The cinema and video versions from 2005 have all been cut as justified by the BBFC:  Company chose to remove the word “spazz” in order to achieve a PG classification. An uncut 12 was available.

• The word 'spaz' was replaced with the word ‘jerk’.

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

The BBFC cut 5s when submitted in 2008: Distributor chose to remove scene of sexual detail (in this case, unsimulated penetration). An R18 uncut was available to the distributor.

See The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann

Softcore Version.

Unofficial pre-cuts some of which are probably to non-sex content

The uncut region 2 DVD is available from UK Amazon

Cuts were for supposedly instructional shots of heroin preparation and injection.

Cut by 1:56s when submitted in 2002: Cuts required to a scene featuring abusive seduction and sexual activity between uncle and niece and a scene featuring urolagnia.

No doubt due to an oversight the UK Arrow DVD is in fact uncut

From cuts details on IMDb:

All UK versions are cut by 42s by the BBFC to remove shots of a tethered and gagged monkey in Cosmo's closet.

• Guns Along the Trail
• Paradise Ranch

DVDs from 2003 to 2009 all similarly cut: Compulsory cuts were required to the sight of real animal cruelty (in this case, several horses being tripped in an illegal fashion, and a horse being ridden off a cliff into water)

Cut in 2005 with the following BBFC comments:

The reality TV genre continues to generate material which can challenge the limits of the adult classification. Paramedics is a fly-on-the-wall documentary with a cameraman following American paramedic crews as they attend serious accidents and incidents. It required cuts to remove some of the more extreme and detailed shots of gory and serious real injuries, including close-ups of a leg severed by a train and footage of a dead woman being dragged from the wreckage of her car, on a number of grounds, including that exposure to these kinds of images may encourage the development of callous attitudes amongst members of the audience.

• Mousou dairinin

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts required (on potential harm grounds) to the sight of a child attempting to hang herself, and accompanying subtitles.

See the full article at www.lyris-lite.net/fu_archives/000347.html

At the start of March, the BBFC set a new record in baffling and inane decisions when they defaced the British DVD of The Ren & Stimpy Show to remove a comedy hanging scene.

They're at it again this month, as another animated TV show - this time one from Japan called Paranoia Agent. The BBFC site tells us that there were "Cuts required (on potential harm grounds) to the sight of a child attempting to hang herself, and accompanying subtitles".

This is utterly INSANE as the DVD is rated 18. That means that anyone under the age of 18 is NOT allowed to buy it by law! The advice on the site already tells us that the show (or at least these particular episodes of it) have "strong suicide references" as a theme.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

The BBFC passed the film without cuts for the 2010 Eureka DVD/Blu-ray

The submitted running time was noted as 80:29s = 77:16s

The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2009 cinema release and 2010 Icon DVD/Blu-ray

The BBFC explained:

Paranormal Activity is a US horror film that presents as a case history conveyed through hand-held camera footage seemingly filmed by the performers and which relates how a young American couple are threatened by paranormal manifestations in their new house. It was passed 15 for strong language and threat.

At 15, BBFC Guidelines for language state that There may be frequent use of strong language (eg 'fuck'). and this film contains strong language that fits within this guideline and the frequency of which exceeds the 12A/12 rubric.

As for horror, this film's content exceeds the 12A/12 Guideline which states that Moderate physical and psychological threat may be permitted, provided disturbing sequences are not frequent or sustained.. This film features frequent strong threat and menace from the opening minutes until the final scene as the couple's camera records offscreen sounds and manifestations that graduate in frequency and intensity to the point where the threat becomes tangible and physical. The film's hand-held camerawork lends the horror and intensity a greater sense of realism and immediacy as the film's power is not reliant on gore or special effects but instead, credibly depicts an unknown force with growing power overwhelming the lives of a young couple in a realistic domestic setting. The lack of sadistic or sexualised elements meant that the film is permissible at 15, but the strength, frequency and sustained nature of the threat and terrorisation meant that it was not allowable at 12A/12.

Paranormal Activity also contains an oblique moderate sex reference to unseen sexual activity, additional mild sex references and mild language.

From version details on IMDb:

There is also a Director's Cut, comprised of the unedited film with three possible endings.

The Theatrical Version region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The Theatrical Version + Alternate Ending UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The Theatrical Version region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The Theatrical Version + Alternate Ending US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

From version details on IMDb:

The Alternate Ending Version released on US/UK DVD/Blu-Ray differs from both the Theatrical and the Director's Cuts and was filmed separately from both of them and was reportedly only showed at one public screening.

According to the BBFC it was cut because it showed a close-up of a needle being used for ear piercing: This seemed worryingly imitable for a PG comedy which was ideal in every way for an audience of primary school children.

Cut by 10:38s when submitted in 2008 with the following BBFC comment:

Distributor chose to cut shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (oral-genital contact) to gain an 18 classification. An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor

The Uncut Version was passed 12 uncut for the 2010 BFI DVD/Blu-ray

The uncut UK DVD/Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: Beatniks

Guy Hamilton's The Party's Over is a stark look at the 'other' side of life in the 60s, where conformity and convention have no place. Whilst the storyline that revolves around the actions of a group of beatniks and, in particular their leader, is undoubtedly interesting and keeps the viewer intrigued throughout, the subject matter of sex, death and necrophilia is at times somewhat nauseating.

The striking thing about this film is the complete lack of compassion or emotion shown by the cast towards each other and the situation they find themselves in and this results in the film having a somewhat depressing undertone.

However, it is always a pleasure and most interesting to see a young Oliver Reed, and an even younger Louise Sorel makes a notable appearance with a good supporting cast of solid British character actors.

Not surprising that it has fallen foul of the censors for so long, but as it was an important film in the development of British cinema in the 60s it is good to see it finally released. Not for the faint-hearted though!

The submitted running time was noted as 93:39s = 89:54s

• A Passion
• En Passion

The BBFC cut the 2004 DVD: Cuts required to sight of dog hanging by neck

• The Passion Recut

The 18 rated cinema release of 2004 and 20th Century Fox DVDs of 2004, 2007 & 2008 are uncut

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

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

• The most graphic scenes were cut particularly the scourging.

Similar cuts for all cinema and video/DVD versions:

• 2 shots of a cockfight
• a horse falling headfirst have been removed.
• use of live chickens for target practise (apparently goaded into action by spraying lighter fuel in their faces)

Version shown on TNT and now TCM seems uncut

• Der Patriot

Unrated

The US Unrated Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for the 2006 Sony DVD/Blu-ray

Edits for the Extended Version are non-contentious

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The Extended Version region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The Extended Version UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

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

R Rated

The BBFC suggested cuts for PG that were implemented for:

• 2009 Sony Blu-ray
• 2009 Sony R2 DVD
• 2009 cinema release

The BBFC explained:

This film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive a 12A classification but that the requested PG certificate could be achieved by making changes to two scenes. In particular the BBFC suggested that a scene in which a man has the lid of a sun bed slammed onto him several times be reduced; and that an extended fight sequence also be reduced to remove some of the strongest blows. In this scene specifically, it was suggested that a blow to the face with a skateboard and dialogue which introduces and emphasises a headbutt be removed. When the finished version of the film was submitted these reductions had been made satisfactorily and the film was classified PG.

19:57s of unofficial pre-cuts

• Payback Straight Up

See cuts details from dvdcompare.net

The UK Blu-ray contains the uncut Theatrical Version and the Director's Cut.

The uncut region 1 Director's Cut is available via UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

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

The 1999 cinema release and Warner video of the same year were similarly cut by 5s

• An Asian guy wielding a butterfly knife to attack Mel has been expunged

The UK releases are based on the US theatrical version in which Mel Gibson and the producers found the directors version too bleak and substantially re-edited the film.

From US Amazon

There were reasons writer-director Brian Helgeland's cut of Payback was dismissed by distributors Paramount and Warner Bros., then heavily re-shot and re-tooled by Mel Gibson's production company, Icon Entertainment.

Those reasons are explained in detail by Gibson, Helgeland, and others in the special features of Payback: The Director's Cut (Special Collector's Edition). Among them: Helgeland's version was too dark. America wasn't ready in 1999 to see Gibson play an unapologetic, 1970s-style antihero who might not get exactly what he wants. Audiences didn't have the patience to wait for answers to their story questions. A dog dies. (A big no-no.)

All of these comments make sound, practical sense. But here's the bottom line: Helgeland's cut, perhaps even a bit more disciplined and taut (according to Payback’s editor, Kevin Stitt) than it was in 1999, is a serious movie with an organic tone and logic that makes the film look the way it was meant to look: as a neo-noir film for adults. The theatrical release of Payback, by contrast, was and is silly and vulgar, self-sabotaging, pointlessly vicious, and perversely jaunty. It is very much like--deliberately like--the Lethal Weapon series. The Director’s Cut makes clear that’s not at all what Helgeland had in mind.

See also cuts details between theatrical and Director's Cut from IMDb

The PG-13 rated Theatrical Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for the 2001 cinema releases and 2001 Buena Vista DVD.

In the US there is an R rated Director's Cut. See version differences on IMDb:

• Some of the dialogue has been trimmed in the scene where Rafe (Ben Affleck) arrives in London.
• The scene where Betty (Jaime King) talks about not liking church has some new dialogue, and some pre-existing dialogue appears to be from different takes.
• The scene where Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale) and Danny (Josh Hartnett) are swimming in the ocean has a couple of different camera angles and has been shortened, removing the conversation in Danny's convertible.
• The "Spine-tingling feeling" scene with Capt. Thurman (Dan Aykroyd) has been expanded to contain some extra dialogue about the Navy's concern over the missing Japanese fleet.
• There are some additional ethnic slurs during the Dorie Miller (Cuba Gooding Jr.) boxing match.
• The main attack footage is more graphic. When people are blown out of sand bag barricades instead of whole bodies you see bloody limbs and torsos go flying. Also during the film's many strafing scenes we now see huge chunks of meat and body parts being blown off the falling people. If you look closely during the "nurse strafing" scene, when Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale) and Sandra (Jennifer Garner) are ducking down by the fountain, you can see a man get cut in half by the 20mm rounds coming from the strafing Zeros.
• There are several new scenes on Battleship Row where we see sailors on fire, getting shot, and brutally dismembered by shrapnel. This includes a extremely graphic shot of a severed head.
• The scene with Miller ('Cuba Gooding Jr' ) and Capt. Bennion (Peter Firth) now includes a brutal shot of Bennion moaning and crying as he holds his intestines in his hands. We also see Miller try to put them back in his stomach.
• The hospital scenes now include graphic shots of battlefield surgery and amputations, as well as close-up shots of severed limbs laying on the floor.
• New non-graphic shots throughout the attack basically making it longer and more complete.
• Dialogue during the attack includes more profanity.
• The scene around the campfire with Rafe and Danny before they start training for the Dolittle raid is completely removed.
• A whole new scene with Dolittle (Alec Baldwin) addressing the troops on the ship the night before the mission has been added.
• During the raid sequence some new dialogue and profanity has been added.

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

• Face of Fear

A version based on the 1960 cinema release was passed 15 without further cuts for:

• 2007 Optimum DVD

From cuts details on IMDb:

Later video and DVD releases contain much of the 1960 supposedly cut footage.  In particular the topless shot of Milly has been restored

The original uncut print now appears to be lost forever.

• 2001 Warner DVD
• 1996 Warner VHS
• 1994 cinema release

These releases contain much of the 1960 supposedly cut footage. In particular the topless shot of Milly has been restored

From cuts details on IMDb

The film proved to be problematic for the BBFC who demanded around 7 minutes of cuts. Among these were:

• reductions to the murder scenes
• closeups of the spike on Mark's camera
• all shots of nude girls in photo albums and on colour slides,
• closeups of a woman's disfigured face
• shots of Milly lying on the bed
• dialogue during the conversation between the police officers in the car.

Later video and DVD releases contain much of the footage supposedly cut, suggesting that not all of the cuts were actually made.

The submitted running time was noted as 108:46s = 104:25s

• Do ma daan
• Dao ma dan
• Peking Action Blues
• Knife Horse Dawn

The BBFC waived the cinema cut for the 2005 Medusa DVD

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

Thanks to Bleach

• Reel 5 - In torture sequence, remove all sight of interrogator's hand rubbing sand and salt water over and into woman's lacerated back.

4:38s pre-cut and a further 14:38s cut by the BBFC

• Valour

A long Version was passed 15 uncut for the 2010 Ayngaran DVD

The BBFC noted: A shorter version of this film was passed 12A for cinema viewing, because it did not include the stronger violence found in this version.

• Dance with the Devil

The BBFC cuts were waived for the 2006 Metrodome DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: Ultimate anti-heroine

Perdita is the ultimate anti-heroine in this amazingly underestimated treat. Hilarious, sexy, violent and at times wonderfully silly. The type of adventure Tarantino would love to have made but fell short every time. Perdita has more girl power than Kill Bill by a mile.

In some ways a sequel to David Lynch's Wild At Heart (several of the minor characters are featured here in a story from the same writer, Barry Gifford) and in a similar way all of the people are tainted (some more than others) and although Perdita and Romeo are the baddies you have to love them for their cool insanity and wicked sense of humour.

Thankfully the original cuts have been restored so the drama and thrills flow freely to keep this roller coaster chugging along nicely for a potent and colourful ride.

A Bonnie and Clyde for the 1990s. I love it. Rosie Perez plays the best ever femme fatale. You can sense she relishes her sassy, trashy portrayal of Perdita Durango. In some scenes she is nothing less than mouth-watering.

Don't rent this. Buy it to keep. To keep playing again and again... and again.

From cuts details on IMDb

• Heavy edits to a handcuffed naked woman being raped and a shot of a girl being attacked during the animated scene on the motel television.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove three uses of strong language from this short work

Unrated

The US Unrated Director's Cut was submitted for the 2010 Technicolor Blu-ray. This was passed 15 without BBFC cuts.

The additional material is reported as uncontentious padding to try and sell the DVD/Blu-ray release

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

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

R Rated

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cut two apparent uses of strong language in the soundtrack, to obtain a 'U'. A '12' uncut was available to the distributor

The Softcore Version was cut by 50s for the 2010 Darker Enterprises DVD. A single cut was made to remove a clear indication of simultaneous oral, vaginal and anal penetration of a woman by three men. An 'R18' uncut was available to the distributor.

The Hardcore Version runs 180:36s so at least 91:58s has been cut in total

The 1995 Jezebel video and 2009 BFI DVD are uncut

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

• Extensive cuts to sex scenes

The original running time was noted as 89:47s (86:12s)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cut sexual detail (oral-genital contact). An R18 uncut was available

Cut in production for the cinema and subsequent 2004 Universal video/DVD versions. The BBFC made the following statement:

While the film was still in post-production the company was given advice that a headbutt delivered by Captain Hook (Jason Isaacs) to Peter Pan (Jeremy Sumpter) was unlikely to be acceptable at any category below 12A. This action was not present when the film was submitted for classification.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to make two cuts to explicit sexual activity (cunnilingus and ejaculation onto the face)

The BBFC cut the 2007 Darker Enterprises DVD by 3:36s: Distributor chose to make four cuts to real sexual activity (oral-genital contact, masturbation and liquid resembling semen on face). An R18 was available to the distributor.

No BBFC cuts for the 2005 Anchor Bay DVD that was lowered to a 15 certificate.

However the version submitted was the R rated version cut by he US censor. Cut scenes ended up reused in Phantasm 4

From cuts details on IMDb:

In 1998 MGM re-released Phantasm on US VHS. The video featured 4 Minutes of scenes cut from the movie. The cut footage was two scenes

• The first involved Mike entering a room with 2 coffins, one is open and a body is inside, the other is closed but Mike hears sounds from inside it and thinks its Reggie. As he tries to open the coffin, Reggie enters the room. When Mike sees him and then realises that something unpleasant is in there, together the two close the coffin. Mike then tells Reggie that they need to find Jody
• The second scene had Mike and Jody run into the Tall Man in the funeral home. Jody shoots the Tall Man several times with his shotgun but it has no effect on him. He then knocks Mike onto the floor and picks up Jody by the neck with one hand! Mike sees a fire extinguisher and remembers when the Tall Man reacted badly when he passed by Reggie's Ice Cream truck with its refrigerator open. Mike realises the Tall Man can be hurt by the cold ,so he takes out the fire extinguisher and blasts the Tall Man with it as he's about to kill Jody. The Tall Man withers in pain, suddenly he screams and his head explodes splattering yellow blood all over the walls!

• Phantasm II: The Never Dead Part Two

cut

R Rated

The were no BBFC cuts to the 1988 cinema release, 1989 Guild video or 2005 Anchor Bay DVD.

However the version submitted had suffered MPAA cuts to avoid an NC-17. From cuts details on IMDb

A work print reveals extra scenes that were not included in the final version, some were for censorship reasons:

• After the house blows up in the beginning, there is no Funeral scene. After Reggie runs out, Mike runs out and Reggie says he knew it before it was going to happen. Mike tells Reggie that they could probably die trying to find The Tall Man and Reggie replys Hey, we all got to go sometime.
• After Mike encounters the Liz look-alike and sees the Worm-type creature crawl out of her back and Reggie torches him with the flamethrower, Mike wakes up finding out it was all a dream and Reggie tells him to get ready as he's ready to leave in his car.
• There is a rumored scene that Mike has a dream that he makes love with Liz all over the World.
• The sphere attack on Father Meyers is also much gorier. We see a much bigger geyser of blood spurt out the back of the sphere and we see a huge puddle of blood forming in front of him.
• When Mike & Liz are sleeping in the abandoned Manor they along with Liz & Reggie take refuge in, after Mike kisses Liz, they have a Telepathic love scene and after it finishes, Liz tells Mike That's about the safest sex we'll ever have.
• When the gold "Ripper" sphere drives itself into the Caretaker's back and sends him flying across the Casket Room, we see a lot more blood squirt from his body.
• After The Tall Man's body is pumped full of acid and Mike, Reggie & Liz escape with Alchemy in the Hearse, we see a new Tall Man come out of the Space Gate and we see him throwing the dead Tall Man into it. This scene can be seen at the beginning of Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead.
• Alchemy removes more skin from her face and it soon reveals that it was actually The Tall Man who had tricked Mike, Reggie & Liz. This scene was removed because director Don Coscarelli felt it looked too fake.

• Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
• Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead - The Never Dead Part III
• Phantasm III: The Third Power
• Phantasm: Lord of the Dead

The 2005 Anchor Bay DVD was passed 15 uncut. The uncut US unrated version was submitted

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

Review from UK Amazon: Better than the Original

One rare event where the sequel is better than the original. I enjoyed Phantasm 2 & 3 more than part 1, I must say. This one is eerier and more atmospheric.

What sets this series apart from most other horror films is that it's so DIFFERENT. It actually has a STORY, it does not solely evolve around brutal onscreen killings.

In fact it is not as violent or gory as it is said to be. Phantasm 3 has lots of great ideas and cannot be taken seriously at times, although I wouldn't put it into the fun-splatter genre.

I didn't really care for the introduction of Kevin Connors in part 3 as an eight-year-old who can shoot than anyone else and drive a car, seems a little absurd.

Nonetheless, I loved this film and can strongly recommend this to anyone who enjoys horror/sci-fi and wants more than the usual Freddy/Jason massacres.

• Un Delitto poco comune
• Off Balance

• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom

The cuts were waived when resubmitted in 2008

From therewindforums.co.uk:

At 1hr 15 min and 47sec, there is a shot of a horse jumping at Daniel Craig's character. The horse then falls on its side (a very loud thump is heard), and the animal then just simply lays there. This could be the sequence cut by the BBFC in 2000.

1984 Italian film by Dario Argento

See Creepers

Some of the goriest elements removed from the following scenes:

• A man hanging from butcher's hooks that have pierced his back
• Self induced vomiting
• Huge ball bearings and spikes being inserted under the skin

Shown on Channel 4 schedules, under their 4Later slot without the excessive BBFC interference that the video release suffered.

• Stones

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 2009 Arrow DVD

The BBFC cut the 2006 Cinema Club DVD by 19s. Compulsory cut required to remove sight of genuine animal cruelty (a dog being dangled by its lead over a balcony)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove clear sight of explicit sex (oral-genital contact). An R18 without cuts was available

The uncut 'extended version' DVD was rated 18 in 2008

See detailed changes from movie-censorship.com

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

The pre-cut 2008 cinema release was passed without further cuts by the BBFC with the explanation:

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is a comedy about a man who witnesses a murder and is forced to go on the run from the police, along with his drug dealer. The film was classified '15' for frequent drug use and references, strong language and comic violence.

As the lead character is a regular drug user, sight of soft drug use (in the form of cannabis smoking) and verbal drug references are found throughout the film. However, although the tone of the film is light it does not, as a whole, promote or encourage such drug use. There is also frequent use of strong language (BBFC Guidelines at '15' state that 'There may frequent use of strong language') and some scenes of strong but comic violence. The scenes of comic violence include sight of a tough policewoman being kicked in the groin by a man and close up sight of an ear with part of it having been shot off. The film also contains a number of strong sex references such as You wanted to eat that lollipop out of that stripper's snatch and You'll blow a bunch of dudes and become a lesbian, which are crude but in line with the Guideline requirement that, at '15', 'there may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour'.

However in an article from news.bbc.co.uk

Canadian actor Seth Rogen has said that one of the drug scenes from his new film Pineapple Express had to be specially edited for UK audiences.

The film is rated R in America but in the UK it's got a 15 certificate.

Rogen said: There's a scene in the movie when we sell [drugs] to high school kids - that's still in there I assume. But in the American version of the scene we also smoke weed with them and hang out. It's a really explicit scene of us getting high with these 11-year-olds. I think for the UK they've kind of softened it a bit.

• John Waters' Pink Flamingos

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

The BBFC cut 2:08s from the 1999 Entertainment in Video but restored the excrement eating cuts

• Cuts for prolonged sexual abuse and the forcible artificial insemination of a woman
• It also lost the sex scene where a squawking chicken is crushed between copulating lovers.

• Cuts for prolonged sexual abuse and the forcible artificial insemination of a woman
• It also lost the sex scene where a squawking chicken is crushed between copulating lovers.
• The final dog excrement eating scene was reduced to a series of still images

The BBFC cut 3:04s from the 1990 Castle Communications video.

• Cuts for prolonged sexual abuse and the forcible artificial insemination of a woman
• It also lost the sex scene where a squawking chicken is crushed between copulating lovers.
• Shots of the man's elastic anus were lost
• The final dog excrement eating scene was reduced to a series of still images

James Ferman's passion in life is that the British public should not be able to see chainsticks in operation. Cato therefore receives 30s less torment from Peter Sellers. But then again the BBFC do not own up to any cuts

Submitted in 2007. BBFC cut 2:03s with the following comment: Distributor chose to cut scenes of unsimulated sexual activity - oral-genital contact during cunnilingus; and dildo penetration of vagina.

The distributor pre-cut at least 31:42s as the original hardcore versions runs at 114:05s

The BBFC cut the 2007 UK Distribution Services DVD by 3:49s. Distributor chose to remove shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (in this case, vaginal penetration by dildo and liquid resembling semen on a woman's face). An R18 without cuts was available.

The film was passed 15 uncut for a 2010 Lions Gate release

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Pre-cut with edits to the attempted rape of María-Dolores in order for the film to receive a PG

• The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black

The Theatrical Version was submitted for the 1999 cinema release and video/DVD/Blu-ray to 2009.

There is also a Director's Cut featuring non contentious additional material.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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

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

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to sight of horse fall

• Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terro

The Extended and Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for the 2007 cinema release and 2007 Technicolor DVD/Blu-ray.

The US theatrical Version is shorter.

The BBFC cut 6:32s from the 2009 Darker Enterprises DVD: Distributor chose to make multiple cuts to unsimulated sexual activity (oral-genital contact, penetration, ejaculation). An R18 was available

• David Sullivan's The Playbirds
• Secrets of a Playgirl
• The Playbird Murders

The 1997 Lazer DVD is uncut.

• A couple of scenes lost some female masturbation

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts required to remove shots outraging public decency, bare breasted models sitting in car in a public place

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut sight of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (masturbation and labial stimulation with dildo) to gain an '18' classification, under BBFC Guidelines. An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to make cuts to remove occurrences of sexual detail - masturbation

• Play Time
• Tempo di divertimento

The BBFC passed the Restored Version for the 2003 cinema release. This was released on a 2004 BFI DVD albeit not noted in the BBFC database.

There was a 155 minute French cinema release but this included an intermission and extended exit music

The Restored Version region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

The BBFC cut 6:55s from the 2009 Darker Enterprises DVD: Distributor chose to make several cuts to unsimulated sexual activity (oral-genital contact, penetration, ejaculation). An R18 was available.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Company chose to remove sight of unsimulated sexual activity (vaginal penetration with a dildo)

The Export Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2010 BFI DVD/Blu-ray

The submitted running time was noted as 86:23s

• National Lampoon's Pledge This!

Unrated

The US Unrated Naughty Version was passed 15 uncut for the 2007 Lions Gate DVD.

There is also a cut down R Rated version with 2 minutes less tits

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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

Audio substitutions

The Fox Video releases of 1992 & 1993 were rated 18 uncut

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

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

From cuts details on IMDb:

• There were five cuts to remove bullet impacts
• cuts to shots of a naked woman being fired at during the house raid
• several cuts to remove aggressive strong language.

R Rated

The R Rated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2009 Warner Online
• 2009 Warner Video

The erotic scenes have been cut from the R Rated Version. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Unrated

• 2003 Pathe R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1996 4 Front VHS
• 1993 Guild VHS

The US release is uncut for the MPAA Unrated Version:

• 1999 New Line R1 DVD at US Amazon

A longer version was passed 15 without cuts for the 2007 Ayngaran Blu-ray

The film was passed uncut but with a 12 certificate for the 2004 Warner DVD.

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

Thanks to Andrew:

• The cut was to Steve Guttenberg jokingly opening a tube of superglue.

Not quite sure as to why this was cut. Some could argue kids could imitate it. True, but you still get to see Guttenberg applying the glue to a megaphone, then G.W. Bailey sticking it to his lips.

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Cuts waived for

• 2007 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2004 Warner video

The US release is uncut and MPAA reated PG for:

• 2004 Warner R1 DVD via US Amazon

• 1989 Warner VHS
• 1989 cinema release

The cuts were for BBFC banned weaponry:

• In the scene where Lassard and Fackler go to the pool room. After entering from outside, it cuts to the inside on the line "Watch me hussle this old fart...", completely omitting Lassard and Fackler's entrance. This is because bad guys in the bar are seen throwing their weaponry behind the bar for safekeeping. The weaponry includes the then banned nunchukas

• Ging chaat goo si
• Jackie Chan's Police Force
• Jackie Chan's Police Story
• Jing cha gu shi
  Police Force

The 2001 Medusa DVD release is uncut and includes the cop peeing himself

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

There is also an extended Japanese version that adds 9 minutes of plot to better introduce the characters.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Multiple versions abound and none of them are censored by the BBFC. However a few scenes have been pre-cut and in particular a fear-stricken cop peeing himself, something that was shown when the movie was broadcast on C4 years ago.

A very short version though.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to remove scene of public indecency as naked man jogs along a public country road.

Cinema version cut by 32s so I guess the video will be too.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor was required to remove two scenes where there was clear sight of the penis shaft during penetration

• 9to5: Days in Porn

The US MPAA Unrated 2010 Strand R1 DVD claims to be uncensored:

The 18 Rated German GoodMovies R2 DVD is also likely to be uncut

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

Review from US Amazon: Titillating, realistic, sensitive

Strand Releasing brings us a new look at the porn industry with 9 to 5: Days in Porn, a titillating, realistic, sensitive film. It is a look at the people who work in adult films. Filming took place over a year and we get ten different stories that go deep into the personal lives of porn stars. Pornography is big business and big money and is now part of mainstream life and has become quite fashionable.

What we want to know is what kind of people make porn movies---what motivates them and how long can they last? Does porn affect their personalities and their private lives? The porn world is small and there seems to be a family like feeling among the people who work in it.

The film does not glorify porn or porn stars but rather it is an honest look at the industry. It is real and totally unbiased and no conclusions are drawn. Of course the movie does titillate but that is because the actors themselves do but that was not the purpose. There are so many misconceptions about porn that perhaps this film may change your mind but we must admit that porn seems to be here to stay.

Cut in 2008 with the following BBFC comment: The cut was to remove explicit sexual detail (oral-anal contact). An uncut 'R18' classification was available.

• Le Pornographe

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Passed R18 uncut for:

• UK 2002 Tartan DVD (unreleased?)

The US release is uncut and MPAA unrated for:

• US 2005 Koch Lorber R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Not that Bad

Now in his late-fifties/early-sixties Jean-Pierre Leaud is still a fine actor who hits all the right notes in his performance as an aging pornographer. Leaud plays Jacques, a pornographer that had a slew of hits in the seventies but has retired. He now has a wife and an adult son he rarely speaks too, but decides to return to making movies.

Problem is, porn has changed since Jacques was making it and he's not able to make it the way he wants it too. As his world falls apart around him, Jacques begins to re-examine himself and, in the process, begins to lose his mind.

The movie is actually a really good character study, although it sometimes takes itself to seriously. The movie has probably got more attention for it's graphic sex scene than anything else. This scene (which occurs about 30 minutes into the movie) is graphic...But it's not. You see more of the guy than you do of the girl, in fact you really don't see anything of the girl. It is, technically, graphic...But.

A lot of the reviewers on here say the movie is dull. I didn't find it dull; I actually found it pretty interesting and thought provoking. It's no masterpiece, it's not in a league with masterpieces, it's not even the best look at the world of pornography, but it's definitely an underrated film.

• UK 2002 Tartan R2 DVD
• UK 2002 cinema release

The BBFC commented: Sight of man ejaculating on woman's face removed. Contains explicit images of real sex.

The 2002 DVD was cut by the BBFC: Compulsory cut required  to sight of cock fighting.

• The Night the Screaming Stops

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2010 Second Sight R2 DVD at UK Amazon for release on 25th October 2010
• UK 1999 Visual VHS

There are several versions around the world but this 118min PAL/123min NTSC version is attributed with the tag Director's Cut

There is a rumour of a  5 minute cut to the octopus baby miscarriage on the metro. This appears to be false as the old VTC version is the same as the Dutch and French video releases as well as cinema prints. The director himself has stated that the birth scene does not last 10 minutes. A fair few scenes were cut during editing one of which clarifies what happens to Anna (Adjani). To the director's knowledge, none of these have ever made it to any release of the film.

Review from UK Amazon: Art Horror

Possession is totally extraordinary. Packed with symbolism it can be read on so many possible levels of interpretation it's bewildering.

Set in a European city (obviously Berlin during it's partition) in an alienating mixture of ultra modern buildings and decaying grandeur, visually it evokes a sense of dislocation.

Thematically, it seems to be a study of a marriage in the last phase of destruction, with Sam Neill returning from doing a mysterious job (spying?) and meeting his wife played by Isabelle Adjani, whose agitated reaction to his arrival only hints at the deep levels of disturbance she enacts as the film progresses.

What follows is a nightmarish and surreal two hours of startling images, bizarre acting and frequent bloodletting.

If you liked Antichrist you will be interested to see a lot of similar themes in Possession - misogyny, madness, faith, evil and lust permeate a fractured dreamscape.

Possession is as challenging an art-horror as I've ever seen.

In September 1984 it was cleared of obscenity in a jury trial and was removed from the list.

VTC re-released the film with a toned down cover in December 1984.

The cuts were waived for the DVD release of 2007

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from IMDb

I first watched this movie when I was just a teen and was riveted to the TV screen. I was amazed at the performance of the characters and the intensity of the plot.

If it was to be redone today there would be no doubt superb special effects to make it seem realistic. Shirley MacLaine is quite the actress no matter what part she is playing on the big screen and even now I have high respect for her ability to perform.

From UK Amazon

• Reel 11 - The incident in which Joel menaces a woman with a flick-knife was shortened.
• Reel 12 - The scene in which Joel forces a woman to eat dog food from a bowl was shortened.

No cuts by the BBFC to the Metrodome DVD in 2008 but the cut US version was submitted. The uncut German DVD runs 6:26s longer. See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com

There is a US Directors Cut due for release though which runs at 117mins in NTSC

The cuts were basically to remove sexual innuendo and Taliban jokes presumably for reasons of political correctness

Cuts from alternative versions on IMDb

• Richard telling that an follower of D.O.O.M. works at Little Germany and will smuggle them in.
• While the Taliban walk to their van to get to Little Germany, Osama yells "Shotgun" so he can sit on the front seat.
• A sleepy Uncle Dave getting woken by Dude so he'll go to Little Germany too.
• Longer suncream scenes.
• Dude telling Richard to stop speaking with a queer German accent on the walkie. Followed by an conversation between Dude and Dave about Richard's retard-status.
• Extended report of what happened with the Little Germany Security Guards.
• Communication problems between Osama and Mohammed about the van that is parked outside.
• Mohammed telling the Taliban that Tariq knows where Dave and his girls live, because he visits them frequently.
• Instead of just announcing the show "They had it coming" about the victims of 9/11, they showed portions of it before the Taliban switched channels.
• Dave not believing Richard believes the stuff he wrote in his Bible when he was stoned.
• Dude trying to defend himself in the bunker, but getting beat down by Starr.
• Dave promising he won't smoke anything again if that makes Richard happy.
• When Mohammed asks for volunteers to wear an explosive belt, a Taliban volunteers Mohammed. But Mohammed declines, saying he would be happy to do so, but it is forbidden to him.
• The Taliban congratulate Abdul the retarded Taliban on his "luck".
• Seminar guy talks about Side 5 in his book which helps enslaving employees without having to use chains. But for those who want to be on the safe side he also sells chains.
• The baby-stroller scene is extended and shows an actual baby inside the stroller.
• Mohammed keeps the Taliban from getting out of the van in the final shootout for quite a while, so he can be safe a little longer.
• Osama trying to get some change back from the coin-operated telephone.
• Dude feeding his dog with an disembodied hand near the end.

Note that the US unrated version is the same cut movie as the R rated version but had deleted scenes added to the end credits

+ cinema cuts

• The Dorm that Dripped Blood
• Death Dorm

The BBFC cut 10s from:

• 2010 Cornerstone R2 DVD
• 2003 Vipco R0 DVD
• 2001 Protected DVD
• 2001 Vipco VHS
• 1992 VPD VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• 10s were cut from a scene showing a janitor being murdered with a drill.

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

Review from US Amazon: Typical Slasher Stuff

Another 80's college film in which all the "students" look older than expected. College girl Joanne Murray takes on the unenviable job of readying the student housing building to become apartments, which includes selling the unneeded furniture, etc. This takes place during a break, so a mysterious psycho is stalking the nearly-empty premises on campus. Need more?

As you can imagine, this is typical slasher stuff, with overly dramatic music that sounds ripped off from Psycho. Don't expect anything earth-shattering; you do get a cheapie, yet solid release for fans of 80's slasher/horror.

80's horror fanatics will still love this cheesefest that was like a poor man's Pieces. I don't know, it's not as gory and weird as Pieces, but it's in that same mindless yet fun stalk n' slash vein....

Expect a low budget, some bad acting, and if those are things you are able to tolerate then Pranks ain't half bad. Best served with lots of beer and a roomful of friends.

Added to the DPP list of banned video nasties in October 1983. Dropped from the DPP list in September 1985

Both the cinema release and the Video Programme Distributors video suffered the same BBFC cuts in 1986

No cuts listed by the BBFC but the film appears to exist in two versions so perhaps this explains the fact there are many reports of cuts. This appears to be the full version.

The heavily cut version is as follows: (Thanks to Luis Canau)

• 23:43 - Dutch (Schwarzenegger) fires a mortar into a hut - we don't see aman projected into the air
• 24:06 - Similar shot, with a scream being affected by the edit
• 24:16 - 6 shots cut, removing a man in flames shot by Dillon (Carl Weathers), followed by him warning Dutch of an enemy, which is then shot by both (a shot presented the soldier being pierced by bullets, from behind)
• 24:40 - When the helicopter in which the Russians where about to escape is blown away, we don't get to see a man falling out, in flames
• 24:51 - After an explosion, a scene is cut in which two men are projected in the air, falling down on the water
• 25:17 - A soldier on a tree is shot by a machine gun. Two shots of him falling down are cut, including one with him partially burning
• 25:27 - Billy (Sonny Landham) shots two soldiers, amongst explosives. One is burned by the flames, but we don't see any of this;
• 25:45 - The famous "stick around!" scene is removed. Three shots are cut:the enemy approaches from behind, Dutch turns around and throws the knife,and then says the one-liner. They left the enemy entering the frame though. The audience should think it's one of the good guys following the leader? We can still hear part of the scream that Scharzenegger makes while he throws the weapon;
• 1:08:22 - When Mac (Bill Duke) is killed by the predator we don't get to see a shot taken from a low angle, in which his head is dripping blood and his body jerks;
• 1:10:10 - Other famous shot is almost totally removed: when Dillon's arm falls to the ground we don't see two shots of it still firing the machine gun and a third shot, in the middle, of his face reacting to the pain. There's only a brief moment of the arm hitting the ground left.

The cuts which the UK (and R2 Skandinavian and R4 Australian) releases contain, have their origin in Germany. These cuts were imposed on German theatrical and video releases by the German censors,  FSK, in order to achieve an "FSK 18" rating. So these cut masters must have served FOX to produce their UK DVDs.

The same version as previously submitted was passed 15 for the 2007 20th Century Fox DVD 18 without cuts.

There are general reports that this version has been toned down. A possible cut scene involves some yardies getting killed by predators using spikes. In the video version you see the after shots of these spikes in the wall but you don't actually see them fired, yet other reports say that they were shown in the cinema, along with a few extra shots of men getting injured/killed.

Open leg shots offend the BBFC so they have been removed

The distributors tried an appeal so as to obtain an 18 certificate but this failed

The film was passed 15 uncut for the 2008 Optimum DVD

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

From cuts details on IMDb:

• cut to remove shots of maggots being poured from a cup
• edited scenes of Emily's body being covered with earth.

The submitted running time was noted as 80:31s = 77:18s

Préparez vos mouchoirs
aka

• Get Out your Handkerchiefs
• Get Your Handkerchiefs Ready

Cuts were waived for the 2007 Arrow DVD. The age restriction was also reduced from 18 to 15.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Passed 15 uncut for:

• 2001 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1989 CIC VHS
• 1988 cinema release

Avoid the US version which is missing 15s of nudity, of which 10s features Meg Ryan

The 1991 video and 1999 DVD are the same cut versions as the cinema release and were also upped from a 15 to an 18 certificate

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

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Cut to remove the lines: He was trying to fuck her to death and Paying to suck his cock in a public place.

The 2 cinema cuts were waived for:

• 2007 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1987 CIC VHS

From cuts details on IMDb:

Against his own wishes UK censor James Ferman said he was forced to make minor edits under the 1978 Protection of Children Act

• pubic hair was optically airbrushed onto a scene where Brooke Shields is sitting with her legs slightly spread so that the actual cleft was not visible.
• A further cut was also made to remove a very brief shot of her standing up in a bath.

The BBFC cut 57s when submitted in 2008

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 15 uncut for the 1998 Buena Vista laserdisc and 1999 Buena Vista video/DVD

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

• Alien Prey

The BBFC cuts were waived when the 2004 DVD was submitted by Anchor Bay UK

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon for release on 30th June 2009

See review from IMDb: Norman J Warren, I salute you

I like this film. I like it a lot. I like it because it makes me incredibly nostalgic for a period in British cinema that has long since passed. The 1970's. A time when irreverent and irrelevant schlock like this could get made. I like it because it is monumentally silly yet eerily compulsive, possesses a truly odd atmosphere, and at one point it actually frightened me.

It was made in 10 days with whatever change the crew had in their back pockets. It's very entertaining.

How I wish up-and-comers would make stuff like this rather than the Tarantino and 'Trainspotting' tributes that they STILL are.

Norman 'J.' Warren, I salute you.

• Cut to reduce shots of Anders feasting on a girl's body.

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, cunnilingus)

unofficial pre-cuts

The BBFC passed the 2009 BFI DVD 15 uncut

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

The submitted running time was noted as 87:03s = 83:34s

• Wonderful World of Wendy Whoppers: Prison Love Doll

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC comments: Cuts required to remove sequences of real assault, public nudity, defecation and urination. Cuts required on the grounds of potential harm to likely audience and others by imitation. Cuts also required in line with UK laws relating to public indecency and assault.

Ptitchard vs Dainton had cuts to remove sight of glasses being broken over heads. This was not just because of concerns about imitation but also because the film makers may have commissioned a real criminal offence in the UK in order to produce the sequence.

Although there are no constraints on nudity at ‘18’, the BBFC will not classify material which is the result of the commission of a criminal offence in the UK. This policy takes into account the new offence of ‘exposure’ under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which came into force in 2004. The BBFC already had an established policy on public nudity in line with the broader common law misdemeanour of ‘indecent exposure’. On these grounds, cuts were made to public nudity in Pritchard Vs Dainton, which contained full frontal nudity as men ran along public streets.

• Pamela
• The Afternoons of Pamela Mann
• The True Story of Pamela Mann

The BBFC cut the Hardcore Version by 8:59s for the 2005 Arrow DVD (release on the JoyBear label). Compulsory cuts for R18 required to remove scenes showing woman being explicitly sexually assaulted in a manner which eroticises and endorses sexual violence.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to make cuts to the sight of clearly unsimulated sexual detail (sight of oral genital and genital genital contact). An R18 classification was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to make cuts to clearly unsimulated orogenital sex (cunnilingus). An R18 was available to the distributor.

The Softcore Version was cut by 26s for the 2007 UK Distribution  DVD. Distributor chose to make a cut to sexual detail (oral-genital contact). The distributor was offered an uncut R18 certificate.

The Hardcore Version runs at 114:58s so at least 26:39s has been cut in total

No cuts made when re-submitted in 2006. However the version submitted was pre-cut to eliminate the same material as the previous version. The increased running time is additional, uncontentious footage.

The region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Top Grossing

Private Lessons is one of the top grossing independent films of all time pre-Miramax. Private Lessons was released in 1981, starring Sylvia Kristal, Eric Brown, and Howard Hessman. Private Lessons was the first in a genre of soft core, teenage, wet dream, pictures.

I liked this movie, but just to let you know, it has been altered from the version, which is on VHS tape. It has also been revealed that Silvia Kristal had a body double, her name is Judy Helden.

However, Ms. Helden only appears in two scenes in the movie, and they are not the famous scenes which those of us in the 35 to 40 age group, who love the movie all know. Miss Helden's scenes appear towards the end of the movie, where we see aroused nipples on a breast, in one shot of the backside that does not match up with Sylvia Kristal's.

If you are a fan of Sylvia Kristal's, you will like this movie. If you are 35 to 40, and you can remember when this movie was released. You will probably like this movie. I will close this review with a question. Do you want to feel like you are 15 again?

The same cuts to the X rated cinema release of 1982 and video releases in 1987 & 1992. The pre-VRA version suffered less cuts.

• Cuts were made in several scenes under the Protection of Children Act. Basically every shot where you could see Kristel's nudity and the boy in the same shot was removed. The scenes affected were the striptease, the bath scene and the two sex scenes. In the storyline the boy was meant to be 15 years old

• Entrechattes
• L'Infirmière
• Engel der Lust

The 1978 cinema release was cut by the BBFC

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove explicit images of sexual activity (in this case, cunnilingus).

• Il mercenario
• Revenge of a Gunfighter
• The Mercenary

The BBFC cut the AA rated 1970 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 105:59s = 101:45s

Cut in 1998. The 2004 DVD re-release is reported as being uncut

The offending scene depicted a character entering some premises by use of that good old 1970s TV cliche the credit card! The BBFC demanded that this should be cut as it depicted the use of what they termed "criminal technology".

Thanks to Dave Matthews (see New Avengers' and Professionals websites)

• Project Shadowchaser II
• Armed and Deadly
• Night Scenes: Project Shadowchaser II
• Night Siege

The BBFC cut 56s from the 1994 Lazer video.

There are 2 source versions, R Rated and unrated. The unrated version has about 33s of extra gunshot wounds.

Thanks to Floyd:

Not cut by the BBFC but a pre-cut television version was submitted as per the US DVD releases. The only uncut DVD release is available in Australia

Cuts from www.dvdcompare.net:

• A shot of the janitor's pacemaker bloodily exploding out of his chest is trimmed.
• When the principal cuts off his finger, the shot is trimmed of blood squirting, and a shot of the finger falling to the ground in slow-mo is replaced by a close up of the principal's reaction.
• A shot of Alex standing up and his flag falling down is cut completely
• During the locker room confrontation - "kicked your ass" is changed to "kicked your butt"
• An alternate shot of the teacher screaming is used; in the original it shows a closer shot with blood squirting on his face.
• A brief shot of blades coming out the back of the teacher's head is lost completely.
• Cuts to overhead shot of couple having sex. The original showed a side view with one of Mary Lou's breasts exposed and then a rotating overhead shot, matching the rotation of the overhead burial shot which exposed both of Mary Lou's breasts.
• Overdubbling of guidance counselor's profanity including a couple of "fricks" and "wearing his teeth for earrings".
• An alternate shot of Shane's heart coming through the back of the couch is used which is less gory. The original adds a quick close up of the the heart in Mary Lou's hand which is much bloodier and does not show him Shane screaming.
•  A "You silly bitch" is inaudible and an alternate shot is used where Alex says "you bitch" rather than "you fucking bitch".

• Prophecy: The Monster Movie

The same cuts were applied to 1987 CIC video but the certificate was downgraded to a 15

• Cuts to a raccoon being beating with a garden tool on grounds of animal cruelty

• God's Army
• God's Secret Army

The US Version was submitted for the 1996 Buena Vista video and 2002 Buena Vista DVD. No BBFC cuts were required for an 18 certificate

From version details on IMDb:

European release, titled God's Army,features different uncontentious footage:

• A sepia-tinted opening sequence shows Thomas Dagget sitting in in a swing, talking to Lucifer
• The sequence where the first angel falls to Earth is shorter
• The exorcism sequence at the end is shorter and has no special effects.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove shots of unsimulated cunnilingus and dildo penetration. An R18 without cuts was available

• Killer Force
• The Kirlian Effect
• The Kirlian Force

The 2000 DVD was uncut

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

9s pre-cut was pre-cut from the 1992 Vipco video

• Cut to remove blood on the breasts in a shower murder

See Island of Death

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R Rated

The Reclassified R Rated Version was submitted for the 1999 Columbia/TriStar DVD and 2003 Universal DVD without BBFC cuts

However from on article at movie-censorship.com it seems that TV versions shown on BBC and German RTL are more complete than worldwide cinema/DVD releases

In particular the extra footage:

• Norman Bates monitors Marion through the hole a bit longer. She takes off her bra, followed by another shot of Normans face in a close up. After that, we see Marion again, taking the bra off completely. [still preserving her modesty though]
• After Norman Bates has carried Marion's body out of the bathroom, the shot of him looking at his bloody hands is a bit longer. His bloodied hands make another re-appearance before he washes them in the bathroom

From cuts details on IMDb:

Video releases are fully uncut. The shot of Marion removing her black bra before her shower which was removed by the US censors remained intact in the UK.

• cuts to the shower scene and clean up

The submitted running time was noted as 97:47s = 93:52s

No BBFC cuts noted to the 18 rated 1987 CIC video nor the 2003 Universal DVD.

However DarkAngel reported that the scene where a voyeur is spying on Meg Tilly in the shower is missing flashes of (body double?) nudity

• Delirium

Cut by 16s when Global Sales video submitted to the BBFC in 1987. Psycho Puppet is noted as a cut US version of Delirium so perhaps there are also US pre-cuts to consider

• BBFC cuts edit a scene of a topless woman being impaled with a spear.

See review from IMDb: A Strange and Atypical Nasty

This is one of the strangest and definitely one of the most atypical titles to be found in the whole list of infamous Video Nasties.

There's a maniac at large who slaughters his women relentlessly and grotesque. The maniac – Charlie – gets killed after a failed attempt to make another victim. Then suddenly and completely unexpected, Delirium becomes a post-Vietnam war drama. It is revealed that Charlie was a member of a secret network of vigilantes that exists entirely out of bloodthirsty Vietnam veterans and they are hired by a board of eminent & businessmen in order to keep the streets crime-free. Charlie just went a little berserk and started killing women randomly, that's all!

The concept of Delirium undoubtedly shows potential, but the elaboration is overly confusion and dull and reverts all too easily to dreadful clichés. The first slasher half is rather exciting, with a couple of truly nasty murder sequences and the most laughably inept police investigation ever, but the second half is painfully tedious and derivative of much better films.

I can't really bring myself to recommend Delirium to anyone, but I suppose it holds some interest if you're a cult movie freak.

The video was added to the DPP list of nasties in November 1983 but was later dropped in May 1985

The Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for the Universal 2009 DVD/Blu-ray

R Rated

The BBFC reported that an 2009 submission was passed 18 uncut but there is no record of this in the BBFC database and there is as yet no release (July 2010).

The BBFC commented in the 2009 Annual Report: Up to date advice suggests such specific visual details do not in themselves provoke a harmful response which would justify intervention at the adult category. In line with similar decisions in recent years, Pulp Fiction was passed at 18 without cuts.

The US release is uncut for:

• US 2002 Miramax Collector's Edition R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 3 seconds were reframed on the Buena Vista video versions of 1996 to remove a close up of heroin injection. The BBFC cut this on the grounds of potential harm to viewers: the injection image is known to be hypnotically seductive to some potentially addictive young people and is nearly an advertisement for the pleasures of heroin injection.

The BBFC passed the Theatrical Version 18 without cuts for the 2004 cinema release and 2004 Columbia/TriStar DVD.

There is also an Extended Version with additional uncontentious plot lines but this has been described as simply too long.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

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The US R Rated Version was submitted for the 1990 RCA/Columbia video which was similarly cut by 1:21s for an 18 certificate

Thanks to MM, May 2007: Zone Thriller

The version shown on Zone Thriller although longer than the BBFC version (restoring a few bits of violence & the lengthy destruction of the casino) it still lost among other things a few bits of violence on the boat. (Hand-severing, man hit with chain, harpoon to a mans eye & a shot of a spiked ball flying through the air before it hits another man)

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The US R Rated Version was submitted for the 1990 cinema release which was cut by 1:14s for an 18 certificate

• An early fight is missing a double ear clap
• Two shots of men being hit in the throat by a thrown knife are missing
• Cuts to a scene showing Castle decimating a bar with a machine gun and grenades
• A fight in a restaurant is missing hands being pinned by blades
• Lady Triad putting a gun in a Mafioso's mouth and then pulling the trigger gives the impression of being cut to remove the results of the wound
• The scene of the Punisher breaking a girls neck has been shortened
• Various sights of weaponry are cut, including a spiked ball, a crossbow, a harpoon and blades in a shoe

The submitted running time was noted as 89:22s = 85:48s

From cuts details on IMDb:

The US R Rated Version is missing:

• Sailor hand being chopped of by blade, on yacht (1 sec).
• Close-up shot of nanny's head (face) and body sliding down, after being shot (2 secs).
• Gangsters bodyguard being shot sitting down at restaurant, lots of blood (4 secs).
• Mr Franco shooting a guard at Tanaka's building, close-up of head shot (1 sec).
• The Punisher kicking a guard in the red room, we see his body fall through spikes (1 sec).

• Puppet Master

The Film 2000 DVD submission in November 2000 was not cut by the BBFC and included the previously cut breast exposure. However the print submitted was the shorter US R-rated version which has less violence and a heavily edited sex scene.

The R rated US version is 1:35s shorter than the unrated release. See pictorial cuts details for the R rated version from movie-censorship.com:

• The aftermath of Andre Toulon shooting himself is shorter
• Frank and Megan have less sex whilst Blade is watching
• Detailed look at Dana's neck wound is missing
• 3 punches where Neil hits Alex in the face are missing
• Less detail as Tunneler burrows into Neil's leg
• Less detail of Neil's severed fingers
• Less detail of Neil being cut into by Blade & Tunneler
• A scene showing a leech emerging from woman and entering Neil's mouth is missing

Thanks to MM who confirms that the Zone Horror Channel have been showing the film uncut. Perhaps now the BBFC are ready to pass the film uncut

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

Review from IMDb: Great Fun

My first thoughts as I inserted the disc was that it'd be a cheesy, laughable pile of 80's horror rubbish. So I was in for a pleasant surprise. If you can get past the initial presentation of the movie (it feels every bit as low-budget as it is), you'll find it to be creepy, intriguing, and above all, great fun.

The puppets themselves could have been a whole lot worse. The effects are hardly Lord Of The Rings, but through a strange combination of live-action and extremely well-animated stop-motion, the puppets don't make you cringe every time they show up on screen. They're probably better actors than some of the live actors even, it's difficult to tell who's more wooden. But it's hardly a character-driven story. It's an unusual story nonetheless, and it definitely interested me enough to watch it right through - and then pick up the first sequel!

The 1989 Enertainment in Video version was cut by 3s to remove a brief shot of a woman's breasts during the elevator dream sequence.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (cunnilingus, fellatio and penetration). An R18 uncut was available to the distributor

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

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cut shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (oral genital contact). An uncut R18 was available

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove sight of explicit sex (digital vaginal penetration, sustained masturbation and oral-genital contact)

Cut by 15s when submitted in 2007 with the following BBFC statement: Distributor chose to cut shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (in this case, oral genital contact during cunnilingus). An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to cut sustained, clearly unsimulated sexual activity - hand or fingers rubbing own genitals. An 'R18' without cuts was available to the distributor.

• Le sexe qui parle
• Talk
• The Sex Who Talks

The BBFC cut the softcore version for the 2000 Eurotika/New Vibration R0 DVD. Cuts required to remove details of sexual assault.

A cut version was exhibited in London with a GLC X certificate for a while.

• Orgia stin Kerkyra

The 1988 Electric video is an abridged version of the cinema version that was cut by 14s

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

See review from IMDb: Terrific fun

The Pussycat Syndrome is terrific fun, an exploitation film that is highly enjoyable from beginning to end that does not insult the intelligence of the viewer. Ajita Wilson and Tina Eklund are a perfect pair of opposites cast as fashion models who, in between assignments, decide to travel around sunny Greece, picking up male hitchhikers, swimming nude, meeting a rich man and his frigid artist wife and having a torrid lesbian three-way with the aforementioned wife, suddenly no longer frigid -- the usual antics one would expect in Greece. There's also a beauty contest in which Ms. Wilson is a shoo-in while Ms. Eklund spends 90 percent of the film stark naked, and boy does she look terrific this way! Both actresses turn in effortlessly good performances. Clearly they were having fun during the filming. There are two hardcore scenes in the uncut version of the film, one of which has our two heroines and their two current men of the hour having lots of carnal fun while the track "Let's Do It" playfully romps in the background. A more romantic, piano-based theme is played often on the soundtrack and it is very pleasing to the ear. No, this is not a deep, intellectual viewing experience, but if you are looking for fun for fun's sake, you can't go wrong with this film. Enjoy!

29:17s unofficial pre-cuts.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove sight of unsimulated oral-genital contact. An 'R18' without cuts was available

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to make cuts to the depiction of clear unsimulated fellatio

Film cuts restored in 2006 for a 15 rated video/DVD

Cut when submitted for a cinema release in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove shots of bloody body with glass embedded in it in order to achieve a ‘12A’. A ‘15’ without cuts was available.

Notable as the first of the R18 sex videos that contained hardcore snippets. This tolerance did not extend to ejaculation which accounts for the 11s cut.

39:16s pre-cut and a further 11s cut by the BBFC