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 v          Cabin Fever - 2002 US horror by Eli Roth.


 X   Cabin Fever

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Cabin Fever is a 2002 US horror by Eli Roth.
With Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong and James DeBello. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There's a Director's Cut and a cut Theatrical Version.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 97:50s
pal: 93:55s

15 cert

MPAA Unrated

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

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

See version details from movie-censorship.com :

The changes are generally additional and rearranged plot scenes which improve the film. There is also an additional jump scare.

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut

cut:
run: 91:55s
pal: 88:14s
15 cert

MPAA R

UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2004 Warner R2 DVD
  • 2003 cinema release
 v   The Cable Guy - 1996 USA comedy thriller by Ben Stiller.


 X   The Cable Guy

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  • Cable Guy
The Cable Guy is a 1996 USA comedy thriller by Ben Stiller.
Starring Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick and Leslie Mann. IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12 rated 1996 cinema release and the subsequent VHS releases. The BBFC cuts were waived for 12 rated 2017 home video. The film is uncut and PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Notes

Steven Kovak has been kicked out of his apartment by his girlfriend. Steven has a new apartment, and decides to slip the cable guy (Chip) $50 for free cable. Steven then fakes an interest in Chip's line of work. However Chip takes this to heart trying to become Steven's best bud. When Steven no longer wants to be Chips friend the man who can do it all goes on an all out assault to ruin Steven's life. In the backdrop is the delicate sub-plot of the trial of a former kid star for murdering his brother.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 95:45s
pal: 91:55s
12

MPAA PG-13

UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate sex references, violence with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
  • 2017 Sony video

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

BBFC cut
category cuts
cut: 1-4s
run: 95:30s
pal: 91:41s
sub: 91:46s
12UK: Passed 12 after 4s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1999 Columbia/Tri-Star VHS
  • 1997 Columbia/Tri-Star VHS
UK: Passed 12 after 1s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1996 cinema release

From IMDb. A single 4 sec cut was made to this black comedy, in order to secure a required 12 cert.

  • The cut occurs towards the end, when Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick, are fighting on top of the TV satellite. A couple of shots of Carrey headbutting Broderick and an ear clap have been removed.

Presumably, although implemented differently, the same cuts list applies to cinema and video

 v          Cage Fight Tournament


 X   Cage Fight Tournament

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Cage Fight Tournament

Versions

6:46s 1848:51s 1997 release by Bas Boon
 v          Caged Fury - 1990 USA action film by Bill Milling.


 X   Caged Fury

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  • A Fúria Börtönében
Caged Fury is a 1990 USA action film by Bill Milling.
Starring Kascha, Gregory Scott Cummins and Elizabeth Hicks. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1991. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review: Dirk Ramsey is the MAN

Discontent leads to a daring escape plan in a women's prison where the inmates are all lingerie clad models and the lesbian warden demands unusual favours for early parole.

This has got to be one of the funniest films of all time; featuring the most underrated action hero ever to grace the silver screen. For those of you who have yet to watch this masterpiece, Dirk Ramsey is the MAN! He is far superior to Spiderman; his intellect makes Batman look like a dunce, while his strength, even Superman would struggle against the might that is Ramsey. And did I mention that he oozes sex appeal? Throw in sleazy Eric Estrada as his side-kick Victor, and you have all the ingredients for one hell of a viewing. Also, all the 'ladies' on offer apart from Cat and Tracey Collins, are porn stars in real life, you've gotta love this film.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
MPAA R ~95:00s
=~91:00s

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
2:41s
18 89:03s

submitted
91:44s
UK: Passed 18 after 2:41s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1991 RCA/Columbia Pictures VHS

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Cut to edit scenes of fighting and violence including blood spurts and an eye gouging.
 v          Caged Hearts


 X   Caged Hearts

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Caged Hearts

Versions

7:05s 1883:24s 1997 release by Henri Charr
            Caged Women - 1976 Switzerland crime horror thriller by Jesús Franco. See Barbed Wire Dolls
 v          Caged Women - 1991 Italy action crime adventure by Leandro Lucchetti.


 X   Caged Women (1991)

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  • Caged: Le prede umane
  • Caged Women in Purgatory
Caged Women is a 1991 Italy action crime adventure by Leandro Lucchetti.
With Pilar Orive, Isabel Libossart and Elena Wiedermann. YouTube icon IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1992 video. Unbanned after massive cuts. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes

Beautiful young American tourist Janet Cooper goes on vacation to a remote South American country. After being arrested by a corrupt cop and subsequently found guilty of a trumped-up charge involving possession of narcotics, Janet finds herself incarcerated at an isolated castle located deep in the jungle that serves as a hellish women's penitentiary. The brutal staff at said prison not only treat the inmates as their own sexual playthings, but also force the ladies into prostitution and even let decadent rich folks hunt them down like animals in the wild.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 87m
pal: 84m
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
cut
total cuts
cut: ~17:33s
run: 68:11s
pal: 65:27s

BBFC cut
3:43s

cut
pre-cut
~13:90s

18UK: A pre-cut version was passed 18 after 3:43s of further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2001 MIA R2 DVD
  • 1992 New Age VHS

A heavily pre-cut was resubmitted by New Age in 1992 and the BBFC cut a further 3:43s. The total cuts add up to something around the 17:33s mark

banned
banned
run: 89:52s
pal: 86:16s
rejectedUK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1992 New Age VHS

The BBFC commented:

Rejected because of its exploitative treatment of the sexual abuse of women. An Italian women's prison film in which the prisoners were raped and abused by their gaolers, was redolent of the video nasty era in that the abuse was offered not for condemnation but as an erotic spectacle.
 v          Calamity Of Snakes - 1982 Taiwan/Hong Kong action comedy by Chi Chang


 X   Calamity Of Snakes

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  • War Between Man and Snakes
  • Ren she da zhan
Calamity Of Snakes is a 1982 Taiwan/Hong Kong action comedy by Chi Chang
Starring Yun-Peng Hsiang, Yuen Kao and Ping-Ou Wei IMDb

Exists as a Hong Kong Theatrical Version, an Export Version with a little more sex, an Animal Cruelty Free Version and a Korean Version with an alternative storyline.

Summary Notes

After a businessman kills thousands of snakes in a pit where they are building a new apartment building, the residents of the building are attacked by thousands of snakes as vengeance.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Export Version
run: 86:52s
pal: 83:24s
MPAA UnratedUS: The Export Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2023 Unearthed Records [Hong Kong Theatrical + Export + Animal Cruelty Free Versions] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 25th April 2023
  • 2023 Unearthed Records R1 DVD at US Amazon #ad released on 25th April 2023
  • 2023 Unearthed Records Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

See article from dvdcompare.net :

The Export Version includes a brief shot of nudity and a slightly more explicit sex scene (with no additional nudity).

uncut
Hong Kong Theatrical Version
run: 86:16s
pal: 82:49s
MPAA UnratedUS: The Hong Kong Theatrical Version is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2023 Unearthed Records [Hong Kong Theatrical + Export + Animal Cruelty Free Versions] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 25th April 2023
cut
cut
Animal Cruelty Free Version
cut:
run: 76:40s
pal: 73:36s
MPAA UnratedUS: Animal Cruelty Free Version is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2023 Unearthed Records [Hong Kong Theatrical + Export + Animal Cruelty Free Versions] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 25th April 2023
uncut
Korean Version
South Korea flag
Korea
Korea: The South Korean version titled WAR BETWEEN MEN AND SNAKES has a different storyline, and alternative footage which was filmed there. It also runs around 5m longer than CALAMITY OF SNAKES.
            California Axe Massacre - 1974 US film by Frederick R Friedel See Axe
 v          Caligula - 1980 US/Italian adult drama by Tinto Brass


 X   Caligula

Link Here
  • Caligola
Caligula is a 1980 US/Italian adult drama by Tinto Brass
With Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole and Helen Mirren. YouTube icon IMDb
Originally cut in the UK and US for an 18 rated UK and R rated US theatrical release. There also exists Tinto Brass' Alternative Version which does not include the hardcore footage added by the producers. The full uncut version was passed 18 uncut for 2008 DVD. This full uncut version is MPAA Unrated in the US. The Hardcore Version was banned in Australia in 2010.

In 2018 Penthouse announced a plan running over a couple of years for a 4k restoration of the Tinto Brass version. However the bankruptcy of Penthouse may have put an end to the idea.

Imperial/Uncut Version

uncut
Uncut Version
run: 156:00s
pal: 149:46s

18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Uncut Version was passed 18 uncut for strong violence, sexual violence and strong real sex with previous cuts waived for:
  • 2012 Arrow Unlimited Edition R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2010 Arrow R0 Blu-ray
  • 2009 Arrow Uncut Edition R2 DVD
  • 2008 Freemantlemedia/Arrow Imperial Edition [+alternative version +R Rated Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US : Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

From the BBFC:

In 2008, the full uncut version of Caligula was resubmitted to the BBFC for DVD release. The passage of nearly 30 years had significantly diminished the film's impact and after careful consideration it was decided that it could now be classified '18' uncut.

This decision accords with the BBFC Guidelines, which state that At '18', the BBFC's guideline concerns will not normally override the wish that adults should be free to chose their own entertainment, within the law.

Although there are scenes in Caligula that some people will find shocking, offensive or disgusting, the film does not contain any material that is illegal in terms of current UK law and nor does it contain any material that is likely to give rise to harm for adults audiences, most of whom will be well aware of its controversial reputation.

The DVD version was classified '18' uncut with the consumer advice Contains strong violence, sexual violence and strong real sex.

BBFC uncut
uncut
RC
Australia
Australia: The uncut version was banned in July 2010

See article from refused-classification.com

The Australian Censorship Board has a rich history of censorship of Caligula

Tinto Brass Alternative Version

uncut
Tinto Brass
Alternative Version
run: 152:57s
pal: 146:50s
18UK: The Alternative Version or Re-edited Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2008 Freemantlemedia/Arrow Imperial Edition [+uncut version +R Rated Version] R2 DVD

This version is perhaps is historically at the point where Bob Guccione edited together a version from the material directed by Tinto Brass but before he decided that it could be improved by adding hardcore footage. So orgy scenes etc are the original softcore as directed by Tinto Brass. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

US R Rated Version

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
R Rated Version

cut: 55:07s
run: 102:37s
pal: 98:31s
18

MPAA R

UK: The heavily pre-cut US R rated version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2008 Freemantlemedia/Arrow Imperial Edition [+uncut version +alternative version] R2 DVD
  • 1998 Screen Multimedia VHS
  • 1990 Electric VHS

A couple of brief shots of genital detail and sight of nurses cradling babies and phallic shaped bottles were reinstated from the the previous cut release and were allowed to remain.

Many of the cuts were not related to sex & violence but to shorten the running time and deal with continuity issues over sex and violent scenes that were cut. See details on IMDB

Theatrical Version

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 11m
run: 149:34s
pal: 143:35s

pre-cert VHS

X cert

UK: Passed X after about 11 minutes of cuts for:
  • 1982 Electric pre-cert VHS
  • 1980 cinema release

James Ferman commented in Photoplay:

Even before it could be considered for a certificate some 8.5 minutes had to be cut to make it legal. There are scenes of perverted violence that I wouldn't have thought would ever have been seen in this country, in clubs or anywhere else. A lot of the sex was just straight sex, but more explicit than has ever been passed here. They took out another 3 or 4 minutes and replaced it with lesser material to make it acceptable for the X certificate.

11 minutes of cuts including:

  • Views of Drusilla's vulva removed from several pints in the film
  • Sights of babies sucking phallic-shaped bottles removed
  • Much reduced scene of bootlace being tied around soldier's penis.
  • Hardcore action inserted into orgy scenes taken out
  • The sight of wine streaming out of soldier's bladder after being hacked with a sword removed.
  • Torture shots deleted, a stake into a vagina and several bloodied genitals.
  • Male blow job and masturbation deleted
  • Priestess bathing loses hardcore cunnilingus and insertion
  • Blood of recently ex virgin bride deleted as was greasing of the buttocks and suggestion of fisting for the similarly road tested bridegroom
  • A Lesbian scene lost all hardcore and explicit images
  • Death of Proculus lost a stabbing and the subsequent humiliation of being pissed on and castrated.
  • The sight of Caligula torturing a mouse was deleted.
  • A childbirth scene is missing an emerging head.
  • Hardcore elements of prison scene deleted
  • Hardcore elements of brothel scene deleted
  • Explicit detail removed from scene of women with pearl adorned vulvas
 v          Caligula And Messalina - 1981 Italy/France action biography by Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Jean-Jacques Renon


 X   Caligula And Messalina

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  • Caligula's Perversions
Caligula And Messalina is a 1981 Italy/France action biography by Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Jean-Jacques Renon
Starring Vladimir Brajovic, Betty Roland and Françoise Blanchard Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
This co-production has two different language versions, with some scenes shot differently but with basically the same cast. The original Italian version runs 111 minutes, and has less nudity; the French version runs 96 minutes, and has more nudity. There is also a sexier Explicit Italian version.

Promotional Material

In one of the earliest entries in the subgenre, ItaloFilth veteran Bruno Mattei (THE OTHER HELL, WOMEN'S PRISON MASSACRE) set the Caligsploitation standard for informative history, raid-the-peplum-props ingenuity and jaw-dropping depictions of ancient Roman depravity: When the deranged emperor (Vladimir Brajovic of THE STORY OF O) falls for an insatiable gladiatrix (Betty Roland of Mattei's CALIGULA REINCARNATED AS NERO), their reign will launch a mind-bending bacchanal of torture, sodomy, incest, castration, borrowed footage and aroused livestock.

Versions

uncut
Original Italian Version Version
run: 111m
pal: 107m
Italy : The original Italian Version was more about drama than sex but does not seem to have had many takers for modern day release.
BBFC uncut
Explicit Italian Version
run: 101:07s
pal: 97:04s
MPAA UnratedUS: The Explicit Italian Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2022 Severin [Explicit Italian version + US Unrated version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
  • 2022 Severin [Explicit Italian version + US Unrated version] R1 DVD at US Amazon #ad

BBFC uncut
Porn Tubes Version
run: 107:56s
pal: 103:37s
Worldwide: There is a version that is widely available on porn tubes that features midcore sex with open crotch nudity.

Note that there is a different film on the porn tubes called Caligula and Messaline that is full blown hardcore.

uncut
UK Version
run: 97:26s
pal: 93:32s
X 1970UK: An unknown version was passed X (18) without BBFC cuts:
  • 1982 cinema release

This version can;t have been very sexy as it did not trouble the BBFC censors who were very scissor happy at the time.

uncut
French Version
run: 96m
pal: 92m
France: The French version features nudity but not the more explicit sex.
uncut
US Version
run: 94:51s
pal: 91:03s
MPAA UnratedUS: The US Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2022 Severin [Explicit Italian version + US Unrated version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
  • 2022 Severin [Explicit Italian version + US Unrated version] R1 DVD at US Amazon #ad

            Caligula Reincarnated as Hitler - Caligula Reincarnated as Hitler See The Gestapo's Last Orgy
 v          Caligula: The Untold Story - 1981 Italy adult drama by Joe D'Amato


 X   Caligula: The Untold Story

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  • Caligula 2: The Untold Story
  • Caligula: La Storia mai Raccontata
  • Emperor Caligula
  • Emperor Caligula: The Garden of Taboo
  • L'Imperatore Caligula
  • The Emperor Caligula: The Untold Story
Caligula: The Untold Story is a 1981 Italy adult drama by Joe D'Amato
With David Brandon, Laura Gemser and Luciano Bartoli. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
The Original Version features hardcore footage not involving the lead players. A softcore US Version was also produced which was extensively cut by the BBFC for 18 rated UK cinema release in 1984. This version was later banned by the BBFC for 1987 VHS. The Italian Version is longer than the US Softcore Version but still excludes the hardcore footage.
Summary Review: The Other Caligula

The mad Roman emperor Caligula romances a young Moor woman ploting to kill him while he continues his debauched lifestyle of sex and murder.

A fair Italian rip off of Bob Guccione's Caligula. David Brandon is good as the demented Emperor of Rome. Ornate costumes and sets, as well as a lush film score help as well,

As per the original there is a long hardcore orgy. The lead actors don't get to feature in the naughty stuff.

The cuts for hardcore footage include a scene involving a horse.

Fans of cult cinema, and of the 1979 version should appreciate this one.

Original Hardcore Version

uncut
Original Hardcore Version
run: 121:07s
pal: 116:16s
MPAA Unrated

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Italy flag

US: The Original Hardcore Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for: Germany: The Extended Explicit Version is uncut for:

Note that there a few minor variations between this version and that released by Severin.

Italy: Uncut for:

  • Cine Storm [Hardcore + Italian Softcore Version] R0 DVD via UK Amazon

Italian Softcore Version

cut
Italian Softcore Version
cut: ~14m
run: 106:33s
pal: 102:17s
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Italy flag

Germany: The Extended Explicit Version is uncut for:

Italy: Uncut for:

  • Cine Storm [Hardcore + Italian Softcore Version] R0 DVD via UK Amazon

US Softcore Version

cut
US Softcore Version
cut:
run: 94:47s
pal: 91:00s
MPAA UnratedUS: The US Softcore Version is cut and MPAA Unrated for:
banned
banned
run: 94:08s
pal: 90:22s
rejectedUK: The US Softcore Version was banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1987 VTC VHS
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 8:42s
run: 85:55s
pal: 82:29s
18UK: The US softcore Version was passed 18 after a further 8:42s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1984 cinema release

From cuts details on IMDb :

The submitted film that had been pre-cut by the distributors to remove 14 minutes of hardcore footage and a bestiality scene featuring a horse, and then cut by a further 8:42s by the BBFC. These included:

  • all footage of dildos
  • Caligula raping a virgin in a forest
  • a wife and child being slaughtered
  • a man's tongue being removed
  • close ups of sex scenes.
 v          Caligula's Daughter


 X   Caligula's Daughter

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  • Caligula's Spawn
Caligula's Daughter

Versions

uncut
uncut
Netherlands
16
~145:00s Caligula's Daughter is a 2009 Czech adult film by Lloyd A. Simandl.
With Rena Riffel and John Comer. IMDb

Netherlands:

BBFC cut
24:32s
18 61:54s Passed 18 after 24:32s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2010 Third Millenium R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

Compulsory cuts required for requested 18 to remove scenes of threat, humiliation, torture and abuse, sexual and sexualised violence, in a sex work.

The BBFC added in their 2009 Annual Report:

Some works submitted with a request for an 18 classification tread a fine line between being an erotic drama , with strong sex scenes set within an equally strong narrative context, and being a sex work, where the main purpose of sex scenes is sexual stimulation. Caligula's Daughter was just such a work. Its storyline, which revolved around the enslavement and subjugation of young women, was outweighed by the frequency of its extended scenes of sexual fondling and simulated sexual activity. With the latter dominating the work, it was judged to be an 18 level sex work. As a consequence several cuts were made to scenes where the sexual activity was combined with elements including lack of consent, use of restraint, or sexual humiliation of the female characters.

 v          Caltiki the Immortal Monster - 1959 Italy / USA Sci-Fi horror adventure by Riccardo Freda (as Robert Hamton) and Mario Bava (uncredited).


 X   Caltiki the Immortal Monster

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  • Caltiki il mostro immortale
Caltiki the Immortal Monster is a 1959 Italy / USA Sci-Fi horror adventure by Riccardo Freda (as Robert Hamton) and Mario Bava (uncredited).
Starring John Merivale, Didi Sullivan and Gérard Herter. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1960 cinema release. Uncut for 2017 video release.
Promotional Material
A team of archaeologists led by Dr John Fielding (John Merivale, Circus of Horrors) descends on the ruins of an ancient Mayan city to investigate the mysterious disappearance of its inhabitants. However, the luckless explorers get more than they bargained for when their investigation of a sacrificial pool awakens the monster that dwells beneath its waters the fearsome and malevolent god Caltiki.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
12 cert76:20s UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate injury detail, violence for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X pre 1970UK: Passed X (16) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1960 cinema release
 v          Camille Claudel - 1988 France historical romance by Bruno Nuytten.


 X   Camille Claudel

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Camille Claudel is a 1988 France historical romance by Bruno Nuytten.
Starring Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu and Madeleine Robinson. IMDb

The film was shortened for US release but is uncut in Europe.
Summary Notes

Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and for Rodin. She also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow...

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
PG165:55s

UK: Passed PG uncut for mild sex, sex references and violence for:
BBFC uncut
uncut
PG 167:38s

UK: Passed PG uncut for:
  • 1993 CIC VHS
  • 1989 cinema release
cut
shortened
US Version
MPAA R ~158:00s
=~151:00s

US: The film was shortened and MPAA R rated
 v          Camille 2000 - 1969 US drama by Radley Metzger.


 X   Camille 2000

Link Here
  • Forbidden Love
Camille 2000 is a 1969 US drama by Radley Metzger.
With Danièle Gaubert, Nino Castelnuovo and Eleonora Rossi Drago. YouTube icon IMDb
Exists as a shortened, standard and extended version. None have attracted censor cuts.
Summary Review: Stylish
A very stylish working of Dumas' Lady of the Camellias giving Radley Metzger's alternate view of what the year 2000 might look like from a late sixties perspective. Includes a notable score from the late Piero Piccioni and some stunning cinemascope compositions.

A softcore drama providing a portrait of the idle rich cavorting across the continent of Europe in an endless series of orgies and parties.

Generally well appreciated for its style but some reviewers have found the drama a little dull.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

130:15s
=125:02s
UK: The Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex and nudity for:

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

BBFC uncut

cut
shortened

18116:34s
=111:54s
UK: A US Version/Unabridged Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2003 Salvation R2 DVD
  • 1982 cinema release

There are 2 US versions. The 117 minute version is missing about 2 minutes from the sex scenes.

BBFC uncut

cut
shortened

1894:12s UK: The European Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1986 Tower VHS

The European Version was shortened to reduce running time but the sex scenes are intact

 v   The Campaign - 2012 USA comedy by Jay Roach.


 X   The Campaign

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The Campaign is a 2012 USA comedy by Jay Roach.
With Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis and Jason Sudeikis. YouTube icon IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an uncontroversial Extended Cut
Summary Notes

In order to gain influence over their North Carolina district, two CEOs seize an opportunity to oust long-term congressman Cam Brady by putting up a rival candidate. Their man: naive Marty Huggins, director of the local Tourism Center.

Versions

uncut
Extended Cut
15 cert

MPAA R
MPAA

91:48s UK: The Extended Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong language, once very strong, strong sex and sex references for:

US: The Extended Cut is MPAA R Rated for:

  • 2012 Warner [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray / R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The additional 9:44s of material is uncontroversial but is worth having.

uncut
Theatrical Version
15 cert

MPAA R
MPAA

81:54s UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language, once very strong, strong sex and sex references for:
  • 2013 Warner [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2013 Warner R2 DVD

US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R Rated for:

  • 2012 Warner [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray / R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
  • 2012 Warner [Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray
  • 2012 Warner [Theatrical] R1 DVD
            Campsite Massacre - 1981 US horror film by Andrew Davis See Final Terror
 v          Can You Keep It Up for a Week? - 1975 UK sex comedy by Jim Atkinson.


 X   Can You Keep It Up for a Week?

Link Here

Can You Keep It Up for a Week? is a 1975 UK sex comedy by Jim Atkinson.
With Jeremy Bulloch, Neil Hallett and Jill Damas. IMDb

Summary Review:
Job Prospects
Flat sex comedy with the philandering hero struggling to keep a job for a week at an employment agency.

Plenty of playful fun as he gets distracted from his quest by an endless stream of naughty women.

Totally softcore, but plenty of nudity in material likened to Benny Hill by an American reviewer.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R Rated
93:54s
=90:09s
US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
BBFC cut
~1:10s
18 88:48s

submitted
93:44s =89:59s

UK: Passed 18 after about 1:10s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2014 Odeon R2 DVD
  • 1995 Jezebel VHS
  • 1975 cinema release
 v       A Candle for the Devil - 1973 Spain horror by Eugenio Martín (as Eugene Martin).


 X   A Candle for the Devil

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  • Una Vela para el diablo
  • It Happened at Nightmare Inn
  • Nightmare Hotel
  • Nightmare Inn
A Candle for the Devil is a 1973 Spain horror by Eugenio Martín (as Eugene Martin).
Starring Judy Geeson, Aurora Bautista and Esperanza Roy. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
The film was cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1974 cinema release but was passed 18 uncut for 2008 DVD. The film was premiered in a much longer version. There is also a heavily cut US version.
Summary Review: Murderous Nutters

Two old maid sisters are running a little family hotel in Spain. They are very religious and the moral of the foreign tourist girl is too much for them, they start to kill them.

A very strange, dark and brooding film somewhat in the style of some of Pete Walkers offerings from the same period.

Judy Geeson is the sister of one of the disappeared and soon notices a disturbing trend of young gals disappearing without warning and sets out to investigate further. It is all really well done.

There is no real gore, but there is quite a bit of semi-nudeness and a nice little story underpinning it all.

Theatrical Version

uncut
uncut
run: 83:12s
pal: 79:52s
18

MPAA R

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence: US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub: 83:31s
X certUK: Passed 18 after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1974 cinema release

US Version

cut
shortened
cut:
run: 67m
pal: 64m
US flagUS: There is a heavily shortened/cut US version from Cheezy Flicks to avoid, titled It Happened at Nightmare Inn

Premiere Version

uncut
uncut
run: 120m
pal: 115m
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Spain
Spain: The film originally premiered on the film festival circuit in a 120m version but this was cut to 83m for Spanish Theatrical release and it was this 83m version that was distributed worldwide.
 v          Candy - 1968 France / Italy / USA comedy fantasy adventure by Christian Marquand.


 X   Candy

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  • Candy - hun er sċ frĉk
Candy is a 1968 France / Italy / USA comedy fantasy adventure by Christian Marquand.
Starring Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton and Charles Aznavour. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1969 X rated cinema release. Uncut and 15 rated for 2005 DVD. Uncut and R rated in the US.
Summary Notes

Candy Christian is an innocent young girl when she first hears NcPhito, an alcoholic Welsh poet, talk of love and self-sacrifice. Candy narrowly escapes McPhisto's attempt to rape her, only to succumb to her father's Mexican gardener, Emmanuel. When her father catches her with the gardener, he banishes her to a trip with his twin brother, Uncle Jack, and Jack's wife Aunt Livia, who are headed for New York City. As Candy makes her way to the airport, Emmanuel's three sisters attack her because she has corrupted their brother. Because of Candy, Emmanuel has now forsaken the priesthood. During the scuffle, Candy's father takes a blow to the head, resulting in a serious head injury. Candy nearly gives in to a General Smight on the plane in exchange for a blood transfusion for her father. In New York, an ego-maniacal brain surgeon Dr. Krankeit operates on her father, while Uncle Jack pursues his own operation on Candy. When Candy bashes him with a bedpan, Uncle Jack is put in her father's ...

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
15

MPAA R

124:22s

UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate sex and surgical gore for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X pre 1970submitted
124:27s
=119:28s
UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1969 cinema release
 v   The Candy Snatchers - 1973 US crime film by Guerdon Trueblood.


 X   The Candy Snatchers

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The Candy Snatchers is a 1973 US crime film by Guerdon Trueblood.
With Tiffany Bolling, Ben Piazza and Susan Sennett. YouTube icon IMDb

Banned by the BBFC for 1973 cinema release. Uncut in the US
Summary Review: Classic exploitation
The Candy Snatchers is a very good example of the exploitation genre. It boasts a good plot with fine one liner dialogue and a wicked black sense of humour. The actor is also good. And to add to the mix, the plot featuring incest, drugs, murder, rape, and kidnapping is described as sleazy but light on violence.

There are several scenes that seem to have inspired Quentin Tarantino's homages to the genre.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 94:27s
pal: 90:40s
MPAA RUS: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
banned
banned
rejected UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1973 cinema release
 v   The Candy Tangerine Man - 1975 USA action adventure by Matt Cimber.


 X   The Candy Tangerine Man

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The Candy Tangerine Man is a 1975 USA action adventure by Matt Cimber.
Starring John Daniels, Eli Haines and Tom Hankason. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 1986 VHS. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes

Sunset Boulevard is a lucrative place to work for the Black Baron, a pimp with a distinctive red and yellow Rolls Royce and plenty of girls on his books. He don't take no mess from his girls, his madam or his competitors and viciously defends his patch. First, he clobbers the Mob who attempt to move in on his patch. Second, he tracks down one of his girls who runs off with a suitcase full of his cash. Third, he disposes of two policemen. But by now he knows his pimping days are numbered, so after a final explosive gun battle he switches to being his alter ego, mild-mannered businessman Ron who lives out in the leafy suburbs with an unsuspecting wife and family.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA R US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
4:18s
18 84:04s

submitted
88:22s
UK: Passed 18 after 4:18s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1986 Satellite Films VHS

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum :

Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 1986:

  • At 37 mins-In scene in which several gangsters threaten half-naked women shortly after man says " None of your business", all sight of moustachioed man walking down line holding knife against bare breasts and a woman`s neck was removed, resuming on sight of woman being pushed to the ground.
  • At 38 mins-Directly after, when woman on ground has hand shoved up her pink nightdress, all sight of her nipple exposed in medium close up and being fingered was removed. Also removed was all sight of knife actually cutting breast on screen, resuming on shot of blonde woman watching, holding her hand over mouth.
  • At 44 mins-In sequence in which black man in burgundy hat thrusts villain`s hand into sink waste disposal unit, second shot of hand in and surrounded by blood was removed.
  • At 64.5 mins-In scene in which black man in white suit enters flat, held shot of dead blonde woman with bloody bullet hole on her left breast was removed, resuming on passing shot of dead man on sofa next to her.
 v          Candyman - 1992 USA / UK horror thriller by Bernard Rose.


 X   Candyman

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  • Clive Barker's Candyman
  • Bitininkas
Candyman is a 1992 USA / UK horror thriller by Bernard Rose.
Starring Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley and Tony Todd. IMDb
Released uncut and 18 rated for UK cinema release and VHS. In the US the film was cut for an MPAA R rating. This cut version seems to have been released worldwide on DVD and Blu-ray with just a Turkish DVD escaping the cuts.

The film was restored for UK Blu-ray in 2018. Both the cut US version and the uncut UK version have been restored for this release.

Summary Notes

Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town, where she learns about the legend of the Candyman, a one-armed man who appears when you say his name five times, in front of a mirror. Of course, Helen doesn't believe all this stuff, but the people of the area are really afraid. When she ignores their warnings and begins her investigation in the places that he is rumored to appear, a series of horrible murders begins. Could the legend be true?

Versions

BBFC uncut
UK Version
run: 99:03s
pal: 95:05s
15

18

UK: The UK Theatrical Version/Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong violence, horror, gory images for:
  • 2018 Arrow Limited Edition [UK + US Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Brand new restoration of the original UK theatrical version, featuring alternate, more graphic footage [than the US Theatrical Version]

US: The UK Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated:

  • 2018 Shout! Factory [UK + US Versions] (RA) Collector's Edition Blu-ray at US Amazon

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

  • 1994 Columbia/Tri-Star Laserdisc
  • 1993 Columbia/Tri-Star VHS
  • 1992 cinema release
Turkey: Seems to have escaped the trend to release the cut version on DVD and is uncut for Tiglon DVD

Thanks to David

I bought the Special Edition of Candyman on the Tiglon label on R2 in Turkey and was extremely happy to find that it is uncut. The DVD video is much better than previous releases as well as the audio being vastly improved instead of previous monaural surround. Todd's superbly deep bass voice booms now! Anyway the good part is that it must have been taken from an uncut master or VHS source and remastered. I checked it with my uncut VHS taped from C4's showing several years ago and it matches. Great stuff!

All the previous MPAA cuts are intact. The violent jerking forward of the psychiatrist, the three or more main blood spurts( but they are quick!), the reaction shot of Madsen as his blood spurts on her face are all there and his screams are not lessened for sound impact as before. There is a mistake on the back cover as it says runtime 99mins(this must be a quote refering to R1 NTSC speed), anyway at PAL rate it runs 95 mins 14 seconds with the Propaganda label at end.

On the commentary it is mentioned that the MPAA kept rejecting it as an NC17, as they hated the spurting blood in this scene- 68 mins at PAL frame- but they are all there in this R2 release. There is a God!

BBFC uncut
German
Unrated Version
run: 98:34s
pal: 94:37s
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Germany
Germany: A variant Version is uncut for VHS.

Thanks to David, July 2009:

Take a look at pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com which discusses the "unrated" German VHS of Candyman.

Now my Turkish Tiglon version seems to be missing the shots shown at 1.10.35-1.10.37 (NTSC I assume compared with unrated PAL speed) and final shot at bottom of page-back of doctor getting killed. In the so called harmless replacement shots of a shocked Virginia Madsen strapped in the chair the Turkish one shows her getting blood splattered on her face-missing in US R print (but could someone please confirm this- been a while since I saw US version) and missing too (going by their pictures here) of this German so called unrated VHS, which by the way is a bit shorter than Tiglon Turkish version to amount of 37 seconds, but contains more graphic violence as confirmed by pictures.

This appears to an alternate version to both R2 Turkish and R rated one. the German version appears to show more stock footage of doctor's death scene which has never appeared in our old UK VHS version/or DVD and the 'complete' version which C4 showed several times years back.

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
US Version
cut

cut:
run: 99:09s
pal: 95:11s

18

MPAA R

Australian Classification Board

UK: The cut US Theatrical Version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2019 Arrow Special Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2006 Universal R2 DVD

Australia : See comparison from Chopping List which details variations in Australian releases and concurs that DVD releases are tamer than VHS.

Thanks also to Bill. The cuts for an MPAA R rating were:

  • Cuts to a more graphic rocking of the doctor as he violently headbutts the table when Tony Todd's character Candyman is tearing away at his flesh. The screams of the doctor are reduced for sound impact too. C4 have always shown this film uncut and the distributor Columbia Tristar can be blamed for these cuts due to MPAA interference of which Tristar are a member of. The R1 version is cut the same, but the sound impact is not as severely reduced probably due to the prologic soundtrack
  • Unrated workprints (bootlegs) of Candyman also contain a more graphic beating of Virginia Madsen's character 'Helen' in the toilets by the black youths who enter into the toilet and who kick her several times on the floor while she bleeds profusely from the head wound inflicted from the blow by the hook of the main youth. This is cut in all regular prints
  • In the uncut print you can see Candyman's hook emerging from the doctor's stomach as he tears away ferociously and the blood spurts towards Virginia Madsen. This is not in R print, but is in the earlier VHS!
            Cannibal - 1977 Italy horror adventure by Ruggero Deodato. See Last Cannibal World
 v          Cannibal Apocalypse - 1980 Italian/Spanish horror by Anthony M Dawson.


 X   Cannibal Apocalypse

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  • Apocalisse Domani
  • The Cannibals are in the Streets
  • Invasion of the Flesh Hunters
  • Savage Apocalypse
  • Slaughterers
  • Cannibals in the City
Cannibal Apocalypse is a 1980 Italian/Spanish horror by Anthony M Dawson.
Banned as a video nasty in 1982. Passed 18 after animal cruelty cuts for UK DVD. There is a cut US MPAA R rated version and an uncut MPAA Unrated version.
Summary Review: Horror and action

Cannibalism has become a disease brought back to the US by soldiers returning from Vietnam. French kissing becomes inadvisable as the plague spreads.

Interesting and disgusting mix of horror and action from the director of Castle of Blood Antonio Margheriti. What makes it work is that there is some nasty gore scenes like the infamous shotgun wound scene and eating chunks out of human flesh, a cool if cheesy funk soundtrack with a war theme that almost sounds like the theme to "G.I. Joe", a grisly twist in the end and the film is also a metaphore on how the horrors of vietnam can affect a soldier and this is one of Quentin Taratino's personal faves.

The original Italian title of the film is Apocalypse Domani , which translates as "Apocalypse Tomorrow," cheekily indicating its thematic debt to a certain Francis Ford Coppola film.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 96:23s
pal: 92:32s
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
mpaa cut
cut
cut:
run: 96:20s
pal: 92:29s
MPAA RUS : Gore was cut from the MPAA R rated US theatrical release,
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 2s
run: 96:23s
pal: 92:32s
18UK: Passed 18 after 2s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2010 Optimum R2 DVD
  • 2005 Cinema Club R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

  • A compulsory cut was required to remove sight of animal cruelty (in this case, a rat being set on fire with a flamethrower)
uncut
uncut
run: 95:56s
pal: 92:06s
Video NastyUK: Released uncut on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Replay VHS

It was an early casualty of the press panic and was added to the DPP list of banned videos in July 1983. It remained on the list until the end of the scare, so became one of the collectable DPP39's.

 v          Cannibal Ferox - 1981 Italian adventure by Umberto Lenzi.


 X   Cannibal Ferox

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  • Cannibal Feroz
  • Make them Die Slowly
  • Let them Die Slowly
  • Woman from Deep River
  • Die Rache der Kannibalen
Cannibal Ferox is a 1981 Italian adventure by Umberto Lenzi.
With Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle and Danilo Mattei. YouTube icon IMDb
Released cut and uncut on pre-cert videos that were destined to become video nasties. Extensively cut by the BBFC for 2001 DVD. The cuts for violence were waived for 2018 home video, but cuts for animal cruelty have persisted. Note that the running time has been maintained by slowing down the footage of the remainder of the scenes that have been allowed to remain. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Delivers the Goods

Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.

Not a patch on Deodato's excellent Cannibal Holocaust , which is just as gory and a hell of a lot more realistic, with believable actors and an intelligent script. In comparison, Ferox seems like just an exploitative rip-off. But taken in its own terms, Cannibal Ferox does deliver the goods (I'm talking gore-wise) with hard-to-watch sexual violence accompanying genuine animal deaths. The music is cheesy, and again not up to the standards of Holocaust, but it grows on you.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 93m
pal: 89m
MPAA UnratedUS: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
cut: 1:55s
run: 92:50s
pal: 89:07s
18UK: Passed 18 for strong bloody violence, gore after some previous cuts waived but still with 1:55s of BBFC compulsory cuts for: The BBFC commented:
  • Compulsory cuts required to sequences of real animal cruelty.

The BBFC commented further in the annual report covering 2017:

Required cuts to remove sight of real animal cruelty that appeared to be orchestrated and directed for the purposes of the film (a jaguar killing a monkey and a man stabbing a pig and a crocodile).

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com/

Although cut by nearly 2 minutes, the running time of the cut version has been maintained by slowing down scenes that have been allowed to remain

cut
total
cut: 6:57s
run: 86:28s
pal: 83:00s

BBFC cut
6s

cut
pre-cut
6:51s

18UK: Passed 18 after 6:51s of pre-cuts + 6s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2001 Horror Video/S Gold R0 DVD
  • 2001 Horror Video/S Gold VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • Cut required to sight of small animal on end of rope banging against side of a jeep

From IMDb. The Pre-cuts were:

  • Removed scene of coati being eaten by a snake whilst the adventurers look on.
  • Removed scene of a monkey being attacked by a jaguar.
  • Removed scene of iguana fending off snake
  • Removed scenes of Pat & Mike tormenting a native girl about being a virgin and then threatening to hurt her with a knife drawn across her naked breasts
  • Removed scene of live turtle having its head an legs chopped off.
  • Removed scene of Mike removing a native's eye with a knife.
  • Shortened scene of Joe getting speared and his innards becoming a cannibal feast.
  • Removed scene of Mike being castrated with a machete and then the natives eating the tasty morsel.
  • Removed flashback to Mike's ex-girl being kicked in the head.
  • Removed scene of a crocodile being killed and devoured by natives
  • Removed scenes of Mike's hand being chopped off.
  • When Zora Kerowa is killed, this edited version plays as though she has disappeared, never once showing either the actual event of the aftermath of the famous "hooks through the breasts" death.
  • After having his skull sliced off, cuts to natives eating his brains.

An e-mail from the BBFC explained further:

Cannibal Ferox was passed '18' by the BBFC in 1983 after approximately 7 minutes of cuts to remove scenes of cruelty to animals, sexual violence and some of the film's more extreme moments of violence. Before the introduction of the Video Recordings Act in 1984, the BBFC issued a number of such "informal" video certificates but once the VRA came in to effect (at the beginning of 1985), all such "informally" classified videos had to be judged again under the precise terms of the VRA.

By this stage, both the BBFC cut and uncut versions of Cannibal Ferox (both were released on video in the UK) had been successfully prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act. It was therefore not possible for the BBFC to provide a formal classification at this stage since our cut version (as well as the uncut version) had been found obscene. The BBFC-cut version of Cannibal Ferox was seen again for classification last year and was finally approved at '18' earlier this year after one brief cut for animal cruelty. The classified version will be the version passed in 1983. By today's standards the cut version of the work was judged to be acceptable at '18' and the previous conviction was not felt to be significant today. The cut version was removed from the DPP list at a later date and there have been no prosecutions since the early 1980s.

cut
pre-cut
6:51s
Video NastyUK: In September 1982 the BBFC unofficially approved an 18 video version cut by 6:51s for:
  • 1982 Replay VHS

Cannibal Ferox was listed as a video nasty in July 1983 and both the cut and uncut versions were successfully prosecuted. The cut version was eventually removed from the list.

uncut
uncut
run: 92:51s
pal: 89:08s
Video NastyUK : Released uncut on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Replay VHS

The uncut version was released in August 1982. It was listed as a video nasty in July 1983 and both the cut and uncut versions were successfully prosecuted. The uncut version stayed listed throughout the panic so became a one of the collectable DPP 39's.

 v          Cannibal Ferox 2 - 1985 Italy / Brazil action horror adventure by Michele Massimo Tarantini (as Michael E Lemick).


 X   Cannibal Ferox 2

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  • Nudo e selvaggio
  • A Baixeda dos Dinosauros
  • Massacre in Dinosaur Valley
  • Perdidos no Vale dos Dinossauros
  • Stranded in Dinosaur Valley
  • Amazonas
Cannibal Ferox 2 is a 1985 Italy / Brazil action horror adventure by Michele Massimo Tarantini (as Michael E Lemick).
Starring Michael Sopkiw, Suzane Carvalho and Milton Rodríguez. Youtube link IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 2002 DVD. Less cut for 18 rated home video in 2017, the remaining cuts are for animal cruelty. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. There is also a longer Extended Version release in Austria with deleted scenes having been reinserted.

Summary Notes

Michael Sopkiw hitches a ride to Brazil to dig up some dinosaur bones. Once in Brazil he gets in a few tangles with the locals and manages to secure a ride on a charter flight deep into Amazonia. All hell breaks loose as the plane crashes deep in the heart of the jungle, leaving Sopkiw, megalomaniac Soares, and a bunch of super models on their own to trek back to society. The group runs into cannibals, quick sand, murderous animals, and a renegade mine run by slave owners.

A low budget cross between Indiana Jones and Cannibal Ferox, this is just direct to video nonsense that seems to have found a whole new audience thanks to DVD and re-releases of long lost 80's horror.

As is to be expected there is a fair bit of gore from piranha bites to cannibalism but it is far less extreme than say Cannibal Ferox or Holocaust.

On a plus point its fairly entertaining if your in the right mood, with plenty of crowd pleasing nudity.

Extended Version

uncut
Extended Version
run: 96:32s
pal: 92:40s

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Austria
Austria: There is also a longer Extended Version release in Austria with deleted scenes having been reinserted for:
  • XT [Theatrical + Extended Version] RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo titled Amazonas via UK Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

The Extended Version restores deleted scenes. Unfortunately, parts of those scenes are silent because there is no available audio tracks. Quite interesting are the scenes at the photoshoot. These feature more skin, and some important plot details. The Extended Version is worth a view.

Theatrical Version =

uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 88:52s
pal: 85:19s
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Austria

MPAA Unrated

Austria: The Theatrical Version is uncut for:
  • XT [Theatrical + Extended Version] RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo titled Amazonas via UK Amazon
US: The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
13s

cut
pre-cut
2:10s

cut: 2:23s
run: 87:24s
pal: 83:54s
18UK: Passed 18 for sexual violence, sexualised nudity, strong violence after 13s of BBFC compulsory cuts, but with previous sexual violence cuts waived for:

See article from movie-censorship.com . More is missing than the 13s of BBFC cuts required for animal cruelty:

  • 13s of BBFC cuts to a cockfight
  • 20s missing from a sex scene between Kevin and Monica
  • 9s missing from a group walking in the jungle
  • 1:41s The entire sex scene with Belinda and Myara is missing
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:54s
run: 87:24s
pal: 83:54s
18UK: Passed 18 after 1:54s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2002 Protected/Vipco R2 DVD
  • 2002 Protected/Vipco VHS

The BBFC commented: Cuts required to sexual and sexualised violence:

  • forcible removal of woman's underwear and subsequent shots of full nudity
  • sight of woman's breast being clawed and wounded with resulting flow of blood and collection of blood in a bowl
  • sight of woman's breast being exposed, her breast being kissed, her loin cloth being undone, her pubic hair being touched and her positive response to a sexual assault
  • sight of man forcibly tearing open a woman's shirt, revealing her breasts and struggling with her).
  • Further cuts to sight of cocks attacking each other during a cockfight.
 v          Cannibal Holocaust - 1979 Italian adventure by Ruggero Deodato.


 X   Cannibal Holocaust

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  • Cannibal Massaker
  • Holocausto Cannibal
  • Nackt und Zerfeischt
Cannibal Holocaust is a 1979 Italian adventure by Ruggero Deodato.
With Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi and Perry Pirkanen. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Famously banned in the UK as a Video Nasty in 1983. Unbanned for the heavily cut 2001 DVD. The cuts were reduced to animal violence only for 2011 DVD. Deodato produced a new edit in 2011 to more tidily remove the animal violence. Uncut in the US and Italy
From IMDb. Unsuccessfully prosecuted as a snuff movie

Ten days after its premiere in Milan, the film was seized by the Italian courts, and director Ruggero Deodato was arrested and charged with obscenity. He was later charged with murdering several actors on camera, and faced life in prison. The cast had signed contracts requiring them to disappear for a year after shooting, to maintain the illusion that they'd died. Deodato contacted Luca Barbareschi and told him to contact the three other actors who played the missing film team. When the actors appeared in court, alive and well, the murder charges were dropped.

Summary Review: Very well written plot

Film crew sent into the jungle captures some pretty gruesome local customs and then go on to indulge in a little raping and killing themselves. The natives strike back and the film crew are beaten, castrated, stripped down to their skeletons and eaten.

Cannibal Holocaust was, first and foremost, a disgusting movie with more violence than I have ever seen. Despite this, it is also one of my favorite movies. It gives a feeling of Blair Witch done right, even though there are some very obviously contrived scenes in which nobody is holding the camera, but despite some small cosmetic problems this is the best horror movie I have ever seen.

This film suffered repeated outrageous claims of being a snuff movie by the ever-ludicrous gutter press. This can only be a testament to the quality of the film as the TV film crew's demise is presented solely from news footage that they have supposedly shot.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 95m
pal: 91m
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15

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MPAA Unrated

France: Uncut for:
  • Fr (R2) DVD

Denmark: Uncut and 15 rated for:

  • 2015 Another World R0 Blu-ray
  • 2015 Another World R0 DVD

Italy: Uncut and 18 rated for:

  • CineKult RB Blu-ray

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

These releases are missing a few seconds from the last Road to Hell sequence showing prisoners being shot, the dead body of one prisoner and a body being thrown into the back of a truck.

BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut

cut: ~28s
run: 95:43s
pal: 91:53s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The pre-cut Ruggero Deodato's New Edit was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:

The BBFC commented:

  • pre-cut in line with 2011 BBFC cut version. [Cut to remove the cruel killing of a coatimundi ]

US: Ruggero Deodato's New Edit is MPAA Unrated for:

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

  • Cuts to the cruel killing of a coatimundi ] as per the BBFC cut version.
  • Various shots of the giant turtle being killed and cut up were cut or hidden by fake film tears
  • The slicing of the top of a monkey's head was masked by a fake film tear.
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 15s
run: 95:56s
pal: 92:06s
18

18

UK: Passed 18 after 15s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2022 88 Films R0 4K Blu-ray
  • 2014 Shameless [Deadato's Cinema of Death set] R2 DVD
  • 2011 Shameless R0 Blu-ray
  • 2011 Shameless R2 DVD

This version contains the complete last Road to Hell sequence showing prisoners being shot, the dead body of one prisoner and a body being thrown into the back of a truck.

The BBFC cuts are:

  • to remove the cruel killing of a coatimundi.

The missing footage is replaced with shots of monkeys in the wild and a shot of Monroe and Chaco. Presumable keeps commentary tracks or whatever in synch.

The BBFC explained:

Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian horror film. It tells the story of a group of documentary film makers who go missing in the rain-forests of South America. An anthropologist who goes in search of the film makers finds cans containing their undeveloped footage. When the processed footage is viewed, back in New York City, it reveals their fate.

Cannibal Holocaust contains a number of scenes of sexual and sexualised violence that are insufficiently discreet for a 15 classification and which received varying levels of cuts when the film was previously submitted in 2001. In one scene, we see a native woman receiving a ritual punishment for adultery , which involves her being dragged out of a boat, being tied up, and then being violently assaulted with a spiked wooden dildo and a ball of mud containing spikes. Although the scene is shocking and some blood is seen, the emphasis is on the disturbing nature of what is happening, rather than on any erotic detail. The moments of nudity, which are generally shown in longer shot, are well broken up by facial shots of the woman and her attacker, as well as by reaction shots from the disgusted anthropologist and his team who are watching from behind a bush. In another scene, we briefly see a native woman being attacked by a member of another tribe. However, no detail is visible beyond some undetailed thrusting. Later in the film, we witness the documentary film makers raping a native woman. However, the woman in question is covered in mud and very little detail of nudity is visible in what is actually quite a chaotic scene. The scene is shot using a hand-held camera, with the woman moving in and out of view behind the thrusting buttocks of the film makers. The emphasis is firmly on the sadism of the film makers, rather than on any erotic detail, with cutaways to the female film maker protesting about what is being done. Finally, there is a scene in which the female member of the film crew is sexually assaulted and then killed by the cannibals, in retribution for the violence she and her crew have meted out against the native people. As with the previous scene, the manner of filming is chaotic, with hand-held camera-work and the action often moving in and out of focus behind other characters and the surrounding vegetation. The Guidelines state Content which might endorse or eroticise sexual violence may require cuts at any classification level . Although cuts were required to all four scenes of sexual violence in 2001, the BBFC's conclusion today is that the limited detail of nudity, and the frequent intercutting of the scenes with other material, renders the scenes horrific and aversive rather than erotic or likely to eroticise or endorse sexual violence in the real world.

The BBFC's Guidelines state It is illegal to show any scene 'organised or directed for the purposes of the film that involves actual cruelty to animals. This Act applies to the exhibition of films in public cinemas, but the BBFC also applies the same test to video works. In 2001, the BBFC permitted two scenes of unsimulated animal killing in Cannibal Holocaust , namely the decapitation of a snake and the stamping to death of a tarantula. In the case of the snake, the killing was permitted because the decapitation of the snake was instant and therefore comprised a quick clean kill, which is not inherently cruel in terms of BBFC policy. In the case of the tarantula, the killing was permitted because spiders are invertebrates and are therefore not covered by the relevant legislation, nor by BBFC Guidelines or policy. However, cuts were required to four other sequences in which animals were actually killed, namely a small mammal, a turtle, a monkey and a pig. On this occasion, the BBFC concluded that the killing of the small mammal, previously cut in 2001, was still in breach of BBFC Guidelines and policy. In the scene in question, a small mammal (described as a muskrat in the film [but actually a coatimundi ]) is killed using a knife. The animal is repeatedly cut with the knife, resulting in blood loss, and squeals in evident pain and terror. This protracted killing is a clear breach of BBFC Guidelines and policy in relation to the cruel infliction of pain and terror on an animal and in terms of the cruel goading of an animal to fury. However, careful examination of the other three scenes of animal killing revealed that, in each case, the animal in question is killed quickly and cleanly. The turtle's neck is completely and instantly severed, with a rapid blow from a machete; the monkey is killed by the first of two rapid blows from a machete, resulting in its head being cut in two; the pig is killed by a gun shot to the head at close range, resulting in instant death. Although, in the case of the turtle and the pig, there is some sight of the animals' bodies (or body parts) twitching, this is evidently a post mortem nervous reaction, akin to a headless chicken running around a farmyard. Although the BBFC recognises that these scenes of animal slaughter may be upsetting or offensive to some viewers, it is clear that the scenes in question depict animals being killed in a quick and clean fashion that is acceptable under BBFC Guidelines and policy and the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, on which that policy is based.

The 2001 decision to cut these scenes was primarily the result of the disgusting and exploitative nature of the sequences, as well as the history of the film as a DPP-listed video nasty , rather than the result of a strict application of BBFC policy. In spite of any ethical concerns viewers might have about the killing of real animals for film making purposes, removing these sequences would be inconsistent with the BBFC's decisions to permit quick clean kills in several other films, such as Apocalypse Now . It is clear that these scenes are not illegal and are not likely to be harmful to adult viewers. Indeed, the most likely reaction is disgust and revulsion.

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 5:44s
run: 95:56s
pal: 92:06s
18UK: Passed 18 after 5:44s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2001 Protected/Vipco DVD

The BBFC commented:

  • Cuts required to scenes involving real cruelty to animals and to eroticised sexual violence

The BBFC explained further:

Cannibal Holocaust was not formally submitted to the BBFC until 2001, largely because its reputation as a 'video nasty' and its long history of prosecutions for obscenity seemed to preclude the issuing of a BBFC certificate. When it was submitted for video and DVD release the BBFC examined the film very carefully in terms of its own published Guidelines.

The film's presentation of strong sexual violence infringed the Board's strict policy on rape and sexual violence which states that 'Where the portrayal eroticises or endorses sexual assault, the Board is likely to require cuts at any classification level'. Furthermore, in common with a number of Italian films of the same period, the scenes of cruelty to animals were clearly unsimualted and deliberately orchestrated by the filmmakers. UK law prohibits the public exhibition of cinema films if animals were cruelly mistreated during their making and the BBFC applies this test also to videos and DVDs.

Nonetheless, the BBFC recognised that the film, although strong, could be made acceptable, subject to the removal of the above scenes. The distributor therefore agreed to make five minutes 44 seconds of cuts to remove unacceptable elements, after which the film was passed '18' for video and DVD release.

  • The killing of a coatimundi has been deleted
  • Our intrepid adventurers witness the riverside murder and mutilation of a woman presumably by her husband. We don't get to witness:
    • the girl being dragged through the mud and having her legs forced apart
    • the girl struggling and being raped with a wooden dildo
    • the man raising a mudball with spikes and the subsequent shot of genital mutilation
  • Another woman getting raped on the river bank has been removed
  • The disembowelling of a giant turtle has been predictably deleted
  • A monkey gets his head sliced open and its blood is drained into a bowl...but not in the censored version
  • The kicking of a tethered pig has been removed and its subsequent shooting and death
  • The rape one of a native girl by 3 men has been reduced
  • The cannibals eventually overpower the adventurers. The woman in the party gets stripped and raped but not in the UK version.
  • The woman's death scene is missing nudity shots.
cut
cut
cut:
run: 88:47s
pal: 85:14s
Video NastyUK: A pre-cut version was released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Go VHS

Go Video pre-cut their February 1982 release. It was quickly labelled as a video nasty in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout the panic so is one of the collectable DPP39s

Garish video magazine adverts featuring the iconic VHS cover art for Cannibal Holocaust have been attributed as causing the video nasty moral panic. The other 2 films cited are SS Experiment Camp and Driller Killer.

 v          Cannibal Holocaust 2 - 1988 Italy action crime horror by Antonio Climati.


 X   Cannibal Holocaust 2

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  • Cannibal Holocaust II
  • Natura Contro
  • The Green Inferno
  • Paradiso infernale
Cannibal Holocaust 2 is a 1988 Italy action crime horror by Antonio Climati.
Starring Marco Merlo, Fabrizio Merlo and May Deseligny. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty for 15 rated 2002 DVD. Uncut and 15 rated for 2018 Blu-ray
Summary Notes

A man named Pete gets a phone call from his friend, Jemma, who says she has evidence that a professor missing in the Amazon is still alive. Pete hires two men, Mark and Fred, to steal a plane and fly down to the jungle to meet with her. Once there, they meet with Jemma and head into the jungle. The group gets the help of a young native girl to take them to the legendary Imas tribe, the tribe in which the professor was said to be with. However, during their search for the Imas, they run into gold hunters, who are intent on killing the tribe and stealing their treasure. Now racing against the treasure seekers to reach the Imas, they also uncover another scandal in the jungle and try to shut them both down to save the local natives.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 90:32s
pal: 86:55s

15UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence, injury detail with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

Italy: The Italian DVD is uncut with Italian and English soundtracks

BBFC cut
cut: 12s
run: 90:18s
pal: 86:41s
sub: 86:53s
15UK: Passed 15 after 12s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 2002 Michael Lee/Vipco DVD
  • 2002 Michael Lee/Vipco VHS
The BBFC commented:
  • Cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (a monkey hit with a blow dart)

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

This is a rather non-violent adventure flick without any blood, guts or flesh-eating natives. The only exploitation here is of the viewers with a misleading re-titling. The movie is rather solid actually, one just should not expect another Cannibal Holocaust because contentwise, they have nothing in common at all.

 v   The Cannibal Man - 1972 Spanish thriller by Eloy de la Iglesia.


 X   The Cannibal Man

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  • The Apartment on the 13th Floor
  • La Semana del Asesino
  • Week of the Killer
The Cannibal Man is a 1972 Spanish thriller by Eloy de la Iglesia.
With Vicente Parra, Emma Cohen and Eusebio Poncela. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1993. The International Version is uncut and has also been released in Germany and the US. There is also an extended integral version assembled from unique footage from several other versions, such as the German Cinema Version.
Summary Review: Pseudo-sleazy

Real slaughterhouse footage and scenes of dirty urban slums set the tone for this stark and obsessive Spanish thriller.

A slaughterhouse employee named Marcos gets attacked by a cabdriver who takes objection when he and his girlfriend are making out in the back seat, and Marcos kills him. This sets in motion a week of killing, first to cover up the cabdriver's death, and afterward to keep the bodies piling up in his bedroom a s ecret.

Weird, pseudo-sleazy film that works even though it doesn't even attempt to live up to its title - there's *no cannibalism*.

The dubbing is pretty bad and there's not much gore (most of the nastiness happens off-screen), but there's plenty of atmosphere and a sense of desperation builds in Marco's apartment.

Extended Integral Version/Week of the Killer

uncut
Extended
Integral Version
run: 107:34s
pal: 103:16s
Spanish flag
Spain

MPAA Unrated

Spain: The Extended Integral Version is available on Spanish Blu-ray.

US: The Extended Integral Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated:

Thanks to Richard. Although the uncut Spanish Version is the baseline, the film has been issued in different versions, most notably a German Cinema Version. A Spanish company has merged all the available unique footage from the various versions to create the Extended Integral Version.

See version details from movie-censorship.com :

International Version

uncut
International Version
run: 97:54s
pal: 93:59s
MPAA RUS: The International Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 3s
run: 98:02s
pal: 94:07s
18UK: The International Version was passed 18 after 3s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1993 Redemption VHS

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

  • 3s removed from a shot where Marcos cuts Carmen's throat
uncut
uncut
run: 98:09s
pal: 94:13s
Video NastyUK: The International Version was released uncut on pre-cert video for:
  • 1981 Intervision VHS

DPP 39It was released in November 1981 and banned as a video nasty in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout the panic and became one of the collectable DPP39s.

The cover was a flimsy slip case that didn't last long so adding to the rarity of a mint condition cover.

German Cinema Version

uncut
German Cinema Version
run: 97:41s
pal: 93:47s
Germany flagGermany: There also exists a German Cinema Version
 v          Cannibal Terror - 1981 Spain/France adventure horror by Allan W Steeve.


 X   Cannibal Terror

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  • Terreur Cannibale
Cannibal Terror is a 1981 Spain/France adventure horror by Allan W Steeve.
With Silvia Solar, Gérard Lemaire and Pamela Stanford. YouTube icon IMDb
Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Passed 18 uncut in 2003 for DVD
Summary Review: Fails Miserably

After botching a kidnapping, two criminals hide with their victim in a friends house in the jungle. After one of them rapes the friend's wife, they're left to be eaten by a nearby cannibal tribe.

Cannibal Terror fails miserably on all accounts. Cannibal films aren't known for great plots this film literally has no plot. Some lowlife criminals kidnap a girl and run into Cannibals in a jungle. Almost the entire film is filler with pointless, boring dialogue. There is only two gore scenes but nothing viewers haven't seen in this genre before and better. The worst aspect of the film is the cannibal tribe itself as they don't even look like jungle tribal members. It's a bunch of extras from all different races and hairdos. Some of the tribal members are fat, middle aged white men and there is even one tribal member with 70's style sideburns!

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 93:19s
pal: 89:35s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

Video NastyUK: Released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1981 Modern Films VHS

Released in October 1981. Banned as a video nasty in July 1983, probably down to the title. Removed from the DPP list in September 1985

 v          Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death - 1989 USA action comedy horror by JF Lawton (as JD Athens).


 X   Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

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  • Piranha Women
  • Cannibal Girls
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death is a 1989 USA action comedy horror by JF Lawton (as JD Athens).
Starring Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher and Karen M Waldron. Youtube link IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 15 rated 1989 VHS. Uncut and 12 rated since 1999 VHS. Uncut and PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Notes

The government hires a feminist at the local university to track down the Piranha Women living in the uncharted Avocado Jungle (westernmost outpost is San Bernardino) to convince them to move to a reservation condo in Malibu. She hires a guide at the edge of the jungle, a male chauvinist pig, and they have many arguments about men and women as they work their way in, and eventually confront the Piranha Women.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
12

MPAA PG-13

85:29s

UK: Passed 12 uncut for: US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
16s
15 85:13s

submitted
85:25s
UK: Passed 15 after 16s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1989 Colourbox VHS titled Piranha Women

From IMDb:

The first video release by Colourbox Video was cut by 16 seconds for a 15 certificate to remove a scene where a ninja uses nunchuks. At the time, the distributors were not allowed to release a video with the word cannibal in the title - forcing them to change the title to Piranha Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death .
 v          Cannibals - 1980 Spain / Italy / France horror by Jesús Franco (as Jess Franco) and Franco Prosperi.


 X   Cannibals

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  • The Cannibals
  • White Cannibal Queen
  • Mondo cannibale
Cannibals is a 1980 Spain / Italy / France horror by Jesús Franco (as Jess Franco) and Franco Prosperi.
Starring Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani and Jérôme Foulon. Melon Farmers link IMDb
Released on a pre-cert video that was seized by police. Uncut on DVD. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes

A man who lost an arm and his family to a tribe of cannibals returns ten years later to bring back his teenager daughter, only to find that she grew up into a beautiful blonde woman who became the cannibals' queen.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

Section 3 seizure

MPAA Unrated

86:14s UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and cannibalism horror for:

UK: Released on pre-cert video for

  • 1981 Cinehollywood VHS
  • 1981 ECV 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.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

 v          Cannon For Cordoba - 1970 USA action western romance by Paul Wendkos.


 X   Cannon For Cordoba

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  • Cannon For Codoba
  • Cannon for Cordoba
  • Dragon Master
Cannon For Cordoba is a 1970 USA action western romance by Paul Wendkos.
Starring George Peppard, Giovanna Ralli and Raf Vallone. IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for an AA rated cinema release in 1970. Later uncut an 12 rated on VHS. Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Notes

In 1916, a Mexican rebel named Cordoba steals six cannons from the forces of General Pershing who's been sent to bring order to the Texas-Mexico border. Pershing assigns a soldier named Rod Douglas to retrieve the cannons. Douglas recruits a trio of misfits and they, along with a Mexican officer and an enigmatic woman, travel 200 miles south to Cordoba's mountain fortress. Explosions and gun battles soon erupt.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
12

MPAA PG-13

99:03s

UK: Passed 12 uncut for:
  • 1998 Warner Home VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

BBFC cut
category cuts
AA UK: Passed AA (14) after category cuts for:
  • 1970 cinema release titled Cannon For Codoba
 v          Cannonball


 X   Cannonball

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  • Carquake
Cannonball

Versions

uncut 12 cert90:19s 1976 action film by Paul Bartel

The BBFC cuts were waived for the 2004 DVD

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

cut A certThe 1976 cinema release was cut by the BBFC
 v   The Canterbury Tales - 1972 Italy / France comedy drama by Pier Paolo Pasolini.


 X   The Canterbury Tales

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  • I Racconti di Canterbury
  • Les Contes de Canterbury
The Canterbury Tales is a 1972 Italy / France comedy drama by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Starring Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti and Ninetto Davoli. Youtube link IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1972 cinema release. Later uncut on home video. Uncut and MPAA NC-17 rated in the US.
Summary Notes

Pasolini's artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer's most erotic tales.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 110:41s
pal: 106:15s
15 cert

MPAA NC-17

UK: Passed 15 uncut for frequent moderate sex and sex references with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
  • 2019 BFI Trilogy of Life (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2015 BFI [Pasolini 6 films] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2011 BFI RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2009 BFI Online
  • 2009 BFI RB Blu-ray
  • 2009 BFI R2 DVD
  • 2001 BFI R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA NC-17 rated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub: 110:53s
X certUK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1972 cinema release

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

  • edits to anal sex shots,
  • a man being whipped,
  • Rufus urinating on the crowd during the Pardoner's Tale'
 v   The Canyons - 2013 USA thriller by Paul Schrader.


 X   The Canyons

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The Canyons is a 2013 USA thriller by Paul Schrader.
With Lindsay Lohan, James Deen and Nolan Gerard Funk. YouTube icon IMDb

The film exists in an R rated Theatrical Version and an Unrated Director's Cut
Summary Notes

When Christian, an LA trust-fund kid with casual ties to Hollywood, learns of a secret affair between Tara and the lead of his film project, Ryan, he spirals out of control, and his cruel mind games escalate into an act of bloody violence.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
MPAA
Unrated
99:55s US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
mpaa cut
18s
MPAA
R rated
99:37s

US: The Theatrical Version is R rated

See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com :

  • The Theatrical version is missing 2 shots, adding up to 18s, of Reid, dick in hand, masturbating.
 v          Cape Fear - 1962 US thriller by J Lee Thompson.


 X   Cape Fear

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Cape Fear is a 1962 US thriller by J Lee Thompson.
With Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Polly Bergen. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1962 cinema release. uncut on home video. Uncut in the US.

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
Unrated

101:30s UK: Passed 15 uncut for: UK

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
~6:00s
X cert 98:43s
=94:46s
UK: Passed X (16) after 15 cuts totalling about 6 minutes for:
  • 1962 cinema release

The BBFC notes the submitted running time as 98:43s but it stacks up better with the cuts if it was the final running time.

From IMDb:

Director J. Lee Thompson complained at the time that UK censor John Trevelyan had ruined the film by making extensive cuts. Trevelyan said that he had made 15 cuts, totalling around 6 minutes, with edits made to:

  • threatening dialogue and assault references
  • Cady's attack on Peggy, and
  • all shots of him staring longingly at Nancy.
 v          Captain - 2022 India action drama by Shakti Soundar Rajan


 X   Captain

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Captain is a 2022 India action drama by Shakti Soundar Rajan
Starring Simran, Arya and Aishwarya Lekshmi BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

The journey of a military officer who has been assigned to fight aliens.

Versions

BBFC cut
cut:
run: 114:33s
pal: 109:58s
12AUK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, threat after BBFC cuts:
  • 2022 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

The distributor chose to make cuts to scenes of strong violence in order to receive their preferred 12A classification. An uncut 15 rating was available.

 v          Captain America - 1990 USA / Yugoslavia action war thriller by Albert Pyun.


 X   Captain America

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Captain America is a 1990 USA / Yugoslavia action war thriller by Albert Pyun.
Starring Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty. YouTube icon IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical version and an unconvincing Director's Cut
Summary Notes

During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America." Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
MPAA
Unrated
110:52s
=106:26s
US: The Director's Cut is released on the Curnan Pictures label available from Albert Pyun's website

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

The Director's original version was not acceptable to the producers. After differences during the production process, the studio altered the movie quite heavily and the resulting Theatrical Version didn't have much in common with Pyun's original version. It was also condemned to a straight to video release in the US.

However Pyun later released his original version on his website. It runs about 14 minutes longer and the result is not earth-shattering. In the middle of the film there are extended scenes extending character development quite nicely. However other insertions are just flashback repeats and are of low technical quality.

BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
PG cert

MPAA PG-13

93;12s UK: The Theatrical Version was passed PG uncut for:
  • 2012 Lace/101 Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1991 RCA/Columbia VHS
  • 1990 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

 v          Captain Clegg - 1962 UK horror mystery adventure by Peter Graham Scott.


 X   Captain Clegg

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  • Night Creatures
Captain Clegg is a 1962 UK horror mystery adventure by Peter Graham Scott.
Starring Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain and Patrick Allen. Melon Farmers link YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Uncut in the UK and US. Home videos are noted as running around 80m but the BBFC noted an unlikely running time of 105 minutes for 1962 cinema release
Promotional Material

Captain Collier (Patrick Allen) and his band of sailors show up to an English coastal town to investigate reports of Marsh Phantoms who ride by night spreading terror to the town. The Captain suspects that the local reverend (Peter Cushing) might be hiding something. Are the phantoms genuine or a cover for illegal smuggling activities?

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 82:01s
pal: 78:44s
12

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate violence, threat, horror for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

uncut
uncut
run: 104:18s
pal: 100:08s
A CertUK: Passed A uncut for:
  • 1962 cinema release
            Captain Kronos - 1974 UK horror adventure by Brian Clemens. See Hammer Films List: Captain Kronos
 v          Captain Newman, M.D. - 1963 USA war comedy drama by David Miller.


 X   Captain Newman, M.D.

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Captain Newman, M.D. is a 1963 USA war comedy drama by David Miller.
Starring Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis and Angie Dickinson. Youtube link IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an A rated 1963 cinema release. Uncut for 12 rated DVD in 2016.
Promotional Material
Triple Oscar nominated psychological war film with twists of black humour which is set during World War II. Captain Newman (Gregory Peck) is head of a neuro-psychiatric ward at a military hospital which treats combatants suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Peck delivers one of his best acting performances as an eccentric doctor who will use unconventional tactics to treat his patients and to recruit much needed personnel. We're short of beds, doctors, orderlies, nurses, everything ... except patients!" Newman tells Corporal Leibowitz (Tony Curtis), as he browbeats him into becoming a new and very reluctant orderly. Similarly, Newman takes great care to seduce an army nurse (Angie Dickinson), into what she thinks is a romantic date... until he asks her to transfer to Ward 7 instead of taking off her clothes! When Newman s old-school base commander (John Gregory) saddles him with a group of injured Italian POWs because his has the only secure ward in the hospital, and a flock of stray sheep keep invading the hospital, the scene is set for one of the most poignant and funny war films which is a joy to watch.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
12120:42s UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate references to violence for:
  • 2016 Screenbound Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 11th April 2016
BBFC cut
category
cuts
A Cert UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1963 cinema release
 v          Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama - 2014 Norway family action comedy by John Andreas Andersen and Lisa Marie Gamlem.


 X   Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama

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Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama is a 2014 Norway family action comedy by John Andreas Andersen and Lisa Marie Gamlem.
Starring Tuva Novotny, Fridtjov Sċheim and Anders Baasmo Christiansen. IMDb

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA PG
MPAA
~96:00s
=92:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:
BBFC cut
category cuts
3s
PG 92:24s UK: Passed PG for mild threat, violence, rude humour, mild bad language after 3s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 2015 Spirit/Dazzler R2 DVD
The BBFC commented:
  • Distributor chose to remove a use of strong language in order to achieve a PG classification. An uncut 12 was available.

Promotional Material

In the spirit of Pirates of the Caribbean, Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama is a big budget swashbuckling family pirate adventure. Orphan cabin boy Pinky follows Captain Sabertooth on an exciting, action-packed and dangerous journey across the seven seas to the kingdom of Lama Rama, hunting for a treasure. Can Pinky prove himself a worthy member of the Pirate crew, and will he find his long-lost father?
 v          Captivity


 X   Captivity

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Captivity

Versions

uncut
Unrated
alternative
MPAA
Unrated
88:48s
=85:15s
2007 US/Russia horror by Roland Roland Joffé
With Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies and Pruitt Taylor Vince. IMDb

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

The Unrated Version features an extra 3 minutes including an alternative ending. The extra material is not violent or sexual.

uncut
R Rated
alternative
18

MPAA
R Rated

81:12s UK: The R Rated version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

The film started life as a thriller with much less gore. But then the producers decided to catch the torture bandwagon and shot extra material for an R Rated Version.

See pictorial R/Unrated Version details from movie-censorship.com . Note that the author of this report prefers the R Rated Version over the Unrated Version.

uncut
Thriller Version
Russia flag92:00s The film started life as a thriller with much less gore. This Thriller Version is still available in Spain and Russia.

See pictorial Thriller Version details from movie-censorship.com

 v          Carlos the Jackal


 X   Carlos the Jackal

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  • Carlos
Carlos the Jackal

Versions

BBFC
8s
15 cert325:37s 2010 France/Germany TV crime drama by Olivier Assayas.
With Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer and Alejandro Arroyo. IMDb

The Complete TV Series Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

  • 2010 Optimum Online
  • 2010 Optimum RB Blu-ray
  • 2010 Optimum R2 DVD
  • 2010 cinema release

Presumably the cock fighting cuts were implemented prior to submission but this is not confirmed on the BBFC database

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC
8s
15 cert158:27s The Abbreviated Theatrical Version was passed 15 after 8s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2010 Optimum Online
  • 2010 Optimum RB Blu-ray
  • 2010 Optimum R2 DVD
  • 2010 cinema release

The BBFC commemnted:

  • Company was required to remove three shots of animal cruelty (in this case, cocks being goaded to fury during a cockfight)
 v          Carmen


 X   Carmen

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Carmen

Versions

3s PG cert97:04s 1983 Spanish opera film by Carlos Saura

Cut in 2002 with the following BBFC comment: One cut required to strong expletive in order to achieve requested 'PG'. Current reclassification policy does not normally allow a work to be classified at a different category if a different version of the same work work was previously classified after July 1994.

PG cert 97:01s Phase One version passed PG without cuts in 1994 on
uncut 15 cert96:45s Passed uncut 15 in 1986 on Virgin Video
 v          Carnal Crimes


 X   Carnal Crimes

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Carnal Crimes

Versions

uncut 1894:08s 1991 US erotic thriller by Gregory Dark

The uncut version was passed in 2008

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

36s 1897:24s The video from Lazer Film & Video was cut by 36s in 1992
            Carnal Violence - 1975 Italian thriller by Sergio Martino. See Torso
 v          Carnival of Souls - 1962 USA horror mystery fantasy by Herk Harvey.


 X   Carnival of Souls

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Carnival of Souls is a 1962 USA horror mystery fantasy by Herk Harvey.
Starring Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist and Sidney Berger. IMDb

Exists as a Director's Cut, a Theatrical Version and a shortened version. No censors cuts though.
Summary Notes

Mary Henry is enjoying the day by riding around in a car with two friends. When challenged to a drag, the women accept, but are forced off of a bridge. It appears that all are drowned, until Mary, quite some time later, amazingly emerges from the river. After recovering, Mary accepts a job in a new town as a church organist, only to be dogged by a mysterious phantom figure that seems to reside in an old run-down pavilion. It is here that Mary must confront the personal demons of her spiritual insouciance.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
12 cert

15 cert

82:21s
79:03s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 12 uncut for moderate Horror for:

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

  • 2004 Classic DVD

From IMDb. Herk Harvey's original version included the following scenes that were previously removed but later restored for the Director's Cut:

  • an extended conversation in the organ factory,
  • a scene between Mary and a gas station attendant shortly after her first seeing the man,
  • an extension of the scene where Mary first goes to the church,
  • an extended dream/otherworld scene, and
  • a scene between the landlady and the doctor shortly before Mary leaves to go back home.
uncut
US Theatrical Version
15 cert 77:31s
74:41s
UK: The US Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2005 Pickwick DVD
  • 2005 HHO DVD
  • 1996 Encore VHS
  • 1991 Palace VHS
  • 1990 cinema release
US: The US Theatrical Version is MPAA Unrated for:

From IMDb. This version is missing the extended conversation in the organ factory and a few other shots.

BBFC uncut

cut
Shortened Version

X cert 74:45s
=71:46s
UK: The Shortened Version was passed X (16) without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1964 cinema release
 v          Carousella


 X   Carousella

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Carousella

Versions

15 cert25:16s 1966 documentary by John Irvin

The BBFC passed a short version as 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2009 BFI DVD

rejected 44:11s
=42:25s
The BBFC banned the 1965 cinema release
 v   The Carpetbaggers - 1964 USA romance by Edward Dmytryk.


 X   The Carpetbaggers

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The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 USA romance by Edward Dmytryk.
Starring George Peppard, Alan Ladd and Carroll Baker. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1964.

Summary Notes

George Peppard plays a hard-driven industrialist more than a little reminiscent of Howard Hughes. While he builds airplanes, directs movies and breaks hearts, his friends and lovers try to reach his human side, and find that it's an uphill battle. The film's title is a metaphor for self-promoting tycoons who perform quick financial takeovers, impose dictatorial controls for short-term profits, then move on to greener pastures.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
MPAA PGUS: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
X pre 1970 UK: Passed X (16) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1964 cinema release
 v          Carrie - 1976 USA horror thriller by Brian De Palma.


 X   Carrie (1976)

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Carrie is a 1976 USA horror thriller by Brian De Palma.
Starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie and Amy Irving. IMDb

Always uncut in the UK and US. Banned in Finland from release until 1978.
 v          Carrie - 2013 horror drama by Kimberly Peirce.


 X   Carrie (2013)

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Carrie is a 2013 horror drama by Kimberly Peirce.
With Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore and Judy Greer. YouTube icon IMDb

Promotional Material
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloe Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes her telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Alternative Ending
15 100:56s
UK: The Alternative Ending Version was passed 15 uncut for strong bloody horror, gore and strong language.
  • 2014 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [Theatrical + Alternative] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

The alternative ending is claimed to be a little more shocking than the Theatrical Version

uncut
Theatrical Version
1599:27s

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for strong bloody horror, gore and strong language for:.
  • 2014 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [Theatrical + Alternative] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2014 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [Theatrical only] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
 v   The Carrier - 1988 USA horror thriller by Nathan J White.


 X   The Carrier

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  • Contagio 1992
The Carrier is a 1988 USA horror thriller by Nathan J White.
Starring Gregory Fortescue, Stevie Lee and Steve Dixon. IMDb
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut.
Summary Notes

The main character is stricken with a horrible disease, but it doesn't affect him. It spreads to every inamimate object that he touches, and then if another person touches the object, they are dissolved into it. No one knows that Jake is the carrier except him. This brings about the "red objects" that specify every object that he has touched, as discovered by the community with cats. They use cats to test inanimate objects for the disease. And they cover themselves in garbage bags to protect themselves.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
MPAA
Unrated
~108:00s
=~103:00s
US: The Director's cut is penned if for the first ever release on Code Red Blu-ray
BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
18

MPAA R

94:44s

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 1988 Medusa Communications VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
 v          Carriers


 X   Carriers

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Carriers

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
R Rated

81:08s 2009 US horror by David & Alex Pastor. With Chris Pine, Piper Perabo and Lou Taylor Pucci. IMDb

The US R Rated version was passed 15 uncut for:

BBFC uncut

MPAA
cut

15 cert

MPAA
PG-13

84:22s
=81:00s
The US PG-13 Theatrical Version was passed 15 for:
  • 2009 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

  • 13 'fucks' have been redubbed to leave just one.
  • Close up of infected bloody corpse has been reduced
  • A woman being shot in a car has been replaced with a less bloody take as has the shooting of the car passenger
  • The shot of a woman's corpse was reduced
  • A dog feeding a man's corpse was reduced
 v          Carry On Abroad - 1972 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry On Abroad

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Carry On Abroad is a 1972 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey. YouTube icon IMDb

BBFC category cuts for 1972 cinema release. The cuts persisted onto all home video releases.
Summary Notes

A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff. They all look very similar. To top it all off, the weather seems to be having an adverse affect on the Hotel's foundations...

Versions

BBFC cut
category
cuts

best available
best
available

PG cert

A cert

85:15s UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:

UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:

  • 1972 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 5 - Remove "Have you been with a girl?..." and subsequent dialogue.
  • Reel 8 - Remove "I'm going to tear off all your clothes, throw you on the bed..."
  • Reel 10 - Remove "He's pissed again" and "he can't be, he's just had a leak."
 v          Carry On Again Doctor - 1969 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry On Again Doctor

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Carry On Again Doctor is a 1969 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey. YouTube icon IMDb

BBFC category cuts for 1969 cinema release. The cuts persisted onto all home video releases.
Summary Notes

Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.

Versions

BBFC cut
category
cuts

best available
best
available

PG cert

A cert

85:13s UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:

UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:

  • 1969 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 2 - Reduce to a minimum the backview shots of Goldie [Barbara Windsor] on the bed.
  • Reel 10 - Remove line "Take your hand away."
 v          Carry On At Your Convenience - 1971 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry On At Your Convenience

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Carry On At Your Convenience is a 1971 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey. YouTube icon IMDb

BBFC category cuts for 1971 cinema release. The cuts persisted onto all home video releases.
Summary Notes

This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up with him. This is also the ideal opportunity for lots of lavatorial jokes...

Versions

BBFC cut
category
cuts

best available
best
available

PG cert

A cert

85:15s UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:

UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:

  • 1969 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 3 - Remove All the time it's prick, prick, prick and the reaction line So the girls say.
  • Reel 5 - Remove I hope the other arm is doing as well.
  • Reel 9 - Remove Something important has come up followed by Won't it keep?
 v          Carry On Behind - 1975 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry On Behind

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Carry On Behind is a 1975 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Elke Sommer, Kenneth Williams and Bernard Bresslaw. YouTube icon IMDb

BBFC category cuts for an A rated 1975 cinema release. The cuts persisted onto all home video releases.
Summary Notes

Professors Vrooshka and Crump decide to visit an archaeological site to study the artifacts there. Lo and behold, it's right next to a caravan site where all manner of people are staying. With a randy Major owning the site, a snobbish mother, and the two professors' constant innuendos, the film ends with a sinking caravan site and a striptease performance as a replacement for the cabaret night.

Versions

BBFC cut
category
cuts

best available
best
available

PG cert

A cert

86:49s UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2003 Carlton R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2001 VCI R2 DVD
  • 1987 Futurevision VHS
UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1975 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 3 - Remove sight of Linda's dangling breasts seen through caravan window.

From IMDb. Furthers cuts rescinded after appeal to censor

The BBFC originally asked for other cuts to shots of topless nudity during the film wrongly shown by Professor Crump in the opening lecture scene. The producers successfully appealed to censor Stephen Murphy and the cuts to the opening scene were rescinded.

 v          Carry on Camping - 1969 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry on Camping

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Carry on Camping is a 1969 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.
With Sid James, Charles Hawtrey and Joan Sims. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for a PG rating
Summary Notes

Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea. The boys suggest a camping holiday, secretly intending to take them to a nudist camp. Of course they end up in the wrong place, and meet up with the weirdest bunch of campers you can imagine! Coach loads of sex-starved schoolgirls and bands of hippies all add to the laughs.

Versions

BBFC cut
cut

best available
best
available

PG cert84:35s UK: Passed A/PG after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 2003 ITV R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1999 Carlton R2 DVD
  • 1999 Carlton VHS
  • 1990 Pickwick VHS
  • 1986 Rank VHS
  • 1969 cinema release

See article from bbfc.co.uk . The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 1: Remove the line: She's been showing me how to stick my pole up
  • Reel 3: Remove the line: There's quite a lot of difference between our legs
  • Reel 3: Remove all the dialogue relating to phallic symbols
  • Reel 7: Delete the line Erection is fairly simple; it's getting it to stay up.
  • Reel 7: Re-edit the scene when the two men and two girls are in the tent in such a way as to remove, or greatly reduce, the innuendo in the lines: How about those two things sticking out in front. Get hold of them with both hands. The producers retained the lines but substituted a more physical visual demonstration of their meaning.
  • Reel 9 Remove all shots of Peter emerging from the girl's tent, and her dialogue about her having fun

BBFC examiners flagged a remark by Doctor Soaper (Kenneth Williams) - you won't find me stuffing your turkey - as a possible cut. This cut was waived, as it was technically difficult to cut.

The BBFC also question the nudist film being played at the cinema. This was accepted after it was pointed out that it was from a real nudist film passed A by the BBFC.

 v          Carry On Cleo - 1964 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry On Cleo

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Carry On Cleo is a 1964 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Kenneth Connor. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 1964 cinema release and the cuts persisted into all releases since.
Summary Notes

Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. Hengist Pod creates useless inventions, while Horsa is a brave and cunning fighter. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra. Cleo doesn't want him around and plots for his sudden demise...

Versions

BBFC cut
cut

best available
best
available

PG cert91:25s
=87:46s

submitted
92:05s = 88:24s

UK: The BBFC cut the cinema release and these cuts seem to have persisted since for:
  • 2014 Studiocanal RB Blu-ray
  • 2007 Optimum R2 DVD
  • 2006 TPC R2 DVD
  • 2001 Warner R2 DVD
  • 1997 Warner VHS
  • 1988 Warner VHS
  • 1964 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 2 - In They are a very backward people change 'backward' to 'bashful'.
  • Reel 4 - Remove the line He was Liqui - dicking.
  • Reel 6 - The sequence in which Mark Antony falls on top of Cleopatra on the bed, must stop before we see him wriggling his legs.
  • Reel 6 - Remove Lover , and shorten the scene when Mark Antony comes out of the room, so as to get rid of the suggestion that he is physically exhausted.
  • Reel 7 - In the sequence in which the mute is being discussed, remove the dialogue lines I expect he works in a harem, they cut them out so that they can't talk to the girls.
  • Reel 7 - Also remove the line No wonder Mark Antony has ants in his pants.
  • Reel 10 - Remove I bet you didn't know you had it in him.
 v          Carry On Constable - 1960 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry On Constable

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  • Carry on
  • Constable
Carry On Constable is a 1960 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Eric Barker. YouTube icon IMDb
The BBFC made category cuts for 1960 cinema release. The cuts have persisted to all releases since.
Summary Notes

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck the operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away, even before they arrive at the station. They all have to prove themselves or else they'll be out of a job and Sergeant Wilkins will be transferred. Sub-plots include romances between Wilkins and Moon, Constable and Passworthy.

Versions

BBFC cut
category
cuts

best available
best
available

U cert82:57s UK: Passed U after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 2007 Optimum/Studiocanal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2001 Warner R2 DVD
  • 1988 Warner VHS
  • 1960 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 3 - Remove emphasis on I can't.
  • Reel 3 - Remove How to manipulate my truncheon.
  • Reel 6 - Remove Sorry sir, it slipped out and Well tuck it in again.
  • Reel 8 - Remove Don't be so filthy.
  • Reel 9 - Remove You mean you're not a Virgo?
 v          Carry On Cowboy - 1966 UK comedy western by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry On Cowboy

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Carry On Cowboy is a 1966 UK comedy western by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Jim Dale. YouTube icon IMDb

BBFC category cuts for an A rated cinema release in 1966. The cuts have persisted into all home video releases since.
Summary Notes

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a "sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids - revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.

Versions

BBFC cut
category
cuts

best available
best
available

PG cert

A Cert

90:29s UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for mild language, comic violence and sex references for:
  • 2014 Studiocanal RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2006 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2006 TPC / The Portman Consultancy Video
  • 2001 Warner R2 DVD
  • 1988 Warner VHS
UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1966 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 6 - Remove : I hope I didn't stop you putting it in.
  • Reel 9 - Remove: She's got a big spread around Death Valley.
 v          Carry on Cruising - 1962 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas and Ralph Thomas (uncredited).


 X   Carry on Cruising

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Carry on Cruising is a 1962 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas and Ralph Thomas (uncredited).
Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Kenneth Connor. Youtube link IMDb

BBFC category cuts were required for a U rated 1962 cinema release. The cuts have persisted to all releases since.
Summary Notes

Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent shipmates ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too. The SS Happy Wanderer will never be the same.

Versions

BBFC cut
category cuts

best available
best
available

U cert

U pre 1970

85:23s

submitted
89:57s
=86:21s

UK: Passed U after category cuts for:
  • 2006 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2001 Warner R2 DVD
  • 1986 Warner Home VHS
  • 1962 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 2 - Remove 'Twot' and 'incapability.'
  • Reel 3 - Remove Out of where? after take you fingers out, and The sun shines out of our portholes.
  • Reel 6 - Remove Cold water and plenty of it.
  • Reel 7 - Remove 'impasse' in Right up an impasse.
  • Reel 8 - Remove The hump of the camel and the sphinx's inscrutable smile.
  • Reel 10 - Remove I have never wheeled on the deck in my life.
 v          Carry On Don't Lose Your Head - 1966 UK action comedy adventure by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry On Don't Lose Your Head

Link Here
  • Carry on Pimpernel
  • Don't Lose Your Head
Carry On Don't Lose Your Head is a 1966 UK action comedy adventure by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Jim Dale. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for a PG rated 1966 cinema release. Presumably subsequent home video releases are the same cut version.
Summary Notes

The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon themselves to aid there French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes "the black fingernail", scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police...

Versions

BBFC cut
category cuts

best available
best
available

PG

A pre 1970

86:55s

submitted
cinema
88:50s
=85:17s

UK: Presumably the cut cinema version was passed PG for:
  • 2003 Carlton R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1987 Video Collection International VHS

UK: Passed A (PG) after category cuts for:

  • 1966 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 1 - Change "f-f-f-fishing" to "fishing."
  • Reel 1 - Remove "... two digits rampant" and accompanying gesture.
  • Reel 4 - Remove Bidet's reaction, and question "Get what out?" after Camembert's line "Get it out!"
  • Reel 4 - Remove the line "You've always had magnificent balls."
  • Reel 4 - Remove the line "By the look of him, he isn't even armed."
  • Reel 5 - Remove the words "... before you feel a big one."
  • Reel 6 - Remove the line "You've got two "F's" - surely you can spare an "f" for me?"
  • Reel 6 - Remove the lines "He's no use with any sort of weapon", "You wouldn't say that if you'd seen him in the rose arbour."
  • Reel 8 - Remove the line "I didn't see any harm in letting her have a pluck."
  • Reel 8 - Remove the line "That was a hair raising experience."

Braintree commented in March 2015:

The line You've always had magnificent balls is said to be cut but I'm sure its included. That very line is included in the opening montage of the theatrical That's Carry On so unless it's not in the original film and the cut clip is only seen in the compilation ( which was made 10 years later) it would indicate that at least that cut is restored to the film.

It was the first or second of the Rank films , now owned by ITV and it wasn't until Carlton/ITV got hold of them that the original 15 version of Carry On England was seen again. Uncut for an AA it lasted about a week in the cinema where it bombed and was withdrawn and recut for an A. It was the A version that played on tv , was released on video etc. But the uncut version was retained so perhaps the uncut versions of the other Rank films are also in the vaults.

When Carlton released England on dvd well over a decade ago it was something of a treat to actually get a choice to watch either version. Shame it had to be one of the worst of the series. The disc with dvd/magazine collection only included one version (not sure which one)

 v          Carry on England - 1976 UK war comedy by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry on England

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Carry on England is a 1976 UK war comedy by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Kenneth Connor, Windsor Davies and Judy Geeson. IMDb

Originally screened uncut with an 'AA' rating in 1976. After bombing at the box office the film was withdrawn and rapidly replaced with a cut 'A' rated version. This cut version was released on VHS and was used for TV broadcast. The original uncut version was later passed PG for DVD release and tagged as the Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested in each other than the enemy planes above. Captain Melly plans to put a stop to all this, and becomes the target of a campaign to abandon his separatist ideals...

Director's Cut

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 88:41s
pal: 85:08s
PG

AA certificate

UK: The Director's Cut was passed PG uncut:
  • 2003 Carlton Visual Entertainment Special Edition [Director's Cut + Cut Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2001 Video Collection International/Cinema Club [Director's Cut] R2 DVD
Thanks to Braintree

When Carlton released England on DVD it was something of a treat to actually get a choice to watch either version. Shame it had to be one of the worst of the series.

This was one of the Rank films and it it was interesting to note that the uncut version was retained in the vaults. Perhaps the uncut versions of the other Rank films are somewhere hidden away in those vaults.

UK: Passed AA (14) uncut:
  • 1976 cinema release
Thanks to Braintree

Originally released 'AA' (14) uncut. It lasted about a week in the cinema where it bombed. It was hastily withdrawn and cut for an 'A'. The BBFC database record for the original AA version seems to have been replaced by the subsequent cut 'A' rated release

Cut Version

BBFC cut
category cuts
cut:
run: 87:44s
pal: 84:13s
PGUK: The cut cinema version was passed PG :
  • 1987 Futurevision VHS
BBFC cut
category cuts
cut:
run: 86:24s
pal: 82:57s
sub: 87:05s
AUK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts:
  • 1976 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

Thanks to Vincenzo
  • Reel 6 - Replace joke about Heinkels and Bristols with cover material which omits the utterance of 'Fokker'.
  • Reel 6 - Replace shots of bare-breasted women with flash shots of bare breasts to establishment only. [the topless nudity was in the Trousers and nothing else scene],

Two versions of the warplane recognition scene exist.

  • The original AA rated Director's cut included a Patrick Mower line: No, but I know a Fokker when I see one.
  • The cut version used the replacement line: Well, Bristols usually come in pairs

The Bristols version was the one used for BBC TV broadcast.

 v          Carry On Follow That Camel - 1967 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry On Follow That Camel

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  • Follow That Camel
  • Carry On... Follow that Camel
Carry On Follow That Camel is a 1967 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Phil Silvers, Kenneth Williams and Jim Dale. IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A" rated cinema release in 1967. The cuts have persisted into PG rated home video releases since.

Summary Notes

Bertram Oliphant West (also known as Bo West) wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation. He joins the Foreign Legion, with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the fort they get posted to is full of eccentric legionnaires, and there is trouble brewing with the locals too. Unbeknown to Bo, his lady love has followed him in disguise...

Versions

best available
category cuts
cut: ~39s
run: 94:48s
pal: 91:00s
sub: 95:21s
PG 1980

A pre 1970

UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG without further cuts:
  • 2003 Carlton/ITV R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2000 VCI/Cinema Club R2 DVD
  • 1987 Video Collection International VHS

UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts:

  • 1967 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 4 - Remove "only a little prick."
  • Reel 9 - Remove the reference to oats "becoming flour."
  • Reel 9 - Remove references to "the song of the rattlesnake" and to the "rattlesnake shaking its rattle."
 v          Carry On Girls - 1973 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas


 X   Carry On Girls

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Carry On Girls is a 1973 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas
Starring Sidney James, Barbara Windsor and Joan Sims BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1973. Video releases are PG rated and slightly less cut.

Summary Notes

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

Versions

best available
best available
run: 87:44s
pal: 84:13s
PG 1980UK: Passed PG with some previous cuts restored:
  • 2003 Carlton {R2) DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1987 Futurevision Limited VHS

From IMDb. Video releases restored the scene with Hope Springs trying to pull Dawn's bikini bottoms off

BBFC cut
category
cuts
A 1970UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts:
  • 1973 cinema release

Thanks to Vince, The BBFC cuts list was:

  • Reel 1 - Replace dialogue line "Quick knee trembler under the pier" with "Quick snog under the bandstand."
  • Reel 2 - Remove dialogue line "You have been in everything else."
  • Reel 4 - Reduce the fight between the beauty queens, in particular removing the close-ups of Hope Springs trying to pull Dawn's bikini bottoms off.
  • Reel 6 - Remove dialogue "Anything else you want off?", "I don't think that will be necessary."
  • Reel 7 - Remove dialogue "Which would you prefer, a short or a long one", "I should ask you that."
 v          Carry On Jack - 1964 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas


 X   Carry On Jack

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  • Carry on Sailor
Carry On Jack is a 1964 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas
Starring Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey and Bernard Cribbins BBFC link 2020 IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1963. These cits have persisted to all PG rated video releases since.

Summary Notes

This is the tale of Albert Poop-Decker, a newly commissioned Midshipman (although he took 8 1/2 years to qualify). He joins the frigate Venus, and adventures through Spanish waters, mutinee and Pirates taking his Captain, his sweet-heart and his best-friend with him! With mistaken identities and shipwrecks awash, it's a surprise any of them live to tell the tale!

Versions

best available
category
cuts
cut:
run: 90:43s
pal: 87:05s
PG 1980

A pre 1970

UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG for mild language, innuendo and comic violence:
  • 2014 Studiocanal (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2006 Optimum Releasing video
  • 2006 TPC / The Portman Consultancy video
UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG :
  • 2001 Warner Home Video Ltd video
  • 1988 Warner Home Video Ltd VHS
UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts:
  • 1963 cinema release

Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list was to remove the dialogue:

  • "I know what to do", "How do you know?", "I watched the birds and the bees."
 v          Carry On Loving - 1970 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas


 X   Carry On Loving

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Carry On Loving is a 1970 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas
Starring Sidney James, Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb

BBFC cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1970. The same cut version was released on home video with a PG rating.

Summary Notes

The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much Snogging on-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called "The Wit to Woo". The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches, and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.

Versions

best available
category
cuts
run: 89:39s
pal: 86:04s
PG 1980

A 1970

UK: The cut cinems version was passed PG uncut: UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts
  • 1970 cinema release

Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list required the removal of the dialogue lines

  • "You can't do much with your little finger" (from an exchange between Sid and Terry)
  • "You know, putting it in, the meat" (which lost the last two words from Jenny's description of her job as a sausage packer to Sally).
  • "You can't do much with your little finger."
  • cry of "I can feel it.""I can feel it."
 v          Carry On Nurse - 1959 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas


 X   Carry On Nurse

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Carry On Nurse is a 1959 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas
Starring Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Connor BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for U rated cinema release in 1959. Most of the cuts persisted onto PG rated home video releases.

Summary Notes

An idiosyncratic group of patients wreak havoc in the men's surgical ward of Haven Hospital. They decide to take their revenge on the frosty Matron, and there is even a spot of DIY surgery!

Versions

best available
best available
cut:
run: 86:37s
pal: 83:09s
PG 1980UK: Passed PG for mild innuendo and slapstick violence: UK: Passed PG:
  • 2001 Warner video
  • 1988 Warner VHS

From IMDb. Part of the shaving scene cut from cinema release was restored but otherwise the cinema cuts persisted onto video.

BBFC cut
category
cuts
cut:
run: 85m
pal: 82m
U pre 1970UK: Passed U after BBFC category cuts:
  • 1959 cinema release

Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list read:

Reel 1 - In the scene where the male patient is shaved, end the episode immediately after the words "I'm not going to shave your face" have been spoken.
Reel 2 - After the nurse's words "What a fuss about such a little thing", remove the shot of the patient peering under the sheet.
Reel 5 - Remove "Get the doctor to give you something to make you sleep."
Reel 7 - Remove "Yes, you can pick up Mr. Hickson's balls."

 v          Carry On Screaming - 1966 UK comedy horror by Gerald Thomas


 X   Carry On Screaming

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Carry On Screaming is a 1966 UK comedy horror by Gerald Thomas

Listed as uncut by the BBFC but the running time of home video releases doesn't stack up with the original cinema release. It has been suggested that home video releases many be a TV version.

 v          Carry On Teacher


 X   Carry On Teacher

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Carry On Teacher

Versions

U cert85:49s 1959 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas

Cut way back in 1959 and the same cuts carry on to the Warner video releases of 1988 & 2001

The Optimum Releasing version of 2006 is no longer noted as cut in the BBFC database

 v          Carry On Up the Jungle


 X   Carry On Up the Jungle

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Carry On Up the Jungle

Versions

U cert86:52s 1970 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas

Cut for the 1970 cinema release but no video cuts noted.

 v          Carry On Up the Khyber - 1968 UK comedy adventure by Gerald Thomas.


 X   Carry On Up the Khyber

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Carry On Up the Khyber is a 1968 UK comedy adventure by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey. Youtube link IMDb

3 dialogue cuts were made for an 'A' rated 1968 cinema release. One of these cuts was restored for 2001 and 2003 PG rated DVD.
Summary Notes

Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe. But the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas. He wants all the British dead! But his troops fear the "skirted-devils"; they are rumoured not to wear anything underneath. Then one is caught with his pants on...

Versions

BBFC cut
category
cuts

best available
best
available

PG cert85:36s UK: Passed PG with 1 cut restored for:
  • 2003 Carlton R2 DVD
  • 2001 Video Collection International R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Bungdit Din's line: He's just a travelling fakir was restored. The BBFC noted that a similar joke with the dialogue: fakir off, already existed in the film.

The other 2 cuts remained though, as these were pre-cut for the the version submitted to the BBFC:

  • Remove Governor's wife's remarks to Governor: You never bother to riddle me.
  • Remove Belcher's line: Just get me a tool to dig with.
BBFC cut
category
cuts
A Cert UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1968 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 2 - Remove Governor's wife's remarks to Governor: You never bother to riddle me.
  • Reel 5 - Remove Belcher's line: Just get me a tool to dig with.
  • Reel 7 - Remove Bungdit Din's line: He's just a travelling fakir."
 v          Cartel


 X   Cartel

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Cartel

Versions

1:31s 1892:37s 1990 US action film by John Stewart

The BBFC cut 1:31s from the 1990 Trans Atlantic Pictures video/DVD.

From cuts details on IMDb

  • Heavy edits to the rape scene
 v          Carthage in Flames - 1960 Italy / France action war romance by Carmine Gallone.


 X   Carthage in Flames

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  • Cartagine in fiamme
Carthage in Flames is a 1960 Italy / France action war romance by Carmine Gallone.
Starring Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gélin and Anne Heywood. IMDb
BBFC category cuts were made for a U rated 1960 cinema release. Later passed PG uncut on 1986 VHS.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
PG106:49s

UK: Passed PG uncut for:
  • 1986 Stablecane VHS
BBFC cut
category cuts
U pre 1970 submitted
96:02s
=92:12s
UK: Passed U after category cuts for:
  • 1960 cinema release
 v          Casablanca - 1942 USA war romance by Michael Curtiz.


 X   Casablanca

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Casablanca is a 1942 USA war romance by Michael Curtiz.
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid. IMDb

Casablanca was once banned in Ireland in 1942, and was still cut in 1974
The most infamous film ban in Ireland
See article from irishcentral.com The most infamous film ban in Ireland was of the classic Casablanca in 1942. The officially neutral Ireland said it was Allied propaganda and felt sorry for the poor Nazis and how they were portrayed..

It was banned on March 19, 1942, for infringing on the Emergency Powers Order (EPO), preserving wartime neutrality in the way it portrayed Vichy France and Nazi Germany in a sinister light.

Soon after the end of the war in Europe the film was unbanned but passed with cuts on June 15, 1945, The cuts were to dialogue between Rick and Ilsa referring to their love affair. It seemed even talking about affairs was forbidden in Ireland.

Amazingly, even in 1974, the people of Ireland had to be saved from Casablanca. The censor passed it with one cut on July 16, 1974. RTÉ had asked about showing the film on TV -- it still required a dialogue cut to Ilsa expressing her love for Rick.

Summary Notes

The story of Rick Blaine, a cynical world-weary ex-patriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco during the early stages of WWII. Despite the pressure he constantly receives from the local authorities, Rick's cafe has become a kind of haven for refugees seeking to obtain illicit letters that will help them escape to America. But when Ilsa, a former lover of Rick's, and her husband, show up to his cafe one day, Rick faces a tough challenge which will bring up unforeseen complications, heartbreak and ultimately an excruciating decision to make.

 v   The Case of the Bloody Iris - 1972 Italy mystery thriller by Giuliano Carnimeo (as Anthony Ascott).


 X   The Case of the Bloody Iris

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  • Erotic Blue
  • Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?
The Case of the Bloody Iris is a 1972 Italy mystery thriller by Giuliano Carnimeo (as Anthony Ascott).
Starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton and Paola Quattrini. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated cinema release in 1973. Uncut and 18 rated on DVD.
Summary Review

Beautiful young model Jennifer Lansbury and her goofy friend Marilyn Ricci move into a swanky high-rise apartment after the previous tenant gets brutally murdered. Pretty soon Jennifer is being stalked by the mysterious killer. Probable suspects include a predatory lesbian neighbor, a weird old woman and her deformed son, and even the building's handsome architect who suffers from a severe blood phobia.

The Case of the Bloody Iris is pretty much the standard Giallo of the time, but works well and is one of the better ones of an era dominated by them.

Director Giuliano Carnimeo going under the name Anthony Ascott does a solid job at keeping the pace moving along and there's no shortage of suspects and nudity. The murder scenes are done well with some pretty good suspense and tension and the investigation scenes are handled well and never lag. There is always something happening here to keep it from getting slow. Either we get a murder or stalk scene or we get some nudity.

Star Edwige Fenech is so incredibly beautiful that you're astonished to see her in a low budget film.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
18

MPAA Unrated

90:57s

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X submitted
94:35s
=90:48s
UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1973 cinema release titled Erotic Blue
 v   The Case of the Smiling Stiffs - 1973 USA comedy horror by Sean S Cunningham and Brud Talbot.


 X   The Case of the Smiling Stiffs

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  • The Case of the Full Moon Murders
The Case of the Smiling Stiffs is a 1973 USA comedy horror by Sean S Cunningham and Brud Talbot.
Starring Sheila Stuart, Jed Ziegler and Cathy Walker. IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1974 but was passed later that same year after cuts. Uncut in the US but there is an unconfirmed report of a harder version
Summary Notes

Is Emma a voyeur vampire who can turn into a bat? Apparently, and she leaves many smiling faces on her victims after going down on them during a full moon. When they're not having sex with their suspects, two cops investigate the murders.

Long before Friday The 13th Sean Cunningham made this little beauty. It's actually the best movie he's ever made!

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
X rated
~74:00s
=~71:00s
US: The X rated version is uncut. (And may not now exist)
soft61:13s VoD: The Softcore Version is uncut for:
BBFC cut
cut

soft

X certsubmitted
64:11s
=61:37s
UK: The Softcore Version passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1974 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 64:11s

banned
banned
rejectedUK: Softcore Version banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1974 cinema release
            Cash on Demand - 1961 UK crime thriller by Quentin Lawrence. See Hammer Films: Cash on Demand
 v          Casino - 1995 USA / France crime biography by Martin Scorsese.


 X   Casino

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  • Kasino
Casino is a 1995 USA / France crime biography by Martin Scorsese.
Starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci. Youtube link IMDb
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This cut version has been distributed worldwide since.
Summary Notes

Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.

Versions

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut

cut:
run: 178:07s
pal: 171:00s
sub:
sub:

best available
best
available

18

MPAA R

UK: Passed 18 for strong violence for without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2019 Universal Pictures UK R0 4k Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2017 cinema release
  • 2015 Universal 20th Anniversary R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2008 Universal Blu-ray
  • 2005 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1997 CIC VHS
  • 1996 CIC VHS
  • 1995 cinema release

US: Cuts were made to secure the R rating and this cut version seems to have become the only version internationally available.

  • The torture scene was slightly trimmed by the MPAA (Tony Dog's eye-ball popping out was cut) to avoid an NC-17 rating.
 v          Casino Royale - 2006 US/UK/Czech/Germany/Bahamas spy film by Martin Campbell.


 X   Casino Royale

Link Here
  • Ian Fleming's Casino Royale
Casino Royale is a 2006 US/UK/Czech/Germany/Bahamas spy film by Martin Campbell.
With Daniel Craig, Eva Green and Judi Dench. YouTube icon IMDb
Originally cut according to BBFC for a 12 rating. The film was also cut in the US but differently for a PG-13 rating. The uncut version was later released on Blu-ray with a 15 rating in the UK and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes

James Bond goes on his first ever mission as a 00. Le Chiffre is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as M sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter, Mathis and having Vesper pose as his wife, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?

Cutting Edge

Cutting Edge 11 trailer
A video and detailed description of the BBFC and MPAA cuts in
Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge 11: Casino Royale
See more from Cutting Edge

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 144:21s
pal: 138:35s
15 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 15 uncut for one scene of torture and strong action violence for:
The BBFC noted:
  • Additional material in torture scene

The BBFC later commented that not all the cut material was restored. Some material seen during the rough cut stage did not make the final cut, but the UK 15 rated release is now the same as the uncut version already released is Scandinavia, Netherlands, Japan and Australia.

US: Casino Royale is uncut and MPAA Unrated:
  • 2019 MGM [007 The Daniel Craig Collection] R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon

US: Uncut for VoD streaming at Vudu (thanks to Neil)

BBFC cut
advised
cuts
cut:
run: 144:08s
pal: 138:22s
12 certUK: Passed 12A/12 after BBFC advised category cuts were implemented for:
  • 2015 20th Century Fox 23 Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2013 Sony [Daniel Craig Triple Pack] R2 DVD
  • 2012 MGM [22 Film Collection] R2 DVD
  • 2007 Sony R0 Blu-ray
  • 2007 Sony R2 DVD
  • 2006 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Cut on BBFC advice in 2006: This film was originally seen by the BBFC in an unfinished version, for advice as to the film's suitability at '12A'. The BBFC advised the company that the torture scene placed too much emphasis on both the infliction of pain and the sadism of the villain for the requested '12A' category. When the completed version of the film was submitted for classification, reductions to the torture sequence had been made, including the removal of lingering shots of the rope, close shots of Bond's facial reaction and the substitution of a more distant shot of the beating compared to the original version. This re-edited version of the scene was considered acceptable at '12A', where the Guidelines permit violence provided there is no dwelling on detail or emphasis on injuries.

Thanks to Floyd:

The Region 3 DVD is uncut, but there's nothing graphic in the torture scene. There are a couple of lingering shots, most notably where Le Chiffre lands the rope gently on Bond's shoulder.

In the cut version when there is a distant shot of him walking around Bond he says 'you've taken care of your body', and then in the next shot he's swinging the rope before hitting Bond.

In the uncut version however, he lands the rope on his shoulder, and he leans over to him and says, 'such a waste'.

The sound seems to be cut down as well of Chiffre swinging the rope before striking Bond, but nothing really shocking.

It seems that the hopes of an uncut US release are premature. The Irish 15A is the same version as the UK release. It appears that the German version has suffered even more cuts than the US/UK versions to achieve a 12 rating.

Perhaps the uncut version may have to wait on the (inevitable) Directors Cut.

mpaa cut
cut
cut:
run: 144:10s
pal: 138:24s
MPAA PG-13US: The PG-13 rated US region 1 release was cut.

Through the use of numerous techniques including small snips, the shifting of edit points and alternative footage, Campbell re-edited the film's opening bathroom fight and the later stairwell fight to secure a PG-13 rating in the United States.

 v          Casper - 1995 US children's comedy by Brad Silberling


 X   Casper

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Casper is a 1995 US children's comedy by Brad Silberling
Starring Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci and Cathy Moriarty BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release beyond a non-BBFC rating symbol being removed from the 2023 cinema release. The film was BBFC PG rated for all released from 1995 until being bizarrely uprated to 12A in 2023.
 v          Castle Freak - 1995 US horror by Stuart Gordon.


 X   Castle Freak

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Castle Freak is a 1995 US horror by Stuart Gordon.
With Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1996 VHS. Then uncut from 2008 DVD still with an 18 rating. Unrated and uncut in the US but there is also a cut R rated version.
Summary Review: Old horror movie style

A neat little brutal low budget horror flick. A freak locked up in a castle gets loose and terrorises mild-mannered family.

The gloomy cinematography and the authentic Italian gothic setting propel this monster along. Yet again, Re-animator favorites Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton turn in great performances, but it is the Freak who is the showstopper. Beautifully designed and wonderfully portrayed - a great tragic monster in the old horror movie style.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 95:01s
pal: 91:13s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, some sexual for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

Netherlands: Uncut for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:09s
run: 93:28s
pal: 89:44s
18UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 after 1:09s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1996 EIV VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

  • A scene showing a cat being dragged through a hatch door.
  • A scene showing Giorgio biting chunks out of Sylvana's breasts
  • A scene with Giorgio disturbed eating from Sylvana's lap and then forcibly freeing handcuffs from Sylvana's wrist before fleeing
  • Cut to remove shots of mutilated Sylvana's corpse
  • Cut to remove shots of dead maid next to Sylvana's corpse
  • Further cuts to the sight of Sylvana's corpse when later examined by a policeman
BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run: 89:44s
pal: 86:09s
MPAA RUS: The US R rated version is missing sex and gore.
 v          Castle of Blood - 1964 Italy/France horror by Antonio Margheriti, Sergio Corbucci


 X   Castle of Blood

Link Here
  • Danza Macabre (Italian Version)
Castle of Blood is a 1964 Italy/France horror by Antonio Margheriti, Sergio Corbucci
Starring Barbara Steele, Georges Rivière and Margrete Robsahm Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Exists in several variants based up on Italian, French and International versions. The film was cut by the BBFC for 1964 X rated cinema release.

Summary Review: Exotic Barbara Steele

A writer accepts a bet that he cannot spend the night alone in a haunted castle on Halloween. Once night falls at the castle, several who had been murdered therein return to life, reliving their deaths and seeking to kill the writer for his blood.

Aside from the first boring twenty minutes before Allen is delivered to the Castle, the rest of the movie is pretty good. The creepy atmosphere and the strange, exotic, and seductive look of Barbara Steele make the movie a lot better than it should be.

French/Italian Composite Version (Danza Macabra)

uncut
French/Italian Composite Version
run: 91:19s
pal: 87:40s
MPAA UnratedUS: The French/Italian Composite Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2024 Severin [Castle of Blood + Danza Macabra] R0 4K Blu-ray/RA Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad

This version contains a nude scene missing from other releases.

French Theatrical Version

uncut
French Theatrical Version
run: 89:04s
pal: 85:30s
MPAA Unrated

US: The French Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

This version contains a nude scene missing from other releases.

International Version (Castle of Blood)

uncut
International Version
run: 82:56s
pal: 79:37s
MPAA UnratedUS: The International Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2024 Severin [Castle of Blood + Danza Macabra] R0 4K Blu-ray/RA Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad

BBFC cut
International Version
cut
X certUK: Presumably the International Version was passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1964 cinema release
 v   The Castle of Cagliostro - 1979 Japan family animation fantasy by Hayao Miyazaki.


 X   The Castle of Cagliostro

Link Here

The Castle of Cagliostro is a 1979 Japan family animation fantasy by Hayao Miyazaki.
Starring Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama and Kiyoshi Kobayashi. IMDb

No censor cuts but IMDb notes that the 2006 Manga dub includes profanities not present in the Japanese original. This release also removed Japanese language from the credits
     The Castle Of Fu Manchu - 1969 UK/West Germany/Italy/Spain/Liechtenstein/Turkey crime adventure by Jesús Franco See Jess Franco Films: The Castle of Fu Manchu
            Castle Of The Creeping Flesh - 1968 West Germany horror by Adrian Hoven (as Percy G. Parker) See Appointment with Lust
 v          Castle of the Living Dead - 1964 Italy / France Sci-Fi horror thriller by Warren Kiefer and Luciano Ricci (as Herbert Wise)


 X   Castle of the Living Dead

Link Here
  • The Castle of the Living Dead
  • Il castello dei morti vivi
Castle of the Living Dead is a 1964 Italy / France Sci-Fi horror thriller by Warren Kiefer and Luciano Ricci (as Herbert Wise)
Starring Christopher Lee, Gaia Germani and Philippe Leroy. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Uncut for X rated cinema release in 1967. A shortened version was released on UK DVD without a BBFC database entry.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 89:49s
pal: 86:13s

X pre 1970

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed X (18) uncut for:
  • 1967 cinema release
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
cut
shortened
run: 85:18s
pal: 81:53s
No CertUK: A shortened version was released without a BBFC database entry for:
  • 2012 Odeon R0 DVD
 v          Castle Of The Walking Dead - 1967 West Germany horror mystery by Harald Reinl


 X   Castle Of The Walking Dead

Link Here
  • The Blood Demon
  • Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel
  • The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
Castle Of The Walking Dead is a 1967 West Germany horror mystery by Harald Reinl
Starring Lex Barker, Karin Dor and Christopher Lee Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
There are no censorship issues with this release however the film does exist in several shortened versions.

Summary Notes

A Count executed for murdering twelve virgins in a bid for immortality returns to life, seeking revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 83:46s
pal: 80:25s
15UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong injury detail:
  • 2023 88 Films Limited video titled Die Schlangengrube Und Das Pendel

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

  • Severin RA Blu-ray
BBFC uncut

cut
shortened

run: 73:26s
pal: 70:30s
15 1980UK: A shortened version passed 15 uncut:
  • 2011 Cornerstone Media video
  • 1989 Saturn VHS

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 80:55s
pal: 77:41s
X pre 1970UK: Uncut and BBFC X (16) rated:
  • 1969 New Realm Entertainments cinema release (rated 16/10/1969)

 v          Casualties of War - 1989 USA crime war drama by Brian De Palma (as Brian DePalma).


 X   Casualties of War

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  • Pecados de guerra
Casualties of War is a 1989 USA crime war drama by Brian De Palma (as Brian DePalma).
Starring Michael J Fox, Sean Penn and Don Harvey. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.
Summary Notes

During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the soldiers rape her, but the fifth refuses. The young girl is killed. The fifth soldier is determined that justice will be done. The film is more about the realities of war, rather than this single event.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Extended Version
run: 118:26s
pal: 113:42s

18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for sexual violence for:
  • 2017 Sony [HE Extended Version] video
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2004 Uca Catalogue R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 11th October 2004

The cuts are uncontentious. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 113:29s
pal: 108:57s

18

MPAA R

UK: Passed 18 uncut for sexual violence for:
  • 2004 UCA Catalogue R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2000 Columbia/Tri-Star Home video

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

  • 1993 Video Collection International VHS
  • 1990 RCA/Columbia Pictures VHS
  • 1989 cinema release
 v          Cat Chaser


 X   Cat Chaser

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Cat Chaser

Versions

uncut
alternative
MPAA
Unrated
~157:00s
=~150:00s
1988 US film by Abel Ferrara.
With Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis and Charles Durning. IMDb

The Director's favoured cut is his 157 minute workprint. This has never been released but has been shown at film festivals

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • US VHS
BBFC uncut

MPAA
cut

18

MPAA
R Rated

86:41s UK: The cut R Rated version was passed without cuts and with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
  • 2004 Arrow R2 DVD

US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

  • 2003 Lions Gate R1 DVD

From IMDb. The MPAA cuts were to the following scenes:

  • A scene in which Mary is cornered by a thug in her bedroom, and is told to strip down to nude. After she does this, her captor penetrates her with the barrel of his gun, then rubs it all over her body.
  • The shower murder scene with the two fully nude males contains more graphic violent footage.
BBFC
27s
1886:13s The Unrated Version was passed 18 after 27s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1990 EIV VHS
  • 1989 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were to the scene:

  • Andre DeBoya (Thomas Milan) forces Mary (Kelly McGillis) to strip. He forces his gun into her mouth and then runs it over her body pressing it into her nipple.

Shown uncut on BBC2

 v          Cat in the Brain - 1990 Italy horror by Lucio Fulci.


 X   Cat in the Brain

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  • A Cat in the Brain
  • Un Gatto nel cervello
  • Nightmare Concert
Cat in the Brain is a 1990 Italy horror by Lucio Fulci.
With Lucio Fulci, David L Thompson and Malisa Longo. YouTube icon IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1999 VHS. Passed 18 uncut for the 2001 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Nasty gore-fest

A horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory death scenes from his movies.

Cat in the Brain is one of the goriest horror movies ever made. There is a lot of blood and gore, including chainsaw butchery, bloody stabbings and numerous decapitations.

The film is also interesting as "self parody" of Fulci, but the gore and violence is the key element in it. Some of the gore FX were taken from own Fulci's movies.

Highly recommended, especially if you like extreme cinema!

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

88:58s UK: Previously passed 18 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

From Justin:

I am glad to report that the International Trading version is not only uncut, but is longer than my Italian print Un Gatto Nel Cervello

banned
banned
rejected92:44s
=89:01s
UK : Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1999 Tartan VHS

The BBFC explained the ban:

The Board carefully considered this low-budget Italian horror video in the light of the usual tests. It has over the years, in this context, expressed concern about images which bring sex and violence together. The BBFC Draft Guidelines for Classifying Films and Videos (published in July 1998 in the BBFC's last Annual Report) identify sexually violent material as potentially harmful. The Guidelines explain that the Board is stricter with scenes of sexual violence on video than film, because of their potential to be played over and over at home. Sexual violence may only be shown providing the scenes do not offer sexual thrills.

A Cat in the Brain contains many sequences involving gross violence committed against women, often in a context with clear sexual overtones. It invites the viewer to relish the detail of the violence and killings. Women are even presented as enjoying the violence visited on them. The work switches between the three levels of "actual" film-making, the "Director's" own nightmares and the murderous attacks of the villain. However, the Board found that the main effect of this device was to enable the frequent portrayal of brutal and detailed violence, particularly towards women.

The Board concluded that the video was potentially harmful because of the influence it may have on the attitudes and behaviour of a significant proportion of its likely viewers, whatever classification it was given. The Board considered the possibility of cuts as an acceptable remedy. It concluded, however, that the sheer quantity of the violence rendered such an approach ultimately fruitless since it would be unlikely to change the general tone or approach of the work.

 v   The Cat o'Nine Tails - 1971 Italy / France / West Germany mystery thriller by Dario Argento.


 X   The Cat o'Nine Tails

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  • Il gatto a nove code
  • Cat o'Nine Tails
The Cat o'Nine Tails is a 1971 Italy / France / West Germany mystery thriller by Dario Argento.
Starring James Franciscus, Karl Malden and Catherine Spaak. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
The BBFC AA rated 1971 cinema release was cut, but the BBFC database claims it to be uncut. The contradiction hasn't been fully explained but there may be a combination of pre-cuts and BBFC cuts. The 18 rated VHS was slightly shortened for video and 2002 DVD. The same versions was reduced to a 15 rating in 2005. The same version is unrated in the US but the PG rated version is heavily cut.
Summary Notes

A newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's experimental, top-secret research projects and in so doing, both become targets of the killer.

Versions

best available
best available

run: 111:36s
pal: 107:08s
15 cert

18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Presumably the same shortened version was passed 15 uncut for strong violence:

UK: A shortened version was passed 18 uncut for:

  • 2002 Platinum R2 DVD
  • 1987 Warner VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

This version is missing 2 dialogue scenes adding up to 2:03s. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

  • Braun telling the Superintendent that he would like to quit and return to Germany
  • Manuel and Giordini speaking about finding Braun's body
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1 - 1.5m
run: 104m
pal: 100m
AA certificateUK: A cut version was passed AA (14) without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1971 cinema release

The BBFC database suggests that no BBFC cuts were applied to a full length running time noted as 111:41s. However multiple sources report that this simply not the case.

Thanks to Ramsey:

Nearly all the scenes of violence apart from the train decapitation were crudely removed. I see that the BBFC site lists the original theatrical release as uncut, but they've either kept wrong records or the film was submitted pre-cut.

Thanks to Tim:

Despite what the BBFC website states the film does appear to have been cut for an AA rating in 1971 as a cuts list is recorded on the BBFC's Register of Exceptions. The MFB reported a running time of 104m for the UK theatrical release compared to 111m for the uncut version meaning there must have been additional distributor cuts as well (or else the distributor had an edited print). Here is the BBFC cuts list [with my annotations estimating cuts to be in the range 1m to 1.5m]:

  • Reel 2 - Reduce the scene in which the photographer is garrotted especially removing big close-ups of his contorted face. [~10s]
    - Shorten the opening shots in the transvestites' club so that some of the more obvious perverts are not seen. [~20s of shots of Carlo walking past homosexuals and men in drag]
  • Reel 3 - Considerably reduce the garrotting of Bianca, especially remove all shots of her face being banged against the carpet, spittle and blood coming from her mouth etc so that her face on the carpet is only seen after she is dead. [~20s]
  • Reel 4 - Remove the shots of Anna stripping to the waist. [~11s, two shots plus bridging shot of Carlo]
  • Reel 6 - Shorten both fights, removing close-ups of bloodstained faces and in the second fight also remove the knee kicks.
mpaa cut
shortened
cut: 23:59s
run: 90m
pal: 86m
MPAA PGUS: There is also a US Theatrical version, significantly shortened by 23:59s, and is PG rated.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com. The US PG rated version is 23:59s shorter. The cuts are for both violence and to shorten the plot.

 v          Cat Run 2 - 2014 USA action film by John Stockwell.


 X   Cat Run 2

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Cat Run 2 is a 2014 USA action film by John Stockwell.
Starring Scott Mechlowicz, Alphonso McAuley and Winter Ave Zoli. YouTube icon IMDb

Supposedly exists in R rated and Unrated versions

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R rated
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

Promotional material an Amazon promised an Unrated Version but it was a false promise and the 2014 home video release featured only . R rated theatrical version

            Cat Sick Blues - 2015 Australia horror by Dave Jackson. See Banned International: Cat Sick Blues
 v          Catacombs - 1988 Italy/US horror by David Schmoeller.


 X   Catacombs

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  • Catacombs: la prigione del diavolo
  • Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice
Catacombs is a 1988 Italy/US horror by David Schmoeller.
With Timothy Van Patten, Ian Abercrombie and Jeremy West. YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for blasphemy. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes: A demon with cool moves

A demon is trapped in a monastery. 400 years later a young girl arrives at the monastery to study.

Surprisingly, the characters throughout are well rounded, often humorous and quite believable. The demon that stalks the catacombs has some cool moves that unfortunately are not really exploited in the films conclusion.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 84m
pal: 81m
MPAA RUS: Uncut and MPAA R rated
  • 2015 Shout! Factory [Double Feature with Cellar Dweller] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2013 Shout! Factory [Horror Marathon Volume 2] R1 DVD at US Amazon
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 12s
run: 84:15s
pal: 80:53s
18UK: Passed 18 after 12s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1988 EIV VHS

From the BBFC. Cut for blasphemy:

  • Cuts to remove a sequence in which a priest is punished for his gluttony by Christ. In the sequence removed by the Board, a statue of Christ came alive and stabbed the priest to death with a nail he had pulled from his ankle.
 v          Catch Us If You Can - 1965 UK comedy music film by John Boorman.


 X   Catch Us If You Can

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  • Having a Wild Weekend
  • Fang mig
  • hvis du kan
Catch Us If You Can is a 1965 UK comedy music film by John Boorman.
Starring The Dave Clark Five, Barbara Ferris and David Lodge. IMDb
BBFC suggested category cuts were implemented for a U rated cinema release in 1965. Later passed PG for 1990 VHS in a shortened version.

See 'From the Archive' article from bbfc.co.uk

Summary Notes

Dinah is a model whose face appears in an ad campaign for meat. While shooting a TV commercial, she and Steve, one of the stunt men, run off together. The advertising executives use their disappearance to generate more publicity for... meat.

Versions

BBFC uncut

cut
shortened

best available
best
available

PG

MPAA
Unrated

87:22s

UK: A shortened version was passed PG uncut for:
  • 2007 Studiocanal R2 DVD titled Catch Us If You Can at UK Amazon
  • 1990 Warner VHS
US: A shortened version is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2012 Warner Archive R0 DVD-R titled Having a Wild Weekend at US Amazon
  • Warner Bros. VoD [US only] titled Having a Wild Weekend at US Amazon
BBFC cut
BBFC suggested
category
cuts
U pre 197098:34s
=94:37s

UK: Passed U after BBFC suggested category cuts were implemented for:
  • 1965 cinema release titled Catch Us If You Can

The BBFC commented about the advised category cuts:

Before shooting commenced a producer of Catch Us If You Can contacted the BBFC in January 1965 for advice on a draft screenplay of the film that was to be directed by newcomer John Boorman. The first response to the screenplay picked up on various potential classification issues. References to drugs, suggestive dialogue and shots of nudity or titillating semi-nudity were flagged, as was a scene featuring Guy driving a car with his eyes shut. This might give dangerous ideas to some of the young. A note on dialogue needing to avoid reference to queers is also offered. The Sexual Offences Act 1967, which decriminalised certain homosexual acts, was still some two years away at this time.

A number of letters were exchanged about amended versions of the screenplay, a selection of which we publish here. The Secretary of the BBFC, John Trevelyan, commends the tightness and wit of the script, and queries whether an A certificate might better suit the clever and sophisticated dialogue. The film-makers preferred a U certificate and when the finished film was sent to the BBFC for classification in April 1965 it was indeed passed U, without cuts.

 v          Catchfire - 1990 USA action crime comedy by Dennis Hopper (as Alan Smithee).


 X   Catchfire

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  • Backtrack
Catchfire is a 1990 USA action crime comedy by Dennis Hopper (as Alan Smithee).
Starring Dennis Hopper and Jodie Foster and Dean Stockwell. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
The Theatrical Version titled Catchfire was disowned by director Dennis Hopper and is credited to Alan Smithee. There is also a Dennis Hopper approved Director's Cut only available on US VHS titled Backtrack.

Summary Notes

An artist (Foster) witnesses a Mafia hit and calls the police. At the police station she realizes that the Mafia has a man in the force, so she runs. Trailed by the police, who need her testimony, and a hitman (Hopper) hired by the Mafia, she goes to Mexico, where eventually she meets the hitman, who has become infatuated after studying her art and life to prepare for the hit.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
run: 116m
pal: 111m
MPAA UnratedUS: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated:
  • 2023 KL Studio Classics [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 25th April 2023
  • 2023 KL Studio Classics Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad
uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 98:58s
pal: 95:00s

15 cert

MPAA R

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

  • 2007 Lions Gate R2 DVD
  • 2003 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
  • 2001 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
  • 1991 Vestron VHS
  • 1990 cinema release

US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated:

 v          Catgirl Nuku Nuku


 X   Catgirl Nuku Nuku

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Catgirl Nuku Nuku

Versions

PG Cert82:38s Anime by John Williams/Anthony Conrad

Pre-cut by the distributors to maintain a PG. A character scratching his crotch has been deleted.

 v          Cathy's Curse - 1977 France / Canada horror by Eddy Matalon.


 X   Cathy's Curse

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Cathy's Curse is a 1977 France / Canada horror by Eddy Matalon.
Starring Alan Scarfe, Beverly Murray and Randi Allen. IMDb

In addition to the Director's Cut there is a shortened US Version.
Promotional Material
Forget what you've seen in blurry bootlegs and cruddy budget packs.
This first-ever restoration of the depraved Canadian shocker is being hailed as the genre re-discovery of the year: In 1947, a young girl is roasted alive in a car accident. Thirty years later, her grown brother returns to their childhood home with his mentally unstable wife and sweet daughter Cathy. But when the dead aunt's vengeful spirit possesses the child, it will unleash an unnerving nightmare of creepy mediums, demonic dolls, and plenty of sick 70s foul-mouthed moppet mayhem.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
X cert

MPAA
Unrated

90:43s UK: Presumably the Director's Cut was passed X (18) uncut for:
  • 1977 cinema release

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

  • 2017 Severin [Director's Cut + US Version] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2017 Severin [Director's Cut + US Version] R0 DVD at US Amazon
uncut
US Version

cut
shortened

MPAA R81:49s US: The US Versions is shorter but the reasons for this are not known.

US: The US Version is MPAA R rated for:

  • 2017 Severin [Director's Cut + US Version] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2017 Severin [Director's Cut + US Version] R0 DVD at US Amazon

See article from movie-censorship.com . The uncut Director's Cut was shortened for US release. The shortened version gets to the action quicker and is arguably the preferred version.

 v          Cats - 2019 UK / USA family musical animation by Tom Hooper.


 X   Cats

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Cats is a 2019 UK / USA family musical animation by Tom Hooper.
Starring Idris Elba, Francesca Hayward and Rebel Wilson. IMDb

Rated PG for some rude and suggestive humor. It was resubmitted immediately prior to theatrical release to improve the CGI. There were no changes to rating or rearing reason.

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