• A scene is missing where a naked woman is whipped and then gets her injuries kissed better. The sight of her in the background of the next scene has also been deleted.
• Shots of oral sex have been removed from the subsequent sex scene
• We are denied the sight of a knife piercing a man's jeans during a castration.

• Usual cutting of all hardcore
• Deletion of implied anal penetration with a guy's thumb
• Cuts to a man dropping hot wax onto woman
• Cuts to a woman pouring hot wax on herself
• Length of sex scenes cut for the hell of it
• Cuts of all indications of a three-way scene with a woman and two men
• A groping of a woman by two masked men offended the BBFC and was cut

A truely despicable effort from the BBFC who presume that they sit in moral judgement over us. Anal sex is not illegal nor is it illegal to have three in a bed. Why should 4 minutes of softcore sex be wrong when 3 minutes is OK?

• Xiang Gang qi an Zhi Qiang Jian
• Legal Rape
• Raped by an Angel
• Super Rape

This video has had a bit of a difficult time at the BBFC. After 2 rejections it was finally resubmitted with a running time of 85:03s (ie pre-cuts of 6:20s) and the BBFC imposed a further 4:42s of cuts before granting a certificate in November 1998.

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum:

These account for what the BBFC removed, not what was pre-cut:

• At 7 mins - During dirty phone call received at women's party, after woman asks "Why not now, I'm hot right now?", the rapist's lines (and subtitles) expressing plans to tie woman up and rape her were removed, resuming on man saying "One day we'll do this for real, Yau Yak Nam."
• At 15 mins - Bed scene in which rapist turns woman over and then invites second man into bed to share her was reduced, cutting away as second man touches her back and she looks round. All sight of second man entering bed and raping her whilst first man records this on video was also removed, resuming on blue sky through window.
• At 28 mins - As ex-girlfriend makes stand against gangster and older woman says "How dare you make a scene here!", her further comment (and subtitles) "Get me a knife and I'll cut off her tits", together with man's instruction "Bring a knife" were removed, a reaction shot of woman on floor was inserted to avoid jump cut, and resuming on older woman continuing "I can't stand this stupid bitch".
• At 38 mins -In woman's flat, sexual assault was reduced to establishment only, as follows:

(i) after victim is thrown into bath and man looks down at her, remove shot of him smiling and saying "Good idea, let's have a bath", resuming on frightened woman in bath;
(ii) then, after woman starts to lift herself out of bath, cut away to remove prolonged scene in which she struggles and protests as she is terrorised, pursued, assaulted and finally raped in kitchen, resuming on new scene on boat panning up from man's bare feet.

• At 43 mins - After happy couple disappear under duvet, sadistic focus on raped woman's terror was reduced by removing all sight of her bound and gagged in chair, resuming on rapist raising video camera to photograph bound victim.
• At 69 mins - Scene of rapist peeping on his female neighbour was considerably reduced by removing the following -

(i) prolonged sexy dancing, sight of woman undressing and repeated shots of man peeping through hole;
(ii) CU of woman stroking her leg up towards crotch, resuming on woman in sexy underwear dancing in hallway.

• At 70 mins - At end of 'peeping tom' sequence, after boyfriend says "I'd wank myself to death", entire scene depicting rapist hanging upside down, masturbating and saying aloud "I will fuck you" was removed, resuming on scene in bar.
• At 78 mins - During final, prolonged fight between woman and rapist
  dressed in clown suit, the sadistic power of the violence was reduced by removing the following -

(i) sight of woman kicked in throat and falling back onto glass coffee table, breaking it;
(ii) woman having her hair pulled viciously, then kicked between her legs from rear as she crawls away;
(iii) woman being dragged by hair up outdoor steps in rain, then splayed out and pinned down against kitchen counter;
(iv) CU of man groping woman's bare breasts as lightning flashes in background.

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon

The BBFC gave the following justification for the rejection: Two different versions of the same Hong Kong thriller were rejected for their exploitative treatment of rape, murder and dismemberment

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove/obscure the word "bugger" to obtain a U category,

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Company chose to remove images of unsimulated sexual activity (in this case, oral/genital contact and vaginal penetration) in order to achieve a requested 18 classification

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Cut required to a scene of sexual detail (semen or liquid resembling semen present on woman's genitals)

Cut in 2007 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove images of unsimulated sexual activity (dildo penetration of vagina; and oral-genital contact during cunnilingus) An uncut R18 was available to the distributor

• National Lampoon's Winter Holiday

Same cuts to all cinema and video versions since 1990

The dialogue: We’re gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny fucking Kaye! lost the ‘fucking’

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

The Director's cut was passed without BBFC intervention in 2002.

The distributors, Warner Brothers, have decided never to release the video in the UK. See the banned list

Many short cuts were made by the US ratings board to achieve an R rated theatrical release. The BBFC passed this pre-cut version for both cinema and video without further cuts. The original is available from the US as an unrated directors cut and has additional scenes as follows:

1. Pre-credits murder scene in the diner features additional footage (Mallory smashing a guy's head on the floor; more graphic footage in the knife throwing death scene);
2. The death of Mallory's father is slightly extended with more graphic footage;
3. Mickey is briefly seen raping the bound hostage in the motel room;
4. When Mickey and Mallory run out of gas in the desert they start to argue; Mallory points a gun at Mickey and forces him to remove his trousers. He's chased by a ram escaped from the herd of the indian shaman. Mickey and Mallory ask him for help and follow him home;
5. Jack Scagnetti's murder of the prostitute is longer and more explicit.
6. After Mickey and Mallory have killed the indian and have been bitten by the rattlesnake, we see Scagnetti dumping the body of the prostitute near a railway; the camera pulls back to reveal a nearby drive-in theater where Mickey and Mallory are watching the film and talking;
7. The clerk at the Drug Zone pharmacy is watching a program on Mickey and Mallory on TV that features a dramatized massacre in an indian jewelry and craft store;
8. The beating of Mickey and Mallory after he's surrendered outside the Drug Zone is longer and more violent (the scene is shot mimicking the Rodney King videotape);
9. The scene where psychiatrist Dr. Rheingold (Steven Wright) is interviewed by Wayne Gale is longer and features additional dialogue;
10. A new scenes features Denis Leary as a prison inmate walking up and down his cell while delivering a frenzied and funny monologue about Mickey and Mallory.
11. The prison riot sequences are longer and include additional scenes showing a cop being shoved into a washing machine and killed, a con's head boiled in a large pot, another cop dragged on a table and shoved into an oven, a cop thrown and hanged from a balcony and cons cutting other cons' throats in the prison's barber shop.
12. After hitting the guard (Vince Pruitt Taylor) in the face with the butt of a shotgun, Mickey convinces him to bring him to Mallory's cell by breaking his fingers;
13. Jack Scagnetti's agony after being stabbed in the throat by Mallory is longer;
14. The warden's (Tommy Lee Jones) death scene at the hand of the prisoners is more explicit. The prisoners are seen waving his dismembered body parts and his head on a spear;
15. After Mallory has shot Wayne Gale's hand, there are a few frames showing the warden and the guards seen through the bleeding hole;
16. After Mickey and Mallory have killed Wayne Gale, the movie continues with a new ending showing them riding on a van with Owen (Arliss Howard), the prisoner that helped them escape. Owen insists that Mickey and Mallory take him with them but they refuse; after Owen asks Mickey to let Mallory have sex with him, the couple decides to throw him out of the van, but he pulls a shotgun and kills Mickey. The last frame shows Owen taking aim at Mallory.

The Director's cut also include the following extra scenes that were not included in the film. Oliver Stone's decision.

• There's a lengthy courtroom sequence showing part of Mickey and Mallory's trial; the prosecutor Wanda Bisbing (Rachel Ticotin) is interviewed by Wayne Gale and then we see witness Grace Mulberry (Ashley Judd) being cross examined byMickey. The murder of Grace's brother is shown, then Mickey stabs and kills Grace with a pencil on the witness stand.
• Wayne Gale interviews the Hun Brothers, two body builders who have had their legs sawn off by Mickey and Mallory. A flashback reveals that the brothers have been spared by Mickey and Mallory because they've been recognized as great admirers of their work;

I had an interesting report from one of my readers: I was fortunate to see a test screening of NBK at Universal Studios. There was a part of the motel rape scene removed from the final cut, this involved, Mickey approaching the bound & gagged hostage, he starts to dance in front of her, then taking his knife he cuts off her knickers, and then persues to rape while her hands are still tied behind her back, (this scene continues to bombard your mind and becomes more and more unbearable to watch) and then finally he then puts his mouth against hers, and rips her tongue out while still raping her (ala Midnight Express!). Why this was not added on to the supplementary section of the Box-Set release I don't know. I believed the scene was important in that it showed the sickness, ruthlessness and disturbing side to all serial killers and more importantly to our character 'Mickey'. Without this scene Mickey to me just did not seem disturbing enough! even with all the cuts restored.I asked John Venzon (assist. editor) why the scene was ommitted, in reply he said 'it detracted your attention away from Mickey, and was deemed to excessive', fair comment!

13s pre-cut

18:37s pre-cut and a further 21:44s cut by the BBFC

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove instance of unsimulated oral-genital contact

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove clear sight of oral-genital contact (cunnilingus) in line with BBFC guidelines and policy in order to achieve the requested 18. An R18 was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2007 with the following BBFC comment: The distributor chose to remove explicit sex images (in this case oral-genital contact during clearly unsimulated cunnilingus and vaginal penetration with fingers) to achieve an '18' certificate. An 'R18' uncut was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributer chose to cut clear sight of unsimulated dildo penetration for the 18. An R18 category was available to the distributer

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Company chose to remove images of explicit sexual activity (in this case, clear sight of cunnilingus)

Several shots have been removed from the scene where the vampire family use Molotov cocktails to burn down a building. The BBFC have removed shots of towels stuffed in the bottles and their ignition.Thats the trouble with youth these days, they just can't get good educational material.

• Night Visitor

The same cuts apply to the cinema release of 1983 and video versions of 1986 & 2001

Cut by the BBFC to remove a scene in which a horse falls into water on its back. Considered cruel treatment of a horse.

Cut when resubmitted in 2007 with the following BBFC comment:

Distributor chose to remove several [ie 5] uses of the word 'bleedin', used as an expletive, in order to gain a U. A PG uncut was available to the distributor.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Subtitled

• Xin ching-wu men
• Fists to Fight

Cuts were waived when resubmitted in 2002

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment:
The cuts were Compulsory., The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor was required to make a compulsory cut to remove a reference to under-age sex and one cut for category to remove sight of a man inserting his fingers into a woman's vagina. Both cuts were made

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to make several cuts to explicit sexual detail (vibrator penetration) in line with BBFC policy and guidelines

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Company chose to cut incidents of clear sexual detail (in this case sight of clearly unsimulated digital penetration during masturbation)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment:
The cuts were Compulsory. Cuts required to remove reference to "teen" on the grounds of encouraging an interest in underage sex,

The inner labia is out for 18 rated videos.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category.
Distributor chose to cut shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity ( vaginal penetration by dildo ) to gain an 18 classification. An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor.

3:25s unofficial pre-cuts

35:00s unofficial pre-cuts

33:25s unofficial pre-cuts with a further 19:08s cut by the BBFC

• Lo Squartatore di New York
• Psycho Ripper
• The Ripper

When submitted in 2007 for a DVD release, the film was shorn of 34s with the following BBFC comment: Cuts were required to remove sexualised violence (a naked and bound woman's stomach and breasts being mutilated with a razor)

From Mercury on the Anchor Bay Forum

The BBFC did not ask for any additional cuts above those for the 2002 release. Presumably they have been implemented differently.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

The video version was submitted by Protected and passed in 2002 after cuts described by the BBFC: Cuts required to detailed, close up sight of a woman's stomach, breast and nipple being cut with a razor blade

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Company chose to remove explicit images of fellatio, cunnilingus and vaginal penetration with penis and dildo, in order to achieve an 18 classification

• Above the Law

The cinema release appears to be uncut.

1. During the fight in a bar towards the beginning of the film - when Seagal is searching for his neice - 6 secs of Seagal twice slamming his fist into a thugs nose has been removed.
2. In the finale, when Seagal briefly fights Henry Silva, a 4 sec shot of Seagal breaking Silva's arm - with a loud crunch - has been removed, but the subsequent neck break seems intact.

The film was originally shown uncut on Sky T.V, but seems to have now been replaced with a censored version.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cuts required to dialogue references likely to promote or encourage an interest in illicit underage sexual activity

• La Horror Pilante Bestia Humana
• The Horrible Human Beast
• Horror and Sex
• Horror y Sexo
• Gomar the Human Gorilla

Thanks to MM:

The 2007 release is uncut and runs at 84 minutes in NTSC

Thanks to Chris:

This Redemption version is slightly longer than the (uncut?) IVER pr-cert tape as there are at least two extra bits not in the IVER (IFS) tape. These are:-

• 42 minutes - After the green-dress wearing female has been ravaged in the park it cuts to the professor and his assistant pulling up and taking the body of another girl out of their car. We then cut back to the green-dress woman getting up with bushes all over her and looking around. The IVER tape misses out the doctor in the car as well as the green-dressed female recovering from the ordeal - approx 1 minute.
• 74 minutes - There is an extra brief shot in the DVD of the monster running off to the left after he takes the heroine down to the floor in the park. In this shot, you can see the studio and a ladder at the corner of the screen - approx 10 seconds.

These were probably not in the tape due to print damage but at least they're in the DVD.

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

From a review on Amazon

The film is a very cheap Mexican 'horror' with real life heart transplant footage edited into it during the operation scenes. This is pretty grim. Although, they can't possibly have done this operation for the film itself, so I don't really consider that to be too tasteless. And really, the rest of most of the film is so comic book and likeable, dammit, that you can forgive the rather shoddy idea of using said footage as a main point of sale. Far more interesting are the scenes where a woman wrestles another woman in what initially seems to be a pointless subplot. Have faith viewers, it is NOT a pointless subplot, but a cunning and subtle plot development. Even when the film appears to be going nowhere it IS. God bless writer/director Rene Cardona. I love the actress who plays the wrestler, too - especially when she looks straight into the camera and smiles to us, her loyal viewers.

People say that really bad films are funny to watch _because_ they are so bad. I have only found this to be the case with one film before now, and that was Death Wish 3, but now Night Of The Bloody Apes has become one of my pet films. A desert island treasure.

For entertainment value, this gets 10/10. Recently I have been unable to watch films all the way through, due to my deteriorating attention span, but this kept my attention for its duration, even to the extent that I couldn't look away from the TV. Take my advice and watch this masterpiece.

From www.imbd.com

The Mexican producers filmed a "special" edition of the film (sometimes called Horror y Sexo) for more tolerant foreign markets, adding scenes of nudity and extreme gore not present on the Mexican prints.

In the early Nineties it was passed by the UK censors with cuts but whoever got hold of this tape (released by Vipco video) were in for a surprise at it was accidentally re-released intact, before it was withdrawn yet again.

In 1999 it was released by Satanica video, in a version that was obviously taken from Vipco's planned cut version (Vipco's logo remains). This time the distributor removed every single violent scene before submitting it to the censors. Strangely the scene where the doctor assistant is killed contains several shots of a completely different character being killed, whose demise doesn't happen until a few scenes later in the film.

And thanks to Adrian:  I can elaborate slightly on the Vipco release. I remember a piece in the Darkside saying that if you bought the video in July (1993) it would be uncut, this was a couple of months after they reviewed the cut version, I expected it to be re-released cut but I don't think it ever was.

I spent a couple of years trying to track one down without success, I was told it was never released although I still believe it was albeit briefly. I finally picked up a review copy a couple of years later; from the outside it looks like the other Vipco releases of the time but has release details etc on the inside of the insert, and a computer printed (dot matrix) label. The film has an on-screen clock running throughout and is cut to ribbons; I think it ran a few seconds longer than the Satanica release but I couldn't vouch for this. It has an official BBFC 18 certificate despite the BBFC website not having an 18 for this film until 1999. The release details inside the sleeve list the release date as 26th July 1993 so it was withdrawn within days. This is the only copy I have ever seen on Vipco and I've never even met anyone who's seen another, I reckon the old Iver pre-cert is probably easier to find than this.

pre-cert

Cuts made in 1994 rescued the film from the video nasties list

From IMDb

• Cuts to remove gory mayhem most notably the motorcyclist's castration scene and an arm being ripped off.

The film is being shown on the Zone Horror Channel uncut so presumably the film would now pass the censors uncut

The BBFC reduced the certificate to 15 for the Metrodome release (2007) and the Freemantlemedia Enterprise release (2008)

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: Groundbreaking

As with any other horror genre, the groundbreaking zombie movie is the best. Night of the Living Dead is a cult gem that has inspired every zombie movie after it, with its low-budget look and cast of excellent, unknown actors. And, of course, the flesh-eating undead who are rising to kill the living.

Night of the Living Dead is one of those horror movies that chills viewers right down to the marrow. Romero creates a nightmarish, claustrophobic atmosphere in his movie, where no matter where you go, you're trapped -- and the humans might kill you if the zombies don't.

Originally filmed in murky black-and-white, Romero manages to make this film feel creepy even when the zombies aren't there. And while they're hiding in the farmhoruse, he takes the time to make it realistic -- the refugees grate on each other in a believable way (I ought to drag you out there and FEED you to those things!).

But then things get creepy, gross AND action-packed, when they slip out to fight the zombies. Romero switches the tone from eerie to downright terrifying -- the characters just reek of desperation -- and builds it up to a slam-bang finale. And along the way, we get terrified people fending zombies off with torches -- what could be better?

Duane Jones is the standout performance here: he's strong, kindly, take-charge and resourceful, but he also knows how to kick undead butt. By the finale, his character is the one that is remembered, especially given the haunting, shocking last scene, with an all-too-realistic racial undertone. But he was backed by excellent actors in Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, and dozens of zombie extras. Those people were amazing!

Stripped-down and stark, Night of the Living Dead is the sort of movie that should never be watched at night, and might make you look twice before going outside. Creepy, innovative and bizarre.

Thanks to Greig

• The Prism version (PPA 1160) released in 2001 is uncut.
   
• The Contender Entertainment Group Special Collector's Edition (steel case, 2005) is extensively Restored & Re-mastered. However it appears to be missing several sequences including most of the cannibalism scenes following the attack on the car, as well as heavily reducing the trowel murder from 14 blows to 3. Strange, as this version did have input from Romero himself.
   
• The Anchor Bay box set with the 30th Anniversary Edition (released 2002, disc label code: VFC25258) is uncut. They've also added new clips to the cannibalism scene after the truck blows up.
   
• Other releases have been pre-cut in the cannibalism scene after the truck blows up

• A close up of 2 zombies fighting over intestines (after the female zombie in white walks past eating a bone
• Close up of a male zombie eating from a bone (after the white clad female zombie sits down still eating the bone)
• Close up of male zombie eating forearm
• Close up of male zombie with scarred ear eating some internals

From IMDb

• Substantial edits to the trowel murder
• The removal of all the flesh-eating scenes.

• La Noche de las gaviotas
• Don't Go Out at Night
• Night of the Blood Cult
• Night of the Death Cult
• Night of the Seagulls
• Terror Beach
• The Blind Dead 4

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2005

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

Review from imdb

I am a big fan of the "Blind Dead" series but when I had rented this one I was very disappointed. It did not have as much potential as the other "Blind Dead" films did.

The other films through the series were well worth watching but not this one. The over dubbing was fake and the acting was terrible. And the mentally retarded man that kept getting beat up by the villagers did nothing to save this movie nor did the fact that the villagers had to sacrifice all those women in order to please the zombies did nothing to save this film either.

Although the background chanting and effects of the soundtrack during the movie would be a good Halloween scare, I would only give this movie a 2.

Cut when submitted in 1987

Thanks to MM:

I can't say for sure but I would say a shooting spree near a cafe was cut and an axe in the head shot as well as a scene where a mans head is fried on a grill before he's stabbed through the neck.

Shown on Zone Horror uncut

Unofficial pre-cuts of 4:30s with an additional 3:25s cut by the BBFC

All the hardcore was pre-cut from the video but our holier-than-thou censors went further and demanded the removal of scenes showing three-way sex. Is three way, heterosexual sex illegal? does it cause harm? What on earth is the justification?

Unofficial pre-cuts of 27:00 with a further 2:33s cut by the BBFC

• Nightmares in a Damaged Brain
• Dark Games

A precut version was passed without further cuts in 2002

Research revealed that the version submitted was obtained from US distributors and seems to be about 2 minutes shorter than the uncut version. Maybe an R rated version.  This has not been confirmed as there seems to be some running time lost in the transfer. It has not been cut by the British distributor.

The end result is a version with a few small cuts along the lines of the UK cinema release. However there are less of them so it is about half way between the uncut version and the cinema version. The fact that there are some pre-cuts has also made the life of the BBFC a little easier. ie the released version is not that prosecuted during the panics of the video nasty era. Unsurprisingly, it took several viewings by the BBFC before the decision was reached.

Thank to Dave:

I recently watched the 2 disc box set of A Nightmare on Elm Street which they say is cut to the death of the girl Tina via a blood splash as she hits the bed. The scene plays out on R2 Turkish release. When Tina hits the bed we see the blood spurt all over her shocked boyfriend Rod. A pretty tame and lame MPAA cut by any standards to make an R and obviously it never offended Turkish censors for this new uncut DVD release! The A geyser of blood spurting up from Glen's bed is also intact in this Turkish release

The US Collectors Edition laserdisc (Elite Entertainment) details cuts made as the film went through the MPAA:

• 5s : Tina's corpse hitting the bed, and the resultant large splash of blood all over her boyfriend Rod
• 8s : A geyser of blood spurting up from Glen's bed and hitting the ceiling.

The UK video release is uncut but the UK DVD release is actually the cut US release described above. This is so that the distributors could maintain the same audio commentary track without needing edits.

All BBFC cuts waived when resubmitted in 2001

Same cut version for the 1989 cinema release and video from CBS/Fox

Thanks to Adey

The cuts weren't actually made to violence, but to 2 scenes both featuring nunchuks:

• The first being the character "Rick" practicing martial arts in his garage and swinging the nunchuks.
• Secondly the character "Alice" realizes that she is absorbing all of her dead friends powers when they are killed by Freddie so she has a swing of the nunchuks.

• Sleepaway Camp

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004 and also passed 15 as  Sleepaway Camp

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

• Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004 as  Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Note that the DVD cover seems at odds with the BBFC database and shows as a 15 instead of the BBFC 18

Man on man fellatio deleted

• Le Notti del terrore
• Burial Ground
• Night of Terror
• Zombie 3
• The Zombie Dead
• Zombie Horror

The uncut version was resubmitted in 2003 and was passed uncut with all previous cuts waived. Released under the title The Zombie Dead. This uncut region 2 DVD is available from UK Amazon

10:06s cut by the distributor and a further 3:11s cut by the BBFC

Various scenes have been reported as missing from the UK version:

• A boy/man midget bites off his Mum's breast at the end.
• Some gut-munching scenes
• glass-in-the-head scenes

Available in the US on the Vestron label

• La Femme Nikita

The BBFC do not claim responsibility for the following cuts.

UK laserdisc version contains a completely new subtitle track which has been tamed down for language. For instance when Nikita is sentenced to death in court she freaks out calling them all "motherfuckers". The new subtitling doesn't include this sort of language.

• Nikos
• Violent Shit 4: Nikos

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor was required to reduce images of sexualised violence during a fatal attack. Cuts to remove sadistic violence during an attack in a shower because of the significant sexualised focus on the nudity of the woman during the bloody attack.

• Nine Deaths of the Ninja

Cut when submitted in 1985

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Includes cuts for cinema version

1:02s was pre-cut for the video releases of 1991 & 2002

• Der Heiße Tod
• 99 donne
• 99 mujeres
• Island of Despair
• Isle of Lost Women
• Prostitutes in Prison
• Sex im Frauengefängnis
• The Hot Death
• Women's Penitentiary XII

Cut in 2007 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor was required to cut sight of animal cruelty (a snake being stabbed and hacked at by a woman using a knife)

The satellite version being broadcast on Movies 4 Men is slightly cut but does show the snake killing. (Presumably the version doesn't include the badly tacked on hardcore that was added later for the French release)

I have been told that the Hollywood DVD release is in fact uncut but I cannot see any record of the change in the BBFC database

Shots of ninja throwing stars were deleted

• Wu-Tang v Ninja
• Shaolin Hero

No cuts for a 15 when re-submitted in 2003 as Wu-Tang v Ninja

Cut when submitted in 1987

Cut when submitted in 1986

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004

It was "imitable weaponry" that caused the problems:

• The first cut occurs during the scene where Tessai kills the ninjas in the forrest. A scene where all the ninjas simultaneously throw Shurikens at Tessai has been cut.
• The next cut occurs during the scene where Tessai sexually assaults Kagero. He rips off her top and proceeds to lick her breasts, legs, and crotch. She then wakes up and he grabs her throat and says 'Shut up and perhaps I'll let you live just a little bit longer. Don't let it cross your mind that I wouldnt mind raping a dead girl'
• The only other cut is made to a close up of the Poison Shiuriken as it impales Jubei.

I have been told that the Hollywood DVD release is in fact uncut but I cannot see any record of the change in the BBFC database

Cut when first released in 1987. Images of ninja throwing stars were removed

• The Super Ninja
• Killers Invincible

Cut when submitted in 1987. The same version was submitted in 2007

• Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie

Cut in 2007 with the following BBFC explanation:

Distributor was required to remove a shot of an illegal horse fall from a trailer attached to the main work

I have been told that the Hollywood DVD release is in fact uncut but I cannot see any record of the change in the BBFC database

Cut when first released in 1986. Images of ninja throwing stars were removed

• No Mercy 2007

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2007 with the following comment:

Company was obliged to remove sight of a wrestler being choked with an electrical cord. Material removed on the grounds of possible harm to some of the likely audience, that is potential underage viewers in the home.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• Karate Tiger

Cuts waived when a re-edited version was submitted in 2004

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

• A Bruce Lee poster is unrolled by Kurt McKinney which clearly shows 'The Little Dragon' holding a pair of nunchaku. Two shots of this were ordered cut by the BBFC.

The 1986 Entertainment in Video release was further cut by 37s. These cuts were imposed to get the film a 15 rating:

• Two additional cuts were made to the fight between Jean-Claude Van Damme and his opponent towards the end of the film. These were: an elbow to the fighter's throat and repeated punches to his stomach.

The above elbow to the throat was shown in The Best of Martial Arts which has an 18 rating.

imdb Review

This film marked the Western debut of future superstar Jean Claude Van Damme but he does not have such a big part as the cover suggests.

The fight scenes are realistic looking and bone crunching. The direction is real good and the acting is okay. A Hong Kong style movie made in America.

If you enjoy old school kung fu movies where the son has to avenge his father with a blood oath, then this one's for you.

• Karate Tiger 2
• Raging Thunder

Cut when resubmitted in 2004 with the following BBFC comment: A cut was required to remove sight of actual animal cruelty (in this case the stringing up and cutting open of a live snake)

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2005

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from imdb

Not of This Earth is a quickly made, low budget, R rated, sci-fi movie. It's made very much in the style of the B movies of the 50s and 60s except for the R rating. The R rating comes from several scenes of topless women and some sexual activity. The star of the film is Traci Lords in her first role in a non-porno film. It is also supposedly the last time she appears topless in any film. I'm sure this is one of the big attractions of the movie to a lot of viewers. She did surprise me though by her acting. It really wasn't bad.

It is an interesting and fun movie and has some pretty good scenes of it's own. The film has plenty of mistakes and bloopers to look for that were left in due to the low budget.

Not of This Earth is a fun movie that combines some light comedy, horror and sci-fi. The movie is not meant to be taken too seriously. It's best viewed by a non critical eye with the intent of just having a good time. This can be a really enjoyable and fun modern B movie if watched in the right frame of mind.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Compulsory cuts required to two scenes of sexualised violence contrary to the Video Recordings Act 1984 and BBFC guidelines

• Nuda per Satana

34s cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2004 with the following statement: Cut required to sight of woman being whipped within a sexualised context

The film is playing uncut on Zone Horror Channel so presumably it would be uncut if resubmitted to the the BBFC today

• The cut scene is a lengthy & bloody whipping of a naked woman

There is also an uncut XXX rated version with hardcore inserts, available as a region 0 DVD via US Amazon

Amazon review: Surreal

This is a somewhat surreal Italian exploitation movie and although it does have a plot hidden within it, the emphasis is firmly upon the entertainment provided by each scene. The exploitation theme is carried out with great enthusiasm with large amounts of nudity, lesbian themes, whipping and even a horny spider, but all somewhat harmlessly.

Visually, the movie is quite classy with good production values and this is a good quality print. This is certainly much more watchable than many other exploitation movies dragged out of the vault for release on DVD in recent times.

Overall whilst this is no masterpiece, it does combine some good moments coherently with surreal elements and it all looks pretty into the bargain. Collectors of this genre could do much worse than get hold of this, its well above average for this type of movie.

• La Vampire Nue

The cinema release was cut in when submitted in 1972

The region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Sloooooow

The usual Rollin problems...which are: The subject matter would usually lend for a visual feast. However Jean Rollin manages to be an ultimate bore when it comes down to the cinematography in this production. When we all know from "Rape of the Vampire" and "Fascination" that compelling visuals can be his strength. The lighting is flat, compositions plain.

The editing is sloooooow. Do we really need to see a guy walk across a field until he disappears into the horizon? In an end sequence maybe, however not in the middle of a story that already tends to induce sleep.

My favorite: the girl that shoots herself in front of an audience. No gun smoke, no jerky body movement, no blood.
The acting is as usual questionable however this is most likely not a priority when watching a Rollin film. The majority of costumes look homemade. Or completely pretentious.

58:43s unofficial pre-cuts

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove explicit detail from an '18' adult work (oral-genital contact during cunnilingus)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut sight of unsimulated oral-genital contact (cunnilingus)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to to remove images of real sexual activity (sight of clearly unsimulated dildo penetration of vagina) in order to achieve an '18'