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 v   The Blonde Fury - 1989 USA / Hong Kong action comedy by Hoi Mang (as Hoi Man)


 X   The Blonde Fury

Link Here
  • Above The Law II - The Blonde Fury
  • Shi jie da shai
  • Above the Law II: The Blonde Fury
  • Lady Reporter
  • Female Reporter
The Blonde Fury is a 1989 USA / Hong Kong action comedy by Hoi Mang (as Hoi Man)
Starring Cynthia Rothrock, Siu-Ho Chin and Hoi Mang BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Exists as a shorter Hong Kong Version and a longer Export Version.

Summary Notes

Rothrock stars as Cindy, an American FBI agent who travels to Hong Kong to arrest a criminal newspaper editor, Ronny Dak (filmmaker Ronny Yu) who prints counterfeit money using the newspaper's presses (a dubious notion, but storyline is not the film's strong point). While investigating Dak's crimes, Cindy hooks up with her old friend Judy Yu (Elizabeth Lee), an undercover cop (Chin Siu-ho), and an intrepid journalist (director Mang Hoi) to battle his kung-fu henchmen.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Export Version
run: 89:01s
pal: 85:27s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Export Version was passed 18 uncut:
  • 2023 Eureka Entertainment [Hong Kong + Export Versions] RB Blu-ray titled Lady Reporter at UK Amazon #ad
  • 1990 Video Programme Dists VHS titled Above The Law II - The Blonde Fury
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC uncut
Hong Kong Version
run: 87:20s
pal: 83:50s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut:
  • 2023 Eureka Entertainment [Hong Kong + Export Versions] RB Blu-ray titled Lady Reporter at UK Amazon #ad
  • 1995 Polygram VHS titled Above The Law II - The Blonde Fury

Maybe the Hong Kong Version but this is not confirmed.

UK: The Hong Kong Version was passed 18 uncut:
  • 1989 cinema release
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
 v          Blood and Black Lace - 1964 Italy/France/Monaco horror by Mario Bava.


 X   Blood and Black Lace

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  • Sei donne per l'assassino
  • 6 Femmes pour l'assassin
Blood and Black Lace is a 1964 Italy/France/Monaco horror by Mario Bava.
With Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok and Thomas Reiner. YouTube icon IMDb
Heavily cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1965 cinema release. The same version was passed 15 on VHS. Cuts were waived for 18 rated release in 2000 but is a marginally shortened US Version. Uncut in the UK since 18 rated 2015 Blu-ray. Uncut in the US since 2005.
Summary Review: Very Effective Tension

Italian thriller about a shadowy killer in black murdering fashion models through brutal methods.

One Bava's best. A great looking murder mystery that clearly laid the groundwork for later directors (DePalma in particular), and has a fun macabre sense of humor to go with some very effective tension.

Versions

uncut
uncut
Italian Version
18

MPAA Unrated

88:10s
=84:38s
UK: The Original Italian Version was passed 18 uncut for strong violence for:

US: The Original Italian Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC uncut
mpaa cut
cut US Version
1884:53s
=81:29s
UK: The Original US Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2000 Nouveaux VHS

From IMDB:

  • The UK censor cuts were restored though the film was missing an overhead shot of blood flowing in the bathtub water.
BBFC cut
cut
15 cert

X cert

79:18s UK: The cut cinema version was passed 15 without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 1986 Sheptonhurst VHS

UK: Passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for:

  • 1965 cinema release

BBFC cuts list from cultmovieforums.com :

  • Reel 1 : Very considerably shorten the attack on Isabella, removing as many as possible of the shots of her face being knocked against a tree and of the wounds seen afterwards.
  • Reel 1 : Remove the shot of Isabella's corpse falling out of a cupboard.
  • Reel 2 : Reduce to a minimum the attack on Nicole; especially remove shots of the spiked gauntlet, and reduce screams.
  • Reel 2 : Considerably shorten the attack on Peggy and reduce shots of her bleeding face.
  • Reel 3 : Remove the whole incident in which Peggy is knocked about and held against a hot stove.
  • Reel 4 : Reduce to one the shots of Peggy's dead face.
  • Reel 4 : Shorten the whole episode in which Peggy's corpse falls into Greta's arms and Greta is smothered by a cushion.
  • Reel 5 : Shorten the drowning of Tao-li and remove all shots of Christina taking out her razor and using it on her victim (including shots of blood).
 v          Blood and Bone - 2009 USA action drama by Ben Ramsey.


 X   Blood and Bone

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  • Aittitos
Blood and Bone is a 2009 USA action drama by Ben Ramsey.
Starring Michael Jai White, Julian Sands and Eamonn Walker. Melon Farmers link  BBFC link 2020  IMDb
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut.
Summary Notes

In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
run: 114m
pal: 109m
MPAA UnratedVoD: A Director's cut was released on 2015 at

The Director's Cut features 20 minutes of extra plot and violence

uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 93:28s
pal: 89:44s
18

18

UK: The Theatrical Version is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong language, violence, bloody images, drug misuse, sexual violence:
  • 2024 Icon Film VoD (rated 24/06/2024)

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for frequent strong violence for:

  • 2010 Momentum R2 DVD
            Blood and Rain - 2009 Columbia/Argentina drama by Jorge Navas  See Hard 18s List: Blood and Rain
 v          Blood Bath - 1966 USA / Yugoslavia horror by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman.


 X   Blood Bath (1966)

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  • Track of the Vampire
  • Portrait in Terror
  • Operation Titian
Blood Bath is a 1966 USA / Yugoslavia horror by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman.
Starring William Campbell, Marissa Mathes and Lori Saunders. Melon Farmers link  Youtube link   IMDb
Exists in 4 versions, none of which were due to film censorship. The original film was Operation Titian, but producer Roger Corman was not impressed and it was re-worked by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman to add a vampire theme. The resulting version was titled Blood Bath. The 2 other variants ar TV versions of Operation Titian and Blood Bath.
Promotional Material

A crazed artist who believes himself to be the reincarnation of a murderous vampire kills young women, then boils their bodies in a vat.

The production saga began when Roger Corman invested in a Yugoslavian Krimi-like picture entitled Operation Titian just prior to it going into production. Insisting it be filmed in English, he sent actors William Campbell and Patrick Magee, and uncredited story editor Francis Ford Coppola (all fresh from Dementia 13), to Dubrovnik to make a US-friendly movie but wasn't satisfied with the end results.

First it was re-cut and re-scored to create Portrait in Terror, a film more in line with drive-in tastes, then it was handed over to Jack Hill (Spider Baby), followed by Stephanie Rothman (Terminal Island), each undertaking reshoots that resulted in a vampire picture by the name of Blood Bath.

One final twist was provided when a TV version was required, chopping scenes and adding others to create Track of the Vampire.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
Operation Titian
15 UK: Operation Titian was passed 15 uncut for sexualised nudity, moderate violence for:

US: Operation Titian is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

See pictorial version detailas from movie-censorship.com

TV
Portrait in Terror
15UK: Portrait in Terror was passed 15 uncut for sexualised nudity, moderate violence for:

US: Portrait in Terror is unncut and MPAA Unrated for:

Portrait in Terror is a TV version of Operation Titian

BBFC uncut
Blood Bath
run: 61:57s
pal: 59:28s
15

MPAA Unrated

UK: Blood Bath was passed 15 uncut for sexualised nudity, moderate violence for:

US: Blood Bath is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

TV
Track of the Vampire
run: 79:23s
pal: 76:12s
15UK: Track of the Vampire was passed 15 uncut for sexualised nudity, moderate violence for:

US: Track of the Vampire is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

Track of the Vampire is a TV version of Blood Bath.

            Blood Bath - 1971 Italian horror by Mario Bava.  See Bay of Blood
 v          Blood Bath - 1976 US horror by Joel M Reed.


 X   Blood Bath (1976)

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  • Joel M. Reed's Blood Bath
Blood Bath is a 1976 US horror by Joel M Reed.
With Harve Presnell, Jack Somack and Curt Dawson. Melon Farmers link  IMDb
Not an official video nasty. The tongue in cheek horror film sort of made the video nasty list due to its shared name with the real video nasty, Mario Bava's Blood Bath. The list didn't specify details beyond the title so this unlikely video was also removed from UK video shop shelves
Summary Review: B-movie horror

The cast of a horror film go out for dinner with their director one night and they all exchange horror stories.

This a very enjoyable low budget anthology, more in keeping with the Creepshow series than the Amicus efforts. The second and third story are played for laughs for the most part, although both have agreeably twisted denouements.

Its hard to believe that the director of this film was also responsible for Bloodsucking Freaks as this is quite a restrained effort. This is a very worthy addition to the Anthology horror genre, and there's plenty of gore and laughs to be had.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 86m
pal: 83m
MPAA PG

US: Uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

uncut
uncut
run: 86m
pal: 83m
Video Nasty

MPAA PG

UK: Released uncut for
  • 1982 Rank VHS

The tongue in cheek horror film sort of made the video nasty list due to its shared name with the real video nasty, Mario Bava's Blood Bath. The list didn't specify details beyond the title so this unlikely video was also removed from UK video shop shelves

 v   The Blood Beast Terror - 1968 UK horror by Vernon Sewell.


 X   The Blood Beast Terror

Link Here
  • The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood
The Blood Beast Terror is a 1968 UK horror by Vernon Sewell.
With Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng and Wanda Ventham. Melon Farmers link  BBFC link 2020  IMDb
The Original Version was uncut for 1968 cinema release. A shortened version was released in 2005, but later releases reverted to the original.
Summary Notes

A scientist, working with genetics, creates a creature that is capable of transforming back and forth between a giant Death Head moth and a beautiful woman. The creature masquerades as his daughter when she is in her human incarnation and feeds on the blood of her victims when she is in the moth form.

Instead of a sci-fi/horror picture, it is more of a detective story with some laughable horror elements. But it is a decent detective story with enough misdirection to produce several surprising revelations.

Versions

uncut
Original Version
run: 87:33s
pal: 84:03s
No Cert

X cert

MPAA Unrated

MPAA G
MPAA

UK: The Original Version was released for:

However there is no entry yet for the Original Version in the BBFC database

US: The Original Version is uncut and MPAA Unated for:

BBFC uncut

cut
Shortened
Version

cut: ~6:48s
run: 80m
pal: 77m
12 certUK: A shortened version was passed 12 for moderate horror without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2005 Leisureview/Simply Media R2 DVD titled The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood

World releases up until 2012 seem to be of this shortened version. Nothing particularly contentious was removed. The deleted material is:

  • A morgue attendant jokingly asking a corpse if he is nice and cosy
  • An overlong staged presentation of the Frankenstein story was shortened by joining the play part way through.
  • A conversation between Mallender and a playwright.
  • An introduction to the scene with a botanist being murdered by the monster is missing a setup about playing hide and seek in the woods
  • There's a missing riverside scene featuring Peter Cushing and kids into fishing and butterfly hunting
            Blood Camp Thatcher - 1981 Australia Sci-Fi prison film by Brian Trenchard-Smith  See Turkey Shoot
 v          Blood Ceremony - 1973 Spain / Italy horror by Jorge Grau


 X   Blood Ceremony

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  • The Legend of Blood Castle
  • Ceremonia sangrienta
Blood Ceremony is a 1973 Spain / Italy horror by Jorge Grau
Starring Lucia Bosč, Espartaco Santoni and Ewa Aulin Melon Farmers link IMDb
Exists as a clothed Spanish Version and an unclothed International Version.

Summary Notes

The ageing Countess discovers that the blood of a maid can temporarily restore her youth and great beauty. She falls in love with a dashing young soldier but is compelled to kill again and again to maintain her attractiveness and prevent the secret getting out.

Version

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

Version

mpaa cut
cut 
Spanish Version 
MPAA PG US: The cut Spanish Version is MPAA PG rated for:
     The Blood Creature - 1959 Philippines / USA Sci-Fi horror romance by Gerardo de Leon (as Gerry de Leon) and Eddie Romero (co-director)  See Terror is a Man
     The Blood Demon - 1967 West Germany horror mystery by Harald Reinl  See Castle Of The Walking Dead
 v          Blood Diner - 1987 USA comedy horror by Jackie Kong.


 X   Blood Diner

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  • Blood Diner - Garantiert geschmacklos
Blood Diner is a 1987 USA comedy horror by Jackie Kong.
Starring Rick Burks, Carl Crew and Roger Dauer. YouTube icon IMDb
Substantially cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1989 VHS. Later rated 18 uncut for 2017 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the the US.
Summary Review: Classic

Two cannibals/health food diner owners are on a wacky quest to restore life to the five million year old goddess Shitaar. Aided by their uncle's brain and penis, the two set about getting the required parts - virgins, assorted body parts from whores, and the ingredients for a "blood buffet". Their adversaries are the police: the chief with a Russian accent, the "player" detective, and the new Yorker with an Australian accent.

One of the best horror movies of the eighties! A classic

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

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Austria

84:06s UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong gory violence, sexualised nudity after all previous BBFC cuts were waived for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

Austria : The Austrian release is uncut for:

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
3:53s
18 80:13s

submitted
84:05s
UK: Passed 18 after 3:53s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1989 Vestron Video International VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

 v          Blood Feast - 1963 US horror by Herschell Gordon Lewis.


 X   Blood Feast (1963)

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  • Egyptian Blood Feast
  • Feast of Flesh
Blood Feast is a 1963 US horror by Herschell Gordon Lewis.
With William Kerwin, Mal Arnold and Connie Mason. Melon Farmers link  YouTube icon   BBFC link 2020   IMDb
Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Cut by the BBFC for 2001 DVD and uncut since 2005 DVD. Uncut and unrated in the US
Summary Review : Pretty Damn Cool
An utterly barebones production, flatly pathetic acting, stilted and pointless dialogue, and lots and lots of ultra-phony gore.

Of course, this is pretty undisputedly the first real gore film, so horror fans pretty much have to see this. And, even if it weren't so important historically it would be worth seeing anyway, cause it's pretty damn cool either way.

You get flaying, leg severing, heart extracting, tongue ripping, brain snatching etc. And, while the gore effects are incredibly dated, they aren't quite as cheap and old as I would have imagined. The blood itself actually holds up fairly well, and looks better than much of the stage blood you'd see over the next 20 years or so. It's actually red!

Versions

uncut
uncut

run: 66:56s
pal: 64:15s

18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence and gory horror for:
  • 2020 Arrow Herschell Gordon Lewis Collection Special Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2017 Arrow Special Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2016 Arrow The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast Limited Edition (RB) Blu-ray/(R2) DVD Combo at UK Amazon

UK: Passed 18 with previous cuts waived for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 23s
run: 66:38s
pal: 63:58s
18UK: Passed 18 after 23s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2001 Tartan R2 DVD

The BBFC claim that the cuts were due to a recent obscenity conviction in 1994.

  • Cuts to the scene where a woman is tied up with chains/manacles and is whipped to death with a cat o'nine tails. A few seconds were substituted by shots of the statue's head and Ramses' face.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

uncut
uncut
run: 66:56s
pal: 64:15s
Video NastyUK: Released uncut for:
  • 1982 Astra Pre-cert VHS

Astra released the video in May 1982. It was an early casualty of the video nasty scare and was banned in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout the panic and so is one of the collectable DPP39s

 v          Blood Feast - 2016 Germany / USA horror by Marcel Walz.


 X   Blood Feast (2016)

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Blood Feast is a 2016 Germany / USA horror by Marcel Walz.
Starring Robert Rusler, Caroline Williams and Sophie Monk. Melon Farmers link  IMDb

Cut for a US MPAA R rating on 2018 Blu-ray, but later in 2018 it was announced that the theatrical release would be MPAA Unrated. There is also a cut NC-17 version which is less cut than the R rated version.
Summary Notes

Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run an American diner. Since business is not going too well, Fuad also works night shifts in a museum of ancient Egyptian culture. During these long, lonely nights he is repeatedly drawn to a statue representing the seductive ancient goddess ISHTAR. He becomes more and more allured by the goddess as she speaks to him in visions.

Versions

uncut
Unrated Version
run: 100m
pal: 96m

MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

US: The uncut MPAA Unrated version has a very limited theatrical release in April 2018.

mpaa cut
cut
NC-17 Version
cut: 21s
run: 100m
pal: 96m
MPAA NC-17US: There also exists a cut NC-17 rated version that is missing 21s of bloody footage that has been replaced with lesser footage to keep the running time unaltered. The film makers say that this is their prefered version and should be consider the reference

See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com : The cuts for the MPAA were:

  • to replace several shots of a homeless giy getting his penis chopped off
  • to replace a shot showing Clement pealing back skin from an open skull wound
  • to replace two shots of Penny eating Lilou's tongue.
mpaa cut
cut
R Rated Version
cut: 2:19s
run: 96m
pal: 92m
MPAA RUS: Cut and MPAA R rated for:
  • 2018 Hannover House RA Blu-ray
  • 2018 Hannover House R1 DVD

US: Cut for am MPAA R rating. Hannover House CEO Eric Parkinson explained:

Some markets are unable to screen an unrated film. The decision to seek the MPAA rating for Blood Feast was tailored after a similar development impacted the release of Saw a few years back. So the film has been very modestly edited to conform to the film ratings standard that should make it accessible to a larger audience.

Update: 27th August 2017: Still cutting

Despite trimming the gore provided by FX guru Ryan Nicholson, after presenting the film to the MPAA for a third time, Walz has been denied the R rating he needs to get the movie into theaters.

Update: 8th September 2017: R rated

Presumably on the 4th submission, Blood Feast is now officially Rated R for strong sadistic violence and gore, language including sexual references, nudity and some drug content.

See Pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

There are 40 differences between the cut R rated version and the less cut NC-17 version adding up to a 2:19s shorter running time.

The pattern of the cuts is to remove only a few frames from the really violent shots in order to make those scenes appear less intense without having to cut the scenes entirely. In addition to that, there are some alterations - such as recuts and zooms. At the end of the day, the R-Rated Version is not recommendable at all.

 v          Blood For Dracula - 1974 Italy / France horror by Paul Morrissey.


 X   Blood For Dracula

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  • Andy Warhol's Dracula
  • Andy Warhol Presents: Blood For Dracula
Blood For Dracula is a 1974 Italy / France horror by Paul Morrissey.
Starring Joe Dallesandro and Udo Kier and Vittorio De Sica. Melon Farmers link  BBFC link 2020  IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1975. Later passed 18 uncut in 1982. In the US the film was originally uncut for an MPAA X rating but was then cut for an MPAA R rating.
Summary Review: Harmless Fun

The story of the Count trying to infiltrate the down at heel Italian nobility family is quite interesting. Dracula, the last of his family, can't find any more werrgens (as Udo Kier memorably puts it) in Romania so his servant has the idea of going to Catholic Italy, where they must be growing on trees.

In Italy he gets himself invited to visit a poor noble family and their four unmarried daughters. The parents are delighted that the allegedly rich Count may take a shine to one of their daughters and boost the family coffers. However the Count is only after virgin blood! Unfortunately thanks to Dallesandro's character the middle 2 daughters no longer qualify as virginal, though the Count has to find that out the hard way, leading to much vomiting and blood regurgitation.

The acting is pretty good. Udo Kier is more low key than in Frankenstein as the ill and melancholy vampire, though I don't think anyone can vomit blood better than he does here!

With all the blood and nudity the film shouldn't be taken too seriously but I certainly enjoyed it. Harmless fun!

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 103:05s
pal: 98:58s
18

X cert

  pre-cert VHS

MPAA X

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and bloody violence:

UK: Passed X (18) uncut for:

  • 1982 X rated cinema release

UK: Uncut for pre-cert video:

  • 1981 Video Gems VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA X Rated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 4m
run:  
pal:  
sub: 102:52s
X certUK: Passed X after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1975 cinema release

From IMDb: Edited by around 4 minutes by the BBFC

  • extensive cuts to the sex scenes
  • edits to shots of the Count drinking and then vomiting up blood.
mpaa cut
cut
cut:  
run: 93m
pal: 89m
MPAA RUS: Cut for an MPAA R rating and shortened for:
  • 1975 theatrical release

 

 v          Blood from the Mummy's Tomb - 1971 UK horror by Seth Holt and Michael Carreras.


 X   Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

Link Here

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb is a 1971 UK horror by Seth Holt and Michael Carreras.
With Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon and James Villiers. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1971 cinema release. The same cuts have persisted to all home video releases but the BBFC rating was reduced to 15 for 1993 VHS. The cut UK version is PG rated in the US.
Summary Review: Tragedy and Rebirth

The shooting of the film was beset by tragedy. Original star Peter Cushing had to leave the production after just one day when his wife fell ill and subsequently died. Five weeks into shooting director Seth Holt suffered a heart attack and died, leaving Hammer's managing director Michael Carreras to complete the remaining sequences.

The film was adapted from Bram Stoker's novel The Jewel of Seven Stars. It was released as the support feature to Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde

An archaeological expedition brings back to London the coffin of an Egyptian queen known for her magic powers. Her spirit returns in the form of a young girl.

The film has had a mixed reception from reviewers. It is occasionally rather slow moving and maybe a little too carelessly scripted, but it looks fantastic with great sets and props.

Versions

BBFC cut
cut

best available
best
available

15 Certificate

X cert

MPAA PG

89:38s UK: the cut cinema version was passed 15 for moderate violence and horror without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2017 Studiocanal RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
  • 2007 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2004 Warner R2 DVD
  • 1999 Warner VHS
  • 1993 Lumiere VHS

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

  • 1971 cinema release

US: The cut UK version is MPAA PG rated for:

The 1971 cinema version was cut and this seems to have become the definitive version for all videos/DVDs since (including Region 1 releases). The cuts were:

  • A shot of a hospital orderly striking an inmate was removed
 v          Blood Games - 1990 USA action thriller by Tanya Rosenberg


 X   Blood Games

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Blood Games is a 1990 USA action thriller by Tanya Rosenberg
Starring Gregory Scott Cummins, Laura Albert and Lee Benton BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1991. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A team of softball players get lost in the woods after their bus breaks down. They get attacked, beaten, raped and murdered by some psychotic men. The women fight back with baseball bats.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 90:26s
pal: 86:49s
MPAA RUS: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
cut:  
run: 87:56s
pal: 84:25s
18 1980UK: Passed 18 after BBFC cuts:
  • 1991 RCA/Columbia Pictures Video Ltd VHS
 v          Blood Harvest - 1987 USA horror by Bill Rebane.


 X   Blood Harvest

Link Here
  • Nightmare
Blood Harvest is a 1987 USA horror by Bill Rebane.
Starring Tiny Tim, Itonia Salchek and Dean West. IMDb
Pre-cut for 1989 and further cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS. All these cuts were restored for 18 rated DVD and Blu-ray. Cut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes

Tiny Tim stars in his first dramatic film role in this taut drama. A Beautiful young girl, Jill Robinson, returns to her peaceful rural home town to find that her life has been turned upside down. The house she grew up in has been defaced, her parents are missing, and the whole town hates her father, the bank supervisor who had foreclosed on many of the local farms. Only "Marvelous Mervo" (Tiny Tim) seems happy to see her. He wanders around the community dressed in a clown's suit with a clown's permanent grin grotesquely painted on his face. Mervo's brother tries to re-kindle his love affair with Jill. Then, one by one, those closest to her are slaughtered like cattle... tied upside down from the rafters of the barn... until the surprise ending reveals the madman.. and a very unlikely savior.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 87:19s
pal: 83:49s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, sexualised violence with All previous BBFC cuts waived and material originally pre-cut by company restored for: US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
mpaa cut
cut
cut: ~3:13s
run: 86:31s
pal: 83:03s

MPAA UnratedUS: Cut for MPAA Unrated DVD:
  • 2003 Retro Media DVD

See article from movie-censorship.com

The 2003 U.S DVD on the Retro Media label is heavily edited and missing footage of nudity and violence, including a brief full-frontal shot of Jill in the shower, and a throat slashing.he cuts add up to about 3 minutes but there is uncontentious material added to the cut version to reduce the time difference
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
2:51s

cut
pre-cut
2:10s

cut: ~5:01s
run: 82:17s
pal: 79:00s
sub: 85:07s
18UK: A version pre-cut by 2:10s was passed 18 after a further 2:51s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1989 Screen Entertainment VHS
 v          Blood Hook - 1986 USA comedy horror by Jim Mallon (as James Mallon).


 X   Blood Hook

Link Here
  • Muskie Madness
  • Gancho sangriento
Blood Hook is a 1986 USA comedy horror by Jim Mallon (as James Mallon).
Starring Mark Jacobs, Lisa Jane Todd and Patrick Danz. Melon Farmers link  BBFC link 2020  IMDb
The film was cut by 16s by the BBFC for an 18 rated VHS in 1987. Meanwhile in the US the film was heavily cut and shortened for an MPAA R rating. The film was released uncut in the US and MPAA Unrated for 2018 DVD/Blu-ray.

Summary Notes

It's time for the annual "Muskie Madness" fishing contest, and the lake is packed with hopeful fishermen. It soon becomes apparent, however, that a psychotic serial killer has also decided to join the festivities. Although the police have determined that the killer is claiming his victims by landing them with giant fishhooks, no clear suspects can be found since everyone is using the exact same hook! What is the killer's goal? And more importantly, can the murders be stopped?

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 110:59s
pal: 106:33s
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
cut: 16s
run: 110:34s
pal: 106:09s
18UK: Passed 18 after 16s of compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1987 Avatar VHS
mpaa cut
cut and shortened
cut: 17:29s
run: 92m
pal: 88m
MPAA RUS: Cut and shortened by 17:29s for an MPAA R rating

See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com

Originally called Muskie Madness , Troma bought the movie and changed its title to Blood Hook. Numerous cuts were made as well - almost 18 minutes are missing. Even though Troma's intention was to simply cut things out for pace reasons, the narration and character development suffer from these cuts. What really sucks for people who bought the R-Rated VHS or DVD is the missing violence.

 v          Blood In Blood Out - 1993 USA crime drama by Taylor Hackford.


 X   Blood In Blood Out

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  • Bound by Honor
  • Blood In
  • Blood Out... Bound by Honor
Blood In Blood Out is a 1993 USA crime drama by Taylor Hackford.
Starring Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego and Benjamin Bratt. IMDb
The Theatrical Version was R rated in the US and 18 rated for UK cinema release.. The Theatrical Version was later cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS. The Director's Cut has been released in the US.

Summary Notes

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
MPAA Unrated ~190:00s
=~182:00s
US : the Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated:

From cuts details on IMDb. The US Unrated version runs about 10 minutes longer:

  • There is an added scene between the one where Paco argues with his stepfather and the one where they get hassled by the cop. In it we see the guys driving and recalling moments in their childhood, smoking what seems to be joint and they get Miklo to do a baby on acid face
  • The scene where Cruz receives his scholarship is extended: He gives a speech and talks about his real mom who couldn't be there to see him receive his prize.
  • The scene where Popeye shows Miklo around is longer and contains more dialogue.
  • The art show scene is extended, Cruz and his buddies return high on drugs and his manager plays it off as part of the show.
  • There is an added scene before the one where Popeye takes his parole picture. In it Miklo and Popeye strike a deal: Miklo will erase Popeye's debt to La Onda in return Popeye will cast a vote for him in the council.
  • There is an added scene where Popeye stabs Smokey during a phony deal. It explains why Smokey is bleeding when he calls Paco and the blood on his shirt in the church.
BBFC cut
21s
Theatrical Version
18 172:35s UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1994 Buena Vista VHS
  • 1989 Cinema Club VHS

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

  • A knife cutting a hand was shorn of blood
  • The sight of Paco twirling a butterfly knife was removed
  • A close up of heroine injection was deleted
  • An attack on the Aryan Vanguards is missing a stabbing and a shot of a man who has been set alight.
uncut
Theatrical Version
18

MPAA R

180:10s
=172:58s
UK: The R-Rated Theatrical Version was passed 18:
  • 1993 cinema release

The BBFC do not note any cuts and the running time suggest minimal cuts but the film does contain butterfly knives which were a BBFC no-no at the time so maybe there were some pre-cuts.

US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated

 v          Blood Money


 X   Blood Money

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  • Clinton & Nadine
  • Blood Money: The Story of Clinton & Nadine
Blood Money

Versions

BBFC uncut15 Certificate 90:59s 1988 US action TV by Jerry Schatzberg.
With Andy Garcia, Ellen Barkin and Morgan Freeman . IMDb

A short version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

  • 2000 Carlton R2 DVD
  • 1989 Virgin VHS

There is a 15 minute longer US version

            Blood Moon - 1990 Australia horror by Alec Mills  See Bloodmoon
     The Blood of Dr Jekyll - 1981 France / West Germany horror by Walerian Borowczyk.  See The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
 v          Blood of Dracula's Castle - 1969 USA horror by Al Adamson and Jean Hewitt (uncredited).


 X   Blood of Dracula's Castle

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Blood of Dracula's Castle is a 1969 USA horror by Al Adamson and Jean Hewitt (uncredited).
Starring John Carradine, Paula Raymond and Alexander D'Arcy. IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an extended TV version. The film was cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1969.

Summary Notes

Count Dracula and his wife capture beautiful young women and chain them in their dungeon, to be used when they need to satisfy their thirst for blood.

Theatrical Version

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 84m
pal: 81m
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2020 Severin Films Al Adamson Collection Limited Edition [Theatrical + TV Version] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
BBFC cut
cut
X pre 1970 UK: Passed X (16) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1969 cinema release

TV Version

TV
TV Version
run: 91m
pal: 87m
MPAA UnratedUS: The TV Version is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2020 Severin Films Al Adamson Collection Limited Edition [Theatrical + TV Version] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

From IMDb. Includes additional footage featuring a werewolf that was not part of the original film.

 v   The Blood of Fu Manchu - 1968 Spain / West Germany / UK / USA crime adventure by Jesús Franco (as Jess Franco).


 X   The Blood of Fu Manchu

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  • Against All Odds
  • Fu Manchu and the Keys of Death
  • Fu Manchu and the Kiss of Death
  • Fu Manchu's Kiss of Death
  • Fu-Manchu y el beso de la muerte
  • Kiss and Kill
  • Kiss of Death
  • Der Todeskuss des Dr. Fu Manchu
The Blood of Fu Manchu is a 1968 Spain / West Germany / UK / USA crime adventure by Jesús Franco (as Jess Franco).
Starring Christopher Lee, Richard Greene and Howard Marion-Crawford. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Suffered BBFC category cuts from its 1996 cinema release until 2007 when it was passed 15 uncut for 15 rated DVD.
Summary Notes

Fu Manchu is hidden with his evil daughter Lin Tang in a lost city he has found in the jungles of South America. He discovers a poison deadly for men through kiss and he abducts ten women to infect them with the poison to destroy his enemies. Then he sends one woman to London to kiss his greatest enemy, the Scotland Yard agent Nayland Smith. Nayland is blinded by the poison and his friend Dr. Petrie travels with him to the jungles in South America to seek out Fu Manchu expecting to find an antidote. They team up with agent Carl Jansen and soon they learn the scheme of Fu Manchu for world domination.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 93:50s
pal: 90:05s
15 Certificate

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate nudity and violence for: US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
category
cuts
cut: 44s
run: 92:46s
pal: 89:03s
15 certUK: Passed 15 after 44s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1999 Warner VHS

From IMDb

  • Cuts as per the 1994 Lumiere video but implemented differently

See also pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com:

  • 16s cut from the scene with the screaming woman
  • 29s cut from woman being menaced by a snake
  • 2s cut from the death of a snake
BBFC cut
category
cuts
cut: 1:46s
run: 91:36s
pal: 87:56s
15 certUK: Passed 15 after 1:46s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1994 Lumiere VHS

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • At 29 mins - The scene showing a woman screaming, followed by shots of semi-naked woman in chains in cells, was reduced.
  • At 57 mins - The scene where a woman is led to a cell, chained to the bars, has her breasts forcibly exposed and is then menaced by a snake was reduced.
  • At 88 mins - A shot showing a snake being killed [crushed by falling rubble] was removed.
BBFC cut
category
cuts
A Cert UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1998 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 2 - Remove all shots and sounds of tortured girls including the naked girl before Lin Tang enters.
  • Reel 3 - Considerably shorten the whole episode in which Sancho's men attack a village and assault the women or make love to them.
  • Reel 3 - Remove the shot of Uma when her breasts are partly visible.
  • Reel 4 - Remove "Doubtless he is proud of being a man."
 v          Blood of Ghastly Horror - 1967 USA Sci-Fi horror by Al Adamson.


 X   Blood of Ghastly Horror

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  • Echo of Terror
  • Psycho A-GoGo
  • The Man With The Synthetic Brain
Blood of Ghastly Horror is a 1967 USA Sci-Fi horror by Al Adamson.
Starring John Carradine, Kent Taylor and Tommy Kirk. IMDb
From IMDb. Originally filmed as Echo of Terror, a straightforward heist movie, in 1964. There were no takers for distribution so several new scenes were added in 1965 (some featured actor John Carradine) and the result was a more horrific, science-fiction themed version, titled Psycho A Go-Go. But it was still unreleasable at that time. So the film was then reworked for TV. New scenes were added featuring a zombie and mad doctor subplot, featuring Tommy Kirk, Kent Taylor and Regina Carroll. Other scenes were cut for TV and the result was titled The Man With The Synthetic Brain. A theatrical version was also produced with all the violence and gore intact. This was titled Blood of Ghastly Horror.
Summary Notes

A mad scientist implants an electronic device into the brain of an injured soldier, which turns him into a psychotic killer.

Versions

uncut
Blood of Ghastly Horror.
MPAA PG
MPAA
85:18s US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for: From IMDb. A theatrical version of The Man With The Synthetic Brain was also produced with all the violence and gore intact. This was titled Blood of Ghastly Horror.
cut
cut
The Man With The Synthetic Brain
TV  US : From IMDb. the film was reworked for TV. New scenes were added featuring a zombie and mad doctor subplot, featuring Tommy Kirk, Kent Taylor and Regina Carroll. Other scenes were cut for TV and the result was titled The Man With The Synthetic Brain.
uncut
Psycho A-GoGo
MPAA
Unrated
83:00s US : From IMDb. Originally filmed as Echo of Terror, a straightforward heist movie, in 1964. There were no takers for distribution so several new scenes were added in 1965 (some featured actor John Carradine) and the result was a more horrific, science-fiction themed version, titled Psycho A Go-Go.
 v          Blood Of The Vampire - 1958 UK Sci-Fi horror by Henry Cass


 X   Blood Of The Vampire

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Blood Of The Vampire is a 1958 UK Sci-Fi horror by Henry Cass
Starring Donald Wolfit, Vincent Ball and Barbara Shelley BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1958. Later this cut cinema version was PG rated for 2005 DVD. A restored and uncut version was BBFC 12 rated for 2021 Blu-ray. The cinema release was similarly cut in the US. French releases include most of the cut material.

Summary Notes

In 1870s Transylvania, scientist Dr. Callistratus is put to death by villagers who wrongly believe he's a vampire. However, his horribly disfigured henchman, Carl is on hand...

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 88m
pal: 84m
12UK: A restored and uncut version/Continental Version was passed 12 for moderate violence, bloody images, sexual threat:
Nucleus promotional material states:

Newly Restored 1.66:1 Transfer of the Original Uncensored Version from Original Vault Materials

The release also includes a disk extra about the original 1958 BBFC cuts.

Thanks to Tim. The Italian and French DVDs were both almost uncut and it is looks as if Nucleus will either be using one of those or hopefully a fully uncut version.

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cut
France flag
France
See further European  cuts details from dvdcompare.net

The 2013 R2 France is *almost* the full uncut version, bar one shot, which restores an additional shot of the housekeeper being experimented on and Carl the hunchback dribbling blood as he dies. The screams of Callistratus as he dies during a dog attack are far clearer on the French (but not English) audio track included.

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cut
US flag
US
US: The U.S Dark Sky DVD may be created from a different US print as the tube insertion scene is completely intact, The shot is about 5s longer and there is an image of the blood draining into a flask.

Otherwise cuts have been made that are similar but slightly different to the BBFC cuts. Thanks to Tim:

That is missing the footage of Carl tying up the housekeeper present in the UK DVD, has a slight edit in the attempted rape and has a differently censored edit of the pan across bits and pieces of the body parts in jars

BBFC cut
cut
cut:  
run: 85:28s
pal: 82:03s
PG 1980

X pre 1970

UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG uncut for mild violence:
  • 2005 DD Home Entertainment video
UK: Passed X (16) uncut:
  • 1958 cinema release

From IMDB and cuts details from dvdcompare.net . The BBFC made cuts to 9 scenes:

  • edits to the opening staking
  • edits to shots of dismembered body parts in the laboratory and
  • edits to a scene where a tube is inserted into a man's neck to drain blood.
  • the infamous dungeon scene, showing potential female victims chained to a wall, was completely removed.

In the dungeon scene, in which the housekeeper (Barbara Burke) is being prepared for one of Callistratus' experiments. Carl (Victor Maddern) straps the unconscious housekeeper down onto a table. Callistratus (Sir Donald Wolfit) then steps up, ready to experiment . In the DD Home Entertainment release, the scene ends at this point. The Viewing Notes describe that in the Continental version the scene continues with Barbara Burke being threatened with a knife (in the British/American edit, she is unconscious) while two other female victims look on (they do not appear in the British/American edit).

Thanks to Tim who explains further after reading the BBFC files:

A script was submitted to the BBFC but it was missing the two controversial laboratory sequences which must have been added very late in pre production. The full strength version was submitted to the BBFC who were not impressed with the added material and producer Robert Baker was hauled into their offices to explain himself. Baker claimed that the BBFC had been sent a continental print although no domestic print was ever produced and in all likelihood never existed. More probably Baker had submitted the uncut version to see what he could get away with. Consequently, both scenes were heavily cut.

The BBFC file doesn't fully record exactly what was cut and it seems a few of the original proposed cuts were waived.

Note also that the soundtrack on the French DVD has a lot more louder screaming in the lab scenes and in Callisstratus's death than the English soundtrack.

 v          Blood of the Vampires - 1966 Philippines/USA horror drama by Gerardo de Leon.


 X   Blood of the Vampires

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  • Creatures of Evil
  • Curse of the Vampires
  • Whisper to the Wind
  • Ibulong mo sa hangin
Blood of the Vampires is a 1966 Philippines/USA horror drama by Gerardo de Leon.
With Amalia Fuentes, Romeo Vasquez and Eddie Garcia. IMDb
Passed X after BBFC cuts for 1971 cinema release. The cuts were waived for 15 rated DVD in 2003. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Deep cultural resonances

Siblings discover that their father has their vampire mother chained up in the cellar. The mother bites her son and soon everyone in the community is either dead or a vampire.

Curse Of The Vampires is a direct follow-up to the late director Gerardo de Leon's equally compelling 1964 The Blood Drinkers. Dubbed into English and released by Hemisphere Pictures in 1971. It looked to the world like any other low budget drive-in nonsense. But de Leon, along with Romero, was a classically trained filmmaker and is enshrined as a Philippines National Artist, and thus everything he does is with purpose, from the masterful framing, composition, lighting... As a result, Curse Of The Vampires is not just a throwaway B-programmer with bloodsuckers but a serious horror film with deep cultural resonances.

Other reviewers just though it to be dull and badly made.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 81:46s
pal: 78:30s
15 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate horror after previous BBFC film cuts were waived for:
  • 2003 Cinema Club R2 DVD titled Blood of the Vampires at UK Amazon
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2019 Severin Films (RA) Blu-ray titled Curse of the Vampires at US Amazon
  • 2019 Severin Films R1 DVD titled Curse of the Vampires at US Amazon
BBFC cut
cut
X cert UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1971 cinema release titled Creatures of Evil
 v          Blood on Satan's Claw - 1971 UK horror thriller by Piers Haggard.


 X   Blood on Satan's Claw

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  • The Blood on Satan's Claw
  • The Devil's Skin
Blood on Satan's Claw is a 1971 UK horror thriller by Piers Haggard.
With Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1971 cinema release but uncut on home video.
Summary Review: Utterly compelling

Set in a remote village in 17th Century England, farm labourer Ralph Gower (Barry Andrews) accidentally stumbles across a devilish skull whilst ploughing a field. Ralph reports his findings to the Judge (Patrick Wymark) but when they return, the skull has vanished. Very soon the children of the village start acting strangely, led by Angel Blake (Linda Hayden) they form a murderous coven and when mysterious growths of hair (called the Devil's Skin) start appearing on their bodies, all hell breaks loose...... literally!

The film emerged from the legendary Tigon stable shortly after the brilliant Witchfinder General which, in many aspects, it resembles and to which it can be justifiably regarded as a companion piece. The judge/witchfinder superbly played by Patrick Wymark (Cromwell in Witchfinder General) in his final performance, is very much the hero.

The overall effect, though, is utterly compelling and, perhaps strangely given the grim subject matter, utterly beautiful. The camerawork, courtesy of the splendidly named Dick Bush, is the stuff of genius.

The star though, without a doubt, is the beautiful Linda Hayden, who plays the deliciously evil villainess Angel Blake, with an astonishing presence belying her tender age.

Versions

uncut
uncut

run: 96:04s
pal: 92:13s
18UK: Passed 18 uncut for a scene of sexual violence and strong bloody horror:

UK: Passed 18 uncut with cinema cuts waived for:

  • 2004 Anchor Bay R2 DVD
BBFC cut
cut
X cert UK : Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1971 cinema release

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Edits to the rape scene
  • Cuts to shots of a naked girl dancing in front of a knife-wielding boy
 v          Blood Rage - 1987 USA horror by John Grissmer.


 X   Blood Rage

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  • Slasher
  • Nightmare at Shadow Woods
Blood Rage is a 1987 USA horror by John Grissmer.
Starring Louise Lasser, Mark Soper and Marianne Kanter. Youtube link IMDb
There are three versions of the film: Blood Rage, the original hard version, completely uncut and uncensored in a Blu-ray/DVD world premiere; the R-rated Nightmare at Shadow Woods 1987 re-cut, and a third composite cut combining all the footage from both Blood Rage and Nightmare at Shadow Woods
Promotional Material

What do you get if you combine Thanksgiving, American TV star Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), killer 80s synths and some of the most gruesome special effects in all of slasher history courtesy of Ed (Terminator 2) French. Why, it s Blood Rage of course!

Versions

uncut
Blood Rage
Original Version
18

MPAA
Unrated

82:13s

 

UK: The Original Version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, gory images for:
  • 2017 Arrow Films Special Edition RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
  • 2015 Arrow Video [Blood Rage + Nightmare at Shadow Woods + Composite Version] Limited Edition R0 Blu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at UK Amazon

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

uncut
Slasher
Composite Version
  18 85:07s UK: Slasher Version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, gory images for:
  • 2015 Arrow Video [Blood Rage + Nightmare at Shadow Woods + Composite Version] Limited Edition R0 Blu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at UK Amazon

This version is an aggregation of all the material in the Blood Rage and Nightmare of Shadow Woods versions

BBFC uncut
Nightmare at Shadow Woods

mpaa cut
cut

18

MPAA R

79:27s   UK: Nightmare at Shadow Woods [cut Theatrical Edit] was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for strong bloody violence, gory images for:
  • 2015 Arrow Video [Blood Rage + Nightmare at Shadow Woods + Composite Version] Limited Edition R0 Blu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at UK Amazon

US: Cut in the US for an R rating

 v          Blood Rain


 X   Blood Rain

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  • Hyeol-ui nu
  • Bloood Rain
Blood Rain

Versions

7s 18114:38s 2005 South Korea mystery by Dae-seung Kim

The BBFC cut 7s from the 2010 Palisades DVD:  Cuts were made to remove sight of animal cruelty, in this instance a horse being tripped and injured.

 v          Blood Ransom


 X   Blood Ransom

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Blood Ransom

 v          Blood Relatives - 1978 Canada/France crime mystery thriller by Claude Chabrol.


 X   Blood Relatives

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  • Les liens de sang
Blood Relatives is a 1978 Canada/France crime mystery thriller by Claude Chabrol.
With Donald Sutherland, Aude Landry and Lisa Langlois. IMDb
No BBFC cuts noted but vide releases are shorter than cinema version
Summary Notes

Montreal: Late at night the teenage Patricia flees into a police department, covered all over with blood. She states together with her cousin she took shelter from rain in an entry way on their way home from a party, when an unknown man threatened them, forced her cousin to perform oral sex and then killed her. Patricia could barely escape. The police starts searching among the known sex criminals - but then Patricia changes her statement and states her brother Andrew, who had an affair with his cousin, was the murderer. Inspector Carella doesn't quite believe both the statements.

Versions

BBFC uncut

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short

1890:41s UK:  A short version was passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2000 Carlton R2 DVD
  • 1986 Virgin Video Video
BBFC uncutX cert 100m 28s
=96:27s

 

UK: Passed X (18) uncut for:
  • 1978 cinema release
 v          Blood Relic


 X   Blood Relic

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Blood Relic

Versions

25s 1885:55s 2005 US horror video by J Christian Ingvordsen

Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts required to a scene of sexualised violence in which a man traces a knife around a woman's breasts and gropes her breasts.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Review from imdb

Another in a long line of terrible straight-to-video movies. This is one of those that need to be not seen and never heard from. The only reason that I didn't give this movie a straight zero was that low budget movie queen Debbie Rochon was in the picture and she was hot to look at.

Other than that I wouldn't give it the time of day. Billy Drago looks like he drank all of his money. He could barely stand up and all he did was mumble his badly written dialog. He tries to come off like Udo Kier. But Udo's cool and he can still deliver a performance. Billy Drago was just too painful to watch. A bad movie all around that doesn't warrant a further look.

 v          Blood Ring - 1991 Hong Kong action film by Teddy Page (as Irvin Johnson).


 X   Blood Ring

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  • Bloodring
  • Bloodfight 4
Blood Ring is a 1991 Hong Kong action film by Teddy Page (as Irvin Johnson).
Starring Dale Cook, Andrea Lamatsch and Don Nakaya Neilsen. Youtube link IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1997 VHS.
Summary Notes

Max, a prize boxer who has developed a drinking habit after his girlfriend Susan left him, gets involved in dirty business once she asks him to help her find her missing husband.

Versions

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
29s
18 90:02s

submitted
90:30s
UK: Passed 18 after 29s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1997 Missing in Action VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • at 50 mins: When man in red top fights man in black jacket by pick-up truck, remove double ear-clap by former after his line: Or even jackie Chan
  • At 86 mins: After beaten man collapses in ring, remove hero's use of barbed wire to garotte him, cutting away before wire is established and removing entire process, including sight of victim's bloody face with wire around it and final close-up of same.
 v          Blood Rites - 1969 US horror horror by Andy Milligan


 X   Blood Rites

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  • The Ghastly Ones
Blood Rites is a 1969 US horror horror by Andy Milligan
With Veronica Radburn, Maggie Rogers and Hal Borske. YouTube icon IMDb
Banned as a video nasty in 1984 and not released since in the UK. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review : Eating Live Rabbits

Three married couples are forced to spend the night in a Victorian-era house where they start getting killed off by a deranged psycho who's bent on claiming an inheritence they are all entitled to.

The Ghastly Ones (aka. Blood Rites ), Andy Milligan's first horror film, is a 1968 film shot in cranium-cleaving color at his Victorian mansion on Staten Island. After a prologue in which a couple with a really large umbrella are hacked up by some guy, this movie has three daughters and their husbands at a reading of their late father's will. It is his wish that the couples spend three days in the family mansion in sexual harmony, and then they will find out who gets what from the old man. But once there the handyman is eating live rabbits, the couples start fighting, and then people start dying and showing up as the main course at dinner.

Very slow staring, but if you are loose for a high content of cheese with your blood and gore, you will not be disappointed.

Versions

uncut
uncut
Video Nasty

MPAA
Unrated

67:22s UK: Released probably uncut for:
  • 1983 Scorpio pre-cert VHS

Released on video by Scorpio in March 1983. Banned as a video nasty in August 1984. It stayed on the list throughout the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP39s

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

 v          Blood Shack - 1971 USA horror by Ray Dennis Steckler (as Wolfgang Schmidt).


 X   Blood Shack

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  • The Chooper
Blood Shack is a 1971 USA horror by Ray Dennis Steckler (as Wolfgang Schmidt).
Starring Carolyn Brandt, Ron Haydock and Jason Wayne. Youtube link IMDb
Exists as a Theatrical Version titled Blood Shack and a Director's Cut titled The Chooper.
Summary Notes

A young woman inherits a ranch that is supposedly haunted by a murderous beast called "The Chooper."

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
The Chooper
MPAA
Unrated
70:33s
=67:44s
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
15 cert 55:06s UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for moderate bloody violence for:
  • 2005 Odeon Entertainment video
US:  The Theatrical Version is uncut for:
 v          Blood Simple - 1984 USA crime thriller by Joel Coen.


 X   Blood Simple

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Blood Simple is a 1984 USA crime thriller by Joel Coen.
With John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya. Melon Farmers link  YouTube icon  BBFC link 2020  IMDb

Uncut by film censors but the film was restored by the director in 1998 who tweeked the dialogue during the process. The BBFC reduced the age rating from the original 18 to 15 in 2017.
Summary Notes

Texas bar owner Julian Marty, who is generally regarded as not a nice person, hires shady private detective Loren Visser, who is able to obtain what Marty requests: evidence - in this instance, photographic - that his wife, Abby, and one of his bartenders, Ray, are having an affair. As Ray and Abby realize that Marty has found out about them, it allows them to plan for their future away from Marty, while be up front with Marty about the situation. Marty, in turn, decides to hire Visser once again, this time to kill Abby and Ray, and dispose of their bodies so that they won't be found. The out in the open affair and the contract hit lead to some actions based on self interest, and a standoff of sorts between the four players, which is compounded in complexity by some wrong assumptions of what has happened, with an innocent bystander, another of the Marty's bartenders, Meurice, potentially and unwittingly adding to the scenario.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 95:40s
pal: 91:50s

 

15

18

MPAA R

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong violence, language for:
  • 2017 cinema release

UK: The Restored Version or Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for strong violence and language for:

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

From IMDb. For the 1998 restoration, the Coen brothers not only remixed and re-recorded new sound effects for the stereo soundtrack, but made some minor trims to various scenes and dialog:
  • Maurice asking a bar patron at the jukebox what night it is and realizing it's "Yankee Night", he explains he's from Detroit, thus justifying his intervention of the patron's musical selection.
  • Ray sticking his cigarette in the stuffed warthog's nose at Marty's house, and the following lines: RAY: You gonna leave all this stuff? ABBY: It's all Marty's.
  • After Marty suggests to the P.I. the "incinerator" as a means of destroying the evidence of his proposed murder, the P.I.'s line: "Sweet Jesus, you're disgusting!" is deleted.
  • A couple lines from the landlady showing Abby the studio apartment (mainly assuring her Abby won't be bothered at that location) before she starts yelling at her ex-brother-in-law, are deleted.
  • As Marty opens his safe to retrieve the bounty money (and swap the photo) his line: "This is an illicit affair" has been removed, although he can still be seen mouthing it.
  • When the P.I. shoots Marty, a couple shots are removed of Marty and the P.I. staring at each other after the gunshot.
  • When Ray and Abby are discussing "what happened", in her studio apartment, and Ray feels cold enough to rise from his seat, the shot of him steadying the walrus piggy-bank is removed and his dialog is heard off-screen to cover this change.
  • When Abby goes to see Maurice about her concerns, the scene cuts as soon as she enters. In the original version, the scene continues and she is seen inside his place and he pours a drink while assuring her that Marty is not dead, even though she is very worried that he is. Some of the dialog from inside the house is placed over the shot outside Maurice's door before Abby goes in, in the 1998 version.
  • A new page of credits is added at the end, covering the restoration.
uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 98:54s
pal: 94:57s
18UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for:
  • 1997 Polygram VHS
  • 1986 Palace VHS
  • 1994 cinema release
            Blood Sisters - 1973 USA horror thriller by Brian De Palma.  See Sisters
 v          Blood Sisters - 1987 USA horror thriller by Roberta Findlay.


 X   Blood Sisters (1987)

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Blood Sisters is a 1987 USA horror thriller by Roberta Findlay.
Starring Amy Brentano, Shannon McMahon and Dan Erickson. Melon Farmers link IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1987. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

Seven girls must spend the night in an old house, which once was a brothel, as part of an initiation.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 86m
pal: 83m
MPAA RUS: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 28s
run: 85:48s
pal: 82:22s
18UK: Passed 18 after 28s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 Careyvision VHS
 v          Blood Song - 1982 USA horror thriller by Alan J Levi.


 X   Blood Song

Link Here
  • Dream Slayer
  • The Hunters
Blood Song is a 1982 USA horror thriller by Alan J Levi.
With Donna Wilkes, Richard Jaeckel and Antoinette Bower. IMDb
The 1982 VHS was seized by the authorities during the Video Nasty panic. Passed uncut by the BBFC in 1986 and uncut in the US
Summary Notes

A psychopath escapes from a mental institution and starts a murder spree, which ends in the pursuing of a young handicapped girl, who once got a blood transfusion from him.

Scary the first 20 minutes of the film. It was spooky, interesting and a well built psycho-terror atmosphere; but soon it becomes weak...

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
R rated

87:06s UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 1986 Network Distribution VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

BBFC cut
~3:30s
Section 3 seizure 86:03s

 

UK:  Released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Iver Film Services VHS

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

 v   The Blood Spattered Bride - 1972 Spain horror by Vicente Aranda.


 X   The Blood Spattered Bride

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  • La novia ensangrentada
  • Blood Castle
  • Till Death Us Do part
The Blood Spattered Bride is a 1972 Spain horror by Vicente Aranda.
Starring Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín and Alexandra Bastedo. Youtube link IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1979 cinema release and further cut for 18 rated 1988 VHS. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US since 2008 DVD but there was previously a shortened US version. There is aslo a Spanish Version with all the nudity removed and replaced with alternative clothed takes.
Summary Notes : Haunting imagery

A young husband's sexual fantasies frighten his new wife and cause her to seek advice from Carmilla, a descendent of Mircalla de Karnstein. Carmilla seduces the young bride and forces her to commit gory acts of mutilation.

The film is noted for the haunting imagery photographed by veteran cinematographer Fernando Aribas.

Alexandra Bastedo (well known for TV role in The Champions) stars as a lesbian vampire lusting after a honeymooning bride.

There's a little nudity and some gore scenes to mixed effect.

Versions

uncut
uncut
English Version
MPAA
Unrated
102:07s
=98:02s
US: The English Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
cut
cut
MPAA
Unrated
102:14s
=98:09s

 

US: The Spanish Version is cut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2018 Mondo Macabro [English + Spanish Version] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon

The Spanish Version is a clothed version with alternative clothed takes used to replace all the scenes with nudity. See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com

  cut
shortened
US flag~83:00s
=~79:00s
US: There is also a shortened US version titled: Till Death Us Do Part
BBFC cut
~52s
1895:57s UK: The cut cinema version was passed 18 after a further 26s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1988 Sheptonhurst VHS

From IMDb:

  • BBFC cuts removed 26s of Susan being assaulted and her clothes being ripped

plus the BBFC cinema cuts:

  • edits to the castration scene
  • edits to close up shots of bloody stomach wounds during stabbing scenes
BBFC cut
~26s
X cert 100:32s
=96:31s
UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1979 cinema release

From IMDb:

  • edits to the castration scene
  • edits to close up shots of bloody stomach wounds during stabbing scenes
 v          Blood: The Last Vampire


 X   Blood: The Last Vampire

Link Here

Blood: The Last Vampire

Versions

BBFC uncut1884:57s 2009 Hong Kong/France/China horror by Chris Nahon

The International Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for the 2009 cinema release and 2010 Pathe DVD/Blu-ray.

There 2 alternative versions

movie-censorship.com recommends the Japanese/Hong Kong Version

 v          Blood Tracks


 X   Blood Tracks

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  • Heavy Metal
Blood Tracks

Versions

23s 1884:28s 1985 Sweden/US horror by Mats Helge

The BBFC cut 23s from the 1987 Avatar video

 v          Bloodfight - 1989 Hong Kong action film by Shuji Goto.


 X   Bloodfight

Link Here
  • Blood Fight
Bloodfight is a 1989 Hong Kong action film by Shuji Goto.
Starring Yasuaki Kurata, Simon Yam and Meg Lam. BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1990 VHS. Presumably the uncut version was passed 15 for 2015 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes

Masahiro Kai has made it to the finals of the Free Fighting Championship. In flashback, he remembers training Ryu Tenmei for the event. Ryu makes it to the final bout against the reigning champ, Chang Lee. After Lee kills Ryu, Kai sinks into alcoholism, tangling with a gang of Americans, until he decides to go back into training and defeat Chang Lee himself.

Versions

  uncut
uncut
run: 96:35s
pal: 92:43s
  15 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: Presumably the uncut version was passed 15 for strong bloody violence for: US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
4s
cut: 4s
run: 96:16s
pal: 92:25s
sub: 92:29s
18UK: Passed 18 after 4s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1990 Video Programme Dists VHS titled Blood Fight
 v          Bloodfist 2


 X   Bloodfist 2

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Bloodfist 2

Versions

9s 1880:41s 1998 release by Andy Blumenthal
 v          Bloodfist IV: Die Trying


 X   Bloodfist IV: Die Trying

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Bloodfist IV: Die Trying

Versions

14s 1883:01s 1995 release by Paul Ziller
 v          Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill - 1996 USA action film by Rick Jacobson.


 X   Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill

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  • Bloodfist VIII: Hard Way Out
Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill is a 1996 USA action film by Rick Jacobson.
Starring Don Wilson, John Patrick White and Jillian McWhirter. IMDb
Shortened for US release. Cut for German release.

Summary Notes

A former CIA agent (Wilson) lives a suburban life as a high school teacher with his teen son (White). When the agent is attacked by former allies because of knowledge he possesses and his son is kidnapped, he is forced back into the business and his son suddenly sees a side of his father that he never knew existed.

Versions

cut
cut
cut:  
run: 101:00s
pal: 96:58s
Germany flag
Germany
Germany: A few violent scenes are missing from the German DVD
cut
shortened
cut: 7m
run: 85m
pal: 82m
MPAA RUS: The MPAA R rated US release is shortened by about 7 minutes but uncut for violence

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

 v          Bloodline


 X   Bloodline

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  • Sydney Sheldon's Bloodline
  • Blutspur
Bloodline

Versions

cut X cert116:39s
=111:59s
1979 US/Germany crime drama by Terence Young

The BBFC cut the 1979 cinema release.

Not sure about the 1987 CIC video or 2007 EIV DVD.

 v          Bloodlust - 1977 Switzerland horror by Marijan David Vajda.


 X   Bloodlust

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  • Bloodlust: The Black Forest Vampire
  • Blood Lust
  • Mosquito
  • Mosquito der Schander
Bloodlust is a 1977 Switzerland horror by Marijan David Vajda.
With Werner Pochath, Ellen Umlauf and Birgit Zamulo. IMDb
Heavily cut by the BBFC for 1977 cinema release. The VHS was seized by the authorities during the Video Nasty panic. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes

A deaf and dumb accountant suffers from a psychic trauma in his childhood. He is collecting puppets and mutilates female bodies in the mortuary. After his secret love died by an accident he starts to kill.

A True Story - The Crime of the Century Late last century in the Black Forest a depraved maniac was on the loose, committing the most gruesome and horrifying crimes, breaking into funeral homes and cemeteries, sexually abusing and dismembering the corpses of young women. A demented serial killer stalking and slaughtering teenagers. A modern day vampire... pure evil in his own world of madness!

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA Unrated 87:06s US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
~3:30s
Section 3 seizure 81:25s

 

UK: The cut cinema version was released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1981 Derann VHS

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

BBFC cut
~3:30s
X cert87:52s
=84:21s
UK: Passed X after about 3:30s of compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1976 Butchers Film Service titled Bloodlust
  • 1976 Butchers Film Service titled Mosquito
 v          Bloodmoon - 1990 Australia horror thriller by Alec Mills.


 X   Bloodmoon

Link Here
  • Blood Moon
Bloodmoon is a 1990 Australia horror thriller by Alec Mills.
Starring Leon Lissek and Christine Amor and Ian Williams. BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut and BBFC 18 rated for 1991 Guild VHS. Later uncut and BBFC 15 rated for 2005 DVD.

Summary Notes

People are getting murdered down under via a barbed wire noose and then their eyes are gouged out. There are a variety of suspects at a nearby girls boarding school including students, teachers, and a nun. We also follow a rivalry between the local surfer townies and a group of preppy guys from a local all-boys school.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 103m
pal: 99m
MPAA RUS: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 100:44s
pal: 96:42s
15 1980

 

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence and moderate sex:
  • 2005 Momentum Pictures DVD (Previous cuts waived\n rated 02/12/2005)
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong violence and moderate sex:
  • 1991 Guild Home VHS (rated 08/04/1991)

 

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 2s
run: 100:45s
pal: 96:43s
BBFC 18 1982UK: Cut and BBFC 18 rated
  • 1991 Guild VHS
 v          BloodRayne


 X   BloodRayne

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BloodRayne

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
98:46s
=94:49s
2005 US/Germany action adventure by Uwe Boll.
With Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley and Michelle Rodriguez. IMDb

The US release featuring the Director's Cut is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC uncut

MPAA
cut

18

MPAA
R Rated

90:32s The cut Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2008 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The film was cut by about 4 minutes for theatrical release to avoid an NC-17 Rating.

Cut scenes:

  • Four monks being bloodily dispatched. One by capitation, two others are killed with a sword through the head. The fourth is sliced in two with a sword swipe through his stomach
  • There is a missing 4 minute flash back at the finale, rehashing the bloody deaths occurring throughout the film.
 v          Bloodshot - 2020 USA action Sci-Fi fantasy by Dave Wilson.


 X   Bloodshot

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Bloodshot is a 2020 USA action Sci-Fi fantasy by Dave Wilson.

There are no censorship issues with this release. There exists an alternative ending released on disk extras.
 v          Bloodsport II


 X   Bloodsport II

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  • Bloodsport 2
  • Bloodsport II: The Next Kumite
Bloodsport II

Versions

1s 1882:44s 1996 US action film by Alan Mehrez

The 1996 Columbia/TriStar video was cut by 1s

  • Double ear clap removed

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

Review from Amazon UK : Well edited

When I got this out I wasn't expecting much at all. But I was pleasantly surprised at what I got. It is well structured film (like a real 80's style with a distinct beginning, middle and end not like crappy shallow 90's films which just meander along and feel really empty)

Daniel Bernhardt is really charming, a good fighter and looks strikingly similar to Van Damme in some shots. It has one of the best chessy training scenes like the one in kickboxer. The fight scenes are well edited and well shot, so they are easy to watch and not to close-up. For fans of 80's cheese (even if this is a 90's film) and lots of mano a mano fight scenes this should fit nicely in your collection.

 v          Bloodsport III


 X   Bloodsport III

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Bloodsport III

Versions

26s 1891:22s
=87:43s
1996 US action film by Alan Mehrez

The BBFC cut the 1998 Third Millennium video/DVD by 26s.

From cuts details on IMDb :

  • 3 edits to shots of Lima Lama's arm, then hand and then neck being broken
  • 2 edits to the fight between Alex and Beast. Beast kneeing Alex in the face and then Alex punching Beast in the throat
 v          Bloodsucking Freaks - 1976 USA horror by Joel M Reed.


 X   Bloodsucking Freaks

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  • Sardu Master of the Virgins
  • The Incredible Torture Show
  • Heritage of Caligula
  • The House of the Screaming Virgins
Bloodsucking Freaks is a 1976 USA horror by Joel M Reed.
With Seamus O'Brien, Viju Krem and Luis De Jesus. YouTube icon IMDb
Never released in the UK from 1976 to 2014. Uncut on DVD from 2014. DVD and Blu-ray releases have all been the Director's Cut. Troma got in trouble in the US for not implementing the cuts required for its R rated release.
Summary Notes : All Time Greats

Sardu, master of the Theatre of the Macabre, and his assistant Ralphus run a show in which, under the guise of 'magic', they torture and murder people in front of their audience. But what the punters see as a trick is actually real.

Bloodsucking Freaks , also known as The Incredible Torture Show , is one of the all time greatest sexploitation shockers ever released. This movie has everything the connoisseur of fine filth could possibly ask for! There's plenty of naked girls, bloody gore, sadistic violence, over-the-top acting, cheesy dialogue, and even a midget.

The best white-slavery ring run out of an off-off Broadway grand guignol theatre by a thespian sadist and his midget assistant movie ever made!

Everyone I've ever shown this film has been moved by it's outlandishly intense scenes. No one ever forgets the human dartboard or the brain-sucking scene. This is without a doubt one of the sickest, sleaziest, most mind-numbingly ridiculous films ever released.

Excerpts are included in the feminist documentary, Rate it X , which the BBFC passed uncut in the mid 80s. Director Joel M. Reed appears defending his film as a sophisticated black comedy.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Alternative Version
MPAA
Unrated
  US: The Alternative Version  is MPAA Unrated for:

The Alternative Version features the title sequence under the name Sardu Master of the Virgins and includes an extra 43s sequence of Sardu giving Ralphus an undetailed  blow job. The extra sequence is of a lower quality than the rest of the movie as explained on the cover.  See  version details from  movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
18

MPAA
X rated

84:48s   UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for strong gory violence and nudity for:

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

From IMDb. Troma had the film cut to gain an R rating, then shipped the unrated print to theaters telling them it was the R rated version. Eventually it was discovered when a woman complained the film upset her child. Eventually the MPAA sued Troma for improper use of the R logo.

  banned
unavailable
    UK: Unavailable in the UK from 1976 until 2014.

Presumably this was down to fear that the BBFC was sure to ban the film and it wasn't worth the money to try for a release.

The film was shown on the Horror Channel towards the end of this period

 v       A Bloody Aria


 X   A Bloody Aria

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  • Guta-yubalja-deul
A Bloody Aria

Versions

3s 18114:27s 2006 South Korea drama by Shin-yeon Won

The BBFC cut 3s when submitted in 2009: Company was obliged to remove sight of a bird being snared and then killed.

The BBFC explained their 18 rating:

A BLOODY ARIA is a subtitled Korean drama about a music professor and his female student, who encounter four men on a remote beach. This film was classified '18' in accordance with BBFC Guidelines, for strong bloody violence. There are various fights between the men, and also a schoolboy, which result in heavily bloodied faces and injuries. Towards the end, there is a scene in which one of the main villains is beaten up by a policeman, who becomes quite sadistic, using his helmet to hit the man in the face and on the head repeatedly.

The film also contains strong language and two scenes of attempted sexual assault. The first scene involves the lecherous professor trying to have sex with his student in the car and we see his hands groping at her under her clothes, and pulling her knickers off. There is no nudity detail, and the student manages to run away. In the second scene, the student is taken into the back of the car with two men. The intent is clearly to rape her, but nothing ever happens. There is some terrorisation of the characters by their attackers, but the darkly comic tone of the work helps in some way to alleviate this.

 v   The Bloody Fists - 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film by See-Yeun Ng


 X   The Bloody Fists

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  • Bloody Fist
  • Dragon Showdown
  • Dang kou tan
  • The Bloody Fist
  • Deadly Buddhist Raiders
  • Death Beach
The Bloody Fists is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film by See-Yeun Ng
With Sing Chen, Kuan Tai Chen and Ta Chuan Liu. YouTube icon IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1973 cinema release. Then suffered BBFC cuts from 1976 to 1986. Uncut since 2004.

Summary Review:

A Classic!
Basically it's about a bunch of Japanese martial arts experts harassing a Chinese village on the lookout for the secret dragon herb . The Japanese face hard resistance from the Chinese fighters who run a martial arts academy up in the mountains. Unanticipated assistance in terms of fighting expertise, however, comes from a refugee on the run.

The fighting scenes are not very realistic but cool anyway. A classic!

Versions

uncut
uncut
18 97:18s
=93:24s
UK: A Re-edited Version was passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
  • 2007 Dragon R2 DVD titled Bloody Fist at UK Amazon
  • 2006 Firefly R2 DVD titled  Dragon Showdown at UK Amazon
  • 2005 Dragon R2 DVD titled Bloody Fist
  • 2004 Firefly R2 DVD titled  Dragon Showdown
BBFC cut
57s
18 75:02s   UK: A short version was passed 18 after 57s of cuts for:
  • 1986 Sheptonhurst VHS titled The Bloody Fist
BBFC cut
cut
X cert 87:29s
=83:59s
UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1976 cinema release
banned
banned
rejected   UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1973 cinema release
 v          Bloody Friday - 1972 West Germany/Italy bank heist film by Rolf Olsen and Lee Payant.


 X   Bloody Friday

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  • Blutiger Freitag
  • Freies Geleit oder die Geiseln sterben
  • Violent Offender
  • Violenza contro violenza
Bloody Friday is a 1972 West Germany/Italy bank heist film by Rolf Olsen and Lee Payant.
With Raimund Harmstorf, Amadeus August and Gianni Mttacchia. IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1973 cinema release. The film has not been resubmitted to the BBFC since the ban. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US
Summary Review: Gratuitous Violence
Based on an actual Munich bank robbery.. Things don't go exactly as planned (wouldn't you know it); and, the heist turns into a hostage situation. Bloody Friday offers plenty of gratuitous violence, which must have been considerably more shocking in its day.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 97m
pal: 93m
MPAA RUS: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
banned
banned
rejected UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1973 cinema release

It is not known what offended the British censor but the following discussion of a cut Italian versions may offer some suggestions. See article from movie-censorship.com :

There is a well-known violent peak in the middle of the film in which a policeman is torn apart by a hand grenade.

The rape of Dagmar is controversial. Raimund Harmstorf and Daniela Giordano apparently shot a second variant here which differs considerably from the known version. The whole montage with slaughterhouse and lesbian sex shots which were placed in the well-known theatrical version under shots of the faces and can only be seen uncensored in the long version. Dagmar still resists Klett's approaches but then succumbs to her lust during the act.

 v   The Bloody Judge - 1970 Liechtenstein/Italy/Spain/West Germany horror by Jesus Franco.


 X   The Bloody Judge

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  • Il trono di fuoco
  • Night of the Blood Monster
  • Der Hexentöter von Blackmoor
The Bloody Judge is a 1970 Liechtenstein/Italy/Spain/West Germany horror by Jesus Franco.
With Christopher Lee, Maria Schell and Leo Genn. Melon Farmers link  BBFC link 2020  IMDb
Exists in several cut versions, some with violence cut, some cut for nudity. A composite of these versions was created which is uncut. The BBFC has never cut the film itself though.
Summary Review: Educational
This is an amazing movie. It's basically an exploitation movie with the production values of an historical drama. The acting is outstanding, particularly Christopher Lee and Maria Rohm.

Blue Underground have put together a magnificent print, taking elements from the various released and unreleased versions of the movie to produced an excellent film that's never existed in this form before.

Given the patchwork history it seems like the movie should be a mess, but it all hangs together very well.

Versions

uncut
Uncut Composite Verions
run: 102m
pal: 98m
No Cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Fully Restored European Composite Version is uncut but there's no sign of a BBFC database entry yet for:

US: The Fully Restored European Composite Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

See article from dvdcompare.net :

This is a composite of the English dubbed export version and the edit of the film prepared for the German market. This version does not have the scene of Maria Rohm attempting drowning and being rescued within the film (scene now a DVD extra). It does have a scene in which Maria Rohm is forced by prison guards to lick the blood of a naked female prisoner hanging down from a ceiling. It also has the unclothed version of the barn sex scene.
BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut
Export Version

cut:  
run: 93:02s
pal: 89:19s
1BBFC 18 1982UK: The cut English Dubbed Export Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2000 Cinema Club R2 DVD
  • 1999 Salvation R2 DVD

See version details from dvdcompare.net . This is a cut 'clothed' version with nudity replaced by clothed scenes and violence missing or obscured

BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut
German Version

cut:  
run: 81:34s
pal: 78:18s
AA certificateUK: The heavily cut German Version was passed AA without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1974 cinema release
 v          Bloody Mama - 1970 US film by Roger Corman.


 X   Bloody Mama

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Bloody Mama is a 1970 US film by Roger Corman.
With Shelley Winters, Don Stroud and Pat Hingle. YouTube icon IMDb

Banned by the BBFC for 1970 cinema release. Resubmitted and cut for 1971 cinema release. Cut again for 1986 VHS but uncut on 2007 DVD.

Summary Review:

Humour and repugnancy

Machine gun totin' Ma Barker lead her family gang (her sons) on a crime spree in the Depression era. Her loyal brood have every perversion imaginable. The sadistic Herman sleeps with his Ma and Lloyd Barker is a spaced-out drug addict who sniffs glue.

It's a morbidly colourful mixture of negative southern poor white trash stereotypes, encapsulated in a family of sociopaths, with a vintage Shelly Winters bringing her trademark intensity to the role of Ma Barker and a great cast as her sons.

A mishmash of humour and repugnancy, it's definitely not for the squeamish.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

86:47s UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence, sexual violence and incest references with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
11s
18 89:28s
=85:53s

 

UK: Passed 18 after 11s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1986 Rank VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • Three shots are cut totalling 11s where Bruce Dern goes gator hunting, using a piglet as bait (he ties a rope around its neck and drops it into the water).
BBFC cut
cut
X cert submitted
89:59s
=86:23s
UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1971 cinema release

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were to:

  • nudity
  • violent beatings
  • a rape scene
  • the drowning of Rembrandt
  • Lloyd's injection scene
  • the violent shooting of Herman.
banned
banned
rejected   UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1970 cinema release
 v          Bloody Moon - 1981 Spanish/German slasher by Jess Franco.


 X   Bloody Moon

Link Here
  • Collegialas Violadas
  • Profonde Tenebre
  • Die Saege des Todes
Bloody Moon is a 1981 Spanish/German slasher by Jess Franco.
With Olivia Pascal, Christoph Moosbrugger and Nadja Gerganoff. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1972 cinema release. The same version was released on pre-cert video along with the uncut version. These were then banned as video nasties. Later cut by the BBFC for 1993 VHS.  The BBFC cuts were waived for 2008 DVD. Uncut in the US.
Summary Review: Dumb Victims
This movie is basically the infamous Jess Franco having a go at the American-style slasher films that were big in the early 80's, and what's most remarkable about it is how unremarkable it is. It's pretty violent, but except for one nasty knife exit wound there's nothing here that hasn't been done in hundreds of American slasher movies.

It's set at an adult Spanish-language school which seems to cater exclusively to incredibly dumb and slutty German and Scandinavian women.

The girls are being stalked by two of the reddest herrings imaginable. One is a burnt youth in a Mickey Mouse mask. The other is a gardener who is always laughing maniacally and coincidentally wielding the exact same implement that has just been used to kill the latest victim.

The best thing I can say about this movie it is it is so over-the-top with its dumb victims, obvious red herrings, and ridiculously gory murders that it might have actually meant to be a parody of the slasher film.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 84:53s
pal: 81:29s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 for strong violence and gore with previous cuts waived for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:20s
run: 83:04s
pal: 79:45s
18UK: Passed 18 after 1:20s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1993 Vipco VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

  • Edits to the opening scissor murder. Two stabbings reduced to one and bloody detail deleted
  • Shots deleted of a knife protruding from Eva's chest and bloodstained breasts.
  • Footage of a snake being decapitated with garden shears is missing
  • Missing shot of woman's corpse in the closet showing blood on lifeless breasts
  • The sight of a woman bound with ropes was shortened
  • The infamous saw decapitation scene was entirely cut out after the first gory take.
  • A woman killed with pliers is missing her spitting blood an dying
uncut
uncut
run: 84:59s
pal: 81:35s
Video NastyUK: Released uncut on pre-cert video for:
  • 1992 Inter-Light VHS

Inter-Light released 2 versions of the video in 1992. This was the uncut version. The video was banned as a video nasty in July 1983 and stayed on the list throughout the panic, so is one the the collectable DPP 39s

cut
cut
cut: 1:38s
run: 83:27s
pal: 80:07s
Video NastyUK: The cut cinema version was released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1992 Inter-Light VHS
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:38s
run: 83:27s
pal: 80:07s
X certUK: Passed X (18) after 1:38s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1982 cinema release

The cuts were:

  • The decapitation of a woman with a circular saw
  • Shots of bloodstained breasts during the stabbing of Eva.
 v          Bloody Pit of Horror - 1965 Italy/US horror by Massimo Pupillo.


 X   Bloody Pit of Horror

Link Here
  • Il boia scarlatto
  • The Red Hangman
  • A Tale of Torture
Bloody Pit of Horror is a 1965 Italy/US horror by Massimo Pupillo.
With Mickey Hargitay, Walter Brandi and Luisa Baratt. YouTube icon IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1967 cinema release. Exists in a longer Original Italian Version and a shortened US Versions

Summary Review:

Pyschovision

A photographer and his models go to an old, abandoned castle to shoot some sexy covers for horror novels. Tragically for them, the castle is inhabited by a lunatic and closet torturer.

Bloody Pit of Horror is one weird Gothic horror film with a creepy castle, a legend of a ruthless torturer promising vengeance from the grave, and really cool instruments of death lying round in abundance. It was even filmed in Psychovision .

On the negative side reviewers have found the plot silly and/or just weird. But on the whole the positives have outweighed the negatives and the general result is very much thumbs up.

Versions

uncut
Italian Version
MPAA
Unrated
~83:00s US: The Original Italian Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
uncut
shortened US Version
MPAA
Unrated
~74:00s US: The shortened US Version is MPAA Unrated for:

The US DVD release from Image Entertainment and Something Weird Video is the shortened 74-minute American version, offering the 9 minutes of deleted scenes as supplements. The scenes were not restored due the fact that the quality was not as good as the main film, which was transferred from an original 35mm negative. This extra footage is expositive scenes (e.g. more of the photographic crew looking around the catacombs, more of the models posing for camera shots...) but no extra gore or nudity.

banned
banned
rejected   UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1967 cinema release.
 v          Bloody Wednesday


 X   Bloody Wednesday

Link Here
  • The Great American Massacre
Bloody Wednesday

Versions

3:52s 1888:12s 1985 US thriller by Mark G Gilhuis

Video submissions of 1986 and 2005 suffered the same cuts

            Blow Out - 1973 France / Italy comedy drama by Marco Ferreri.  See La Grande Bouffe
 v          Blow Up - 1966 UK/Italy/USA drama mystery thriller by Michelangelo Antonioni.


 X   Blow Up

Link Here
  • Blow-Up
Blow Up is a 1966 UK/Italy/USA drama mystery thriller by Michelangelo Antonioni.
With David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave and Sarah Miles. IMDb
Always uncut in the UK but several US releases have been cut.
Promotional Material
In 1966, Michelangelo Antonioni ( L'avventura ) transplanted his existentialist ennui to the streets of swinging London for this international sensation, the Italian filmmaker's English-language debut. A countercultural masterpiece about the act of seeing and the art of image making, Blow-Up takes the form of a psychological mystery, starring David Hemmings ( Deep Red ) as a fashion photographer who unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park. Antonioni's meticulous aesthetic control and intoxicating color palette breathe life into every frame, and the jazzy sounds of Herbie Hancock, a beautifully evasive performance by Vanessa Redgrave ( Howards End ), and a cameo by the Yardbirds make the film a transporting time capsule from a bygone era. Blow-Up is a seductive immersion into creative passion, and a brilliant film by one of cinema's greatest artists.

Versions

uncut
Uncut
15 cert

X cert

MPAA
Unrated

106:17s UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate nudity and drug use for:
  • 2005 cinema release
  • 2004 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1994 Warner VHS
  • 1986 MGM/UA VHS

UK: Passed X (16) uncut for:

  • 1967 cinema release

US: Presumably uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

cut
cut
    US: See  article from  dvdbeaver.com . For some unknown reason some (but not all) US pressings use a cut Brazilian version with 2 cuts:
  • Vanessa Redgrave's topless appearance is reframed to remove sight of her breasts.
  • The icon boisterous threesome romp originally featured on of the first brief appearances of pubes in a major UK drama film. But in the censored US releases this is blurred out.
 v          Blue Bayou - 2020 USA drama by Justin Chon.


 X   Blue Bayou

Link Here

Blue Bayou is a 2020 USA drama by Justin Chon.
Starring Justin Chon and Alicia Vikander and Mark O'Brien. BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release but the film does seem to have several different running times
 v   The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll - 1974 Spain horror mystery thriller by Carlos Aured.


 X   The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll

Link Here
  • House of Psychotic Women
  • Los ojos azules de la muneca rota
The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll is a 1974 Spain horror mystery thriller by Carlos Aured.
With Paul Naschy, Diana Lorys and Eduardo Calvo. YouTube icon IMDb
Exists as an uncut unclothed version and a cut clothed version. The uncut version on UK VHS was seized by police during the video nasties panic but did not make the nasties list.
Summary Notes: A must see

An ex-convict, troubled by dreams that he strangles women, is hired as the caretaker on an estate owned by three very strange sisters. Soon after his arrival, a serial killer begins slaughtering blonde, blue-eyed women - and leaving their eyeballs in a bowl of water.

This Spanish giallo is a must see for fans of the genre. The killer's victims are dispatched in gruesome and creative means usually involving sharp instruments such as knives, meat cleavers, and a rake.

Versions

uncut
Unclothed Version
MPAA
Unrated
87:06s US: The Unclothed Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
cut
Clothed Version
    Also exists as a cut clothed version
uncut
uncut
Section 3 seizure85:03s

 

UK:  Released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Canon VHS

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

 v          Blue Is the Warmest Colour - 2013 France/Belgium/Spain romance by Abdellatif Kechiche.


 X   Blue Is the Warmest Colour

Link Here

Blue Is the Warmest Colour is a 2013 France/Belgium/Spain romance by Abdellatif Kechiche.

The film made the movie news for featuring a long lesbian sex scene. This is reported to be realistic but faked.

The film hasn't suffered censor cuts but was released with the rare and uneconomic NC-17 for US theatres.

Abdellatif Kechiche has been speaking of a Director's Cut that will be 40 minutes longer.

The religious group Promouvoir (Promote) won a court case to get the French rating revoked in December 2015. The film has yet to be recertified as of February 2016 and so is currently banned from cinema and TV.

See Banned International: Blue is the Warmest Colour
 

 v          Blue Jasmine - 2013 USA comedy drama by Woody Allen.


 X   Blue Jasmine

Link Here

Blue Jasmine is a 2013 USA comedy drama by Woody Allen.

Withdrawn by Woody Allen from Indian cinemas as he did not like the film being defaced by mandatory no smoking propaganda

See Banned International: Blue Jasmine
 

 v          Blue Money - 1972 USA erotic drama by Alain Patrick (as Alain-Patrick Chappuis).


 X   Blue Money

Link Here

Blue Money is a 1972 USA erotic drama by Alain Patrick (as Alain-Patrick Chappuis).
Starring Alain Patrick, Barbara Mills and Inga Maria. IMDb

Exists in 2 versions, one cut, the other not.
Summary Notes

Handsome and successful Jim appears to have it all: he's married to the beautiful and supportive Lisa, has a healthy baby, and works a cool gig as the director of hardcore porno fare. Jim's seemingly perfect life starts to fall apart when he has an extramarital fling with an actress and the local Los Angeles vice cops close in to make a bust.

This is a softcore film but the sex scenes are about as explicit as the softcore genre can accomdate.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
MPAA R 89:16s
=85:42s
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC uncut

cut
cut

1876:55s

UK: A cut version was passed 18 for strong sex and pornographic theme for without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2004 Hollywood DVD video

See  pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com

 v          Blue Movie - 1971 West Germany/Netherlands adult film by Wim Verstappen.


 X   Blue Movie (1971)

Link Here

Blue Movie is a 1971 West Germany/Netherlands adult film by Wim Verstappen.
Starring Hugo Metsers, Helmert Woudenberg and Bruni Heinke. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1972. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes

Michael, 25 years old, has been released from prison after a five year sentence. He moves into a big apartment block, filled with young women who gladly have sex with him.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 89m
pal: 85m
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
cut
sub:84:07s
sub:80:45s
XUK: Passed X (18) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1972 cinema release
            Blue Movie - 1978 Italy horror thriller by Alberto Cavallone.  See Self Banned Films: Blue Movie
            Blue Movie Blackmail - 1973 Italy/UK crime drama by Massimo Dallamano  See Super Bitch
            Blue Rita - 1977 Switzerland/France action thriller by Jesús Franco  See Jess Franco Films: Blue Rita
 v          Blue Sextet - 1971 USA by David E Durston.


 X   Blue Sextet

Link Here
  • The Blue Sextet
Blue Sextet is a 1971 USA by David E Durston.
Starring John Damon, Peter Clune and Coco Sumaki. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1972 cinema release. Uncut in the US.
  Summary review

Jeffrey Amber (John Damon) jumps to his death and the police have no problem thinking that it was suicide. His friends gather shortly after his death and discuss their last moments with him and we slowly begin to wonder whether it was suicide or murder.

The entire mystery is played out via RASHOMON style and it simply doesn't work because you don't care about the lead character, his friends or any of the adventures that they had together. There are a lot of sex scenes scattered throughout and a little bit of nudity but none of this is all that interesting either.

Towards the end of the movie we get some rather bizarre Satanic scenes that are certainly the highlight of the picture.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
X rated
~90:00s
=~86:00s
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA X rated for:
  • 2016 Grindhouse [I Drink Your Blood + Blue Sextet] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon

 

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X submitted
88:59s
=85:25s
UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1972 cinema release
 v          Blue Steel


 X   Blue Steel

Link Here
  • Stolen Goods
Blue Steel

Versions

1s PG cert52:02s 1934 US western by Robert N Bradbury.
With John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt and George 'Gabby' Hayes. IMDb

Passed PG after 1s of BBFC cuts for:

  • 2009 E1 Online
  • 2009 E1 R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

  • A compulsory cut was made in accordance with BBFC policy to remove a scene of animal cruelty (a horse made to fall using a technique likely to result in serious injury).
BBFC uncutU cert 50:31s A short version was passed U uncut for:
  • 2001 Delta DVD
BBFC uncutU cert 54:12s
=52:02s
The 1934 cinema release and video version from 1987 - 2004 were passed U uncut.
 v          Blue Story - 2019 UK crime drama by Andrew Onwubolu.


 X   Blue Story

Link Here

Blue Story is a 2019 UK crime drama by Andrew Onwubolu.
Starring Stephen Odubola, Micheal Ward and Khali Best. IMDb

Passed 15 uncut by the BBFC for 2019 cinema release. Cinema bosses temporarily banned the film after violence broke out a Birmingham screening in November 2019.

Summary Notes

Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a friendship with Marco, a charismatic, streetwise kid from the local area. Although from warring postcodes, the two quickly form a firm friendship until it is tested and they wind up on rival sides of a street war. Blue Story depicts elements of Rapman's own personal experiences and aspects of his childhood.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 91:16s
pal: 87:37s
15

15 1980

UK: Passed 15 uncut for very strong language, strong violence, threat, sex, drug misuse:
  • 2020 Paramount Home Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2019 cinema release
banned
banned
Vue cinemas UK: Banned from the Vue cinema chain after gang violence with machetes at a screening in inner city Birmingham.
 v          Blue Thunder - 1983 USA action crime thriller by John Badham


 X   Blue Thunder

Link Here

Blue Thunder is a 1983 USA action crime thriller by John Badham
Starring Roy Scheider, Warren Oates and Candy Clark Melon Farmers link  BBFC link 2020   IMDb

Exists as a theatrical version and a shortened version.

Summary Notes

Blue Thunder is a specially modified helicopter. It is for police work, but is armed and designed to counter street insurgencies. Its makers want to show what it will do, but have to train Los Angeles Police pilot Frank Murphy to fly and use it in order to allow it to operate in the city. Murphy and the project pilot have differences going back to Vietnam. The conflict between them continues to heat up as Murphy begins to suspect that Blue Thunder is more than has been disclosed.

Versions

uncut
Shortened Version
cut:  
run: 109:04s
pal: 104:42s
15 cert

A shortened version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts

  • :2021 Mediumrare (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2006 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment video
  • 1999 Columbia/Tri-Star Home VHS

From IMDb:

The Theatrical Version has a scene where Kate drives to the the TV-station and involving a crazy stunt when she drives in to a narrow alley and meets a police car that comes the other way. To avoid a disaster, Kate flips her car on its side, hits its roof on a wall and flips back again.

In the shortened version, the stunt is gone. We only see the car when it enters the alley and then we see it driving on the freeway with strange damage on the roof.

BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 109:35s
pal: 105:12s
15 certThe Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for the 1983 cinema release and 1986 RCA/Columbia video

UK: Passed 15 uncut:

  • 1992 Video Collection International VHS
  • 1986 RCA/Columbia Pictures Video Ltd VHS
  • 1983 cinema release
 v          Blue Valentine - 2010 USA romance by Derek Cianfrance.


 X   Blue Valentine

Link Here

Blue Valentine is a 2010 USA romance by Derek Cianfrance.
Starring Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams and John Doman. IMDb

The MPAA originally rated the movie NC-17, but after public allegations of using a double-standard to rate portrayals of sex on-screen, the organization agreed to hear an appeal. Upon review, the MPAA unanimously agreed that the film should receive an R rating without requiring cuts.
 v          Blue Velvet - 1986 USA crime mystery thriller by David Lynch.


 X   Blue Velvet

Link Here

Blue Velvet is a 1986 USA crime mystery thriller by David Lynch.

Uncut by US and UK film censors.

Originally running a lot longer, Blue Velvet was cut to approximately two hours (120 minutes) for distribution. The missing footage was put in storage and thought lost, until released as an extra on 2014 Blu-ray.
 

 v          Blue Vengeance - 1989 USA action crime horror by J Christian Ingvordsen and Danny Kuchuck.


 X   Blue Vengeance

Link Here

Blue Vengeance is a 1989 USA action crime horror by J Christian Ingvordsen and Danny Kuchuck.
Starring Joe Ambrose, Tom Billett and Paul Borghese. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1991 VHS. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Promotional Material
Convicted murderer Mark Trex has just escaped from an asylum and is headed for New York City to track down the members of his favorite childhood band, Warriors of the Inferno. Believing that their occult hit song, which told of Satan and death, is true, Trex is determined to see if the band members have held up their part of their pact with evil. However, cop-on-the-edge Mickey McCardle is hot on his trail and determined to end this serial killer's spree.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA R ~103:00s
=~98:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
  • 2018 Vinegar Syndrome RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon released on 1st May 2018
  • 2018 Vinegar Syndrome VoD [US only] at US Amazon
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
1:14s
18 97:42s

submitted
98:55s
UK: Passed 18 after 1:14s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1991 RCA/Columbia Pictures VHS
 v   The Blues Brothers - 1980 US musical comedy by John Landis.


 X   The Blues Brothers

Link Here

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 US musical comedy by John Landis.
With John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Cab Calloway. YouTube icon IMDb

There exists a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version
Summary Notes

After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit "The Penguin", the last of the nuns who raised them in a boarding school. They learn the Archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the Education Authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The Blues Brothers want to help, and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from God" they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?

Versions

uncut
Extended Version
run: 147:34s
pal: 141:40s
15 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:
  • 2011 Universal [Theatrical + Extended Version] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2005 Universal [Theatrical + Extended Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2001 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD

US: The Extended Version is MPAA  Unrated for:

  • 2020 Universal [Theatrical + Extended Version] RA 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon
    2014 Universal Studios [Theatrical + Extended Version] Limited Edition Steelbook R0 Blu-ray
  • 2014 Universal Studios [Theatrical + Extended Version] Steelbook R0 Blu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at US Amazon

From IMDb:

The original cut of the film had an intermission and may have run as long as three hours. Landis was asked to cut the film after premiering a lengthy director's cut. That version has been lost. Landis originally tried to restore the original cut several years ago, but found that Universal had thrown out all the outs, trims, negatives, and mix tracks. Landis and George Folsey Jr. restored 18 minutes from another preview print on an AVID for the Collectors' Edition, and correctly timed the picture so that Stephen Katz's photography looks as it was intended to look.

uncut
uncut 
run: 132:54s
pal: 127:35s
15 cert

AA certificate

MPAA R

UK: The Theatrical version was passed 15 uncut for:
  • 2000 Universal R2 DVD
  • 1998 CIC VHS
  • 1986 CIC VHS

UK: The Theatrical version was passed AA (14) uncut for:

  • 1980 cinema release

US; The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:

  • 2020 Universal [Theatrical + Extended Version] RA 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon
 v          Bluey - 2018 Australia/UK children's cartoon TV series


 X   Bluey

Link Here

Bluey is a 2018 Australia/UK children's cartoon TV series
Starring David McCormack, Melanie Zanetti and Ninthe van Schie IMDb

Several episodes have been banned or cut for screening on Disney+.

Summary Notes

The slice-of-life adventures of an Australian Blue Heeler Cattle Dog puppy as she has fun with her family and friends in everyday situations.

Cuts

TikToker @world.shaker has compiled a list of changes that Disney+ made in season 3.
  • In one episode, Bandit is shown getting hit in a sensitive spot but in the Disney+ version that scene is cut.
  • In another scene, Bandit has a conversation about getting a vasectomy but that's gone too.
  • Then, there are the episodes that Disney just outright said no to airing. One of the banned episodes features a storyline around flatulence. The episode, titled Family Meeting shows a silent, smelly something pass under Bluey's nose.
  • Another controversial episode comes from season 2. In it, Bandit simulates what it's like to give birth--Bingo slides out of a carrier strapped to his chest.
            Blumhouse's Truth or Dare - 2018 USA horror thriller by Jeff Wadlow.  See Truth or Dare

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