The Peace Killers is a 1971 USA action crime drama by Douglas Schwartz. Starring Clint Ritchie, Jess Walton and Paul Prokop.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1986 VHS
Summary Notes
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main squeeze of the gang's leader before
she ran away. The pair get away, but the bikers find out that they're living in a nearby commune, and start making their battle plans to bring Kristy back.
Versions
cut
cut:
3:26s
run:
82:18s
pal:
79:00s
UK: Passed 18 after 3:26s of compulsory BBFC cuts for:
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:
2001 Buena Vista R2 DVD
2001 cinema releases
In the US there is an R rated Director's Cut. See version differences on IMDb : The
most notable differences from the theatrical version are as follows:
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.
Peeping Tom is a 1960 UK crime drama by Michael Powell. With Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey and Moira Shearer.
Cut by 7 minutes for 1960 cinema release. Most but not all cuts have been restored for home video. The cut material has been lost so the current version is the best available
Summary review: An ordinary killer
A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
What really elevates Peeping Tom , what makes so many of the contemporary criticisms absurd, is its
compassion. There's none of that watered-down Freudian guff we encounter in Psycho . Powell makes us feel for his serial killer - not so much by showing us that he feels pain but by showing us that he has ordinary, likeable human qualities as well
as madness.
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best available
run:
100:50s
pal:
96:48s
UK: The Best available Version is BBFC 15 rated for strong threat:
Pendulum is a 1969 USA crime thriller by George Schaefer. Starring George Peppard, Jean Seberg and Richard Kiley.
BBFC cuts were required for an 'AA' rated cinema release in 1969. Rated 15
for 1986 VHS. In the US the film was re-rated R by the MPAA in 2018.
Summary Notes
On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife,
and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.
Versions
uncut
97:03s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for:
1986 RCA/Columbia Pictures VHS
US: Re-rated R for some violence in 2018 for:
2018 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
2018 Sony Pictures
Home Entertainment VoD [US only] at US Amazon
The Amazon lists gives a running time of ~106:00s which may suggest a longer version .
The Penguin King is a 2012 UK children's adventure by Sias Wilson. Starring Tim Allen and David Attenborough.
No censors cuts but the film has different narrators for different releases. The UK version features Richard Attenborough but the US TV version featured Tim Allen.
Penitentiary II is a 1982 US prison drama by Jamaa Fanaka With Leon Isaac Kennedy, Glynn Turman and Ernie Hudson.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS. The 2012 DVD release was rated 18 uncut.
Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review: Potato Salad
An ex-con, on parole and trying to straighten his life out, decides to resume his boxing career when one of his prison enemies escapes and
kills his girlfriend.
I like this movie a lot, it had boxing, crazy characters, a midget, and one of the very disgusting scene of all the times, a guy head submerged in a toilet, previously used (with turd and all). Mr. T is
hilarious as always.
Versions
uncut
103:34s
UK: Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
2012 Arrow/ArrowDrome [X-Rental Box Set] R2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
2012 Arrow/ArrowDrome [Penitentiary + Penitentiary II] R0 DVD at UK
Amazon
US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
2018 Vinegar Syndrome (RA) Blu-ray/(R1) DVD Combo at US Amazon
Penn & Teller Get
Killed is a 1989 US crime comedy thriller by Arthur Penn Starring Penn Jillette, Teller and Caitlin Clarke
Submitted to the BBFC in 1990 who then proposed extensive cuts for martial arts
weapons that proved unviable for the film's release.
Summary Notes
Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes he has
someone threatening his life so that he "wouldn't sweat the small stuff," each of them begins a series of pranks on the other to suggest a real threat. Then they find that a real psychopath is interested in them.
UK: The BBFC produced a cuts list totalling 1:03s that proved unacceptable to the distributors
1990 Warner VHS (unreleased)
Thanks to Scott. The BBFC cuts list was as follows:
At 46 1/2 mins In black and white comedy scene in which one man writes at desk, after voice-over line: I'm just calling you Fats...I don't want to get you stiffed too, remove all subsequent sight of metal stars and all sight of
man carrying and practising with chainsticks. Resume on back view of man at desk.
At 49 mins Back in colour, after woman hits man in balaclava, who slumps to floor, remove all sight of him producing star after he
sits up.
Note that the distributor abandoned the submission and the proposed cuts were never added to the viewer facing BBFC database.
Peraanmai is a 2009 India action adventure drama by S.P. Jhananathan Starring Jayam
Ravi, Saranya Nag and Vasundhara Kashyap
Exists as a long and a short version.
Summary Notes
Dhuruvan is a forest ranger, who is assigned the job of training five girls from the NCC camp. The group
hears of a terrorist activity being carried out in the forest and makes a plan to def...
Versions
uncut
run:
159:55s
pal:
153:31s
UK: A long Version was passed 15 uncut for the 2010 Ayngaran DVD
cut:
run:
139:44s
pal:
134:09s
UK: A Short Version was passed uncut for the 2009 cinema release.
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.
Percy's Progress is a 1974 UK comedy by Ralph Thomas. Starring Leigh Lawson, Elke Sommer and Denholm Elliott.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1974 cinema release and a 15 rated 1990 VHS.
An extended version was released in the US with an MPAA R rating.
Summary Notes
Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the city's water that makes
men impotent.
Versions
Extended Version
US: From IMDb:
The U.S version of the film (titled It's Not The Size That Counts ) featured additional footage shot by the distributors. These included an opening scene showing a penis
transplant operation and a brief scene where a dwarf leaps out of a woman's bed (she then says the film's U.S title).
Perdita Durango is a 1997 Mexico / Spain action crime horror by Álex de la Iglesia. Starring Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem and Harley Cross.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated cinema release and DVD in 2000. Uncut and 18
rated since 2006 DVD. The film was cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. Severin's MPA Unrated restored Director's Cut was released in 2021 seems to be the extended original Spanish Version.
Summary Review: Ultimate anti-heroine
Rough girl Perdita and her demonic lover Romeo Dolorosa need humans to sacrifice following Romeo's religion before he can go on a mission ordered by mob boss Santos. They kidnap teen sweethearts Duane and Estelle
and travel with them to Las-Vegas.
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.
Director's Cut
Director's Cut
run:
129:57s
pal:
124:45s
Germany
US: The Director's Cut is based on the Spanish Version but has a short extra narrative scene
The extra scene seems to suggest that Santos has just had a blow job from a young girl. Nothing is shown, just an inference from the girl wiping her mouth and getting slapped. See
details from movie-censorship.com
International Version
International Version
run:
123:52s
pal:
118:55s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and violence after BBFC cuts waived for:
Perfect Friday is a 1970 UK crime comedy by Peter Hall. With
Ursula Andress, Stanley Baker, David Warner.
Cut the BBFC for the AA (14) rated 1970 cinema release. Probably the same version for the 2013 DVD
Promotional Material
Lord Nicholas "Nick" Dorset (David Warner, Morgan!, Time After Time) and his beautiful wife Lady Britt Dorset (Ursula Andress, Dr. No, The 10th Victim) are a glamorous couple who live completely beyond their means. Their
bank manager, Mr. Graham (Stanley Baker, Robbery, The Criminal), who envies his customers' wealth, has devised a foolproof plan to rob his own bank of £200,000, and Nick and Britt's desperate financial situation makes them ideal accomplices. To
complicate things even further, Mr. Graham becomes involved with and falls in love with the gorgeous Lady Dorset!
Versions
cut:
run:
94:20s
pal:
90:34s
sub:
94:08s
best available
90:34s
UK: Passed 12 without
further BBFC cuts for moderate sex and nudity for:
Performance is a 1970 UK crime drama by Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg.
With James Fox, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg.
History of censorship at the hands of the BBFC and Its own distributor, Warner. BBFC cuts later waived but the extensive footage removed by Warners is still missing.
Versions
20:00s
best available
101:17s
UK: The most complete version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
The BBFC were concerned about whether
Michelle Breton was under 18. But as she did not take an active part in the sex scenes the nudity was acceptable.
20:00s
101:08s 99:48s
UK: Warners Pre-cut version passed 18 after BBFC cuts restored for:
1997 Warner VHS
1988 Warner VHS
cut
20:00s
UK: Passed X (18) after 20 minutes of Warner pre-cuts and 16 BBFC cuts for sex and violence for:
Warners executives
were confused and disgusted by the film; deeming it to be too experimental and sexually perverse. They insisted on twenty minutes of cuts which would remove much of Chas's back-story and introduce Jagger to the narrative sooner, resulting in an even more
confusing plot.
When Performance finally arrived at the BBFC for classification in October 1970 the film had suffered further cuts. The then director of the Board, John Trevelyan insisted on 16 more cuts to various scenes
of both sex and violence.
The most controversial sequence was the cross-cutting between scenes of Chas indulging in rough sex with a woman and scenes of him receiving an oddly sexualised yet brutal whipping at the hand of
Joey Maddocks (Chas's future victim). Cammell intended the scene to act as an insight into the animalistic nature of Chas's personality and his masculine relish for violence, but Trevelyan was adamant that the sex be removed from the scene. According to
Cammell, the director protested that removing the sex would reduce the scene to a sadistic side-show , to which Trevelyan allegedly replied so be it .
The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak - 1984 France fantasy adventure by Just Jaeckin. See Gwendoline
Permissive is a 1970 UK drama by Lindsay Shonteff. Starring Maggie Stride, Gay
Singleton and Gilbert Wynne.
The X rated 1970 cinema release was extensively cut by the BBFC. Later uncut for 18 rated VHS and DVD.
Promotional Material
When Suzy arrives in London to visit an old friend,
she is plunged into the ruthless world of the groupie, where she develops a cold, cynical instinct for survival. Mixing gritty location work, brooding flash-forward devices, and a soundtrack by cult prog rock legends Comus, Forever More and Titus Groan,
Permissive is a grimly authentic countercultural experience.
Versions
uncut
86:12s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and nudity for:
2011 BFI Flipside RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
Perseus Against the Monster is a 1963 Italy / Spain fantasy adventure by Alberto De Martino. Starring Richard Harrison, Anna Ranalli and Arturo Dominici.
BBFC category cuts were required for the 1964 A rated cinema release
Summary Notes
A warrior does battle against the evil Medusa, her army of stone warriors and a monstrous dragon.
The Personal History of David Copperfield is a 2019 UK / USA comedy drama by Armando Iannucci. Starring Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw and Rosalind Eleazar.
The film was resubmitted twice to the BBFC prior to cinema release. The second submission was a second shorter but there was no change to the rating or consumer advice.
119:28s
UK: A
re-edited aversion was passed PG uncut for mild violence, threat, brief bloody images:
2019 cinema release
119:29s
UK:
The original version was passed PG uncut for mild violence, threat, brief bloody images:
2019 cinema release
Summary Notes
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
The Perverse Countess - 1974 France horror thriller by Jesús Franco. See Countess Perverse
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.
Peter Rabbit is a 2018 UK / Australia / USA family animation comedy by Will
Gluck.
Never cut by the BBFC.
BBFC Comments
PETER RABBIT was classified PG for mild threat, comic violence in February 2018. It contains a scene in which the farmer, who has been established as being
allergic to blackberries, is pelted with the fruit during a comic battle with the rabbit and must use an Epipen to counteract the allergic reaction.
Prior to the UK release of the film, but as a result of the film being shown in US cinemas, the BBFC
received complaints that this scene promoted allergy bullying and would upset those, particularly children, who suffered allergic conditions. The Board agreed with the PG classification and that the presentation of the scene did not support these
concerns.
v Pete's Dragon
- 1977 USA adventure family fantasy musical by Don Chaffey.
See Version details from dvdcompare.net . The
Second Video Version featured the restored film and the reappearance of the song, Candle on the Water.
uncut 1st
Video
101:22s
UK: The First
Video Version was passed U uncut for:
2001 Buena Vista R2 DVD
1986 Walt Disney VHS
1978 cinema release
The short First Video Version was created by speeding up the film and dropping the song, Candle on the Water
Uncut 3rd Theatrical
G Rated
~124:00s =~119:00s
US: The Third Theatrical Version was released in 1984
Uncut
2nd Theatrical
G Rated
~121:00s =~116:00s
US: The Second Theatrical Version was altered from the Roadshow Version. Most of the reduction in running time is due to an introduction and intermission being removed.
Uncut 1st Theatrical
G Rated
~134:00s =~128:00s
US: The film premiered and went on a Roadshow in its First Theatrical Version
Pets is a 1973 USA drama by Raphael Nussbaum. Starring Ed Bishop, Joan Blackman and Candice Rialson.
BBFC cuts were required for an X rated cinema release in 1975 cinema
release. Later uncut for 18 rated Blu-ray in 2019.
Summary Notes
Naive, but brash and sultry teenage runaway Bonnie finds herself lost and adrift in America. The lovely young lass
runs afoul of a colorful array of evil oddballs who all treat her like an object: violent criminal Pat makes Bonnie help her kidnap the middle-aged Dan Daubrey; domineering lesbian painter Geraldine Mills wants Bonnie to be her kept girl and uses her as
a model; and wicked misogynistic rich sicko Vincent Stackman desires poor Bonnie as the ultimate prized possession in his menagerie of caged female animals he keeps locked up in the basement of his swanky remote mansion.
Versions
uncut
run:
101:37s
pal:
97:33s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex after previous BBFC
cuts were waived:
Petta is a 2019 India action drama by Karthik Subbaraj. Starring Rajinikanth, Vijay
Sethupathi and Simran.
BBFC category cuts required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2019.
Summary Notes
The Karthik
Subbaraj-directed Petta is an action film where Rajinikanth, a school warden, plays the protagonist. The movie also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vijay Sethupathy and Trisha Krishnan.
Versions
BBFC category cuts 1:03s
169:35s =162:48s
submitted 170:38s =163:48s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, injury detail after 1:03s of
BBFC category cuts:
2019 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
Cuts for requested 12A category required to remove scenes of strong violence. A 15 uncut category was available to the distributor.
v Phantasm
- 1979 USA Sci-Fi horror fantasy by Don Coscarelli.
Phantasm is a 1979 USA Sci-Fi horror fantasy by Don Coscarelli. Starring A Michael
Baldwin, Bill Thornbury and Reggie Bannister.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This cut version has been released worldwide ever since.
Summary Notes
Mike, a
young teenage boy who has just lost his parents, afraid to lose his brother follow him to a funeral, where Mike witnesses the Tall Man lifting a coffin on his own. Mike decides to investigate, and discovers that the Tall Man, protected by his flying
spheres, is shrinking dead bodies down to half their normal size and reanimating them as slaves. It is then up to Mike, his brother, and Reggie the ice cream man to stop the Tall man.
Versions
~4:00s
best available
84:52s
UK: BBFC details not yet published for:
2017 Arrow Phantasm 1-5 Limited Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
UK: Passed 15 without BBFC cuts for infrequent bloody horror for:
The film was cut by about 4 minutes in the US to achieve an R rating. There are no signs of any restored release, and in fact some of the cut footage got re-used in Phantasm IV. The missing footage appeared as extras in later releases.
From IMDb.
Approximately 4 minutes of cut footage in 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 is a 1988 USA horror sci-fi by Don Coscarelli. With James LeGros, Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. Subsequent worldwide releases have been this cut version including BBFC 18 rated cinema release, VHS and DVD. In 2019 a Well Go Blu-ray set featured a restoration which reinserted the infamous
X-rated scene with the Sphere and the priest.
Summary Notes
Mike is released from psychiatry, when he agrees with the doctors that the terrible happenings in his past were just in his imagination. But
once he's free, he contacts Redge and they team up to hunt down and eliminate the "Tall Man", who plunders the graveyards and steals the corpses with help of his terrible dwarfs. A beautiful strange girl starts to appear in Mike's dreams. He
assumes she's in danger and needs their help - will they find her before the Tall Man can do her any harm?
Phantasm II has a new unrated cut. Although still not complete. In particular the restoration from the original negative reinserts the infamous X-rated scene with the Sphere and the priest.
See restored scene on Facebook Video
cut
cut:
run:
96:22s
pal:
92:31s
UK: Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
2017 Arrow Phantasm 1-5 Limited Edition RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
From IMDb. The film suffered cuts for its R Rating to avoid an NC-17. The cut material has never re-surfaced so the R Rated Version is the best available. 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 - The Never Dead Part III
Phantasm III: The Third Power
Phantasm: Lord of the Dead
Phantasm III is a 1994 US horror by Don Coscarelli. With Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin and Bill Thornbury.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This version was BBFC 18 rated for VHS
and DVD. The cuts were later restored for the MPAA Unrated Director's Cut which was passed 15 for 2005 DVD in the UK.
Summary Review : Better than the Original
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.
Versions
uncut
87:17s
UK: The Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:
2017 Arrow Phantasm 1-5 Limited Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
A number of different scenes of violence and gore were originally cut out of Phantasm III due to a fight he had with the MPAA around the time of this film's release.
One particular scene with the drilling metal ball into the skull of an
unlucky victim was chopped to hell because of the MPAA.
Phantom of Death is a 1988 Italy horror thriller by Ruggero Deodato. Starring Michael York, Edwige Fenech and Donald Pleasence.
Cut by the BBFC for 1989 release on VHS. Uncut since 2007 DVD.
Summary Review: Quite Good
Directed by Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust) this is probably the last half decent film he made before disappearing from view.
Michael York plays the
pianist who becomes mad after discovering he has a disease that makes him rapidly grow old. Donald Pleasence is the cop on the trail of the killer but at the same time being driven to the edge by the constant taunts of the killer.
It's quite a nicely directed film and is mostly entertaining but it's no way as extreme or nasty as the Directors more infamous work. It does still contain some ok deaths with alright amounts of blood on offer. Pleasence's
performance is highly amusing and his reaction to the death of one of his police colleagues is absolutely priceless. It all leads to a totally dramatic ending that you would only see in an Italian film.
Versions
uncut
88:11s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong language, sex and violence for:
2014 Shameless [Deadato's Cinema of Death set] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
The Phantom Of The Open is a 2021 UK comedy drama by Craig Roberts Starring Rhys Ifans, Sally Hawkins and Mark Rylance
Exists in 3 versions. The Phantom Of The Open was cut for strong language
for BBFC 12A rated cinema release in 2021. The Fantastic Flitcrofts is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for cinema release in 2021. In 2022 a slightly longer, still cut, version was passed 12A for cinema release and subsequent home video.
Summary Notes
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open
history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
Versions
cut
run:
106m
pal:
102m
UK: A slightly longer version was passed 12A uncut for
infrequent strong language:
The Phantom of the
Opera is a 1962 UK horror music mystery by Terence Fisher. Starring Herbert Lom, Heather Sears and Edward de Souza.
Cut for an 'A' rating on cinema release, but has been uncut for all PG rated DVD and Blu-ray releases. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. (Thanks to Tim for an update).
Summary Notes
The corrupt Lord Ambrose D'Arcy (Michael Gough) steals the life's work of the poor composer Professor L. Petrie. (Herbert Lom). In an attempt to stop the printing of music with D'Arcy's name on it, Petrie breaks into the printing office and accidentally starts a fire, leaving him severely disfigured. Years later, Petrie returns to terrorize a London opera house that is about to perform one of his stolen operas.
The film was always cut in the US and so US prints were used as the basis for all the uncut releases on DVD and Blu-ray.
cut
cut:
run:
84:03s
pal:
80:41s
UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG
for:
1987 CIC VHS
The BBFC makes a point of noting that this is the cut cinema version. It is believed that this was in fact the uncut version, but as it wasn't released, this remains unconfirmed.
UK: Passed A after BBFC cuts for
category for:
1962 cinema release
From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:
edited out the eye-stabbing of the rat-catcher
edited out shots of a hanging body
extensive edits to scenes showing the creation and final unmasking of the Phantom.
When released in 1962 Hammers version of this famous tale was intended to be an X Certificate, so they were horrified when informed that it was to be part of a double-feature with the A Rated Captain Clegg (aka Night Creatures)
for its British theatrical release. Two scenes were lost to British audiences-- the dispatching of Patrick Troughton's rat-catcher by The Dwarf (quick but very nasty) and the Phantom tearing off his mask to the stunned audience. Both these scenes are
on this DVD version and add some much-needed grislyness to the film.
The Phantom of the Opera is a 1998 Italy horror by Dario Argento. Starring Julian Sands and Asia Argento and Andrea Di Stefano.
The US R rated version is cut but UK 18 rated releases are uncut.
Summary Notes
Standard story of the Phantom does have one major variation - The phantom is not a disfigured individual, but rather is an unwashed orphan abandoned in the sewers under the Paris
Opera & raised by rats. The Phantom invokes death upon anyone who dares harm his beloved rats. In fact, The Phantom's nemesis is the chief exterminator who develops a rat-catching machine.
Versions
uncut
run:
103:35s
pal:
99:26s
UK: The Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:
Phantom of the Paradise is a 1974 USA comedy music fantasy by
Brian De Palma. Starring Paul Williams, William Finley and Jessica Harper.
In addition to the regular version there was a different
pre-release version containing an extra murder that was dropped as it revealed the murderer, whom the film makers eventually kept unrevealed until the finale. This pre-release version once turned up on German TV.
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.
Phantoms - 1990 US horror by Charles Band. See Meridian
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Phase IV - 1974 UK / USA Sci-Fi horror thriller by Saul Bass.
Phase IV is a 1974 UK / USA Sci-Fi horror thriller by Saul Bass. Starring Nigel
Davenport, Michael Murphy and Lynne Frederick.
The 1974 cinema release was passed 'A' uncut. The 1985 VHS was PG uncut but the rating was raised to 12 uncut for 2020 Blu-ray.
Alternative Ending
From IMDb:
In the book Future Tense by John
Brosnan, an alternate ending to the film was described: Bass originally filmed a spectacular, surreal montage lasting four minutes, showing what life would be like in the 'new' Earth, but this was cut by the distributor. A preview version with this
ending intact was shown to some audiences in 1973-4.
The alternate ending surfaced in 2012. The 35mm original footage of the ending was scanned and color corrected by the Academy Film Archive. Beginning in 2013, repertory showings of the film
showed the alternate ending after the main feature. However Paramount have so far refused to licence the new material for inclusion in the film but it is now available for disk extras.
Summary Notes
Desert ants suddenly form a collective intelligence and begin to wage war on the desert inhabitants. It is up to two scientists and a stray girl they rescue from the ants to destroy them. But the ants have other ideas.
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- 1985 Italian Sci-Fi horror film by Dario Argento.
Phenomena is a 1985 Italian Sci-Fi horror film by Dario Argento. With Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence and Daria Nicolodi.
Exists in three versions, a shortened version, a Director's Cut and an Integral Version. Furthermore the shortened version was further cut by the BBFC for 18 rated cinema and VHS releases. The cuts were waived for DVD releases of the
Director's Cut and Integral Version.
Summary Notes
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability
might help solve a string of murders.
Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famous actor, has had trouble with sleepwalking for some time. Her doctor said that it can develop a split personality. She discovers her alternate
personality when she stays at a boarding school that was once the home a Richard Wagner. But someone has been killing the students, and it relates only indirectly to the criminal sanitorium nearby. So it's up to "the two greatest detectives the
world has ever known, or should I say, unknown"
This is a refreshingly offbeat and wacky giallo with supernatural overtones that I instantly loved. However, I think the 110-minute version is a bit overlong and could use
some editing of superfluous scenes. The 82-minute American version Creepers cuts some good gore and a couple of important scenes, so I think the best cut would be somewhere between the two available versions.
Versions
Integral Italian Version
run:
115:52s
pal:
111:14s
UK: The Italian
Version/Integral Version was passed 18 uncut for:
Philomena is a 2013 UK/USA/France drama by Stephen Frears. With Steve Coogan, Judi
Dench and Michelle Fairley.
Initially rated R For some language. The producers appealed to the C.A.R.A. Appeals board for a PG-13 rating and won their case. The film was initially given an R because it included two utterances of 'fuck', when in fact only one is
normally allowed at PG-13.
Pick Up Girls is a 1981 Spain action comedy by Jesús Franco. Starring Miguel Ángel Aristu, Albino Graziani and Lorna Green.
Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated 1983 cinema release and again for 1987
VHS.
Summary Notes
Private eye Al Crosby is paid by millionaire Harry Feldman to take his place at a meeting with Emilio, a gangster. He is drugged and photographed in
compromising positions by two hookers, Suzy and Bijou, then he is nearly killed by Mrs. Feldman. Al tries to blackmail Mrs. Feldman, and he is beaten up by three women and forced to tell of Harry's whereabouts, leading to Harry's murder. Al enlists the
help of Harry's mistress, Coco, plus Suzy and Bijou whom Al gets out of prison, to expose Mrs Feldman as having inherited money by devious ways and being a brothel owner. The woman then offers them cash and tickets to Mexico in return for their help in
setting up a forth man.
Versions
cut
cut:
2:44s
run:
88:55s
pal:
85:22s
UK: Passed 18 after 2:44s of BBFC cuts:
1987 Atlas VHS
The running time suggests that these video cuts are in addition to the cinema cuts. Or maybe this is a shortened version for another reason
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australia mystery drama by Peter
Weir Starring Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert and Vivean Gray
The Director's Cut released in 1998 (available on Criterion DVD) is seven minutes shorter than the original International Version. There is also an Australian
Theatrical Version that has the longest running time.
Summary Notes
During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace.
Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
106:53s
pal:
102:36s
UK: The Abridged Version/Director's Cut
was passed PG uncut for:
2023 Second Sight Films Limited Edition [Director's Cut + Australian Theatrical Version] R0 4K Blu-ray/RB Blu-ray Combo
at UK Amazon #ad released on 1st May 2023
2023 Second Sight Films [Director's Cut +
Australian Theatrical Version] R0 4K Blu-ray/RB Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon released on 1st May 2023
2023 Second
Sight Films [Director's Cut + Australian Theatrical Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 1st May 2023
UK: The Australian Theatrical Version was passed 12 uncut with a BBFC trigger warning for unsettling scenes, sexual
violence references, suicide references:
2023 Second Sight Films Limited Edition [Director's Cut + Australian Theatrical Version] R0 4K Blu-ray/RB Blu-ray Combo
at UK Amazon #ad released on 1st May 2023
2023 Second Sight Films
[Director's Cut + Australian Theatrical Version] R0 4K Blu-ray/RB Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon released on 1st May 2023
2023 Second Sight Films [Director's Cut + Australian Theatrical Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 1st May 2023
Pieces is a 1982 Spain / USA / Puerto Rico / Italy horror mystery by Juan Piquer Simón (as JPiquer Simon). Starring Christopher George, Lynda Day George and Frank Braña.
Exists as a Director's Cut, an Unrated US Theatrical Version and a cut Theatrical Version.
Summary Notes
While playing with a puzzle, a teenager is repressed by his mother, and he
kills her and severs her body with an ax. Forty years later, in an university campus in Boston, a serial killer kills young women and severs their bodies in parts, stealing body pieces from each student. Lt. Bracken makes a deal with the dean of the
campus, and infiltrates the agent Mary Riggs as if she were a tennis teacher and together with the student Kendall, they try to find the identity of the killer.
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
86:32s
pal:
83:04s
UK: BBFC details not yet published for:
2018 Arrow Special Edition [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2017 Arrow Deluxe Edition [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
US: The Director's Cut/Spanish Version is MPAA Unrated for:
2016 Grindhouse Releasing [Unrated + Director's Cut] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE, the original uncensored director's cut, is presented in Spanish with the original score by Librado Pastor. This version does not contain any additional sex and violence over the US Unrated Version.
Unrated Version
run:
85:20s
pal:
81:55s
UK: The US Unrated Theatrical Version
was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence for:
2018 Arrow Special Edition [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
UK: Presumably the US Unrated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
1983 cinema release
US : The US Unrated version is uncut for
2016 Grindhouse Releasing [Unrated + Director's Cut] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
This release features a brand new score from the band Umberto.
cut Theatrical Version
cut:
run:
83m
pal:
80m
UK: BBFC details not yet published for:
2017 Arrow Deluxe Edition [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
US: There is a shorter US Theatrical Version
From IMDb. Available in an R-rated version with alternate footage and brief omissions of gore. Alternate footage includes black underwear on the skinny dipping scene and a less gory shot to the
deans head and the gore omission is in the elevator deleting a shot of the left arm being cut off
Pieces is a 2022 Australia drama by Martin Wilson Starring Monique
Wilson, Allegra Teo and Dalip Sondhi
The Australian film censor awarded the film MA15+. The distributors appealed the decision, presumably seeking an M rating but failed to convince the appeal board,
so the MA15+ continues.
Summary Notes
PIECES is an authentic, heartfelt drama about the healing power of care, compassion, and love.
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)
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is a 2014 Sweden / Germany / Norway / France comedy drama by Roy Andersson. Starring Holger Andersson, Nils
Westblom and Viktor Gyllenberg.
Rated 12A uncut by the BBFC.
Faked Animal Cruelty
Jon notes:
The film features scenes of a simian being experimented on and electrocuted! The scenes had been faked by clever CGI
and animatronics, but if you've seen the film, and didn't know that the cruelty was faked, it looks horrendously real, and abhorrent!
The film received a 12A rating (for disturbing images ) and the BBFC DIDN'T mention
anything in the BBFC Advice about the cruelty. When I emailed them about it, they said as long as the cruelty is fake, they can and will pass it!
If animal cruelty has been faked, and the BBFC are shown evidence to backup that
fakeness, then it can be passed, at any rating.
Pigs is a 1972 USA horror by Marc Lawrence. Starring Toni Lawrence, Jesse Vint and Catherine Ross.
The Original Director's Cut was not a success and the film was re-cut by
the director with a new opening to emphasise the exorcism theme. Later a 3rd version was cut with a new opening and ending to emphasise the incest theme.
Summary Notes
Lynn Hart is a disturbed young
woman who escapes from a mental hospital where she was committed for killing her abusive father who raped her. Stealing a nurse's uniform and car, Lynn ends up in a small California town where she meets and shacks up with Zambrini, an old farmer who runs
the local motel and roadside café. Zambrini also owns a group of pigs that he keeps in a pen behind his house who have somehow developed a taste for human flesh. When Lynn begins killing a number of men who remind her of her dead father, Zambrini helps
her out by disposing of the bodies to the pigs. Investigating the disappearances, the local sheriff eventually becomes suspicious of Lynn's past and a private investigator, hired by the hospital to find her, slowly close in on Lynn.
Versions
Director's Cut
80:36s
UK: The Original Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody
violence:
Pineapple Express is a 2008 USA action crime comedy by David Gordon
Green. Starring Seth Rogen, James Franco and Gary Cole.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 15 rated cinema release in 2008. All UK home video releases were 18 uncut for both the US Theatrical and Extended Versions. These were R rated and Unrated in the US without cuts.
Summary Notes
Lazy court-process clerk and stoner Dale Denton has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver: to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the
only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back
to him--and it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia: incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All
aboard the Pineapple Express.
Versions
Extended Version
Unrated
112:35s
UK: The Extended Version/Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for frequent drug use and references, strong
language and violence for:
2009 Sony [Extended + Uncut Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2009 Sony [Extended + Uncut Theatrical] R2 DVD at UK
Amazon
See detailed changes from movie-censorship.com . The 5:26s of
additional material for the Unrated Version seem uncontroversial and may have been for timing reasons rather than censorship.
Theatrical
Version
107:22s
UK:
The Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for frequent drug use and references, strong language and violence for:
2016 Sony (RB) 4k Blu-ray/(R0) Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon
2009 Sony [Extended + Uncut Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
2009 Sony [Extended + Uncut Theatrical]
R2 DVD at UK Amazon
cut UK Cinema Version
106:41s
UK: The Theatrical version was Passed 15 after BBFC category cuts for frequent drug use and references, strong language and violence for:
2009 Sony R2 DVD
2008 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
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. 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.
Pink Cadillac is a 1989 USA action crime comedy by Buddy Van Horn. Starring Clint Eastwood, Bernadette Peters and Timothy Carhart.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12 rated cinema release in 1989. The
same cuts were required for 15 rated VHS in 1991. The BBFC cuts were waived for 15 rated DVD in 2003. The film is uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Skip tracer Tommy Nowak is tracking
Lou Ann McGuinn for a bail bondsman in California. Lou Ann is also being chased by her husband Roy McGuinn and his birth right/neo-nazi friends for taking their counterfeit money. Nowak eventually captures Lou Ann in Reno, but agrees to stop at her
sisters on the way back to see her baby. There she finds her husband and his whacked out friend. A struggle begins and Roy takes off with her baby. Now it's up to Tommy to get the baby back.
Pink Flamingos is a 1972 USA crime comedy horror by John Waters. Starring Divine, David Lochary and Mary Vivian Pearce.
Cut by the BBFC for varying amounts for an 18 rating between 1990 and 1999. Uncut and 18 rated for 2008 DVD but this was never released. Formally uncut and BBFC 18 rated for 2022 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA NC-17 rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Sleaze queen Divine lives in a caravan with her mad hippie son Crackers and her 250-pound mother Mama Edie, trying to rest quietly on their laurels as 'the filthiest people alive'. But
competition is brewing in the form of Connie and Raymond Marble, who sell heroin to schoolchildren and kidnap and impregnate female hitchhikers, selling the babies to lesbian couples. Finally, they challenge Divine directly, and battle commences...
Versions
uncut
run:
94m
pal:
90m
with director's introduction
run:
107:02s
pal:
102:45s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for sexual violence,
strong real sex, nudity:
Note that the long 107m running includes a post credits piece by the director. The running time of the uncut film itself is 94m.
The BBFC agreed to an uncut 18 rated DVD release in 2008 but the release was cancelled.
The BBFC commented in 2008 about the 3 last cuts to be waived:
Probably the most difficult scene was the one featuring a man assaulting a woman with live chickens. However, a careful viewing of the scene suggested that the handling of the chickens, although rough, was no stronger
than other scenes of animals being manhandled that had been passed in other films. Furthermore, although the chickens were killed, the killing was quick and clean and therefore not in breach of BBFC policy on animal cruelty.
The scene showing a man masturbating and injecting semen into a woman's vagina was grotesque and repulsive, rather than erotic. Although the Board had previously expressed concerns about the non-consensual nature of the scene, the
datedness of the film and the lack of credibility of the scene, argued against intervention. With regard to the sexual violence in the scene, the Board's conclusion was that the scene was so over-the-top and so divorced from reality, that the likely
response was disgust, shock and horror, rather than arousal.
The brief explicit fellatio could be justified by the wider context of the film, in that the whole purpose of the film was to shock, disgust and amuse (in
a blackly comic fashion), rather than to arouse, and the explicitness of the image was important in creating the film's effect.
The BBFC's ratings info from 2022 reads:
nudity : There is focus on a man's dilating anus, in close-up detail. There is wider full nudity.
sex : There is a scene of unsimulated
fellatio between a fictional mother and son. There are other strong sex scenes, as well as references to ejaculation, masturbation and troilism. A man's semen is seen, in close-up detail.
sexual violence and sexual threat :
A man rapes a woman, while daubing her in chicken blood. After masturbating over her, a man artificially inseminates an unconscious female prisoner. A man exposes himself to schoolgirls.
other issues: In unsimulated
footage, a woman puts dog excrement in her mouth. There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), regular strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') and discriminatory terms such as 'fag', 'dyke' and 'queen'. A chicken is killed on-screen. Threat, gore
and implied violence are strong. There is brief drug misuse.
UK: The 25th Anniversary Version was passed 18 after 2:08s of BBFC cuts for:
1999 EIV VHS
This version restored the excrement eating cuts but the others were retained
Cuts were made to remove sight of chickens being roughly handled and killed during a bizarre sexual assault on a woman. [The chicken is crushed between the copulating lovers].
Cuts were made to reduce a scene in which Channing the butler
masturbates over a captive woman and injects semen into her vagina with a syringe
Cuts were made to remove all sight of Babs fellating her son in explicit detail
cut
cut:
2:42s
run:
104:17s
pal:
100:07s
UK: The 25th Anniversary Version was passed 18 after 2:42s of BBFC cuts for:
1997 cinema release
The 25th Anniversary Version added 15 minutes of uncontentious deleted scenes and an introduction by John Waters
The elastic singing anus cuts were restored but the other cuts were maintained:
Cuts were made to remove sight of chickens being roughly handled and killed during a bizarre sexual assault on a woman. [The chicken is crushed between the copulating lovers].
Cuts were made to reduce a scene in which Channing the butler
masturbates over a captive woman and injects semen into her vagina with a syringe
Cuts were made to remove all sight of Babs fellating her son in explicit detail
Cuts were made to remove sight of Babs eating real dog excrement.
cut
cut:
3:04s
run:
89:18s
pal:
85:44s
UK: Passed 18 after 3:04s of BBFC cuts for:
1990 Castle VHS
From sbbfc.co.uk . The cuts justified on grounds of sexual violence, degradation, animal cruelty, and obscenity were:
Cuts were made to remove sight of chickens being roughly handled and killed during a bizarre sexual assault on a woman. [The chicken is crushed between the copulating lovers].
Cuts were made to reduce a scene in which Channing the butler
masturbates over a captive woman and injects semen into her vagina with a syringe
Cuts were made to reduce a scene in which a man flexes his anus in close up, making it look as if the anus is singing .
Cuts were made to remove
all sight of Babs fellating her son in explicit detail
Cuts were made to remove sight of Babs eating real dog excrement.
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
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Piranha II - Flying Killers - 1981 USA / Italy / Netherlands Sci-Fi horror romance by James Cameron and Ovidio G Assonitis (uncredited)
Piranha II - Flying Killers is a 1981 USA / Italy / Netherlands Sci-Fi horror romance by James Cameron and Ovidio G Assonitis (uncredited) Starring Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk and Lance Henriksen.
Cut and shortened for a US MPAA R rated release, tagged the Director's Cut. The uncut International Version was released for the rest of the world. This was originally X rated in the UK for 1982 cinema release but was reduced to 15 for
2003 DVD.
Summary Comments
A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a
sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.
Versions
International Version
run:
84:31s
pal:
81:08s
UK: The International Version was passed 15 uncut for:
US: Cut for a US R rating. The US distributors cut all the nudity and substantially shortened the film. They
claimed that it was much better and labeled it as the Director's Cut. It sounds likely that this was an attempt at reputation management by James Cameron.
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists is a UK/US animation by Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt. With Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek and Jeremy Piven.
Specifically a joke about lepers was pre-cut for political correctness
after a media stink. In general soundtracks have been changed to suit different countries
Versions
pre-cut
84:25s
UK: The UK Version was passed U without BBFC cuts for very mild language, violence, threat and innuendo for:
2012 Sony RB 3D Blu-ray
2012 Sony RB Blu-ray
2012 Sony R2 DVD
2012 [2D, 3D] cinema release
A joke was dropped for political correctness about the Pirate Captain on board a captive ship, demanding gold. Afraid we don't have any gold old man, this is a leper-boat, explains a crew member. See, he adds as his arm falls off. The
leper boat was transformed into a plague ship.
There seems to be several international versions where the dialogue has been adapted to various countries. The US version has accents redubbed and it loses a couple of slightly more adult jokes. There are also changes to dialogue that is
country specific
The Pirates of Blood River is a 1962 UK action romance by John Gilling. Starring Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett and Christopher Lee.
Heavily cut from X to U for 1961 UK cinema release. An unknown cut version
was passed 12 for 2020 Blu-ray.
Summary Notes
In a village of Huguenot refugees, Jonathon Standing is exiled by his father to a nearby penal colony for his improper relationship with
a married woman. This penal colony is then invaded by pirates who force Jonathan to lead them back to his village, convinced that it contains a great treasure.
Versions
run:
90:32s
pal:
86:55s
best available
UK: A cut version was passed 12 for moderate violence, occasional bloody images without further BBFC cuts:
2020 Powerhouse Films Hammer Volume Five RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
This movie was originally given a BBFC X (16) certificate for its cinema release. Hammer then decided they wanted an A certificate, so it was trimmed of violence with heavy cuts to the killing of Maggie by piranhas.
After
reconsidering again, Hammer decided to settle for a U certificate, so further cuts were made which edited:
all of the piranha scenes
the blindfolded sword-fight,
the attack on the farm,
a shot of a hanged man's legs, and
the overdubbing of words such as harlot and adulterer.
A Pistol for Ringo is a 1965 Spain/Italy action western drama by Duccio Tessari. With Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho and Lorella De Luca.
BBFC category cuts were required for 'U' rated 1966 cinema release. Uncut
for 12 rated Blu-ray in 2018.
Promotional Material
When bandito Fernando Sancho and his gang rob a bank and begin executing hostages while conducting a standoff at a nearby ranch, local authorities send in Ringo (Giuliano
Gemma) to infiltrate the ranch and rescue the survivors.
Versions
uncut
Unrated
98:52s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate violence, brief sexual threat with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
2018 Arrow [A Pistol for Ringo + The Return of Ringo] Special Edition RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2018 Arrow [A Pistol for Ringo + The Return of Ringo] Special Edition (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
2013 Shout! Factory / Timeless Media [4 Spaghetti Westerns] R1 DVD at US Amazon
The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1961 US horror by Roger Corman. With Vincent Price, Barbara Steele and John Kerr.
Cut by the BBFC for 1961 cinema release. Uncut thereafter, 15 rated on VHS, 12 rated on DVD.
Summary Review: The finest Corman-Poe film
Francis Barnard hears his sister
Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the brutish torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear
that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!
From horror's team of Roger Corman, Vincent Price and, of course, Edgar Allen Poe comes this menacing, macabre and suspenseful tale of insanity, death and
betrayal. This film is certainly one of, but maybe even the finest Corman-Poe film. It's Poe at his most devilishly malicious as it deals with themes of torture, and the most frightening method of death known to man; being buried alive.
Versions
uncut
run:
80:11s
pal:
76:59s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for:
2014 Arrow Video Six Gothic Tales RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Pitch Black is a 2000 USA action Sci-Fi thriller by David Twohy. With Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser and Vin Diesel.
There's an uncontroversial Director's Cut and a Theatrical Version.
Summary Notes
A prisoner transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about
to occur.
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
111:44s
pal:
107:16s
US: The Director's Cut and is MPAA
Unrated for:
2020 Arrow Video Special Edition [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] (RB) 4K Blu-ray at UK
Amazon
2020 Arrow Video [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] (RA) Blu-ray at US
Amazon
See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The Director's
Cut features an extra 3:40s of non contentious additional material. The extra material adds useful plot details but slows down the pace of the movie.
Theatrical Version
run:
108:04s
pal:
103:45s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15
without BBFC cuts for:
2013 Universal Riddick Collection RB Blu-ray
2013 Universal Riddick Collection R2 DVD
2011 Universal Special Edition R2 DVD
2010 Universal R2 DVD
2009 Universal R0 Blu-ray
2004 Universal R2 DVD
2001 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
2001 Universal R2 DVD
2000 cinema release
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Pixels - 2015 USA action comedy by Chris Columbus.
According to some of the emails leaked from Sony, the studio heavily edited the movie Pixels to ensure it didn't fall foul of the ever-present Chinese censors.
Reuters is reporting that the original script for the movie, which made frequent references to China, was sanitized after executives felt it could hinder its global box office appeal.
For example, one scene, which featured pixelated aliens
blasting a hole into the Great Wall of China, was decided to be too inflammatory for Chinese censors. Li Chow, chief representative of Sony Pictures in China, explained that although the film featured other landmarks being destroyed, it was simply better
to lose the scene.
The original script also apparently contained references to a Communist Conspiracy brother hacking an email server. As you can expect, this was also stripped in an attempt to pass the movie for the Chinese market. In fact, by
the end of the cull, there were no references to the authoritarian nation left in the script.
Pixiwoo
Present: Hollywood Icons is a documentary video Starring Sam Chapman and Nic Chapman.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12 rated 2016 DVD release.
Promotional Material
Make-up
artists and sisters, Sam & Nic Chapman aka Pixiwoo, tell the story behind some of the iconic Hollywood looks and the Ladies who have inspired them throughout their careers - their pop culture Icons. With a distinctive, polished style, this film is a
thoughtful exploration of the trends that defined a century in makeup, beauty and glamour. The DVD is packaged with a limited edition exclusive Real Techniques blush brush – the perfect gift!
Versions
category cuts 15s
66:16s
UK: Passed 12 for moderate sex and drug references after 15s of BBFC category cuts for:
2016 2entertain R0 DVD at UK Amazon released on 21st November 2016
The BBFC commented:
Company chose to make cuts to some stronger verbal sex references in order to obtain a 12 classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
v Pixote
- 1981 Brazil crime drama by Hector Babenco.
Pixote is a 1981 Brazil crime drama by Hector Babenco. Starring Fernando Ramos da Silva,
Jorge Julião and Gilberto Moura.
Cut by the BBFC for 1982 cinema release and 1988 VHS. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of Sao Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, degradation and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of the runaways are
murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old transvesite hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape where they make their living by the life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
Versions
uncut
~128:00s =~122:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2010 Agita Productions R0 DVD
compulsory BBFC cuts
126:35s =121:31s
UK: Passed 18 after compulsory BBFC cuts:
1988 Palace VHS
1982 cinema release
From IMDb. All UK versions were cut by 27 secs under the 1978 Protection of Children Act. The scene removed was a panning shot showing Pixote on a bed alongside a couple having sex.
v P.J.
- 1968 USA action mystery drama by John Guillermin.
P.J. is a 1968 USA action mystery drama by John Guillermin. Starring George Peppard, Raymond Burr and Gayle Hunnicutt.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1968 and cut again for an
'AA' rated release in 1970. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
Private eye P.J. is reluctant when he gets a new job: he shall protect Maureen Preble, mistress of
millionaire Orbeson, mainly from attacks by his wife and her greedy family. In truth Orbeson plans a deadly intrigue in which P.J. is to play a central part. Meanwhile P.J. falls in love with Maureen and Orbeson's money.
Note there is also a scratch free version that is the same as the Extended and Unrated Version but removes the fake scratches added to give aging effect.
The R Rated US theatrical Version is shorter. Rodriguez mentions a couple of scenes where the
ratings board mandated massive trims (they involve brain eating and torso tearing), but the added back bits don't really accentuate the excess. So aside from a few additional seconds of melting testicles, and an overall augmented level of post-gunshot
spray, Planet Terror plays similarly to the Theatrical Version.
The Planter's Wife is a 1952 UK adventure drama by Ken Annakin. Starring Claudette Colbert, Jack Hawkins and Anthony Steel.
Uncut for 1952 cinema release but cut for animal cruelty in a PG rated
video release in 2018.
Summary Notes
The marriage of rubber-plantation owner Jim Frazer and his wife, Liz, which has survived many disasters, including years in a Japanese internment camp, is at a
breaking point. Under constant threats of bandit attacks and concerned with the safety of his plantation and the people on it, Jim spares no time for his marriage. Liz is to take their young son, Mike, home to school in England, and, without telling Jim,
does not plan to return. A neighboring plantation is attacked and the owner killed just prior to her departure. Liz and Jim get arms and ammunition from a near-by town, and a night of terror follows as the bandits attack.
Versions
compulsory cuts 1:18s
84:42s
submitted 86:00s
UK: Passed PG for mild violence, threat after 1:18s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
2018 Strawberry Media video
The BBFC commented:
Compulsory cut required to remove sight of animal cruelty (cobra and mongoose fight).
uncut
91:20s =87:41s
UK: Passed A (PG) uncut for:
1952 cinema release
v Play Dirty
- 1969 UK war adventure drama by André De Toth (as Andre De Toth).
Play Dirty is a 1969 UK war adventure drama by André De Toth (as Andre De Toth).
Starring Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport and Nigel Green.
BBFC category cuts were required for an AA rated 1971 cinema release
Promotional Material
WWII Action/Drama about a 'Dirty Dozen-type' unit operating behind enemy lines in North
Africa.
A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army handling port duties for incoming fuels. This gives him the official rank of Captain in the British Army. The Colonel (Nigel Green) in charge of the unit
is told he must have a British officer accompany his men on a dangerous mission 400 miles behind the German lines and is saddled with the Petroleum executive, who tries to argue his way out by saying that his contract states he is to only work port
duties. That argument is lost on the Brigade Commander (Harry Andrews - Ice Cold in Alex; The Hill)) who simply points out that the executive is wearing a British uniform. The real leader of the Dirty Dozen (Nigel Davenport - A Man for All Seasons; The
Royal Hunt of the Sun; No Blade of Grass), a released prisoner himself, doesn't need or want the British officer, who's supposed to be in charge, but he's promised an extra 2,000 British Pounds if he gets him back alive.
Versions
uncut
113:21s
UK: An unknown version was passed 15 for strong violence, sexual violence without BBFC cuts for:
The BBFC cut the film for UK cinema release a couple of years after the premiere. Presumably the uncut version would have been distributed internationally so should be available in its uncut form for home video.
The Playbirds is a 1978 UK sex comedy by Willy Roe. Starring Mary Millington, Glynn Edwards and Gavin Campbell.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1978. The same version was
released on 18 rated home video from 1986 until 2010. The rating was downrated to 15 in 2022.
Summary Notes
Two detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating
murders of centrefolds...
Versions
cut best available
cut:
run:
93:15s
pal:
89:31s
UK: Passed 15 for sexual images, sexual threat, violence:
2022 Netflix video
UK: The cut cinema version was passed 18 without further cuts for strong sex and nudity and sexualised violence:
A joke about the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America was cut from Jean Dujardin's, Les Infideles , new film so he could win the Best Actor
Oscar for The Artist , it has emerged.
A source close to the makers of Les Infideles confirmed that Jean Dujardin played a love cheat French businessman in one of the scenes cut out of the film. In the removed extract, the
Frenchman had travelled to New York to conduct an affair, while telling his wife that he was working hard in an office in Manhattan.
As he is about to seduce his lover in a hotel room, the businessman receives a phone call from
his wife and tells her: Yes, yes, my darling, everything is fine. Meanwhile, the September 11 terrorist attacks of 2001 can be seen starting outside the window behind him, as a passenger plane flies in to the World Trade Centre. Original news
footage was used in the sketch.
The source said: Yes, the scene was considered too much for America. It would have been provocative, especially in the run-up to the Oscars and other awards.
The film
has previously come in for a bit of nutter stick. Posters for Les Infideles were taken down in Paris in response to whinges from the politically correct
The Playgirls and the Vampire is a 1960 Italy horror by Piero Regnoli. Starring Walter Brandi, Lyla Rocco and Maria Giovannini.
Cut by the BBFC for 1963 X rated cinema release. Uncut on DVD and in the US
Summary Notes
Five beautiful showgirls are trapped by a storm and find refuge in a creepy old castle. The owner of the castle, a strange nobleman, has a secret laboratory in the basement and has his own
plans for the girls.
Playtime is a 1967 France / Italy comedy by Jacques Tati. Starring Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek and Rita Maiden.
Not cut by UK or US film censors, but shortened versions exist. Note that
some run times quoted are longer as they include intermissions.
Summary Notes
Monsieur Hulot has to contact an American official in Paris, but he gets lost in the maze of modern architecture which is
filled with the latest technical gadgets. Caught in the tourist invasion, Hulot roams around Paris with a group of American tourists, causing chaos in his usual manner.
Please Don't Eat My Mother is a 1973 USA comedy horror by Carl Monson. With Buck Kartalian, Lynn Lundgren and Art Hedberg.
Cut by the BBFC to remove a real oral sex scene. Uncut in the US
Summary Review: Little Shop of Sexy Horrors
A middle-aged man buys a plant with a sexy voice that develops a craving for insects, frogs, dogs... and humans.
Micro budget take on
Roger Corman's Little Shop of Horrors. The premise is used to string together a few sex scenes that were quite hard for the time. Mostly irrelevant these days.
The Pleasure Girls is a 1965 UK drama by Gerry O'Hara. Starring Francesca Annis, Anneke Wills and Tony Tanner.
Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1965 cinema release. Uncut for 15 rated home video releases from 2010.
Summary Review: Top Notch
Pleasure Girls is a real
period gem. Great cast. Great locations. Beautifully shot. A rather classy production and a real time tripper. The film, shot in black and white, really captures London circa 1964.
Very simple story about a girl who comes
to London to be a model and the various characters she comes across in her Kensington flat share.
The story is a bit silly and trite at times, but enjoyably so. As an eye over London at that time it's surprisingly
illuminating in terms of fashion, cars, clothes, pretty girls and the early days the of the Swinging London era.
