BBFC Cuts W: Wb-Wm

WCW Superbrawl III

WCW Uncensored

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

We Are Monster

Cut by the BBFC for a 15 rated cinema release.

Summary Notes

On 8th February 2000 at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, Robert Stewart, a known violent racist was placed in a cell with Zahid Mubarek, eventually leading to Mubarek's murder 6 weeks later.

• 2015 cinema release

• This film was originally seen for advice. The company was advised the film was likely to be classified 18 but that their preferred 15 could be achieved by reducing the number of uses of very strong language. When the film was submitted for formal classification, the number of uses of very strong language had been reduced and it was classified 15.

We Joined the Navy

• We Are in the Navy Now

BBFC category cuts were required for a 1962 U rated cinema release

Promotional Material

British film icon Kenneth More - at the height of his fame - plays an unlucky Dartmouth Naval College cadet leader who sails out to further misfortune when he joins the US fleet in the Mediterranean.

Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, "the Artful Bodger" has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away...

• 2015 Network R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 16th February 2015

• 1962 cinema release

Wedding Crashers

Unrated

The BBFC passed the US Unrated/Uncorked/Extended Version without BBFC cuts for a 15

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Three shots of naked ladies added for the Unrated version but most of the additional material is uncontentious padding.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

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

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R Rated

The Wedding Planner

• Wedding Planner - verliebt, verlobt, verplant

The BBFC cut 1s from the 2001 cinema release and the 2001 Pathe DVD. A single sexual expletive was cut from dialogue. An uncut 12 was made available.

• The word 'fuck' was overdubbed

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

The Wedding Singer

The Extended Version was passed 12 without cuts for the 2005 EIV DVD

There is an uncontentious additional dialogue scene in the Extended Version where Robbie talks to Rosie about penis size.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

See Banned International: Weekend

A Weekend At Daves

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

Weekend at Bernie's

Passed 15 uncut for:

• 2010 Network RB Blu-ray
• 2006 Network R2 DVD
• 2000 VCI R2 DVD
• 1998 VCI VHS
• 1990 MGM/UA VHS

pre-cut

• 2006 Sound & Media R2 DVD
• 2001 Cinema Club R2 DVD
• 1991 Sky TV
• 1989 cinema release

This version was overdubbed to delete the strong language

Welcome to New York

Releases are uncut except in the US where the film has been cut for an MPAA R rating and noted as the Producer's Cut or US Version.

Summary Notes

A retelling of the downfall of former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations. A man driven by a frenzied and unbridled sexual hunger. A man who dreamed of saving the world and who cannot save himself. A terrified man. A lost man.

• 2014 Spirit Entertainment [Uncut Version + Alternative Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Spirit Entertainment [Uncut Version only] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2014 cinema release

The BBFC commented in the Annual Report covering 2014:

Contains two scenes of sexual assault with a level of detail which contributed to the film's 18 classification. However, the BBFC did not require cuts because the scenes did not in any way condone or encourage sexual violence, nor suggest that the victims welcome or enjoy the attacks. There is also strong contextual justification for the scenes' inclusion as they form the basis of the legal case against the main character.

MPAA

• 2014 Spirit Entertainment [Uncut Version + Alternative Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: Cut and MPAA R rated for strong sexuality, graphic nudity, a rape and language.

See  article from  hollywoodreporter.com :

Director Abel Ferrara is bristling at a letter he says he received from IFC senior vp Arianna Bocco telling the filmmaker to deliver an R-rated version of Welcome. The film, which screened in Cannes in May, is currently beyond the R-rated threshold.

Welcome to the Jungle

• Rundown

A cut version was passed 12A for 2004 UK cinema release. Uncut for BBFC 15 rated home videos. Uncut in the US and MPAA PG-13 rated.

Summary Notes

The Rock as a bounty hunter who attempts to square a debt by heading to the Amazon jungle to capture someone. The bounty hunter discovers that his quarry isn't the bad guy he'd been warned about, and the two team up in pursuit of riches stored in a mine in the Amazon.

Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge Episode 26:
Rundown/Welcome to the Jungle
 

• 2005 Sony R2 DVD titled Welcome to the Jungle at UK Amazon
• 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD titled Welcome to the Jungle

UK: The International Version/The Director's Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for moderate action violence:

• 2004 cinema release titled The Rundown (not released in favour of 12A version)

• 2004 Universal Studios R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2008 Optimum RB Blu-ray titled Welcome to the Jungle

UK: A pre-cut version was passed 12A for moderate action violence without further BBFC cuts for:

• 2004 cinema release titled Welcome to the Jungle

Maybe the cut version is the version cut for a 12 rating in Germany

We're the Millers

Both Theatrical and Extended Edition ware given an MPAA R rating with the same descriptor: Rated R For crude sexual content, pervasive language, drug material and brief graphic nudity. Similarly both versions were passed 15 uncut for strong language and references to sex and drugs.

Summary Notes

A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.

R rated

• 2013 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2013 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2013 New Line Home Video [Extended + Theatrical] RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
• 2013 New Line Home Video [Extended + Theatrical] R1 DVD at US Amazon

See  article from  movie-censorship.com : An additional 8:41s includes extra material with sleazy jokes and strong language. Worth having.

R rated

• 2013 Warner Video

• 2013 New Line Home Video [Extended + Theatrical] RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
• 2013 New Line Home Video [Extended + Theatrical] R1 DVD at US Amazon

The Werewolf and the Yeti

• Werewolf
• Night of the Howling Beast
• La Maldicion de la Bestia
• Hall of the Mountain King
• Horror of the Werewolf

Uncut at:

Banned as a video nasty in 1984. Not released in the UK since. Set for US DVD release in 2014

Summary Review: Monster Movie

A team of scientists travel to Tibet to track down the Yeti. Among the group is Waldemar (Naschy) who falls in with some vampire handmaidens and somehow gets turned into a werewolf.

The film turns out to be a low budget monster movie with just a couple of decent performances keeping it from total inanity. There's hardly any horror, and there's a few hints that maybe it was once intended to be a sexy horror...but isn't. The evil Tibetan chieftain and his wicked witch are better than the 'monsters'.

• 2014 One 7 Movies R0 DVD titled Werewolf at US Amazon

Online :

• 2013 VoD at YouTube titled The Werewolf and the Yeti

• 1982 Canon VHS titled The Werewolf and the Yeti

Released on video by Canon in October 1982. Added to the video nasty list in August 1984 and remained listed throughout the panic, so becoming one of the collectable DPP39s

Werewolf Shadow

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

• Wolfman 2

Widely distributed in an uncut Unrated version but there also exists a US cut R rated version.

Summary Notes

Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.

Unrated

• 2012 Universal RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2012 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 Universal [R Rated + Unrated] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 9th October 2012
• 2012 Universal [R Rated + Unrated] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 9th October 2012

• There is a longer tracking shot showing the bloody victims after a a nighttime attack on the village Dravicu.
• There is a longer scene showing Daniel disemboweling bodies at a morgue so at to gather bait for werewolf hunting

Werewolf Woman

• Naked Werewolf Woman
• La Lupa Mannara
• La louve sanguinaire
• Daughter of a Werewolf

Cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS. Uncut in Europe and the US

Summary Notes

From notorious Italian exploitation filmmaker Rino Di Silvestro (Deported Women of the SS Special Section) comes Werewolf Woman, a psychological, psychosexual, pseudo-shapeshiter shocker and a favorite of director Quentin Tarantino. In it, a mentally unstable young woman named Daniela (Annik Borel) fantasizes that she is the reincarnation of her long-dead ancestor, a woman who was thought to have been a werewolf. Dealing with her lifetime of sexual abuse, she seduces men before transgressing into a feral monster, screaming, cursing and ripping them to shreds. When she meets the man of her dreams, Daniela seems ready to forgive her past and bury the beast within until another traumatic encounter seals both her own fate and the collective fates of the Werewolf Woman's wild wrath. A strange, erotic, outrageously sleazy and provocative Eurohorror classic about a woman pushed well-past the edge of sanity, Werewolf Woman is finally presented here with the respect it deserves, in beautifully realized, remastered high-definition. Watch it with someone you trust.

Selected by Quentin Tarantino for the First Quentin Tarantino Film Fest in Austin, Texas, 1996. He loved it so much that all subsequent Quentin Tarantino Film Fests had a surprise movie added to the end of each all-nighter known as the Wolf Woman selection, defined as an outrageous exploitation film sure to wake the audience up.

This wildly exploitive Italian gem features a luscious blonde lead experiencing lycanthropic spasms flagrante delicto, making a bloody mess of the men she naturally attracts until she finds true love in the arms of a gentle beefcake stuntman. Sleazy fun; even the bland expository scenes offer some hilariously inane dialogue.

• 2014 Raro Video USA (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2014 Raro Video USA (R1) DVD at US Amazon

Italy: Released uncut for:

• It Raro R0 DVD as La Lupa Mannara

France: Released uncut for:

• Fr 2004 Neo R2 DVD as La louve sanguinaire

• 2003 Shriek Show R1 DVD as Werewolf Woman

The transfer was zoomed in for widescreen and it lost some of the sexy action.

pre-cut

• 1986 Sheptonhurst VHS as Naked Werewolf Woman

From IMDb:

• Released with heavy pre-cuts to the rape scene and 42s of additional BBFC cuts to remove shots of a naked woman's stitched body on a mortician's slab.

• 1983 Cockney Rebels VHS as Werewolf Woman
• 1981 Cinehollywood VHS as Werewolf Woman

From IMDb:

• The film didn't make the national DPP list of official video nasties but was listed on Greater Manchester Police's list of films subject to seizure.

• UK Intercity VHS titled Werewolf Woman

UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:

• 1980 cinema release titled Werewolf Woman

West 11

The BBFC required cuts for the X rated 1963 cinema release. There is also evidence of an International Version.

Promotional Material

An early feature from Michael Winner, this brilliantly gritty crime thriller sets its story of alienation and amorality amid the faded grandeur and seedy clubs of early-sixties Notting Hill. Alfred Lynch leads an excellent cast, and the film showcases an outstandingly vulnerable performance from Diana Dors.

Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of middle-class parents and, to use his own description, an emotional leper . He decides that he needs a violent shock to shake him back into life, and as a result accepts a commission to carry out the murder of a total stranger for a man he meets in a coffee bar...

cinema submitted
94:45s
=90:58s

• 2015 Network R2 DVD at UK Amazon  

• 1963 cinema release

The BBFC note that the 2015 DVD release includes 3:49s of alternative scenes for the overseas market

The 2015 UK DVD notes the possibility of an International Version with DVD extras including alternative scenes made for the overseas market

Westworld

PG

UK: Passed 15 uncut for:

• 2008 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1994 Warner VHS
• 1986 MGM/UA VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

• 2013 Warner RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2010 Warner R1 DVD at US Amazon
• US VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon

• 1973 cinema release

IMDB notes that: Early prints contain a scene in Medeval world where a guest is tortured on a rack. That scene was deleted from television and video. This probably gives a clue as to what was cut from the UK cinema release

What a Crazy World

Cut by the BBFC for an A (PG) rated 1963 cinema release. Presumably the same version was released on DVD now rated 12.

Summary Notes

Unemployed East End lad Alf Hitchens has an on-off relationship with his girlfriend Marilyn and a dream of hitting the big time in the music business. Cheerful pop musical with a working-class background which uses a number of genuine London locations.

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• 2014 Network R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 1963 cinema release

What a Whopper

An unknown version was passed U without BBFC cuts for:

• 2011 Renown R2 DVD

• 1961 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 89:17s = 85:43s

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane ?

• Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Cut by the BBFC for 1962 cinema release. 18 uncut for 1988 VHS. 12 uncut for 2006 DVD and Blu-ray. Uncut in the US

Unrated

• 2013 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2006 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon

UK: Passed 18 uncut for

• 1988 Warner VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 Warner 50th Anniversary RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2012 Warner 50th Anniversary R1 DVD at US Amazon
• 2006 Warner R1 DVD at US Amazon
• US VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon

• 2004 cinema release

• 1962 cinema release

See article from bbfc.co.uk :

Two cuts were made by the BBFC:

• the sight of Jane kicking Blanche reduced to one kick

• removed Elvira witnessing Blanche tied up in bed and writhing

A third cut was originally requested, deleting a shot of a dead rat being served to Blanche. But this was allowed to remain following a request from Warner Brothers to BBFC Director, John Trevelyan. They felt it was essential to the plot, and anything hidden from view might lead people to imagine something far worse than a rat.

What Happens in Vegas

Unrated

The Extended Version/Jackpot Edition/Unrated Cut was passed 12 uncut for:

• 2008 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2008 20th Century Fox Jackpot Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Note the film itself is rated 12 but one of the extras is has put up the rating to 15.

The US release features the uncut MPAA Unrated version for:

• 2008 20th Century Fox Special Edition RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2008 20th Century Fox Jackpot Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

The version differences are uncontentious and unimportant. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com .

PG-13

• 2008 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 2008 cinema release and

What Have You Done To Solange?

• Solange
• Who's Next?
• Cosa avete fatto a Solange?

Banned by the BBFC for 1973 cinema release. Later passed 18 after cuts for 1996 VHS. Uncut for 2015 DVD and Blu-ray.

Summary Notes

A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students takes her out on a boat. They see a knife killing on shore. Other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, and the teacher suspects that he may be the cause of them.

• 2015 Arrow Video (RB) Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2015 Arrow Video (RA) Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon

• 1996 Redemption Films VHS

• 1973 cinema release titled Solange

What Men Want

What Schoolgirls Don't Tell

• Was Schulmädchen verschweigen
• Secrets of Sweet Sixteen

Passed 18 after 3:20s of BBFC cuts for:

• 1986 Stablecane VHS

See Night Hair Child

What's Good for the Goose

• Girl Trouble

The US release seems to be the uncut UK Version and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2004 Image R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

There is also said to be a Continental Version featuring more nudity.

• 2007 Showbox R2 DVD
• 1999 Polygram VHS

• 1986 Krypton Force VHS

• 1969 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 106:51s = 102:35s PAL

Based on article from dvdcompare.net :

• Reel 5: Remove shots of Nikki putting her hand inside Bartlett's shirt and shots of his reaction to this.
• Reel 6 :The bedroom scene between Bartlett and Nikki must be reduced from the point where he comes out from behind a chair with a towel over the lower half of his body.
• Reel 9: Remove shots of Nikki in the bath where her bare breasts are visible.
• Reduce shots of half-naked hippies lying about a room and necking.
• Reduce to a minimum the episode in which Bartlett finds Nikki in bed with a youth.

What's Up Tiger Lily?

• 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)

What's Your Number?

Unrated

UK: The Director's Cut/Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language and sex references for:

• 2012 20th Century Fox Online
• 2012 20th Century Fox [Extended+Theatrical] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2012 20th Century Fox  [Extended+Theatrical] R1 DVD at UK Amazon

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

• VOD to buy [US only] at US Amazon
• 2012 20th Century Fox [Extended+Theatrical] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2012 20th Century Fox  [Extended+Theatrical] R1 DVD at UK Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The Extended Version adds little to the movie with 11:01s of extra material.

R Rated

• 2012 20th Century Fox Online
• 2012 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray
• 2012 20th Century Fox R1 DVD
• 2011 cinema release

Wheels on Meals

• Kuai can che
• Spanish Connection

Passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2012 Showbox/Cine Asia/Hong Kong Legends R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2008 E1 R2 DVD
• 2006 Contender/Hong Kong Legends Platinum Edition R2 DVD
• 1999 15 rated MIA VHS
• 1988 15 rated VPD VHS

• 1999 MIA VHS

It is not clear what made this particular release 18 rated when others before and after it are 15 rated.

• 1985 cinema release

Maybe this is the version with missing scenes, notably the uncontentious van washing where a passing policeman gets wet and dirty. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

Originally filmed with nude scenes. But Hammer ended up distributing it as a PG rated film. The original sexy version turned up on some US DVDs

Summary Notes

Set in a non-existant past when humans and dinosaurs lived together, a small tribe is struggling to survive by giving a sacrifice of a blond woman to their gods in return for protection from the giant lizards looking to snack on them. Sanna, one of the sacrificial offerings, finds herself on her own when a freak storm interrupts the ceremony. As she searches for a safe haven she encounters hostility from rival tribes and lots of huge and very hungry dinos.

US: The US release featuring the full version is rare as it was incorrectly labelled G Rated, as per the US cut version, and was quickly withdrawn from sale for:

• US Warner Double Feature with Moon Zero Two R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

pre-cut

• 1988 Warner VHS
• 1980 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Several nude scenes were filmed, but were excluded from the U.S. version of the movie. They include: Robin Hawdon and Victoria Vetri's love-making in the cave and the scene where they both go skinny-dipping.
• Further cut by the BBFC, presumably to again reduce the violence down to A/PG levels

• 1970 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Cut to edit some scenes of violence for an A certificate including the fights with the snake, the pterodactyl and the man-eating plant.
• This UK release is said to contain the brief nude scenes cut for the US G Rated version

When the Legends Die

Cut by the BBFC for an A rated 1972 cinema release. Cuts waived for 2014 DVD Summary Notes

A young, rebellious Ute Indian joins the rodeo circuit and falls in with a drunken mentor who teaches him the ways of the ring and the world.

• 2014 Simply Home Entertainment video

• 1972 cinema release

Where Eagles Dare

Cut by the BBFC for an A rated cinema release. Later uncut for home video. Uncut in the the US.

Summary notes:

Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner. The general has extensive knowledge of secret D Day landing plans and must be rescued at all costs.

PG

• 2010 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2006 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1994 Warner VHS
• 1998 MGM/UA video

• 2013 Warner Clint Eastwood 20 Film Collection R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2010 Warner [Where Eagles Dare + Kelly's Heroes] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2010 Warner R1 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 1968 cinema release.

Rated R for language, some violent images, drug use and brief graphic nudity,

See  article from alternet.org

Michael Moore is non to impressed by the MPAA R rating given to his latest documentary. Moore spoke of the R rating to Variety:

Moore listed the parts of the film that prompted the MPAA's ruling. The violence in the picture includes footage of law enforcement officers beating Eric Garner, a Staten Island man whose death last year helped spark a wider debate about police brutality.

The drug use is related to a section in the film on Portugal's decision to decriminalize narcotics -- a move that some suggest has led to a reduction in substance abuse.

The language stems from the use of 'fuck' by Icelandic citizens protesting the 2009 collapse of their banks.

And the nudity is a fleeting image of a naked man. That's from a vignette that shows how some Europeans are able to enjoy three weeks at a spa to treat stress thanks to government-backed healthcare.

Moore said he will not edit the film, and has appealed to have the rating lowered to a PG-13.

The appeal was rejected in December 2015 and the R rating stands.

However not everone agrees with the MPAA R rating. Cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse, with cinemas in 13 states, decided to relax its R-rating policy for the film in February 2016. CEO Tim League said in a statement that the company can't believe the film was ever rated R in the first place:

For the first time ever, we are relaxing our 18-and-up age policy for one film. Why? We simply don't believe Where to Invade Next should have received an R rating from the MPAA. We don't want that rating and our own age policies to get in the way of teens and their parents seeing this film. So, for the run of the Where to Invade Next we will allow teens age 15 and up on their own...yes, it's that important.

The Whip and the Body

• Night is the Phantom
• Le Coups Et Le Fouet

Cut by the BBFC for 1964 cinema release. 15 rated for 2014 DVD. Uncut in the US on the Kino Classics label

Summary Notes

In the 19th century, a sadistic nobleman terrorizes the members of his family. He is found dead, but his ghost soon returns to haunt the residents of his castle.

Unrated

• 2014 Odeon Entertainment RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

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

• 2013 Kino Classics RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2013 Kino Classics R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2000 VCI Video R1 DVD titled Night is the Phantom

From IMDb. The VCI version is missing 2 brief shots:

• A shot of Christopher Lee riding his horse along the beach at the beginning of the film.
• A fade to black following Nevenka's journey to a window and her scare from hearing a vine snap against the window.

• 1964 cinema release

Whispering Death

• Albino

UK: Passed 18 after 1:02s of BBFC cuts for:

• 1987 Heron VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• Cuts to the rape of Sally

• 1977 cinema release

White Chicks

Unrated

The Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2005 Columbia/TriStar/Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2004 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

PG-13

• 2004 cinema release

White Comanche

• Comanche blanco
• Rio Hondo

BBFC category cuts were required for an A rated 1971 cinema release. Uncut and 12 rated for 2015 DVD.

Summary Notes

William Shatner plays two roles: cowboy Johnny Moon and his ruthless Indian twin brother, Notah. Notah likes peyote and gets the crazy idea that he's the Comanche messiah sent to lead the Comanche nation against the white man but more specifically the dusty desert town of Rio Hondo. Moon, estranged from his brother, decides to stop Notah either by words or by bullets.

• 2015 Odeon Entertainment [Full Frame] video

• 1971 cinema release

White Ghost

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004

White Lies

Uncut by the BBFC and R rated by the MPAA

When the movie was threatened with a US X-rating, Marlon Brando, a close friend of director Donald Cammell, wrote a lengthy appeal to the MPAA to bring it down to R.

There was a 117 minute film passed uncut by the BBFC a year before the 111 minute cinema version released by Canon.

The White Queen

• 2013 Anchor Bay Entertainment RB Blu-ray
• 2013 Anchor Bay Entertainment R2 DVD

US: Set to get the uncut version See  article from  dailymail.co.uk :

Few countries can compete with the UK when it comes to television costume dramas . . . but American audiences, it seems, prefer our dramas without the costumes.

A raunchy alternative version of the ten-part BBC1 series The White Queen has been created for screening in the US -- including graphic sex and nude scenes which don't appear here.

Bedroom scenes in which actors appear in the BBC version partly clothed are sexed-up for the American market -- and the actors complete the scenes naked.

As lead actor Max Irons put it: There's the BBC cut and the Starz cut. You get a lot more arse in the Starz version -- the cameras kept rolling after the BBC stopped the scene.

Eg, in episode two Queen Elizabeth, played by Rebecca Fergusson, was seen wearing a nightdress for her love scene with Edward IV, played by Max Irons. But when the clinch is broadcast on American television later this summer, the same actress will be shown first topless and then completely naked in the marital bed.

Episodes one, two and three of the American version all contain nudity and the first programme includes at least four shots of the Queen's breasts and a scene showing her younger sister topless in a bath. By contrast, the BBC version doesn't include any nudity until episode three, and even then only fleetingly.

White Slave

See Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story

Who Am I?

• Jackie Chan's Who Am I?

The US/UK Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:

• 1999 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
• 1999 cinema release

This a shortened version (and dumbed down). The Hong Kong version is 11:49s longer. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

• Chi trova un amico, trova un tesoro
• A Friend Is a Treasure

The BBFC passed the 2003 Michael Lee DVD PG uncut but it is missing the scene where Alan and Charlie discover a grave in which 2 treasure hunters lie

The Whole 9 Yards

Whore

US: The Unrated Version is uncut but only available on US VHS.

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NC-17

• 1991 Palace VHS
• 1991 cinema release

Czech: The Czech release features the NC-17 Version for:

• Cz R2 DVD via UK Amazon

From IMDb. The NC-17 Version was shortened for pacing as follows:

• 38-39min: Brutal Man (Daniel Quinn) with Liz (Theresa Russell): Of this sex scene only the first 15s are shown, the remaining 82s are cut.
• 56-62min: Liz and Rasta (Antonio Fargas) in the theater, in alternation with Blake (Benjamin Mouton) in his car: 7 scenes have been partially or completely cut, resulting in a total elimination of 138s. Eg Blake saying that he goes to great lengths to teach his girls her profession as this is not unskilled labor ; he then complains about hypocrisy.

Who's that Girl

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2006

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

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

Pre-cut by 122:07s when submitted in 2008, no BBFC cuts though.

Cut by 2:25s when submitted in 2007. Compulsory cuts required to remove references to underage sex.

The original runs at 170:24s giving total pre-cuts + cuts of 87:36s

Wicked City

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2000 Urban Vision R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

• 1995 Manga VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• 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 Wicked Lady

Uncut for 18 rated 1983 cinema release but later cut by the BBFC for 1987 VHS.

Promotional Material

Legendary actress, Faye Dunaway (Network, Bonnie & Clyde) looking delectable in her 17th Century wardrobe, stars as Lady Barbara Skelton, a beautiful English socialite who finds her life extremely dull in spite of being married to a rich man (Denholm Elliot, Trading Places). In order to escape her banal existence, Barbara begins an affair with a miscreant criminal, Jackson (Alan Bates, Women in Love), and together they enter into a life of crime…

• 1983 cinema release

US: Presumably uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2015 Kino Lorber (RA) Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

From IMDb:

UK censor James Ferman requested cuts for the UK cinema version to the infamous horse-whip fight between Faye Dunaway and Marina Sirtis claiming that shots of whipped breasts should not be passed by the BBFC.

However he was overruled following protests by Michael Winner who was supported by Kingsley Amis, Karel Reisz, and Fay Weldon (among others) after they viewed a private showing of the film.

Fay Weldon later claimed that she had been duped into supporting Winner. She claimed that the 'uncut' version that she supported after a private viewing was in fact a cut version.

The film was passed uncut for cinema but the offending whip fight was cut for the subsequent video release.

• 1987 VCI VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• To a scene showing a horse-whip fight between Faye Dunaway and Marina Sirtis

See Zombies

The Wicker Man

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

Unrated

UK: The Directors cut was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2006 Lions Gate R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC noted: This work has been approved under the 'Different versions at different categories' policy of January 2004

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2006 Warner R1 DVD at US Amazon

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PG-13

• 2007 Sony R2 DVD
• 2006 cinema release

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.

The Wicker Man

• Anthony Shaffer's The Wicker Man
• The Wickerman

The Director was overruled and a shortened version was created for theatrical release. Later a Director's Cut was created from available material but this was still lacking some footage wanted by Hardy. The official story is that a new print turned up in 2013 with the missing material, and the Final Cut is the result.

• 2013 StudioCanal [UK Theatrical + Director's Cut + Final Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2013 StudioCanal [UK Theatrical + Director's Cut + Final Cut] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2013 cinema release

• 2014 Lions Gate RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

It is not very clear why extra materials added in for the Director's Cut have been dropped from the Final Cut. The dropped material is that showing Howie's life on the mainland.

One additional scene added for the Final Cut is Britt Ekland seducing a young boy whilst Christopher Lee recites poetry.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The Final Cut seems to be raising a lot of questions. Eg See review from  strangethingsarehappening.com

R Rated

• 2009 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2006 Warner R2 DVD
• 2002 Warner R2 DVD

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

• 2006 Starz/Anchor Bay R1 DVD via US Amazon

From IMDb . A complete director's cut was discovered and re-released: this version features new footage showing:

• More background to Sergeant Howie as a policeman and preacher on his home turf
• Howie noticing the seduction of an underage boy
• More of the naked temptation from Willow
• Lord Summerisle reading a poem.

See also pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 2002 Warner R2 DVD

• 1990 Warner VHS

• 1973 cinema release

BBFC category cuts for the 2013 cinema release

• 2013 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

The distributor chose to reduce the number of uses of strong language in order to achieve a 12A classification. An uncut 15 was available.

Wide Open

• Sängkamrater

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2009 Revelation R2 DVD titled Swedish Erotica Collection 2 at UK Amazon

The BBFC noted in the 2009 Annual Report:

Collection 2, Swedish Erotica, a compilation of three early 1970s films from Sweden (Wide Open, Love Play and More About the Language of Love) was passed 18 without cuts. The work, which includes explicit images of sexual activity, is now very dated. By contemporary standards it is clearly not a sex work, but rather a genuine attempt to inform and educate, and the Board concluded that there was sufficient contextual justification to allow these scenes at 18 .

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 Impulse R0 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Christina Lindberg's last movie

Fans of 70's Swedish sex kitten Christina Lindberg may wish to check out this film which is billed as Ms Lindberg's last movie appearance.

Wide Open is actually not all that great a flick, nor does one get as much of Christina as might be wished for, and is implied by her prominent appearance on the box cover art! Lindberg had just returned from making big bucks on a Japanese movie deal and her, newly, inflated fees only allowed Wicklund to hire her for two days of shooting... thus her presence in Wide Open is relatively minimal. Still her time on screen is used to good advantage as she is pretty much gloriously naked throughout in scenes as diverse as a porno photo shoot to nude vacuum cleaning in her boyfriend's apartment.

The overall filmic experience of Wide Open is pretty uneven. The director was apparently attempting to create a blend of sexiness and criminal intrigue with a light comedic overtone. From my perspective he didn't do a very good job of merging the genres.

If you are a die hard fan of Lindberg, Wide Open may be worth a look.

• 1974 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 102:16s = 98:11s

The Wife Swappers

• The Swappers

Passed 18 after 37s of BBFC cuts for:

• 1997 Medusa VHS
• 1988 Sheptonhurst VHS

• 1970 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 86:13s = 82:46s PAL

Wilbur and the Baby Factory

• Baby Factory

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and nudity for:

• 2012 Freemantlemedia/Revelation Harry Novak Collection 2 R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Promotional Material:

Wilbur And The Baby Factory - Just as activist stud Wilbur Steele (Peter Ford) is about to be drafted off to Vietnam, two strange men step in and persuade him to take part in a bizarre experiment involving impregnating 2000 women! Saved from the draft, Wilbur is happy to lend his services, only to soon realise he s a human guinea pig for birth control and part of a mad plot to sterilise the whole of the United States. Stuart Lancaster (Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!) plays the benefactor behind the experiment, a deranged billionaire whose manhood is "the size of a peanut".

• 1972 cinema release

The Wild Affair

BBFC category cuts for an A rated 1964 cinema release. Unknown version passed 12 for 2014 DVD

Promotional Material

This lively romantic comedy stars Golden Globe winner Nancy Kwan as a girl who s determined to establish a notorious past with which to face a respectable future! Made in 1963 and featuring an array of British comedy talent including Terry-Thomas, Victor Spinetti and music-hall veterans Bud Flanagan and Gladys Morgan The Wild Affair is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

As her wedding day approaches, secretary Marjorie begins to panic. Afraid that she will sink into the obscurity of marriage without ever having proved herself as a free-spirited woman, she sees the office party as her last chance to flirt with intent. She sets off to work wearing a frilly, plunging dress and, as the day wears on, garners a number of interesting offers and propositions both from her lecherous boss, Godfrey, and a tall, dark, handsome stranger...

• 2014 Network R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 28th July 2014

UK Censorship History

Cut for an A rated 1964 cinema release

• 1964 cinema release

The Wild Angels

• Wild Angels
• All the Fallen Angels

Banned by the BBFC for 1966 cinema release. Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1972 cinema release. Uncut and 18 rated for VHS. Uncut and 15 rated for DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

Peter Fonda plays 'Heavenly Blues', the leader of Hell's Angels chapter from Venice, California while Bruce Dern plays 'Loser', his best pal. When they both botch their attempt to retrieve Loser's stolen bike, Loser ends up in the hospital. When the Angels bust him out, he dies, and they bury him. Nancy Sinatra plays Mike, Blues' "old lady" and Diane Ladd plays Loser's wife (Dern's real-life wife at the time). The plot is basically a buildup to the last half-hour of the film in which Loser's funeral becomes another wild party.

• 2015 Three Wolves R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2008 Optimum DVD

• 1993 Polygram VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2015 Olive Films (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2015 Olive Films R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1972 cinema release

• 1966 cinema release

Wild at Heart

• David Lynch's Wild at Heart

Cut in the US for an R rating. The International Version is uncut, but recent worldwide releases have all been the cut version.

• 2005 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1990 Palace VHS
• 1989 Polygram VHS
• 1990 cinema release

cut

• 2010 Universal R0 Blu-ray
• 2003 Universal R2 DVD

US: THE MPAA cuts were:

• R Rated US versions have Bobby Peru blasting his head off with more smoke than blood.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The Wild Bunch

UK: The Restored Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2005 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2005 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1996 Warner VHS
• 1995 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2007 Warner R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2006 Warner Special Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDB. The restored Director's Cut features additional material:

• the flashback showing how Thornton was captured
• the flashback showing how Pike's lover, Aurora, was killed and he himself wounded
• the scene in the desert that establishes Crazy Lee is Sykes's grandson and that Pike deliberately abandoned him in the opening robbery
• the raid by Villa on Mapache as he awaits the telegram
• the aftermath of Villa's raid in Agua Verde
• about a minute's worth of the festivities at night in Angel's village.

• 1988 Warner VHS

• 1969 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• Cut to shorten the climactic machine gun shootings
• Cuts to Angel being dragged behind the car.

Wild Card

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.

Summary Notes

When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play...and it's all or nothing.

• 2015 Lions Gate [Extended Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2015 Lions Gate [Extended Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The Extended Version is available on VoD. It is 11:10s minutes longer and is been marketed with an R rating. The additional material is uncontroversial dialogue.

• 2015 cinema release

US : The Theatrical Version was rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.

Wild Guitar

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

Exists as a cut R rated Version and an uncut Unrated Version. UK releases are the uncut version.

Summary Notes

Emily, a raw recruit to a law firm is sent to Brazil with Claudia to help finalise a real estate deal. Emily is innocent and vulnerable, and when she's left in Rio with Wheeler, a milionaire with an unusual outlook on life, Emily is shocked and intrigued by the sex antics to which she is exposed.

Unrated

• 2016 Eureka Entertainment Ltd RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2002 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1990 EIV VHS
• 1990 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2002 MGM (Unrated + R Rated) R1 DVD at US Amazon

Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue

• Wild Orchid 2: Blue Movie Blue

US: Unrated versions are uncut

Unrated
3:41s

R Rated

• UK Columbia/TriStar 1993 VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . Cuts in 3 scenes totalled 3:41s:

1. 129s. When Blue (Nina Siemaszko) first arrives at the brothel she is undressed by another prostitute but not in the R Rated Version
2. 20s of lesbian lovemaking in a shower have been cut at about 47 minutes into the video.
3. 1:12s is cut from a scene showing a film being projected showing 2 girls pleasuring a bound masked girl on a bed.

Wild Orchid: The Red Shoe Diary

• Wild Orchid 3: Red Shoe Diaries
• Red Shoe Diaries

Unrated

UK : Passed 18 uncut for:

• 1992 EIV VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The sex scene between Thomas and Heidi features an extra 1:15s of softcore sex. The order of the sex scenes has been changed.

Wild Riders

• Angels for Kicks

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2006/BCI/Eclipse R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2003 R2 DVD but was never actually released.

It has been broadcast uncut on satellite on The Performance Channel

• 1987 AVR VHS

• 1971 cinema release

Wild Things

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2007 Columbia R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2004 Sony R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

The additional scenes make for useful additions to the plot and viewers get to see more of Denise Richards.

R Rated

• 1999 EIV VHS
• 1998 EIV VHS
• 1998 cinema release

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

Summary Notes

The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.

• 1979 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

• Reel 6 - Remove sight of bare breasts of girls having their photographs taken. Newspaper photographs in following sequence may remain.

Wilderness

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.

Willard

Not cut by censors but the studio shot the film as an R rated horror but decided to tone it down for a PG-13. The toned down version is the only version ever released.

Repeated use of 'fuck' was reduced down to one; computer porn images were removed; and Martin's death scene was made less bloody. These cut scenes are included in DVD extras

Willi Wuhlmouse Takes a Trip: Episode 13

Slight pre-cut by distributors

Willow

BBFC category cuts were required for a PG rating for 1988 cinema release and VHS. Uncut  for PG rated DVD. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

MPAA

• 2013 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2013 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

• 2013 20th Century Fox RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon

• 1995 VCI VHS
• 1989 RCA/Columbia VHS
• 1988 cinema release

From IMDb. Even after making cuts, the BBFC felt it necessary to screen a cut version in front of a test audience of children and parents to check if enough had been removed. And in fact this resulted in further cuts to the wild boar attack on the midwife. The BBFC cuts were:

• Cut scene where the nurse is attacked by the dog after she puts the baby basket into the river
• Deleted second sword thrust into General Kael when Madmartigan steps on the sword and drives it through him. The cut version only shows Madmartigan step on the sword, then cuts to Kael falling.
• Cut scene during the battle between Bavmorda and Fin Raziel which actually showed where the scratches on Fin's face came from.
• Also, during the fight at the castle towards the end, Willow zaps the troll with his wand, and 2 creatures emerge from its skin. In the cut version, the bit where the creatures quickly rip the skin off of the troll is missing.
• The BBFC also advised that the soundtrack be softened to reduce the intensity of particular scenes.

The Wind and the Lion

• John Milius' The Wind and the Lion

Cut by the BBFC for cinema release. Not released on video after dispute with the BBFC

• 2013 Sony Video

Presumably the BBFC has been convinced that horse falls were not cruel as no mention of cuts this time round

• 1990 RCA/Columbia VHS

From IMDb. After receiving a list of BBFC requests to remove horse falls, director John Milius withdrew the film from intended UK video release in 1990 and claimed that no animal cruelty had taken place. His claim was supported by stuntman Terry Leonard who threatened to sue the BBFC for besmirching his professional reputation.

• 1975 cinema release

Windows

Passed X/18 after 2:16s of BBFC cuts for:

• 1986 Warner VHS
• 1980 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Cuts were to the opening unexplicit rape of Talia Shire.

Winds Of The Wasteland

• Stagecoach Run

The BBFC cut the 1937 cinema release.

No cuts recorded to 1991-2003 videos/DVDs

DVD releases from 2003-2009 are all cut with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to remove animal cruelty (a potentially dangerous horse fall)

Windtalkers

See trailer from youtube.com

R Rated

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

• 2005 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon

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

• 2006 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb:

An extended directors cut is available on DVD and features about 22 minutes of new footage. This includes several extended battle scenes as well as a few fully deleted scenes including an early scene of Joe recieving a medal for his work at the start of the film. There are also several new scenes near the start as well including a scene of Joe and Rita on the beach. This scene was included in the trailer for the film. Also a scene of all the marines taking pictures before shipping off to war. Also an extended scene of Yazee introducing himself to Joe and joe asks if he has seen any combat to which yazee replies No, but i'm looking forward to getting into some. There were also several other smaller additions and alternate angles and shots used.

See also pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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R Rated

• 2003 Fox Pathe R2 DVD
• 2002 cinema release

The Wings of Honneamise

• Wings of Honneamise
• Ôritsu uchûgun Oneamisu no tsubasa
• Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
• The Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force
• Honneamise No Tsubasa

  

The film was passed 15 uncut for 1994 cinema release, but category cuts were made for a subsequent. PG rated VHS. The 2015 DVD is uncut and 15 rated.

Summary Notes

On a far-off planet, a Kingdom tries to launch the planet's first manned spacecraft. This ten year old project not only faces funding and technical problem, but also is subject to political conspiracy and the neighboring Republic's aggression. It's all up to Shilo, the first spaceman to be, his friends and their faith to make the space program a success.

• 2015 Anime [Subtitled] R2 DVD titled Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise at UK Amazon
• 1994 cinema release

Thanks to Anthony for the update

pre-cut
~30s

• 1995 Manga Entertainment [Subtitled] VHS
• 1995 Manga Entertainment VHS

From IMDb:

The UK version had a 30 second rape scene cut to bring it down to a PG certificate.

A BBFC examiners explained:

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.

The Witch who Came from the Sea

Always uncut but briefly banned as a video nasty in 1984. Passed 18 uncut for 2006 DVD. Uncut and R rated in the US.

Summary Review: Odd little gem

A disturbed woman is haunted by memories of childhood abuse, which culminates in a murder spree.

Here is an odd little gem of a film that fortunately 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. Highly recommended.

• 2016 Arrow Video [American Horror Project 1] (RB) Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2006 Anchor Bay Box of the Banned 2 R2 DVD via UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for"

• 2016 Arrow American Horror Project Vol 1 (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2013 Cinema Epoch R1 DVD via US Amazon
• 2004 Subversive R1 DVD via US Amazon

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.

• UK VTC VHS

Released on VHS by VTC. It was banned as a video nasty in august 1984 but was dropped from the DPP list following unsuccessful prosecutions in June 1985.

Witchcraft

• Ghosthouse II
• Ghosthouse 2
• Evil Encounters
• La casa 4
• Evil Dead 4
• Witchery

Cut by the BBFC for 1989 VHS and pre-cut for 2002 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Review: Dismal

When a storm strands a group on a Massachusetts island where the only dwelling is an old hotel supposedly haunted by the ghost of a former German actress (Knef), the result is the standard horror film as each of the cast is picked off one-by-one.

In the review guidelines it says not to write one word reviews, but you could about this film, and that would be DISMAL.

So many basic and obvious techniques are used, like: Wind blowing at scary moments, or crackling thunder storms. It is also a horribly predictable storyline, and I would confidently say that a Scooby Doo show contains more mystery and suspense.

• 2015 Shout! Factory [Ghosthouse + Witchery] (RA) Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2006 Shriek Show R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2002 Stax R0 DVD

From IMDb:

• This release restores the violence from the opening sequence
• but also uses a slow-motion effect to replace the breast nudity removed from the rape

• 1989 Colourbox VHS

From IMDb:

• Cut to remove a shot of blood spurting from a slashed neck
• plus heavy editing of nudity during the rape scene.

The Witches

Cut by the BBFC for a PG rating. There is an uncut European version. Uncut in the US but with an alternative happy ending

Summary Notes

A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot to rid the world of all children.

This is the kind of movie you can watch over and over, and each time you'll find something new to laugh at. Trying to mimic the hilariously delivered lines in the film, has yet to lose it's novelty.

The film certainly does do justice to the classic Roald Dahl novel about the adventures of Luke, a young boy staying at an English seaside hotel which happens to be inhabited by the entire population of English child-hating witches and their supreme leader, the grand high witch, who are all under the guise of nice charitable ladies.

• 2005 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon

There's no sign of an uncut version in the BBFC version so presumably this is a European import

• 2009 Warner Home Video R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

However IMDb reports that the that the US version has an alternative happy ending

• 2000 Warner R2 DVD
• 1990 Warner VHS
• 1990 cinema release

From IMDb:

• The mouse transformation was slightly shortened
• A shot of a witch's bloody scalp when she removes her wig was removed.

See Hammer Films List: The Witches

Witchfinder General

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

Cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS until 1990. Uncut for DVD in 2 versions, Continental Version and Director's Cut

Summary Notes

England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men is Matthew Hopkins, who tours the land offering his services as a persecutor of witches. Aided by his sadistic accomplice John Stearne, he travels from city to city and wrenches confessions from "witches" in order to line his pockets and gain sexual favors.

Unrated

• 2013 cinema release

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2011 Odeon [Director's Cut + Continental Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2011 Odeon R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2003 Prism [Director's Cut + Continental Version] R0 DVD
• 2002 Metrodome [Director's Cut + Continental Version] R2 DVD

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2013 Shout! Factory Vincent Price Collection RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2007 MGM R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Thanks to MM. The US release features a lovely looking transfer of the Director's Cut with an additional axe blow to Price's body right at the end:

The Shout! Factory Blu-ray contains the opening and closing Poe reading as a disk extra that was used for the US Version: The Conquering Worm

• 2011 Odeon [Director's Cut + Continental Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2003 Prism [Director's Cut + Continental Version] R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 Metrodome [Director's Cut + Continental Version] R2 DVD
• 2000 Cinema Club R2 DVD
• 1995 Redemption VHS

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

• The Continental Version has alternate takes of several tavern shots in which the various wenches are topless or have exposed breasts - in the Director's Cut they are are more conservatively dressed

Submitted
88:00s
=84:29s

• 2007 Showbox R2 DVD

UK: The cut UK Theatrical version was assed 18 for:

• 1990 Castle VHS
• 1987 Target VHS
• 1968 X (16) rated cinema release

UK: Passed X (16) after 1:26s of BBFC cuts for:

• 1968 cinema release

The cuts were:

• 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

With Deadly Intent

With These Hands...

See Sex Clinic

Without a Stitch

• Without a Stitch On

Banned by the BBFC for 1969 cinema release. Passed X after BBFC cuts for an X rated 1975 cinema release.

Summary Notes

When a high-school girl complains of her inability to reach sexual climax, her doctor suggests that she keep a diary of her sexual encounters. She does just that and soon finds herself caught up in a sexual merry-go-round that includes making a hardcore porno film in Sweden, an escapade with a German sadist and a lesbian encounter.

• Video Dimensions R1 DVD at US Amazon titled Without a Stitch

• 1975 cinema release titled Without a Stitch

• 1969 cinema release titled Without a Stitch On

The Wizard of Gore

Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2008 Revolver R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2008 Genius R1 DVD at US Amazon