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 v   The Decameron - 1971 Italian comedy drama by Pier Paolo Pasolini.


 X   The Decameron

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  • Il Decameron
The Decameron is a 1971 Italian comedy drama by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
With Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli and Jovan Jovanovic. YouTube icon IMDb
Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for cinema and DVD but cut for 1988 VHS. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 110:42s
pal: 106:16s
18

X cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and sexualised nudity 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 Dual RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2009 BFI R2 Online
  • 2009 BFI RB Blu-ray
  • 2009 BFI R2 DVD
  • 2001 BFI R2 DVD

UK: Passed X (18) uncut for:

  • 1971 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 22s
run: 111:23s
pal: 106:56s
18UK: Passed 18 after 22s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1988 Warner VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • Full frontal nudity and an erection offended the censors and so had to go
 v          Deception - 2000 USA action crime thriller by John Frankenheimer.


 X   Deception

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  • Reindeer Games
Deception is a 2000 USA action crime thriller by John Frankenheimer.
Starring Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise and Charlize Theron. YouTube icon IMDb
A shortened and less violent version was MPAA R rated and 15 rated in the UK for cinema and DVD. The longer and uncut Director's Cut was rated 15 for 2016 VoD and is presumably Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes

After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
15

MPAA
Unrated

~124:00s
=~119:00s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong violence, language, sex for:
  • 2016 Lionsgate VoD ttled Reindeer Games

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

From IMDb:

The director's cut features around 20 minutes of extra and re-edited footage. Included are new and extended scenes between Rudy and Ashley discussing their situation when kidnapped by Gabriel.

Also included is an extended and more graphic version of the scene where Gabriel throws darts as Rudy, also a scene where he heals his wounds from the darts is included as well as an extended love scene.

Other changes include the omission of Love Rollercoaster from the casino scene, which is replaced by a longer version with a much more suspense twist to it. Finally, another scene is extended where Gabriel shoots the ice around a fisherman sending him into the freezing lake to die as opposed to the original version which merely hinted at his killing the man.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version

mpaa cut
cut

15 cert

MPAA R

99:58s UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2000 Buena Vista R2 DVD
  • 2000 cinema release
 v          Decoder - 1984 West Germany Sci-Fi horror mystery by Muscha.


 X   Decoder

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  • Dekoder
Decoder is a 1984 West Germany Sci-Fi horror mystery by Muscha.
Starring FM Einheit, William Rice and Christiane Felscherinow. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1989 VHS. Uncut and MLAA Unrated in the US. Uncut and FSK 18 rated in Germany.

Summary Notes

A burger shop employee discovers that by changing the background music from pleasantly calming to industrial "noise" music, he can incite riots and a revolution against the looming power of the government.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 88:34s
pal: 85:01s
FSK 18
Germany

MPAA Unrated

Germany: Uncut and FSK 18 rated:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for

  • 2019 Vinger Syndrome R0 Blu-ray
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 52s
run: 87:20s
pal: 83:50s
sub: 85:15s
18UK: Passed 18 after 52s of compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1989 Jettisoundz VHS
 v          Decoy


 X   Decoy

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Decoy

Versions

5s 1892:59 1995 release by Victor Rambaldi
 v   The Deep - 1977 UK / USA mystery adventure thriller by Peter Yates.


 X   The Deep

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The Deep is a 1977 UK / USA mystery adventure thriller by Peter Yates.
Starring Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte and Dick Anthony Williams. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 'A' rated cinema release in 1977. Uncut and 15 rated on home video. There is also an extended TV version.

Summary Notes

A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters. Featuring extended underwater sequences and a look into the affairs of treasure hunting. Based on the novel by Peter "Jaws" Benchley.

Extended TV Version

BBFC uncut
Extended Version
run: 177m
pal: 170m
TVUS: There is also an extended TV Version

Theatrical Version

uncut
uncut
run: 124:15s
pal: 119:17s
15

15 cert

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence, threat, sexual threat :

UK: Passed 15 uncut for:

  • 2005 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1999 Columbia/TriStar VHS
  • 1986 RCA/Columbia VHS
BBFC cut
category cuts
cut:
run: 124:15s
pal: 119:17s
A certUK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1977 cinema release

From IMDb: Cut for an A certificate with edits to:

  • the body search of Gail by Cloche's men,
  • removal of shots of Gail's bloody stomach during the voodoo scene,
  • heavy cuts to punches and groin kicks in the fight between Kevin and Slake.
 v          Deep in the Valley


 X   Deep in the Valley

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Deep in the Valley

Versions

2009 US comedy by Christian Forte

See American Hot Babes

 v          Deep Red - 1975 Italian Giallo by Dario Argento.


 X   Deep Red

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  • Profondo Rosso
  • Deep Red Hatchet Murders
  • Dripping Deep Red
  • The Hatchet Murders
  • The Sabre Tooth Tiger
  • Suspiria 2
Deep Red is a 1975 Italian Giallo by Dario Argento.
With David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi and Gabriele Lavia. Melon Farmers link YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
The pre-cert video was seized by police during the Video Nasties panic. BBFC VHS and DVD release up to 2011 were cut for animal cruelty. Uncut since 2011. The film exist as the uncut Directors Cut in Italian and a shortened Export Version in English.
Summary Review : Initiation into Giallo
This is a gorgeous film, it is rich in content and thought, it has an old school story telling feel about it, fantastic music by "Goblin", it is shocking and suspenseful, whilst showing some glorious cinematography by Luigi Keveiller.

Brilliant, Dario is unique and this is my favourite film of his, and one of my ALL time favourite films. A wonderful initiation into the world of Giallo.

Director's Cut/Italian Version

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 126:28s
pal: 121:24s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Director's Cut/Italian Language Version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and horror with BBFC cuts waived for:

The film makers had managed to convince the BBFC that the lizard's death was faked with a false pin.

US: The Director's Cut/Italian Language Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 7s
run: 126:59s
pal: 121:54s

18UK: The Italian Language Version was passed 18 after 7s of BBFC cuts with some cuts waived for:
  • 2005 Platinum DVD

From cuts details on IMDb :

  • The DVD is slightly re-framed (to exclude the lizard scene) and restores the dog sequence, as it seems likely that they are playing rather than fighting.
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 11s
run: 126:12s
pal: 121:09s

18UK: The Italian Language Version was passed 18 after 11s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1993 Redemption VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • 4s has been cut from a scene showing two dogs fighting
  • A 7s shot of a squirming lizard being impaled with a pin has been deleted. This cut also impacts the scene. A father slaps his little daughter because of the impaling. In the cut version, a now motiveless slap remains.

Export Version

cut
shortened
English Version
cut: 20:51s
run: 105m
pal: 101m

No Cert

MPAA Unrated

US: The Export Version was released for:
  • 2021 Arrow [Italian + Export Versions] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RB) Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2016 Arrow [Italian + Export Versions] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2016 Arrow [Italian + Export Versions] RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
  • 2011 Arrow [Italian + Export Version] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2011 Arrow [Italian + Export Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon

There is no sign of this in the BBFC databas, perhaps passed as DVD extras.

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

  • 2018 Arrow Limited Edition [Director's Cut + Export Version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2011 Blue Underground [Italian + Export Version] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon

This version has been shortened via deletion of plot development. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

cut
shortened
cut:
run: 104:43s
pal: 100:32s
Section 3 seizureUK: The Export Version was released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Techno Film/Fletcher 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 Version

cut
shortened
and cut
25:39s
MPAA R US: There is also a US R Rated version where the shortened Export Version was further cut for an R Rating. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com
 v          Deep River Savages - 1972 Italy horror romance by Umberto Lenzi.


 X   Deep River Savages

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  • Il Paese del sesso selvaggio
  • The Man from Deep River
  • Nel Paese del Sesso Selvaggi
  • Au Pays del'Exorcisme
  • Mondo Cannibale
  • sacrifice
Deep River Savages is a 1972 Italy horror romance by Umberto Lenzi.
With Ivan Rassimov, Me Me Lai and Prasitsak Singhara. YouTube icon IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release. Banned as a video nasty in 1984. Passed 18 after extensive animal cruelty cuts for 2003 DVD. Slightly fewer cuts for 2016 DVD & Blu-ray. Uncut in the US.
Summary Notes: Not much gore

Forerunner of Cannibal Ferox set in South East Asian cannibal infested jungles. Tongue amputations are the order of the day after snacking on traditionally served monkey brains.

A photographer on assignment in the rain forest is ambushed and held slave by a primitive tribe, until the chief's daughter chooses him as her groom. After being initiated by various tortures, he becomes a part of the tribe and helps them against modern dangers and a cannibal tribe they're at war with.

I liked this one strictly for its exoticness. Me Me Lay looks great dressed or naked. She has a great face. I have the Prism edition video. That one is missing a brief cannibal scene that later showed up in Lenzi's Eaten Alive by the Cannibals . The cinematography was well done and I may catch some heat for this but I actually liked the music.

The love scene in the river came very close to XXX. A well placed bush (no pun intended) kept it soft-core. Not much gore, so jungle flick fans should like it. I know I did.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA Unrated 93:06s
=89:23s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
3:01
18 90:07s
=86:31s
UK: Passed 18 for sexual violence, strong violence after 3:01s of BBFC compulsory cuts for: The BBFC commented:
  • Cuts required to remove scenes of unsimulated animal cruelty organised and directed for the purposes of the film:
  • a mongoose and a snake being forced to fight;
  • a cockfight;
  • a snake being cut open while alive;
  • a crocodile being cut open while alive).

Presumably the previous cut to the monkey's head being sliced open has been waived.

See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com

BBFC cut
3:45s
18 85:32s UK: Passed 18 after 3:45s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2007 Shriek Collection R0 DVD
  • 2003 International Trading/Screen Entertainment R0 DVD titled Deep River Savages

The BBFC commented :

Cuts required to remove sight of real animal cruelty (in this case setting
  • a mongoose on a snake
  • locking a monkey into a vice and slicing off the top of its head
  • a cock fight
  • cutting a snake and bleeding it alive
  • and stabbing a crocodile in its neck with a small knife)
uncut
uncut
Video Nasty 89:25s UK: Released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Derann VHS

Derann released the uncut version on video in November 1982. It was listed as a video nasty in March 1984 but it was dropped from the list in September 1985

banned
banned
rejected UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1975 cinema release under the title The Man From Deep River
 v          Deep Space Nine - US TV Sci-fi series


 X   Deep Space Nine

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Deep Space Nine is a US TV Sci-fi series

See
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
 v          Deewana Mastana


 X   Deewana Mastana

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Deewana Mastana

Versions

1:26s PG certificate131:44s 1998 release Indian film by David Dhawan
            Defenceless: A Blood Symphony - 2004 Australia horror by Mark Savage. See Banned: Self Censored List
 v   The Defender - 1994 Hong Kong action film by Corey Yuen.


 X   The Defender

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  • Zhong Nan Hai bao biao
  • The Bodyguard from Beijing
The Defender is a 1994 Hong Kong action film by Corey Yuen.
With Jet Li, Christy Chung and Kent Cheng. YouTube icon IMDb
Summary Notes

A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is ...

Versions

uncut
uncut
Japan flag Japan: The Japanese DVD from Geneon is uncut but is not English language friendly and is not good for picture quality
MPAA
2:03s
MPAA
R rated
88:49s UK: The cut US Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for frequent strong violence for:
  • 2002 Buena Vista Home R2 DVD
  • 2001 Buena Vista Home R2 DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The US Version is an improvement in terms of picture quality and sound. Unfortunately I also suffered shortened dialogue and also cuts for violence

 v          Deh Shiva Bar Mohe


 X   Deh Shiva Bar Mohe

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Deh Shiva Bar Mohe


Versions

1:57s 12A 158:38s Indian film by Sukhjinder Shera

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC statement: Distributor chose to cut sight of hard drug dealing and use to accommodate a 12A. A 15 uncut was available.

 v          Delirious - 2006 USA comedy romance by Tom DiCillo.


 X   Delirious

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Delirious is a 2006 USA comedy romance by Tom DiCillo.
Starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt and Alison Lohman. IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut

Promotional Material

Les (Steve Buscemi, Fargo) is a small-time paparazzi with dreams of getting his embarrassingly funny photos on the front page. His luck seems to take a turn for the better when he befriends a clueless young homeless man, Toby (Michael Pitt, Funny Games), and makes him his unlikely assistant. But when Toby falls for a pop diva and becomes a reality TV star, Les has a tough time being pushed out of the frame and creates a devilish scheme to take down his former apprentice.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
MPAA Unrated US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 106:40s
pal: 102:24s
15 1980

MPAA R

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for frequent strong language:
  • 2008 Technicolor video

UK: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R Rated

 v          Delirium - 1979 USA thriller by Peter Maris.


 X   Delirium

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  • Psycho Puppet
Delirium is a 1979 USA thriller by Peter Maris.
Starring Turk Cekovsky, Debi Chaney and Terry TenBroek. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Banned as a video nasty in 1983 until 1985. Passed 18 after BBFC cuts for 1987 18 rated VHS. Passed 18 uncut for 2022 Blu-ray.
Summary Notes

An ex-soldier is hired by local right-wingers as a vigilante to clean up criminals and street people. However, he freaks out and starts killing off everybody.

This is one of the strangest and definitely one of the most atypical titles to be found in the whole list of infamous Video Nasties. The concept has potential but ends up being confusing and dull.

The first slasher half is rather exciting, with a couple of truly nasty murder sequences and the most laughably inept police investigation ever, but the second half is painfully tedious and derivative of much better films.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 88m
pal: 84m
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, nudity:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated:

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 16s
run: 87:36s
pal: 84:06s
18UK: Passed 18 after 16s of compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 Global Sales VHS titled Psycho Puppet

The BBFC cuts were:

  • To edit a scene of a topless woman being impaled with a spear.
uncut
uncut
run: 88:00s
pal: 84:29s
Video NastyUK: Released on Pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 VTC VHS titled Delirium

The video was added to the DPP list of nasties in November 1983 but was later dropped in May 1985

 v          Deliver Us from Evil - 2020 South Korea action crime thriller by won-chan hong...


 X   Deliver Us from Evil

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Deliver Us from Evil is a 2020 South Korea action crime thriller by won-chan hong...
Starring Jung-min Hwang, Jung-jae Lee and Jeong Min Park BBFC link 2020 IMDb

The film initially received an adults only classification when first submitted to the Korean censors. The filmmakers edited 50 seconds of footage to achieve a more profitable "15" rating. When the film became a massive hit, it was re-released (as the "Final Cut") with the initially removed footage reinstated. This became the International Version which is uncut and 15 rated in the UK. There is also a Korean extended version with 10m of additional narrative but this version is only distributed in Korea.

Summary Notes

An assassin goes to Thailand in order to solve a kidnapping case linked to him, and finds himself chased by a man whose sibling he killed.

 v          Deliverance - 1972 US adventure by John Boorman.


 X   Deliverance

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Deliverance is a 1972 US adventure by John Boorman.
With Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for cinema release but uncut thereafter

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
R Rated

104:11s UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2007 Warner 35th Anniversary Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2000 Warner R2 DVD
  • 1994 Warner VHS
  • 1987 Warner VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
X cert submitted
108:55s =104:34s
UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1972 cinema release.

The BBFC cuts were:

  • cuts to the male rape scene with the victim being Bobby (Ned Beatty)
 v   The Delta Force - 1986 USA/Israel action war adventure by Menahem Golan.


 X   The Delta Force

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The Delta Force is a 1986 USA/Israel action war adventure by Menahem Golan.
With Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin and Martin Balsam. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for a 15 rated cinema release but the cuts were waived for an 18 rated home video. Later passed 15 uncut for DVD. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes

A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes led by Major McCoy (Norris) and by Colonel Alexander (Marvin) as been called into service to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner and who's involved in the hijacking and try to retake the plane before the terrorists kill all the hostages.

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 Certificate

18

123:36s UK: Passed 15 uncut for:

UK: Passed 18 uncut with previous cuts waived for:

  • 2014 Arrow Video (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 1998 Warner VHS
  • 1986 Rank VHS
BBFC cut
category
cuts
1:24s
15 Certificate127:27s
=122:21s
UK: Passed 15 after 1:24s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1986 cinema release

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Edits to head and body kicks from fight scenes
  • Edits to remove a shot of a gun being forced into a man's mouth.
 v          Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection - 1990 USA action crime adventure by Aaron Norris.


 X   Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection

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  • Delta Force 2
  • Delta Force 2: Operation Stranglehold
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection is a 1990 USA action crime adventure by Aaron Norris.
Starring Chuck Norris, John P Ryan and Billy Drago. Youtube link IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1991 cinema and VHS release. Less cut for 2000 18 rated DVD. Presumably passed uncut for 15 rated Blu-ray release in 2016. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes

When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 Certificate

Netherlands
12

MPAA R

112:09s
=107:40s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence for:
Note however that the BBFC did not explicitly say that previous cuts had been waived.

Netherlands: Passed 12 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
4s
18 105:57s UK: Passed 18 after 4s of BBFC compulsory cuts for with 1 previous BBFC cut waived ( the twirling butterfly knife) for :
  • 2000 MGM Video
The BBFC commented:
  • Cut required to close up of neck break under Board policy on Imitable Techniques
BBFC cut
4-5s
18 105:53s UK: Passed 18 after 4-5s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1991 Pathe VHS
  • 1991 cinema release

The BBFC video cuts (and presumably the cinema cuts) were:

  • A twirling butterfly knife was cut from the fight between Norris and one of Billy Drago's henchmen.
  • Cut to a neck break
 v          Demented - 1980 USA crime horror thriller by Arthur Jeffreys.


 X   Demented

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  • The Other Hell
Demented is a 1980 USA crime horror thriller by Arthur Jeffreys.
Starring Sallee Young, Harry Reems and Deborah Alter. YouTube icon IMDb
Released uncut on pre-cert video but this was seized in a police raid during the video nasties moral panic. Cut by the BBFC for 1987 VHS. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes

A woman is gang-raped in a horse's stable, and even though the rapists are caught and imprisoned, she is harassed many moons later by ghastly visions of her tormentors, while her husband philanders and every little thing frightens her out of her wits.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R rated
88:02s US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for: VoD :
BBFC cut
1:19s
18 86:39s UK: Passed 18 after 1:19s of compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 Apex VHS
uncut
uncut
Section 3 seizure 88:02s UK: Released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Media 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.

From IMDb: The film was one of the movies included by Mary Whitehouse on a compilation tape shown to the Conservative Party during their 1984 conference

 v          Dementia 13 - 1963 US thriller by Francis Ford Coppola.


 X   Dementia 13

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  • The Haunted and the Hunted
Dementia 13 is a 1963 US thriller by Francis Ford Coppola.
With William Campbell, Luana Anders and Bart Patton. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Two extra scenes shot by Jack Hill were added for the Theatrical Version. This version was cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1963. The uncut Theatrical Version was BBFC 15 rated for home video. The two Jack Hill scenes were removed in the Director's Cut which was also 15 rated by the BBFC.

There is also a gimmicky optional prologue running 6 or 7 minutes where a psychology doctor tests the audience to see if they are stable enough to watch the film.

Summary Review: A Tad Slow Paced

When her husband John has a heart attack while out in a rowboat on the lake, Louise Haloran throws his body overboard and later tells the family that he has left on an urgent business trip.

Dementia 13 was the result of producer Roger Corman's infamous apprentice program at AIP; Corman was shooting his own film and let Francis Ford Coppola get his first director's credit by shooting Dementia 13 on the same location.

Dementia 13 is a nice little low-budget horror film for which the biggest complaint is that the pace is a tad slow. The story is set in Ireland and if it bears a strong resemblance to Corman's film adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe .

Dementia 13 is not a gory film, but more of a character study, which alone makes it somewhat atypical for the time and genre. Coppolla manages to create atmosphere so that the film is more of a psychological exercise than it is a splatter flick.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 69m
pal: 66m
15

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong violence: US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2021 Artisan / Lionsgate (RA) Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 21st September 2021
  • 2021 Artisan / Lionsgate Amazon Prime VoD [US only] at US Amazon #ad
uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 74:49s
pal: 71:49s

15 Certificate

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Theatrical Version without prologue was passed 15 uncut with BBFC film cuts restored for:
  • 2006 Odeon R2 DVD via UK Amazon
  • 2005 Classic Entertainment R2 DVD
  • 2003 Siren R2 DVD
  • 2003 SFH R2 DVD
  • 1995 Screen Multimedia VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
Theatrical Version + prologue
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub: 81:36s
X certUK: The The Theatrical Version with prologue was passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1964 cinema release titled The Haunted and the Hunted

From cultmovieforums.com. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 1 - Shorten considerably shots of John's corpse floating down in water.
  • Reel 4 - Shorten the murder of Louise to a bare minimum; remove all shots of her corpse being dragged along the grass.
  • Reel 6 - Remove the shot of Simon's head flying off. Shorten the attack on Lord Halloran.
  • Reel 8 - Remove all shots of Louise's hanging corpse. Remove all shots of axe being driven into doll.
  • This version contains a 7 minute prologue in which a psychiatrist would gives the audience a test to see if they were stable enough to withstand viewing this film.
            Democrats - 2014 Denmark / Zimbabwe documentary by Camilla Nielsson. See Banned International: Democrats
 v          Demolition Man - 1993 USA action crime thriller by Marco Brambilla.


 X   Demolition Man

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Demolition Man is a 1993 USA action crime thriller by Marco Brambilla.
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock. YouTube icon IMDb

Uncut by the BBFC for cinema release. Cut for VHS and DVD. Uncut for Blu-ray but this is not recorded in the BBFC database. Uncut in the US. The US version differs from the European version for product placement reasons.
Summary Notes

Frozen in 1996, Phoenix, a convicted killer is "thawed" out for parole well into the 21st century. Revived into a crime free society, Phoenix resumes his murderous rampage, and no one can stop him. Spartan, the cop who captured Phoenix in 1996 has also been cryogenically frozen, this time for a crime he didn't commit. In desperation they turn to Spartan to help recapture Phoenix.

Versions

uncut
uncut
No Cert

15 Certificate

MPAA R

114:51s
=110:15s
UK: Thanks to Tim. The US Version was released uncut for:

I can confirm that the recently released UK Blu-ray of Demolition Man is uncut ( 2 hits to the head and an instance of ear-clapping have been restored). However, this is not reflected on the BBFC's site

UK: The European Version was passed 15 uncut for:

  • 1993 cinema release

Denmark: Uncut and 15 rated for:

US: The US Version is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

The European Version changes the product placement advertising from Taco Bell in the US Version to Pizza Hut in the European Version

BBFC cut
2s
15 Certificate110:11s UK: The US Version was passed 15 after 2s of BBFC cuts for
  • 1999 Warner R2 DVD
  • 1994 Warner VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • The showdown between Stallone and Snipes has been trimmed to remove 2 hits to the head and an instance of ear-clapping.

The uncut version has been shown at one point on Sky TV

 v   The Demolitionist - 1995 USA / Canada action Sci-Fi horror by Robert Kurtzman.


 X   The Demolitionist

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  • A Demolidora
The Demolitionist is a 1995 USA / Canada action Sci-Fi horror by Robert Kurtzman.
Starring Nicole Eggert, Bruce Abbott and Susan Tyrrell. IMDb
Heavily cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1996. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A murdered police officer is brought back to life by a cold-hearted scientist to serve as "The Demolitionist", the ultimate crime-fighting weapon in a city overrun by criminals and internal corruption.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 92:58s
pal: 89:15s
MPAA R

FSK 18 rating

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for: Germany: Classic Cult Collection FSK 18 rated:
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 3:58s
run: 88:53s
pal: 85:20s
sub: 89:29s
18 1980UK: Passed 18 after 3:58s of compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1996 High Fliers VHS

Thanks to Scott. This low-budget 90s actioner that had the unfortunate luck of being submitted shortly after Dunblaine, resulting in very heavy cuts, including to virtually every instance of gun violence. The distributor ended up having to cut more than required though, largely for continuity reasons.

Total running time cut: 3 minutes 58 seconds. The BBFC cuts list, (* with notes by Scott), reads

Substantial cuts in torture and violence are required for 18. (Demonstration tape enclosed indicating that nearly all edits involve adjustment of audio tracks).

  • At 6 mins Remove repeat shots of electrocution of governor and padre, including urination shots.
  • At 6½mins Reduce shooting of man in blazer and white shirt by removing 2nd and 3rd medium close shots into body, and immediately afterwards remove close shot of urination and further blasting of man in white shirt.
  • At 8 mins Remove shot of man swinging butterfly knife.
  • At 15½ mins Remove second shot and resulting blood cloud into gunman in white boiler-suit.
  • At 19 mins Reduce threat to woman's eye by removing close shot of cigarette approaching it and subsequent shot on monitor. Also remove later close side shot of bloody torn ear, substituting earlier shots of van.
  • At 20 mins Remove cigarette threat to man and sight of his face contorted in pain.
  • At 22 mins Remove heavy blow to face of semi-conscious man in chair, returning to synch after it.
  • At 23½ mins Reduce Russian roulette sequence.
  • At 25 mins Reduce sight of comatose woman hanging from fence. *(Passed in the trailer!)
  • At 35½ mins Remove pan over display of combat weapons. *(Also passed in the trailer. This scene was removed in its entirety from the film, for continuity reasons.)
  • At 48 mins Reduce beating up of gagged and bound man.
  • At 48½ mins In subsequent shoot-out, remove close shots of bullet impacts on man's body.
  • At 55 mins Remove gang assault on woman in street. *(Brief clip of this was passed in the trailer. Again, the entire scene was removed from the film, although I'm not sure why. The lead character interrupts the assault in an alleyway, then walks onto the street and shoots up the front of a shop - the second half of the scene, following the assault, clearly posed no problems, so I don't know why the distro removed the whole thing.)
  • At 61 mins Reduce shoot-out at bank by removing shootings and blood clouds.
  • At 68 mins Reduce prolonged firing into figure by white car.
  • At 73 mins Reduce violence in shoot-out in flat by removing close impacts.
  • At 74 mins Remove neck break from rear of man on motorcycle.
  • At 77 mins Remove point blank shooting of police chief.
  • At 80 mins Reduce overall violence in sequence by removing repeated firing, blood clouds and close firing into man.
 v          Demoniac - 1979 Spanish/French horror by Jess Franco.


 X   Demoniac

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  • L'Éventreur de Notre-Dame
  • The Ripper of Notre Dame
  • The Sadist of Notre Dame
  • Exorcism & Black Masses (hardcore)
  • Exorcisme et Messes Noires (hardcore)
  • El Sadico de Notre-Dame
  • Exorcism
  • Exorcisme
  • Exorcisms
  • Chains and Black Leather
  • Expériences sexuelles au château des jouisseuses
  • Sexorcismes (hardcore)
Demoniac is a 1979 Spanish/French horror by Jess Franco.
With Lina Romay, Catherine Lafferière and Jesus Franco. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Banned by the BBFC from 1985 until 2003 when it was passed 18 after 2:25s of cuts. The BBFC cuts were waived for 2017 DVD. The film started out as Sexorcism/Exorcism and was significantly reworked reworked with new material to become El Sadico de Notre-Dame. The legacy is that there are now multiple versions with different mixes of sex and violence including a hardcore version.
Summary Review : Good but Not Great
Exorcism is a good but not great film. Like so many of Franco's films EXORCISM is at once brilliant and amateurish.

Franco stars as a kinky priest who serves GOD by ridding the world of sinners with his Sword of the Lord. His best moments are shared with his lover/partner Lina Romay. It's always interesting to watch the couple interact together especially during sadistic scenes.

Despite it's strong scenes of violence EXORCISM is not a gory film. The bloodiest scenes involve the beheading of a pigeon and the removal of a woman's entrails. Franco claims (on the commentary track) that the pigeon is a special effect. I seriously doubt that what Franco says is true.

Versions

uncut
Exorcism
Version
uncut
run: 93:42s
pal: 89:57s
18

No Cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sexualised violence, sex, nudity, with all previous BBFC cuts waived for:

UK: Uncut without a BBFC certificate for:

Thanks to Mark. The budget DVD label Boulevard Entertainment accidentally released the full uncut version. The release was a port of the Synapse R1 DVD including alternate footage and a commentary. The UK DVD is actually supposed to be a release of another film under the same title on a double bill with 976-Evil 2

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

  • 2018 Severin [The Sadist of Notre Dame] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 3rd April 2018
  • 2018 Severin [The Sadist of Notre Dame] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 3rd April 2018
  • 2012 Redemption [Exorcism + Demoniac Versions] R0 Blu-ray titled Exorcism via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
  • 2012 Redemption [Exorcism + Demoniac Versions] R1 DVD titled Exorcism at US Amazon
  • 2002 Synapse R1 DVD titled Exorcism

See version details from dvdcompare.net :

Exorcism (Synapse's version) is entirely new 94 min transfer from available materials from Eurocine of Paris . It's considered the most coherent of all possible versions. It contains none of the hardcore footage and does not use any of the footage added in 1979-80 for the reworked El Sadico de Notre-Dame -version. However, there are gore scenes and explanatory scenes that are missing from all other versions. So this is the complete gore version, with some softcore.

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 2:25s
run: 89:58s
pal: 86:22s
18UK: Passed 18 after BBFC cuts of 2:25s for:
  • 2003 Arrow R2 DVD titled Demoniac

The cuts were for sexual violence:

  • 2 mins: cuts to shot of naked woman stabbed and having a knife run over her body
  • 29 mins: cuts to shot of naked woman who has been stabbed
  • 39 mins: cuts to the evisceration of one of Vogel's victims
  • 48 mins: cut to shot of naked woman being slapped by Vogel
  • 80 mins: cut to woman being bitten and threatened with a knife.
banned
banned
run: 89:58s
pal: 86:22s
rejectedUK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1994 Redemption VHS titled Demoniac

The BBFC commented :

This was another shocker from the 70s, from a film-maker most of whose cinematic work appeared to revel in the tying up and abusing of naked women. Here their bodies were liberally splashed with blood, stage blood, in rituals acted out as a turn-on for audiences in search of sexual arousal. Later each evening, we see the rituals re-enacted sadistically and homicidally by a criminal psychopath (played by the film-maker himself), whose deeds perform the same function as the video viewer. The Board considered whether cuts could make such a work acceptable, but given its multifarious images of women stripped, inverted, bound, gagged, manacled at ankles and wrists, with blood smeared on bodies, especially breasts, and with blades driven into flesh, we concluded that cuts would have been so extensive as to leave little of the misogynistic framework intact. This might have been no loss on artistic or social grounds, but it would have left an unviable video commercially.

See article from strangethingsarehappening.com . Distributor Nigel Wingrove wrote:

Twenty years ago Redemption Films released Succubus and I received a written warning from the British Board of Film Classification, that Jess Franco was a director whose films the BBFC regarded as bordering on criminal. I was told that were I to attempt to release other films by him or to bring them into the country there would be consequences... A year later I submitted Demoniacs and Sadomania and both were categorically banned with the implicit threat that by pushing the work of Jess Franco I was, indirectly, championing criminal sexual material and that if I continued I too would face not civil, but criminal proceedings.

The BBFC said of DEMONIAC:

... The Board has never granted a BBFC certificate to any film or video which seeks to encourage sexual sadism, and this film is clearly sadistic in that it seems 'to have no purpose or justification other than to reinforce or sell the idea that it can be highly pleasurable to inflict injury, pain or humiliation (often in a sexual context) on others' (Home Office Report on Obscenity and Film Censorship, Williams, HMSO, 1979)....|

...The work of this particular film maker has often fallen well outside the parameters of BBFC standards because of the manner in which it presents scenes of vicious sexual violence or of violence to women in a sexually arousing context, offering little pleasure to the viewer other than a conscious vicarious gratification of misogyny. Where such emotions focus on the harming of others, the Board must always consider drawing a line, as we have in refusing a video certificate to DEMONIAC .

Redemption Films challenged the banning of these films, along with Bare Behind Bars legally, and lost. We then sought and won leave to judicially review the BBFC's entire operation, a massive undertaking and one which would, had we pursued it, opened up all the machinations of the BBFC's internal workings to public scrutiny, however, we ran out of money and had to wait until our battle over pornography several years later to finally oust the BBFC chairman James Ferman which in turn heralded in a period of more liberal censorship.

 v   The Demoniacs - 1973 French/Belgian horror by Jean Rollin.


 X   The Demoniacs

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  • Les Demoniaques
  • Curse of the Living Dead Demoniacs
  • Les Deux vierges pour Satan Diablesses
  • L'Isola delle demoniache
  • Tina
  • la naufrageuse perverse
  • Dienerinnen des Satans
The Demoniacs is a 1973 French/Belgian horror by Jean Rollin.
With Joëlle Coeur, Willy Braque and Paul Bisciglia. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated UK DVD releases. Later the Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for Blu-ray. There are 2 cut variants in the US with one that claims that it is Director Approved.
Summary Review: Surreal, hypnotic, absorbing

Jean Rollin makes movies that perplex movie viewers - his films are always poetically surreal, hypnotic, absorbing, enchanting and hallucinatory, and almost never have a coherent storyline. They are highly unconventional and appreciated by fans but hated by others

This films sees a gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.

Extended Version

BBFC uncut
Extended Version
run: 108:30s
pal: 104:10s
18UK: A long Extended Version is BBFC 18 rated for sexual violence, strong sex, nudity:
  • 2024 Powerhouse Films Limited Edition (Theatrical + Extended Version + Curse of the Living Dead) R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2024 Powerhouse Films Limited Edition (Theatrical + Extended Version + Curse of the Living Dead) R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
uncut
Extended Version
run: 103m
pal: 99m
Germany flag
Germany
Germany: An Extended Version has been released by Wicked Vision in Germany with an additional sex scene shot for the export version. There is also a short extra plot scene adding up 3:03s of extra material.

See article from movie-censorship.com : The sex scene is from a cinema print so is integral to the movie and is worth having.

cut
cut
Extended Version
cut:
run: 100m
pal: 96m
MPAA UnratedUS: Re-mastered Extended Edition is MPAA Unrated for:

The US Image/Redemption Entertainment DVD is missing the extra sex scene included in the German Blu-ray.

The graphic rape sequence between Tina and the Captain is included but in a toned down version. The more explicit footage was left out at the director's request due to personal reasons he had with his distributor at the time.

Original Version

uncut
Original Version
run: 95m
pal: 91m
Netherlands
16

MPAA Unrated

Netherlands: The Original Version is released for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

The Original Version misses out the additional sex scene and also part of the mass rape sequence. pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

cut
pre-cut
cut: 1m
run: 94m
pal: 90m
MPAA RUS: Pre-cut and MPAA R rated for:
  • 1999 R0 Redemption DVD

This is the Original Version missing a 1 minute scene with a female clown is also missing. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com.

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 54s
run: 93:07s
pal: 89:24s
18UK: The Original Version was passed 18 after 54s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2015 Salvation Films R2 DVD
  • 2004 Redemption/Salvation R0 DVD

The BBFC commented :

  • Cuts required to remove an image of rape and accompanying images of sexualised nudity which further eroticise the sexual violence.
 v          Demonic Toys - 1992 USA comedy horror mystery by Peter Manoogian.


 X   Demonic Toys

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Demonic Toys is a 1992 USA comedy horror mystery by Peter Manoogian.
Starring Tracy Scoggins, Bentley Mitchum and Daniel Cerny. IMDb

The US version was cut for an R rating and seems to have found its way onto 18 rated UK video. The film is uncut in Germany.
Summary Notes

A botched bust on a pair of arms dealers inadvertantly leads to the raising of a sixty-six-year-old demon with the power to bring toys to life as his personal minions. The demon is looking for a body to inhabit so he can increase his powers, and it just so happens that one of the police officers is pregnant with the ideal host. As the murderous toys close in on their victims, the officer must not only fight for her life, but for the soul of her unborn child.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
FSK 16
Germany
79:42s
Germany: The uncut version has been released by 84 Films
BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
16s

18

MPAA R

79:38s

UK: The cut US version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2013 88 Films RB Blu-ray
  • 2004 Film 2000 video
  • 1992 Entertainment in VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . Presumably the US release was cut by about 16s for an R rating. The cuts were:

  • Several bites and a chopped finger missing from the scene when Hesse is attacked by the killer clown
  • The death of Chanetski is missing a few bits from the killer teddy and a few stabs by the killer baby
  • More cuts when the baby stabs Ann's face and eyes
  • A couple of shots are missing when Mark beheads Lincoln
 v          Demonlover - 2002 France mystery thriller by Olivier Assayas.


 X   Demonlover

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  • Agente Infiltrada
Demonlover is a 2002 France mystery thriller by Olivier Assayas.
Starring Connie Nielsen, Gina Gershon and Chloë Sevigny. IMDb
The Director's Cut is 18 rated in the UK. The film was cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. There was also a longer version screened at festivals prior to theatrical release.

Summary Notes

Diane works for a French firm bidding to purchase a Japanese animation outfit. Diane maliciously hatches a plot to take the job of her supervisor Karen. The plan succeeds, but then Diane faces problems when a competing American firm, represented by Elaine, becomes involved. Diane's assistant Elise remains loyal to Karen, and she frustrates Diane's every move. When it comes to light that the one of the concerned parties controls an Internet site which broadcasts actual torture, the plot thickens.

Director's Cut

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 121:08s
pal: 116:17s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for strong sexual images, violence, sexual violence:

Theatrical Version

mpaa cut
cut
run: 120m
pal: 115m
MPAA RUS: The Theatrical release was cut for an MPAA R rating

From IMDb. The film has been pixellated and a Hellfire Club scene has been cut.

Festival Version

BBFC uncut
run: 129m
pal: 124m
internationalWorld: A longer version was screen at film festivals prior to theatrical release.

 v          Demonoid - 1981 Mexico / USA horror by Alfredo Zacarías (as Alfredo Zacarias).


 X   Demonoid

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  • Demonoid: Messenger of Death
  • Macabra
Demonoid is a 1981 Mexico / USA horror by Alfredo Zacarías (as Alfredo Zacarias).
Starring Samantha Eggar, Stuart Whitman and Roy Jenson. IMDb
Exists as a US version and an International Version.
Summary Notes

A British woman visits her husband at the Mexican mine he is attempting to reopen and discovers that the workers refuse to enter the mine fearing an ancient curse. The couple enter the mine to prove there is no danger and inadvertently release a demon which possess people's left hands and forces them to behave in a suitably diabolical manner. The only way for a possessed person to free themselves from this torment is to cut off their left hand after which it scurries away in search of its next victim.

Versions

uncut
International Version
MPAA
Unrated
90:14s US: The International Version is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2016 Vinegar Syndrome [US + International Versions] R0 Blu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at US Amazon titled Macabra
From IMDb. A comparison between the US Version on Media Home Entertainment VHS and the International/Mexican version on YouTube shows that both contain different footage:

The face-crusher death scenes are more violent in the US Version. The International version has alternate soundtrack, extended dialog scenes, cut scenes, alternate death scenes, and a slightly different ending. However, it is missing the first three minutes of the satanic cult chopping the girls hand off.

uncut
US Version
MPAA R79:56s US: The US Version is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2016 Vinegar Syndrome [US + International Versions] R0 Blu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at US Amazon titled Demonoid
 v   The Demons - 1972 France/Portugal horror by Jess Franco.


 X   The Demons (1972)

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  • Les Démons
  • Les Démons du sexe
  • Las Poseidas Del Demonio
  • Os Demonios
  • She-Demons
  • The Sex Demons
The Demons is a 1972 France/Portugal horror by Jess Franco.
With Anne Libert, Britt Nichols and Doris Thomas. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1972 but the GLC awarded a local X rating for screenings in London. The video was seized by the police during the video nasties moral panic in the early 80s. The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for 2008 DVD. The longer French Version was passed 18 uncut for 2017 Blu-ray. There is also a short US Version.
Summary Review : A decent effort
The UK DVD of the Demons by Redemption is 103 minute directors cut restored by Franco in 2003 and is longer than the previous UK VHS release (which ran for less than 80 minutes). It is a decent effort not as good as some of Franco's earlier work but definitely better than the stuff he directed in the early 80's for Eurocine. Some scenes are in French without English subtitles!

French Version

BBFC uncut
Extended French Version
run: 118:00s
pal: 113:17s
18UK: The Extended French Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex, nudity, violence for:
  • 2017 Nucleus Films [Extended French Version + English Version] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

This version makes extensive improvements especially in audio synchronisation and restoring missing dialogie

Thanks to Richard and @NucleusFilms. The UK Blu-ray release includes a short 8 seconds long scene (originally in German) where Kathleen is begging with Judge Jeffries just before being asked to undress. The scene is NOT in the US Blu-ray, which is also missing an optical effect of the woman's face dissolving into the skull.

See dissolving skull details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut
French Version
run: 118:35s
pal: 113:50s
MPAA UnratedUS: The Original French Version is MPAA Unrated for:

Director's Cut

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 105:02s
pal: 100:50s
18UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

US Version

uncut
English Version
run: 88:06s
pal: 84:35s
No CertUK: The short US Version was released without an obvious BBFC certificate for::
  • 2017 Nucleus Films [Extended French Version + US Version] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

See version details from movie-censorship.com

Shortened English Version

cut
shortened
run: 82:47s
pal: 79:28s
GLC logo
X
UK: Passed X (18) by the GLC for:
  • cinema release in London
Section 3 seizure

rejected

UK: A shortened English language version was released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1981 Go 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.

UK: Banned by the BBFC for

  • 1972 cinema release
 v          Demons - 1985 Italian horror by Lamberto Bava.


 X   Demons (1985)

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  • Demoni
Demons is a 1985 Italian horror by Lamberto Bava.
With Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey and Karl Zinny. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated cinema release, VHS and DVD until 2000. Uncut and 18 rated since 2006. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US albeit with soundtrack and dubbing changes, and the removal of product placements.
Summary Review: Goes straight for the jugular,

A group of people are trapped in a large West Berlin movie theater infected by ravenous demons whom proceed to kill and posses the humans one-by-one thereby multiplying their numbers.

Demons is cited on the commentary that accompanies this DVD as being one of the most important Italian horror films of the 80's, and indeed it is. Bypassing the flabby, overcooked acting, unevenly distributed action and horrendous scores of many a Euro-horror, Demons goes straight for the jugular, eyeballs, guts and groin. This film is certainly one of the best paced non-American horror flicks of the decade and contains a level of lovingly crafted, sickeningly visceral gore which just wouldn't happen these days.

For a European film the acting isn't actually too bad and the set is very effective. This film of course has bad points. Loads of them, but as is sometimes the case with these trashy horrors, the bad bits are so bad that they end up enhancing the enjoyment of the picture. I love It.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 88:26s
pal: 84:54s
18

18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for strong gory violence, drug misuse:
  • 2021 cinema release

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

The full-length original cut is available in Italian and English

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

The slightly trimmed US cut, features alternate dubbing and sound effects, and according to the IMDb, the removal of some product placement.

From IMDb. The US release features a mono sound mix. But It also features additional sound effects, such as the demon growl and slicing sound when the title Demons appears. All other release prints feature the original Dolby Stereo mix.

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 0:42s
run: 87:43s
pal: 84:12s
18UK: Passed 18 after 42s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2000 DIVID R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

Cut required to sight of razor blade scraped along breast in medium close shot

This is the scene where one of the "punk" characters scrapes cocaine off the bare breast of Nina (the punk girl) with a razor blade

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 2:04s
run: 86:16s
pal: 82:49s
18UK: Passed 18 after 2:04s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 cinema release
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:05s
run: 87:22s
pal: 83:52s

18UK: Passed 18 after1:05s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1986 Avatar video by 1:05s

The BBFC cuts were:

  • a close-up of a Demon's tooth pushing though it's gum
  • a blind man having his eyes gouged out
  • a demon spitting goo into his victim
  • am man cutting a girls naked breast with a razor blade previously used for cutting cocaine
  • a demon get his hand mutilated in the spokes of a bike
  • a man having his eye forced onto a metal stake.
 v          Demons 2 - Demons 2 is a1986 Italy horror film by Lamberto Bava.


 X   Demons 2

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  • Dèmoni 2: L'incubo ritorna
  • Demons 2: The Nightmare Is Back
  • Demons 2: The Nightmare Returns
Demons 2 is a Demons 2 is a1986 Italy horror film by Lamberto Bava.
With David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brilli and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni. YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Uncut by the BBFC, originally 18 rated then reduced to 15 from 2010. Cut in the US for an R rating but the uncut version is released MPAA unrated.
Summary Details

A birthday party in a high-security apartment building is interrupted when the birthday girl is transformed into a vicious demon by watching a horror movie on TV.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 90:55s
pal: 87:17s

15

15 cert

18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong violence, horror:
  • 2021 cinema release
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for: UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2000 Divid R2 DVD
  • 1993 GLS VHS
  • UK Avatar VHS
  • 1987 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

mpaa cut
cut 3m
MPAA R US: There is also a cut US R Rated version that is 3 minutes shorter
 v          Demons of the Mind - 1972 UK horror thriller by Peter Sykes.


 X   Demons of the Mind

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  • Blood Evil
  • Blood Will Have Blood
  • Nightmare of Terror
Demons of the Mind is a 1972 UK horror thriller by Peter Sykes.
With Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills. YouTube icon IMDb
This Hammer thriller was cut by the BBFC for an X theatrical release in 1972. These cuts have persisted to all video versions since, which are all 18 rated. The 1990 Warner VHS was further cut by the BBFC. The same cut Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review: Lush Looking

A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.

Lush looking and skillfully illustrated Hammer Gothic horror period piece that might not have the class of some other Hammer entries, but it sure was entertaining.

Versions

BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run: 89:09s
pal: 85:35s

best available
best
available

18

X cert

MPAA R

UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 18 for strong bloody violence with the 1990 video cuts waived for:

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for

  • 1972 cinema release

US: The cut Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated for:

It is assumed that the material cut for the Theatrical Version has been lost and that this is the best available version.

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts for the Theatrical Version were:

  • Reel 4 - Reduce montage in which Fredericks wife is seen with gashes on her body.
  • Reel 7 - Considerably reduce throttling of the village girl by Emil, remove shot of him stuffing earth into her mouth and remove, as far as possible, shots of her face afterwards, also remove shots of Fredericks wife cutting her throat.
  • Reel 8 - Reduce the killing of Aunt Hilda by Emil, and remove the close shot of her dead face.
  • Reel 9 - Reduce as much as possible the shots of Fredericks body after he has been transfixed by a stake and the sounds of the cries.
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cut: 18s+
run: 88:02s
pal: 84:31s
18UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 18 after 18s of further BBFC cuts for:
  • 1990 Warner VHS

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC additional cuts for video were:

  • At 34m - During flashback montage superimposed on extreme close up of eye, after phrase on my wedding night remove visual of woman lying naked streaked with blood feeling her breasts as narrator shows excitement and disgust at the pain in the blood .
  • At 66m - In intercuts between woman being strangled on grass and woman strangling herself on bed, remove brief shot of woman's corpse lying bare breasted on grass streaked with blood.
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15 cert115:27s 2002 US comedy horror TV by Randy Zisk

Passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

  • 2003 Prism R2 DVD

The 1st 3 episodes from an unsuccessful TV series were shortened and converted into a movie length DVD. This is also missing a scene referring to repressed homosexuality presumably cut by the distributor. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

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1:31s 1887:25s 2000 US documentary by Chris Nicholas

Cut in 2000. Submitted twice, the 2nd time pre-cut presumably to remove or mask the same scenes. Manson having oral sex with another guy and Manson exposing his dick.


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