BBFC Cuts S: St

St. Trinian's: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold

• St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
• St Trinian's II

BBFC category cuts were for a PG rated 2009 cinema release. These cuts have persisted to all worldwide home video releases.

Summary Notes

The girls of St. Trinians are on the hunt for buried treasure after discovering headmistress Miss Fritton is related to a famous pirate.

• 2010 EIV RB Blu-ray
• 2010 EIV R2 DVD
• 2009 cinema release

The BBFC suggested cuts for PG

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 four scenes, including dialogue. In particular the BBFC suggested that the company:

• remove a phallically placed dart on a newspaper picture;
• reduce the enthusiasm with which an electric chair and death is presented;
• remove any imitable detail of household products being mixed to create a weapon; and
• remove an aggressive use of bitch .

When the finished version of the film was submitted these changes had been made and the film was classified PG .

Thanks to Gavin who points out that the same cuts also apply to region 1 DVD releases so presumably applies worldwide.

StageFright

• Deliria
• Aquarius
• Bloody Bird
• Sound Stage Massacre
• Stage Fright: Aquarius
• Stage Fright

A pre-cut version was passed 18 for 1987 UK VHS. All releases since have been uncut.

Summary Notes

A troupe of struggling stage actors is rehearsing for a small-town production of a play. Everything seems to be as it should until one of the cast members turns up dead. In a panic, the others try to get out, only to find they are now locked in the theater with the killer! Which one of them committed the murder, and who will get out alive?

Firstly, this film is bloody but not all that gory, it's certainly not as over the top as some of the slasher movies out at around the same time, instead this movie tries to offer an intense and suspensful atmosphere delivered with plenty of style.

Unrated

• 2014 Exposure Cinema Limited Edition RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2009 Cornerstone R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2002 Vipco R2 DVD

• 1995 Redemption VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2014 Blue Underground (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2014 Blue Underground R1 DVD at US Amazon
• 2007 Blue Underground R1 DVD at US Amazon

pre-cut
11s

• 1987 Avatar VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The 11s pre-cuts were:

• A pick-axe penetrating betty's mouth
• lost a power drill being bored through a man's stomach
• cuts to Laurel being stabbed and then the knife being removed

See Winds of the Wasteland

Stallone's Law: Making of Judge Dredd

The Stand

• Stephen King's The Stand

The US release featuring the long version is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2002 Republic R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• 1994 Warner VHS

Star Trek: The Original Series

A Re-mastered Version was released in 2009

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Ascent

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: To the Death

Cut when submitted in 1996.

• A neck break and the sound effect have been cut

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Sons and Daughters

Cut when submitted in 1998

The blood-brothers ritual whereby partners cut their palms with a knife and clasp hands is now on the BBFC list of no-no's probably due to some AIDS awareness reasoning.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

The film exists in 3 versions. The Theatrical Version. There was an extended version for TV and then a Director's Edition was created in 2001.

• 2002 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon

See version details on IMDb

• 1991 CIC VHS

See version details on IMDb

• 2009 Paramount R0 Blu-ray
• 2009 Paramount R2 DVD
• 1992 CIC VHS
• 1987 CIC VHS
• 1979 cinema release

Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

• Star Trek 2: The Vengeance of Khan

The Theatrical Version was cut by the BBFC by 6s in 1982 and 1987. The Director's Cut was rated 15, later reduced to 12.

PG

• 2013 cinema release
• 2009 Paramount R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2003 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 1992 CIC VHS
• 1989 CIC VHS

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA PG Rated for:

• 2009 Paramount RA  Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2002 Paramount R1 DVD at US Amazon

The difference between the 2 version is uncontentious. Plot elements have been added for the Director's Cut.

• 1987 CIC VHS
• 1982 cinema release

Two related scenes have been deleted from the PG version. The BBFC cuts list reads:

• Reel 2: Remove close shots of slugs burrowing into ears
• Reel 4: Remove two close-ups of slugs crawling bloodily out of Chekov's ear. Idea may be established by wider shots of ear and subsequent shooting of slug

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

The Special Edition was passed PG Uncut for:

• 2004 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release featuring the Special Edition is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

• 2004 Paramount R1 DVD at US Amazon

Contains uncontentious plot variants to the Extended Version

• 2003 Paramount R2 DVD
• 1993 Paramount VHS
• 1992 Paramount VHS

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

Contains approximately 3:00s of additional plot material

• 2009 Paramount Blu-ray
• 2009 Paramount R1 DVD
• 1991 cinema release

Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

Never cut by censors but it has been upgraded for special effects

PG

• 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The Blu-ray Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

• 2011 20th Century Fox RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

Some special effects have been upgraded for this release. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . Most notably the Yoda puppet has been replace by CGI.

PG

• 2009 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 2002 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

US: The DVD Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

• 2007 20th Century Fox R1 DVD via US Amazon

From IMDb:

The DVD reinstates footage into the feature and increases its running time by 3 minutes. Restored footage includes:

• the Coruscant air taxi sequence,
• extended starting grid sequence and
• extended lap two sequence.

• 1999 cinema release

Star Wars: Episode 2: Attack of the Clones

PG

UK: The Blu-ray Version was passed PG uncut for moderate fantasy violence with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The Blu-ray Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

• 2011 20th Century Fox RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

Some special effects have been upgraded for this release. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 2002 20th Century Fox R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2002 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 2002 cinema release

The BBFC commented: Company chose to cut sight of a head butt to achieve a "PG". A "12" uncut was available

• The cut head butt was in the fight scene between Obi-Wan and Jango Fett.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Star Wars: Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith

PG-13

UK: The Blu-ray Version was passed 12 uncut for:

• 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The Blu-ray Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

• 2011 20th Century Fox RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . A minor change to revert  to the Theatrical Version transition effect towards the end of the film

PG-13

• 2009 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 2005 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

US: The DVD Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

• 2007 20th Century Fox R1 DVD via US Amazon

From IMDb:

Some transition effects changed from a wipe to a straight cut.

• 2005 cinema release

Star Wars : Episode 4: A New Hope

• Star Wars

UK: The Blu-ray Edition was passed U uncut for

• 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

Some special effects have been upgraded for this release. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 1999 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1997 cinema release

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1986 Fox/CBS VHS
• 1977 cinema release

See  BBFC Archives: Comments about U rating from  bbfc.co.uk

Star Wars: Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back

• The Empire Strikes Back

The Blu-ray Edition was passed U uncut for

• 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

Some special effects have been upgraded for this release. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 1998 20th Century VHS
• 1997 cinema release

The Special edition is basically a rework of the special effects with a couple of minor tweaks to the plot. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 1991 Fox/CBS VHS
• 1986 Fox/CBS VHS
• 1980 cinema release

Star Wars: Episode 6: Return of the Jedi

• Return of the Jedi

The Blu-ray Edition was passed U uncut for

• 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

Some special effects have been upgraded for this release. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 1998 20th Century VHS
• 1997 cinema release

The Special edition is basically a rework of the special effects with a couple of minor tweaks to the plot. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 1991 Fox/CBS VHS
• 1986 Fox/CBS VHS
• 1983 cinema release

Passed 12A uncut by the BBFC for moderate violence, threat. Only the 2nd in the series to get a 12 rating after Revenge of the Sith.

For comparison,:

• The Irish film censor, IFCO, also rated the film 12A for sci-fi action violence consistent with the franchise.
• In the US the MPAA rated the film PG-13 for sci-fi action violence.
• In Australia the Classification Board opted for M (PG-15) for Science fiction themes and violence

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1

The Director's Cut was passed PG uncut for:

• 2008 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2008 cinema release

There is also a shortened TV version

Stargate

• Stargate, la porte des étoiles

PG-13

UK: The Director's Cut/Extended Version was passed PG uncut for mild language and fantasy violence:

• 2010 Optimum R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2008 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 2001 Momentum R2 DVD

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA PG-13 Rated for:

• 2009 Lions Gate 15th Anniversary Edition [Theatrical + Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2003 Lions Gate Ultimate Edition [Theatrical + Director's Cut] R1 DVD at US Amazon

From version details on IMDb. Additional scenes in the Director's Cut:

• An additional scene added straight in at the beginning immediately after the opening titles (originally it faded to the dig at giza) shows the entirety of the scene where Ra takes over the body of the caveboy showing the cavemen running from the light in the sky and showing him walking towards it. From this point it fades to the original opening scene at the Giza dig.
• Moments after the stargate has been hoisted up by the workmen at the Giza dig, people notice that there is something underneath it: a group of the Hora guards encased in the stone. The director's commentary on the DVD states that these are other guards that have come through the gate after it was sealed and were re-integrated straight into the stone.
• In the scene after the stargate has been opened for the first time and the military are checking the pictures of the marking of the gate on the other gate, after James Spader says he is 'positive' he can decipher the symbols, Kurt Russel's character turns and says "it's your call" in the theatrical version. In the special edition the line has been re-dubbed by him saying instead now "he's full of shit" - presumably this was done for rating purposes of the theatrical release.
• An additional scene before Kurt Russell is gearing up with the group about to go through the stargate, shows him going to a secured area to look at the stone/fossil Hora's.
• When the army group are setting up the camp in the desert there is a longer scene where the group discuss more about how the stargate works and how they are going to get back to Earth. The scene during the sandstorm inside the pyramid is also extended with more footage of them talking about the sandstorm and how they are going to get back to earth.
• When the sandstorm initially hits at the nagada village and Kurt Russell, James Spader and the others are locked inside the city, they decide that they do not want to stay and decide to leave; when the natives try to stop them Kurt Russell shoots at the ground to frightem them off. The boy (whom he later befriends) takes him up above to see the sandstorm approach. After this, a native that they were holding at gunpoint is released and Jackson comments "Sandstorm, that would have been a brilliant reason to shoot everyone".
• The scene when James Spader awakes in the sarcophagus after being killed is extended, showing him walking towards Ra's chamber, seeing a cat sitting on Ra's throne.
• When James Spader turns and shoots at Ra instead of his comrades so that they can flee, there are several extended cuts put in. Originally they were just ushered away by the natives, in the special edition they ride away on one of the Mastadges. Kurt Russell and James Spader are then seen lost in a sandstorm and found by the boys, and taken to the caves (which is in the theatrical edition); an additional scene after this sees the boys feeding the Mastadges outside the caves.

• 1995 Guild VHS
• 1994 cinema release

Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods

The Final Cut was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2009 20th Century Fox Online
• 2009 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

From IMDb:

• In 2009 MGM released a re-edited version Certain scenes have been trimmed slightly to make the pace of the film flow faster
• One new scene has been added.
• Scenes with violence have been toned down
• The infamous full frontal nudity shots of actress Vaitiare Bandera have been removed.
• Also,the visual effects have been enhanced
• Composer Joel Goldsmith has re-scored the entire film with new music instead of the re-used David Arnold score from the 1994 feature.

• 2000 MGM R2 DVD

• 1998 Warner VHS

See Hardcore 18s List: Starlet

Starship Troopers

Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This version has been distributed for all releases since. The BBFC initially awarded a 15 rating for cinema release but changed this to 18 for home video releases.

Summary Notes

In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don't know is that they'll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.

cut

best
available

• 2009 Buena Vista Online
• 2007 Disney R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2001 Disney R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1998 Buena Vista VHS

• 1997 cinema release

The BBFC felt that their 15 rating for the cinema release was too lenient and changed their minds to 18 for the subsequent video.

US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2008 Sony R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2007 MGM R2 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb:

To avoid an NC-17 rating, 4 seconds had to be trimmed from a decapitation during the last battle at the military base.

The missing scene has been spotted in a TV version but no sign of a restoration to DVD/Blu-ray. So for the moment this is the best available.

State of Divinity: Episodes 25-28

Stay

• El umbral

BBFC category cuts were required for for 15 rated cinema release but was uncut for 18 rated DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.

Cutting Edge: Quick Trims

Quick Trims 20: Stay on YouTube.
See more from Cutting Edge

• 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2006 20th Century Fox R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2006 20th Century Fox video not released
• 2005 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Stay was cut to remove a verbal description of a suicide technique that we felt was unsuitable at '15'. The company removed the line in question and replaced it with another, so no running time was lost.

Stay Alive

• Death Game

cut

PG-13

The BBFC passed the US PG-13 Rated Theatrical Version without BBFC cuts for the 2006 cinema release and 2007 Film Flex DVD.

The PG-13 was substantially cut by about 14 minutes. Cuts were made to achieve the low rating and to shorten the running time.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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

Review from US Amazon : Killer Video Game

I seem to be in the minority, but I thought this movie was awesome. Maybe it's because I play a lot of computer games and I thought the premise of a killer video game was really clever (maybe not unique, but well done.)

The plot revolves around a mysterious video game being tested by a couple of game testers. No one seems to know its origin, but it soon becomes apparent that when you play the game and your character dies, you soon meet the same fate in real life.

The game is based on the real-life serial killer Elizabeth Bathory, a 16th century Hungarian countess who killed and tortured hundreds of girls. The movie takes some liberty with the facts, such as having The Countess, as she's called, move to America, where she finds the requisite spooky old manor to inhabit.

I found the blending of game and reality very well-done and intriguing. I won't spoil the ending, but the heroes eventually find the body of the actual Countess, and guess what- she's not dead! (surprise) There is a pretty cool final scene where they battle this vicious vixen, who I thought was one of the coolest movie monsters I've seen in a while.

Steel Dawn

Cut by the BBFC for the 18 rated 1988 VHS. The BBFC waived its cuts for 2003 15 rated DVD

Summary Notes

In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.

• 2015 Three Wolves Ltd R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2003 Anchor Bay R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2000 Artisan Entertainment R1 DVD via US Amazon

• 1988 Virgin VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• A scene featuring nunchuka was deleted

The Stendhal Syndrome

• La Sindrome di Stendhal
• Stendhal's Syndrome

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Original Italian Version was releases 18 uncut for:

• 2011 Arrow Neo Giallo Collection R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2010 Arrow R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The 2010 Arrow DVD is said to be the full uncut Original Italian Version but no mention of a longer version on the BBFC database.

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2008 Blue Underground R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2007 Blue Underground R0 DVD at US Amazon

See trailer from youtube.com

Summary review: Rewarding film experience

This movie is definitely one of Argento's best. As usual the movie features Argento's masterful camerawork and artistic set design.

The movie also features enough scares to satisfy any horror fan. Where this movie truly shines, however, is in it's psychological aspects. It is unbearable at times to watch the tortures which Argento puts his daughter Asia through.

If not for a few cheesy cgi effects this would be a perfect movie.

• 2004 Arrow R2 DVD

T he uncut English Version marketed outside of Italy but is missing 2 minutes of uncontentious scenes present in the Italian version.

From version details on IMDb :

• Missing scene where Anna calls the husband of one of Alfredo's victims
• Missing scene where Anna meets Marie's mother (Veronica Lazar).

pre-cut
2:47s

• 1999 Marquee DVD
• 1996 Guild VHS

The Marquee DVD released in May 1999 contains all the material which had been pre-cut from the UK video version. Since the uncut version wasn't submitted to the BBFC, this version was withdrawn and re-released in a cut form. The new cut release has a colour graphic on the disc itself, whereas the uncut version had a black and white label.

There were 11 pre-cut s totalling 2m:47s:

1. In the rape of Anna (Asia Argento) by Alfredo (Thomas Kretschmann) 12s are removed that show Alfredo rolling a razor blade around in his mouth and then removing it. A couple of response shots from Anna are also effected.
2. 14s have been removed from the subsequent rape of another woman whilst Anna is still watching. A shot of Alfredo holding a gun next to the victims face. The infamous slow motion close up of a bullet being fired through the victims mouth and face has been removed along with the view though the newly made hole. This cut is rather ineptly done as Anna screams and then gets covered in blood without any obvious reason.
3. An entire scene lasting 100s has been eliminated showing Anna returning home to a rather cold and unfriendly reception from her family. Scene setting only.
4. Alfredo moves on to another rape of a woman in a dress shop.10s of Alfredo hitting the woman in the face have been cut along with another 6s of a slow motion bullet going off by the woman's head. The bullet reflects an image of Alfredo as it passes him by.
5. Anna gets raped again in Alfredo's hideout but we miss 11s of the action, Some screaming by Anna, s hot of Alfredo from Anna's point of view and Anna being hit in the face.
6. In this version, Anna suffers 10s less of a razor blade being drawn down her cheek and she loses a view of Alfredo.
7. Eventually Anna gets the upper hand and she gets to give Alfredo a beating with her gun. She hits him 6 times in the original but only 4 times in this version.

Step Brothers

Unrated

The US Unrated Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2008 Sony DVD/Blu-ray

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

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

R Rated

Step Up 4: Miami Heat  

Cut by the BBFC for a PG rated cinema release. Uncut for UK 12 rated video and all releases in the US at PG-13

• 2012 Universal [3D + 2D] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2012 Universal (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2012 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2012 Universal Online

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

• 2012 Universal (RA) Blu-ray  at US Amazon
• 2012 Universal R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2012 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• The company chose to remove language (in this case, an inadequately obscured use of motherfucking and an aggressive use of bitch') in order for the work to be passed at PG . An uncut 12A was available to the company.

Step Up: All In

BBFC advised category cuts were required for a PG rated 2014 cinema release but uncut on 12 rated home video. Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US.

Summary Notes

All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.

• 2014 Universal [3D + 2D] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Universal [2D only] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

• 2014 Lionsgate RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2014 Lionsgate R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2014 cinema release

• This film was originally seen for advice. The BBFC advised the company that it was likely to be classified 12A, but that their preferred PG could be achieved by removing two uses of strong language ('fuck'). When the film was submitted for formal classification, both uses of strong language had been removed.

The Stepfather

Unrated

UK: The Extreme Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2010 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Germany: The Extreme Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed 16 uncut for:

• De 2012 Sony R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2010 Sony R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2010 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . Even though all the cuts include violent content, the unrated version of the thriller still isn't a bloodbath.

48s

• 2009 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• During post-production, the distributor sought and was given advice on how to secure the desired classification. Following this advice, certain changes were made prior to submission.

The BBFC explained the 15 rating further:

The Stepfather is a psychological horror/thriller about a serial killer who finds his victims by marrying young divorced or widowed women with children. It has been passed 15 for strong psychological threat and menace and violence.

The main protagonist in the film commits a number of murders in order to protect his anonymity and, while these murders do not contain strong detail, they are all strong in terms of the brutal and callous nature of the killings. There is also an unrelenting sense of threat and menace as the killer's new family start to suspect him and, consequently, place themselves in danger. The Guidelines at 12A only allow for moderate physical and psychological threat and these scenes are stronger and more disturbing and, consequently, most appropriately placed at 15 . Stronger and bloodier violence occurs at the film's climax and contain some focus upon injuries and blood which also secure the 15 classification.

The US release

Stepfather II

• Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy
• Stepfather 2: Make Room for Daddy

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

• 2002 Carlton/ITV R2 DVD
• 1990 Virgin VHS
• 1990 cinema release

There is a German X Rated DVD with English audio) with deleted material reinserted. Available via UK Amazon

Steve O: Don't Try This at Home

• Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video

Cut when submitted by ILC Prime in 2002. The BBFC justified their decision as follows: Company was obliged to cut sight of Steve-O engaged in activities likely to harm potential viewers by imitation (intravenous vodka injection and surrounding himself in lighted fireworks)

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Cut scenes:

• Steve O ignites mini rocket firework with the stick in his mouth
• Steve O dancing on a car adorned by fire crackers going off. Then standing near the car which explodes in a ball of fireworks
• Steve O and friend suffering the smoke from a firework lit in a car

Replacement scenes:

• Steve O licking a hairy chested man's nipple
• Steve O drinking bong water

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

Steve O: Don't Try This at Home: The Tour

• Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video Vol 2

The BBFC justified their decision as follows: Cuts required to remove scene in which a woman has flammable liquid spread on her breasts and set alight and a further scene in which an apparent bystander appears to be genuinely assaulted with a skateboard. The distributor was also required to place a warning caption after the main title.

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

Steve O: Gross Misconduct Uncensored - Bonus Materials

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to remove non-UK classification statement from caption at start of work

Steve O: The Early Years

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC statement: In addition to obviously dangerous activities, the video work contained stunts which were potentially fatal, but which were presented as fun, easily copied and without any apparent harmful consequences. Most notably Steve-O was choked in a headlock until he lost consciousness. The Board took the view that the potential for imitation with possibly fatal consequences was too great and cuts were required.

Steve O: Out on Bail

• Steve O: Vol 3: Out on Bail

Cut when submitted in 2003 with the following BBFC statement: Cuts to choking, for public indecency, drug preparation and use were required from the original submission. On receipt of the cuts list, the distributor chose to withdraw that submission from the classification process. This version was then submitted as a new work. It lacks the scenes which would have been cut from the original submission but includes some new material and other minor changes. It was passed without cuts.

In particular the BBFC cut a scene where Steve-O was choked in a headlock until he lost consciousness.

Uncut on Region 1 DVD available at US Amazon

Stick

Stick It

The cinema release was cut by 9s in 2006 and the Buena Vista DVD was cut by 1s in 2007 (presumably to achieve the same end)

The BBFC commented: Company chose to remove a partial use of strong language, "Motherf...." in order to obtain a PG. An uncut 12A was available.

The distributor appealed an initial 12A decision. The reconsideration team, which included both the Director and Head of Policy, determined that the work could be awarded the PG category if a partially obscured use of strong language was removed from the lyrics of a rap song.

The uncut US DVD is available at US Amazon with a PG-13 rating

Still the Water

Cut for 2015 cinema release to avoid a ban for animal cruelty.

Summary Notes

On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.

• 2015 Soda Pictures. [Subtitled] video
• 2015 cinema release

• Scenes from this film were originally shown to the BBFC for advice. The company was informed that one scene was likely to be in breach of the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937 and was therefore unlikely to be suitable for classification. When the film was submitted for formal classification, this scene had been cut.

Stitch! The Movie

• Disney's Stitch! The Movie

The BBFC cut the Buena Vista DVD by 20s in 2003: Distributor chose to cut sight of imitable technique (cartoon character misusing electric wires) to gain a U. A PG uncut was available to the company.

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

Stolen Goods

See Blue Steel

Stolen Kisses

• Baisers volés

No BBFC cuts noted for:

• 2007 Cinema Club DVD
• 1994 Artificial Eye VHS

The submitted running time was noted as 90:50s = 87:12s

The Stone Killer

• L'assassino di pietra

The BBFC passed the 2010 Sony DVD 15 uncut

From cuts details on IMDb

• The footage of Lawrence darting round the room shooting the dead/injured mafia dons with a pistol (to ensure all are dead) was cut.

The submitted running time was 95:19s = 91:30s

Stoner

• Tie jin gang da po zi yang guan

Cut by the BBFC for 1974 cinema release. Uncut in the US.

Summary Notes

Stoner, an Australian cop, has been investigating the spread of a mysterious addictive drug that acts like an aphrodisiac and a hallucenogen on anyone who takes it. When his own sister falls under its influence, he travels to Hong Kong to hunt down the man behind the drug trade, the evil billionaire Mr. Chin. At the same time, a Taiwanese officer has also been sent to stop Chin's drug empire. Together, She and Stoner battle the drug kingpin's dealers and henchmen.

• 2014 Shout! Factory Angela Mao Ying Collection R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1974 cinema release

Stop or My Mom will Shoot

6s listed were cut from the cinema version. The video is listed as uncut, so presumably it has been pre-cut before submission.

Storage 24

BBFC advised category cuts for a 15 rating. Presumably these cuts were carried over into the US release

Summary Notes

In London, a military plane crashes leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware that the city is in lockdown, a group of people become trapped inside a storage facility with a highly unwelcome guest.

• 2012 Universal R2 DVD
• 2012 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• During post-production, the distributor sought and was given advice on how to secure the desired classification. Following this advice, certain changes were made prior to submission
• The level of gore was reduced in some scenes [including Ned Dennhey's death] by cutting or visual darkening

See Banned International: Stories of Our Lives

Storm Rider

• The Grand Duel
• Il Grande Duello
• Drei Vaterunser fur vier Halunken
• Le Grand Duel
• Hell's Fighters
• The Big Showdown

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2013 Blue Underground R0 DVD at US Amazon
• 2012 Mill Creek Double Feature (with Keoma) RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon
• 2007 Synergy R0 DVD-R at US Amazon

• 2008 Pegasus R2 DVD titled The Grand Duel

UK: Passed 18 after 3s of BBFC cuts for:

• 1988 Drumfire VHS titled Storm Rider

The BBFC commented:

• Distributor was required to remove a shot of an illegal horse fall.

Stormhouse

Cut by the BBFC for a 15 rating. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

In 2002, 11 months before the invasion of Iraq, the military captured and imprisoned a supernatural entity at Stormhouse, a secret underground base. This film documents the final four days of that experiment. 'Ghost whisperer' Hayley Sands is brought to Stormhouse by the government to make contact with the captured entity. Her arrival triggers a series of events which lead to the entity's escape, plunging the base into a horrific nightmare.

• VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon
• 2012 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2012 High Fliers R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• The company chose to remove a crude and aggressive use of very strong language in order to obtain a 15 classification. An uncut 18 classification was available.

The BBFC cut was:

• A possessed Justin Rourke tells a distraught Jayley: Justin want to fuck you in your dirty little cunt. The volume of music is turned up obscure the word 'cunt'

The Stormriders

• The Storm Riders
• Fung wan: Hung ba tin ha
• Feng yun
• Feng yun xiong ba tian xia

Unrated

UK: The Director's Cut/Hong Kong Version was passed 12 uncut for:

• 2001 MIA Special Edition (Director's Cut + US Version) R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The Director's Cut/Hong Kong Version is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2009 Discotek Special Edition (Director's Cut + US Version) R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb. The original Hong Kong version runs 38 minutes longer than the butchered American version.

• The scenes with Wind and Cloud as young children are cut the most
• The bamboo forest battle between Lord Conquer and Wind's father is one of many scenes missing altogether.
• The American version offers an English translation of the onscreen character names that accompany each character's first apperance in the film
• The cuts for violence, presumably made to secure a PG-13 rating, render much of the film incomprehensible.

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• 2001 MIA Special Edition (Director's Cut + US Version) R2 DVD

The Story of O

• Story of O
• Histoire d'O
• Die Geschichte der O

Notably banned by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release. A shortened English language version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for 2000 cinema release and DVD. The English Version is MPAA X rated in the US. The French version is uncut with more philosophising but makes more sense.

Summary Review

The beautiful O is taken by her boyfriend, Rene, to a bizarre retreat, where she is trained in bondage and sexual perversion. Rene discharges a personal debt by transferring possession of O to his step-brother, Sir Stephen.

It is most certainly worth viewing the French original, for its insight into the world of BDSM, although as with the book it is fantasy, but that clearly shows its faithfulness to the book, and is most certainly worth watching, and a valued addition to my DVD collection.

• R2 DVD via UK Amazon

shortened
English Version

X rated

• 2000 Arrow Film Distributors video at UK Amazon
• 2000 cinema release

• 2006 Somerville House R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb. The U.S. English-dubbed print is missing 6 scenes and runs approximately 8 minutes shorter than the original French version. However, the missing footage appears to have been removed for pacing reasons rather than any risque content.

From Amazon. As the UK/US edit stands; it leaves many gaping holes in its poor dialogue dubbing, missing the sense of Réage's story, and at times makes very little sense indeed. The French version easily scores 5 stars for me on the basis it makes sense

• 1975 cinema release

Storytelling

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Unrated

UK: Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2002 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 cinema release

US: MPAA Unrated for:

• US New Line [Uncut + US Theatrical Version] R1 DVD via US Amazon

From article from en.wikipedia.org :

The original version of the film featured a third story, concerning, among other things, a closeted football player played by actor James van der Beek. But for unknown reasons, possibly that the character had an explicit sex scene with a male partner Steve Rosen, the entire story was cut from the final version.

See also article from ultraculture.co.uk suggesting that the 'unknown reasons' for the missing segment were down to the MPAA.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

A big red block was used to obscure 2 shots of Vi and the professor talking dirty whilst making out against the wall in a darkened room. This was cut to avoid the NC-17 rating initially awarded.

See article from en.wikipedia.org :

Initially the red box was to have had the word Censored on it, but the MPAA also deemed this unacceptable because they do not consider themselves censors.

Solondz described the addition of the box as a political statement: I was prepared to make that political statement. This is something I've always been prepared to do, as long as the audience is aware of what it's not allowed to see. That's how I feel politically about that.

Straight on Till Morning

• Dressed for Death

Cut by the BBFC for cinema release. It is unknown if these cuts persist to home video.

• 2006 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2002 Starz / Anchor Bay R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1972 cinema release

Straight Outta Compton

The Theatrical Version was passed 15 for 2015 cinema release whilst the Director's Cut was passed 18 for 2016 home video. In the US the Theatrical Version was MPAA R rated whilst the Director's Cut was MPAA Unrated

Summary Notes

The group NWA emerges from the streets of Compton, California in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes pop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Unrated

• 2016 Universal [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2016 Universal [Director's Cut] R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2016 Universal [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon

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• 2016 Universal [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] RB Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2015 cinema release

• 2016 Universal [Theatrical Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon

Strange Behaviour

• Dead Kids
• Human Experiments
• Small Town Massacre

Released uncut on pre-cert VHS and was seized by the police during the Video Nasties Panic but did not make the Video Nasties list. Then released uncut on 1986 VHS. Cut by the BBFC for DVD. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

A scientist is experimenting with teenagers and turning them into murderers.

R rated

• 1986 Mighty Fair VHS titled Small Town Massacre

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2014 Severin Films (RA) Blu-ray/(R1) DVD Combo via UK Amazon and at US Amazon titled Dead Kids

• 2008 Optimum DVD titled Dead Kids
• 2004 International Trading DVD titled Strange Behaviour
• 1993 Vipco VHS titled Human Experiments

The BBFC commented:

• Cut was required to remove sight of vertical wrist slashing, on grounds of imitability

Thanks to Daniel:

The complete suicide scene can be found on YouTube. It's much more shocking than I remember and does kind of blunt the scene, mainly because you have no idea who she is or why she's doing it. Rewatching the movie with this knowledge reveals just what a cruel scene it is. Still, It's kind of a brilliant film.

• 1982 IFS VHS

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

The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Miss Osbourne

• The Blood of Dr Jekyll
• Docteur Jekyll et les femmes
• The Bloodbath of Doctor Jekyll
• The Experiment

Cut by the BBFC for 1984 cinema release and further cut for 1987 VHS. The cuts were waived for 2015 DVD/Blu-ray.

Summary Notes

The film takes place before, during and immediately after the engagement party of Dr.Henry Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osborne, attended by numerous highly respectable guests (a general, a doctor, a priest, a lawyer), the last of which informs the company that a child has been murdered in the street outside. While the others watch a young dancer perform, Dr.Jekyll instructs the lawyer to alter his will, leaving everything to a certain Mr.Hyde. Shortly afterwards, the dancer is found murdered, and the guests realise that one of their number must be a maniac with a prodigious sexual appetite...

• 2015 Arrow Academy RAB Blu-ray/R12 DVD Combo at UK Amazon

• 1987 SID VHS titled The Blood of Dr Jekyll

• Several shots of Mr Hyde beating a little girl to death are missing.
• The scene between Mr Hyde and the General's daughter is missing several organ shots.
• A brief shot of Hyde's organ is missing during his attack on Jekyll's male guest.
• A whole scene showing the doctors examining the dancer's dead body is missing.
• The General whipping his daughter is greatly reduced.
• A scene where the doctors discover the male guest's body is cut to avoid references to the dreaded organ.
• The climax where Mr. Hyde and his "wife" Fanny burn down the house is missing two incredibly graphic shots of dead bodies.
• Finally the scene where Fanny murders her mother has been shortened.

• 1984 cinema release titled The Blood of Dr Jekyll

• 1984 VTC VHS

Strange Days

Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated 1995 cinema release and further cut for home video. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a murderer killing a prostitute. Lenny investigates and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of blackmail, murder and rape. Will he survive and solve the case?

This is a movie people either love or hate. This is a gutsy film that takes a lot of chances in terms of plot, performance and presentation. If nothing else, you will love Angela Bassett. She's amazing not for the kung fu moves -- her character is the voice of reason, and her performance is stunningly genuine.

At its most basic level, "Strange Days" is a thriller -- futuristic film noir, with all of the traditional characters. But don't let the title or the plot summaries fool you -- this is a film that is less about new technology, science fiction and the future, and much more about the volatility of race and police relations in the USA. This is a character-driven movie, not an effects-driven one.

Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge Episode 30:
Strange Days
 

• 2002 20th Century Fox R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon released on 21st May 2002

UK:  The 1997 UK widescreen VHS is reported to have been accidentally issued uncut.

UK: Thanks to Daniel, May 2008: Uncut on TV

From what I could tell, ITV4 recent screening of STRANGE DAYS was uncut, including the cinema cuts removed from the Point of View rape / murder for the 1995 theatrical release, though this needs confirmation.

• 1997 CIC widescreen VHS
• 1996 CIC pan & scan VHS

The BBFC provided the following justification for their cuts:

The already reduced rape-murder scene in Strange Days was also found unacceptable on video, where the murder was further reduced to remove sexualised images of forcible breast exposure in a medium which could permit the repeated viewing of such scenes out of context. The scene was designed to convey the dangerous pleasures purveyed by 'snuff movies', but it seemed to the Board to have come perilously close to providing those same pleasures itself. (What a load of bollocks! its my favourite film of the year!)

All the BBFC cuts apply to the rape and murder of Iris in the hotel room:

• 3 seconds of the stun-gun being applied to Iris's crotch (totally cut, we jump immediately from Nero sitting in the car to a shot of Mace looking in the rear-view mirror)
• 5 seconds of the 'forcible breast exposing' have been cut
• 2 seconds of the killer cutting open Iris's trousers are gone (just before he opens his trousers)
• The rape itself loses 2 seconds in one of the short sequences (we miss at least 1 thrust)
• A shot of 1 second showing Iris's breasts while being suffocated is missing
• At the end, another breast shot of 2 seconds has been replaced with Nero's face in the car Well, that's it, 15 seconds

• 1996 cinema release

•  The Point of View rape scene was reduced. The killer (shown from his point of view) looks at the victims naked breasts prior to assaulting her. James Ferman noted that it had been board policy for 20 years to cut such visuals.

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

• Lo Strano Vizio Della Signora Wardh
• Next!
• The Blade of the Ripper

See trailer from youtube.com

R Rated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2011 Argent/Shameless R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2005 NoShame R0 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Well-Crafted

A solid, well-crafted giallo that delivers the goods without achieving classic status.

The characters are interesting without being in any way sympathetic. The men are manipulative predators and the women play dangerous games. In the last act, the sado-masochistic undercurrents make way for a series of plot twists. While these are not too predictable, the final solution is unremarkable.

Sergio Martino stages some impressive set-piece.

• 1971 cinema release

See Hardcore 18s List: Stranger by the Lake

Stranger from Canton

• The Karate Killer
• Guai ke

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2005 Crash Cinema Media R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Downright visceral

The film features a solid cast of Hong Kong film luminaries and fight after brutal, bone-crushing fight.

Jason Pai Piao plays a dapper hero who catches knives in his teeth and takes bites out of them. The imposing Thompson Kao Kang plays the lead villain, a dangerous fighter who wields his queue--or pigtail--as a weapon.

The fights in this movie are downright visceral. If you enjoy the dark, violent martial arts films of this period, Stranger from Canton will be right up your alley.

• 1987 VPD VHS

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• 1976 cinema release

• 1976 cinema release

The Strangers

Unrated

The BBFC passed the US Unrated or Extended Version 15 uncut for the 2008 Universal DVD

From version details on IMDb

This US Unrated Version includes one additional scene:

• Kristen, after being stabbed and left for dead, is crawling on the floor of the house to reach Mike's ringing cell phone, only to have it ring off before she can answer it. Then the Man in the Mask appears again, takes the phone away from her, and walks out the front door with it, leaving Kristen dying on the floor.

R Rated

The Strangler

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1964 cinema release. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Leo Kroll, a lab technician in a large unnamed city, is responsible for the strangulation murders of several young nurses. He feels that in some twisted way, that he is getting back at his overbearing shrew of a mother. Leo also kills the nurse who is taking care of his mother in the rest home she is staying at. As a result, Mrs. Kroll dies from a heart attack. He also kills an arcade worker whom he feels can identify him.

• 2015 Warner Archive Collection R0 DVD-R at US Amazon

• 1964 cinema release

Stranglers of Bombay

• Stranglers of Bengal

US : The cut Theatrical version is MPAA Unrated.

The US release is the same print as the cut UK cinema version but the scene of a mongoose fighting a snake is included

7s

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• 1996 Encore VHS

From IMDB:

• The cinema print was cut by a further 7 seconds with the additional edits being to remove a scene of a mongoose fighting a snake.

• 1959 cinema release

From IMDB:

• BBFC Edits to the kicking of Lewis by thuggees in an alleyway
• Removal of reaction shots of Karim watching men being branded and strangled.
• Missing shots of Marie Devereux destined for the Continental Version

Straw Dogs

Censorship History

The BBFC advised cuts on seeing early rough cuts of the film. The advise was adopted for the 1972 cinema release which became the definitive version of the film.

The film was cut in the US for an R rated theatrical release. The cuts were to the 2 rape scenes, and famously seemed to convert Susan George being taken from behind into a scene of anal rape.

The definitive version was released several times on pre-cert VHS between 1980 and 1985.

The cut US R rated version was further cut by the BBFC for a 1995 cinema release. The BBFC procrastinated for several years over a subsequent video release, effectively banning the video. The BBFC particularly objected to the first rape scene where the Susan George character ended up enjoying the sex. The cut US R rated version was eventually formally banned twice in 1995.

The film was unbanned in 2002 when the definitive version was passed 18 uncut for DVD.

Summary Notes

Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house.

Essentially, what we have is a movie that uproots some of the values, morality and themes governing the mythic cinematic western and transplants them into an English backwater community. The locals are restless, being envious of and despising the American strangers (Dustin Hoffman and wife Susan George) who intrude on their redneck world. The fact that Hoffman's wife used to be one of their own serves to make matters worse, increasing both tension and conflict.

Hoffman wants to avoid trouble and remain peaceable, but ultimately is pushed too far when his cat is killed, wife is raped and his homestead is laid siege to by his tormentors. He stubbornly offers shelter to Niles, the village idiot, who has just inadvertently killed a young girl. His refusal to surrender the man to the (lynch) mob initiates the violent finale. The stage is set for a man doing what a man's gotta do, and this translates as holding the fort whilst killing and maiming as many of the attacking natives as possible.

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• 2011 Freemantlemedia 40th Anniversary RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2011 Freemantlemedia 40th Anniversary R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2004 Prism R2 DVD
• 2002 Pearson Television/Freemantlemedia R2 DVD
• 2002 Pearson Television/Freemantlemedia VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 MGM R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2004 Anchor Bay R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1985 VCI VHS
• 1983 Guild VHS
• 1980 Guild VHS

There are reports that some dialogue may be missing through print damage

• 1972 cinema release

BBFC secretary Stephen Murphy saw the film unofficially at rough cut stage and recommended cuts. The cut version became the final version and was not cut further by the BBFC.  It is suspected that longer footage of the second rape scene exists only on the cutting-room floor.

This version has now become the definitive version of the film

The BBFC issued the following statement when the video was unbanned in 2002:

When Straw Dogs was previously considered by the BBFC for video release in 1999, it was refused a classification certificate. This was because its distributor at the time declined to make the cuts requested by the Board to the film's rape scene. The version on which the Board then based its judgement was a pre-cut American print of the film.

In the central scene, Amy, played by Susan George, is raped by her former boyfriend and then by another man. The pre-cut American version deleted most of the second rape in which Amy is clearly demonstrated not to enjoy the act of violation. The cuts made for American distribution, which were made to reduce the duration of the sequence, therefore tended paradoxically to compound the difficulty with the first rape, leaving the audience with the impression that Amy enjoyed the experience. The Board took the view in 1999 that the pre-cut version eroticised the rape and therefore conflicted with the concerns expressed in the Video Recordings Act about promoting harmful activity.

The version considered in 2002 is substantially the original uncut version of the film, restoring much of the unambiguously unpleasant second rape. The ambiguity of the first rape is given context by the second rape, which now makes it quite clear that sexual assault is not something that Amy ultimately welcomes.

For the current submission, the Board showed the video to leading clinical psychologists specialising in work with sex offenders and to a panel of members of the public. The response of the clinical psychologists was that the present version of Straw Dogs was not harmful and was not likely to encourage an interest in rape or abusive behaviour towards women. The psychologists agreed that the ambiguous first rape was in fact a fairly realistic depiction of a quite complex situation. They also agreed that, by the end of the second rape, any general messages reinforcing 'rape myths' were undermined by the lack of ambivalence shown in Amy's reaction to the second attack. It was also noted that Amy's flashbacks later in the film further undermined any impression that she might welcome rape or that it has no serious effect on its victims. The psychologists commented that the scene was filmed in a relatively discreet manner, with limited potential today for titillation.

The issue of context was also important to the members of the public to whom the video was shown as part of a research exercise into the acceptability of images of sexual violence. A focus group of 26 people viewed Straw Dogs , with 20 people accepting '18' uncut as the most appropriate category, 5 suggesting only minor cuts, and only one favouring rejection. No respondent asked for major cuts of the kind required by the Board in 1999.

Significantly, respondents saw the manner in which Amy copes with her experience as essentially positive and concluded that the present version of the scene - as well as the flashbacks shown afterwards - reinforced the idea that rape is not to be taken lightly because of the serious effect it can have on individuals. No concerns about possible harmful effects were identified.

The Board recognises that the rape scene in Straw Dogs has lost only part of its power over the years, despite the age of the film. Nonetheless, in this restored version, and in the light of the evidence of expert opinion, our own conclusion now is that the film has no significant potential to cause harm to viewers or, through their actions, to society as a whole. We have also taken account of the evidence of the public acceptability of the work.

The Board maintains a strict position on depictions of sexual violence that endorse or eroticise harmful behaviour, and will continue to do so. The Board does not believe that the present version of Straw Dogs is in breach of that policy.

The film had previously been passed 'X' uncut for cinema release in 1971 and '18' in the pre-cut version for cinema reissue in 1995.

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R Rated

• 1999 VCI VHS

UK: The cut US R Rated Version was banned by the BBFC for:

• 1999 Total Home Entertainment VHS

After an inordinate delay for procrastination, the BBFC commented:

The BBFC offered a list of cuts to the video's distributor but because their period of rights had elapsed, they were unable to consider making the requested cuts.

After the politically correct empowerment of the BBFC on the back of the Video Recordings Act, the video version became verbatim. The grass roots examiners of the BBFC continually recommended a relaxation of the ban yet the politicians of the Board  could never confirm their views.

The cause of the problems for the BBFC is that the first rape scene has Susan George's character initially being forcibly assaulted but then she seemingly starts to enjoy it.

This R rated cut has become notorious as it ended up making the first 'rape' scene look worse than it originally did. The uncut version makes it as clear as you can get without going hardcore that rear entry vaginal sex is involved, while the R rated version looks more like enforced sodomy!

See pictorial cuts for the US R rated version from movie-censorship.com :

• 24s cut from first rape scene: Cut to shot of Amy reacting to implied initial penetration by Venner. Cut to 2 shots of Amy seemingly enjoying the sex.
• 30s cut from second rape scene: Shot of Amy screaming in anticipation of further rape as as Norman unbuttons his pants. Shot of Norman raping Amy whilst Venner holds her down. Further cuts mean that the pumping of Amy from behind is reduced to an establishment shot which gives a perspective suggesting anal rape.

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• 1995 cinema release

There is an unconfirmed report that a shot from the scene where Peter Vaughan blows his own foot off may have been cut

The Strawberry Statement

The International Version is uncut by the BBFC. There is also a shorter US Version

Promotional Material

The phone rings in the college president's office. A coed, one of many students in the room, picks up. "We're sorry, the president will not be in today. The university is under new management." Set to anthemic songs of the time, The Strawberry Statement is both about and from the era of protests that swept campuses in the 1960s and '70s. Bruce Davison plays Simon, an athlete drawn to the excitement of a demonstration, to a girl (Kim Darby) he meets and ultimately, to the cause. The film ends with a police-and-National Guard raid on protesters that gave viewers of the day a knowing unease: student demonstrators had been shot – some fatally -- at Kent State University and Jackson State College in the month prior to the film's release.

R rated

• 1970 cinema release

US: The International Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2012 Warner Archive [International + US Version] R0 DVD-R

• 2012 Warner Archive [International + US Version] R0 DVD-R via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

See trailer from youtube.com

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

• 2009 20th Century Fox [Theatrical + Extended] RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2009 20th Century Fox [Theatrical + Extended] R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon

• 2009 Optimum RB Blu-ray
• 2009 Optimum R2 DVD

The violence was toned down by 49s for a PG-13 rating for the US Theatrical release. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle

• Streetfighter
• Street Fighter
• Street Fighter: The Battle for Shadaloo
• Street Fighter: The Movie

Cut by the BBFC for a 12 rated cinema release and further cut for VHS and DVD.

Summary Notes:

Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.

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PG-13

• 2008 Sony R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

There is no record of the standalone film being passed 12 uncut though.

Based on article from dvdcompare.net. The very first 2004 DVD release with a red banner on the front cover reading A Widescreen Presentation was erroneously released uncut.

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

• 2010 Extreme Edition Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2009 Extreme Edition R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2004 Sony R2 DVD
• 1998 Columbia/TriStar VHS
• 1995 Columbia/TriStar VHS

The cinema cuts were re-applied albeit edited differently. An additional video cut was added to the list:

1. During a prison escape a soldier loses his handgun and suffers a blow to his stomach which was cut.
2. Another cut to the Vega vs. Ryu fight - this time part of a shot of Ryu headbutting Vega has been trimmed.

• 1995 cinema release

The cinema cuts were:

1. The opening credits sequence, has been cut to remove Bison's (Raul Julia) two brief neck breaks of the captured soldiers.
2. A view on a security screen showing a man being shot has been removed
3. The boardroom scene - when a villan serving coffee attacks Van Damme - is missing a shot of J.C.V.D chopping the bad guy's throat.
4. The prison break has been cut in three places: in order to remove what looks like a mild ear-clap; a shot of Ken (Damian Chapa) punching - and being punched by - an Allied Nations soldier; and a shot of Ken kicking said soldier out of a moving vehicle.
5. When the good guys arrive on Bison's fortress - a few frames have been trimmed from Cammy's (Kylie Minogue) twisting of a henchmen's neck.
6. A shot of Vega slashing at Ryu's (Byron Mann) stomach with his metal claw has been cut.

Street Fighter II: Night Action in Hong Kong

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

• Sutorîto Faitâ II gekijô-ban
• Street Fighter II Movie

The uncut Japanese version was passed 15 by the BBFC and released Unrated in the US. There is also a cut Unrated Version and a further cut PG-13 rated verion.

Unrated

• 2013 Manga RB Blu-ray DVD at UK Amazon
• 2007 Anchor Bay Special Collector's Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The full Japanese Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2007 Anchor Bay Uncut Uncensored Unleashed R1 DVD at US Amazon

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Unrated

• 2001 Manga R2 DVD
• 1995 Manga VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The cuts were:

• Chin Li naked taking a shower has been deleted
• Numerous other uncontentious shortened scenes

Street Knight

The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 1993 Warner VHS

Street Trash

Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut after previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• 2010 Arrow R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 Maingrip/Midnite Movies R0 DVD
• 2001 Maingrip/Midnite Movies VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2013 Synapse Special Meltdown Edition (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2006 Synapse R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Lots of Fun

When a liquor store owner finds a case of Viper in his cellar, he decides to sell it to the local hobos at one dollar a bottle, unaware of its true properties. The drinks causes its consumers to melt, very messily. Two homeless lads find themselves up against the effects of the toxic brew, as well as going head to head with Bronson a Vietnam vet with sociopathic tendencies, and the owner of the junkyard they live in.

The ultra-low-budget exploitation flick Street Trash certainly lives up to its name in more ways than one. Not only is it rather trashy when it comes to generally poor or histrionic acting, bawdy humor, gore, and several lingering flashes of T&A, but it is also one of the few films set in New York City's skid row that was actually filmed almost entirely in authentic skid-row venues.

Though Street Trash is blatantly and disgustingly lowbrow, it is nonetheless wildly entertaining and, from a technical standpoint, very well made. The make-up FX are skillfully and artistically executed, and never have latex appliances looked so simultaneously gross and hilarious. The action does lag in a few spots, but most of the time there is a constant flow of either gore, skin, or bawdy gags. Also, in contrast to many near-zero-budget exploitation films, the cinematography is fabulous, director Jim Muro shot the entire film using a rented steadicam, and he was so skilled at it that he went on to become one of Hollywood's greatest steadicam operators. The editing is near perfect, making Street Trash look like a more mainstream, bigger-budget film.

For those who enjoy exploitation horror flicks from the 1970s and 1980s, Street Trash is definitely one of the best.

• 1987 Avatar VHS

From IMDb:

• edits to  a close ups of a severed penis and it spinning through the air

A Streetcar Named Desire

The Restored Version was passed 12A uncut for a 2008 cinema release.

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

See Cuts details from angelfire.com :

This 1951 original was heavily cut after a protest from The Catholic Legion Of Decency for very light sexual content. The cuts are to:

• scenes depicting the sexual tension between Blanche and Stanley
• a scene depicting Stella's carnal (yikes!) attraction towards her husband (the scene where Stella walks down the stairs to Stanley is heavily edited).

The Streetfighter

• Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken
• Clash! Killer Fist

X Rated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2004 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA X Rated for:

• 2002 VCI R1 DVD at US Amazon

M Rated

The Streetfighter's Last Revenge

• Gyakushû! Satsujin ken
• Street Fighter Counterattacks!
• The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

Uncut for a 15 certificate when submitted in 2004

From imdb

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge has only been available in America in a cut R-rated version. Cuts include a fight scene in which Terry rips out an opponent's heart using his bare hands.

However, an uncut version was finally released on Region 2 DVD in England in January of 2005, featuring all of the violence cut from all non-Japanese prints of the film. Prior to this release, the only video version containing this cut was a first-release VHS in Japan. Despite this being the "X rated" cut in America, this version of the film was only given a "15" certificate in England.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from US Amazon

The third instalment in the Street Fighter trilogy has the best plot yet. A gang of mobsters wants a formula for synthetic heroin. The gang double crosses Terry (big mistake), murders his girlfriend (bigger mistake) and fails to kill him (biggest mistake). So as expected Terry goes after them and gets his revenge. The gang realizes too late it is bad for one's health to ... off Terry Tsurugi. I liked the action even though I had a pretty good idea what was going to happen after they killed his girlfriend. The action was cool and brutal. I recommend this as well as the first two, Street Fighter and Return of the Street Fighter, whether you are a fan of Bruce Lee or Sonny Chiba.

• Sonny Chiba stamping on a guy's throat was cut out

The BBFC passed the 2007 Lions Gate DVD without cuts but noted this version as slightly re-edited

Strike of the Panther

• Fists of Blood

The BBFC waived their cuts for the 2002 ILC Prime DVD

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

See review from IMDb : Another gem

I couldn't believe it when I saw it, an Australian martial arts movie. Another gem of a film which I came across staying up yet another night.

Jason Blade is back in Perth, Australia, to form a crime task force to assist in the capture of the lethal Jim Baxter, a criminal martial arts master. Baxter has just made a daring escape from jail to renew his vendetta against Blade. When Baxter kidnaps Blade's girlfriend Gemma, a martial arts confrontation ensures from which there can emerge only one victor, Blade.

The final sequence in an abandoned electricity plant is thrilling, with great fight sequences. Along with an old woman psychiatrist, who thinks she's a commando, and a veteran martial arts instructor, Strike of the Panther is great. I just never thought I would see an Australian martial Arts film, because they just didn't exist.

• Cut to remove the sight and use of nunchukas

Striking Back

• The New Kids

See trailer from youtube.com

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2005 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon
• US VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon

Summary Review: Underrated gem

A brother and sister arrive in a small town to help their relatives run an amusement park, and they find the town is terrorized by a local street gang.

This very interesting but sadly underrated gem directed by Sean S. Cunningham ( Friday the 13th ) offers an original variation of both the revenge thriller and vigilante action movie, since it has ordinary common high school teenagers in the lead roles. Basically this means the film begins with harsh but fairly harmless bullying but yet ends with extreme violence and relentless murder.

The New Kids is a competently made and occasionally very suspenseful thriller with tons of action, likable performances and an irresistibly charming 80's atmosphere.

• 1988 RCA/Columbia VHS

BBFC cuts from IMDb:

• cut to edit drug scenes
• cut shot of a girl's underwear being removed
• Cut scene of girl being covered in lighter fluid

Strip Nude for your Killer

• Nude per l'assassino

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2008 Argent/Shameless R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 Blue Underground R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2005 Blue Underground R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Lots of Nudity

A young model dies of a heart attack during a back-alley abortion. After her death a mysterious series of bloody murders take place. Each of the victims are connected to the same studio that Evelyn worked at and each are viciously murdered by the knife wielding killer.

Strip Nude for Your Killer is a sleazy and violent Italian giallo that will surely please fans of Italian cinema.

There is lots of nudity provided by Edwige Fenech, Femi Benussi and Erna Schurer. The jazz score by Berto Pisano is pretty good and the plot is actually very gripping. The killings are quite gory and sadistic and the cinematography by Franco Delli Colli is excellent.

• 1979 cinema release

Strip Poker

See The Big Switch

Strip Show

Strip Tease Murder

• Strip-tease Murder

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1961 cinema release. Probably the same cut version was released on 15 rated DVD.

Summary Notes

The stripper Rita is trying to blackmail her former lover, the wealthy Carlos Branco, threatening to reveal his illegal dope trade for the police. Branco responds by hiring the hit man Perkel, an eccentric technician, who has invented a sophisticated technical device for killing people at some distance with the help of a transmitter.

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available

• 2015 Stratx R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2010 Pegasus R2 DVD

• 1961 cinema release titled Strip-tease Murder

Stripes

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

R Rated

UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2005 Columbia/TriStar Special Edition R2 DVD via UK Amazon

US: The Extended Version is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2012 Sony R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2005 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

The extra 19 minutes really do make the movie funnier and complete it nicely

• 2007 UCA R2 DVD
• 1992 VCI VHS
• 1986 RCA/Columbia VHS
• 1981 cinema release

Stripped to Kill II

• Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls
• Stripped to Kill 2

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2003 New Concorde R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Pretty Good

When the razor blade slasher begins his reign of terror in the alleys behind the Los Angeles strip clubs, the most famous stripper in the spotlight must walk a tightrope between her own fragile sanity and the inescapable murderer's blade

There are some real nice aspects to this film, which make the confusing editing and the sudden, mediocre ending to be real disappointments.

There are a lot of topless scenes. This movie also features B-movie queen Debra Lamb doing a fire breathing act. Pretty good.

• 1989 MGM/UA VHS

Striptease

Unrated

UK: The Unrated International Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2001 Warner R2 DVD
• 2000 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1997 Columbia/TriStar VHS
• 1996 cinema release

US: The Unrated International Version is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 Warner R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2012 Turner R1 DVD at US Amazon

Stromboli

• Stromboli Terra Di Dio (stromboli: Land of God)
• Dopo l'uragano

A short version re-edited by RKO was cut by the BBFC for an A rated 1950 cinema release. The full length version has been released in English (1998 VHS) and Italian (2015 DVD) but both versions were cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty. BBC TV broadcasts are uncut.

Summary Notes

Karen, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prisoners camp. But the life in Antonio's village, Stromboli, threatened by the volcano, is a tough one and Karen can not get used to it.

The BBC have shown this film several times since 1963 (which Radio Times, via the BBC Genome site, billed as an English version of this Italian film). The film was shot without direct sound and the cast are clearly speaking their lines in different languages: Ingrid Bergman in English, the Italian actors in Italian. In 1990 the BBC showed a copy which the Radio Times billed its complete, original form . This print has English audio and has been shown several times since, most recently in 2013, and the scene with the rabbit and ferret is intact. See Gary Couzen's review from film.thedigitalfix.com

• 2015 BFI Video [Full Frame] video titled Stromboli Terra Di Dio (stromboli: Land of God)

• Cuts were required to remove all sight of a ferret being set on a rabbit to kill it.

• 1998 Second Sight Films VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• To remove the rabbit and ferret scene as per the 2015 BFI release

• 1950 cinema release

Thanks to Gary:

Passed with cuts in 1950 for an A certificate. No running time on the BBFC site, but this was the version of the film re-edited by RKO which runs 81 minutes, as per the review in the June 1950 Monthly Film Bulletin. No indication as to the extent of the cuts, but if the animal cruelty was included in this version it would no doubt have been cut.

Strongest Man in the World

• Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
• Maciste, l'uomo piu' forte del mondo

Cut by the BBFC for an A rated cinema release in 1964. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

Maciste arranges for himself and his new friend Bangor to be captured by a mysterious band of white-clad marauders and taken to an underground city. There the two are forced to turn an enormous wheel along with other captives as part of a gold-and-diamonds mining operation. The underground city's queen, Halis Mosab, takes note of the handsome, muscular Maciste and chooses him to be her consort if he can meet such challenges as saving the kidnapped Princess Saliura from a gigantic ape.

• 2009 Image Entertainment R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon released on 31st March 2009

• 1964 cinema release

Stryker

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A precut version by 1:12s was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:

• 1983 Thorn EMI VHS

• 1983 cinema release

A Study in Terror

Cut by the BBFC for cinema release. Uncut on home video and in the US.

Summary Review: Gritty

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson join the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack The Ripper.

The harsh colour and ghostly music adds to the gritty realism of the period.

Unrated

• 2013 Odeon Entertainment R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2005 Fremantlemedia R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1995 Arthouse VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 Sony (R1) DVD-R at US Amazon

• 1965 cinema release

From IMDB. The BBFC cuts were:

• to reduce shots of blood in the trough
• to shorten a repeated stabbing
• shorten scenes of Annie Chapman struggling with her assailant.

Stunt Squad

• Vigilante Squad
• La polizia e' sconfitta

  

Cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS.

Promotional Material

Shopkeepers have been terrorized by a protection racket in Bologna, and the racketeers have found sneaky ways of planting explosives in the businesses of those who won't pay. Police Inspector Grifi (Marcel Bozzuffi, THE FRENCH CONNECTION) tries to get information from witnesses and criminal informants, but they're all brutally murdered. Grifi has no choice but to form a special squad -- one not bound by the red tape that restricts other cops -- who chase the racketeers with daredevil stunt driving and fight them with precision gunplay.

• 2014 Raro Video USA RA Blu-ray titled Stunt Squad via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2014 Raro Video USA R1 DVD titled Stunt Squad at US Amazon

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• 1987 Mighty Fair VHS titled Vigilante Squad
• 1979 cinema release titled Stunt Squad

Stunts Gone Wild!!

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company required to supply warning caption concerning dangerous imitable techniques