BBFC Cuts L: Ln-Lz

Summary Notes

Ravi Kumar is clearly the black sheep of the Kumar family, and has been so for years. He is unemployed, uncouth, and gets into fist fights and trouble all the time. And then a man is killed...

• 1996 Eros International VHS

• 1996 cinema release

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Exists as a Theatrical Version and Director's Cut

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

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

• 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

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

Lockout

The US Theatrical Version was cut for a PG-13. Other releases are uncut

Unrated

• 2012 EIV RB-Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2012 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2012 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 Sony R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2012 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . Shootings and fighting were reduced in 18 shortish cuts

Not cut but the strong violence in a Superhero film was 15 rated by the BBFC. The BBFC reported a little feedback calling for an 18 rating.

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Summary Notes

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.

Lois & Clark: That Old Gang of Mine

Lois & Clark: The House of Luthor

Slightly pre-cut

See Twinky

Lolita

cut

R Rated

The cut R Rated version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2000 Pathe R2 DVD
• 1999 Fox Pathe VHS
• 1998 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Though Dawn Mauer was used as a body double for all nude scemes featuring Lolita (Dominique Swain), director Adrian Lyne bowed to public pressure and cut all of them from the film for its U.S. release. They reportedly exist in its original European release.
• Two scenes involving nudity from the body double were originally intended to be included as supplemental footage in the UK DVD release but were banned by the BBFC.

Lolita: DVD Extras:

• The Comic Book
• The Lake Point Cottage

• 2000 Pathe R2 DVD

The BBFC explained:

After careful consideration the Board has determined that these two scenes, which are more explicit versions of scenes present in the feature version of Lolita, are not suitable for classification at any category. They are NOT present on the Region 1 DVD.

The Comic Book and The Lake Point Cottages both contain strong depictions of sexual conduct between the adult Humbert Humbert and the 14 year old Lolita. In the case of the feature version of Lolita, the lack of specific sexual detail within the overall context of the film allowed the Board to classify Lolita in the adult category. In the case of these two works, however, we are presented with out-of-context sexualised images of an underaged girl. These scenes both contain images of sexual nudity and behaviour which were not present in the feature version and which are made even more problematic when presented in isolation or out of context as here.

In The Comic Book, we see a brief shot of Lolita's bare breasts (not present in the feature version) as well as lingering close up shots of Lolita's legs, caressed by Humbert. The atmosphere of the scene is highly sexually charged. In The Lake Point Cottages, we once again have an extended version of a scene passed in the feature version of the film. As with The Comic Book, we are presented with shots of Lolita's breasts and torso and a brief shot of pubis as her knickers are pulled down. These shots were not present in the version of the film presented to the Board for classification and would not have been passed had they been included.

Our main concern with these highly eroticised scenes is that they mightinvite feelings of arousal towards a child. We have a particular concern in the context of DVD extras where the scenes in question can be readily accessed and replayed at any speed. The obvious sexualisation of a 14 year old girl with the use of such provocative detail must raise concerns about the potential misuse of this material by those predisposed to seek illegal sexual encounters. There is, in the Board's view, a serious possibility of 'harm' being caused to some individuals, and potentially through their actions, to society more widely.

The Board has therefore refused cetificates to these two works.

London Dreams

The BBFC passed the 2010 Eros DVD 15 uncut.

There seems to be a payment dispute that has led to the possibility of a Director's cut and a Producer's Cut. It seems that Amber Heard was not keen on doing a sex scene so the film makers faked the scene with a body double. However Heard was not impressed by the fact that some viewers would think that she had done the sex scene. So she is now seeking to have the film blocked via court action.

Summary Notes

Clairvoyant femme fatale Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. She begins a tangled love affair with three uniquely different men: one of whom she knows will be her murderer.

London in the Raw

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1965 cinema release. The same cut version was passed 15 for 2009 home video and was released with an alternative short version that included the cut material.

Summary Notes

"The world's greatest city laid bare!", roars the tagline to LONDON IN THE RAW (1964), a salacious documentary that tours the strip-clubs and underground dives of the still-swinging city.

best
available

• 2015 Bfi Video R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2009 BFI R0 [Cinema + Short versions] Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2009 BFI R2 [Cinema + Short versions] DVD at UK Amazon

This version contains the BBFC censored footage but has been significantly shortened by removing uncontentious material

cinema submitted
82:07s =78:50s

• 2015 Bfi Video R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2009 BFI [Cinema + Short versions] R0 Blu-ray
• 2009 BFI [Cinema + Short versions] R2 DVD

UK: Passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for:

• 1964 cinema release

BBFC cuts from John Hamilton's book Beasts in the Cellar:

• In sequence in which prostitute entices man to her room, remove all shots in the room after the woman puts money in her blouse. Remove whole sequence in which men watch women in static poses on a stage.
• Shorten the sequence in which beatniks paint a half-naked model. Shorten the sequence in the Paint Box Club, and in particular remove all close shots of the two models.
• Remove entire sequence in Pink Elephant Club in which female impersonator appears.
• In Venus Room, there must be considerable reduction of shots of nude or semi-nude women. In particular close shots should be removed and also the final long shots of the women on the stage. In the montage at the end, remove all close shots of naked or semi-naked nude women and of the female impersonator.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

• Kozure Ôkami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru
• Lone Wolf & Cub: Sword of Vengeance
• Sword of Vengeance
• Sword of Vengeance I

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1999 VHS. Later released uncut for 2009 18 rated DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Review: A great start to the series

This is the 1st film in the original series of six. However for some releases parts 1 & 2 are combined into one episode, Shogun Assassin. It is generally held that it is better to watch the series in its original 6 parts.

The story of a Ronin (masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.

An original take on Samurai movies with the main character carrying around his infant son in an armed and dangerous baby cart. His infant son even helps him in battle sometime. No big surprise that this all is being based on a manga-series, by Kazuo Koike, who also contributed to this movie its script.

The violence is deliberately over-the-top and the entire series is well known for featuring fountains of blood, whenever someone gets struck down or gets a limb or head cut off.

The movie is good looking with fine directing and is a great start to the series.

Unrated

• 2017 Sony/Criterion Lone Wolf and Cub set R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2009 Eureka Complete Lone Wolf & Cub Boxset R2 DVD at UK Amazon

However there is no record of an uncut version on the BBFC database

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2016 Criterion Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2016 Criterion Collection R1 DVD at US Amazon
• 2012 Animeigo [Lone Wolf & Cub 1-6] RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2007 Animeigo R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1999 Arts Magic VHS

The BBFC cuts were:.

• Cut to the the decapitation of the baby emperor.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

• Kozure Ôkami: Shinikazeni mukau ubaguruma
• Baby Cart to Hades
• Lend a Child
• Lend an Army
• Lightning Swords of Death
• Baby Cart
• Lupine Wolf
• Sword of Vengeance, Part III

BBFC cuts were required for an 18 rated 1999 VHS. Released uncut for 2009 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Review: An astonishing, great film

This is the 3rd film in the original series of six. However for some releases parts 1 & 2 are combined into one episode, Shogun Assassin, and then this film becomes the 2nd in a series of five.

In this episode Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

An astonishing, great film. Wakayama Tomisaburo does not just act, he embodies. To me, this amazing actor is Lone Wolf of the Kazure Okami comic book series (itself a masterpiece). I can never get enough of looking at him.

Most people focus on the violence of these films, which is done beautifully, but for me, the most important thing is the simple, pure, and usually wordless characterization of the relationship between father and son.

Unrated

• 2017 Sony/Criterion Lone Wolf Cub set R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2009 Eureka Complete Lone Wolf & Cub Boxset R2 DVD at UK Amazon

However there is no record of an uncut version on the BBFC database

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2016 Criterion Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2016 Criterion Collection R1 DVD at US Amazon
• 2012 Animeigo [Lone Wolf & Cub 1-6] RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2012 AnimEigo 5 Film Collector's Set RA Blu-ray
• 2007 Animeigo R1 DVD at US Amazon
• 2005 Animeigo [Lone Wolf and Cub Box-Set] R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1999 Artsmagic  VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• Cut to edit violence during the attempted rape of 2 women by a samurai gang and their subsequent killing by Kanbei

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

• Rebel with a Cause

Cut by the BBFC for 1962 cinema release. This cut cinema has probably persisted to all home video releases rated 15 for VHS and 12 for DVD. However a short version was passed 12 for cinema in 2002.

Summary Notes

A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's prize runner.

• 2002 cinema release

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1962 cinema
submitted
103:32s
=99:24s

• 2015 Bfi RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2015 Bfi R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 BFI video

Edits made for British films from this period usually ended up as the final version.

• 1993 Polygram Video VHS
• 1990 Castle Pictures VHS

UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:

• 1962 cinema release

Lonely Wives

• Virgin Wives
• Zum zweiten Fruhstuck: 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 Long Goodbye

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1973 cinema release but uncut on home video. Uncut and R rated in the US.

Promotional Material

When private eye Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) is visited by an old friend, this sets in train a series of events in which he s hired to search for a missing novelist (Sterling Hayden) and finds himself on the wrong side of vicious gangsters.

So far so faithful to Raymond Chandler, but Robert Altman s inspired adaptation of the writer s most personal novel takes his legendary detective and relocates him to the selfish, hedonistic culture of 1970s Hollywood, where he finds that his old-fashioned notions of honour and loyalty carry little weight, and even his smoking (universal in film noir) is now frowned upon.

Widely misunderstood at the time, The Long Goodbye is now regarded as one of Altman s best films and one of the outstanding American films of its era, with Gould s shambling, cat-obsessed Marlowe ranking alongside more outwardly faithful interpretations by Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mitchum.

MPAA

• 2013 Arrow Academy RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2004 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1999 Warner VHS
• 1998 Warner VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2014 Kino Lorber (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2014 Kino Lorber R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1973 cinema release

The Long Riders

Cut by the BBFC for horse trips. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

• 2017 Kino Classics Special Edition (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2011 MGM RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2001 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2013 Second Sight Films (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon

• 2013 Second Sight Films RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2001 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1986 Warner VHS
• 1980 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• The Board removed sight of horses being deliberately tripped and forced into somersault.

The BBFC entry for the 1986 Warner VHS reads 1:35s of cuts but this seems to erroneous and does not stack up with the running time.

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.

Distributors MGM seem to have released the cut UK DVD version across Europe.

The Longest Ride

BBFC advised category cuts were made for a 12A rated 2015 cinema release. Subsequently passed 15 uncut for DVD. Uncut and PG-13 rated in the US.

Summary Notes

The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.

• 2015 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for some sexuality, partial nudity, and some war and sports action.

• 2015 cinema release

• This film was originally seen for advice, when the company was informed that it was likely to receive a 15 classification but that their preferred 12A could be achieved by removing a scene of strong sex. When the film was submitted for formal classification, that scene had been removed and the film was classified 12A.

The missing scene is described by the BBFC in the Insight for the uncut 15 rated version:

There is a scene of strong sex as two characters undress and shower together. Only partial nudity is shown.

A Look Behind The Scenes

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

Looking for Richard

Same cut version released for cinema and video

The Loot

• 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

Lord of Illusions

• Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions

Cut in the US for the MPAA R rated Theatrical Version. There is also an uncut Director's Cut

Summary Notes : 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.

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.

Unrated

• 2014 101 Films [Blu-ray Theatrical + DVD Director's Cut] DVD RB Blu-ray/DVD Combo  at UK Amazon
• 2000 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1996 Warner VHS

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

• 2014 Shout! Factory [Theatrical + Director's Cut] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 1998 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

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MPAA

• 2014 101 Films [Blu-ray Theatrical + DVD Director's Cut] DVD RB Blu-ray/DVD Combo  at UK Amazon
• 1996 Warner VHS
• 1995 cinema release

The R rated version lost sex, gore and also some plot details. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Lord of the G-Strings

• Lord of the G-Strings: Fellowship of the String

Unrated

The Unrated version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2003 Third Millennium R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2003 EI Independent R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a shortened US R rated version losing 11 minutes of plot. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version

PG-13

• 2011 New Line Trilogy RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2003 cinema release
• 2002 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The Extended Version is uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

• 2011 New Line Trilogy RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2002 New Line DVD at US Amazon

The extra scenes are non-contentious and are included to add depth to the plot: See version details on IMDb

PG-13

• 2013 Warner RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 25th November 2013
• 2013 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 25th November 2013
• 2001 EIV R2 DVD
• 2001 cinema release

From article from users.tpg.com.au :

At 154:53, the theatrical version on DVD is missing the shot where the lead Uruk-Kai Lurtz licks the bloody dagger blade after pulling it from his leg.

On the 4-disc extended edition DVD, commentry track #1, Peter Jackson says: Scenes like the throat cutting and the arm being lopped off were obviously trimmed back really for ratings reasons. Someone else then says, no spurting allowed . In both versions, the arm lopping of the Lurtz is bloodless and the frame counts match exactly.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.

While Frodo and Sam, now accompanied by a new guide, continue their hopeless journey towards the land of shadow to destroy the One Ring, each member of the broken fellowship plays their part in the battle against the evil wizard Saruman and his armies of Isengard.

Unrated

• 2016 Warners Home Video
• 2011 New Line Trilogy RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2003 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2003 cinema release

US: The Extended Version is presumably MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 New Line RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2003 New Line R1 DVD at US Amazon

The extra scenes are non-contentious and are included to add depth to the plot: See version details on IMDb

• 2003 EIV R2 DVD
• 2002 Cinema release

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.

Summary Notes

While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-earth.

uncut

Unrated

• 2016 Warner Home Video

UK: The Extended Version was passed 12 uncut for intense battle violence and horror scenes for:

• 2011 New Line Trilogy RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2004 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The Extended Version is uncut and presumably MPAA Unrated for;

• 2011 New Line RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2004 New Line R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb:

• The extra material is uncontentious and is  included to add depth to the plot:

• 2003 EIV R2 DVD
• 2003 cinema release

Lords of Dogtown

• American Knights

Cut in the US for an MPAA PG-13 rating which was then pass 12A for UK cinema release in 2005.  Home video releases are uncut with a 15 rating in the UK and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

A fictionalized take on the group of brilliant young skateboarders raised in the mean streets of Dogtown in Santa Monica, California. The Z-Boys, as they come to be known, perfect their craft in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting suburban homeowners, pioneering a thrilling new sport and eventually moving into legend.

• 2006 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US:   uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2018 Mill Creek Entertainment RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2018 Mill Creek Entertainment VoD [US only] at US Amazon
• 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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• 2005 cinema release

Strong language was dropped from the film to obtain an MPAA PG-13 rating.

The Lost City of Z

Cut in the US for an MPAA PG-13 rating. Presumably it was this cut version that was passed 15 for 2016 DVD and Blu-ray.

Summary Notes

The Lost City of Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment who regard indigenous populations as "savages," the determined Fawcett - supported by his devoted wife, son and aide de camp returns time and again to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925.

cut

UK: Presumably it was the cut US Theatrical Version that was passed 15  for brief strong violence, gory images without BBFC cuts for:

• 2017 Studiocanal RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2017 Studiocanal R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The producers appealed the decision but presumably lost as the movie was then cut for a PG-13 rating

The Lost Continent

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

See Fire on the Amazon

Lost Reality

• 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

There is a Director's Cut set for release in Germany with an extra 10 minutes of material.

The Lost World

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World

BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A" rated 1960 cinema release. Uncut for 2015 PG rated 2015 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.

Unrated

• 2015 101 Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2007 Fox Home Entertainment R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1960 cinema release

See Hardcore 18s List: Love

See Banned International: Love

Love and Bullets

Cut by the BBFC for 1978 cinema release and 1986 VHS. Uncut in the UK since 2000. Uncut in the US

Summary notes:

Arizona cop is sent to Switzerland to bring in the girlfriend of a dangerous mobster so she can testify against him. The mobster sends someone too - assassins.

What could have been an excellent crime thriller is turned into a mediocre film thanks to the uninspired direction of Stuart Rosenberg.

• 2011 Strawberry/Spirit R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2003 Carlton R2 DVD
• 2000 Carlton VHS

• 2013 Shout! Factory / Timeless Media [Love & Bullets + Russian Roulette] R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1986 Channel 5 VHS

• 1978 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Cut to remove a gunshot impact
• Cut to heavily edit the scene where Charlie makes nail darts for a homemade blowpipe.

The Love Box

• Lovebox

A short version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:

• 2007 Showbox R2 DVD
• 1997 Lazer VHS

Presumably this is the cut cinema version

• 1972 cinema release

The BBFC note the submitted running time as 90:54s = 87:16s

The Love Butcher

Released on pre-cert VHS and was seized by the police during the Video Nasties moral panic. Not subsequently released in the UK but uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

The twisted tale of Caleb, and his alter ego Lester. After being pushed around too far, Caleb transforms into Lester and returns to those who have wronged him.

• 2006 Jef Films R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1981 Intervision VHS

The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order. This is a legal gambit whereby victims admitted that the videos were 'obscene', and therefore subject to seizure, in return for that being the end of the matter and so avoiding an obscenity trial with the possibility of jail time.

Love Camp

• Frauen im Liebeslager

The Swiss release is the uncut Director's Cut for:

• CH VIP R0 DVD via UK Amazon

• 2004 Anchor Bay R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• 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.

Love Camp 7

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

 

Banned as a video nasty in 1985, then banned by the BBFC in 2002. Uncut elsewhere but there have only been a few obscure releases until the 2017 US DVD/Blu-ray Combo.

Summary Review: Don't Take Seriously

Set in a Nazi "Love Camp" that services the needs of front line officers. The video packaging claims that this film is based on fact, but the plot is so far fetched you would have a hard time believing that. Two young WAC officers go undercover as POW's in the prison camp hoping to get some information from a scientist that's being held there. Unfortunately things go wrong and they end up overstaying their welcome and being subjected to the same indignities as the other inmates.

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!

Unrated

• DVD Classics R0 DVD via UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2017 Blue Underground R0 Blu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at US Amazon
• Something Weird R0 DVD-R via US Amazon

• 2002 Film 2000 DVD

The BBFC commented:

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.

• 1983 Market VHS

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

Love Goddess of the Cannibals

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

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2012 Shameless Sexploitation [+ Satan's Baby Doll + The Beast in Space] R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2010 Shameless R0 DVD at UK Amazon

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

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun

• Die Libesbriefe einer Portugiesischen Nonne

Banned by the BBFC from 1979 cinema release. Heavily cut on 2004 18 rated DVD to remove sexualised torture and nudity of an under 18 year old actress.

Summary Notes

16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists. Her confessor is in collusion with the Mother Superior. Maria is tortured, forced into sex with men, women, and the horned Devil, and told that it's all a bad dream. She writes a letter to God, and a Knight rescues her, only to fall into the hands of the Inquisition, put on the rack, and condemned to death like Joan of Arc.

• 2004 Anchor Bay R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

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.

In summary:

• 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.

• 1979 cinema release

Love Me Deadly

• Secrets of Death Room
• Secrets of the Death Room

Banned by the BBFC for 1973 cinema release.

Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Review: Will You Love Me When I'm Dead

A grueling film about a lovely young housewife coming to terms with her compulsive necrophilia. Through frequent visits to the local mortuary, she finds a clandestine society of like-minded individuals.

The movie plays its subject matter pretty straight and delivers a decent enough and unusual B movie.

• 2018 Code Red (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2011 Code Red Maria's B-Movie Mayhem R1 DVD titled Love Me Deadly via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Code Red releases include the statement that this is the uncut version but there are no signs of a cut version.

• 1973 cinema release titled Secrets of Death Room

Love Nest

• Zimmermädchen machen es gern

Presumably the Softcore Version was cut by the BBFC for 1980 cinema release. There is also a hardcore version featuring different actors and scenes

Summary Notes

Hannelore Reitzler elopes with her boyfriend to the Hotel Liebesnest but he leaves her during the night after failing to take her virginity. Not wanting to return home, Hannelore takes a job as a chambermaid at the hotel, which involves giving sexual favors to the guests at an extra charge. Meanwhile, a female cat burglar sneaks into Liebesnest every night and whenever she gets caught, she offers her body to her captors to keep them quiet.

• 1980 cinema release

Love Play

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 .

The Love Punch

BBFC category cuts were inflicted for the 2014 cinema and home video release

Summary Notes

A divorced couple scheme to recover the retirement money that was stolen from them.

• 2014 Ketchup R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2014 Entertainment One UK RB Blu-ray
• 2014 Entertainment One UK R2 DVD
• 2014 cinema release

• Company chose to remove strong language (in this case 'motherfucker') in order to secure a 12A classification. An uncut 15 was available.

The BBFC commented further in the Annual Report covering 2014:

Originally contained a particularly strong term ('motherfucker'), which was redubbed by the company in order to secure a 12A classification. The use was a major focus of the scene and spoken in a comically aggressive manner.

Love Rites

• Cérémonie d'amour

The Director's Cut is shorter with dialogue deleted for pace. The Complete Version runs 10 minutes longer

• 2004 Hanzibar R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1999 Pagan Films VHS

• 2005 Cult Epics [Director's Cut + Complete Version] R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2005 Cult Epics [Director's Cut + Complete Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon

See Banned International: Love, Simon
 

Love Variations

Uncut version is available at:

A short version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2011 Odeon Slap & Tickle Double Bill R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1995 Jezebel VHS

• 1971 cinema release

• 1970 cinema release

From on article [pdf] from palgrave.com : Not seeking to entertain

Love Variations , one of the first British sex education films to show nudity in the UK, consisted entirely of alternating scenes of a family doctor showing diagrams of sex positions and illustrative tableaux of posed figures faking coition in increasingly unlikely and back-breaking postures.

The producers, of course, stressed their good intentions to the censors. The press book for Love Variations stated, a little disingenuously:

The film does not seek to entertain -- only to inform. The producers wish to point out that although the film is frank, comprehensive and explicit it will almost certainly prove unrewarding to those looking for titillation or sensation and will be of interest only to those motivated by a sincere desire to be informed.

The BBFC, indecisive about how to treat sex education films, accepted this but nevertheless at first rejected Love Variations on the splendidly perverse grounds that since the film was not entertaining it was unsuitable for cinemas, which were essentially places of entertainment.

When finally released, Love Variations smashed house records at the Jacey Tatler cinema in London,

The Loved Ones

Uncut in the UK. There is an uncut Unrated version in the US as well as a cut R rated version

Unrated

• 2010 Optimum RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 Paramount R2 DVD at US Amazon
• US VOD to buy [US only] at US Amazon

The Loves and Times of Scaramouche

• 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

See The Importance of Being Sexy
 

Lucifer's Women

• Doctor Dracula

Originally produced as sexy horror titled Lucifer's Women. It was later substantially re-cut to remove the sexy stuff and was then re-titled Doctor Dracula.

Promotional Material

Acclaimed author, John Wainwright, has developed an interest in satanism and black magic. Hoping to manipulate him to suit his own perverse desire, Wainwright's publisher, Sir Stephen convinces him to perform the ultimate black rite: a human sacrifice. Selecting a beautiful burlesque dancer to be their victim, Wainwright begins having doubts about his beliefs, as Sir Stephen becomes more and more preoccupied with the black arts, and murder...

• 2018 Vinegar Syndrome [Lucifer's Women + Doctor Dracula] R0 Bu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at US Amazon

• 2018 Vinegar Syndrome [Lucifer's Women + Doctor Dracula] R0 Bu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at US Amazon

This film was originally completed in 1975 by Paul Aratow, but not released. With an eye for another try this time for TV, Director Al Adamson cut the erotic material and shot some new footage in 1981. It was then released under the title Doctor Dracula.

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)

Lucky Lady

• Abenteurer auf der Lucky Lady

Passed 'AA' uncut for 1975 cinema release but later cut for animal cruelty for a 12 rated 2016 DVD. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A trio of rum-runners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menage-a-trios after business hours.

MPAA

• 1975 cinema release

• 2011 Shout! Factory R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2016 Bright Spark video

• Cut required to remove a scene of animal cruelty (cockfighting).

Lust for a Vampire

The UK cinema release had a sex scene cut by the BBFC. Home video releases are uncut.

Note that the ubiquitous promotional still to the right was a still for promotional use and does not appear in the film in such clear sight.

Summary Review: Cult Following

In 1830, forty years to the day since the last manifestation of their dreaded vampirism, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the blood of nubile young ladies but also with the headmaster who is desperate to become Mircalla's disciple.

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.

Lust is admittedly shaky in terms of script, and the ambiance is on and off (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 Scandinavian 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.

• 2008 Optimum [Vampire Lovers + Lust for a Vampire] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 Warner R2 DVD
• 1990 Warner VHS

US: Uncut for:

• US R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1970 cinema release

From IMDb

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

Lust For Freedom

• Sex-Experts

Significantly cut by the BBFC for 1987 VHS and less cut for 2004 DVD. Uncut in the US.

Summary Notes: A Turn Off

After her boyfriend is brutally murdered in a sting operation, special agent Gillian Kaites is implicated in the slaying and is sentenced to prison. While behind bars, she discovers a shocking web of corruption and begins to plot a bloody revenge in this action and T & A filled Troma classic from director by Eric Louzil and producer by Lloyd Kaufman!

If you are looking for something racy, race away from this. Poorly shot, poorly edited, poorly acted and just plain hard to watch.  Sure this type of film is for turning your brain off, but the film itself is such a turn off the only thing to do is turn it off.

• 2014 Vinegar Syndrome R0 DVD at US Amazon
• 2004 Troma R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2004 Hollwood DVD/Consolidated R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Cuts required to remove eroticised images of nudity within a rape scene (close-ups of female victim's naked crotch and breasts)

• 1987 Braveworld VHS

Thanks to Bleach for BBFC cuts details:

• A t 37½ mins - After first lesbian scene, remove intercut scenes of man in T-shirt menacing, hurting and having sex with woman in cell, and also of her being whipped, the remaining lesbian scenes, and the flashback of woman kneeling over man's body, resuming on her sitting in cell.
   
• At 51½ mins - In snuff movie scene in chalet, remove all actual threat with gun to nude woman by cutting away as man hands gun to younger man kneeling on bed, resuming on van outside when shot is heard.
   
• At 55 mins - In fight between two women, remove double ear-clap.
   
• At 67½ mins - In wrestling match between women, remove sight of woman's head on floor being pulled back and later sight of her neck being broken while she is held against ropes.
   
• At 73 mins - When woman is menaced with knife, remove sight of her trousers being pulled down to reveal pubic area and all subsequent menacing, resuming on shot of police.

Lust For Love Of A Chinese Courtesan

• Ai nu xin zhuan

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

See I Vampiri