graphic rape sequence between Tina and the Captain. This footage was left out at the director's request due to personal reasons he had with his distributor at the time.

• French Erotic Fantasies
• The Grande Sensualists

The BBFC cut the 1978 cinema release

See Justine's Hot Nights

11:11s unofficial pre-cuts and a further 40s cut by the BBFC

The BBFC cut 7:12s when submitted in 2007: Distributor chose to make several cuts to real, unsimulated sexual activity (oral-genital contact, penetration with finger and masturbation). An R18 was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cuts sight of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (oral genital contact, dildo penetration and masturbation). An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor.

One woman sucks and licks a dildo but interaction with a chunk of plastic is considered too risque for the Brits

10:22s pre-cut

The BBFC cut the 2009 3rd Millenium DVD by 13s: Distributor chose to make one cut to sexual detail (in this case clear sight of oral genital contact in cunnilingus). An 'R18' without cuts was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to make one cut to sight of penile shaft during vaginal penetration

The Director's cut was passed uncut for the 1998 & 1998 Warner video/DVD versions.

From version details on IMDb

The Director's Cut (available from Warner Bros. Home Video) features 7 minutes of additional footage.

• In a new trailer scene, Riggs smashes his tv with a beer bottle
• Murtaugh, before partnering with Riggs, goes to practice at the firing range.
• Riggs, before the dope shoot out, answers a call in a school yard with a sniper. Riggs walks out into the line of fire and kills the sniper, emptying his clip into him.
• Riggs returns home to show off his new TV to his dog
• Riggs, after leaving Murtaugh's house, goes out to solicit a prostitute. The aftermath is not shown, but Riggs says he wants to take her home to watch The 3 Stooges with him; for this he pays her $100.

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

The Theatrical Version was passed 15 with cuts waived for:

• UK 2010 Warner Online
• UK 2010 Warner video

The 1999 Warner Director's Cut is hardly the director's cut as it was cut by the BBFC. These cuts apply to all previous UK releases too.

• A scene has been removed soon after Mel Gibson sees the body of Patsy Kensit in which he kills two guards. The first one is beaten with a chain and the second has his head rammed in a car door (a definite BBFC no-no).
• There is also a cut close-up of a bad guy being shot during a shortened climatic scene. Multiple shots were reduced to just one.

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

The US Theatrical Version was submitted for the 1992 Warner video and passed 18 with the usual cuts

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 15 uncut for the 1998 Warner video

From version details on IMDb

3 uncontentious scenes have been added to make the Director's Cut:

• Trish forces Roger to wear body armor
• Rianne visits Riggs, who's watching the Stooges with Sam and the Rottweiler
• Riggs, Murtaugh, and Lorna threaten to run over Tyrone's head with a car if he didn't give up Travis.

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

Cuts apply to the 1998 cinema release and 1998-9 Warner video/DVDs

The BBFC said that the re-edited version removed 90 seconds of personal injury and sadism. The UK distributors voluntarily cut the incidence of neck breaks, head butts, garrotting, eye gouging and the noisy breaking of bones in five of the seven reels.

• The fight scene towards the beginning of the film where Jet Li kills an accomplice is missing Jet Li breaking the guy's hand and then stamping on his foot after which he grabs the guy by the face  and knees him.
• In the same scene we  don't get to see the wire being strapped tightly around the guy's throat.
• Towards the end, when the Chinese family is brought to the forgery workshop, and the old character goes to his his uncle, we don't get to see the guy's neck being snapped.   The implication still remains though.
• In the major fight scene in Murtaghs house between Jet Li's thugs, Gibson, Russo and Glover there are many many small cuts to remove scenes of contact. This includes punches, kicks and the knife scenes. A pregnant Russo beating a thug is trimmed as is Jet Li kicking Russo in the head as she enters the door.
• The final scene is considerably cut in the same way, including Gibsons repeated Headbutt to Jet Li. Also as in Goldeneye the sound volume is reduced to make the fight impacts less severe.
• During the car chase on the freeway the death of the Chinese man is cut. On The US DVD you see an obviously fake floppy dummy hit by the bus, but the UK DVD cuts before the impact

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

No cuts listed for the 2007 DVD release but the running time and lack of BBFC comments suggest this is the same as the 1999 version

Cut for a PG cert.

The line 'you mustn't fuck with the Department of Motor vehicles' has been deleted. (Presumably to keep the certificate at a PG).

When the film was first released on sell-through video, Fox put out the uncut version by mistake.

• Licence Revoked

1989 UK James Bond film by John Glen II

All BBFC cuts waived when MGM DVD resubmitted in 2005

Thanks to Gavin:

The 2006 Ultimate Edition includes *all* the previously cut MPAA and BBFC footage, making it the first totally uncut DVD release in the world.

The Ultimate Edition is available on region 2 DVD at UK Amazon

MGM Home Entertainment

Some cuts waived video when resubmitted in 2000

• A missing shot of Felix Leiter with a missing limb de to shark attack
• Some blood splashes from the guy in the decompression chamber have been cut
• Shortened shots of Dario coming to a bloody end in the straw cutter
• In the scene where Talisa Soto gets whipped by Sanchez (Robert Davi ); we see him pick up the whip and then the film cuts to the outside of the building, the sounds of her screams were edited out
• a slight cut to Bond's (Timothy Dalton's) climatic fight with Sanchez. There is less of Sanchez walking when engulfed in flame

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Sex video by Gerald A Whiting (Liquid Gold)

• Miu meng yan che
• Deadly Life of a Ninja

Cut when submitted in 1986

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• La Luz del fin del mundo

Cut by 35s when submitted for DVD in 2004. Compulsory cut required to the clear sight of horse deliberately tripped and falling head over heels.

The violence cut from the cinema release was restored but was 15 rated

From cuts details on IMDb:

MGM had acquired the United Kingdom release rights in the movie and were intent on releasing it in Britain as their major Christmas film for all the family.

Unfortunately the BBFC would only grant the film an X certificate, barring all under sixteen years of age from seeing it. What MGM had perceived as a jolly action romp was deemed by the UK censors to be an excessively violent film suitable only for adults.

In tandem with the censors MGM made extensive cuts, but still the censors would only grant an A certificate, meaning that children could only be admitted to see the film if accompanied by an adult.

Virtually all of the graphic violence in the original film was excised and the British release of the movie was not a success.

The Wim Wenders Definitive Version as was passed uncut for the AA rated 1981 cinema release, 15 rated Anchor Bay DVD and 15 rated Axiom DVD.

From version details on IMDb:

After Nicholas Ray died, Wenders was too depressed to help edit the film, so he left it to his friend Peter Przygodda. Przygodda spent a year working on it and this was the 116-minute version shown at the Cannes Film Festival. Wenders however, was disturbed by this version and found it depressing and obscure. He spent three months with Chris Sievernich re-editing the film. Aside from cutting more than 25 minutes, he added more footage of Susan as well as his narration of Ray's diary. This is the 91-minute definitive version of the movie.

Cut by 13s when submitted in 2007: Distributor chose to make one cut to clear sight of oral-genital contact. An R18 was available to the distributor.

The 2002 cinema release and 2003 Buena Vista DVD was cut with the following justification: Distributor chose to remove sight of dangerous activity which might be copied by young children (child character emerging from a hiding place inside a washing machine or tumble drier) in order to achieve a U. A 12 uncut was available to the distributor.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• Captive Women
• Die Nackten Superhexen vom Rio Amore
• Naked Super Witches of the Rio Amore
• Orgía de ninfómanas
• Orgy of the Nymphomaniacs
• The Story of Linda 

Cut when submitted in 1984

• Hot Neon

BBFC cuts were also waived for the 2007 Blackhorse DVD which is also noted as a re-edited version

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to make 4 cuts to unsimulated sexual activity (penetration with finger and vibrators)

The Softcore Version was cut by 11:41s for the 2009 Portland DVD. The distributor chose to remove clearly unsimulated sexual detail (penetration with dildo and vibrator). In addition, compulsory cuts were required to remove references to and the sight of abusive activity and breath restriction.

The Uncut Hardcore Version runs at 138:25s so at least 14:57s have been cut in total.

Cut in 2008: Cuts required to remove sexualised posing and sexualised images accompanied by strong verbal sexual references, in order to achieve a 15 classification. An uncut 18 was available.

• Linsey Dawn and her sister

The BBFC cut the 2007 Liquid Gold DVD by 6s: A compulsory cut was required to remove references likely to encourage an interest in sexually abusive activity (in this case, the work’s title which suggested that the two female performers were sisters).

The BBFC cut the 2010 Netcollex DVD by 2s. Distributing company chose to remove unsimulated sexual detail (dildo penetration) . An uncut R18 was available.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove sight of bloody violence to achieve the 12A category. A 15 uncut was available.

• El rey león

The BBFC passed the Special Edition U uncut for the 2003 Buena Vista DVD.

This is considered more a DVD extra than an alternative version of the film. It contains an extra song.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Both versions are on region 2 DVD available at UK Amazon
Both versions are on region 1 DVD available at US Amazon

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cut shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (in this case, oral-genital contact). An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor.

• Lèvres de sang
• Suck Me Vampire (hardcore version)
• Suce-moi vampire (hardcore version)

No cuts when submitted for DVD in 2004. However there is a hardcore titled Suck Me Vampire in the US and Suce-moi vampire in France.

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

See review from IMDb: One of Rollin's best

This stylish vampire epic is one of Rollin's best. We have the usual Rollin ingredients on hand, nocturnal settings, catacombs, coffins and semi nude vampires lurking the night. Unlike Franco who would delve further into the salacious aspects, Rollin tends to blend his lustful elements into his crafty settings giving the viewer a very unique contrast. This film is a must see for any eclectic Rollin fan.

• El secreto de la momia egipcia
• Le sang des autres
• Les chemins de la violence
• Love Brides of the Blood Mummy
• Perversions sexuelles

The 1973 cinema release was cut by the BBFC

The submitted running time was noted as 85:08s = 81:44s

The BBFC cut the 1989 CIC video by 2:54s. The cuts were to a scene of sexual assault

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

• The House of Exorcism
• Lisa e il diavolo

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Original Version was passed 18 uncut under the title  Lisa and the Devil for:

• 1992 Redemption VHS
• 1987 Guild VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated, containing both versions of the film:

• 2000 Image Special Edition R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Lisa and the Devil vs The House of Exorcism

Lisa (Elke Sommer) is a foreigner in a tourist group. While admiring a fresco of the devil (which looks amazingly like Telly Savalas), she hears music and is drawn to it, abandoning the tourist group in the process. This leads her to a man (Telly Savalas) carrying a life-sized dummy. Lisa recognizes him as the devil from the painting and from this moment on the viewer is taken for a nightmarish journey that's hard to tell which is actually real or a hallucination. Not that the end result is a mess, far from it; it is remarkable how Bava holds such a non-linear plot together so well where other filmakers before and since failed and it's easy to see why this is Bava's favorite film. The cast ensemble is excellent and so is the direction. It's definitely one of his best.

Unfortunately Leone couldn't find a distributor for this film. Seeing the success of The Exorcist, Leone had Bava reshoot some scenes that had Lisa posessed (spouting profanities, spewing pea soup, and so on). Bava balked at filming material he felt was blasphemous, so he walked and Leone finished filming the scenes, edited them into Lisa And The Devil, and called it The House Of Exorcism. The end result is really pathetic and an insult to Mario Bava's movie. 

The BBFC cut 1:24s from the 2009 DVD: Company chose to make cuts to remove sight of clearly unsimulated oral-genital contact. An uncut 'R18' was available to the distributor.

The R18 version runs at 107:43s so a total of at least 7:05s has been cut

1:00s

The cut US R Rated version was passed 15 after a further 16s of BBFC cuts for the 1992 EIV video.

From cuts details on IMDb

• BBFC edits to secure a '15' rating with cuts to detailed shots of home-made explosive being constructed from fertilizer.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• The US R rated version was cut by 1:00s minute to tone down the love scene between Brosnan and Eilbacher

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

Released when the R18 guidelines were temporarily eased

• A couple of sights of semen have been deleted
• A man seen with his face against another guys buttocks has been deleted
• The BBFC have cut a close up of a finger on the grounds that it implied anal penetration. Come now BBFC, it is a legal sexual activity you know. It is bad enough the legal side of what the BBFC do, I wish they would at least keep away from moral judgement of people's sexual preferences.

Cut by 3s when submitted in 2008 with the following BBFC comment:

The distributor chose to cut two uses of the term 'spaz' in order to achieve a 'U' classification. A '12' without cuts was available to the distributor.

The term alluding to spastic was removed from the line: If I was wearing the most kickin’ outfit but my shoes made me look like a spaz, you’d tell me, right?.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• Non si Deve Profanare il Sonno dei Morti
• The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
• Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
• The Living Dead
• Breakfast at the Manchester Morgue
• Don't Open the Window
• No Profanar el Sueno de los Muertos
• Fin de Semana Para los Meurtos
• Weekend Per i Morti
• Le Massacre des Morts-Vivants
• Invasion der Zombies
• Zombi 3
• Da Dove Vieni
• Das Leichenhaus der Lebenden Toten

All BBFC cuts were waived for the 2002 Blue Underground DVD and 2010 Optimum DVD.

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

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: British Mini

Watching this film was a real treat as it was devoid of the usual American teenage students being slaughtered and was even filmed here in the U.K. It's full of 1960's/70's kitsch and the hero's even drive a real British Mini, a link copied in a recent advertisement campaign! The picture quality is excellent so you can see the Zombies in all their lurid excellence and so are the extra's and packaging. If you only ever buy one Zombie movie, make it this one!

The 1:27s pre-cut cinema version was submitted for video in 1985 by Network Distribution. The BBFC demanded 26s of further cuts. This release was titled The Living Dead at  Manchester Morgue

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Removed shots of the policeman's mutilated body
• Removed all footage of flesh eating
• Removed shots of zombies on fire
• Removed the killing of the Doctor with an axe
• Removed a nurse being eviscerated and her breast ripped off.

The Living Dead was listed as a video nasty in October 1983 but it was dropped from the list in April 1985

The submitted running time was noted as 92:33s = 88:51s

• La Morte Vivante

uncut

The Redemption DVD submitted in 2007 was passed uncut by the BBFC

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

Review from Amazon UK: Very euro-horror

The Living Dead Girl is easily my favorite of the 7 Jean Rollin DVD's released thus far by Image and it's the only one in my permanent collection.

If you like your euro-horror a little sexier, a lot gorier, and even quite humorous, you cannot go wrong here. From the opening scene with the grave robbers being disfigured by toxic vapors (hilariously fake) to later ultra-gory scenes as our tragic zombie-female-vamp dispatches one victim after another with her long sharp fingernails or devours their necks in extra-long munching scenes, this one delivers the goods!

It has a very euro-horror feel to it and is not as esoteric and heady as some of the other Rollin films. Although French, it easily would appeal to fans of Italian horror as well...so if you're not a big Rollin fan, you may want to give this one a chance anyway.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• Cuts to a shot of a woman with a knife in her throat spurting blood onto her killer
• Catherine sticking her finger into a victim's neck has been shortened. With further cuts as Catherine digs into the victim's guts.
• Cuts to a slow and relentless disembowelling as a woman victim is fed to a female vampire.
• A scene of Helene slashing a woman's stomach has been deleted
• A shot of Catherine eating from Helene's neck has been significantly shortened. As has Catherine continuing slow and relentless disembowelling of her victim. Catherine's dessert of a nice tasty thumb has also been cut.

The Darkside video release is rumoured to have been issued uncut.

Cut by 13s when video submitted in 1990

Thanks to Bleach:

• At 22 mins -Reduce to establishment only, scalpel incisions into dead woman's neck, and remove entire pulling back of skin to reveal flesh.
• At 86 mins - When transvestite dances with breasts bared before young man who stabs towards camera, remove all sight of slashed bleeding neck.
• At 88.5 mins - When ghoulish couple taunt young man holding gun, remove close ups of decomposed breasts exploding when fired at.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Very Weird

Don't expect some type of slasher flick, but what you can expect is a sick twisted love story of a man in love and living with a corpse as it rots, he imagines the corpse talking to him as he cooks for it buys it clothes sleeps with it (not sexually , he does make out with it one time).

Overall the plot is good but at several points does drag and get boring but it still remains very weird.

Banned when submitted in 2006

No BBFC justification provided so far.

Available uncut from Canadian Hentai

Description from Canada Hentai

Working for a moving company, Shouji is invited to a party by a girl named Yuika. However, he is drugged, and multiple women take advantage of him, and rape him repeatedly. When he recovers his memory, he finds himself stuffed in a cardboard box on the railroad tracks, with a suicide note stuffed inside. Shocked, he frantically escapes from the cardboard box. Vowing revenge, he sets off to Yuika's residence. He pretends to be a delivery man, and enters her apartment. There, he stuffs her in a box and takes her to a hideout where she will be used as a lure to contact the other party members that violated him. Watch the depravity of Shouji's revenge as he hunts down and boxes up the women for his carnal revenge...

• Una lucertola con la pelle di donna
• Schizoid
• A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

The BBFC passed a long version 18 uncut for the 2010 Optimum DVD.

This appears to be the fully uncut version aggregating the most complete version from several international releases.

See cuts details from dvdcompare.net

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

Review from UK Amazon: Psychedelic

This film is normally grouped together with other Italian based films under the banner of Giallo. Which having now seen this film, does it a serious disservice. Many of the Giallo films feel like an excuse for naked writhing ladies, stalking killers, and psychedelic soundtracks. While not always a bad thing(!) the plot and acting tends to come way down in the pecking order.

Not so with this film. Visually this movie is stunning. Lots of superbly thought out hallucination scenes show the main character's decent into possible madness with really quite jarring effect. Yes there's the naked beauties and 60's soundtrack, but neither of these feel like they've been shoehorned in for the sake of it. In fact the psychedelic party at the start of the film only adds to the uneasiness of everything.

The script has more twists and turns than a basket full of snakes. You're left wondering what's going to happen right up to the very end of this film.

Forget about movie genres and pigeon holes, this film is quite simply just a cracking ride from start to finish.

From the running times this seems to be the Italian Version

The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2005 Universal Shotgun Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1999 Universal R2 DVD

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2006 Universal Locked 'n' Loaded R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDB, New footage included in director's cut:

• at the very start of film, Ed is shown explaining the rules of 3 Card Brag to two people;
• the scene where Big Chris goes to see the man on the sunbed is longer
• Tom, Soap and Bacon are shown walking through the pub to the bar while Ed is playing cards
• the earlier stages of the card game are shown
• Alan explains to Ed the "history" between JD and Harry
• when Barry is talking to the two scousers the dialogue is different
• when Big Chris is walking into Harry's office near the end, he meets the man who was on the sunbed near the start of the film.
• when Ed is being interviewed by the police you see him finishing explaining the rules of 3 Card Brag to them (as seen at very start)
• just before the credits, you see Soap telling a whole joke in the car when they are coming back from the job
• three outtakes are shown during the credits: one with Soap telling a joke, the next where Barry asks one of the scouser's for an ice cream and one where a guy runs onto the set.
• there's also a scene prior to Big Chris coming in to Harry's when he'll be told about the boys' debt. The Baptist questions if Chris is loyal, and Harry tells a story and we see Big Chris knock 2 guys out in an elevator collecting a debt

• UK 2010 Universal Blu-ray
• UK 2004 4 Front VHS
• UK 1999 Polygram VHS
• UK 1998 cinema release

Slightly pre-cut

The BBFC passed the 2010 Eros DVD 15 uncut.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove scenes depicting unsimulated sexual activity (apparently unsimulated dildo penetration and vigorous masturbation)

The BBFC passed the Long Version 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2009 BFI DVD.

Still not as long as the original version submitted for the 1964 cinema release

The submitted running time was notes as 82:07s = 78:50s

• Virgin Wives
• Zum zweiten Frühstück: Heiße Liebe

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

The submitted running time was noted as 79:15s

The cinema version was uncut, The BBFC justified the cuts as follows: The Board removed sight of horses being deliberately tripped and forced into somersault.

This does not appear to be the full story as there is not enough horse tripping to explain away 95s of cuts.

Thanks to Mark

BBC 1 recently showed its usual full uncut version. The 95 seconds of cuts on the BBFC database are nonsense. The only cuts made to the video/DVD are 4 seconds. This footage is of the forward somersault of a horse shot from under Robert Carradine.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove one use of bad language for a U classification

Same cut version released for cinema and video

• Zei Zang
• The Bloody Tattoo
• Chaak Chong

The BBFC film cuts were waived when the DVD was submitted in 2004

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

• Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions

The 1996 Warner Home Video and 2000 MGM DVD were the uncut unrated Director's Cut

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

Review from US Amazon: Good amount of shocks

Based on his short story The Last Illusion, Clive Barker helmed this adaptation entitled Lord of Illusions, and offers up a good amount of shocks, scares, gore, and a near excellent plot

Scott Bakula stars as private detective Harry D'amour, and he gets involved with a bizarre case involving a magician (Kevin J. O'Connor) who years before had killed prophet and mentor Nix (played to perfection by Daniel Von Bargen). However, Nix has seemingly been resurrected, and he and his followers have plans on the destruction of the world.

Just about everything about Lord of Illusions is great: the visual effects and Barker's direction and storytelling are great, but there are some plot holes and now and then some crummy acting (courtesy of the beautiful Famke Janssen), but for the most part Lord of Illusions is a great horror film from one of the great masters of horror.

The R rated version lost sex, gore and also some plot details

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

There are no BBFC cuts to the Extended Version released Entertainment in Video DVD in 2002 and for cinema in 2003

The extra scenes are non-contentious and are included to add depth to the plot:

See version details on IMDb

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

There are no BBFC cuts to the Extended Version released by Entertainment in Video DVD in 2003 and for cinema in 2003

The extra scenes are non-contentious and are included to add depth to the plot:

See version details on IMDb

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

• Der Herr der Ringe - Die Rückkehr des Königs
• The Return of the King

uncut

There are no BBFC cuts to the Extended Version released Entertainment in Video DVD in 2004

The extra scenes are non-contentious and are included to add depth to the plot:

See version details on IMDb

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

• American Knights

Unrated

The Director's Cut/Unrated Extended Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2006 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2005 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com:

• The Unrated Extended Cut runs 3:19s longer and contains additional scenes as well as strong language dropped from the US PG-13 release

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PG-13

• UK 2005 cinema release

A cut TV Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for the 2010 optimum DVD

• National Lampoon's Lost Reality

The 2007 Wienerworld DVD was pre-cut as per the 2005 DVD but extended footage has been added

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• Frauen im Liebeslager

Not to be confused with the banned  Love Camp 7, a US film by RL Frost

Cut in 2004 with the following BBFC justification: A cut was required to remove a scene of graphic sexual violence. It in fact showed a naked virgin being held down and her hymen being broken using a riding crop.

• Lager Femminile
• Camp Special No 7
• Nazi Love Camp 7

The BBFC rejected the Film 2000 DVD:

LOVE CAMP 7 is an exploitation film set in a Nazi 'love camp' during the second World War. The film contains numerous scenes of women prisoners being abused, tortured and humiliated by their Nazi captors. Indeed the whole purpose of the work is to invite male viewers to relish the spectacle of naked women being humiliated for their titillation. LOVE CAMP 7 contains both eroticised depictions of sexual violence and repeated association of sex with restraint, pain,and humiliation. These sequences were in clear contravention of the Board's strict policy on depictions of sexual violence, which prohibits scenes that eroticise or endorse sexual assault. The possibility of cuts was considered. However, because the sexual violence runs throughout the work cutting was not considered to be a viable option.

The Australian Region 0 2005 DVD from Siren Visual Entertainment is uncut

This uncut region 0 DVD is available via UK Amazon

See review from IMDb: Don't Take Seriously

The violence and sexploitation are best taken as tongue-in-cheek. By enjoying the exploits of the two WAC officers, Maria Lease and Kathy Williams, the movie is quite entertaining.

Both Lease and Williams could pass as Playboy Playmates. Both girls have no less than four scenes each were their wares are sampled - talk about copping a feel, these horny Nazis devour these two toothsome actresses!

The video was listed as a video nasty in April 1985 and stayed on the list throughout the panic so became one of the collectible DPP39s

• Caribbean Papaya
• Papaya dei Caraibi
• Die of Pleasure
• Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2010 Shameless R0 DVD at UK Amazon

The UK release is the longest available with deleted scenes re-inserted

• Libesbriefe einer Portugiesischen Nonne

The BBFC passed the film in 2004 with extensive cuts with the following statement: The cuts were Compulsory. Distributor was required to cut indecent images of a child under the terms of the Protection of Children Act 1978, and images of sexualised torture.

Resubmissions of old works highlighted the impact of the change in the definition of a child. Love Letters Of A Portuguese Nun featured sexualised nudity involving an actress who was under 18 at the time of filming. The BBFC judged some of the images to be indecent and cuts were therefore made.

• All reference to Susan Hemingway’s nakedness have been removed in their entirety, this includes the actual torture scenes.

Presumably the actress was over the age of consent though, so this video has fallen victim to the knee jerks of the UK parliament who perversely declared that legal acts are illegal to film.

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2009 Revelation R2 DVD titled Swedish Erotica Collection 2 at UK Amazon

The BBFC noted in the 2009 Annual Report: Collection 2, Swedish Erotica, a compilation of three early 1970s films from Sweden (Wide Open, Love Play and More About the Language of Love) was passed 18 without cuts. The work, which includes explicit images of sexual activity, is now very dated. By contemporary standards it is clearly not a sex work, but rather a genuine attempt to inform and educate, and the Board concluded that there was sufficient contextual justification to allow these scenes at 18.

• Le avventure e gli amori di Scaramouche
• Loves and Lives of Scaramouche

The BBFC cut 1s from the 12 rated 2010 Cornerstone DVD. A cut was required on the ground of Animal Cruelty, in this case to remove sight of an illegal horse fall

When submitted in 2007, the film was pre-cut by 32 positions but still required a further 4:56s of cuts with the following BBFC justification: Distributor chose to remove scenes of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (in this case, vaginal penetration and oral-genital contact)

Presumably the BBFC weren't convinced by the educational value of advanced sexual positions

Released uncut in 2006 entitled The Loving Sex Series: 101 Advanced Sexual Positions for Lovers: Vol 1

The BBFC cut 3:22s when submitted in 2007 by Alexander Institute: Distributor chose to remove sexual detail (penetration by fingers and vibrator and oral genital contact). An uncut 'R18' was available.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cut shots of unsimulated sexual activity. An 'R18' uncut was available to the distributor

The BBFC cut 13s from the 2010 Studio 18 DVD.  The work had cuts made for two scenes of animal cruelty (in this instance, several images of cockfighting)

Cut when submitted in 2008. Distributor chose to make cuts to explicit sexual detail (in this case clear sight of vaginal penetration) to achieve an '18' certificate. An 'R18' without cuts was available to the distributor.

Warner video/DVD releases of 1990 and 2002 were uncut as is the 2008 Optimum DVD.

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

See review from IMDb: Cult Following

Just when the Hammer Christopher Lee Dracula franchise began to run out of steam in the late sixties, the company revved up its product by turning to Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla and filming several versions of the novel.

The other most interesting one is Vampire Lovers, which keeps far closer to the plot of the book and has a more sustained sense of mood and atmosphere,.

Lust is admittedly shaky in terms of script, and the ambiance is on again off again (but wow is it terrific when it's on). What makes this click with so many horror buffs, in particularly those who love lesbian vampire films, is the one-time star Yvette Stensgard, a gorgeous Scandanavian child-woman who looks absolutely innocent (particularly when her eyes fetchingly cross), even the moment before she rips open the neck of her next victim. Lots of nudity, with nothing but blood covering her nubile body.

A genuine cult following has formed around this film because of Stensgard's devastating charisma, which would never be properly employed again, by Hammer or any other company.

• The 1970 cinema version suffered minor BBFC edits with a token cut made to the love scene between Mircalla and Amanda.

The submitted running time was noted as 95:15s = 91:26s

• Ai nu xin zhuan

The BBFC cut the 1985 cinema release by 2:20s

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to make multiple cuts throughout the tape to remove frequent sight of unsimulated masturbation, and sight of digital penetration and oral-genital contact