The Fog is a 2005 Canada/USA/France mystery by Rupert Wainwright. With Tom Welling, Maggie Grace and Selma Blair.
A cut theatrical version was superceded by an Unrated Version for home video
Summary Review: A mess
The cast in this mess look like teen Baywatch rejects. The music in the original
by Carpenter himself brought suspense, tension and a murky sense of foreboding. This nonsense is like a pop promo gone wrong. Avoid this film like the plague.
Following is a 1998 UK crime mystery thriller by Christopher Nolan Starring Jeremy
Theobald, Alex Haw and Lucy Russell
There
are no censorship issues with this release. The US Criterion Collection DVD features an additional "Chronological Edit" of the film, which places the scenes in linear order.
Summary Notes
A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.
Versions
uncut
run:
70:38s
pal:
67:48s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15
rated for very strong language, strong violence:
2023 101 Films Limited Blu-ray (rated 19/05/2023)
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated:
2001 Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture DVD (rated 17/07/2001)
UK: Passed PG after 2:48s of BBFC category cuts for:
1987 CIC VHS
1984 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were:
Reel 1: Remove shot of boy making masturbation movement after exchange of dialogue What do you do? A lot of this
Reel 2: Remove sequence in a classroom and outside when Rick tries to
get Ren to accept a reefer (shit)
Reel 3: In sequence where Ariel's boyfriend abuses her and then hits her, remove dialogue: Y ou're dying to screw him, wrap those skinny legs around him , and considerably
reduce the beating up.
Remove Ariel's dialogue: I'm not a virgin, said to her father in the church
Considerably reduce the fight outside the dance hall, removing impact
kicks and punches.
For a Few Dollars More is a 1965 Italy/Spain/West Germany western by Sergio Leone. With Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté.
Cut by the BBFC for an X (16) rated cinema release. Also cut in the US for an M rating, but the R rated version is uncut. An extended version has been released in Germany.
Summary Notes
Monco is a bounty killer chasing El Indio and his gang. During his hunting, he meets Col. Douglas Mortimer, another bounty killer, and they decide to make a partnership, chase the bad guys together and split the reward. During their
enterprise, there will be lots of bullets and funny situations. In the end, one of the bounty hunters shows the real intention of his hunting.
Complete Version
German Version
run:
132:44s
pal:
127:25s
Germany
Germany: The uncut version is currently exclusive to
German Blu-ray
Missing
material has been restored, probably from an Italian Blur-ray, and is slightly different in quality to the remainder of the film, not disturbingly different though.
2020 KL Studio Classics Sergio Leone Westerns (RA)
Blu-ray at US Amazon
2019 KL Studio Classics [Restoration Version + US Version] (RA)
Blu-ray at US Amazon
2014 MGM The Man With No Name Trilogy (RA) Blu-ray
at US Amazon
Thanks to Ryan who reports that US VHS releases were of the uncut standard version as opposed to the cut US M rated version:
I can confirm the 80s Fox releases on VHS and the 1989 MGM/UA VHS release are
the uncut version. The '80s Fox releases (Key Video in 1984 and CBS/Fox Video in 1987) are unrated, while the 1989 MGM/UA release is rated R (though pre-1991 printings still carried the original M rating on the tape label for some reason). In fact, I
believe it's the uncut version that got submitted to the MPAA prior to the 1989 release and got the R rating, which MGM/UA simply carried over to later releases, even with the beating scene toned down. The CBS/Fox Laserdisc is also the uncut version
complete complete with the 22s dialogue in the prison beating scene.
IMDb reports on some missing material from post 1997 releases of the standard version
missing 22s from the beating of prisoners (which ends abruptly and without the dialogue exchange between Indio and Groggy).
cut
UK: The Standard Version was passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for:
1967 cinema release
Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:
Reel 2 - Remove as far as possible the blows on the helpless man at the hands of Indio's gang.
Reel 6 - Reduce to a minimum the beat-up of the two bounty hunters, and remove as far as possible the laughter of their assailants.
Reel
7 - Remove the whole flashback to the rape and death of Mortimer's sister.
Original US Version
cut
run:
130:24s
pal:
125:11s
M rated
UK: A short version, maybe the US Version,
was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
2005 MGM R2 DVD
1997 Warner VHS
Cuts for an MPAA M rating were:
A close up of a head wound was deleted
Indio manically pumping bullets into the body of the prison warden
For Men Only is a 1968 UK short film by Pete Walker. Starring David Kernan, Andrea Allan and Derek Aylward.
BBFC category cuts for an 'A' rated 1967 cinema release. Released as part
of an 18 rated compilation on 2015 DVD. An extended version was releases in the US with added sex scenes. A full length version was created in Germany with extra scenes shot by a local director.
Summary Notes
A sophisticated London fashion columnist takes a job with a small-town publisher and "moral crusader", much to the dismay of her rich, jealous boyfriend. The "crusader", however, turns out to be not quite what he
says he is.
Versions
German Version
run:
78m
pal:
75m
Germany/US: A reworked version was released with added sex scenes.
From IMDb:
Sex scenes added for American release. German theatrical version extended to feature length (approximately 75 Minutes) with additional scenes directed by Gunter Hendel, adding an entirely new subplot.
US Version
run:
39:53s
pal:
38:17s
UK: A compilation including the US Version
of For Men Only was passed 18 uncut for strong nudity for:
2023 88 Films Pete Walker Sexploitation Collection (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion is a 1970 Spain/Italy mystery thriller by Luciano Ercoli. With Dagmar Lassander, Pier Paolo Capponi and Simón Andreu.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1971. Later uncut on home video. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Impeccable direction
A triangle of friendship,
love, sex, and, perhaps, murder. A stranger accosts Minou one night on the beach while her husband Peter is away. He tells her that Peter has murdered a business associate and blackmails her into sleeping with him. He compounds the blackmail with photos
taken of their tryst.
While gorehounds may be a tad disappointed by the lack of extreme violence in this picture, there are abundant joys to be found. Luciano Ercoli's direction is impeccable; the script by Ernesto Gastaldi is one
made to keep you guessing; and Susan Scott, playing Minou's best friend, is remarkably sexy.
Versions
uncut
91:44s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for sexual threat, sexual violence
Forbidden World is a 1982 USA Sci-Fi horror by Allan Holzman. Starring Jesse Vint, Dawn Dunlap and June Chadwick.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut
Summary Notes
On planet Xarbia, an experimental life form, Subject 20, has been created by an elite group of
researchers in hopes of preventing a galactic food crisis. However, when Subject 20 becomes deadly, the best troubleshooter in the Galaxy is called in to investigate.
Director's Cut
uncut
run:
81:52s
pal:
78:36s
US: The Director's Cut and is MPAA Unrated for:
2019 Cinedigm Limited Edition [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
The Director's Cut contains an extra 4:54s of additional plot that does not add much to the movie. The
Theatrical Version is better quality and is the preferred versions
Theatrical Version
uncut
run:
76:49s
pal:
73:45s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for strong gory images, sex and nudity:
2010 Nouveaux R2 DVD
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
1987 Embassy VHS
1984 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2019 Cinedigm Limited Edition [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
Force 2 is a 2016 action thriller by Abhinay Deo. Starring John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha
and Tahir Raj Bhasin.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 2016 cinema release.
Versions
category cuts 2:51s
120:17s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, occasional bloody images, language, sex references after 2:51s of BBFC category cuts for:
2016 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
Company chose to remove several moments of strong violence, including blood spurts from bullet impacts, in order to receive a 12A rating. Cuts were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 15 was available.
A Force of One is a 1979 US action film by Paul Aaron. With Jennifer
O'Neill, Chuck Norris and Clu Gulager.
Cut by the MPAA for a PG rating. The film was further cut by the BBFC for an 'AA' rated cinema release in 1979 and for 15 rated VHS. The same cut version was released on 2005 DVD but the BBFC cuts were waived for 2012 DVD and Blu-ray.
Summary Notes:
A team of undercover narcotics agents is conducting an investigation when things mysteriously begin to go haywire. One by one, the squad is eliminated by an assassin. To help discover the
identity of the karate killer, the police enlist the aid of karate champion Matt Logan.
There's not much in the way of plot, but it has a decent enough emotional story. If you're into martial arts, and want to see Chuck Norris
early in his career, give this film a try. Not a bad watch.
Versions
cut
best available
MPAA
87:10s
UK: Passed 15 for drug use and strong violence after previous BBFC cuts were waived for:
From IMDb. The MPAA required a sound cut for a PG rating to avoid an R rating:
The MPAA did not like the original "breaking-neck" sound effect the film makers chose for the climactic fight, and urged them to
change it. A ratcheting musical sound effect was used and was passed by the MPAA. According to director Paul Aaron, this approved sound effect was much worse than the original sound.
Force 10 From Navarone is a 1978 UK / USA action war drama by Guy Hamilton. Starring Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw and Edward Fox.
The Theatrical Version was cut by the BBFC for an 'A' rated cinema released
in 1978. The Theatrical Version was 15 rated on VHS. The Restored European Version of 2005 was uncut and 12 rated. The Theatrical Version was MPAA PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Mallory and Miller are back. It seems that there was traitor with them at Navarone, whom they thought was executed. But it seems that not only was he not executed, and he was not a traitor but a German spy. Intelligence believes he
made it to Yugoslavia and is now with the Partisans. So, Mallory and Miller being the only ones who can positively identify him are sent along with a unit called Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby, who objects to their presence. It seems that
Force 10 has a mission of their own which Mallory and Miller know nothing about. When their plane is shot and most of the team is killed, they mistakenly believe that some of the locals they meet are Partisans but in reality are German Allies, so they
are taken prisoner, and have to convince the German commander that they are not spies or else they will be killed.
Restored European Version
uncut
run:
125:48s
pal:
120:46s
UK: Restored European Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate violence and nudity:
2022 Powerhouse Standard Edition [European + Theatrical Versions] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2020 Powerhouse
Limited Edition [European + Theatrical Versions] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Forced Entry is a 1975 US thriller by Jim Sotos. With Tanya Roberts, Ron Max and Nancy Allen.
There was a 1973 hardcore film, Forced Entry , by Shaun Costello that
featured a maniac war vet killer. It obviously impressed and was remade by Jim Sotos without the hardcore. It was titled The Last Victim , originally with an MPAA PG rating. It didn't do well and was beefed up with stronger material. It was MPAA R rated
and reissued theatrically as Forced Entry . This was a little too strong for the UK market and was toned down. However it was still banned by the BBFC from 1982 cinema release, but it did make it on to pre-cert VHS.
More recently the Director reworked
the Forced Entry version into his Director's Cut which drops most of the stronger footage.
Summary Review: Rapist in the 1st Person
Likened to Joe Spinell's Maniac except the focus is more on the
sexual perversion and assault rather than gory killing scenes.
It is filmed from the point of view of a serial rapist as he cruises round town looking for victims. Nancy Allen and Tanya Roberts fit the bill.
The first person narrative adds to the scariness and makes it more effective than most in the genre.
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
75m
pal:
72m
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
2022 Dark Force Collector's Edition [The Last Victim + Forced Entry Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
Dark
Force [The Last Victim + Forced Entry Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
The Director's Cut drops much of the stronger footage added for Forced Entry.
Thanks to Jon:
This release only contains a 75-minute and 72-minute version, both of which are heavily censored and cut to remove almost
all nudity and scenes of rape/sexual assault.
THE LAST VICTIM (72-minute) version has been shown on Lifetime TV uncut, as there's next to nothing that would warrant anything higher than a 15 in the UK.
The
other version restores a small portion of the controversial scenes but it is still highly censored.
The full version runs 92m.
This kind of renders the Blu-Ray version as a waste of time and money, other
than the fact you get Hi-Def picture and sound.
Composite Version
run:
88m
pal:
84m
US: The Composite Version is MPAA Unrated for:
2022 Dark Force Collector's Edition [The Last Victim + Forced Entry Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
Dark
Force [The Last Victim + Forced Entry Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
The US VHS release after the R rated theatrical release features all the stronger material added and adds further material not used for theatrical versions.
banned
cut:
run:
82:20s
pal:
79:02s
UK: A toned down version of the R rated version was banned by the BBFC for
1982 cinema release titled Forced Entry
cut
cut:
run:
82:20s
pal:
79:02s
UK: A toned down version of the R rated version was released on pre-cert video for:
1981 Intervision VHS
An 82-minute VHS copy, longer than either of the two Blu-Ray versions, is on YouTube at here , uploaded by someone, with forced Spanish subs...Maybe this was the
version released in 1981
Reissued Version Forced Entry
US: Stronger footage was added and the film was theatrically reissued with an MPAA R rating now titled Forced Entry:
2020 Dark Force [The Last Victim + R rated Forced Entry] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
Original Version The Last Victim
run:
72m
pal:
69m
US: Originally Titled The Last Victim and MPAA PG rated:
2020 Dark Force [The Last Victim + R rated Forced Entry] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
2020 Dark Force [The Last Victim + Forced Entry Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
Forced Vengeance is about much raw strength and nice evil characters. Real characters, not the usual martial arts
actors of the nineties. It's great.
So, the fights here are not dozens of minutes but a few hard hits. And to see, how these hits work, give it a brutal flavor. The colors in the movie are sometimes neon lights, sometimes a very hard contrast to blood
Forced Vengeance is about 60% dialogue and 40% fights / violence. I would say it is pretty good. Plus Joy is a cutie. Plus it has good music. Plus the letter characters for the cast are really stylish (note that in the making of a film even the fonts
have to be chosen).
Chuck Norris is not there to make a good movie actor but to hit damn hard, and he does.
Forest of Fear is a 1979 US horror by Chuck McCrann. With Charles McCrann, Beverly Shapiro and Dennis Helfend.
A shortened version was banned as a UK Video Nasty in 1983. Uncut and MPAA
R rated in the US.
Summary Review : Cheesy Classic
This is one of those cheesy classics from the 70's. I enjoyed it somewhat. A group of people growing dope get dusted with a chemical meant to kill
their crop. They turn into flesh eating zombies and try to kill campers in the same area. Not one of the goriest nasties but does have a few violent set pieces.
Forsaken is a 2015 Canada / France western drama by Jon Cassar. Starring Kiefer
Sutherland, Demi Moore and Donald Sutherland.
Film news revealed that the original cut submitted by Jon Cassar didn't impress the Sutherland's who re-edited the film to include more of the father and son relationship.
Summary Notes
John Henry returns to his hometown in hopes of repairing his relationship with his estranged father, but a local gang is terrorizing the town. John Henry is the only one who can stop them, however he has abandoned both his gun and
reputation as a fearless quick-draw killer.
v Fortress
- 1992 Australia/USA action sci-fi thriller by Stuart Gordon.
Fortress is a 1992 Australia/USA action sci-fi thriller by Stuart Gordon. With Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Loryn Locklin.
UK cinema and video/laserdisc releases were uncut but all US/UK DVD releases are the slightly cut R rated version
Versions
cut
91:21s
UK: The cut R Rated Version was passed 18
without further BBFC cuts for:
2004 Universal R2 DVD
1999 Columbia/TriStar VHS
US: Cut and MPAA R rated for:
2013 Echo Bridge R0 Blu-ray
See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com. The US R Rated
version has lost 4 non-contentious scenes and suffered cuts for violence to 2 scenes. The cuts for violence were:
When the claustrophobic prisoner (Alan Zitner) is killed at the beginning an extra shot of blood oozing out of the wound is missing.
Also D Day's (Jeffrey Combs) death by shooting has been shortened.
Another report states that the UK DVD contains the 4 non-contentious scenes but still suffers the 2 US cuts for violence
uncut
Unrated
91:25s
UK: Passed
18 uncut for:
1994 Columbia/TriStar VHS/Laserdisc
1994 cinema release
v The Fortress
- 2017 South Korea action war drama by Dong-hyuk Hwang.
The Fortress is a 2017 South Korea action war drama by Dong-hyuk Hwang. Starring Byung-hun Lee, Yoon-seok Kim and Hae-il Park.
The BBFC Annual report covering 2018 says that the VoD release had cuts for
a horse being dangerously tripped, but these cuts are not recorded in the BBFC database.
Summary Notes
In 1636, the Qing dynasty attacks Joseon. King Injo and his retainers,
including Choi Myung-kil and Kim Sang-hun, hide in the mountain fortress city of Namhansanseong. They are isolated from the outside. Meanwhile, Choi Myung-kil insists that they enter into negotiations with the Qing dynasty, but Kim Sang-hun proposes that
they keep fighting.
v 48hrs.
- 1982 USA action crime comedy by Walter Hill.
48hrs. is a 1982 USA action crime comedy by Walter Hill. Starring Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy and Annette O'Toole.
Uncut and originally 18 rated for cinema, VHS and DVD. Downrated to 15 in
2009. There was also an Abridged version that was cut to remove the strong language This was 15 rated for 1987 VHS. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates
is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white,
cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.
Versions
uncut
run:
96:25s
pal:
92:34s
Ireland
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong language, violence and nudity and racist language for:
Found is a 2012 USA horror thriller by Scott Schirmer. Starring Gavin Brown, Ethan Philbeck
and Phyllis Munro.
Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated 2014 DVD release. Uncut in the US. Cut by 2 minutes in Australia after being initially banned.
Promotional Material
FOUND is a unique and supremely
disturbing coming-of-age story of a boy whose big brother is a serial-killer.
Growing up is tough for Marty. His parents don't understand him and he is bullied at school. He has only his big brother to look up to...that is until he discovers his
brother's chilling secret and a severed head in a sports bag at home.
FOUND unravels a gripping and gruesome story that captures what it's like to grow up in the time of VHS tapes and video nasties, as the American dream and everyday suburbia
descends into a home-grown hell that will leave even the most hardened horror fan shocked by its disturbing finale.
"One of the most gut-wrenching experiences I've had in a long time" (Dark Media) "A compelling, unique and, yes,
totally sick portrait of a serial killer" (Twitch Film) "The horror film that true genre fans have been waiting for" (HorrorNews)
A cut was required to remove sight of a murderer's erect penis, during a scene of sadistic sexualised violence and threat.
The BBFC also provide Extended Classification Information (includes spoilers) :
FOUND is a horror film about a horror-obsessed boy who discovers his older brother is a serial killer.
Scenes of strong bloody violence include sight of beheadings and stabbings. There are strong gory images, both during violence and in the aftermath of violence, including sight of entrails and sight of eyes being gouged out of a
severed head and eaten.
In one scene, a woman is tied up and partially stripped, after which it is implied that her breast has been cut off. Although aftemath sight of her bloody chest is seen, there is no detail of the actual
cutting. Elsewhere, a rape is attempted but stopped. Another scene implies that sexual violence is taking place off screen.
The film also contains occasional use of strong language ('fuck'), as well as discriminatory terms, such
as faggot . There is also strong threat, moderate sex references and breast nudity.
Update from MoonMetropolis via twitter: Is the UK release pre-cut?
Regarding Found: some of climactic
violence is off-screen, but we do see breast-cutting in one scene & sex with severed head.
The breast-cutting & severed head-fucking all take place in context of a fictional film-within-a-film watched by protagonist.
So the fact that the BBFC have indicated that these two scenes are not present then one has to conclude that a pre-cut version was submitted to the BBFC. Perhaps the cut Australian Version or else cut by the UK distributor.
The UK release of Found
is cut by 1;39s so must have suffered pre-cuts in addition to the 4s of BBFC cuts. Four scenes were cut:
Cuts to the killer tormenting a chained woman by pushing his facemask into a wound on the woman's chest
After the killer decapitates the woman's head and eating her gouged out the eyes, he has sex with the head, or at least the eye sockets.
This is unsurprisingly missing from the UK release.
Similar head sex is subsequently cut from the death of a second female victim.
The erect penis is deleted from the killer passing through a boys room to get a machete. The scene is
dark and this is difficult to make out anyway.
banned
banned
Australia : Banned but later passed R18+ after 2
minutes of cuts
The full 103m version was banned in May 2014.
A version was later passed R18+ on the 3rd attempt with a noted running time of 96m. The Distributors said that in fact it had been cut by about 2 minutes. The 5m discrepancy
could either be down to a PAL speed up or else due to some running times not including the associated Dark Dwellers fake horrors.
The Fountain is a 2006 USA / Canada Sci-Fi romance by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Hugh
Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Sean Patrick Thomas.
Summary Notes
Three stories - one each from the past, present, and future - about men in pursuit of eternity with their love. A conquistador in Mayan country searches for the tree of
life to free his captive queen; a medical researcher, working with various trees, looks for a cure that will save his dying wife; a space traveler, traveling with an aged tree encapsulated within a bubble, moves toward a dying star that's wrapped in a
nebula; he seeks eternity with his love. The stories intersect and parallel; the quests fail and succeed.
Versions
cut
best available
92:53s
UK: The International Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:
2007 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
2006 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
Having had the film classified on 30 June 2006, the company submitted a re-edited version with changes made to reels 2, 3 and 5. This version was deemed suitable for classification at 12A.
Presumably this is the cut US PG-13 version. It was originally rated R by the MPAA for some violence but was later edited down to a PG-13 rating for some intense sequences of violent action, some sensuality and language.
uncut
96:29s =92:37s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for:
2006 cinema release. Never released as distributors preferred a cut 12 rated version
Perhaps the uncut US R rated version was initially submitted. It received an uncut 15 rating but the distributors preferred a 12 Rated version, and probably submitted the cut PG-13 version instead.
411 is a 2015 USA action film by Valentine. Starring Valentine, Jennifer Copeland and Neb Chupin.
Unconfirmed but the film was originally given an MPAA R rating. The
distributors considered an appeal but decided to cut the film for a PG-13 instead.
Summary Notes
A female CIA operative seduces a bounty hunter to protect her undercover Interpol partner/boyfriend who's
infiltrated an Al Qaeda terrorist cell in Miami and has a bounty on his head. She falls for the bounty hunter who doubts it as all three close in on the AL Qaeda mastermind and his deadly primary operative. '4/11' addresses the most widely held concerns
about terrorism, the #1 topic of interest in the world.
Versions
cut
US: Presumably was resubmitted in a cut version and was rated PG-13 for violence, sensuality and partial nudity.
Four Flies on Grey Velvet is a 1971 Italy / France mystery thriller by Dario Argento. Starring Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer and Jean-Pierre Marielle.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1973 cinema release. Later uncut and 15
rated for 2012 home video. Uncut by the MPAA but US prints are missing 40s through print damage.
Summary Notes
Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by
a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an
envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders...
Argento demonstrates some very creative camera work in this one. Furthermore, he keeps a nice and steady
pace, there is very little downtime in this one and Ennio Morricone gives a good, if not great score.
It also boasts some inventive deaths. Now, Four Flies on Grey Velvet certainly has its flaws. There is a bit too much
comedy in for my tastes, which I feel distracted from the horror. Also, Morriconne's score is underutilized and there isn't enough nudity.
Dario Argento's rarest giallo is part of the Animal Trilogy which also includes The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
and Cat O'Nine Tails .
Versions
uncut
99:07s
UK: A Restored Version/Rebuild Edit was passed 15 uncut for strong violence for:
2012 Argent/Shameless 40th Anniversary R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2012 Argent/Shameless 40th Anniversary R0 DVD at UK
Amazon
From promotional material: The legendary missing forty seconds.
This special 40th Anniversary Edition has been fully re-mastered in HD from the original negative and includes four inserts of previously missing
footage, through print damage, known amongst Argento fans as the legendary missing forty seconds .
However the inserts are in Standard-Definition quality only. The Blu-ray will allow for seamless branching of the four
inserts giving viewers two versions of the film: one all HD without the re-inserted scenes and one longer version including the inserts.
40s print damage
Unrated
~104:00s
=~99:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated albeit losing 40s through print damage for:
491 is a 1964 Sweden drama by Vilgot Sjöman. With Lars Lind, Leif Nymark and Stig
Törnblom.
Banned by the BBFC for 1968 cinema release. Not released since
Summary Review: Shocking
It is written that 490
times you can sin and be forgiven. This motion picture is about the 491st.
This movie was an absolute bombshell when it opened in 1964. Proved shocking at the time with scenes including tacit allusions to sodomy and a scene
depicting (out of shot) a dog rape!
Apart from that there was the naked portrait of a society in change where young people behave in a way unknown to their parents. This was unnerving, unsettling.
But the
Problem with the movie is that despite its good intentions it doesn't work.
Foxy Brown is a 1974 US action film by Jack Hill. With Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas
and Peter Brown.
Uncut for 1974 cinema release and a 1982 VHS which was seized by the police during the video nasties moral panic. Cut for 1987 VHS but uncut in all home video releases since 1998. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US
Summary
Review: Blaxploitation classic
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Foxy Brown features a
brilliant lead performance from the hypnotically attractive Pam Grier, whose federal agent boyfriend is gunned down, and who sets out to fight for revenge and justice where the System has failed her and at the same time is matched at every turn by
Antonio Huggy Bear Fargas as her no-good younger brother.
The rest of the performances are variable, and the budgets of these things did tend to preclude brilliant method actors! Jack Hill's direction keeps things ticking
over nicely and the screenplay swings wildly between shock-horror tactics, tongue-in-cheek theatricality and even the occasional stab at gut-level farce.
Foxy Brown is a definite must-see. Definitely one of the best, and most
enjoyable blaxploitation films I've seen thus far.
Versions
uncut
87:51s
UK: Passed 18 uncut after the BBFC waived their cuts for:
2013 Arrow Steelbook Edition RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
UK: The uncut version was released on pre-cert VHS for:
1982 Guild 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.
The BBFC cut the 1975 cinema release. These cuts followed through to the 1987 CIC video and 2009 CIC DVD
The original cinema running time is 106:19s = 102:04s
From the running time it seems that the UK cut was submitted for an Australian release. From
refused-classification.com :
15min approx- Here Haskins has come to arrest Ron for the shooting. The two get into a very violent and bloody fight. Ron finally kills Haskins by bashing his head four times of the garage floor. The CIC VHS cuts the first two of these, and only
shows the last two.
19min - Susan is threatened by Frank and the blond guy. The CIC VHS cuts the part where she says Ow, my breasts . The scene then continues with her slowly sliding down the wall before it cuts again. Missing here is
around 25s of Frank threatening Susan by pushing the gun close to her mouth.
83min - In the CIC VHS Ron is shown placing his gun next to Frank's ear. It then cuts around 25sec of him shooting and of the now bloody ear as Frank is bundled into
the car.
85min - Ron opens the hood of his car and pushes Frank under it. Missing in the CIC VHS is a shot of the spark plug being pushed into Frank's ear.
97min - The CIC VHS cuts the scene where Ron stabs the Mayor in the back of the
hand.
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon The uncut region 1 DVD is available
via UK Amazon
v Frank and I
- 1984 France/USA/Canada drama romance by Gérard Kikoďne.
Frank and I is a 1984 France/USA/Canada drama romance by Gérard Kikoďne. With Christopher Pearson, Jennifer Inch and Sophie Favier.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated cinema release, VHS and DVD. Uncut and MPAA
Unrated in the US.
Promotional Material
Famed French TV game show hostess Sophie Favier stars in this boldly sexy epic about a cross-dressing teenage orphan named Frank who is adopted by a handsome
nobleman with his own strange urges. This 1984 Playboy production ignited an international controversy when Sophie Favier unsuccessfully sued to stop its long awaited re-release. Her court loss is a victory for fans everywhere!
Versions
uncut
Unrated
~84:00 =~80:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2016 Intervision Picture Corp (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
The version playing on the UK satellite channel Movies 4 Men as Lady Libertine is also uncut. So maybe would no longer be cut if the full version were to be submitted, or maybe not
3:08s
78:09s
Thanks to
MM:
UK: Passed 18 for strong sex and nudity after 3:08s of BBFC cuts for:
2006 Medium Rare R2 DVD
1985 Guild VHS
1984 cinema release
3:08s minutes were cut from the 1984 cinema release and these cuts have found there way into the video/DVD releases of 1985 & 2006
When 'Frank' is caned by Charles who believes she is male, sight of cane in front of her bare buttocks was removed. Most of the blows were also removed so idea is established only enough for him to realise she is a woman. No welts may be featured on
Frank's buttocks.
Dialogue "Weren't you angry when I beat you? ", " No,somehow after it I loved you more - it was terrible but very exciting... "was removed.
In scene in which Madam beats blonde with
slipper, close up of bare buttocks before beating begins was removed, cutting away after skirt is lifted.
In brothel entertainment, entire enactment of sequence: "Punishment of a Nihilist in a Russian prison" was removed. (the
longest censor cut)
When Charles meets the Count on stairs, dialogue line: ...including a little more punishment was removed.
Flagellation scene after 'Frank' asks Charles to punish her with cane was reduced to absolute minimum,
resuming as he asks her for forgiveness.
Frank Herbert's Dune - 2000 US/Canada/Germany/Italy TV Sci-Fi by John Harrison See
Dune
Frankenhooker is a 1990 US comedy horror by Frank Henenlotter. With
James Lorinz and Joanne Ritchie.
Frankenhooker was originally cut to avoid an MPAA X rating. The unrated version/director's cut is now widely available.
Summary Review: Explosive Fun
Jeffery resurrects his fiancee
named Elizabeth after a tragic accident. He goes out to New York City to look for some prostitutes and use a special experimental crack to make the hookers literally go out with a bang, he stitches all parts together along with Elizabeth's head then use
lightning to resurrect her as a sleazy minded hooker who can literally kill men during sex.
Entertaining and over-the-top horror comedy from Frank Henenlotter (director of Basket Case and Brain Damage )
brings another winning combination of laughs, splatter and sleaze galore.
Versions
uncut Unrated Director's Cut
Unrated
80:38s
UK: The Unrated Version/Director's Cut was
passed 15 uncut for strong language, sexualised nudity and drug use for:
shortened scene of an exploding prostitute and remains
shortened scene of a decapitated prostitute
See article from theskinny.co.uk . Director
Frank Henenlotter spoke of his conversation with the MPAA about the film:
When we brought Frankenhooker to the MPAA the head of the board at the time called up our company and the guy said to the secretary,
'Congratulations, you're the first film rated S.' And she said 'S? For sex?' And they said 'No, S for Shit.' And this is the ratings board!
Frankenstein is a 1931 USA Sci-Fi horror by James Whale. Starring Colin
Clive and Mae Clarke and Boris Karloff.
Cut in the US for its 1931 release. These cuts were eventually restored in 2002. The film was also cut by the BBFC for an A rating in 1931. The film was given an X rating in 1957 but was later PG rated on UK home video.
Summary Notes
Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts.
Versions
uncut
run:
69:53s
pal:
67:05s
UK: Passed PG uncut for mild horror and violence after US cut scenes reappeared in a 2002 restoration which also
restored scenes cut by the BBFC:
2017 Universal Legacy Collection R2 DVD at UK Amazon
2013 cinema release
2002 Universal video
cut
cut
cut:
run:
68:50s
pal:
66:05s
UK: The cut version was passed PG:
1986 CIC VHS
UK: The cut version was passed X:
1957 cinema release
UK: The cut original cinema version was passed A after further BBFC cuts:
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell is a 1974 UK horror film by Terence Fisher With Peter Cushing, Shane Briant and Madeline Smith.
Cut by the BBFC for cinema release. Then further cut for a US R rating.
All home video version were cut to some extent until 2014 when an uncut restored version was released
Summary Review: Monster from the Planet of the Apes
Last of the Hammer Frankenstein films, this one
deals with the Baron hiding out in an insane asylum, so that he may continue his experiments with reanimating the dead, along with inmate Dr. Helder, who has been institutionalized for conducting such experiments.
Fisher's
attention to atmosphere and Cushing's patented mad doctor lay down a solid foundation, but John Elder's stilted script, cheapo production values (nice miniatures!) and poor make-up FX (the monster looks like Big Foot mixed with Cornelius from PLANET OF
THE APES) kill its serious intentions. However, there's enough going on here to merit at least one watch for horror fans.
Versions
uncut
run:
94:54s
pal:
91:06s
UK: The restored uncut version was passed 15 uncut for strong gore, horror for:
2014 ICON
Entertainment [Restored + R rated Versions] RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
The uncut version was previously presented at special screenings with the following comments from a Hammer forum:
The teeth-clamping scene, the additional shot of bloody arm stumps, extra eye surgery, extra
brain-sawing/surgery, extra organ-throwing and sliding about in blood plus the legendary missing extra frames of the glass-slashed throat! Plus extra frames of the dead Monster and an extra reaction shot of Sarah that is in the cut, but not the uncut
version. Longest ever version!"
pre-cut
cut:
1s
run:
94:35s
pal:
90:48s
Germany: The cut UK cinema version is available for:
The German DVD only suffers the cut close up to bloodied throat.
4s
UK: Passed X (18) after 4s of BBFC cuts for:
1996 Warner VHS
1972 cinema release
Hammer Films have enquired about the whereabouts of 2 missing scenes:
An extended body falling into grave scene.
An extended scene showing glass in the throat.
Perhaps a clue to the original cinema cuts.
pre-cut
cut:
run:
93:59s
pal:
90:13s
UK: A Pre-cut version was passed 15 without further BBFC cuts for:
1996 Warner VHS
pre-cut
cut:
run:
93:06s
pal:
89:23s
UK: A Pre-cut version was passed 15 without further BBFC cuts for:
2003 Leisurewear/DD Video R2 DVD
It seems that the intended version was the US R rated version with some cuts restored to operation scenes. The previously missing shot of Frankenstein tying up arteries with his teeth during an operation was included. However the DVD was first
published as per the US R rated version which was later withdrawn and replaced with the intended version.
The cuts in the official version were:
Missing shot of severed hands in coffin
Missing shot of monster's eye being put in socket during an operation
A deleted close-up of the bloodied throat of the murdered asylum director (John Stratton) after being glassed
Cuts to some of the footage of the asylum maniacs ripping up the monster, but not as much as the R rated version.
Frankenstein Must
Be Destroyed is a 1969 UK horror drama sci-fi by Terence Fisher. With Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson and Freddie Jones.
Cut by the BBFC for a 1969 X rated cinema release. Uncut and 18 rated on
VHS and then 15 rated on DVD. Uncut and PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Review: Hammer at its Best
Baron Frankenstein together with a young doctor, Karl and his fiancee Anna, kidnap the mentally sick Dr.
Brandt, to perform the first ever brain transplant.
Hammer Films' 5th Frankenstein film is their best. Cushing brings a new pathos to the character of the Baron that is consistent with, and at the same time, different than his
previous films.
Terence Fisher brings an unbelievable sense of style to this, his best film too.
The BBFC cut the 2008 Sound & Media DVD by 18s: A compulsory cut was required to remove images of animal cruelty (in this instance, a scene of cockfighting)
Frauleins in Uniform is a 1973 Switzerland war thriller by Erwin C Dietrich. Starring Elisabeth Felchner, Karin Heske and Renate Kasché.
Cut by the BBFC for 1974 cinema release. Various short versions exist.
Summary Notes
In the last days of WW2, women are volunteering from all over Germany to serve in the front lines by having sex with the brave Nazi soldiers. But when they start having sex with each
other, things get complicated. Especially with the increasing danger from the revengeful Soviet army!
Versions
Unrated
US: Hopefully uncut,
MPAA Unrated for:
2014 Full Moon Nazi Basterds and Bombshells R0 DVD at US Amazon
pre-cut
Unrated
81:00s
US: A short version is MPAA Unrated for:
2012 Cheezy Flicks R1 DVD
pre-cut
87:08s
UK: A short version was released on pre-cert video for:
Freaks is a 1932 USA horror drama by Tod Browning. Starring Wallace Ford and Leila Hyams
and Olga Baclanova.
Banned by the BBFC from 1932 until 1963 when it was rated X. The film was BBFC 15 rated for 1994 VHS and later 12 rated in 2001.
Summary Notes
A circus trapeze artist,
Cleopatra, takes an interest in Hans, a midget who works in the circus sideshow. Her interest however is in the money Hans will be inheriting and she is actually carrying on an affair with another circus performer, Hercules. Hans's fiancée does her best
to convince him that he is being used but to no avail. At their wedding party, a drunken Cleopatra tells the sideshow freaks just what she thinks of them. Together, the freaks decide to make her one of their own.
Versions
uncut
run:
62:02s
pal:
59:33s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated with a trigger warning for moderate threat, discrimination:
2023 Spirit Entertainment/Criterion Collection (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
UK: Uncut and BBFC 12A rated for moderate horror:
2015 Hollywood Classics cinema release (rated 07/04/2015)
UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated for theme of disability and some horror:
In May 1963, the film was submitted to the BBFC for the third time. The
distributor proposed a very limited and very carefully managed release, starting in only one art house cinema in London, the Paris Pullman in Kensington, and promoted without undue exploitation and sensationalism. Thereafter the film would only be
released outside London in theatres of suitable reputation and standing. The BBFC finally awarded the film an X certificate with the caveat that people should be warned of the nature of the film so that those to whom such sights are displeasing will not
see it. The Secretary to the Board warned that it would be undesirable to attract people who would wish to come and see Freaks for unworthy reasons.
It re-emerged in 1994 for a modern video classification. It was viewed by a large
number of BBFC Examiners and, perhaps unsurprisingly, divided opinion with recommendations ranging from a possible PG to 15. The clinching argument that finally took the film to 15 was based upon the climactic scene when the freaks wrought their revenge
on the bullying Hercules. This was the moment where, it was felt, the freaks were actually used and turned into monsters.
The conclusion was that by placing the work at 15 the viewer was expected to have sufficient maturity and
understanding to accept this sequence as part of the narrative and not an attempt to sensationalise or exploit the actors and their disabilities.
In 2001 the film was resubmitted for a theatrical release, and was this time passed
at 12. There was still some discussion between examiners as to whether the film should remain at 15, but the ultimate argument for making the film accessible to a younger audience prevailed, with one examining summing up the general feeling by stating It
is a 1930's film and reflects social prejudices about difference. The film should be viewed in its historical context. As a BFI classic it will possibly be seen by film students and arthouse crowds. The film was supported at the new, lower classification
of 12 with BBFCinsight of Contains theme of disability and some horror.
Tod Browning's 1932 film, Freaks, has a long and interesting censorship history
with the BBFC. When the film was initially released it was greeted with revulsion and disgust by both the critics and the public and enjoyed only a very short cinema run in the United States before being withdrawn by MGM.
In the
UK the film was refused a certificate altogether. It was felt that the film exploited for commercial reasons the deformed people that it claimed to dignify.
It was 1952 before Freaks reappeared at the BBFC for classification. The
film was again rejected, on the same grounds as in 1932 and Adelphi Films appealed the decision. The view of the BBFC remained resolutely that the film was inadmissible, both because the theme was one of the exploitation of human deformity for commercial
gain, and because many of the scenes were deemed to be extremely unpleasant. The decision to reject the film was upheld.
Freaky Fairy Tales - 1986 USA comedy horror by Jeffrey Delman. See
Deadtime Stories
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare is a 1991 US horror by Rachel Talalay. With Robert Englund, Lisa Zane and Shon Greenblatt.
UK cinema release and VHS was cut by the BBFC. The cuts were waived for
DVD
Summary Review:
For the Fans
This film was made just for the fans of Freddy Kruger. If you thought you knew all about him you were wrong unless you've seen this. A few unimpressive special
effects with a not too thrilling story line but it will teach you about the mind of Freddy.
Freebie and the Bean is a 1974 USA action crime comedy by Richard Rush. Starring Alan Arkin, James Caan and Loretta Swit.
Cut by the BBFC for 1974 X rated cinema release and 1988 18 rated VHS.
Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Freebie and Bean, two San Francisco police detectives, have one goal in life: to bring down Red Meyers, a local hijacking boss. After many fruitless
months they finally collect an important piece of evidence. However, before they can get an arrest warrant, they hear the news of the hitman being hired to kill Meyers.
Versions
uncut
~113:00s =~108:00s
UK: Recent screenings on Film Four appeared to be intact and was noticeably extended from the version previously
broadcast on Channel 5. This extended multiple shooting was also included in the Channel 4 documentary, The Celluloid Closet.
Freeway is a 1996 USA / France crime comedy thriller by Matthew Bright. Starring Reese
Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland and Bokeem Woodbine.
Summary Notes
A twisted take on 'Little Red Riding Hood' with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker traveling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a
charming, but sadistic, serial killer/pedophile.
Versions
uncut
MPAA
97:45s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for very strong language, strong sex references and violence with previous BBFC
cuts waived for:
2007 Blackhorse Entertainment [Full Frame] R2 DVD via UK Amazon
The French Connection is a 1971 USA action crime
thriller by William Friedkin. Starring Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider and Fernando Rey.
Not cut by the BBFC or MPAA, but hit the news in 2023 when cut seemingly by Disney
for a racial slur in a version used for streaming.
Summary Notes
William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin
shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who
is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.
Versions
uncut
run:
103:52s
pal:
99:43s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong violence and language:
US: Cut in 2023, presumably by Disney, for streaming on DIsney+ and the Criterion Channel
The cut was to remove a 6s dialogue exchange between
the detectives Jimmy Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Cloudy Russo (Roy Scheider), which contains the word 'nigger':
French Dressing is a 1964 UK comedy drama by Ken Russell (as Kenneth Russell). Starring James Booth, Roy Kinnear and Marisa Mell.
The film was shortened by the distributor prior to release. BBFC category
cuts were then required for an 'A' rated 1964 cinema release. The cuts were restore and the film was passed 12 uncut for 2015 DVD.
Promotional material
Director Ken Russell's first film is a comedy
about the exploits of a deckchair attendant in the fictional English seaside resort town of Gormleigh. Aided by his reporter gilfriend Judy (Alita Naughton), deckchair attendant Jim (James Booth) dreams up a plan to revitalise the town by organising a
film festival centred around French movie star pin-up Françoise Fayol (Marisa Mell). Travelling to France with entertainments manager Henry Liggott (Roy Kinnear) to enlist the star's help, the pair finally convince her to return with them to headline the
festival. But although Fayol receives a warm welcome in the town, a series of unplanned mishaps see the festival, which up to that point had been a roaring success, descend into farce.
Versions
uncut
82:37s
UK: The full 86 minute cut was passed 12 uncut for moderate sex references, nudity for:
The full 86 minute cut has been screened in local Herne Bay festivals and a BFI screening in 2011, otherwise it was largely buried and forgotten until now.
Thanks to Daniel who adds that the film has been on UK TV once for definite. It was on
Channel 4 in the early hours of the morning, but the screening was over a decade ago. Daniel notes that it was letterboxed, but cropped to 1.77.
Network's DVD is the first home video release of the film worldwide since Weintraub Entertainment released
a cropped NTSC VHS in Japan circa 1989.
category cuts
shortened
released ~86:00s =~83:00s
submitted
100:06s =96:06s
UK: With distributor's cuts included, the BBFC passed the film A (PG) after further BBFC cuts required for an A rating for:
1964 cinema release titled French Dressing (scope)
Thanks to Nicholas. The BBFC cuts were:
The BBFC removed a scene with Françoise Fayol (Marisa Mell) dressed as a nun revealing her garter as part of a dream sequence. Ken Russell confirms this in an old Radio Times interview from 30 October 1971 which accompanied a
BBC TV broadcast of the film that week. This scene was later returned in part or in whole to the surviving prints that exist today.
Previously, late on in the editing process Warner-Pathe decided to shorten the film. The scenes removed have never been included in any official release and are now considered lost. From IMDb:
There is a missing scene
between where Françoise agrees to join Jim and Henry at their place. This was Ken Russell's favourite scene in the entire movie but it was dropped by the producers, hence the unexplained cut between France and the pier of Gormleigh.
Nicholas explains:
Regarding the original 100 minutes, it is known that several scenes and tail ends including the one referenced on IMDb were removed from the cut as the film was considered too long by the original distributor Warner-Pathe
that was part owned by Associated British at Elstree Studios who did not like the film. There are production stills, press shots and amateur photographs from residents of Herne Bay confirming scenes that were deleted.
The late
French actress Germaine Delbat is credited in one version of the surviving prints yet is never seen in the film. It is believed that she played a kind concierge who took in Jim Stevens (James Booth) and Henry Ligget (Roy Kinnear) to her ruined
Tudor hotel when they were hopelessly lost on foot in woodland on the road from Boulogne to Le Touquet.
The scene referenced on IMDb was after the two Englishmen found Françoise Fayol (Marisa Mell) in Le Touquet and brought her
back to the hotel for a picnic (production stills exist of this) before returning to England with her the next day. These are the scenes that were most treasured by Ken Russell and the producer Kenneth Harper, but they to were cut possibly very late in
the process hence why Germaine Delbat remains credited in one print as French woman .
The surviving print moves scene via a poorly executed cut from the Englishmen's invitation in Le Touquet straight to their arrival back
in England at the end of the pier.
Unfortunately of course all these scenes are believed to no longer exist in any format. Possibly Ken Russell might have owned a personal collection or the original 100 minute print but all of his
possessions were destroyed in a catastrophic house fire in 2006. He confirmed that he had lost his copy in 2008 when he came to introduce an outdoor screening in Herne Bay.
shortened
~60:00s
=~57:00s
Worldwide:
Apart from a number of worldwide television broadcasts of varying runtime, the film has been screened as a double bill (cut even shorter to 60 minutes) in
Australia, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Japan and was given limited cinema circuit release in the UK in part thanks to the sudden popularity of James Booth via Zulu in 1964. There are surviving localised posters for all these releases.
Friday the 13th is a 1980 US slasher by Sean S Cunningham. With Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King and Jeannine Taylor.
Exists as an uncut Unrated version and a cut R rated version. The uncut version was passed X for UK 1980 cinema release and was initially released on pre-cert VHS. However this was seized by police and the distributors reverted to the
cut version from 1983 until 1987. The video has been uncut and 18 rated since 2003 on DVD and Blu-ray. However a 2023 cinema re-release featured the cut R rated version but now with a BBFC 15 rating.
Summary Review: A Slasher Star is Born
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to re-open a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
Friday the 13th must be one of the biggest
mysteries in cinema. Although it's a long way from being a good movie, its success and influence is unnameable.
The make-up effects by the master Tom Savini himself are excellent, but that alone isn't really enough to create a
legendary horror movie.
I'll never reckon the Friday the 13th films as good - or even decent - efforts in the genre, but I'm always up for a little bit of brainless gore slashing. And that's what these series are made for...pure
entertainment!!
Unrated Version
uncut
run:
95:06s
pal:
91:18s
UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18
uncut for:
2019 Paramount 8-Movie Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
UK: The Unrated Version was released uncut on pre-cert rental video for:
1982 Warner VHS
This version was seized by police presumably prompting Warner to switch to the cut R rated version.
R Rated Version
US Theatrical Version
cut
cut:
10s
run:
94:31s
pal:
90:44s
UK: The R rated Version was passed 15 for strong violence, bloody images, threat, sex without BBFC cuts
2023 Park Circus cinema release
Thanks to Andy, DB and Anthony who note that the 2023 cinema release is cut along the lines of the cut R rated version.
UK: This R Rated version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
1987 Warner VHS
Thanks to Gary:
After being forced to submit the film to the BBFC following the new law (Video Recordings Act 1984), Warner proudly announced that the film would be released uncut. Again, I remember seeing this
in the press and being relieved that one of my all-time favourite horror movies hadn't fallen victim to Ferman's whims.
Imagine my horror, then, when I finally got to see the BBFC approved version, only to discover it was the R
rated version. Warner had been technically correct to say the film was uncut, since this was the version seen by audiences in its home country, but it was still a deceitful, filthy lie perpetrated on the UK public. Only after Ferman left the BBFC in
1999/2000 and the film was resubmitted did we finally get the full version again on home video.
UK: The cut R Rated Version was released on pre-cert sell-thru video for:
1983 Warner VHS
Warner seemed to have decided to play it safe whilst the video nasties moral panic was kicking off. So they switched from releasing the uncut version to the cut US version
The film was cut by about 10s for the US R rating.
Annie has her throat cut. The 18 cert, version adds the white out before we get a good glimpse at the Tom Savini created FX.
Kevin Bacon's girlfriend gets an axe in the skull: Once again this cuts away to an early, imposed, whiteout. There
is about a second more of gory detail. (see below)
A birds eye view of Kevin Bacon with a spear exiting out of his throat has been censored (this is approx. 4 seconds long). The current version shows us a side view of his death then jumps before
we get the other angle.
The decapitation of Mrs. Voorhees has been cut of one sequence involving her headless torso. The cut is quite obtrusive and the sequence has been slightly re edited so that we cut back to Alice sooner than we should. The
sound jumps too, so it's not hard to notice this cut.
Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 US slasher by Steve Miner. With Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel and John Furey.
Cut by 48s for an MPAA R rating. The same cut version has been used for all
UK and US release since. The 1983 UK VHS release was seized by the police during the video nasties moral panic.
Gore scenes that were cut have been located but only on VHS quality. These have been presented as a disk extra but have not been reinserted
into the film. So for the moment the cut Theatrical is still the best available version.
Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Is it Mrs. Voorhees' son Jason who didn't drown
in the lake some 30 years before?
While most sequels cash in on their original movie's fame, the second part of the Friday the 13th series lives up to its name.
The gore and the kill scenes surpass the
original. The characters are true teenage stereotypes. Much like the ending in the original, the ending here is great.
Versions
best available
cut
cut:
48s
run:
86:49s
pal:
83:21s
UK: The cut R Rated Theatrical Version was passed 15 without further BBFC cuts for strong horror, violence and threat for:
2019 Paramount 8-Movie Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2009 Paramount Special Edition RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
Thanks to Ben. Note that this DVD/Blu-ray was released with an aggregate 18 rating presumably due to 18 rated extras.
UK: The cut R Rated Theatrical Version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
2001 paramount R2 DVD
1987 CIC VHS
1981 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R Rated for:
2021 Paramount 40th Anniversary Steelbook Limited Edition (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
2020 SHOUT! FACTORY Friday the 13th Collection RA Blu-ray at US Amazon The disk includes cut footage as disk extra: "NEW Slashed Scenes – The Long-awaited Uncut Gore Footage!"
The decapitation from part 1 shown as a flashback has the decapitation once again trimmed for the blood-gushing from the cut throat.
Blood was cut from the death of Alice.
Crazy Ralph's death was briefly reduced from the wire-cut.
The scene where Jason hits a cop in the head with a hammer was cut to non-bloody.
Scott's throats-lit was toned down from the bloodflow.
Graphic close-up on Mark's machete-hit face is cut out.
The scene where Jason
impales the love-making couple with a spear was originally longer; it showed the spear actually being stabbed in the boy's back, while the girl screamed.
IMDb adds:
Originally, the sex scene between Sandra and Jeff was longer and included full frontal nudity from actress Marta Kober. But when Paramount studio discovered that she was only 16, the nudity was edited out and
the film destroyed (according to producers anyway).
banned
UK: The cut R Rated Theatrical Version was released on pre-cert video for:
1983 CIC VHS
This version was seized by police presumably prompting Warner to switch to the cut R rated version.
Friday the 13th Part 3 is a 1982 US horror film by Steve Miner. With Dana Kimmell, Tracie Savage and Richard Brooker.
Cut for an MPAA R Rating. This version was passed X for 1982 cinema
release but further cuts were required by the BBFC for 1987 18 rated VHS. The BBFC video cuts were waived for 2001 18 rated DVD and 2009 15 rated Blu-ray and are the same as cut US R rated releases.
Summary Review: Anyone for Hockey?
Jason is back to revenge on all that visit his woods. A new group of friends come over to party at an area close to the campsite. This time, Jason will be stronger than ever, and getting a hockey mask from one of
those friends.
This film has a decent story to it but it's still not much different from some of the others (bunch of people go to Camp Crystal Lake, they get killed one by one by god-knows-what type of sharp steel garden tool or
machete then one extremely exhausted, half naked, woman who is soaked in blood kills Jason...again!. But no matter how similar it is to the other films it's still a bloody great film.
Versions
best available
cut:
run:
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From IMDb. The following scenes were cut in the US to obtain an R rating instead of an X:
The death scene of Andy showed his right leg and stomach being cut apart.
Vera's death was longer, it included more blood and a shot of her reaction. It was cut because the board said that it looked too real.
Edna's death was cut of
excess blood.
The impaling of Chili with the hot poker was cut. Originally, the impalement was shown, along with a splash of smoldering blood.
Debbie's death originally showed blood spraying across her upper half and face.
There's no sign of the cuts being restored, so for the moment this is the best available version
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At 57 minutes - When dart is fired into girl's [Vera's] eye , remove close shot of dart in eye.
At 62 minutes - When girl [Debbie] is knifed in hammock, reduce sight of boy's [Andy's cut in
half] corpse above her on the shelf, and reduce sight of knife emerging from her chest to brief establishing shot only.
Friday the 13th The Final Chapter is a 1984 US horror film by Joseph Zito. With Erich Anderson, Judie Aronson and Kimberly Beck.
Cut for an MPAA R rating. The BBFC made further cuts for VHS, but the UK
cinema release and DVDs are the R rated version.
Summary Review: Saving the best for last, sort of
After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and
embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Crystal Lake.
Immediately picking up where Friday the 13th Part 3 , Friday the 13th Part 4 was such a brilliant addition to the franchise. For those
who haven't seen the series, Part 4 is not a bad place to start, or finish.
We get a great little campfire story and a lot of great death sequences within the first 5 minutes. We also get real acting, & actual character
development with the Final Chapter . This was the last movie in the series that was actually made AS a horror film, and not as a cult film. And this movie does scare!
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There's MPAA cuts throughout the entire movie. I mean every single Savini effect that was filmed was negotiated with the MPAA and trimmed, and trimmed again, and then trimmed a third time.
Nurse Rhonda was originally held up and gutted, but it ended up being cut out so that it only showed her being stabbed.
A scene cut in which Tommy shows Rob a fake guillotine. Tommy puts a stick in the guillotine. It drops and the stick is
cut in two. Then, Tommy puts a fake arm in and cuts it off. Rob thinks its real and starts screaming. When Tommy starts laughing, Rob figures out that it is a joke.
One scene in which Doug and Sarah are on the porch. They stand outside and talk
about not dancing.
In another scene, Mrs. Jarvis goes into Trish's room and tells her to go get a car part in town and that she is going jogging before it storms.
A small scene cut during the time in which the Jarvis' car breaks down.
In the original version, right after Trish tells Tommy to hurry up it cuts. It did continue with Tommy running up to Trish in a scary mask, scaring Trish. Tommy declares that he made the mask the first week that he got there.
Sarah and Doug are
together in their room (before the party starts). They talk about how nice each others legs are and how nervous they are about going to the party.
A scene where Tommy shows Rob a toy soldier melting under a magnifying glass.
A scene
where Trish finds her mother drowned in a bathtub of bloody water.
The 2009 Paramount Deluxe Edition contains an extra alternate ending which includes the scene where Trish finds her mother drowned in a bathtub of bloody water.
UK: The cut R Rated Version was
passed 18 with a further 20s of BBFC cuts for:
1987 CIC VHS
Thanks to Vincenzo. The official BBFC cuts were:
At 72 mins - Reduce hacking to death of young man with garden fork to only one blow, before first cutaway to girl followed by quick death after it, losing intermediate shot altogether.
At 78
mins - After girl leaps to ground through window and killer looks out, remove high angle shot of her body with skirt raised to reveal panties.
At 81 mins - When boy chops killer [Jason] in head, considerably reduce
process of [machete] slicing through head [and eye] both during fall and after body hits floor.
Friday the 13th A New Beginning is a 1985 US slasher by Danny Steinmann. With Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd and Shavar Ross.
Cut for an MPAA R rating. Further cut by the BBFC for cinema release,
further cut for VHS. BBFC cuts waived for DVD but still the cut US R rated version.
Summary Review: Plenty more Jasons where that came form
While Jason lies unconscious, a local man decides to use
Jason's old M.O. and wreaks havoc at a halfway house for troubled teens.
Considered by fans as the worst of the Paramount Friday The 13th movies, this one isn't that bad as they said it was. The makers wanted to make the series
into something different with a new killer in each instalment. Fans of Jason rejected this idea and wanted the goalie back and they got their wish with the next instalment.
There's a lot of graphic killings in this one as it has a
body count of 20 dead people with some good kills of skull-crushings, implements, stabbings and that kind of thing. A couple of sexy naked chicks including a topless blonde waitress who is just gorgeous as hell and of course some twists with turns.
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Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:
At 42 mins - Considerably reduce sight of bare-breasted girl [Tina] on ground after sex before she is killed with shears, in particular removing side angle of her lying back with knee raised foreground. Remove shot of same girl
with gouged-out eyes, so that scene is played off boy's reactions to corpse as he turns her over. Reduce to establishing shots only tourniquet being tightened around boy's eyes [Eddie], only first and last shot to remain.
At 53 mins - Reduce terrorising of boy speared through tin lavatory shack by removing altogether the sight of spear wounding him in knee and some of terror which follows it.
At 64 mins - Reduce
anticipatory shots of bare-breasted girl Robin lying on back in bed before turning and finding bloody body of boy next to her.
At 66 mins - Reduce stabbing of second girl in dormitory while she is dancing to
gramophone by removing the delay after she is grabbed round throat and thrown against wall, cutting altogether the sight of her being lifted into the air.
At 67 mins - When boy looks into room and lightning flash
reveals bodies on bed, remove two tighter shots featuring bare breasts and blood.
Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood is a 1988 US slasher by John Buechler. With Jennifer Banko, John Otrin and Susan Blu.
Cut for an MPAA R rating. Further cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS. BBFC cuts waived for DVD, but the MPAA cuts persist
Summary Review: Power to Resist
Years after Tommy Jarvis
chained him underwater at Camp Crystal Lake, the hulking killer Jason Vorhees returns to the camp grounds when he's released accidentally by a teenager with psychic powers.
This is easily one of the better efforts in the Friday
series but it suffers just like the rest of them from cuts, cuts, cuts. This is, apparently, one of the most cut entries by far as the MPAA rejected many of the more elaborate gore effects. Director John Carl Buechler is a respected makeup effects man
and was a good choice to helm a Friday flick.
The New Blood's Jason is a full-blown, rotting, hulking zombie and is well worth a watch.
Well, once Tina raises Jason from the dead (involuntarily) the action
gets under way. And he's quite busy, as this has easily one of the highest Friday body counts. Our young vacationers are dispatched with a lovely array of sharp objects, gardening tools, and even a plastic party horn. Jason also repeats himself a bit by
simply throwing one girl out the window, and crushing some poor sap's head. All of the murders are edited down until there's little blood and gore.
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The New Blood was the most heavily cut movie by the MPAA, losing about four minutes to avoid an X Rating. It was considered the most violent of the
series.
An
old VHS copy of Buechler's work print surfaced, and you get to see how much cooler this version would have been if the gore remained. The infamous sleeping bag scene goes on much longer, all the deaths have extra blood (including a killer head crush
scene) and there's even a deleted coda on a boat that should have been kept in.
Dialogue within
scenes was cut. And certainly almost every single punch-line to every stalk and pay-off was trimmed considerably. I mean when you see the axe jump-cut into that lady's head, and when you see Jason smack that guy up the chin with the axe. I mean the shots
are just noticeably missing. I mean there were some cool shots we did. But not since Tom Savini's time have people been allowed to put stuff like that on screen.
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Thanks to Vincenzo. The official BBFC cuts were:
Reel 3 - Just before nude bather [Jane] is attacked underwater, remove eroticised shots of her kicking legs and nude bottom viewed from below.
Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason takes Manhattan is a 1989 US slasher by Rob Hedden. With Jensen Daggett, Kane Hodder and Todd Caldecott.
Cut for an MPAA R rating. Further cut by the BBFC for VHS. The BBFC cuts
were waived for DVD, which is the same as the cut US version.
Summary Review: Not the Best
A passing boat bound for New York pulls Jason along for the ride. Look out New York, here comes hell in a
hockey mask.
This is definitely not a defining film in the slasher genre, the plot is uninspired the locations are awful and the death scenes are frankly poor. Unless your a Friday the 13th completist and want the whole set I
wouldn't bother with this film
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At 84 mins - As youths remonstrate with masked psychopath who kicks over their radio, remove shot of one youth flourishing butterfly knife.
From IMDb. As described by the director on the DVD commentary, the following shots were cut or altered in order to receive an MPAA rating of "R" instead of an "X":
Jim's death was much gorier. Originally, Jason shoves the entire spear gun through his stomach, then rips it out, causing Jim's intestines to slide out along with a large amount of blood.
Suzy's death was disturbingly gruesome. Jason shoves
the spear through her stomach and twists it non-stop. There were close-up shots of Suzy's mouth gurgling blood and blood rapidly oozing from the spear wound. J.J.'s death was an alternate shot. In the original shot, we actually see Jason smashing J.J.'s
head with the guitar.
Tamera's death in the original print was completely different. Originally, Jason repeatedly stabs her with a mirror shard in a shower while she's completely nude. Blood rapidly oozes from her stab wounds and Jason keeps
stabbing non-stop. Later on, when Eva finds Tamara's corpse, the original shot was one featuring Tamera's fully nude body with dozens of shards of glass protruding from it.
The scene where the uncredited boxer gets the hot sauna rock shoved into
his chest cavity was a re-shoot. Originally, Jason jammed two darts through his eye sockets, but it was deemed too graphic, and the MPAA forced the crew to re-shoot it. Even with the re-shoot, the scene had to be trimmed. Originally, there was more blood
and steam, but the MPAA found even that to be too graphic.
The scene where the captain gets his neck sliced by Jason's bowing knife was shot five different ways. The director's desire was a shot of a huge gash wound spurting blood, but the MPAA
made him choose the least gory shot, which is what appears in the final cut of the movie.
Wayne's death originally featured him being electrocuted for a few seconds longer.
The full version of Miles' death scene actually saw him land on
the spikes, rather than just showing the aftermath as we see in the "R" rated version.
When Jason kills the first gang banger, the uncut print featured Jason's hand and the needle going all the way through the gang banger's body.
Yes, it [Tamara's death] was trimmed. It was a little more in the Psycho tradition. There was a lot more blood, a lot of Jason's arm slicing down upon her, shards of glass. It was
pretty gruesome. And that was the end of it. The scene was over the top as far as the MPAA was concerned. I went into it with more of a Hitchcockian style. And whenever any of us, do a shower scene, you gotta pay homage to Hitchcock. But this was in
color with real blood running down the drain. We went further with the scene as far as intensity, but the MPAA pulled us back. In filming her death, we didn't use any prosthetics. Originally, you see his arm slashing down, blood splatters the shower
wall, blood on her. It's all very Hitchcockian. It's much like the Psycho shower scene. It was pretty much the same as what was released, except there was much more of it, and there was some gore cut.
Just like in the beginning scene with Jim and
Suzy. And y'know, they have sex and Jason comes in, everything was trimmed. I mean, the kid getting shot with the spear. I had a lot more coverage of that. In that Jason takes the spear gun and not only jabs the spear into him, but the entire spear gun.
When Jason guts him, and pulls the gun out, his intestines were all over the gun. It was just, trimmed, trimmed, trimmed. There were a lot of frames cut out. And in the final version, it's just quick cuts. If you look at it, the scene looks like it was
edited.
The other thing was when Jason finds the girl in the hatch, and he reaches in and goes to stab her. That was very abbreviated in the final version. Before, it is really hard to watch, not for the fans but for most people out there. It's
kind of a torturous thing. He really tortures her. He doesn't just shove the spear in. He shoved it in, he twisted it around. There were close-ups of her face, her gurgling. Back to Jason, more twisting, close-ups of the spear twisting. It was pretty
intense and the MPAA said no.
Friday the 13th is a 2009 US slasher by Marcus Nispel. With
Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti and Derek Mears.
There's a cut R rated Theatrical Version and an uncut Unrated Killer Cut
Summary Review: Decent Gore
In this remake, a group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake,
where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.
The Jason mythology is still here. His mother is still involved, there's still a hockey mask, and it all makes sense.
If you're looking
for sex, drugs and rock and roll, this film has it. Plenty of topless girl screen time, although you should be warned that the two most attractive women don't get naked.
Many good one-liner jokes, and the gore here is decent.
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The Killer Cut lets Whitney escape from her prison in Jason's catacombs for a short period of time but later he manages to catch her, again, anyway. The Killer Cut uses several scenes to treat this change. In those scenes a little bit more of Jason's
historical background is being told.
When it comes to sex and violence the film is definitely a little more explicit than the Theatrical version.
The Killer Cut contains 5 additional scenes,
9 scenes containing story
extensions,
12 scenes containing erotic (partially alternative footage),
The Theatrical Version was passed 12 uncut for the 1992 cinema release and PF uncut for the 1992 Columbia/TriStar video, 1993/1999 VCI videos and 2002 Carlton DVD.
2013 20th Century Fox [Unrated + R rated] RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com . 32s have been cut from the
R rated version in 5 shots in the scene where a young naked woman gets her throat slit:
3 shots with featuring the woman's naked breasts
a shot showing blood flowing down her body from her slit throat
a shot of the dying woman being suspended upside down so that her blood drains into a bath
The Frightened Woman is a 1969 Italy drama by Piero Schivazappa. With Philippe Leroy, Dagmar Lassander and Lorenza Guerrieri.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1998, Later an extended version was
passed 18 uncut in 2008. Uncut and MPAA X rated in the US. There are several versions of varying lengths.
Summary Review: Eurocult
The beautifully sensuous Dagmar Lassander stars as Maria, the
living sex toy of Dr Sayer (Philippe Leroy) who delights in killing women at the point of orgasm. Sayer's prolonged campaign of degradation pushes Maria right to the edge of death.
The Frightened Woman is a curious piece of
Eurocult, much along the same lines as the films that Jess Franco was churning out around the same time. The film very much captures the feel of late sixties to early seventies European cinema and the atmosphere is definitely the film's best asset.
Naturally, the entire film is really rather pointless; and while The Frightened Woman isn't exactly a thrill ride, there's still some interest.
The acting is typically trashy, although the leads; Philippe Leroy and
Dagmar Lassander give decent leading performances.
Overall, if you're a fan of trashy Jess Franco stuff, you might just like this too.
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The Frighteners is a 1996 New Zealand / USA comedy horror by Peter Jackson. Starring Michael J Fox, Trini Alvarado and Peter Dobson.
In the US, the makers were targeting a PG-13 but ended up with an R rating.
This version required BBFC cuts for a 15 rated cinema and VHS release. A Director's Cut was later uncut for 2005 DVD.
Summary Notes
After a tragic car accident that killed his wife, a man discovers he
can communicate with the dead to con people but when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.
From IMDB. The director's cut contains 14 minutes of additional footage. It includes:
additional screen time for Judge (John Astin),
extra scenes at Frank's home with Stuart and Cyrus,
two extra scenes at the jail featuring Stuart, Cyrus and Dammers and
additional dialogue for Dammers as he recalls some of
his horrific undercover assignments.
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2011 Universal [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Note that the Theatrical Version included on the UK Blu-ray is likely to be the US uncut Theatrical Version which hasn't actually been passed by the BBFC.
US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated
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2000 Columbia/TriStar VHS
1998 CIC VHS
1997 CIC VHS
1997 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were:
Two shots are missing of the bloodied body of the dead mother
Cuts to Jeffery Coombs' head explosion:
In the chapter, "Dammers loses his head", when Dammers (Jeffrey Combs) is shot his head explodes leaving his ghostly face in the middle with a confused expression,and separate gory parts of his head hanging around him. On the NTSC
disc this is complete and is then followed by Michael J. Fox falling backwards through the floorboards.
In the UK version, as Dammers head starts to explode the picture cuts to Fox beginning to fall backwards. Then it cuts back to Dammers looking
confused with the parts of his head hanging around him, before going back to Fox, so you lose the force of the explosion.
Frightmare is a 1974 UK horror by Pete Walker. With Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith and Deborah Fairfax.
The BBFC cut the 1974 cinema release. Uncut on home video in the US and UK
Summary Notes
Edmund and Dorothy Yates are freed after fifteen years in an asylum. Edmund covers up for his wife who is a murderer and a cannibal and Dorothy's daughter Debbie and stepdaughter Jackie,
who live apart from them, may or may not have inherited her appetites. Dorothy has started to kill again...
This is an impressive downbeat British horror from the Pete Walker / David McGillivray partnership
which, despite its gory reputation, works on more of a psychological level.
From the grainy black & white prologue, with a pre-Fawlty Towers Andrew Sachs visiting a deserted fairground, to the terrifying climax in a farm attic, Frightmare
holds itself together incredibly well.
Frightmare really delivers the goods though and should be in everyone's list of Top Cult Horror Films.
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Frisk is a 1995 US thriller by Todd Verow Starring Michael Gunther, Craig Chester and
Michael Stock
Banned by the BBFC for 1998 VHS.
Summary Notes
A first person narrative of the exploits of a gay serial killer in deeply disturbing, controversial drama
about violence, sexuality, and the imagination. Dennis, the main character, whose lead we follow on this path between what is real and what we can only hope is surreal.
The BBFC explained:
The Board has also refused a certificate to FRISK, a first person narrative of the exploits of a gay serial killer. The work is set in an erotic world of sado-masochism and portrays the sexual appetites of a young man for whom killing and engorging the
victim become the ultimate thrill. The treatment is cold, lacking remorse, deliberately without moral standpoint. It plays with the idea that these killings are a part of the fantasy world of the protagonist, but the viewer is invited to share that world
by experiencing the killings as both realistic and the peak of sado-masochistic pleasure. The harmful effect of the video derives from its repeated juxtaposition of sex and gross physical assault, which could have a disturbing and dangerous impact on
vulnerable viewers.
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Still nominally banned by the BBFC but was shown without a certificate at London's ICA cinema.
Fritz the Cat is a 1972 USA animation comedy by Ralph Bakshi. Starring
Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire and John McCurry.
Not cut by the BBFC or for the MPAA but has a little place in censorship history of being the first cartoon being rated X by the MPAA. Note that the X rating was surrendered in favour of an Unrated DVD release in 2001.
Summary Notes
A persiflage on the protest movements of the 60s. Its hero is the bold and sex-obsessed tom-cat Fritz the Cat, as created by the legendary underground artist Robert Crumb. Quitting university Fritz the Cat wanders
through the hash, Black Panther and Hell's Angels scenes to find to himself.
The Export version is significantly cut for nudity and sexual references such as a couple of pastors smelling Lola's bicycle saddle. See cuts details from
movie-censorship.com
From a Whisper to a Scream is a 1987 USA action horror thriller by Jeff Burr. Starring Vincent Price, Clu Gulager and Terry Kiser.
Cut by the BBFC for 1987 VHS. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter: an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond...a wounded man on the run from
creditors is rescued by a backwoods hermit with the secret to eternal life...a glass-eating carny pays the ultimate price for looking for love on the outside...and Civil War soldiers are held captive by a household of orphans with strange intentions for
them.
UK: Passed 18 after 1:45s of compulsory BBFC cuts for:
1987 Medusa VHS
From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:
Extensive cuts to scenes depicting violence or gore in front of children. Among the edits were stabbing and strangling scenes, and shots of children playing with severed human limbs.
The scene that upset the MPAA the most—and as I describe it, it is truly disgusting—is when Jeffrey Combs' character's pineal gland has gone out of control and he's hungry for brains. He attacks a psychiatrist, played by my wife [Carolyn
Purdy-Gordon], and he plants his mouth onto her eye socket and starts sucking. And the material that was cut out was when he actually sucks her eyeball out, spits it onto the floor and the eyeball lands looking back up at him and he continues to suck her
brains through the eye socket and the camera pushes in. It's really disturbing and it's the longest restored piece; my guess is it's about 30 seconds or so. I think it's the most horrific moment in the whole movie.
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The BBFC cuts were:
The monstrous Pretorius rips Katherine's shirt off
followed by the molesting of Katherine's breast by Pretorius
The US cuts were to some of the gorier scenes. The US 'Directors Edition' laserdisc (Dimension Home Video) contains a supplement of the deleted scenes and reveals the following:
6s :A vampire slicing a customer's throat in the bar
15s: Tom Savini having his arm bitten by a vampire, the flesh being torn away from his arm. Savini then stakes the vampire in the chest, rips the stake from the chest and repeatedly bashes
the vampire about the head. It seems that the MPAA got confused and asked for cuts for violence against women, when in fact the victim was a long haired male.
IMDb adds other cut scenes suggestions, but these are just deleted scenes for reasons of pace.
A girl popping a pimple on a guy.
A scene in which Sex Machine kills off two more vampires and takes a picture of one of them.
See video from YouTube discussing these deleted scenes along with those lost to appease the MPAA
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Sweden: The
complete version has been shown on TV1000
Sexual dialogue early in the film about lovers and physical enjoyment have been removed
The gypsy dance has been shortened, removing in particular almost all shots of the dancer wriggling her stomach and bending right over backwards
The fight that happens soon after between the two women has been heavily cut
Tania walking nude towards the bed was cut for cinema release, but has since been restored for all video releases
The reference to searching Tania has been cut soon after
Bond and Tania's kissing in bed has been trimmed
The footage of Bond and Tania being filmed by Klebb and a man through the two-way mirror has been darkened and shortened through the introduction of an early dissolve
When M and
other's listen to the recording of Bond questioning Tania, the line Was I as exciting as all those Western girls? has 'was' changed to 'am', as it was considered less sexually suggestive
On the train, Bond lowering the blind in his cabin
and his quip of Two hours should straighten this out has been cut
When Grant reveals the roll of film to Bond, his comment of What a performance has been removed
The famous fight between Grant and Bond has been cut to
reduce the length of Grant's death by strangulation. The BBFC initially objected to the length and brutality of the whole sequence, but editor Peter Hunt convinced them to leave it intact, accepting only minor cuts to the final strangulation.
Klebb's death has been shorted, reducing the sight of her protracted suffering, and her death cries have been partially muted on the soundtrack
Bond's remark to Tania of What a performance has been cut at the very end of the film, resulting in a particularly bad jump-cut on the print, which affects the soundtrack particularly badly
Frozen Scream is a 1975 US video by Frank Roach. With Renee Harmon,
Lynne Kocol and Wolf Muser.
Banned as a video nasty in 1984. Not released in the UK since. US uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. There are few international releases too.
Summary
Review: For bad movie fans
A pretty lame horror flick about a scientist's attempts to make people immortal. This is a bad movie, featuring several funny parts. I particularly liked the scene of two women in the
hospital talking, when out of nowhere the policeman narrator's voice is dubbed over the conversation. It's just sloppily put together.
After watching it again. I now value Frozen Scream. Some stretches of boredom, but more amusement than I had
originally thought. Don't go too far out of your way to see it, but bad movie fans should find something of interest here.
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The Nouveaux Pictures video/DVD was cut when submitted in 1998:
Thanks to Bleach:
At 5.5 mins - After slavemaster stretches whip with cracking sound, cut away to remove sight of woman bound to wheel being whipped with flowers, resuming on woman eating from bowl on floor.
At 8 mins - After O has her body painted,
reduce rough sex scene with Sir Stephen by removing her pained protests in CU and cries of I can't, I can't! as she shakes her head vigorously, suggesting that this is non-consenting sex, resuming on shot looking down their bodies.
At
38 mins - When Sir Stephen watches her have sex with a butcher who approaches her and takes out his limp penis, remove side view of her taking his penis into her mouth by mixing from dark shot of it about to enter mouth to later point when it is wholly
concealed inside her mouth as his hooked hand comes down to wipe across dissolve, finishing with tight 2-shot of oral sex with penis concealed and Sir Stephen appearing between them as voyeur.
Cut when submitted for the 2002 Artsmagic DVD with the BBFC comment: Compulsory cut required to remove elements of sadistic violence and humiliation in scene where woman is brutally beaten by man.
In the scene where Gondo picks on the girl, Touko, the BBFC cut a slap, a hard punch to the belly and a kick between her legs.
It is also missing Touko's reaction to the beating to wet herself.
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon The uncut region 1 DVD is available
via UK Amazon
A Takashi Miike is always
worth looking out for, and this one was highly anticipated. It's one of his earlier Yakuza movies, but still very Miike in approach.
Riki (Shosuke Tanihara) is the smartest, best-looking kid in his high school. He also runs the place with the aid
of his own gang comprised of fellow students. With the aid of eight-year-old hit men and schoolgirl strippers and assassins, it looks like Riki could have his revenge on the 10th anniversary of his brother's death.
Shock value and native Japanese
weirdness aside, this is a great movie. It looks great. Whatever the content, each shot is carefully composed and the action is often so manic it can be had to keep up with.
As unemotional as the Japanese can be,
"Fudoh" turns into the nastiest family squabble since "Medea". Just when you think the film can't get any weirder, it's just getting started. Murders are often accompanied by rivers of blood. The scenes in the children's assassin
training camp are hysterical. I lost count on the number of decapitations.
v Fugitive Girls
- 1974 USA action crime drama by Stephen C Apostolof (as AC Stephen).
Fugitive Girls is a 1974 USA action crime drama by Stephen C Apostolof (as AC Stephen). Starring Jabie Abercrombe, Rene Bond and Tallie Cochrane.
In 1975 the film ws cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release but the
distributors wanted an AA and opted for heavy cuts for an AA rating. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Five inmates break out of a women's prison. Four of them are
hardened convicts, but one is a girl who was convicted for a crime she didn't commit. As the authorities chase them down, the cons terrorize or kill anyone who gets in their way.
Versions
uncut
US:
Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2018 Vinegar Syndrome (RA) Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub:
69;47s
UK: Passed AA (14) after further heavy BBFC cuts for category:
Previously cut when submitted by Made in Hong
Kong in 1998
The cinema version was cut by 8s but the first video version suffered 34s of cuts
Various sightings of the dreaded butterfly knife have been removed from the following scenes:
At the nightclub during the credit sequence
During a confrontation between the hero and two men with long knives
In the scene at a garage
In the final confrontation ("You think your knife is faster than my
bullet")
Thanks to Mark:
The Mei Ah DVD is in fact the uncut version as rumoured. A number of instances of strong violence - such as stabbings, bullet impacts, blood spurts - have been restored for the DVD. The sleeve claims that the film is Cat-II, but
that rating applies to the censored cinema version, and not the DVD
There was a gory scene pre-cut by the distributors who felt that director Lam had gone too far with the ketchup: it apparently showed Simon Yam sucking on an eyeball that Anthony Wong
has cut out from a victim's socket! I don't believe this footage has ever been seen, so isn't really applicable when talking about an 'uncut' version. As it stands, the Mei Ah is as uncut as we're going to get.
Amazon Review
Full Contact release on
DVD was long overdue, and now, in this finely presented package, it has been worth the wait. By far one of the most brutal Hong Kong Gangster movies.
Whilst the gun battles are not quite on a par with John Woo's, as they lack both the scale and the
choreography, Ringo Lam ensures that he makes up for it in style. Using the bullets eye view twice in the film, Lam delivers an intensity to his film making that has little comparison elsewhere. With eye catching cinematography, an awesome soundtrack
than really delivers the goods, and one of Chow Yun Fat's greatest performances, this is a truly must have film.
Special credit must go to Simon Yam who totally steals the show with his sadistic villian Judge. Not even Dennis Hopper's character
in Blue Velvet can hold a candle to the sinister, homosexual psychopath that is portrayed here. Their rivalry is given an almost homoerotic overtone as Judge expresses his underlying desire for Jeff.
With superb picture quality, an unforgettable
film, and a great variety of extras within a finely presented package, this DVD is true value for money.
The Full Treatment is a 1960 UK mystery drama by Val Guest. Starring Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento and Ronald Lewis.
Passed X uncut for 1960 release but was cut for US release. A toned down TV version seems to have become the home video version but an extra scene was found for for 2018 Blu-ray
Summary Notes
High-strung race car driver Alan Colby is trying to recover from a serious head injury. Alan and his lovely new wife Denise go on vacation to the South of France for some much needed rest and relaxation. But Alan is having trouble
resisting his more violent impulses. Suave local psychiatrist David Prade offers to help Alan out.
Versions
uncut Theatrical Version
run:
120:07s
pal:
115:19s
UK: Passed X (16) uncut for:
1960 cinema release
UK Video Version
run:
109:37s
pal:
105:14s
UK: A longer UK version was included without an obvious BBFC database entry for:
2018 Powerhouse Hammer Volume 2 [UK video version + cut TV version] R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
The UK Video Version has an additional scene with Alan showing and a not quite clear topless Denise in the bath.
TV Version
cut
cut:
run:
107:29s
pal:
103:11s
UK: A cut US TV version was passed 15 uncut for strong violence, threat for:
2018 Powerhouse Hammer Volume 2 [UK video version + cut TV version] R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
From IMDb. The TV arm of Columbia, Screen Gems, syndicated a toned down 107 min. print to US television for years. The running time of the UK release seems to tally with the TV version. US: Presumably the TV version is MPAA Unrated for:
The Funhouse is a 1981 US horror by Tobe Hooper With Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson and Jeanne Austin.
Uncut for an X rated 1981 cinema release. Bizarrely banned as a video nasty on 1983 VHS but later passed 18 uncut for 1987 VHS. Passed 15 uncut for VHS. Uncut in the US.
Summary Review: Underrated slasher
Four teenage friends spent the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a Frankenstein mask.
This is an effectively underrated slasher entry. One of it's most impressive feats
is that it gives us a nice carnival atmosphere with some interesting sights. The setting is the best thing about this, as great pains is taken to turn the early part into setup, and this does create a great atmosphere for later on in the film.
This little gem has minimum bloodletting but its good, its better than good. It has a genuine sense of dread and a fear and paradoxically, an understanding of human vulnerability and mutation.
Versions
uncut
run:
94:56s
pal:
91:08s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate horror, sex, violence and threat for:
UK: A shortened version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
1987 CIC VHS
Shortened by about 3m by deleting some uncontentious plot and scenes of reefer smoking.
shortened
UK: A shortened version was released without censorship cuts for:
1983 CIC VHS
The video was added to the DPP list of video nasties in September 1984 and was dropped in June 1985
Bizarrely banned as a video nasty . It has been suggested that the video
appears on the list due to a confusion with another film Last House on Dead End Street that is also known as The Fun House.
Funny Man is a 1994 UK comedy horror by Simon Sprackling. Starring Tim James, Christopher Lee and Benny Young.
18 rated and uncut for 1994 cinema release but the 1995 follow up VHS
suffered BBFC advised cuts. The uncut version was passed 15 for 2017 DVD. Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating, however the Unrated Version is uncut.
Summary Notes
When Max Taylor wins the ancestral home
of Callum Chance in a game of Poker, little does he realise that the game is far from over... One by one, Max's family are murdered by the Funny Man, a demonic jester with a varied and imaginative repertoire of homicidal techniques and an irreverent
sense of humour. Meanwhile, Max's brother is on his way to the mansion with a bunch on hitchhikers who will be lucky to survive the night.
Versions
Uncut
Unrated
89:10s
UK: The Uncut Version was passed 15
for strong bloody violence, gory scenes, language, drug misuse for:
Subversive [Unrated + R rated versions] R1 DVD at UK Amazon released on
advised cuts
88:54s
UK: Passed 18 after BBFC advised cuts were implemented for:
1995 Polygram VHS
cut
~90:00s =~86:00s
US: Cut for an MPAA R rating
From IMDb. Missing scenes and gore (including a scene in which the Funnyman literally shoots a girls brains out
of her head with her eyeballs still attached).
Fury of the Vikings is a 1961 Italy/France action adventure by Mario Bava. With Cameron Mitchell, Alice Kessler and Ellen Kessler.
Cut by the BBFC for a U rated 1963 cinema release. The cuts were waived for
a 15 rated 2017 Blu-ray release. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
In the 9th Century, two Viking children, separated since their early childhood with one raised by the British and the
other by Vikings, meet after nearly 20 years as rivals as war breaks out between Britian and the Vikings for control of England.
Versions
uncut
Unrated
89:56s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence with previous cinema cuts waived for:
2017 Arrow Video RB Blu-ray titled Eric the Conqueror at UK Amazon
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2017 Arrow Video (RA) Blu-ray/(R1) DVD Combo titled Eric the Conqueror at US Amazon
Future Hunters is a 1986 Philippines / USA action Sci-Fi adventure by Cirio H
Santiago. Starring Robert Patrick, Linda Carol and Ed Crick.
Cut by the BBFC for 1988 18 rated VHS. A shortened version was 15 uncut for 2010 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
2025 A.D. A lone adventurer searches the post-nuclear wasteland for the most devastating, godless artifact in history. When he touches it, he is transported back in time to 1989 Los Angeles. Mortally wounded he requests a young couple
to return the spear to its sheath and end its reign of evil.
Versions
uncut
100:07s =96:07s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Mill Creek DVD
shortened
90:12s
UK: A shortened version was passed 15 for strong violence without BBFC cuts for:
2010 Lions Gate Home Entertainment UK [Full Frame] video
compulsory cuts 53s
95:05s
submitted 95:58s
UK: Passed 18 after 53s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
Clint's death is missing in the english version: Splatter rams his armblades into his jaw; Clint spills out blood.
A woman is scared because of what she has found in Splatter's pants. Her subsequent murder, crushed in a sheet of corrugated
metal, has been cut.
A woman's interrogation and death has been deleted. The woman is interrogated, her breasts are revealed by Splatter who then claws at her crotch and then continues to kill her again with the claw.
The death of
splatter being disembowelled by a blade is missing long with his bursting eye.
Steve breakings a man's neck has also been deleted
The uncut region 1 DVD is available via US Amazon The uncut region 1 DVD is available
via UK Amazon
Except the 2 actors from Texas
Chainsaw Massacre this movie stars people that look like your next door neighbors (from the 80's).
Some preppy-new waver-Frats are initiating all night in the worst part of town when they piss off an armored clad
killer-psycho with throwing stars and claws in charge of a gang of anti-nuke-grunge-new wavers.
I liked it a lot because once the action starts it doesn't stop also there are some decent punk rock tunes and impressive gore
scenes. The bad acting, 80's attire, and goofy dialog only add to the fun.
