BBFC Cuts V

Valachi Papers

Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2006 2 Entertain R2 DVD
• UK 2006 Orbit R2 DVD
• UK 1992 Braveworld VHS

IMDb reports this as the uncut version but it is a couple of minutes shorter than the submitted UK cinema release

• UK 1972 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 127:45s = 122:38s PAL

Valdez Is Coming

Compulsory cuts required under BBFC policy on animal cruelty to sight of horses being deliberately tripped and falling

Vampire Circus

Unrated

Passed 15 without BBFC cuts as per the 18 version for:

• UK 2011 Strawberry Media/Spirit R2 DVD at UK Amazon

This is the best available version with remaining material cut by the BBFC assumed to be lost.

Unrated

• UK 2002 Carlton R2 DVD

The US release is the same version and is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2010 Synapse R1 DVD/RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

This is the best available version with remaining material cut by the BBFC assumed to be lost.

• UK 2007 Futurevision VHS
• UK 1972 X rated cinema release

From IMDb

UK censor Stephen Murphy requested many cuts to the film in 1972 though Hammer succeeded in shortening his original demands.

BBFC edits were made to:

• the whipping scene toned down
• a dagger in the face deleted from the opening scene
• the forest attack by the panther
• footage of the mutilated remains of the family.

The submitted running time was noted as 88:23s = 84:51s

Vampire Hunters

• Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters
• The Era of Vampires

The shortened International Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2003 Columbia/TriStar DVD

There is also a longer Singapore Version. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Vampire Journals

Vampire Lovers

Passed 15 uncut with nude scene restored for:

• UK 2008 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

It is reported that a few frames from the opening decapitation are still missing from the US version.

Review from UK Amazon: A Gem

The problem with Hammer Horror films it is, for all their charm and atmosphere, it is, at times, difficult to ignore their weaknesses. That said Vampire Lovers is a particularly fine example and a cultural milestone that heralded the arrival of vampyric characters as being romantic, charismatic and seductive.

For all the strength of the cast in this film - George Cole and obligatory Peter Cushing, for all it's whimsical, dreamlike eroticism and relatively slick (by Hammer standards) execution this film rises head and shoulders above it peers solely by virtue of it's leading lady.

Essentially defining the vampire for the generation of films that would follow Ingrid Pitt carries the cast and production effortlessly on a tide of charisma, charm, grace and almost preternatural beauty.

The film's much vaunted eroticism, through solely projections of male fantasy, are undoubtedly stirring. Ingrid's seduction of Madeline Smith when she chases her round the room before falling onto the bed alongside her is as erotic as anything I have seen onscreen and the real life revelations that, at the time the film was made Madeline was a virgin, while Ingrid was almost certainly not, make it all the more intoxicating. That Ingrid did not go on to achieve greater success as an actress is a sin, after all she was (and is) a fine actress and surely one of the most beautiful women alive. That she went on to have a successful writing career and continues to be worshipped by a legion of fans is wholly apt.

To conclude Vampire Lovers is a gem which deserves to be savoured and relished over and over again.

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Passed 15 with BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2002 ILC Prime R2 DVD

From IMDb:

BBFC Cuts were waived, but the nude shot was unavailable to restore at the time.

• UK 1987 Rank VHS

• UK 1970 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Cut during the opening decapitation scene.
• Cut by the BBFC to remove a brief 1 sec full-frontal nude shot
• Cut to edit a staking

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 90:51s = 87:13s

Vampires Suck

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Unrated Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2011 20th Century Fox video

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 20th Century Fox (Theatrical + Unrated versions) RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2011 20th Century Fox (Theatrical + Unrated versions) R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

PG-13

• UK 2011 20th Century Fox video

• UK 2011 20th Century Fox Blu-ray
• UK 2011 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 2010 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• 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 15 classification but that the requested 12A certificate could be achieved by making cuts in five sequences in order to remove sight of a flick knife being opened and to remove or reduce a number of crude visual and verbal sex references. When the finished version of the film was submitted, all five scenes had been reduced acceptably and the film was classified 12A.

Vampyres

• Blood Hunger
• Daughters of Dracula
• Las Hijas de Dracula
• Satan's Daughters
• The Vampire Orgy
• Vampyres: Daughters of Darkness
• Vampyres: Daughters of Dracula

Uncut version is available at:

The Uncut Re-edited Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2003 Anchor Bay R2 DVD via UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2010 Blue Underground R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2003 Blue Underground R1 DVD at US Amazon

Avoid the US Anchor Bay DVD which is cut by 29s even though it proclaims otherwise

Amazon Review: Quality-looking film

A pair of bisexual women living in a dark, decaying mansion have a craving for blood and sex. Hitchhiking in long black cloaks, they lure men home and then take them to bed, slash them with knives, and dump the bodies, making it look like a car wreck. They like one guy so much they keep him around for days and he knows something bad is happening, but he's not sure what. Some people camping nearby also suspect that the women are up to strange things....

The violence is strong even though there's more blood than gore, plenty of sex and nudity, and some very lyrical, beautiful scenes. The ending throws a whole new, darker twist on the proceedings and ties it all together nicely. It has kind of a "Hammer Films" look to it, but the storyline is more along the lines of Jean Rollin. Even though the budget was small, this is a quality-looking film.

• UK 1989 Rank VHS

From cuts details on IMDb:

This was pre-cut as per the cinema release but lost a further 26s with BBFC edits to:

• a lesbian shower scene
• sexual thrusting during the sex scene between Fran & John
• the stabbing of Rupert
• blood being licked from John's arm wound
• close ups of Fran & Miriam's naked bloody bodies in the pre-credit scene
• the stripping and stabbing of Harriet in the cellar

• UK 1975 cinema release

The submitted running time was 86:31s = 83:03s PAL

The Van

A Re-edited Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2007 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

• UK 1997 Fox VHS
• UK 1996 cinema release

Van Wilder: Party Liaison

• Van Wilder
• National Lampoon's Van Wilder
• National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Party Liaison
• Party Animals... wilder geht's nicht!

2002 Germany/US comedy by Walt Becker

The 2002 cinema release and the 2003 Momentum DVDs all feature the US R rated Theatrical Version.

See pictorial version differences from movie-censorship.com

The US unrated version runs a minute longer featuring extra scenes:

• There is an additional scenes at the job interview with a fat boy making fart noises before collapsing and the call for a medic.

• Two gay guys pitch their case for a job laced with innuendo.

• A gag about Collosus the dog and fancy cakes

• An extra shot of Taj with a bare breasted girl

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

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

Vanessa

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and sexualised nudity for:

• UK 2008 Severin R0 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2010 Severin Video on Demand (worldwide) at TlaCult.com
• US 2010 Severin R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Pleasant enough

This is a German version of the classic Emmanuelle. An Austrian convent schoolgirl inherits her uncle's string of brothels in the Far East.

Sex scenes here are of the very softcore variety (The whipping scenes are limp, lame and some of the least convincing around).

Olivia Pascal is absolutely lovely as are two of the other ladies but the rest of the cast far less so.  Acting quality is par for course in a softcore flick - fairly mediocre.

As mildly amusing erotica, it's a pleasant enough way to spend the evening.

• UK 1989 VPD VHS

The cuts were:

• to a scene where Vanessa straps herself to a machine to get whipped.

• UK 1986 Stablecane VHS

The cuts were:

• to a scene where Vanessa straps herself to a machine to get whipped.

• UK 1977 cinema release

The cuts were:

• to a scene where Vanessa straps herself to a machine to get whipped.

• Veyyil
• Vesavi

Cinema release cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove sight of suicide attempt whereby man draws razor blade across his wrist with accompanying blood spurt in order to achieve a 12A classification. A 15 classification was available.

The Velvet Vampire

See The Waking Hour

Venus in Furs

• Le Malizie di Venere
• Devil in the Flesh
• Venere nuda
• Venus im Pelz

From www.lovelockandload.net

Cut by 1:05s when Shameless DVD submitted in 2007 as specified by the BBFC: Remove all sight of woman's tearful screams turning to pleasure as man continues to rape her (this pleasure being indicated by her making moaning sounds and winding her arms around his neck). Intervening shots of other people may remain.

From the 2007 BBFC Annual Report:

The 1993 cuts were to a long scene of a rape and a scene where a preteen boy watches a couple having sex through a keyhole. As the boy was never present in the same place as the scene of sex, this material could be restored. But the rape scene was felt to endorse ‘rape myth’ attitudes and cuts were still required to remove this material.

Shameless have hosted the cut scene on their website

From the 2007 BBFC Annual Report:

The 1993 cuts were to a long scene of a rape and a scene where a preteen boy watches a couple having sex through a keyhole.

Versus

• Down to Hell 2
• Ultimate Versus

There is an Unrated Director's Cut.

Ultimate Versus is an Extended Version produced 3 years after the initial release with extra CGI material, new fights and changes to the music score.

From US Amazon: A Cult Hit

Versus is a cult hit from the beginning. Ryuhei Kitamura's film has all the ingredients for stylish mayhem: Zombies, Guns & Gangsters, Samurai Swordplay, Slick humor, a cute chick, anime-like fantasy and mystery. The story revolves around prisoner escapee KSC2-303(Tak Sakaguchi, from Shinobi, Death Trance, Azumi) stuck in the Forest of Resurrection to seek safe haven. Unfortunately, the crime lord supposed to grant him this has his own motives and he finds himself against a mysterious supernatural opponent to whom he is linked. This flick is a stylish relentless, rampaging zombie action-noir-horror hybrid that Hollywood probably wishes it thought of it first.

The difference between the R1 Ultimate Edition and the previous R1 Special edition are:

• More Blood and gore.
• It looked like all the fight scenes have been extended.
• added: a renewal scene- Dark hero encounters zombies(3 scenes) more extended. Back-flips mayhem galore
• Zombies holding katana swords in the beginning scene.
• Ohba extended zombie encounter scene
• extended action sequence, zombie encounter- 3 Assassins going to the forest meeting a lot of zombies instead of just meeting up with Matsuda and Ohba.
• Katayama extended fight scene with assasins.
• New music/new dialogue on some scenes. Added scenes appear a lot sharper than the film itself. The film itself is re-mastered, although it still maintains that murky look.
• Extra CGI and color correction
• And a lot more of added 11 minutes of action and mayhem!!

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

The 2003 Tartan video is the cut US R Rated Theatrical Version. It was passed 18 without BBFC cuts.

A Very Brady Sequel

All cuts were waived when resubmitted in 2003

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

From newsgroup discussions

Well I have some basic training with their use (and I know some good martial artists who are proficient) and I can absolutely guarantee that without extensive training (many months at least) the only person you'll hurt with nunchaku is yourself. They are a difficult weapon at best.

Which is exactly the point made by A Very Brady Sequel - and I repeat my allegation that the BBFC-snipped version is actually more dangerous than the uncut version, because while the nunchakas are still visible, the repeated scenes of the user knocking himself out with them have largely been removed.

Victim

Passed PG without BBFC cuts for

• UK 2005 cinema release

• UK 2004 Carlton R2 DVD

• UK 1986 VCI VHS

• UK 1961 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 99:57s = 95:57s PAL

Videodrome

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 1999 Universal Laserdisc

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2010 Criterion RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2004 Criterion R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Surreal

A sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a very unusual fashion when he acquires a new kind of programming for his station.

In Videodrome, James Woods plays a Canadian television entrepreneur, a man who provides material - usually suspect, often porn - for cable TV. In the course of his seedy research he finds a pirate broadcast of a strange, compelling programme. The torture and masochism he glimpses as the programme hisses and breaks up is ... well, it looks real. Or is it just incredibly well made, with the interference and fluctuating picture quality just an example of good engineering and clever directing, simulating clandestine status to give the show a bit of edge?

A disturbing, thought-provoking, hugely entertaining film. If you enjoy the unusual, if you appreciate the surreal, if you like to be challenged and explore irony, this may be a movie you'll love.

70s

R Rated

• UK 2011 Universal R0 Blu-ray
• UK 2002 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 1990 CIC VHS
• UK 1983 cinema release

The US cuts for an R Rating were:

1. During the screening of Max's (James Wood) Samurai Dreams video a shot of a dildo is very much shortened
2. The first appearance of the Videodrome programme is slighter shorter as it loses a glimpse of pubic hair and a female victim being strangled
3. The sequence in Harlan's (Peter Dvorsky) lab after the Rea King Show uses a toned down take of a woman being whipped.
4. Nickie's (Debbie Harry) ear piercing loses several shots; Max moving the needle across Nicki's body, Nicki's cry of 'God', the needle being pulled out of the ear, a close up of the other ear being pierced and a pan to reveal Max & Nicki making love afterwards.
5. The scene of Max shooting his second partner is slightly shortened.
6. The death of Convex (Les Carlson) does not show his innards briefly erupting.

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70s

• UK 1987 CIC VHS

A View to a Kill

See video from youtube.com

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Passed PG after BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2008 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2007 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 2006 Sony R2 DVD
• UK 1993 Warner VHS
• UK 1985 cinema release

Thanks to Gavin Salkeld: A little bit less of A View to a Kill

The film was originally viewed by the BBFC in an incomplete form, with the music score unfinished and the opening and closing credits missing.

During this advice screening, the BBFC requested that a heavy crotch kick and a double neck chop, both given by Bond, be removed from the film to get a PG rating. These cuts occur during the fight in the hidden room under Zoran's stable. If you watch the scene closely, or even frame by frame, the scene is somewhat sloppy in a couple of places. When the film was edited, the pre-cut version was submitted for a formal rating.

During this stage of classification, the Board asked for an alteration to the opening titles on a shot of an almost nude woman. Its hard to speculate which woman this refers to, but viewing the titles it seems likely that it could be the woman seen through a scope near the beginning, who becomes defocused and blurry whenever she turns the front of body towards the camera, or the mirrored image of the dancing women at the end as Michael Wilson's name appears. She too, goes out of focus on a profile shot where her nipples almost become clearly visible.

With this last change made, the PG rating was awarded.

Village Of Doom

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to remove sight of a chicken being kicked and ill-treated

A long version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2009 Ayngaran video

The BBFC explained:

The BBFC Guidelines at 12 state that Violence must not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood. In this version of the film, there is some focus on sprays of blood when people are shot, and on the hero defeating his opponents by breaking their bones, making it too strong for a 12 classification and placing it at 15 instead. This version is longer than the version which was passed 12A on film and contains stronger violence.

VILLU also contains some mild bad language, including uses of shit, bloody and bugger.

• UK 2009 cinema release

The Vindicator

• Frankenstein '88

The Violation of the Bitch

• The Coming of Sin
• Secrets of the Bitch
• La visita del vicio
• Sex Maniac
• Sodomia

The Director's Preferred version was passed 18 after 1:15s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2010 Hb R2 DVD
• UK 2004 Hanzibar R0 DVD
• UK 1999 Pagan VHS titled The Coming of Sin

The BBFC cuts were to:

• an attempted rape scene
• a bondage scene

The Dutch version titled Sex Maniac and Italian version titled Sodomia feature added hardcore inserts.

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• UK 1987 Krypton VHS titled Secrets of the Bitch

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• UK 1986 Mighty Fair VHS titled Violation of the Bitch

• UK 1981 Hokushin pre-cert VHS titled Violation of the Bitch
• UK 1979 cinema release titled Violation of the Bitch

The International Version eliminates several crucial scenes in their entirety and alters the opening credits to play out over a later scene.

The Violator

See Act of Vengeance

Violence Jack 1: Evil Town

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1986 Japanese Anime by Ichirô Itano

Passed 18 with 2:58s pre-cut and 30s cut by the BBFC for:

• UK 2005 Manga R2 DVD
• UK 1996 Manga VHS

Uncut for:

• R0 DVD via US Amazon

Sex, violence, bondage and cannibalism cut. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Violence Jack 2: Hell's Wind

1988 Japanese Anime by Takuya Wada

Passed 18 after 6:43s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2005 Manga R2 DVD
• UK 1996 Manga VHS

Uncut for:

• R0 DVD via US Amazon

Sex, violence, bondage and cannibalism cut. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Violence Jack 3: Slumking

1990 Japanese Anime by Osamu Kamijoo

Passed 18 after 25s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2005 Manga R2 DVD
• UK 1996 Manga VHS

Uncut for:

• R0 DVD via US Amazon

Sex, violence, bondage and cannibalism cut. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Violent City

• Città violenta
• La Cité de la violence
• The Family

Unrated

The BBFC cuts were waived for an uncut 18 rating for:

• UK 2004 Hollywood R2 DVD

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Blue Underground R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The US Anchor Bay/Blue Underground DVD version restores eight minutes of footage originally cut by United Artists for the U.S. release. Because these scenes were never dubbed into English, they are presented in their original Italian language with English subtitles.

The submitted running time was noted as 99:59s = 95:59s PAL

Violent Tradition

See Once a Thief

Viper

• Bad Blood

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2002 Delta R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2002 Delta VHS

There is also a cut US R Rated Version to avoid

• UK 1994 New Age VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• An ear clap was removed where Travis is fighting off a bad guy

Virgin Among the Living Dead

• Christina, Princesse de l'Erotisme
• Among the Living Dead
• Desideri Erotici di Christine
• Los Suenos Eroticos de Christina
• Une Vierge chez les Morts Vivants
• Zombie 4: A Virgin Among the Living

An unknown version was passed 18 after 1:19s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2002 Arrow R2 DVD
• UK 1994 Redemption VHS

The BBFC cuts were

• The rape sequence preceding the satanic ritual has been partially deleted.

There is an Original Version, Director's Cut, Producer's Cut and Japanese Version and none of them seem to quite fit with this UK version.

• UK 1985 Careyvision VHS

Released when semi-hardcore R18 guidelines were in force.

Virgin Witch

• Lesbian Twins

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut at:

R Rated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Odeon R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2004 Anchor Bay DVD
• UK 1993 Redemption VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2012 Redemption Re-mastered RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon for release on 13th march 2012
• US 2012 Redemption Re-mastered R1 DVD at US Amazon for release on 13th march 2012
• US 2006 Image/Redemption R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: So-So at Best

Christine gets her big chance at modelling when she applies at Sybil Waite's agency. Together with Christine's sister Betty they go to a castle for the weekend for a photo shoot

Yeah, there's this coven of witches, and a couple of cute girls are being lured into it, but that doesn't prevent this film from being only so-so at best. One of the girls becomes the plaything of the head female witch, but any potential eroticism is wasted as they never actually do anything together. Aside from a couple of brief moments when the girls are without their clothes, this film was just plain boring.

• UK 1983 Intervision VHS

• UK 1979 Intervision VHS

• UK 1972 cinema release

The cuts were to sex scenes

The submitted running time was noted as 88:31s = 84:59s PAL

• London 1971 cinema release

• UK 1971 cinema release

Visions of Ecstasy

Uncut at:

Passed 18 uncut for nudity and sex involving religious images for:

• UK 2012 4Digital/Redemption R2 DVD at UK Amazon for release 26th March 2012

See BBFC press release from bbfc.co.uk:

Visions of Ecstasy is a 19 minute short film, featuring a sequence in which a figure representing St Teresa of Avila interacts sexually with a figure representing the crucified Christ. When the film was originally submitted to the BBFC in 1989, for video classification only, the Board refused to issue a classification certificate. This decision was taken on the grounds that the publication of the film, which the issue of a BBFC certificate would permit, might constitute an offence under the common law test of blasphemous libel.

The Board is required, as part of the terms of its designation under the Video Recordings Act 1984, to seek to avoid classifying any work that might infringe the criminal law. Therefore, the Board had no alternative at the time but to refuse a classification. The Board's decision to refuse a classification to the film was subsequently upheld by the independent Video Appeals Committee.

In 2008, section 79 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act abolished the common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel. This means that the BBFC is no longer entitled to consider whether the publication of the film might comprise a blasphemous libel.

The BBFC has carefully considered Visions of Ecstasy in terms of its current classification Guidelines. These reflect both the requirements of UK law and the wishes of the UK public, as expressed through regular large scale consultation exercises. With the abolition of the offence of blasphemy, the Board does not consider that the film is in breach of any other UK law that is currently in force. Nor does the Board regard the film as likely to cause harm to viewers in the terms envisioned by the Video Recordings Act.

The Board recognises that the content of the film may be deeply offensive to some viewers. However, the Board's Guidelines reflect the clear view of the public that adults should have the right to choose their own viewing, provided that the material in question is neither illegal nor harmful. In the absence of any breach of UK law and the lack of any credible risk of harm, as opposed to mere offensiveness, the Board has no sustainable grounds on which to refuse a classification to Visions of Ecstasy in 2012. Therefore the film has been classified for video release at 18 without cuts.

• UK 1989 Axel VHS

The BBFC decision was subsequently appealed to the Video Appeals Committee who upheld the ban.

Director Nigel Wingrove then took his case to the European Court of Human Rights, but again lost his case.

Visions of Ecstasy, an innocuous (if rather silly) short film depicting 'the ecstatic and erotic visions of St Teresa of Avila was banned in the UK in 1989. In the film, St Teresa is first seduced by her own sexual psyche, and then mounts and caresses the crucified body of Christ. Technical shortcomings notwithstanding (hands which seem to move freely despite apparently being nailed down) the film raised a problem for the BBFC, which is forbidden from classifying material which may infringe the laws of the land.

Despite support from the likes of Derek Jarman, the BBFC concluded that, if prosecuted, a 'reasonable jury' was likely to convict Visions of Ecstasy as blasphemous. Not to be defeated, director Nigel Wingrove took his case to the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that the very existence of a blasphemy law contravened the freedoms of expression enshrined in the European Convention of Human Rights.

In a mealy-mouthed ruling, the Court agreed that Freedom of expression constitutes one of the essential foundations of a democratic society, but with the caveat that freedom carries with it duties and responsibilities including a duty to avoid as far as possible an expression that is, in regard to objects of veneration [i.e. religion], gratuitously offensive to others and profanatory. Which effectively meant that Wingrove was allowed his freedom of expression unless such freedom offended his Christian peers. In which case, he wasn't...

Visiting Hours

• The Fright
• Get Well Soon
• Terreur a l'hopital central

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

1982 Canadian horror film by Jean-Claude Lord with Michael Ironside and Lee Grant. See IMDb

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2011 Shout! Factory Killer Double Feature R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2006 Starz/Anchor Bay R1 DVD

Summary Review: Not your everyday slasher

A crazed, women-hating killer (Ironside) attacks journalist Deborah Ballin (Grant). When he discovers that his attack didn't kill Deborah, he comes to the hospital to finish what he started.

The movie is really quite tense at times. The attack at Deborah's home is frightening, especially the dumb waiter scene. And the climactic chase is amazingly pulled off. The acting is alright and the music is also to note, and adds a lot of atmosphere.

This is much different from what you'd probably expect, and is worth a look. Definitely not your everyday slasher.

The cut cinema version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1986 CBS/Fox VHS

ITV broadcast the uncut version in 1989 and got rebuked by the authorities.

• UK 1982 cinema release

BBFC cuts details from IMDb:

• Cut to edit a scene where Colt traces his knife across Lisa before slashing her clothing
• Also cuts to shots of Colt kicking Sheila as he photographs her.

Viva

Unrated

The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2008 Nouveaux R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2009 Cult Epics R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a cut US R Rated Version shorn of about 12 minutes of footage.

The Voyeur

• L'Uomo che guarda

A pre-cut version missing 8s was further cut by the BBFC by 8s for the 1998 Nouveaux Pictures video

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

Review from IMDb: Close to hardcore

The story of erotic films in the 1990s is largely a very sad one. American main stream cinema seems to avoid the subject altogether, B movies are obsessed with coupling sex with violence and death, and the typical porno is as exciting as drying paint. But there are a few exceptions, most notably the films of Tinto Brass, and this film here is a prime example.

What is so unique about Brass' films of this decade (and to a slightly lesser degree his 1980s films as well) is how they manage to combine eroticism with an explicitness that is close to hardcore porn, and that without ever looking seedy or overly stylish. Greatly supporting this effect are the music of Riz Ortolani and the excellent cinematography by Massimo Di Venanzo. With L'Uomo che guarda Brass seems to be telling the porno makers: this is how a sex film can and should look like.