BBFC Cuts S: Sn-Ss

Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin

• She hao ba bu

Available uncut and in 2 shortened versions

• 2007 Contender/Hong Kong Legends R2 DVD via UK Amazon

• 1987 Squarecape VHS

shortened

• 2007 Contender video

shortened

• 2001 Eastern Heroes R2 DVD

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

• Se ying diu sau

• Bruce Vs. Snake in Eagle's Shadow

• Eagle's Shadow
• She xing diao shou
  Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

This video version was again cut in 1994. The cut version was then submitted my Medusa in 2000.

Cut to remove the Cat/Cobra fight

Snake in the Monkey's Shadow

The BBFC cut 2:51s from the 15 rated 1990 VPD VHS

Snapshot

• One More Minute
• The Day After Halloween

Exists in the original Australian Version and shortened US version

Summary Notes

Angela is a young hairdresser thrown out of home by her puritantical mother after too many nights out. She quickly falls in with the modeling crowd and does some modeling work herself, while it seems she is being stalked by a mysterious figure driving an ice-cream van.

Unrated

• 2010 Britfilms video

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 Scorpion Records [Australian + US Version] R1 DVD at UK Amazon and at US Amazon released on 24th July 2012

Sniper

• Beckett, O Atirador

UK: An uncontentious alternative version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2001 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1993 EIV VHS

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

The R-Rated version is faster and more suspenseful than the UK version. With the exception of one violent scene of violence, the only scenes missing are those that were slowing the film down. However, the UK version features four alternative scenes, which are among the most interesting.

R Rated

• UK 1992 cinema release

US: The shorter version is MPAA R Rated for:

• 1998 US Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

Snow White and the Huntsman

Exists in theatrical and extended versions. The differences are uncontroversial

PG-13

• UK 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] Limited Steelbook Edition R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 1st October 2012
• UK 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 1st October 2012
• UK 2012 Universal Online

US: The Extended Version is MPAA PG-13 Rated for:

• US 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
• US 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R1 DVD at US Amazon

The extra 4 minutes of footage is uncontroversial plot. It is a nice goodie but does not make a big difference. See  pictorial version details from  movie-censorship.com .

PG-13

• UK 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] Limited Steelbook Edition R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 1st October 2012
• UK 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 1st October 2012
• UK 2012 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 1st October 2012
• UK 2012 Universal Online
• UK 2012 cinema release

US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA PG-13 Rated for:

• US 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon released on 11th September 2012
• US 2012 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 11th September 2012

Snow White and the Magic Mirror

Snowflake: The White Gorilla

• Copito de Nieve

Cut by the BBFC for UK DVD

Summary Notes

Snowflake is special, he's the only white gorilla in the world. He is the zoo's main attraction, children love him, but the other gorillas don't see what's so charming about this weirdo being the center of attention.

• R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2013 Lions Gate video

The BBFC commented:

Distributor chose to cut a use of discriminatory language ('spaz') to achieve a U classification. A 12 without cuts was available.

Film producer Harvey Weinstein caused a little controversy by buying up the US distribution rights and then announcing that the film would be shortened by 20 minutes because he thought it would be better that way.

The director and fans opposed Weinstein's decision and eventually won their case. The film went out uncut.

Snuff

• El Ángel de la muerte
• The Slaughter
• American Cannibale
• Big Snuff

Uncut at:

A patched together horror that was banned as a Video Nasty. Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC in 2003

Summary Review: Publicity is more interesting than the film

Like many films that appeared in the early 70s and raised a stink for one reason or another - the publicity surrounding the Findlay's film Snuff is more interesting than the film itself.

In fact, this film - which supposedly depicted the actual dismembering of a young girl - caused such a fuss when it played in New York that the mayor demanded that the perpetrators be captured and prosecuted. That is, of course, until the producers admitted that the film was a fraud and produced the dead actress for all to see.

This film is nothing more than a late 60s Hell's Angels biker movie with a tacked on ending in which the film's director disembowels a young blond girl. Not sexual, and hardly interesting - the snuff bit of the film is hardly impressive as far as either shock or special effects.

Of course, you have to sit through a turgid tale of bikers and drug smuggling to even get to this bit - and it just isn't worth it.

Unrated

• UK 2003 Blue Underground video but not released

US: Uncut and X/Unrated for:

• US 2013 Blue Underground RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2013 Blue Underground R1 DVD at US Amazon
• US 2003 Blue Underground R1 DVD via UK Amazon

• 1982 Astra VHS

The uncut VHS was set to be released by Astra in May 1982. The release was cancelled but bootleg copies and Belgian imports filled the void.

The video was added to the video nasties list in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP39's

Soccer Dog

This was cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC explanation:

Company chose to cut sight of a forceful head butt to accord with BBFC Guidelines on imitable techniques at PG. A 15 uncut was available.

On the football field, a young man (not the hero, but a role model) delivered a powerful head butt to the conceited villain and then explained that sometimes it is the only way to resolve matters. This scenario is an excellent example of why we might intervene at 'PG'. Encouraging children to use head butts, especially on the football field, as the best way to resolve a dispute, is a matter of serious concern.

The Soldier

• Codename: The Soldier

Passed 18 after 1:17s of BBFC cuts but with some cuts waived for:

• UK 2004 Cinema Club R2 DVD

The BBFC cuts were:

• The cut scene shows a DIY weapon, ie a spy booby traps a light bulb which explodes later on in the film when someone switches it on.
• The 4s of blood spurts previously cut were restored

• UK 1992 Braveworld VHS

• UK 1987 Embassy VHS

The BBFC cut a further minute

• The extra cut scene shows a DIY weapon, ie a spy booby traps a light bulb which explodes later on in the film when someone switches it on.

The cinema cuts still apply:

• Cut by 4s to remove blood spurts from stomach and head shootings

• UK 1983 cinema release

From cuts details on IMDb :

• Cut by 4s to remove blood spurts from stomach and head shootings

Soldier Blue

The US release is uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• US 2006 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

There are reports that the original US R Rated version was cut to avoid an X rating. Any such cuts have long since being forgotten though, and the current uncut US version is definitive.

There is also a US cut PG-13 version to avoid

• UK 2008 Optimum R2 DVD

The BBFC commented: Four cuts were required to remove the presence of cruel, dangerous and illegal horse falls

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• UK 2005 Momentum R2 DVD

Bizarrely the Momentum Pictures resubmission in 2005 ended up by being unnecessarily more cut than the previous version. The BBFC made the following statement: The BBFC requested 7 seconds of cuts to remove cruel horsefalls but the distributor made additional voluntary cuts of 23 seconds to remove an acceptable horsefall and part of a rape scene. These cuts were not required by the BBFC but were in line with cuts made to previous video releases.

• UK 1999 BMG VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• The cuts as per previous Embassy version except that slightly less cut from the rape scene

• UK 1986 Embassy VHS

The cuts were:

• Cuts are to a scene showing the rape of an Indian woman, during the massacre of the village
• Cuts to a shot of a naked Indian woman strung up by her wrists with blood on her breasts
• A horsefall has been removed

• UK 1970 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• Cuts to a scene showing the rape of an Indian woman, during the massacre of the village
• Decapitation of indian squaw removed

The submitted running time was noted as 114:39s = 110:04s

Some Like it Sexy

• Come Back Peter

Originally filmed as Come Back Peter which was passed X uncut for 1969 and 1974 cinema release. In 1971 the director added extra sex scenes for continental film sales. This longer version was later released on UK VHS in 1990 and 1995 but suffered BBFC cuts. Reported to be uncut for the 2011 DVD.

Summary Review: Collinson Twins

A view from the sixties with the main man driving around London in his e-type picking up girls at will.

The film comes from a pretty tame period in terms of sex, but was perked up with a new version in the mid 70's. Nudity was added to the old sex scenes via body doubles. Most notably, new material was added featuring the Collinson Twins, Mary and Madeline. They at least could do their own nudity.

• UK 2011 Nucleus R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Includes a 15 second shot of Peter's semi-erection as Cleo, the black singer, guides him inside her. Surely one of the cuts in the VHS releases. However worryingly, the running time is exactly an NTSC equivalent for the PAL running time of the cut Jezebel VHS.

• UK 1995 Jezebel VHS

• UK 1990 Sheptonhurst VHS

From IMDb. New scenes with the Collinson twins were edited in, together with some extra sex scenes involving body doubles for a re-issue.

From a submission by Donovan Winter included in the 2012 Nucleus release in which he spoke of opportunities at the Canne film festival in 1971:

Several overseas sales ensued, immediately so in France. But now I found myself up against a dichotomy. The 'sex' in the film was only titillating rather than aggressive. It was too soft for Germany and Scandinavia where they had progressed beyond that and demanded more. We need as much sex as possible in the film. While in other more reserved countries there was still too much! It seemed you just couldn't win. The distributor demanded explicit scenes which he could cut if necessary as required by the judges.

I left the print with the French distributor in Paris - which he required for dubbing. Then I returned to London to set to work once again. The additional 'sex' scenes necessary barely required scripting. All I needed were my actors, or doubles for them, to simulate the act of copulation. I went back into four of the locations and shot another eight minutes of simulated sex which I tagged on to the scenes already in the can. I never dared show them to the British censor, of course! But they did enable me to sell the film to more countries like Germany and the U.S., although I was told they were still not hard enough for Scandinavia.

• UK 1974 cinema release as Some Like It Sexy

• UK 1969 cinema release as Come Back Peter

Someone To Die For

See Hardcore 18s List: Something in the Air

Sometimes They Come Back... For More

Son of Godzilla

• Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko

BBFC category cuts for 1969 cinema release. Uncut for 1992 VHS. Uncut for US DVD.

Summary Notes

Scientists experimenting with changes in weather on a tropical island get more than they bargained for when Godzilla shows up to battle humongous insects and protect his newborn child.

G rated

• 1992 Polygram VHS

UK: Uncut and MPAA G rated:

• 2004 Sony Pictures R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1969 cinema release

Son of Samson

• Maciste nella valle dei re

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2006 Image [Son of Samson + Son of Cleopatra] R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• UK 1963 cinema release

Son of the Mask

Pre-cut in 2005 as described by the BBFC: During post-production, the distributor sought and was given advice with regard to an animated sequence involving an aggressive sperm winning the race to fertilise an egg. The distributor was advised that the sequence might not be acceptable at the PG category. The sequence was not included in the version submitted for formal classification and this was passed PG without cuts.

Sonny Boy

• Il dono del silenzio

Significantly cut for a US R rating. The Unrated Version is uncut and was passed 18 in the UK for 1989 VHS.

Summary Notes

A small-town crime boss accepts delivery of a stolen car, only to find there's a baby in the back-seat. He and his transvestite "wife" cut out the boy's tongue and raise him as a mute accomplice in their crimes. When the grown "Sonny Boy" escapes and tries to make contact with the outside world, the attention he draws to his warped family results in darkly-humored mayhem.

Unrated

• 1989 Entertainment in VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2016 Shout! Factory (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 26th January 2016

See Wages of Fear

Sorceress

Only released on pre-cert VHS in the UK. Uncut in the US with a longer version set for 2014 DVD/Blu-ray

Promotional Material

From legendary producer Roger Corman (Bloody Mama) comes the box office hit of 1982, Sorceress. When an evil Wizard Traigon makes a pact with the dark forces to sacrifice his first born to his God Caligara to gain the highest degree of power, but things get complicated when his gives birth to twin. Having knowledge of her husband's plan she runs away and her two daughters grow up to be beautiful warriors played by playboy playmates Leigh and Lynette Harris. After the death of their mother and adopted families at the hands of Traigon and his army, the twins blessed with the forces of light and strength given to them by the magical warrior Krona, join forces with Baldar the Viking and Erlik the Barbarian to take down Traigon and avenge their mother's death. Standing in their way is all sorts of Traigon's minions, from an army of ape man to undead zombies which leads us to a climax in an all out battle between good and evil! New HD re-mastering of the previously never-before-seen longer version. Directed by legendary cult director Jack Hill (Foxy Brown, Switchblade Sisters), under pseudonym Brian Stuart.

• 2014 Kino Lorber (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2014 Kino Lorber R1 DVD at US Amazon

R rated

UK: Presumably the Shorter Version was released on pre-cert video:

• 1983 Thorn EMI VHS

Soul Plane

Unrated

The Unrated Mile High Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2005 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2004 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

R Rated

• UK 2005 Deluxe Media DVD
• UK 2004 cinema release

Soul Survivors

US: The Killer Cut is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2002 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

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PG-13

• UK 2009 Online
• UK 2002 Momentum R2 DVD
• UK 2001 cinema release

From IMDB. To attract a teen audience, this movie was edited from the R Rated Killer Cut Version to the PG-13 rated Theatrical Version:

• A different opening to the movie. This establishes how the scarred and masked men are killers. They attack a girl who has the same symbol that is stamped onto her hand as Cassie and the others. The killers grab her, throw her to the ground, tape her mouth shut, and then slit her wrists, squeezing the blood out of the cut.
• A briefly shown scene of a girl with a see-through top at the Rave party.
• The brief sex scene between Cassie and Sean is stronger. It shows her remove her top (facing away from the camera).
• The lesbian scene between Annabel and Raven is stronger too. They are shown kissing more graphically (licking each others tongues), and then Annabel rips open Raven's shirt which shows her breasts to the camera. Annabel then very briefly caresses Raven's breasts before running away.
• Cassie opens up a locker to find that her dinosaur that she grabbed in the beginning has been decapitated with blood all over the inside of the locker and on the dinosaur's head and body.
• The scene where Cassie is chased by the killer has more blood. After she has smashed the light bulb over the killers head and gotten grabbed by him again, she plunges the light bulb through his stomach and it shows it come out the other side. Lots of blood then pours out of the tube onto the ground.
• The scene where Cassie dreams that the drill goes near her head has been made longer. It actually shows the drill go into her head, which causes blood to come out.
• The scene where Annabel and Raven are in the bathroom at the Rave has more to it. Annabel is seen standing up with her legs spread to Raven. Raven brings her head back from being close to between Annabel's legs, and says love these unisex bathrooms .
• 4 uses of the word fuck
• An alternate ending in which Cassie is tormented by a recurring dream.

Soulmate

Cut by the BBFC for providing details that may assist suicide. Uncut in the US

Summery Notes:

Widowed Audrey retreats to an isolated Welsh cabin after a failed suicide attempt, to recuperate. Still haunted by the tragic death of her husband and struggling with her psychosis, she begins to hear strange noises.

• 2014 Revolver Entertainment R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2014 SODA Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC cuts were:

• Cuts were required to remove a detailed focus on a particular suicide technique.

See  pictorial cuts details from  movie-censorship.com . The distributors deleted the entire pre-credits scene depicting a suicide. The distributors had in fact 3 options:

• No cuts and the film would be banned
• 16s of cuts to remove just the vertical cutting details of the suicide but leaving the suicide otherwise in place. This would then have been 18 rated. (Suicide in films for under 18s is a very sensitive area these days).
• Deleting the suicide film entirely resulted in a 15 rating.

See article from starburstmagazine.com :

The BBFC demanded 16 seconds be removed from the two and a half minute scene in order to be granted a rating, but the required edits ended up masticating the opening to such an extent Carolyn decided it would be better to just remove it entirely rather than risk it coming across as precisely the kind of watered down, almost romanticised portrayal of suicide she was intentionally trying to avoid. As this was by far the most graphic scene of the whole film, without it the rating ended up downgraded to a 15.

Previously the director wrote that the BBFC had requested cuts. See  article from  uk.movies.yahoo.com : Cuts requested

The BBFC have requested cuts be made to the British-made supernatural romance Soulmate .

The feature debut of writer-director Axelle Carolyn, Soulmate stars Anna Walton as a grieving widow who seeks solace in a remote country cottage - but finds it occupied by a ghost (Tom Wisdom), with whom she gradually builds a friendship.

The source of the trouble, it seems, is the film's opening scene, in which Walton's distraught character attempts suicide by slitting her wrists in the bath; a fairly distressing sight, for sure, but hardly without precedent.

However, the BBFC said that this constitutes imitable behaviour with the potential to cause harm, and has asked for sequence to be re-edited before before granting a certificate.

This issue has cropped up before and presumably the suicide depicts an effective method of suicide that is not widely known. The BBFC cuts are intended to try and keep it that way, albeit that the secret is largely let out of the bag already.

Axelle Carolyn is not best pleased about the BBFC's stance. She voiced her anger on Twitter. 

BBFC has required 4 long sets of cuts for SOULMATE. Otherwise it's banned. Take that, splat pack: I made a video nasty without even trying. -

The BBFC says, Imitable behavior, potential harm. Basically my opening scene could cause a wave of suicides in the UK.

Sounds Like Teen Spirit...A Popumentary

The BBFC cut 2s for a PG rating for the 2010 Warner DVD. Company chose to remove two uses of strong language - one partially bleeped but identifiable, and the other quiet but still audible. Cuts made to secure a PG classification

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

2:30s

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R Rated

UK: The R Rated Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2000 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1999 cinema release

US: MPAA R Rated for:

• US 1999 Paramount R1 DVD at US Amazon

MPAA Censors in the US insisted on cuts to  dialogue describing bestiality, oral and anal sex in order for the film to receive a 'R' rating.

From ATTIC the cuts include:

• In the class room, the dialogue which Cartman yells to Mr Garrison with a megaphone was originally How would you like to gargle rat jiz?, and not the milder How would you like to suck my balls?.
• The dialogue in the school counsellor's office by Mrs Cartman of what is "fisting": That's when the fist is inserted into the anus, or vagina for sexual pleasure was changed to a dialogue about licking ass.
• The "Scheisse" video was originally a video of Mrs Cartman sucking a horse's dick.
• Also, MPAA demanded that the film's title (!) have to be changed (they have a policy that all titles that pass them have to be rated 'G'!!) from "South Park - All Hell Breaks Loose" to its present. Very ironically, the MPAA didn't get the penis reference in the present title, and approved it!

There's no sign of this censored material being restored and so the R rated version has become the definitive

South Shaolin vs North Shaolin

The BBFC cut 1:16s when DVD submitted in 2003: Rape scene required to be removed

South Central

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

Passed 15 uncut with previous cuts waived for:

• UK 2011 Second Sight R2 DVD at UK Amazon for release on 3rd October 2011

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 1999 Warner R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Notable

An influential movie set amongst black LA gangs. It shows the human side of the culture and poignantly premiered just after the LA uprising of September 1992.

Generally reviewed as highly entertaining.

• UK 1993 Warner VHS

R Rated

• UK 1993 cinema release

South Park Season 14

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The US release is cut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Comedy Central RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2011 Comedy Central R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The two controversial episodes titled 200 and 201 have at least been included, but censored as per the latest TV version.

Originally the religious figure of Mohammed was depicted as a teddy bear when shown in episode 200. After kicking off a bit of a fuss, in the second part, 201, all shots of the character were obscured by a black silhouette marked CENSORED. Every mention of Mohammed was also bleeped out.

The two part episode in question features a typically convoluted plotline in which Tom Cruise (previously pilloried as gay and for being a scientologist) rounds up 200 other celebrities who have been targets of the show's satire in order to launch a class-action defamation suit against the town of South Park. Cruise also wrangles Muhammad into his scheme, secretly motivated by a desire to harness the prophet's goo , which grants immunity to ridicule. Throughout, Muhammad is dressed in a bear suit, an ironic nod to the prohibition on showing images of Islam's founding father. and the blasphemy accusation against a British teacher in Sudan who let her class of kids name a teddy bear Mohammed.

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44:26s?

• UK 2011 Paramount R2 DVD for release on 19th September

The two controversial episodes titled 200 and 201 have been omitted entirely.

Worldwide releases outside of the US all seem to be missing the 2 controversial episodes.

However the UK DVD has been resubmitted with an additional bonus episode, maybe 1 of the 2 missing episodes

Southern Comforts

Uncut version is available at:

US: Uncut and MPAA X Rated for:

• US 2002 Image Hillbilly Double Feature Special Edition R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

Summary review: Hillbilly Softcore

One of the best from a genre of Harry Novak produced hillbilly softcore sex comedies. 3 girls get stranded in the sticks when their car breaks down. See them skinny dip, see them rape the country bumpkin, see them strip in a barn and strut their stuff.

One of the 3 women is Monica Gayle, and her fans will not be disappointed as she spends about 75% of the film nude. Another lead character, Judy Angel, would soon appear in hard core films.

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• UK 1986 Tower VHS

Spaceballs

The cut 'fuck' was restored in 2000 at the cost of uprating to a 12 certificate

The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre

• Carnívoros

Cut by the BBFC for 2014 DVD release

Promotional Material

Las Pollas del Metal (The Metal Dicks), a heavy metal band, are on tour to promote their first album. On the road to Galicia, their van suffers a flat tyre and they have to stay overnight at the "Gutierrez's town", a small village located nowhere. Next day, the town is throwing a festival where its inhabitants celebrate the patron saint's day. The Mayor invites the artists to join the celebration and they accept, without knowing a brutal danger awaits them.

• 2014 88 Films video

• Cut required to a sequence of sadistic and sexualised violence involving a child.

The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre is a Spanish film in which a heavy metal band find themselves in a village of cannibals after their van breaks down. The BBFC removed a sequence of sadistic and sexualised violence involving a child before passing the film 18.

The film also includes scenes of characters being torn open and having their intestines pulled out, a penis being bitten and torn off, and a foetus being pulled from a woman's body.

Spanish Fly

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UK: Passed 15 without BBFC cuts for sexualised nudity for:

• UK 2013 Network R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2001 Momentum Pictures Video
• UK 1992 Castle VHS

It is unclear if the cinema cuts have been restored or not.

• UK 1975 cinema release

Spare the Rod

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UK : An unknown version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for smoking and mild violence for:

• UK 2009 Odeon R0 DVD at UK Amazon

• UK 1961 cinema release

Sparkle

The BBFC cut 1:09s from the 2007 Warner DVD. Distributor was required to remove sight of two cocks fighting.

• Cock fighting again removed but presumably via different editing to the video

• Cock fighting removed

Spartacus: Blood & Sand: Season 1

Uncut version is available at:

The US release features the Director's Cut Extended Episodes and is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2010 Starz/Anchor Bay RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See article from movie-censorship.com :

There are 4 extended episodes with material that didn't make it into the TV Version:

• Episode 1: The Red Serpent. 24s extra.
  - party scene with a slave with a dildo strapped to his head
  - party scene showing 2 girls rub breasts
• Episode 2: Sacramentum Gladitorum. 17s extra
  - 2 clearer shots of Cirxus's penis
• Episode 6: Delicate Things. 16s extra
  - several changes adding up to slightly naughtier sexy fun
• Episode 8: Mark of the Brotherhood.
  - just a better shot of a well endowed Gaul

• UK 2011 Anchor Bay RB Blu-ray
• UK 2011 Anchor Bay R2 DVD

Spartacus

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

PG-13

UK: The Restored Version was passed PG uncut for:

• UK 2010 Universal RB Bl-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2004 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1992 CIC VHS
• UK 1991 cinema release

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

• US 2010 Universal RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2007 Universal R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb:

After its premiere the film was heavily cut and wasn't shown in its complete form until 1991, when a restored version was re-released. Among the restored scenes is one where where Marcus Licinius (Laurence Olivier) tries to seduce Antonius (Tony Curtis) in the bath. The soundtrack was damaged, so Anthony Hopkins was called in to dub Olivier's lines.

• UK 1989 CIC VHS

• UK 1960 cinema release

Spawn Season 1

• Todd McFarlane's Spawn

Available as a censored compilation of the episodes into a movie length video or uncensored as the episodes as broadcast on HBO

A similar release pattern was continued for Season 2 and Season 3. Each with a censored compilation and uncensored episodes.

Summary Notes

Spawn goes after his killer, the head of the top secret agency for which he formerly worked.

• 1999 Medusa/Contender Season 1 [Episodes 1-3] R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1999 Medusa/Contender Season 1 [Episodes 4-6] R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1999 Medusa/Contender VHS

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• 1998 Medusa/Contender VHS

• Some dialogue has been changed and violence, profanity and nudity has been edited out. This is equal to the US Special Edited Edition

Spawn

See trailer from youtube.com

R Rated

UK: The Director's Cut  was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 1998 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1998 EIV VHS

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

• US 2012 Warner R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon at US Amazon
• US 1998 New Line R1 DVD at US Amazon

2:23s

PG-13

• UK 1998 EIV VHS
• UK 1997 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The film was extensively cut in the US by 2:23s to achieve a PG-13 rating

Special Effects

• Hollywood Kills

• Chris Neville (Eric Bogosian) strangles Andrea (Zoe Tamerlis) but the censors wont let us see 10s of her breasts while hands are on her throat (I think the censors have been watching too much Clockwork Orange).
• Later Neville strangles a blackmailer with a length of film. 8s of gore from the film cutting into the neck have been cut (film of film cuts cut... handle that you stupid Microsoft grammer checker!).
• Neville then watches a film of Andrea's death in slow motion, but the censor has decided that we shouldn't watch 12s of it. See also Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer for similar cuts

Specimen

Species III

• A Experiência III

Cut when premiering on US cable TV. The US R rated version is cut but the Unrated version is uncut. This uncut version was released on UK DVD with a 15 rating.

Summary Notes

Sara (Sunny Mabrey), the daughter of Eve (Natasha Henstridge) begins her mission to mate with humans, while a specialist military team hunt her down to kill her before its too late.

Unrated

• 2007 Twentieth Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2005 Deluxe Media Services video
• 2004 MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) video

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2016 Shout! Factory (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon

Species - the Awakening

• Species IV: The Awakening
• Species 4: The Awakening

The US Theatrical Version was cut for an R rating.  However there is an uncut Unrated Version which was passed 15 uncut in the UK for 2008 DVD.

Unrated

• 2008 Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. video

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2016 Shout! Factory (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon

Spectre

BBFC advised category cuts were made for a 12A rated 2015 cinema release and subsequent 12 rated home video releases. The cut UK version has been distributed worldwide.

Summary Notes

A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

• 2016 20th Century Fox Steelbook RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2016 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon r
• 2016 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2015 cinema release

This film was originally seen for advice in an unfinished version. The company was advised it was likely to be classified 15 but that their preferred 12A could be obtained by making reductions:

• in a scene of violence (Mr. Hinx gouging out the eyes of another Spectre agent).

  and

• in another scene showing the aftermath of a violent act (Aftermath of Mr. White's suicide).  

When the film was submitted for formal classification, acceptable reductions had been made in both scenes and the film was classified 12A.

It has been confirmed that the BBFC cut version has been distributed worldwide.

• 2015 cinema release

The CBFC cuts were:

• two James Bond kisses were reduced in duration by 50%
• dialogue 'idiot' substituted for 'asshole'
• dialogue 'bighead and cats' substituted for 'bastard and balls'.

Spectre

BBFC advised category cuts were made for a 12A rated 2015 cinema release and subsequent 12 rated home video releases.

Summary Notes

A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

It is not immediately clear whether the UK cuts apply to the US and other worldwide versions.

• 2016 20th Century Fox Steelbook RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2016 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon r
• 2016 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2015 cinema release

This film was originally seen for advice in an unfinished version. The company was advised it was likely to be classified 15 but that their preferred 12A could be obtained by making reductions:

• in a scene of violence (Mr. Hinx gouging out the eyes of another Spectre agent).

  and

• in another scene showing the aftermath of a violent act (Aftermath of Mr. White's suicide).  

When the film was submitted for formal classification, acceptable reductions had been made in both scenes and the film was classified 12A.

• 2015 cinema release

The CBFC cuts were:

• two James Bond kisses were reduced in duration by 50%
• dialogue 'idiot' substituted for 'asshole'
• dialogue 'bighead and cats' substituted for 'bastard and balls'.

Spetters

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2005 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2004 Channel 4 unreleased video submission

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2002 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• Contains strong sexual violence and real sex

Review from US Amazon : Saucy Holland Days

Spetters (a Dutch slang term for male ejaculate) remains the in-your-face director's most audacious and fascinating work to date. Popular in Holland but largely ignored upon its initial U.S. release, the film has slowly built a cult following over the years, thanks to word-of-mouth amongst film buffs and some critical backpedalling due to Verhoven's subsequent box-office successes.

Following the hormone-fueled misadventures (from comedic to tragic) of a trio of motocross-obsessed teenage pals and thier girlfriends, the film is a sort of Dutch take on Saturday Night Fever or Quadrophenia with a pinch of social satire tossed in.

The young (mostly unknown) principal players all deliver energetic, superb performances and are ably supported by Jeroen Krabbe and Rutger Hauer.

The MGM DVD thankfully restores the 8 minutes of "graphic" sexuality (not really that shocking to Europeans) that was excised in order to earn an "R" rating and make the film more palatable to our "puritan" American tastes.

• UK 1987 Embassy VHS
• UK 1983 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Famously 2s of explicit oral sex were cut from versions around the world.

Spider-man

• Spider-Man

Never cut but had a profound effect on UK film censorship at the 12 level. The BBFC originally gave the film a 12 rating but this was unpopular as under 12 were banned. Several councils overruled the BBFC with a PG rating. The BBFC responded by inventing the 12A which allowed younger children to watch the film if accompanied by adults.

Summary Notes

When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.

North Norfolk & Breckland Councils
PG

Thameside
PG-12

• 2012 Sony RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Sony video
• 2002 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2002 cinema release

• 2002 cinema release

• 2002 cinema release

• 2002 cinema release

See article from en.wikipedia.org :

Before the film's British theatrical release in June 2002, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) gave the film a 12 certificate.

Due to Spider-Man's popularity with younger children, this prompted much controversy. The BBFC defended their decision, arguing that the film could have been given a 15 .

Despite this, North Norfolk and Breckland District Councils, in East Anglia, changed it to a PG , and Tameside council, Manchester, denoted it a PG-12 . The U.S. rated it PG-13 for stylized violence and action .

In late August, the BBFC relaxed their policy to 12A , leading Sony to re-release the film

Spider-Man 2

• Spiderman 2.1

The BBFC passed the Full Uncut Version PG uncut in 2009

Spirit

• Will Eisner's The Spirit

pre-cut

A Pre-cut Re-edited Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2012 cinema release

Presumably cut for a lower category

• UK 2012 cinema release

The Spirit

• Will Eisner's The Spirit

Cut by the BBFC for a 12A rated 2008 cinema release. Uncut on 15 rated home video. All home video versions are noted as an Extended Cut. Not sure what happened to the unextended version, perhaps just used for the US theatrical release.

Summary Notes

Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City.

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

US: The Extended Cut is MPAA PG-13 rated for:

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

• UK 2009 Lions Gate video
• UK 2008 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Distributor chose to make cuts to achieve a 12A classification, removing:

• focus on knives as a group of hoodlums surround and threaten a woman;
• sight of the hero mounting his foe on the ground and repeatedly punching him in the head;
• sight of a severed finger flying towards the camera
• part of a man's rib-cage embedded in the ground.

A 15 certificate without cuts was available.

The BBFC further explained their 12A cinema certificate:

The Spirit is an action adventure film based on a comic, and directed by Frank Miller in a similar style to SIN CITY or 300. It was classified '12A' for moderate violence.

In The Spirit , we see comic book characters fighting each other with a range of weapons including pistols, knives and machine guns. There is also hand-to-hand fighting throughout the film, including sight of punches and kicks to the face. There is occasional sight of blood during the film, such as when The Spirit pulls a knife from his leg after being attacked or when we see a body lying on a morgue slab with entry wounds in the torso.

At '12A', the BBFC's Guidelines state that 'violence must not dwell on detail' and 'there should be no emphasis on injuries or blood'. During The Spirit , the violence is relatively frequent but is shown with a style that clearly denotes the comic book origins of the story - the characters are larger than life, and much of the film is in black and white with dashes of colour, so that in the rare instances blood is shown it may be bright red with everything surrounding it in monochrome. While such a style draws attention to the blood, it does so in a manner befitting a graphic novel rather than in a realistic sense, and furthermore there is little actual detail shown during the violence. The comedic slant of the film also highlights the sense of the fantastical throughout.

The film includes brief nudity during a scene in which a female character is ordered to put her hands behind her head - she does so and her towel slips off. There is no focus on her naked body other than a blurred frontal shot in the background & brief rear nudity.

The film also contains mild language such as 'son of a bitch', 'piss me off' and 'bastards'.

Spirited Away

• Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi

The main feature is uncut but the DVD extras have been causing confusion as pointed out by Anthony:

In the PG-rated Optimum Releasing release from 2004, the extra bonus feature The Making Of Spirited Away : Nippon TV Special had 7 seconds cut to remove the following subtitles just over 16 minutes into the documentary, in which one of Miyazaki's animators' dialogue is translated as Haven't you finished yours yet, boss?' to which Miyazaki's subtitled reply is Fuck! I'm working my arse off here! . The footage is still there, as is the spoken Japanese dialogue and Japanese subtitles, but the two lines of dialogue lose those English subtitles.

In the 12-rated Optimum Releasing release from 2005, the aforementioned two subtitles do indeed appear, although the extras disc itself still has the previous release's design complete with the original PG certificate, despite the fact that the casing clearly carries a 12 certificate. Whoops!

Spiritual Kung Fu

• Quan jing
• Karate Ghostbuster
• Kuen cheng

UK : Passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2007 Contender/Hong Kong Legends R2 DVD via UK Amazon

shortened

• UK 2001 Medusa/Easter Heroes R0 DVD
• UK 1989 Videosino VHS

See cuts details from dvdcompare.net . This version is re-edited by the distributor and is missing 50s

• First few seconds of Yi Lang walking at the start during his punishment = 2s.
• Long shot of monks entering the Soliature Halls for nightduty = 1s.
• Yi Lang's friend signaling him to line up with the other monks = 3s.
• Yi Lang claiming his innocence in the cell = 0.5s.
• All the brothers walking towards Yi Lang in the sleeping room = 1s.
• The Grand Master saying "Hey!" to the monk running away from the ghosts they have just discovered = 1s.
• Start of scene when Wu Lin Leader and Fung-Er are entering Shaolin Temple = 1s.
•  In the 1st Yi Lang vs Fung-Er fight, when she swings hers arms, there is a little more before the next shot of Yi Lang's back = 2s.
• Luk punching the Wu Lin candidate quite a few paces = 2s.
• Lo Han monk fighting Yi Lang with the pole = 36s.

shortened

• UK 1982 cinema release

Splitting Heirs

• Grandeur et descendance

BBFC category cuts were required for a 12 rated 1993 cinema release, but presumably the 15 rated home video version is uncut.

Summary Notes

A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts.

• 2015 Fabulous Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1993 CIC VHS

• 1993 cinema release

Thanks to Haydn. One example of the BBFC cuts is:

• Catherine Zeta Jones, in medium close-up, saying or do you want to come up and screw me? But they dubbed screw quite clearly over fuck .

The Spree

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring

• Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom
• Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

2:33s

The International Version was created by Tartan who pre-cut 2:33s of cruelty to a fish, frog and snake. The is was passed 15 without further BBFC cuts for the 2004 cinema release and 2004 Tartan DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Spun

Unrated

The US Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for the 2003 cinema release and 2004 Pathe DVD

There is also a cut R Rated US Version.

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

Spy

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Unrated Version

Summary Notes

Susan Cooper is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. But when her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global crisis.

Unrated

• 2015 20th Century Fox [Extended + Theatrical Versions] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The Extended Version is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2015 [Theatrical + Unrated Version] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 29th September 2015

See  pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com . The Extended Version provides 10 minutes more of the same but is worth watching for fans. The Extended Version does include images of penises not in the Theatrical Version.

R rated

• 2015 20th Century Fox [Theatrical Version only] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2015 cinema release

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

• Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

• US 2011 Lionsgate RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2003 Dimension/Walt Disney Collector's Series R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• UK 2011 Lions Gate RB Blu-ray
• UK 2011 Lions Gate R2 DVD
• UK 2009 Buena Vista Online
• UK 2003 Buena Vista R2 DVD
• UK 2003 Buena Vista VHS
• UK 2002 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• Distributor chose to remove dangerous imitable technique (head butt) in order to achieve a U. An uncut 12 was available to the distributor.

Squirm

There's an uncut R rated version and a cut US PG version. The PG was distributed on VHS whilst the uncut version has been distributed on DVD and Blu-ray.

Summary Notes

One of the most original and entertaining of the revenge-of-nature films that characterised mid-1970s American horror, Squirm begins with a pylon being downed by a thunderstorm, sending millions of volts into the wet, conductive mud, which naturally gives hundreds of thousands of its wriggly inhabitants an insatiable hunger for human flesh.

And since the accident has also inconveniently cut off the electricity to Fly Creek, Georgia, its population could hardly be more vulnerable when the sun goes down. Houses can be barricaded against most intruders, but what happens when they're small enough to get into the water supply?

Writer-director Jeff Lieberman (who also made the cult classics Blue Sunshine and Just Before Dawn ) achieves a near-perfect blend of knowing wit and good old-fashioned scares, with make-up genius Rick Baker ( An American Werewolf in London ) on hand for some of the memorably disgusting special effects.

R rated

• UK 2013 Arrow Video RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

cut

PG

• UK 1987 Rank VHS
• UK 1976 cinema release

US: MPAA PG rated for:

• 2014 Shout! Factory RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

From IMDb. The US cuts for PG were:

• slight cuts in the shower scene at the beginning of the film
• a shorter shot of the worms burying into Roger's face.

Cinema version cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove a sequence of bloody violence in which a man is beaten with a spiked ball in order to achieve a '12A'. A '15' uncut was available.

Cockfighting cut by the BBFC for 2015 cinema release.

Summary Notes

Harsha, a multi-millionaire guy who has everything but there is something else he's looking for and in the process he adopts a complete village trying to bring change in the people.

• 2015 cinema release

• A compulsory cut was required to remove sight of cockfighting, in line with the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937.

SS Experiment: Love Camp

• Lager SSadis Kastrat Kommandantur
• SS Experiment Camp
• Horreur Nazis
• Le Champs des Filles Perdues

Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Released uncut on 18 rated 2006 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Review: Highly dubious taste

This is a sleazy WW2 Nazi camp movie which plays more like a black comedy. In this film the poor female POW's get raped and groped by all and sundry at the camp.

They are subjected to some inexplicable experiments, which often seem to involve forced copulation with a group of Nazi studs. The purpose of the experiments is to find the best stud from this Aryan select and transfer his balls onto the camp commandant who, as we discover, lost his when a Russian woman he was raping bit his off.

Now, the above synopsis may well make the film sound deeply depraved and offensive. Well, it is sleazy and in highly dubious taste but the execution of the film is so amateurish and unrealistic that it really sounds a lot worse than it actually is.

• 2015 88 Films RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2006 Blackhorse R0 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US Exploitation Digital R1 DVD at US Amazon

The BBFC had few qualms in passing it uncut for sale in the UK with the following justification (reproduced from one of the newsgroups) :

The content of the film is in fact very mild and poorly executed. If anything, it was the title of the film and its original packaging that led to difficulties, rather than the content. The idea of the film may, of course, be offensive to some but that is not a good enough reason to cut or reject it. We would only cut or reject a film for adults if the content was illegal or harmful. SS Experiment Camp is neither illegal or harmful, just tasteless.

The uncut region 2 DVD should have been available in Feb 2006, BUT due to some unfortunate mistake in production, the film actually release was a 1981 soft porn film, Love Camp, starring Laura Gemser. Sorted by the reissue in April 2006.

• 1982 Go VHS titled SS Experiment Camp

The video was consigned to the video nasties list in July 1983 and stayed listed throughout the panic to become one of the collectable DPP39s.

SS Girls

• Casa Privata per le SS
• Private House of the SS

Uncut version is available at:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2005 Exploitation Digital R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Dk : The Danish release is uncut and 15 rated for:

• Dk Another World R2 DVD via UK Amazon

Summary Review : Achtung! Cheese Alert!

Top Nazi officials, intent on rooting out traitors and those in the military who may be plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, recruit and train a group of beautiful prostitutes whose mission is to use any means necessary to uncover plots against the Fuhrer.

A heaped platter of cheesy chuckles served up by a harem of naked Euro-sluts.

Other than running about 10 minutes too long (director Bruno Mattei, who also co-scripted, tacks on a pointless soliloquy by a minor character near the end), SS GIRLS hits all the right Eurotrash notes. There's oodles of female nudity (with some lesbianism and S&M in the mix), a number of scenes in very bad taste (that thankfully don't get TOO revolting), and loads of unintentional humor.

3:34s

pre-cut
~14:00s

•  UK 1995 Missing in Action VHS

The BBFC cuts include:

• all the whipping of women
• mild torture scenes
• a simulated scene of bestiality between a woman and a dog.

• UK 1976 Media VHS

The video release was shortened by about 14 minutes to remove uncontentious dialogue from the rather talky plot.

See Beast in Heat

Sssssss

• SSSSnake

The BBFC cut the 15 rated 1985 CIC video to remove animal cruelty in a fight between a snake and a mongoose