BBFC Cuts M: Mn-Mz

Mob War

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004 with the following BBFC statement: Time had diminished the power and impact to the extent that it was no longer likely to prove harmful and so previous cuts were waived.

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC statement: Distributor chose to reduce sight of sexual detail in sex education video. An "R18" uncut was available to the distributor.

The BBFC continues to pass occasional explicit imagery at ‘18’ in ‘sex education’ videos. Such imagery is only passed if it is kept to the minimum necessary to illustrate the educational or instructional points being made, and if it occurs within a work which genuinely and manifestly seeks to inform and educate. In the case of Modern Loving, although the work was believed to be a genuine attempt to educate, some scenes of explicit imagery were reduced because they went beyond the level of detail necessary to illustrate the point being made.

Modesty Blaise

Cut by 2s for:

• 2010 Second Sight R2 DVD

The BBFC cut:

• Cut required to remove sight of a horse being tripped and made to fall forwards as it runs along

• PG rated 1988 Film & Video VHS
• A Rated 1966 cinema release

Mondo Cane

• Mondo Cane 1
• A Dog's Life
• Tales of the Bizarre: Rites, Rituals and Superstitions

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Blue Underground R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

From Wikipedia: Iconic Documentary

The film consists of a series of travelogue-vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise the mostly Western film audience, including an insect banquet and a memorable look at a practising South Pacific cargo cult. Mondo Cane's shock-exploitation-documentary style was the inspiration for numerous imitations, including Shocking Asia and the Faces of Death series of movies.

It was nominated for the Palme d'Or, the highest prize given to a competing film at the Cannes Film Festival.

Passed X (18) after ~14:00s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1963 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Passed after 14 minutes of cuts with heavy edits to the animal killings,
• scenes showing German drug addicts
• and the killing of a man by a bull.

The submitted running time was noted as 91:00s

• UK 1962 cinema release

The Money Trap

Passed 12 uncut for

• UK 2011 Warner VOD

• UK 1965 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 92:21s = 88:39s PAL

Monster

• Humanoids from the Deep

Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1986 Warner VHS

From IMDB:

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

• UK 1980 cinema release

Monster's Ball

Unrated

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

• UK 2002 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2003 Lions Gate Signature Series Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2003 Lions Gate Signature Series R1 DVD at US Amazon

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R Rated

• UK 2002 cinema release

From IMDb:

• The initial cut of the picture included more explicit footage during the sex scene between Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton, which was trimmed down after the MPAA threatened to give the film a NC-17 rating.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

• Mønti Pythøn ik den Høli Gräilen

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut at:

UK: Passed 12 uncut for"

• UK 2012 Sony R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2006 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2002 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• UK 1997 20th Century Fox VHS

This version restores the dialogue edits for the A certificate cinema release and restores the missing 24 seconds:

In the scene where the heroic knights come across a castle full of nubile women: When the girl states that her sister has lit the beacon that is grail shaped, my Paramount print goes on to say that they should all be spanked as punishment. The Paramount print has several shots along the following lines before the line "You should spank us all" The girl stating that "that was a good chance for a pussy gag" The knight saying that "he's glad this will/won't be cut" A shot of the crowd shouting "Get on with it" and God shouting "Get on With it".

The running time seems inconsistent between releases by about 2 minutes. Perhaps this was a supplemental video sometimes included in the running time for the release and sometimes not.

• UK 1988  Film & Video VHS

From IMDb:

Although the certificate was raised to 15 the dialogue cuts for the cinema 'A' by mistake weren't actually reinstated.

UK: Passed A after BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1975 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Dialogue cuts to Zoot's texture about the oral sex
• Overdubbing of uses of Jesus Christ.

The submitted running time was noted as 89:42s = 86:07s PAL

Monty Python's Life of Brian

• Life of Brian

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version available at:

R Rated

Passed AA/15 uncut for:

• UK 2007 Sony R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2007 Sony R2 DVD
• UK 2003 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1995 CIC VHS
• UK 1988 Film & Video VHS
• UK 1979 cinema release

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2008 Sony Immaculate Edition R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2008 Sony Immaculate Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: A Very Naughty Boy

Hugely controversial at the time, the subject matter of The Life of Brian was considered strictly taboo in 1979, and even today it can still rattle a few cages, but ultimately the Python team all shared the same conviction that they were not poking fun at religion (or Jesus) per se, but at the people who blindly follow and misunderstand. In this way, The Life Of Brian became not just a comedy classic, but a ground-breaking movie that pushed the barriers of what was previously considered off-limits.

Each member of the Python team contributes immensely to the film, with Eric Idle supplying a classic Python tune as Brian is being crucified (Always Look On The Bright Side of Life), Terry Gilliam with some great visual gags, Terry Jones as the director of the film, Cleese and Palin turning in multiple brilliant performances (like Cleese's Reg, the leader of the PFJ, and the classic What have the Roman's ever done for us? sketch), not to mention Chapman as the unsuspecting hero.

Based on article from en.wikipedia.org:

The film contains themes of religious satire which were controversial at the time of its release, drawing accusations of blasphemy and protests from some religious groups. Thirty-nine local authorities in the UK either imposed an outright ban, or imposed an X certificate (effectively preventing the film from being shown as the distributors said the film could not be shown unless it was unedited and carried the original AA certificate).

The film was also banned in Ireland, Singapore and Norway. The marketeers made use of the latter with the promotional line: The film so funny that it was banned in Norway.

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

• The Meaning of Life

R Rated

Passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 2002 Universal R2 DVD
• UK Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2008 Universal R1 DVD at US Amazon

R Rated

• UK 1987 CIC VHS
• UK 1983 cinema release

The German Restored Version/Director's Cut has 3 additional scenes:

• The Adventures of Martin Luther.
• A promotional video about the British army
• An extension of the the American characters that Eric Idle and Michael Palin do. They are shown their room and talk about tampons.

The Moon in the Gutter

The French Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 1994 Artificial Eye VHS

• 1988 Palace VHS
• 1983 cinema release

Moonwalker

A pre-cut 're-editted' version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:

• 2005 Warner R2 DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com. This version is missing 2 scenes:

• Mr Big hitting Katie
• Mr Big trying to inject Katie with heroin

• 1989 Guild VHS
• 1988 cinema release

More

• More - Mehr, immer mehr

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut with previous cuts waived for:

• UK 2011 BFI Online
• UK 2011 BFI Dual Format R2/RB DVD/Blu-ray at UK Amazon

See trailer from youtube.com

Summary review: Cult Classic

A cult classic following Stefan as he hitchhikes across Europe. He meets an American Angel of Death (Mimsy Farmer) who introduces him to sex and heroine.

Notable also for the Pink Floyd soundtrack.

• UK 2003 BFI R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• A cut was required to remove instructive detail of illegal drug use.

See article from worldscinema.com:

• A scene where Estelle helps Stefan prepare heroin and then shoot up has been cut.
• There's also a scene where Stefan is preparing something in a mortar and pestle where the sound drops out every time he mentions an ingredient. I do not know if this is also due to the BBFC or is part of the original film.

• UK 1970 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 110:17s

More about the Language of Love

• More about Language of Love
• Language of Love 2
• Mera ur kärlekens språk

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.

• 1987 Sheptonhurst VHS
• 1983 cinema release

Morituri

• Saboteur: Code Name Morituri

Uncut at:

Unrated

UK: Passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2004 20th century Fox R1 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 1990 Film and Video VHS

• UK 1965 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 123:03s = 118:08s

Morning of the Earth: 25th Anniversary

A cockfight offended the BBFC so it was plucked out.

Moronic: 21st Century Idiotics

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC statement: Cut required to sight of an apparently real assault which appears to have been commissioned by the film makers in the UK.

In particular the cut scene involved a glass bottle being broken over someone's head

Morons from Outer Space

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1985 UK Sci-Fi comedy by Mike Hodges with Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Joanne Pearce. See IMDb

Passed PG after 6:10s of pre-cuts and BBFC cuts for category for:

• UK 2004 MGM R2 DVD
• UK 1986 Thorn-EMI VHS
• UK 1985 cinema release

From IMDb:

• To receive a PG certificate the film was extensively re-edited by the distributor, and the finished product was then cut further by the BBFC to remove cocaine footage and references. In total 6 minutes 10 secs were edited from the film.

The cut version has become the only version available worldwide

Mortal Kombat

Uncut version is available at:

PG-13

Passed 15 uncut after BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2004 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon

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

• US 1997 New Line R1 DVD via US Amazon

Passed 15 after 3s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2002 4 Front VHS
• UK 2000 Columbia/TriStar/Sony R2 DVD
• UK 1997 First Independent VHS
• UK 1996 First Independent VHS
• UK 1995 cinema release

The BBFC deleted shots of nunchucks:

• One of the 3 bad guys Johnny engages on a movie set uses nunchuks so has to be deleted

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

• Mortal Kombat 2: Annihilation
• Mortal Kombat 2

The BBFC cut the 1998-9 EIV video/DVD by 4s

The BBFC required further cuts to the video

• During the fight between Sonya Blade and Mileena the fatal moves are cut. First Sonya strangles her defeated opponent with her legs, then she kicks her head.
• The final fight sequence is missing Liu Kang getting kneed in his back.

The cinema also cut persisted into the video version

• Two shots cut of Shao Kahn breaking Johnny Cage's neck. First Shao Kahn pulls Johnny Cage's head towards him and then he twists it the other way

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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

• Two shots cut of Shao Kahn breaking Johnny Cage's neck. First Shao Kahn pulls Johnny Cage's head towards him and then he twists it the other way

Motel Hell

The 2002 ILC Prime DVD was passed 18 uncut by the BBFC

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

Review from UK Amazon: Brutally observed spoof horror

A horror story set in a motel has to compete with the masterpiece - Psycho. Motel Hell, of course, doesn't come close, but then it doesn't try to. What we have is a delicious little parody of the horror genre, outrageous in places, ironic in others.

Rory Calhoun plays the owner of a financially failing motel, but rather than being ruled by his mother, he is ruled by his mother's recipe for smoked meats. He and his sister run a hugely popular business selling jerky and sausage. It's famously delicious, and people come from miles around to sample Farmer Vincent's produce. While the household is locked in to an evangelical television programme, cannibalism and the morality of murdering and eating others is never an issue for them.

Farmer Vincent, you see, is a highwayman Sweeney Todd, harvesting unwary travellers at night. Well, you have to wonder what gives his cooked meats such a unique flavour. The whole operation is based on his techniques for tenderising the meat and the produce of his secret garden.

It's a brutally observed spoof horror, well shot, highly entertaining, and very funny. There's satire, there's farce, there's irony, there's some visceral humour, and there's a chainsaw duel! What more could you ask for? Funny, enjoyable production which contrasts nicely with the run-of-the-mill bloodletting of 80's cult horror.

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Cut to remove a close up shot of a chainsaw wound during the climax.

Mother of Tears

• Mother of Tears: The Third Mother
• La terza madre
• Suspiria Terza

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2008 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Weinstein R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a cut US R Rated version to avoid.

Mother's Day

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Netherlands: The Director's Cut was released for:

• NL 2001 Prime Time R2 DVD via UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon
• US 2000 Troma R0 DVD via US Amazon

Summary Review: Camp Horror Classic

This is a true 80's horror classic, with a little bit of camp thrown in for fun! I can't say enough about this under seen little gem! For it's time and genre, the gore and killings are just fantastic. I really dig the script as well. I say that in my opinion, the acting is absolutely fantastic (contrary to other reviews).

The three actresses (Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce, Tiana Pierce) that star in this movie seem to have a great chemistry amongst themselves. Their laughing and playing comes off smoothly and they are quite convincing as old college pals. Their scenes together flow naturally throughout the film and do not come off as contrived in the slightest bit.

The brothers Ike (Holden McGuire) and Addley (Michael McCleery) are SUPERB in their roles!! They truly give off the creepiest vibe with such ease that it's hard to tell that they are acting. Lastly, Rose Ross is fantastic in her role as Momma. She can be sweet, demanding, scary, demented, and creepy without batting an eyelash.

People have criticized this film for years but it is a film that really entertains the serious horror fan.

• UK 1980 cinema release

The Mountain Men

The AA rated 1980 cinema release was cut for animal cruelty and t same cuts were applied to the 15 rated 1986 RCA/Columbia video

• Cut to remove footage of cruel horse-falls.

Mountain of the Cannibal God

• Slave of the Cannibal God
• La Montagna del dio Cannibale
• The Prisoner of the Cannibal God

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

The US release featuring the Extended Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2007 Blue Underground R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The Extended Version features 4 minutes of previously unseen rape, bestiality and masturbation scenes. It also restores the explicit castration scene to the movie. This extra material is said to have been taken from the director's private collection.

Summary Review: Very tasty little snack

Another 70's cannibal flick that is much better than expected.

You've got the hot, scantily-clad Ursula Andress and her crew on a quest through the jungles of New Guinea. They get ambushed by some blood thirsty savages of course. This tribe looks extremely heinous. Their masks are what really stood out for me in this movie. Freaky! When the maniacal tribe leader sees Ursula, he might develop a different kind of hunger.

You've got all your basic cannibal flick essentials--blood, gore, decapitations, nudity, violence with animals. The acting and dialogue are good enough not to hamper the story. It may not be extremely original, but hey, if it ain't broke...

• UK 2008 Orbit/Blackhorse R2 DVD
• UK 2003 Vipco R0 DVD
• UK 2001 Protected/Vipco R0 DVD
• UK 2001 Protected/Vipco VHS

The BBFC commented:

• Cuts required to sight of animal cruelty, including animals being goaded to fight each other

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

• Cuts to a crocodile getting the better of a turtle
• Some shots missing from a snake eating a monkey
• Cuts to a crocodile taking live lunch on another turrtle
• A fight between a snake and a hawk is missing

This was banned and added to the list of video nasties in November 1983. It was removed from the list in May 1985.

• UK 1978 cinema release titled Prisoner of the Cannibal God
• UK 1978 cinema release titled Mountain of the Cannibal God

The cuts were:

• Extensive cuts to animal cruelty.

Mr. Nice Guy

• Yat goh hiu yan
• No More Mr. Nice Guy

The BBFC passed the short International Version 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 1999 EIV R2 DVD
• 1998 cinema release

There is also a much longer Hong Kong Version and an even longer extended Japanese Version

Mr. Nobody

The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

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

There is also a Theatrical Version shortened by 15:40s

Mr. X

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Compulsory cuts were required to remove a sequence of orchestrated dog fighting, for which reasonable assurances could not be given

Mrs. Doubtfire

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

PG-13

1993 US comedy by Chris Columbus with Robin Williams & Sally Field. See IMDb

Passed PG for mild language and sex references after BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2007 20th Century Fox Family Fun Edition R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• UK 2003 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

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

• US 2008 20th Century Fox RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2008 20th Century Fox R1 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 2001 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 1994 Fox VHS
• UK 1994 cinema release

See cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• removed of 13 seconds of dialogue

  Mrs. Doubtfire: You know, dear! Sink the sub! Hide the Weasel? Park the porpoise? Bit of the old humpty dumpty? Little Jack Horny? The horizontal Mambo?
  Stuart: Mrs. Doubtfire....
  Mrs. Doubtfire: The bone dance, eh? Rumpleforeskin? Baloney bop? Bit of the old cunning linguistics? Hm?
  Stuart: Mrs. Doubtfire, please!

• UK 1994 cinema release but not actually released

Originally passed 12 uncut for cinema release, but the distributors weren't happy with the 12 and it was re-rated. This version seems to have been deleted from the BBFC database

Ms. 45

Mudhalvan

Mukti

The 2002 DVD was cut by the BBFC. Cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (a chicken being run over by a van)

Mulan

• Hua Mulan

The BBFC cut 15s for the 2010 Showbox DVD/Blu-ray. Compulsory cuts were made to remove sight of unsimulated animal cruelty (horses being tripped).

Mulan

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA G Rated for:

• US 2004 Walt Disney R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Passed U after 2s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2004 Buena Vista R2 DVD
• UK 2000 Buena Vista R2 DVD
• UK 1999 Buena Vista VHS
• UK 1998 cinema release

The cuts were:

• to a vicious head-butt.

The DVD that was accidentally released uncut for a week in the spring of 2000

The BBC wasn't so perturbed and it aired the uncut version in December 2003 at 4.35pm

Multiple Maniacs

Passed 18 after 4:53s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1990 Castle VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• Cut to remove an entire supposedly blasphemous sequence set in a church in which a male transvestite buggered himself with a rosary. The shots of the transvestite were intercut with footage of Christ moving through the Stations of the Cross.

The Mummy

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut at:

uncut

PG-13

UK: Passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2008 Universal Trilogy R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon
• UK 2008 Universal Trilogy Steelbook R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2008 Universal Ultimate Luxury Boxset R2 DVD
• UK 2003 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 2001 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 Rated for:

• US Universal Online Rent/Own [US only] at US Amazon
• US 2008 Universal R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 1999 Universal R1 DVD at US Amazon

From Andrew: 15 Rated Boxset

The 2008 double disk boxset (released to coincide with the 3rd Mummy film) contains the uncut versions of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. The overall rating of the boxset is a family unfriendly "15", for some reason the distributors haven't pushed for a downgrade to a "12" (The Mummy's original rating). This can probably be attributed to the glorification of a Butterfly knife rather than the hanging sequence that caused them concern originally (the BBFC seem to be a bit more tolerable on hangings in "12"'s now, see The Goonies).

Passed 12 after 14s of BBFC cuts for category for:

• UK 2000 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 1999 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 1999 Universal VHS
• UK 1999 cinema release

The BBFC detailed the cuts at their 1999 roadshows:

• The hanging scene was shortened as it originally gave the impression that hanging is not as dangerous as it is cracked up to be.
• In the scene where O'Connell cuts the Scarab out from Jonathan's arm, he produces a Butterfly knife, gives it a swirl and the cuts out the bug. The cinema version doesn't include the swirl.

The Mummy Returns

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PG-13

The Mummy Returns was passed uncut in 2007. and features in the 2008 boxset. Presumably the Blu-ray release of July 2008 is also uncut. The appallingly edited headbutt is now reinstated.

The boxset also contains the 15 rated uncut version of The Mummy

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The 2001 UK cinema release and all video versions of 2001 were cut by the BBFC by 1s to qualify for a '12' rating.

• remove a headbutt during the Rachel Weisz/Patricia Velasquez fight scene

Cuts were also required in the US to avoid an R Rating

• The sequence where Ardeth Bay and Rick are fighting to get Evy back was originally longer. The MPAA deemed the gun battle too long and gave the film an "R" rating, not because of blood or deaths, but because of excessive gunfire (!). According to director Stephen Sommers and editor Bob Ducsay, they say that the scene was significantly longer, but shortened to ensure a "PG-13" rating.

The Mummy's Shroud

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UK: An Unknown Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2003 Momentum R2 DVD via UK Amazon

Hammer have said that there is no missing material for an up 'n' coming restoration. So probably this is an uncut version too.

• UK 1967 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 90:20s = 86:43s PAL

Muppet Treasure Island

The 1996 video and the 2003 DVD were both cut by 2s to remove the word 'bloody'. Cuts required to remove mild bad language to achieve a 'U'

The cuts were apparently in response to complaints about the uncut cinema release.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Murder at 1600

A single 4 second cut has been made to the video version of this Wesley Snipes thriller. During the raid on Spikins' house, when Snipes battles one of the assassins in the kitchen, the shot of Snipes breaking the bad guys neck has been removed.

Murder Obsession

• The Wailing
• Murder Syndrome
• Delirium
• Follia omicida

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut at:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Raro R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary review: Murder, Sex and Satanism

Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. Soon rude things begin happening and Michael fears a repeat of his nightmare past is in progress.

You don't hear much about it. It's a shame, because this is one of the most overlooked Italian horror films.

The plot is strange, twisted, and full of bizarre touches of nasty murder scenes, perverse sexuality, nudity, and some very creepy tones of Satanism and the black arts which more than likely will chill you to the bone.

The music is also effective in creating the creepy, stormy atmosphere of Satanism, murder and sex in a remote mansion in the countryside. The special effects are crude though.

This film is definitely not for everyone, but those who appreciate fine, classy Italian horror and do not mind complicated, twisted plotlines should enjoy it.

• UK 1987 Dealerpack VHS titled The Wailing

Murder Set Pieces

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

2004 US horror film by Nick Palumbo with Sven Garrett and Cerina Vincent.
With Sven Garrett, Cerina Vincent and Tony Todd.See IMDb

The Scandinavian release featuring the Director's Cut is locally rated 16 for:

• EU Perplex R0 DVD via UK Amazon

The US release featuring the Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

• US FrightFlix R0 DVD via US Amazon

• A different beginning. The theatrical version began with The Photographer taking shots of a bloody corpse. The Director's Cut begins with a new credit montage featuring images of characters that will be murdered later in the film.
• Phone Argument between Jade's sister and The Photographer while at work.
• The Psychic Reading/Killing: The photographer visits a psychic who won't reveal "what the cards say", thus upsetting him and leading to the psychic's strangulation.
• The Photographer watching a bizarre film strip of a girl tied on a bed wearing a pig's mask.
• A scene where the Photographer is shown picking up the first prostitutes.
• Missing establishment scene when the "bathtub" girl/stripper arrives late, she apologizes, and The Photographer asks her to take off her clothes. She does, then smacks her own butt and says something like 'these are my best ASSets'.
• Extended scenes of The Photographer driving the strip.
• A rather artistic shot of The Photographer running towards the screen barefoot on a road, bleeding at the mouth

Summary Review: Overrated

Very, very overrated serial killer flick that has been compared to Maniac, Last House on Dead End Street and New York Ripper. Some reviewers have claimed that it is better than these three films.

It is not. It is gory in a juvenile, over-the-top kind of way and the coverage of some of the murders is adequate, but it is incredibly fragmented, totally devoid of characterization and plot development and, overall, amateurish in its execution.

From IMDb:

• The Lion's Gate Films "R" rated version of "Murder-Set-Pieces" was released on January 9th, 2007, and it is cut and edited by 23 minutes. No other film in the history of cinema has had to have that many minutes cut to avoid the "NC-17" rating.

The Original Theatrical Version was banned by the BBFC for:

• UK 2008 TLA DVD

The BBFC commented:

Murder Set Pieces is a US made feature focussing on the activities of a psychopathic sexual serial killer, who, throughout the film, is seen raping, torturing and murdering his victims. There is a clear focus on sex or sexual behaviour accompanied by non-consensual pain, injury and humiliation. Young children are among those terrorised and killed.

In making a decision as to whether a video work is suitable for classification, the Board applies the criteria set out in its current Classification Guidelines, published in 2005. These are the result of an extensive process of public consultation and research and reflect the balance of media effects research, the requirements of UK law and the attitudes of the UK public. The Board’s Guidelines clearly set out the Board’s serious concerns about the portrayal of violence, most especially when the violence is sexual or sexualised, but also when depictions portray or encourage: callousness towards victims, aggressive attitudes, or taking pleasure in pain or humiliation.

The Guidelines for the ‘18’ category requested for this video work state that such concerns 'will not normally override the wish that adults should be free to choose their own entertainment' but make clear that exceptions to this general rule may be made in certain areas, including 'where material or treatment appears to the Board to risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society – eg any detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts… [and that the Board] may intervene with portrayals of sexual violence which might, eg eroticise or endorse sexual assault'. Under the heading of 'Rejects', the Guidelines identify as of particular concern 'graphic rape or torture', 'portrayals of children in a sexualised or abusive context' and 'sex accompanied by non-consensual pain, injury or humiliation'.

The Board’s position that scenes of violence with the potential to trigger sexual arousal may encourage a harmful association between violence and sexual gratification is reflected in research and consistent with public opinion. It is the Board’s carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to MURDER-SET-PIECES, even if statutorily confined to adults, would involve risk of harm within the terms of the Video Recordings Act 1984, would be inconsistent with the Board’s Guidelines, and would be unacceptable to the public.

The Board considered whether the issue could be dealt with through cuts. However, given the unacceptable content features throughout, and that what remains is essentially preparatory and set-up material for the unacceptable scenes, cuts are not a viable option in this case and the work is therefore refused a classification.

Murphy's War

• La guerra de Murphy

Passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2009 Optimum R2 DVD
• UK 2002 Anchor Bay R2 DVD
• UK 2002 Anchor Bay VHS

From IMDb:

• Use of the word 'fuck' is either muted or maybe just mumbled

• UK 1970 cinema release

Cut by the BBFC for an A (PG) certificate. From IMDb:

• cut to remove 2 uses of the word fuck
• cut shots of bloody shootings
• cut shots of dead bodies

The submitted running time was noted as 106:03s = 101:48s PAL

Mutant 2

• Alien Predator
• Alien Predator
• Cosmos mortal
• Mutant II
• The Falling

The pre-cut 1987 Entertainment in Video release was passed without further cuts by the BBFC

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• 3s cuts to the sight of a mutilated body in a trailer home
• 44s cuts to another scene with Michael finding another helmeted mutilated corpse after a flashlight search
• 63s cuts to the monster emerging from the helmet and attacking Michael
• 2s missing from an alien emerging from gas station attendant's head

Mutant Chronicles

The Theatrical version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2009 EIV R2 DVD
• 2008 cinema release

There is a US Director's Cut where 10 minutes have been removed. Simon Hunter felt these scenes slowed the film down

Mute Witness

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2003 Columbia/Tri-Star/Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2003 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: Subtle humour with pure suspense

It's a shame that Mute Witness never got the attention it deserved. When I first saw it, it scared the bejeezus out of me.

The story is set in a an old Russian factory that's being used to make (funnily enough) a horror movie. The heroine Billy Hughes is the mute special effects artist who is also working on the film. However, she finds herself locked in the factory by accident, and in trying to get out, sees a snuff movie being made.

What follows is some of the most gripping, suspenseful filmmaking since Alfred Hitchcock. From the dramatic, disorientating, and humorous scene that introduces the film, right through to the many rapid-fire plot twists at the end.

Mute Witness is the perfect film to watch on Halloween. It combines subtle humour with pure suspense, has a very twisted plot, without being over-elaborate, has a good bit of blood and gore for those who would prefer.

• UK 1997 Columbia/Tri-Star/Sony VHS
• UK 1995 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

Two slight cuts have been made to the "snuff" murder that Billy (Marina Sudina) witnesses.

• The first is a rear shot of the couple having sex - this has been substituted for a longer take of Billy looking embarrassed at her discovery.
• The second trim is a bloody shot of the actual stabbing, just as Billy is trying to sneak away from the murder scene.

The Mutilator

• Fall Break

Uncut version is available at:

The German release is uncut for:

• De Dragon R2 DVD via UK Amazon

Summary Review: Fave

It has everything a bad horror movie can have. Gore galore, sex, and of course the bad acting.

Buy if you are like me and simply are looking for a cheesy cliched and entertaining horror movie, then this is your film.

• UK 2003 Vipco R0 DVD
• UK 2000 Horror Video VHS

The BBFC cuts were in the same scenes as previously just less so:

• deleted shots of a fish hook being forced between the legs of a girl and emerging from her stomach.

• UK 1993 Vipco VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• deleted shots of a fish hook being forced between the legs of a girl and emerging from her stomach

My Best Friend's Girl

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

An Extended Version/Lewder, Cruder and even Ruder Edition/US Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2009 Lions Gate Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2009 Lions Gate R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2009 Lions Gate Blu-ray at US Amazon
• UK 2009 Lions Gate R1 DVD at US Amazon

The BBFC explained their 18 rating:

MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL is a romantic comedy with gross-out humour. The story is about a man who is a specialist at giving women such a bad date that they rebound back to the last person they dated. He is hired by his best friend to date the woman who has just dumped him but in performing his job the specialist finds himself both falling in love and questioning the way he treats women. This work, which is the DVD release of an extended version of the film, was passed ‘18’ for very strong language, strong sex references and nudity. It includes material that was cut (for category) from the ‘15’ rated UK theatrical version.

The BBFC Guidelines at ‘15’ state that ‘there may be frequent use of strong language (e.g. 'fuck') but the strongest terms (e.g. ‘the c-word’) will be acceptable only where justified by the context. Continued aggressive use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable’. There are three uses of very strong language in this film, two of which are very clear and one that is much less discernible. However, although none of the uses are aggressively delivered or directed, the first occurs very early in the work, before the viewer can get to grips with the plot and before the characters have become established. As such it is best placed at ‘18’ and indeed the distributor chose to remove that particular use of the term in order to secure a ‘15’ classification category for the UK theatrical release of the film. There are over forty uses of strong language in the film.

The Guidelines at ‘15’ go on to state that ‘Sexual activity may be portrayed but without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour’. Although much of the material can be contained at ‘15’, some of the verbal sex references in this work, which were cut from the ‘15’ rated theatrical UK release, are very strong. They reflect sexual activity more commonly associated with hard core sex works that are inappropriate for 15 year olds and are best placed at the adult classification category.

MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL also includes scenes of soft drug use, mild violence and breast nudity.

See version details from dvdcompare.net

R Rated

• UK 2009 Lions Gate R2 DVD

• UK 2009 Lions Gate R2 DVD
• UK 2008 cinema release

The BBFC commented: Distributor chose to remove strong visual sex references (sight of a man's head between a lapdancer's buttocks), strong verbal sex references (a man telling an adult joke to a group of children and a crude and explicit monologue about a sexual experience) and one aggressive use of very strong language in order to achieve a '15' classification.

My Best Friend's Wedding

The use of 'fuck' is too strong for a 12 rating so it has been dubbed over

My Bloody Valentine

Uncut version is available at:

The US release features the definitive Special Edition and is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2009 Lions Gate Special Edition R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2009 Lions Gate Special Edition R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

January 2009. See article from shocktillyoudrop.com: Lost Footage

Fans may balk that the new disc is not definitively uncut as it still lacks a few oft-rumored shots. Sadly, those choice bits have indeed been declared MIA as director George Mihalka discovered when he was asked to do a director's cut roughly six years ago. We went through the vaults and found out all of that negative has corroded or disappeared. What the DVD, furthermore the new print of the film, contains is the remaining salvaged footage found in producer John Dunning's storage space.

There was a scene with the two kids in the mine and they're joined together forever, Mihalka chuckles citing one still excised sequence. There was a whole set up scene to that. They're just necking and Tom's lying on top of [Harriet] and the miner comes in and puts the [drill bit] through him. She's got her eyes closed and thinks he's just being a little frisky. She opens her mouth and her eyes just as he bleeds into her mouth. Then the miner goes whoomp! And [skewers] them both . That scene had to be taken out totally. It has disappeared and we'll never see it.

See review from fearnet.com: 30 years late

So the flick holds up surprisingly well for a low-budget Canadian import from 1981 ... but did we really need a Special Edition DVD? Absolutely, says me. Ask anyone of my approximate age who was also raised on a steady diet of VHS and Fangoria if they'd like to see the "uncut pre-MPAA" version of, say, Friday the 13th or My Bloody Valentine, and you'd get a response of HELL YES!

Film fanatics always want to see the "trimmed" footage, especially if it's something that showcases some impressively creative gore-gravy ... and the new stuff found in My Bloody Valentine is pretty nifty indeed.

Overall, this ‘new’ version runs maybe 50 seconds longer than the VHS cut, but one can clearly see that the MPAA was aiming to minimize EVERY kill scene, regardless of how much work actually went into it.

So it's almost 30 years late, but I say bring on the splatter.

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R Rated

• UK 2003 Paramount R1 DVD

From cuts details on IMDb

• Gore was cut from the pre-credits sequence where the woman is pushed backwards onto a pickaxe.
• Mabel's mutilated body was originally on screen for much longer.
• The scene where the bartender is playing peek-a-boo with the Harry Warden dummy was edited so that no blood is shown. He was pickaxed up his chin and out his left eye, then dragged along the ground with his eyeball hanging out.
• The face-boiling of Dave was shortened so you don't see the after-effects while he is dying.
• Graphic head-on shots of Sylvia's shower impalement were deleted.
• A stock footage close-up of the miner's light being shown at the camera replaces the bulk of a shot of Hollis' bleeding face after he has been nail-gunned. In the widely-seen release, the scene picks up after Hollis has mostly turned away.
• Howard's hanging is shortened. In the original print, he was decapitated. The decapitation was cut out, so it looks like his body just falls, stops short when the end of the wire is reached, sprays blood all over Patty and Sarah, and then resumes falling. Not only do the cuts imposed render the scene senseless, but they also make it so there's no payoff to Hollis' earlier comment that Howard would lose his head if it weren't attached.
• Axel's left arm gets trapped under rocks in the cave-in at the end. He rips it off to get away, leaving his limb behind to horrify everybody else. But since the key footage of the arm removal all had to be removed itself, it is hard to see exactly what happened.

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R Rated

• UK 1989 CIC VHS

cut

• UK 1981 cinema release

This version was based on the cut US Theatrical Version but the arm ripping finale has been spliced back in.

My Boss's Daughter

R Rated

The Wilder, Funnier, Sexier Version was passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2004 Buena Vista R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and R Rated:

• US 2004 Dimension R2 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com:

The longer scenes of the R-Rated mainly consist of conversations about sex, some more naked skin and the body fluids of Madsen's character TJ.

PG-13

• UK 2003 cinema release.

This is the US PG-13 Rated Version.

My Brother's Wedding

The Director's Cut was submitted for the 2008 BFI DVD. No BBFC cuts for a 12 rating

Both versions region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

The BBFC explained their 12A/12 rating:

My Brother's Wedding is a US drama from 1983, about a man torn between family obligation and his errant friend. It was passed 12A due to a moderate sex scene. The BBFC guidelines at 12A state that sexual activity may be implied and that is all that occurs here. A man is seen persuading a woman to accompany him to the back of a shop, and later we see him lying on top of her after sex - nudity is implied but not seen, and we do not see any of the sex itself.

My Brother's Wedding also contains one scene in which there is a stand-off between a man with a knife and another man with a gun. Neither weapon is seen in use but this moderate threat involving realistic weapons was also thought to be best placed at 12A.

My Darling Clementine

The Alternative version was passed U uncut for:

• UK 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

The Alternative Version is a preview cut that was not well received. This resulted in significant changes to produce the Theatrical Version. So this is probably best viewed as a DVD extra workprint.

• UK 2005 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 1995 cinema release
• UK 1994 Fox VHS
• UK 1946 cinema release [A Rated]

My Dear Killer
aka

• Mio caro assassino
• Sumario sangriento de la pequeña Estefania

From IMDb:

The 2008 Shameless DVD features shorter film credits though the film is fully uncut and contains around 12 seconds of additional gory violence.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from IMDb: Don't Miss

Director Tonino Valerii is best known in the USA for the spaghetti western My Name is Nobody, but My Dear Killer is no less an excellent example of the giallo genre than "Nobody" was to its own.

The plot revolves around a series of murders committed by an unknown assailant intent on keeping the deaths of a small child and her father unsolved. As is the case with most gialli, there's a detective one step behind the murderer, a lush and creepy music score (this time by Morricone), a houseful of suspects, creative and illogical murders, and a downbeat and melancholy plot.

What elevates this one above all the others made in that banner year for the genre (1971), though, is the detail given to the script and production. The characters are all fully formed and functional to the story, which itself is well thought-out and clever. The resolution is well-handled, and even if the killer's identity is impossible to guess beforehand, the means in which he (or she) is finally discovered will make you smile. Add to this one of the saddest musical-score main themes in movie history, featuring a woman's voice singing a haunting child's melody, and you have a giallo that fans of the genre should definitely not miss.

• Cut to remove a brief shot of a young naked girl at an art studio.

My Lucky Stars

• Fuk sing go jiu
• Fu xing gao zhao
• Winners & Sinners 2: My Lucky Stars

The shorter English Version was cut for:

• UK 1999 MIA VHS
• UK 1987 VPD VHS

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

• US 2003 20th Century Fox R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The BBFC cuts were:

• Cut was required to the sight of a car being stolen with the aid of a piece of wire on the grounds that this is an imitable technique

• UK 2002 Medusa DVD
• UK 1999 MIA VHS
• UK 1985 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• Cut was required to the sight of a car being stolen with the aid of a piece of wire on the grounds that this is an imitable technique
• A joke about rape has been re-worded

My Sweet Satan

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum

The video was cut by the BBFC when submitted in 1999

• At 16 mins close up of man stabbing victim in eye and all sight of other attacker crushing his boot repeatedly on victim's head and squashing it into a bloody pulp were removed.

Comment from the distributor: I have to cut a particularly brutal scene from the climax of the film, which may render the film pointless.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

My Wife is a Gangster 2: Return of a Legend

• Jopog manura 2: Dolaon jeonseol
• My Wife Is a Gangster 2

The BBFC cut the 2007 Elephant DVD by 1s. Distributor required to remove shot of charging horse tumbling head first into the ground

Mystery Men

• A double ear clap has gone missing.
• The sound effects of a head butt were toned down

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon