Although the current tightened up R18 guidelines say that nudity including erections are acceptable, erections and labial detail have been cut from this version. Of course all of the hardcore action has been completely deleted. A totally pointless product painstakingly destroyed by the BBFC. No doubt readily available in the uncut version a few hundred metres from the BBFC offices.

The BBFC at their censorial worst on this one. The reason cited is that this video clearly depicts real sex throughout. The distributors were told to remove all hardcore scenes and those that barely mask the point of penetration. The most offensive BBFC requirement is that the length of sex scenes should be shortened. Assuming that all hardcore has been excised surely there can be no legal difference between a 6 minute scene and a 4 minute scene. Therefore the BBFC must be censoring running time just for the fun of it with no legal requirements to back up their whims.

A horse being felled by a trip wire does not make it to the certificated version.

• Season 2 Episode 3

Cut in 2007 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor removed sight of cockfight

Cut when Submitted in 1996

Cut when submitted in 2002: Compulsory cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (cock fight)

• Musa
• Musa the Warrior
• Wu shi

Cut when submitted in 2003 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts required to sight of real animal cruelty (horses being forcibly tripped)

From Liberty Stink on The Melon Farmers Forum:

The cuts play havoc with a couple of scenes in this UK release (so it may better to get the uncut region 1 DVD available at US Amazon)

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2001

Thanks to the BBFC, the distributors are now in breach of trading standards by lying on the video cover

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove clear sight of real sexual activity (sustained female masturbation)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut three instances of clearly unsimulated sex (vaginal penetration by finger and penis) to gain an 18 classification. An R18 without cuts was made available to the distributor

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cuts required to a scene of indecent exposure (a woman exposing her breasts in public)

• Rundown

A cut cinema version was released with a 12A certificate under the title Welcome to the Jungle. It suffered 1:51s of cuts eg a headbutt in the bar scene. The uncut cinema version was released as Rundown.

Confusingly video versions are uncut but carry the title: Welcome to the Jungle.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove explicit sex (unsimulated oral-genital contact and ejaculation over genitals) to attain the 18 certificate, although an R18 uncut was available.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment:
The cuts were Cuts for Category. The distributor chose to cut sight of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (in this case oral-genital contact during cunnilingus) to secure an 18 certificate. An R18 without cuts was available.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Company chose to remove unsimulated sexual activity (in this case oral genital contact) in order to secure an 18 classification,

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment:
The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut all sight of sexual detail (unsimulated oral sex)

• Woody Allen's What's Up Tiger Lily?

Cinema release of 1975 and all video/DVD versions from 1987, 2001, 2007 similarly cut by the BBFC:

Cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (in this case, a live chicken being forced into a cage with a live cobra)

22:29s pre-cut by the distributor

Unofficial pre-cuts of 27:00s and a further 4:44s cut by the BBFC

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Company chose to remove shots of sexual detail (clear sight of oral-genital contact) to obtain an 18,

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Company requested cuts to a scene of sexual detail (clear sight of vaginal penetration) to obtain an 18,

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut a shot of clearly unsimulated oral-genital contact during cunnilingus for 18. An R18 uncut was available to the distributor

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove scenes featuring explicit sexual activity (cunnilingus and dildo penetration) in order to achieve an 18 classification. An R18 uncut was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to underage sex reference

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2006

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Same cuts for both cinema and Warner Home Video versions of 1988

From imdb:

• Cuts to the scene where Madonna is shopping with Griffin Dunne in the record store & she can be seen putting cassette's into her own pockets & a shop lifter's too in order to frame him.

The uncut version was shown on TV

Cut when submitted in 1995:

• A panning shot of Jin having his hand on Maki's crotch is deleted
• Close-up of Maki's crotch with Jin's hand on it, along with the subsequent shot of Maki's hair grabbing Jin, which is cut for continuity.
• The demon creature forcing its tongue to Maki's mouth, and then doing the "old in-out".
• The beginning of Maki's rape by the demons is short of a demon mauling on her breast, and the following brief rape shot.
• The rest of Maki's rape is massively reduced and cut (over 20 seconds). This includes the demons mauling and her raping her.
• Raping of Maki in the demon base has lost four close-ups - the demons squeezing her breasts, Maki getting raped from behind, a close of Maki's face, and of her chained hands.

The Directors cut was passed 15 uncut in 2006. The BBFC noted: This work has been approved under the 'Different versions at different categories' policy of January 2004.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Lions Gate asked the BBFC to review their 12A decision to no avail. The BBFC commented: This determination was formally reconsidered by the BBFC at the request of the submitting company. The BBFC carefully considered the arguments put forward by the submitting company and looked again at the relevant submitted material, but concluded that its original determination was appropriate.

It seems likely that the cut US PG-13 version was submitted for cinema and the 12 rated DVD release

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor requested potential imitable technique bonus material to be removed

• Wild Orchid 2: Blue Movie Blue

2m:28s precut by distributors prior to submission to the BBFC

1. When Blue (Nina Siemaszko) first arrives at the brothel she is undressed by another prostitute but not in this version
2. 20s of lesbian lovemaking has been cut at about 47 minutes into the video.

• Angels for Kicks

It has been broadcast uncut on satellite on The Performance Channel

All versions pre-cut by the distributor as described by the BBFC in 2006

The distributor had requested it be considered for a ‘15’ when sent in for an advice viewing. However, with four uses of ‘cunt’, two of which were aggressive and in one case linked to a man head butting a woman, the language in the film was considered too strong for ‘15’.

The distributor chose to reduce the very strong language in the film’s final edit, leaving a single use of ‘cunt’ said in frustration, which could be accommodated at the ‘15’ already required by the other violence, gore and strong language in the work.

Slight pre-cut by distributors

Cut for violent content

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to remove animal cruelty (a potentially dangerous horse fall)

• The Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force
• Honneamise No Tsubasa

Attempted rape scene removed, but apparently not by the BBFC. As described by one of their examiners:

Wings of Honneamise was cut in one place. It was a wholly gratuitous sexual assault in the middle of a film which was otherwise a wonderful experience for younger viewers. But, and this is important as other distributors often do the same, it was voluntarily cut by Manga Video to lower the certificate from its cinema classification of 15 to a PG for the video release. When this happens, it is not registered as a cut.

Passed uncut in 2006

The BBFC commented in their 2006 Annual Report:

The Witch Who Came From the Sea had briefly appeared on the Director of Public Prosecutions’ ‘video nasty’ list in 1984 before being removed in 1985 following unsuccessful prosecutions. Its strong bloody violence was acceptable at ‘18’, but not at a lower category.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon in Box of the Banned 2
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Amazon Review:

Here is an odd little gem of a film that fortunately ( at least for fans of offbeat cinema) has resurfaced on DVD, boasting a pristine film transfer. Descriptions of the film, the title of the film, and even the DVD cover itself do little to relate, or even hint at what is, as it turns out, an altogether strange, unsettling, humorous, and entertaining cinematic treat. The off kilter acting styles, unnatural tone, and dark humor of the film shares a kinship to the works of David Lynch ( who is too often misused as a comparative description) and is sure to surprise and delight viewers who have an affinity for the outré. Highly recommended.

• Mathew Hopkins: Witchfinder General
• The Conqueror Worm
• Edgar Allan Poe's Conqueror Worm

The 15 rated release of 2007 is a minute shorter than the previous versions

Thanks to MM:

• Watched the lovely looking R1 DVD last night and it contains a second or so missing from the Redemption/Metrodome/Tigon Boxset version including an additional axe blow to Price's body right at the end. (suggesting that this is the Continental version)

Note that the Metrodome DVD features both continental version and the Director's Cut

The Director's cut is the original UK version with censor cuts restored but the restored shots are said to be grainy

Note that the Metrodome DVD features both continental version and the Director's Cut

From IMDb:

This continental version has alternate takes of several tavern shots in which the various wenches are topless or have exposed breasts - in the UK version they are are more conservatively dressed - as well as extra scenes of torture and violence, notably additional axe blows to Price at the film's conclusion.

Cut for cinema in 1968 and video versions from Target International, Castle Pictures Ltd & Castle Vision (1987-91)

• The torture of Lowes (Rupert Davies) was reduced
• The beating and half strangulation of a a woman in the cells was totally removed
• The ducking of Lowes was reduced
• The burning of Elizabeth (Maggie Kimberly) was reduced. Differences between versions for this cut
• The torture of Sara (Hilary Dwyer) was reduced
• The dismemberment of Hopkins (Vincent Price) was reduced

• Bamboo Doll's House
• Woman's Penitentiary
• Women's Penitentiary

Cut in 2006 unusually without a BBFC justification.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut one instance of sexual detail (oral-genital contact)

No BBFC cuts but the US version was cut and may well have been submitted here too.

• In the theatrical version Tobey Maguire mistakenly refers to Alan Ladd's death as a suicide. After complaints from Ladd's family, Paramount removed the offending line in all future releases of the film, including home video. VHS and DVD releases carry a disclaimer, shown before the feature, warning that the film has been edited for content.
• The video release appears to have been edited for language as well. Early in the film, when Michael Douglas is picking up his editor at the airport, he turns to him and says "you're fucked-up" but an overdubbing has him saying "you're high." Near the end of the film, when Robert Downey Jr. is chasing Vernon with his car, Vernon says "Motherfucker" but this was overdubbed to "man" for the video release.

Uncut for cinema release but censored for the video version. James Ferman indicated that he would have preferred the uncut version for video release but it was the censored version prepared for channel 4 that was submitted. The cinema version is one of the very few films released with BBFC blessings that contain hardcore scenes. Another film that contains hardcore material (at least in the cinema version) is the French film Annabelle partagee, which begins with a close-up of a penis being masturbated to orgasm. I think it's out on video, but I don't know if it's cut or not. Not a Love Story is another where hardcore scenes are justified by a documentary context.

1. After opening credits a B&W Soviet sex-education film viewed through a kaleidoscope lens is obscured by animations of goldfish. Apparently this hasn't completely obscured the action and an erect penis can still be seen on close inspection.
2. Wall paintings of men and women masturbating have been blanked out
3. A sequence showing Jim Buckley having a plaster cast made of his erect penis has all the tumescent shots obscured by animated stars

• The Man with the Deadly Lens

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004 as Wrong is Right

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to sight of dangerous and imitable behaviour (a noose being tightened around wrestler's neck during a wrestling match)

During a bit of out of ring shenanigans, a wrestler is hit repeatedly over the head with a chair. The BBFC have reduced this to a single blow.