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     The Nice Guys - 2016 UK / USA action crime comedy by Shane Black.  See Banned International: The Nice Guys
 v   The Nickel Ride - 1974 US crime drama by Robert Mulligan


 X   The Nickel Ride

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The Nickel Ride is a 1974 US crime drama by Robert Mulligan
Starring Jason Miller, Linda Haynes and Victor French Melon Farmers link YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an AA rated cinema release in 1975.

Summary Notes

Small-time criminal Cooper manages several warehouses in Los Angeles that the mob use to stash their stolen goods. Known as "the key man" for the key chain he always keeps on his person that can unlock all the warehouses, Cooper is assigned by the local syndicate to negotiate a deal for a new warehouse because the mob has run out of storage space. However, Cooper's superior Carl gets nervous and decides to have cocky cowboy button man Turner keep an eye on Cooper.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 99m
pal: 95m
MPAA PG

US: Uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub: 99:01s
AA certificateUK: Passed AA (14) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1975 cinema release

 v          Nickelodeon - 1976 UK / USA comedy by Peter Bogdanovich.


 X   Nickelodeon

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  • Aquella locura del cine
Nickelodeon is a 1976 UK / USA comedy by Peter Bogdanovich.
Starring Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds and Tatum O'Neal. IMDb
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

A lawyer, then a writer, then a film director, is the career path of the bashful Leo Harrigan. But Leo has problems as well, such as being hopelessly smitten with his leading lady, who chooses to reward his attentions by getting herself hitched to Harrigan's vulgar leading man, Buck Greenaway.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
MPAA Unrated
US: The Director's Cut (black and white) is MPAA Unrated for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

The Director's Cut features an extra 2:45s of additional material and is also presented in blck and white.
BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
PG

U

116:39s

UK: The Theatrical Version (in colour) was passed PG uncut for mild language, sex references and comic violence:
  • 2003 Momentum Pictures video

UK: The Theatrical Version (in colour) was passed U uncut for mild language, sex references and comic violence:

  • 1987 Weintraub Entertainment Limited VHS
  • 1976 cinema release
 v          Nico - 1988 USA action crime thriller by Andrew Davis.


 X   Nico

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  • Above the Law
Nico is a 1988 USA action crime thriller by Andrew Davis.
With Steven Seagal, Pam Grier and Henry Silva. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for home video but escaped uncut on Blu-ray. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes

Former aikido instructor, Steven Seagal's screen debut as Nico Toscani, a martial arts detective who discovers that a group of drug barons are about to bring chaos to the streets of Chicago. With the help of his partner (Pam Grier) he soon discovers that the drugs cartel is run by Zagon (Henry Silva), a CIA official with whom Nico had worked with during the Vietnam war.

Cutting Edge

Steven Seagal: A cutting Edge Special
Steven Seagal: The Complete Cuts

Versions

uncut
uncut
No Cert

18

MPAA R

99:04s
=95:06s
UK: Released uncut without a BBFC rating for:
From Gavin, November 2009. Nico was released temporarily uncut on the UK Blu-ray titled Nico: Above the Law. The BBFC confirmed this was not a legitimate release and it was later withdrawn

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

  • 1988 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

BBFC cut
15s
18 94:48s UK: Passed 18 after 15s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1999 Warner R2 DVD titled Nico: Above the Law
  • 1999 Warner VHS
  • 1989 Warner VHS

Thanks to Gavin:

  1. During the fight in a bar towards the beginning of the film - when Seagal is searching for his niece - 6 secs of Seagal twice slamming his fist into a thugs nose has been removed.
  2. Just after the bar fight, before Seagal kicks down the door, a shot of the young couple in bed heating drugs was removed.
  3. In the finale, when Seagal briefly fights Henry Silva, a 4 sec shot of Seagal breaking Silva's arm - with a loud crunch - has been removed, but the subsequent neck break seems intact.

The film was originally shown uncut on Sky TV but seems to have now been replaced with a censored version.

 v   The Night Caller


 X   The Night Caller

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  • Blood Beast from Outer Space Poster
The Night Caller

Versions

BBFC uncut

cut
shortened

15 cert78:49s The Night Caller is a 1965 UK Sci-Fi horror by John Gilling.
With John Saxon, Maurice Denham and Patricia Haines. IMDb

UK: The shorter but unclothed version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for moderate horror and threat and sexual images:

The 'sexual images' are just magazine cover pin up pictures. This version was shortened with trims to dialogue and plot, but a man's death scene was shortened as was a scene with a girl laying back in bed, perhaps with the suggestion of erotic thoughts.

BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut

X cert

MPAA
Unrated

83:50s
=80:29s
UK: The longer but clothed version was passed X (16) without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1965 cinema release

US: US releases feature the longer but clothed version missing the pin up pictures.

 v   The Night Child - 1975 Italy / UK horror by Massimo Dallamano.


 X   The Night Child

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  • The Cursed Medallion
  • Il medaglione insanguinato
The Night Child is a 1975 Italy / UK horror by Massimo Dallamano.
Starring Richard Johnson, Joanna Cassidy and Ida Galli. YouTube icon IMDb
Exists in English and Italian Versions
Summary Notes

The titular medallion is a gift presented to young Nicole Elmi. Once the girl places the gift around her neck, she is possessed by the spirit of a dead child who was a murderess.

Versions

uncut
Italian Version
15 cert 87:32s UK: The Italian Version was passed 15 uncut for a scene of strong sex, moderate horror and threat for:
  • 2012 Arrow R2 DVD
uncut
English Version
MPAA R
MPAA
88:51s US: The English Version is uncut and MPAA R rated
            Night Creatures - 1962 UK horror mystery by Peter Graham Scott.  See Captain Clegg
 v   The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave - 1971 Italy horror mystery by Emilio Miraglia.


 X   The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave

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  • La notte che Evelyn usci' dalla tomba
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave is a 1971 Italy horror mystery by Emilio Miraglia.
With Anthony Steffen, Marina Malfatti and Erika Blanc. Melon Farmers link IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1972 cinema release. Uncut and 18 rated for 2016 home video. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US
Summary Notes

A wealthy English lord is suffering a mental breakdown following the death of his red-headed wife, Evelyn, whom he feared was cheating on him. He tours local bars and dives, scouring for lovely red-heads willing to come back to his decaying castle in the country, where he seduces them, then tortures and kills them. His friend the doctor talks him into marrying again to help heal his slowly-rotting mind, which he does--but are the doctor's orders really what he needs?

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 102:44s
pal: 98:37s

18

MPAA R

UK: Passed 18 uncut for sexualised violence, nudity for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub: 102:35s
X certUK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1972 cinema release
 v   The Night Flier


 X   The Night Flier

Link Here
  • Stephen King's The Night Flier
The Night Flier

Versions

uncut
uncut
18 97:03s
=93:10s
1997 US/Italy fantasy horror by Mark Pavia

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 18 uncut for the 2005 Home Entertainment DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The Director's Cut includes a little extra footage and restores some toned down violence

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Review from US Amazon : Unmitigated winner

I loved The Night Flier . This movie has it all in spades: sleazy characters deeply developed, a massively scary vampire, and gore ramped up to insane levels. Miguel Ferrer slams it out of the park as the cynical, world-weary Richard Dees, a journalist so fed up with the nightmares of humanity that he formulates the personal philosophy Never publish what you believe, and never believe what you publish in order to keep his emotional distance.

The picture succeeds because King, and by extension the filmmakers, rework the vampire mythos in a fresh way. This story rightly equates trash media with vampirism, and you never know who the real blood feeder is in the film.

Aside from the social messages in the film, The Night Flier also boasts one of the scariest looking vampires we've ever seen in a movie. That final showdown between Dees and Renfield, when the vampire finally shows the reporter his true face, will make you shudder.

I highly recommend this movie to fans of the vampire film genre. Heck, I recommend this film to anyone who wants to watch a genuinely scary film. The Night Flier is an unmitigated winner.

BBFC uncut

MPAA
cut

18

MPAA
R Rated

92:28s The BBFC passed the US R Rated Version 18 without BBFC cuts for the 2000 Home Entertainment DVD
 v          Night Hair Child - 1972 Spain / UK / Italy / West Germany horror thriller by James Kelley (as James Kelly) and Andrea Bianchi (as Andrew White).


 X   Night Hair Child

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  • The Night Hair Child
  • Diabólica malicia
  • What the Peeper Saw
Night Hair Child is a 1972 Spain / UK / Italy / West Germany horror thriller by James Kelley (as James Kelly) and Andrea Bianchi (as Andrew White).
Starring Mark Lester, Britt Ekland and Hardy Krüger. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema releases in 1972 and 1979. The US R rated version is significantly cut but there are also partially cut and uncut versions.
Summary Notes

An wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect her 12-year old stepson may have murdered his mother whom mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.

Versions

cut
cut
MPAA
Unrated
95:50s US: MPAA Unrated for:

See article from dvdbeaver.com :

Although advertised as Uncut there may be some controversial scenes absent from this Blu-ray release. This includes a scene where Britt Ekland disrobes, gets into bed with Mark Lester and cuddles with him.

Thanks to Braintree:

The scene in question is included in the Blu-ray but after it starts the old footage showing the section where Ekland gets into bed with Lester - and she's clearly naked - has a montage placed over that bit although the soundtrack continues just as it does in the full version.

The original US VHS was the drastically shortened version and was not very good quality. Substance went onto release a DVD with 2 versions on. One was the short version and the other was the most complete version ever and includes the controversial moments missing from the Blu-ray although both versions on the DVD are very obviously transferred from a domestic tape source.

Once I alerted VCI to the missing footage the guy in charge did confirm that they had searched high and low for the best possible source and while the Blu-ray doesn't look as good as a regular 35mm film would, its the first time the film has looked anything close to being official.

It's still worth getting for it's notoriety but a shame that VCI didn't look at the DVD beforehand - they could then at least have added the footage albeit in far lesser quality. As its a Limited Edition and unlikely to appear elsewhere, you should get it while you can if you have the slightest interest in it.

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2008 Sinister [Uncut +US Version] DVD-R

However the quality is low and is probably duplicated from the previous VHS.

mpaa cut
cut
MPAA R~89:00s US: The US Version is cut and MPAA R rated for:
  • 2008 Sinister [Uncut + US Version] DVD-R
  • VHS

The quality is low and is probably duplicated from the previous VHS.

The cuts are:

  • Scene with nude Britt Ekland getting into bed with Mark Lester us shortened
  • Scene with Lester making Ekland strip for information has been removed
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X 93:43s

UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1979 cinema release titled Night Hair Child
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts

mpaa cut
cut

Xsubmitted
88:40s
UK: Presumably the US version was passed X (18) after further compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1972 cinema release titled The Night Hair Child

The short What the Peeper Saw version is missing scenes originally cut because they involved a fully nude Britt Ekland and then 13-year-old Mark Lester including one scene of the two of them in bed.

            Night is the Phantom - 1963 Italy/France horror mystery by Mario Bava  See The Whip and the Body
            Night of Terror - 1986 USA horror by Felix Girard.  See Escape from the Insane Asylum
            Night of the Assassins - 1974 Spain crime horror mystery by Jesús Franco  See Jess Franco Films: Night of the Assassins
 v          Night of the Bloody Apes - 1969 Mexican horror by Rene Cordona Jr.


 X   Night of the Bloody Apes

Link Here
  • La Horror Pilante Bestia Humana
  • The Horrible Human Beast
  • Horror and Sex
  • Horror y Sexo
  • Gomar the Human Gorilla
Night of the Bloody Apes is a 1969 Mexican horror by Rene Cordona Jr.
With José Elías Moreno, Carlos López Moctezuma and Armando Silvestre. Melon Farmers link YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
A heavily censored version was released in Mexico whilst it was distributed worldwide in an International Version with added sex and violence.

The International Version was cut by the BBFC for 1974 cinema release. The uncut version was later banned as a Video Nasty in 1983. The heavily cut Mexican Version was released in 1999. The International Version was finally passed 18 uncut by the BBFC in 2012. Uncut and R rated in the US.

Summary Review: Pretty Grim

A mad scientist attempts to cure his son's leukemia by doing the first ape-to-human heart transplant. He decides to put a gorilla's heart into the lad and orders his flunky to prepare the gorilla! . There is actual footage of a graphic open heart surgery inserted in the ape operation scenes. This of course causes the boy to turn into a big stinky man-ape...

The film is a very cheap Mexican 'horror' and it is pretty grim. And really most of the film is so comic book and likeable, dammit, that you can forgive the rather shoddy idea of using said transplant footage as a main point of sale.

People say that really bad films are funny to watch because they are so bad. I have only found this to be the case with one film before now, Death Wish 3, but now Night Of The Bloody Apes has become one of my pet films. A desert island treasure.

International Version

uncut
International Version
run: 83:42s
pal: 80:21s
18

MPAA R

UK: The International Version was passed 18 uncut for strong gore, violence, nudity and sexual violence, with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
The BBFC commented in the Annual Report for 2012:

The film features strong violence, including stabbings and a scalping. The film also includes scenes of sexual violence as women's breasts are exposed and the beast appears to maul his victims. These scenes appear dated and carry little erotic charge by contemporary standards and so the BBFC classified the film 18 without cuts.

Netherlands: Uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

Worldwide: Uncut on VoD:

uncut
International Version
No Cert UK: In 1993 there was a mysterious uncut Vipco version. It was nominally slated as pre-cut but somehow got a limited unsanctioned uncut release. It was withdrawn within days.

Thanks to Adrian: Withdrawn Within Days

I can elaborate slightly on the Vipco release. I remember a piece in the Darkside saying that if you bought the video in July (1993) it would be uncut, this was a couple of months after they reviewed the cut version, I expected it to be re-released cut but I don't think it ever was.

I spent a couple of years trying to track one down without success, I was told it was never released although I still believe it was albeit briefly. I finally picked up a review copy a couple of years later; from the outside it looks like the other Vipco releases of the time but has release details etc on the inside of the insert, and a computer printed (dot matrix) label. The film has an on-screen clock running throughout and is cut to ribbons; I think it ran a few seconds longer than the Satanica release but I couldn't vouch for this. It has an official BBFC 18 certificate despite the BBFC website not having an 18 for this film until 1999. The release details inside the sleeve list the release date as 26th July 1993 so it was withdrawn within days. This is the only copy I have ever seen on Vipco and I've never even met anyone who's seen another, I reckon the old Iver pre-cert is probably easier to find than this.

cut
International Version
cut for print damage
cut: ~1:10s
run: 82:37s
pal: 79:19s

Video Nasty

UK: The International Version was released uncut for sex and violence but missing 2 plot scenes on pre-cert video for:
  • 1983 Iver VHS

DPP 39t was released nearly uncut in January 1983 by Iver Film Services. By November 1983 it had been listed as a video nasty and suffered a successful prosecution. It remained on the list throughout the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP 39s.

Thanks to Chris:

Although uncut for sex and violence there re 2 missing scenes probably through print damage. These are:
  • 42 minutes - After the green-dress wearing female has been ravaged in the park it cuts to the professor and his assistant pulling up and taking the body of another girl out of their car. We then cut back to the green-dress woman getting up with bushes all over her and looking around. The IVER tape misses out the doctor in the car as well as the green-dressed female recovering from the ordeal - approx 1 minute.
  • 74 minutes - There is an extra brief shot in the DVD of the monster running off to the left after he takes the heroine down to the floor in the park. In this shot, you can see the studio and a ladder at the corner of the screen - approx 10 seconds.

These scenes were restored on later DVD releases.

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1m
run:
pal:
sub: 81:12s

X cert

UK: Presumably the International Version was passed X (18) after about 1m of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1974 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

  • Heavily edited the rape & murder of the woman in the bedroom
  • cut to remove a close up shot of a stabbing

Mexican Version

cut
Mexican Version
cut

BBFC uncut

cut: 2:50s
run: 80:10s
pal: 76:58s
18UK: The heavily cut Mexican Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2002 Film 2000 R2 DVD
  • 1999 Sovereign/Satanica VHS

In 1999 the video was released on the Satanica label, in a version that was obviously taken from Vipco's planned cut version (Vipco's logo remains). This time the Mexican Version removes every single violent scene. Strangely the scene where the doctor assistant is killed contains several shots of a completely different character being killed, whose demise doesn't happen until a few scenes later in the film.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

  • Cuts to Julio's surgical transplant operation to receive an ape's heart
  • Extensive cuts to Julio's attack, rape and murder of a woman in a hospital room
  • Cuts to Julio's murder of man by slashing at his throat and then fleeing.
  • Cuts to Julio's assault on a woman in the park who gets stabbed in teh stomach.
  • Cuts to a man getting his eyes gouged out.
  • Cuts to a second heart surgery operation.
  • Cuts to Julio ripping a man's head off.
  • Cuts to Julio scalping a man.
  • Cut's to Julio crushing a male nurse's face
 v          Night of the Creeps - 1986 USA comedy Sci-Fi horror by Fred Dekker.


 X   Night of the Creeps

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  • El terror llama a su puerta
Night of the Creeps is a 1986 USA comedy Sci-Fi horror by Fred Dekker.
Starring Jason Lively, Tom Atkins and Steve Marshall. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
The Director's Cut has an alternative end and does not add any contentious material. The Theatrical Version was rated 18 for cinema and VHS release in 1987. The Director's Cut was 15 rated for 2018 DVD and Blu-ray. In the US the Theatrical Version was MPAA R rated whilst the Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated. There is also a TV version that is censored but has the same ending as the Director's Cut.
Summary Notes

In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.

Director's Cut

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
run: 89:43s
pal: 86:08s
15

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong gory violence, nudity, language for:
  • 2018 Eureka Entertainment (RB) Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
  • 2018 Eureka Entertainment Amazon Prime VoD [UK only] at UK Amazon
US: The Director's Cut MPAA Unrated for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com:

The Directors Cut has the originally intended ending coda which is about 100s longer than the ending in the Theatrical Version. The Director's Cut does not add any sex, violence or anything censorable.

[ Spoilers! hover or click text below]

In the Director's Cut the camera zooms back after the kiss between Chris and Cynthia revealing a fire still burning and attended by fire fighters. A burnt and injured Ray Cameron comes into view as he falls down to the ground. His head bursts open with worms creeping away. They scurry to a cemetary and the camera follows as lights illuminate the appearing spaceship in the sky.

In the Theatrical Version the camera follows down the bodies of the kissing couple and the dog appears. Cynthia noticing him goes down on her knees saying (hey you) and gets frightened because of a worm jumping out of the dog's mouth onto the camera.

Theatrical Version

uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 87:59s
pal: 84:28s
18

MPAA R

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for:
  • 1987 CBS/Fox VHS
  • 1987 cinema release

Thanks to Tony and Graeme who discussed the editing of the film after Horror Channel broadcasts in January and May 2021. Tony reported on suspicious looking editing:

When the detective is approaching the car where the female has been attacked, the detective is briefly shown holding severed hand. It's badly cut, can't see him pick it up or drop it (magically disappears and without context).

Graeme replied:

The showing in the early hours of Monday morning was definitely not a TV version. It was the uncut theatrical cut. The scene mentioned on the site of supposed cuts was part of a dream sequence so was edited according to "dream logic". Yes, Tom Atkins is suddenly holding a severed hand, and when it cuts back to him he's holding a shotgun but nothing has been cut here, it's part of a dream. I compared the scene to the region 1 DVD and it's exactly the same. All the gore, swearing and nudity were present in the Horror Channel showing last night.

TV Version

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cut
TV Version
TVThe TV version has been cut for violence but features the same ending as the Director's Cut

 v          Night of the Demon - 1980 US horror by James C Wasson.


 X   Night of the Demon

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Night of the Demon is a 1980 US horror by James C Wasson.
With Michael Cutt, Joy Allen and Bob Collins. Melon Farmers link YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Later heavily cut for 1984 VHS and the cuts continued to the 2004 DVD. Finally passed 18 uncut for 2022 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review: Cheap
Another film that is something like an urban legend: being banned in countries like Germany or Norway and also very hard to find. The reputation of Night of the Demon is much more interesting than the movie itself!

The story is simple: a professor and some students travel to the dark forests to investigate some cruel murders which were caused by a Bigfoot-like monster that looks like Chewbacca from Star Wars . A feeble minded woman who lives in a lonely hut plays an important role in the solution of the mystery.

Well, the acting is bad, the F/X are pretty cheesy and only the many murders featured in this flick will keep you away from falling asleep! These deaths however are pretty are gory and violent, so fans of splatter movies won't be disappointed!

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 95:36s
pal: 91:47s
18

MPAA R

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong gory violence, sexual violence:

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

BBFC cut

cut: 1:41s
run: 94:00s
pal: 90:14s
18UK: Passed 18 after 1:42s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2004 Vipco R1 DVD
  • 1984 Vipco VHS

From cuts details on IMDb :

1:41s cut to remove nearly all scenes of graphic violence including:

  • the arm removal of a camper
  • the castration of the cyclist and his bloody run back to his motorcycle
  • shot of the creature ripping into a camper's neck
  • shots of bloody wounds after an axe attack
  • several shots of knife cuts and stabs as two knife wielding women are knocked together
  • the creature disemboweling a young man
  • shots of a young woman with a pitchfork in her back
  • a man's face being burnt on a stove.

The film is being shown on the Zone Horror Channel uncut so presumably the film would now pass the BBFC uncut

uncut
uncut
run: 95:44s
pal: 91:54s
Video NastyDPP 39UK: Released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Vipco VHS

Released by Vipco in June 1982. The video was banned as a video nasty in October 1983. It stayed on the list throughout the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP39's

 v          Night of the Demons - 1988 USA horror by Kevin Tenney.


 X   Night of the Demons

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  • Halloween Party
Night of the Demons is a 1988 USA horror by Kevin Tenney.
With Cathy Podewell, Alvin Alexis and Hal Havins. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
The Unrated Version was cut by the BBFC for VHS and early DVD but uncut for 2011 DVD. In the US, the Unrated version is uncut but the R rated version is cut.
Summary Notes

On the night of Halloween, 10 teens decide to go to a party at an abandoned funeral parlor. "Hull House", rumored to be built on an evil patch of land & underground stream, is the place. While starting the party, the teens gather around a big mirror to perform a seance...BIG MISTAKE. They awaken some evil force and find themselves trapped and taken over one by one. Now it's a battle for who can survive and cross over the stream before going to hell....

Rated as something of a B movie gem. A good mix of suspense, humour and horror, something along the lines of Evil Dead. Good special effects and notable contributions from Linnea Quigley and Amelia Kinkade.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 89:44s
pal: 86:09s

15 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language and bloody gore and horror after previous BBFC cuts waived for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 4s
run: 89:34s
pal: 85:59s

18UK: The Unrated Version was passed 15 after 4s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2000 Mangrip/Midnite Movies R0 DVD
  • 1988 Palace VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

  • 2 shots of Suzanne squashing Jay's eyes are missing
  • a cut to the razor blade attack on the old man
mpaa cut
2:16s
MPAA R US: There is also a cut US R Rated Version to avoid

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

uncut
workprint
run: 88:03s
pal: 84:32s
MPAA UnratedUS: There is also a workprint release that is pretty near the final print and does not contribute any new material.
 v   The Night of the Devils - 1972 Italy/Spain horror mystery thriller by Giorgio Ferroni


 X   The Night of the Devils

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  • Night Of The Devils
  • La notte dei diavoli
The Night of the Devils is a 1972 Italy/Spain horror mystery thriller by Giorgio Ferroni
Starring Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli and Roberto Maldera Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1973. Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for 2023 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

The patriarch of a wealthy family fears that he will show up one day in vampire form. Should this happen, he warns his family to not let him back into his house, no matter how much he begs them.

It's a very good movie with a 70s atmosphere mixed with a sense of Hammer Horror. There are scary scenes and great suspense.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 89:16s
pal: 85:42s
15

MPAA Unrated

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail, nudity:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run: 89m
pal: 85m
sub: 89:01s
X 1970UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts:
  • 1972 Border Films cinema release (rated 09/01/1973)

 v          Night of the Eagle - 1962 UK horror by Sidney Hayers.


 X   Night of the Eagle

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Night of the Eagle is a 1962 UK horror by Sidney Hayers.
Starring Peter Wyngarde and Janet Blair and Margaret Johnston. BBFC link 2020 IMDb

For the American-International release in the United States, a gimmicky voice-over opening was added which supposedly cast a protective spell over the audience. This adds 2:20s to the original running time.

Summary Notes

A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years. Like the learned, rational fellow he is, he forces her to destroy all her magical charms and protective devices, and stop that foolishness. He isn't put off by her insistence that his professional rivals are working magic against him, and her protections are necessary to his career and life.

            Night Of The Eagles - 1989 France / Belgium war drama by Jesús Franco (as Jess Franco)  See Jess Franco Films: Night of the Eagles
 v   The Night of the Generals - 1967 UK / France crime war mystery by Anatole Litvak.


 X   The Night of the Generals

Link Here
  • Night of the Generals (scope)
  • A Noite dos Generais
The Night of the Generals is a 1967 UK / France crime war mystery by Anatole Litvak.
Starring Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif and Tom Courtenay. IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1966. Later uncut and 15 rated for home video. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

In 1942 Warsaw, a Polish prostitute is murdered in a sadistic way. Major Grau, an agent from German Intelligence who believes in justice, is in charge of the investigation. An eyewitness saw a German general leaving the building after a scream of the victim. A further investigation shows that three generals do not have any alibi for that night: General Tanz, Maj. Gen. Klus Kahlenberge and General von Seidlitz-Gabler. The three avoid direct contact with Major Grau and become potential suspects. As Major Grau gets close to them, he is promoted and sent to Paris. In 1944 Paris, this quartet is reunited and Major Grau continues his investigation. Meanwhile, a plan for killing Hitler is plotted by his high command; a romance between Ulrike von Seydlitz-Gabler and Lance Cpl. Kurt Hartmann is happening and Insp. Morand is helping Major Grau in his investigation. The story ends in 1965, in Hamburg, with another, similar crime.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 138:03s
pal: 132:32s
15

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 15 uncut:
  • 2019 Eureka Entertainment (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 13th May 2019
  • 2004 Columbia/Tri-Star Home video
  • 1986 RCA/Columbia Pictures VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run: 137:58s
pal: 132:27s
A pre 1970UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts:
  • 1966 cinema release titled Night of the Generals (scope)
 v   The Night of the Grizzly - 1966 US western by Joseph Pevney.


 X   The Night of the Grizzly

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The Night of the Grizzly is a 1966 US western by Joseph Pevney.
With Clint Walker, Martha Hyer and Keenan Wynn. IMDb

Cuts were required for a 1966 UK 'U' rated cinema release. Passed PG uncut for UK 1987 VHS Uncut and MPAA G rated in the US.
Promotional Material

Adventure is the name of the game in the action-packed, western-tinged The Night of the Grizzly. Clint Walker (The Dirty Dozen) stars as Big Jim"" Cole, a former lawman who trades his badge for rancher duds when he inherits land in Wyoming. But no sooner has the Cole family begun settling into their new life when nature in the form of a blood-thirsty grizzly bear rears its ugly head. Adding to the terror and tension are a group of envious neighbors who want the Cole property for themselves, and the unwelcome return of an outlaw from Big Jim s past who s out for revenge. Directed by Joseph Pevney (Man of a Thousand Faces), The Night of the Grizzly features a who's-who of great character actors including Keenan Wynn (Once Upon a Time in the West), Jack Elam (Hannie Caulder), Leo Gordon (Hondo) and Ron Ely (TV's Tarzan)."

Versions

uncut
uncut
PG cert

MPAA
Unrated

97:34s UK: Passed PG uncut for:
  • 1987 CIC VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA G rated for:

BBFC cut
cut
old cert U submitted
101:42s
=97:38s
Passed U after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1966 cinema release
 v          Night of the Living Dead - 1968 US horror film by George A Romero.


 X   Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Link Here
  • Night of Anubis
Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 US horror film by George A Romero.
With Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea and Karl Hardman. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1969 cinema release. Uncut by the BBFC afterwards but there are several variant versions. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. A shortened workprint was found and restored for 2018 Criterion Blu-ray release.
Summary Review : Groundbreaking
As with any other horror genre, the groundbreaking zombie movie is the best. Night of the Living Dead is a cult gem that has inspired every zombie movie after it, with its low-budget look and cast of excellent, unknown actors. And, of course, the flesh-eating undead who are rising to kill the living.

Originally filmed in murky black-and-white, Romero manages to make this film feel creepy even when the zombies aren't there. Creepy, innovative and bizarre.

Versions

uncut
Workprint
run: 85:09s
pal: 81:45s
15 certUK: The Work print was passed 15 uncut for:
  • 2018 Sony/Criterion [Restored Version + Workprint] RB Blu-ray titled Night of Anubis at UK Amazon

See article from ihorror.com :

George Romero said at the Monster Mania horror convention that a once-lost 16mm work print has finally been found. The work print turned up when elements were being gathered for a brand new restoration of the film.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com .

Movie-Censorship.com takes a look at the workprint just released with Night of the Living Dead. There are a few extra clips in the workprint but the major change is a 10 minute scene that is in the move, but not the workprint

It seems that original distributors asked for a version without a 9 minute scene that takes place at the jump cut in the basement. This includes the largest zombie scene in the film. However the 9 minute scene was in place by the time of the original release.

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 95:40s
pal: 91:50s
15 cert

18

X cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Restored Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for strong injury detail, threat, violence for:
  • 2018 cinema release
  • 2018 Sony/Criterion [Restored Version + Work Print] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

UK: Various variants were passed 15 without BBFC cuts for moderate horror and violence for:

  • 2014 Matchbox Films [Documentary + Night of the Living Dead] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2011 Arrow/Arrowdrome Trilogy of the Dead R0 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2008 Optimum RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2008 Freemantlemedia/Arrow R2 DVD
  • 2007 Metrodome R2 DVD

UK: Various versions were passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

  • 2005 Digiview R2 DVD
  • 2005 HHO R2 DVD
  • 2002 Oracle R2 DVD
  • 2002 Waterfall R2 DVD
  • 2001 Third Millennium R2 DVD
  • 2001 Stax R2 DVD
  • 1995 Tartan VHS
  • 1987 Palace VHS
UK: Passed X (18) uncut for:
  • 1980 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

  • 2022 Criterion Collection [Restored Version + Work Print] R0 4K Blu-ray/RA Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad
  • 2018 Criterion Collection RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2017 Mill Creek 50th Anniversary Edition (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2017 Mill Creek 50th Anniversary Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

Thanks to Greig:

  • The Prism version (PPA 1160) released in 2001 is uncut.
  • The Contender Entertainment Group Special Collector's Edition (steel case, 2005) is extensively Restored & Re-mastered. However it appears to be missing several sequences including most of the cannibalism scenes following the attack on the car, as well as heavily reducing the trowel murder from 14 blows to 3. Strange, as this version did have input from Romero himself.
  • The Anchor Bay box set with the 30th Anniversary Edition (released 2002, disc label code: VFC25258) is uncut. They've also added new clips to the cannibalism scene after the truck blows up.
  • Other releases have been pre-cut in the cannibalism scene after the truck blows up
  • A close up of 2 zombies fighting over intestines (after the female zombie in white walks past eating a bone
  • Close up of a male zombie eating from a bone (after the white clad female zombie sits down still eating the bone)
  • Close up of male zombie eating forearm
  • Close up of male zombie with scarred ear eating some internals
BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub: 95:59s
X certUK: Passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1969 cinema release

From IMDb:

  • Substantial edits to the trowel murder
  • The removal of all the flesh-eating scenes.
 v          Night of the Living Dead - 1990 USA horror by Tom Savini.


 X   Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Link Here

Night of the Living Dead is a 1990 USA horror by Tom Savini.
Starring Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman and Tom Towles. Melon Farmers link IMDb

Cut in the US t achieve an MPAA R rating. This cut vesion has been distributed ever since.

Summary Notes

A remake of George Romero's 1968 black-and-white classic that begins in a cemetery, as the recently-dead return to life - from an unknown cause - and attack the living as their prey. One woman escapes the frightening zombies to take refuge with others in a farmhouse, as every cadaver for miles around hungers for their flesh. Will they make it through the night...that the dead came back to life?

Versions

best available
best available

run: 88:06s
pal: 84:35s

18

MPAA R

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

  • 2005 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2001 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
  • 1993 Tartan VHS
  • 1993 cinema release

US: The Theatrical Version is cut and MPAA R Rated for:

The MPAA originally awarded an X certificate but this was downgraded to an R after several exploding head gunshots were deleted. No sign of any of this deleted material being restored though so this is the best available. See cut scenes from notld90.webs.com

 v          Night of the Scarecrow - 1995 USA horror sci-fi by Jeff Burr.


 X   Night of the Scarecrow

Link Here

Night of the Scarecrow is a 1995 USA horror sci-fi by Jeff Burr.
With Elizabeth Barondes, John Mese, Stephen Root. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for VHS
Summary Review: Underrated

A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed the warlock a century before.

This movie has grisly murders, a mediocre cast, an okay plot, and plenty of fun.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R rated
~85:00s
=~81:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
BBFC cut
35s
18 80:14s

UK: Passed 18 after 35s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1996 Polygram VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . Cuts to violence and notably bloodied breasts

 v          Night of the Seagulls - 1975 Spain horror by Amando de Ossorio.


 X   Night of the Seagulls

Link Here
  • La Noche de las gaviotas
  • Don't Go Out at Night
  • Night of the Blood Cult
  • Night of the Death Cult
  • The Night of the Seagulls
  • The Night of the Sea gulls
  • Terror Beach
  • The Blind Dead 4
Night of the Seagulls is a 1975 Spain horror by Amando de Ossorio.
Starring Víctor Petit, María Kosty and Sandra Mozarowsky. YouTube icon IMDb
Seized by the police during the Video Nasties panic. Cut by the BBFC for 1987 VHS. Uncut for 2005 DVD. Uncut in the US. The Spanish language version is missing nudity added for the dubbed English version
Summary Notes

The Knight Templars return in this fourth installment of the Blind Dead seris. On this outing, the Templars haunt a fishing village, where they rise seven nights every seven years to claim their sacrificial offerings in return for the safety of the townspeople.

Generally seems to have been found the most disappointing of the series on grounds of poor acting and ludicrous plot elements. However the film does evoke a good creepy atmosphere.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA R

85:08s UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sexualised violence for with previous BBFC cuts waived:
  • 2005 Anchor Bay R2 DVD titled Night of the Seagulls at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

BBFC cut
1:06s
18 84:30s UK: Passed 18 after 1:06s of compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 Kontiki VHS titled Don't Go Out at Night

From IMDb. The BBFC edits were to remove nudity and violence

banned
banned
uncut
pre-cert VHS84:47s UK: Released uncut on pre-cert video for:
  • Portland VHS titled Night of the Seagulls
  • Archer VHS titled Night of the Seagulls

The film was never an official video nasty but did manage a listing on the Manchester Police's local list of videos to seize.

 v          Night of the Sharks - 1988 Italy / Spain / Mexico action film by Tonino Ricci (as Anthony Richmond).


 X   Night of the Sharks

Link Here
  • La notte degli squali
Night of the Sharks is a 1988 Italy / Spain / Mexico action film by Tonino Ricci (as Anthony Richmond).
Starring Treat Williams, Janet Agren and Antonio Fargas. IMDb
A US cut PG-13 rated version has been widely distributed, with a BBFC 15 rating in the UK. Uncut releases have been limited to Italy and Japan.

Summary Notes

David must fight for his life against the gangsters who killed his brother for a CD filled with proof of their illegal activities. When David gets possession of the CD they go down to Mexico where David lives as a shark hunter. Who will get David first, the gangsters or the shark?

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 94:35s
pal: 90:48s
Italy flagItaly: The full version has been released on Italian DVD and Japanese VHS
BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut

cut: 4m
run: 90:00s
pal: 86:24s
15 cert

MPAA PG-13

UK: A short version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2004 Boulevard R2 DVD

This looks to be the cut US PG-13 rated release. See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com

 v          Night of the Werewolf - 1981 Spain horror by Paul Naschy (as Jacinto Molina Alvarez).


 X   Night of the Werewolf

Link Here
  • El retorno del Hombre Lobo
Night of the Werewolf is a 1981 Spain horror by Paul Naschy (as Jacinto Molina Alvarez).
Starring Paul Naschy, Julia Saly and Silvia Aguilar. IMDb
Exists as an uncut Spanish version and a slightly shortened English version.
Summary Notes

An evil witch brings back to life the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young woman and bathing in their blood.

Versions

uncut
Spanish Version
MPAA
Unrated
89:14s US: The Spanish Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2017 Shout! Factory Paul Naschy Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
cut
Shortened
English Version
MPAA
Unrated
92:20s
=88:38s
There is also a shortened English Version missing a little dialogue.
 v          Night of the Wilding - 1990 USA crime thriller by Joseph Merhi.


 X   Night of the Wilding

Link Here

Night of the Wilding is a 1990 USA crime thriller by Joseph Merhi.
Starring Erik Estrada, Joey Travolta and Kathrin Middleton. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 1990 VHS and 2003 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes

Three boys have gone wild by raping and brutally beating several people. Defense attorney Joseph Fainer accepts the case only to find that the prosecuting attorney is his ex-wife.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA R 85:17s
=81:52s
US: The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
BBFC cut
2:16s
18 79:37s UK: Passed after 2:16s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2003 ILC Prime R0 DVD
  • 1990 Intervision VHS

The US DVD features quite a brutal sexual assault. Presumably the cut UK release does not.

         A Night on the Town - 1987 USA family action comedy by Chris Columbus.  See Adventures in Babysitting
 v          Night Owl - 1993 USA crime horror drama by Jeffrey Arsenault.


 X   Night Owl

Link Here
  • Nite Owl
Night Owl is a 1993 USA crime horror drama by Jeffrey Arsenault.
Starring John Leguizamo, Lisa Napoli and David Roya. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS release in 1997. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US

Summary Notes

A vampire in the East Village picks up women, and while having sex with them kills them and drinks their blood. Meanwhile, a young Puerto Rican guy begins searching the Village for his sister, who is one of the vampire's victims.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 80m
pal: 77m
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:05s
run: 78:30s
pal: 75:22s
sub: 76:27s
18UK: Passed 18 after 1:05s of BBFC cuts
  • 1997 Visionary VHS
            Night School - 1981 US horror by Ken Hughes  See Terror Eyes
 v          Night School - 2018 comedy by Malcolm D Lee.


 X   Night School (2018)

Link Here

Night School is a 2018 comedy by Malcolm D Lee.
Starring Tiffany Haddish, Keith David and Kevin Hart. IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.

Summary Notes

A group of troublemakers who are forced to attend night school in hopes that they'll pass the GED exam to finish high school.

Extended Version

BBFC uncut
Extended Version
run: 115:52s
pal: 111:14s
15

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language:
  • 2019 Universal video
US: The Extended Version is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2019 Universal [Extended + Theatrical Version] RA 4k Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2019 Universal [Extended + Theatrical Version] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2019 Universal [Extended + Theatrical Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon

See article from movie-censorship.com

The extended version is better than the Theatrical Version where the crude humour was cut for a PG-13 rating. Here are a couple of examples of what was cut fr PG-13:
  • At one point, a woman's buttocks can't be called a walnut that has to be cracked
  • Stewart can't admit that he got a hand job quite late in his life, but has to talk about groping breasts instead.

Theatrical Version

BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version

mpaa cut
cut

cut:
run: 111:07s
pal: 106:40s
12

12A

MPAA PG-13

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate sex references, infrequent strong language:
  • 2019 Universal video
UK: Passed 12A uncut for moderate sex references, infrequent strong language:
  • 2018 cinema release

US: The Theatrical Version was rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, some drug references and violence.

 v          Night Screams


 X   Night Screams

Link Here

Night Screams

Versions

1:27s 1874:02s 1987 US horror by Allen Plone

Cut when submitted in 1987

Thanks to MM:

I can't say for sure but I would say a shooting spree near a cafe was cut and an axe in the head shot as well as a scene where a mans head is fried on a grill before he's stabbed through the neck.

Shown on Zone Horror uncut in an 85 minute version (81 minutes in PAL). There must have been additional pre-cuts for the UK release

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

Review from UK Amazon : High Body Count

Night Screams like a typical teen slasher movie in which you watch to do the body count. And the body count in this flick reaches double digits.

As if that is not enough, the film started with this ill fated couple watching a horror film in which nubile females are offed by a fencing sword. Perhaps they are going for triple digits?

Anyway, basically, David, the high school football hero who have to take medication for hyperactivity decided to invite some friends over to his parent's palatial home when they went out to dinner (and it must be a loooooong dinner). And guess what, someone started to knock off the party goers, and in true slasher fashion, everything on the list is used: axe to head, electrocution, poison gas, strangulation, plastic bag suffocation...and yes, even the reliable knife in the back. And of course, in between killings, we get to watch David's parents wine and dine and started to get suspicious when they couldn't get through to the house via telephone.

Ultimately, Night Screams is standard fare....the acting is average (okay, so it is not Shakespeare), the gore effects is okay. But it is not a scary movie, it is very predictable and you know when somebody is about to "get it". But if you are in for a film with a high body count, this one is it.

 v   The Night Stalker


 X   The Night Stalker

Link Here

The Night Stalker

Versions

1:34s 1889:40s 1987 US crime film by Max Kleven
 v          Night Tide - 1961 USA horror mystery thriller by Curtis Harrington.


 X   Night Tide

Link Here

Night Tide is a 1961 USA horror mystery thriller by Curtis Harrington.
With Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson and Gavin Muir. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an A rated cinema release. Uncut for home video
Summary Notes

On leave in a shore side town, Johnny becomes interested in a young dark haired woman. They meet and he learns that she plays a mermaid in the local carnival. After strange occurrences, Johnny begins to believe that she may actually be a real mermaid that habitually kills during the cycle of the full moon.

Great low-budget indy horror film from the 60s inspired by the Val Lewton classic Cat People .

Versions

uncut
uncut
PG cert

MPAA
Unrated

85:25s UK: Passed PG uncut for mild threat and scary images for: US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
cut
A Cert UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1963 cinema release
 v          Night Train Murders - 1975 Italian horror by Aldo Lado.


 X   Night Train Murders

Link Here
  • Late Nigh Trains
  • Last Stop on the Night Train
  • L'Ultimo Treno della Notte
  • Don't Ride on Late Night Trains
  • Torture Train
  • L'ultimo treno della notte
  • Night Train - Der Letzte Zug in der Nacht
  • The New House on the Left
Night Train Murders is a 1975 Italian horror by Aldo Lado.
With Flavio Bucci, Macha Méril and Gianfranco De Grassi. YouTube icon IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1976 cinema release. Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Unbanned for 2008 DVD. Uncut and R rated in the US.
Summary Review: Decent Acting
T his film borrowed heavily from Last House on the Left , but Night Train Murders is the better of the two. Good production values, excellent cinematography, an Ennio Morricone score, decent acting and a tight script .

The first third of the film introduces the main characters, most of whom seem to be prone to indulging in one perversion or another.

The "defilement" section of the film is a gripping, harrowing affair that escalates in viciousness before climaxing in a very brutal fashion.

The final act does not live up to the scenes that precede it. The director's desire to keep from glamorizing violence is probably why the ending feels somewhat restrained.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA R

90:09s UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong scenes of sexual violence for:

The BBFC explained:

  • The development of media awareness and public knowledge of film styles were felt to have reduced the impact and potential for harm of the scenes of sexual assault in the film, which seem particularly dated now.

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

VoD:

uncut
uncut
Video Nasty 90:48s UK: The Uncut version was released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1981 Cinehollywood VHS titled Night Train Murders.

This Cinehollywood version was released uncut in November 1981 under the title Night Train Murders. This version was listed as a video nasty in July 1983. This was dropped from the list in March 1984

cut
cut
Video Nasty 87:58s UK: A cut version was released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1981 Video Warehouse International VHS titled Late Night Trains.

This release was missing about 1 minute of violence and nearly 2 minutes of non contentious material

banned
banned
rejectedUK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1976 cinema release titled Late Night Trains
 v          Night Train to Terror - 1985 USA horror by John Carr, Phillip Marshak...


 X   Night Train to Terror

Link Here

Night Train to Terror is a 1985 USA horror by John Carr, Phillip Marshak...
With Barbara Wyler, Jamie Scoggin and Stacey Lyons. YouTube icon IMDb

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

God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals. The stories of the people in question are told in a trio of very strange vignettes. One involves an insane anylum with some very interesting treatment plans. Another involves a 'death club'. The final story shows us the adventures of a server of Satan. This is a strange movie.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R rated
~93:00s US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
4:17s
18 88:58s UK: Passed 18 after 4:17s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1986 Palan Entertainment VHS
From IMDb. Suffered 4 minutes 17 seconds of heavy cuts which removed:
  • shots of a topless woman tied to a table
  • a graphic decapitation scene
  • shots of dismembered bodies and
  • close ups of human organs during the operation scene.
            Night Warning - 1981 US horror by William Asher.  See Nightmare Maker
 v          Night Watch


 X   Night Watch

Link Here
  • Nochnoi Dozor
  • Night Watch: Nochnoi Dozor
Night Watch

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert117:21s 2004 Russua fantasy thriller by Timur Bekmambetov.
With Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov and Mariya Poroshina. IMDb

The Director's Cut/Russian Version was passed 15 uncut for:

  • 2008 20th Century Fox Special Edition Director's Cuts Double Bill R2 DVD at UK Amazon
BBFC uncut15 cert 109:36s The International Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2008 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray
  • 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
  • 2005 cinema release

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . Uncontentious plot details have been removed to simplify the film for the International Version

 v   The Night We Got the Bird - 1961 UK comedy by Darcy Conyers.


 X   The Night We Got the Bird

Link Here

The Night We Got the Bird is a 1961 UK comedy by Darcy Conyers.
With Brian Rix, Dora Bryan and Ronald Shiner. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an 'A' rated cinema release. Presumably the same version has persisted onto home video

Versions

BBFC cut
previously cut for category

best available
best
available

PG

A Cert

78:27s UK: Presumably the cut Theatrical Version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for mild sex references, innuendo and comic nudity for:

UK: Previously passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts for:

  • 1961 cinema release

Promotional Material

The Night We Got the Bird is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

 v          Nightbreed - 1990 USA horror fantasy by Clive Barker.


 X   Nightbreed

Link Here
  • Clive Barker's Nightbreed
Nightbreed is a 1990 USA horror fantasy by Clive Barker.
With Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby and David Cronenberg. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the producers for theatrical release and home video. The Cabal cut was put together following a fan based campaign restoring all available footage. Clive Barker then created the Director's Cut from the material available for the Cabal Cut. The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut by the BBFC for 2019 Blu-ray.
Summary Notes

A community of mutant outcasts of varying types and abilities attempts to escape the attention of a psychotic serial killer and redneck vigilantes with the help of a brooding young man who discovers them. Based on the novel "Cabal" by Clive Barker.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
15 cert

MPAA Unrated

~140:00s
=~134:00s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong bloody violence, injury detail, language:
  • 2019 Arrow Limited Edition [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon r

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

From IMDb:

The original 126 minute version of Nightbreed was cut down to 102 minutes by distributor 20th Century Fox. They felt that this cut was too long and rather too explicit for an R-rated release.

Also, Barker shot additional scenes with David Cronenberg's Decker character to flesh out his mentality. The excised footage consisted of some very graphic gore during the climax, disturbing images in the monsters' lair and quite a bit of "unnecessary" character development.

There were also some strange sexual themes between the monsters and Boone that wound up on the cutting room floor.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

uncut
Cabal Cut
MPAA Unrated ~153:00s
=~147:00s

US: The Cabal Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2017 Seraphim Limited Edition Blu-ray
This is a very limited edition release from Clive Barkers own label

This was an assemblage of restore material that was shown at several film festivals. it is the longest version and the basis for the Director's Cut which ended up not using all the available additional material.

See article from movie-censorship.com for pictorial version details

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut

18

MPAA R

97:40s UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1991 Braveworld VHS
  • 1990 cinema release

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

From IMDb:

Director Clive Barker was reportedly required to cut the film down to 101 minutes from the original 126 minute cut by distributor 20th Century Fox. They felt that this cut was too long and rather too explicit for an R-rated release.
 v   The Nightcomers - 1971 UK horror thriller by Michael Winner.


 X   The Nightcomers

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The Nightcomers is a 1971 UK horror thriller by Michael Winner.
Starring Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham and Thora Hird. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1972 cinema release but uncut on home video. Uncut and R rated in the US.
Summary Notes

Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the the slow corruption of the children in their care.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 96:25s
pal: 92:34s
18

MPAA R

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

BBFC cut
cut
X cert UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1972 cinema release

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

  • The film was heavily cut by the BBFC which removed most of the shots of the bound Miss Jessel during the sexual bondage scenes.
 v          Nightcrawler - 2014 USA crime drama by Dan Gilroy.


 X   Nightcrawler

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Nightcrawler is a 2014 USA crime drama by Dan Gilroy.
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo and Bill Paxton. YouTube icon IMDb

Rated R for violence including graphic images, and for language in September 2014.

The film was previously submitted in August 2014 and was rated R for violence, bloody images, and language.

 v          Nighthawks - 1981 USA action crime thriller by Bruce Malmuth and Gary Nelson (uncredited).


 X   Nighthawks

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  • Halcones de la noche
Nighthawks is a 1981 USA action crime thriller by Bruce Malmuth and Gary Nelson (uncredited).
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Rutger Hauer and Billy Dee Williams. IMDb
Heavily cut in the US for an R rated Theatrical Release. This version has been distributed worldwide since.
Summary Notes

Deke DaSilva and Matthew Fox are two New York City cops who get transferred to an elite anti-terrorism squad. About this same time, an infamous international terrorist shows up in New York City looking to cause some chaos. It's up to DaSilva and Fox to stop him, but will they be in time...?

Versions

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut
cut:
run: 99:04s
pal: 95:06s

best available
best
available

18

MPAA R

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence for: UK: Passed X (18) uncut for:
  • 1981 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

From IMDb. The film was cut in the US for Theatrical Release:

Prior to its theatrical release was severely cut for violence by both the MPAA and the Universal Pictures studio. Amongst the scenes that were cut are:

  • the disco shootout which originally had Wufgar shooting and killing more people, and
  • Wufgar's death scene in the ending which was almost completely cut out. An original uncut scene showed Wufgar getting shot five times (instead of twice) in slow-motion by DaSilva, and in the end, the final sixth shot hit him in the head blowing his brains out.

Sylvester Stallone mentioned that the film also suffered studio demanded cuts for pace.

There has never been an uncut version released, so this is the best available version.

cut
cut
cut:
run: 95:06s
pal: 91:18s
TVGermany: There is also a cut TV version
 v          Nightmare - 1964 UK horror thriller by Freddie Francis.


 X   Nightmare (1964)

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  • Here's the Knife
  • Dear: Now Use It
Nightmare is a 1964 UK horror thriller by Freddie Francis.
With David Knight, Moira Redmond and Jennie Linden. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for its 1964 cinema release. The consensus is that US and European DVD releases are uncut
Summary review: One of the best

Janet is a young student at a private school; her nights are troubled by horrible dreams in which she sees her mother, who is in fact locked in an insane asylum, haunting her. Expelled because of her persistent nightmares, Janet is sent home where the nightmares continue.

This is one of the best of Hammer's horror/thrillers. It is more than likely overlooked because it does not have an major stars in it.

Imaginative production, courtesy of Hammer regulars Freddie Francis and Jimmy Sangster, makes it a compelling mystery oozing with a Gothic atmosphere.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 82:14s
pal: 78:57s

12 cert

MPAA Unrated

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UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate violence, injury detail for:

Italy: Uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

The consensus is that US and European DVD releases are uncut

BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run: 82:14s
pal: 78:57s
X certUK: Passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1964 cinema release
 v          Nightmare - 1965 Italy horror by Mario Caiano.


 X   Nightmare (1965)

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  • Here's the Knife
  • Dear: Now Use It
Nightmare is a 1965 Italy horror by Mario Caiano.
With Barbara Steele, Paul Muller and Helga Liné. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1969 cinema release. Various short versions exist
Summary Notes

A woman and her lover are tortured and killed by her sadistic husband. The pair return from the grave to seek vengeance.

A fantastic Italian Gothic thriller starring Euro-vamp Barbara Steele (BLACK SUNDAY) in a dual-role, shot in black and white this chiller is a tale of obsession, madness and depravity of a cheating wife who is tortured to death along with her lover by her sadistic scientist husband when she caught cheating, fun stuff.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

99:58s

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 1998 Salvation Films VHS titled The Night of the Doomed

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC uncut

cut
shortened

15 cert81:25s UK: A shortened version was passed 15 uncut for strong violence and psychological horror for:
  • 2005 Orbit R2 DVD titled Nightmare Castle
BBFC cut
cut
X cert submitted
73:01s
=70:06s
UK: A very short version was passed X after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1969 cinema release titled The Faceless Monster
            Nightmare - 1981 USA/Italy horror by Romano Scavolini.  See Nightmares in a Damaged Brain
 v          Nightmare City - 1980 Italy/Mexico/Spain horror movie by Umberto Lenzi.


 X   Nightmare City

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  • Incubo sulla citta' contaminata
  • City of the Walking Dead
Nightmare City is a 1980 Italy/Mexico/Spain horror movie by Umberto Lenzi.
With Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter and Maria Rosaria Omaggio
. YouTube icon IMDb
Pre-cut for pre-cert VHS. Further cut by the BBFC for 1986 VHS. Uncut since BBFC cuts waived for 2003 DVD

Summary Review: Funtime groceries in spades

An airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.

Undeniably trashy though this film is, it delivers the funtime groceries in spades. We have copious amounts of zombie action tarted up with wonderfully gratuitous topless shots and barking mad dialogue.

Action highlights include an attack on the TV station that results in the wholesale slaughter of a troop of appalling workout dancers jumping about in leotards. As well as exploitative breast baring this scene has some great gory violence as our prancing fools are sliced up.

The music by Stelvio Cipriani is also wonderful stuff. Filled with those familiar bass beats and electronic goodness that is uniquely Italian.

Films like this exist for one reason only (well two if you count making money) and that's to entertain, and entertain is what Nightmare City certainly does. Simply and unpretentiously as only 80's Italian exploitation cinema can.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

88:09s UK: Passed 18 uncut after BBFC cuts were waived for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

cut
total 4:21s

BBFC cut
3:05s

cut
pre-cut
1:16s

1883:33s UK: A version pre-cut by about a minute was passed 18 after a further 3:05s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1986 Stablecane VHS

From IMDb. BBFC and pre-cut heavy edits to:

  • shots of exploding heads
  • neck bitings
  • a woman's eye and breast being stabbed with a spike
  • an arm removal
  • the elevator attack
  • shots of bloody wounds
  • a woman's breast being sliced off with a knife.
cut
pre-cut
1:16s
pre-cert VHS 87:36s UK: A version pre-cut by about a minute was released on pre-cert video for
  • 1982 VTC VHS

See article from movie-censorship.com . 11 cuts adding up to 1:16s:

  • 7s from zombie cutting soldier's throat
  • 5s from zombie smashing hatchet into woman's head
  • 7s from a zombie cutting a woman's breast off
  • 5s from a zombie stabbing a doctor
  • 4s from a zombie stabbing a woman in a lift
  • 14s from zombies stabbing a holidaying couple
  • 29s from a zombie stabbing a woman, skewering out her eye, stabbing again, and eating from the corpse.
  • 5s of Dean clubbing a zombie priest in the head
 v          Nightmare Maker - 1982 USA horror by William Asher.


 X   Nightmare Maker

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  • Butcher
  • Baker
  • Nightmare Maker
  • Night Warning
  • Evil Protege
  • Momma's Boy
  • Thrilled to Death
  • Amenanza en la noche
Nightmare Maker is a 1982 USA horror by William Asher.
With Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell and Bo Svenson. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Banned as Video Nasty in 1983. Banned again by the BBFC for video in 1987. Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for 18 rated Blu-ray in 2024. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summery Review: Gripping

An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her...at all costs.

It seems rather strange that the the director of the I Love Lucy TV series could ever make something on the DPP's list of banned movies, but that's exactly what happened to William Asher's 1981 feature. Despite several undoubtedly shocking scenes this seems particularly unfair, as it is actually a gripping and well made horror thriller, which was even nominated for a Saturn Award as Best Low Budget Film of the Year.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 96:31s
pal: 92:39s
18

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MPAA R

UK: Butcher: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated with a trigger warning for strong bloody violence, domestic abuse, sexual violence references:

Spain: Uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
banned
banned

cut
pre-cut

cut:
run: 96:16s
pal: 92:25s
rejectedUK: A pre-cut version was banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1987 Krypton Force VHS titled The Evil Protege
BBFC uncut
cut:
run: 95m
pal: 91m
18 certUK: A short version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts (in a pre-cert voluntary submission scheme) for:
  • 1983 Atlantis VHS
uncut
uncut
run: 96:16s
pal: 92:25s
Video NastyUK: Released on pre-cert video for
  • 1983 Atlantis VHS

The film was released in April 1983. It made the list of banned video nasties by November of the same year. It was dropped from the list in December 1985

 v          Nightmare on Alcatraz


 X   Nightmare on Alcatraz

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  • Terror on Alcatraz
Nightmare on Alcatraz

Versions

BBFC
35s

1895:36s Terror on Alcatraz is a 1987 USA crime horror by Philip Marcus
With Aldo Ray, Sandy Brooke and Verónica Porche Ali. IMDb

UK: Passed 18 after 35s of BBFC cuts for:

  • 1987 Lazer VHS
 v       A Nightmare on Elm Street - 1984 US horror film by Wes Craven.


 X   A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

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A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 US horror film by Wes Craven.
With Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp and Robert Englund. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Uncut on VHS but the cut US Theatrical version was the only one available on BBFC 18 rated UK/US DVD/Blu-ray until BBFC 15 rated for the uncut version of 2024. The film was cut in the US for an MPAA R rating.
Summary Review: A new kind of Boogeyman

In the dreams of his victims, a spectral child murderer Freedy Krueger stalks the children of the members of the lynch mob that killed him.

The acting isn't always the greatest and it looks just the slightest bit dated, but it's still a really damn good movie. It's power lies in the fact that sleep cannot be avoided.

Robert Englund as Freddy is flawless, a new kind of Boogeyman - a smartass. Freddy is hideously burned, covered in scar tissue and has all the fashion sense of a wino, but he's cool. Not content to simply disembowel his screaming victims, Freddy has to tease them a little first, flirting, humiliating or showing off.

Versions

uncut
uncut
Unrated Version
run: 91:12s
pal: 87:33s
15

18

IFCO video 18

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Turkey

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong horror, gore, violence:
  • 2024 Warner Bros Entertainment UK cinema release (rated 05/09/2024) titled A Nightmare on Elm Street (40th Anniversary)
  • 2024 Warner Bros 40th Anniversary Edition R0 4K Blu-ray/R0 Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon #ad

The uncut Version is set for Warner 4K Blu-ray release at UK Amazon #ad

UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

  • 1998 EIV VHS
  • 1995 EIV VHS
  • 1985 CBS/Fox VHS
  • 1985 cinema release
Ireland: Uncut and IFCO 18 rated for strong violence, strong horror:
  • 2024 Blu-ray (Uncut Version rated 22/07/2024) titled A Nightmare on Elm Street - Uncut Version

Thanks to Dave:

I recently watched the 2 disc box set of A Nightmare on Elm Street which they say is cut to the death of the girl Tina via a blood splash as she hits the bed. The scene plays out on R2 Turkish release. When Tina hits the bed we see the blood spurt all over her shocked boyfriend Rod. A pretty tame and lame MPAA cut by any standards to make an R and obviously it never offended Turkish censors for this new uncut DVD release! The A geyser of blood spurting up from Glen's bed is also intact in this Turkish release

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut Theatrical Version

cut: 13s
run: 91:08s
pal: 87:29s
18

MPAA R

UK: The cut US R Rated Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2020 Warner A Nightmare On Elm Street: Collection R0 Blu-ray [HMV exclusive]
  • 2018 Warner Bros R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2011 Warner A Nightmare On Elm Street Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2010 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2001 EIV R2 DVD

US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

The US Collectors Edition laserdisc (Elite Entertainment) details cuts made as the film went through the MPAA:

  • 5s : Tina's corpse hitting the bed, and the resultant large splash of blood all over her boyfriend Rod
  • 8s : A geyser of blood spurting up from Glen's bed and hitting the ceiling.
 v       A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge - 1985 US horror film by Jack Sholder.


 X   A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge is a 1985 US horror film by Jack Sholder.

No censorship issues see Nightmare on Elm Street Films: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2
 v       A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - 1987 US horror film by Chuck Russell.


 X   A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 US horror film by Chuck Russell.
With Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund and Craig Wasson. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut for the original R Rating and the cuts have persisted through all releases since.
Summary review: Popular Sequel

Survivors of undead serial killer Freddy Krueger - who stalks his victims in their dreams - learn to take control of their own dreams in order to fight back.

This is the perfect horror film. It's scary, funny, has great suspense, good acting, great writing, good cinematography.

What makes A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 a great sequel is that it has a lot of good horror scenes such as Freddy turning into a snake and trying to eat Kristen (Patricia Arquette), and it also has good suspense, and even a sense of adventure.

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best available
best available

mpaa cut
cut

run: 96:16s
pal: 92:25s
18

MPAA R

UK: The cut R Rated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 2020 Warner A Nightmare On Elm Street: Collection R0 Blu-ray [HMV exclusive]
  • UK 2011 Warner 1-7 Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • UK 2004 On Demand VoD
  • UK 2001 EIV R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • UK 1998 EIV VHS
  • UK 1988 Warner VHS

US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

Thanks to Andrew:

  • The MPAA required some toning down of the gorier scenes. Most famously, the death of Taryn (switchblade toting punk girl). Originally Freddy injected her with heroin to the degree the top of her head blew out. The subtle tone down is kind of obvious when watching the film, as it fades to white before we're shown the results of Freddy's actions.
 v       A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master - 1988 US horror film by Renny Harlin.


 X   A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 US horror film by Renny Harlin.
With Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman and Lisa Wilcox. YouTube icon IMDb

Uncut in the US but cut by the BBFC to remove nunchuks. BBFC cuts waived in 2001.
Summary Review: Witty Freddy

Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may know the way to defeat him for good.

While things may have become a little predictable by the fourth Freddy film, this episode is one of the best of the series. The film delivers some deliciously creative deaths and witty repartee a la Krueger. It bolsters and redefines the balance between what has been and what will be, keeping the series fresh while maintaining the overall continuity.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 93:03s
pal: 89:20s
15 Certificate

MPAA R

UK: Passed 15 uncut with all BBFC cuts waived for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:07s
run: 91:50s
pal: 88:10s
18UK: Passed 18 after 1:07s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1989 Film and Video VHS
  • 1989 cinema release

Thanks to Adey. The cuts weren't actually made to violence, but to 2 scenes both featuring nunchuks:

  • The first being the character "Rick" practicing martial arts in his garage and swinging the nunchuks.
  • Secondly the character "Alice" realizes that she is absorbing all of her dead friends powers when they are killed by Freddie so she has a swing of the nunchuks.
 v       A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child - 1989 US horror by Stephen Hopkins.


 X   A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

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  • Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is a 1989 US horror by Stephen Hopkins.
With Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox and Kelly Jo Minter. YouTube icon IMDb
The Theatrical Version was cut for an R rating. Europe got the uncut version for cinema and VHS but all DVDs and Blu-rays have been the cut Theatrical Version.
Summary review: Re-tread

Alice, having survived the previous instalment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again

Part 4 the series had become the Freddy Krueger show . Basically the character became bigger than the series and so the films became little more than vehicles for his wisecracks andways of dispatching moronic teens. Part 5 continues the theme.

This film has a brilliantly surreal score and some great-looking imagery, and the silly campness of Part 4 is toned down a little. But it's all just a re-tread.

Versions

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut

cut: 30s
run: 89:25s
pal: 85:50s
18

MPAA R

UK: The cut R rated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 2020 Warner A Nightmare On Elm Street: Collection R0 Blu-ray [HMV exclusive]
  • UK 2011 Warner 1-7 Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Thanks to Jon who comments on the 2020 HMV Exclusive Blu-ray Collection:

Some of the previously cut material has been reinstated (the death of the motorcyclist at the 38m as Freddy consumes his bike and body), but other stuff is still the R-rated version (Greta being force-fed is still cut heavily).

UK: The cut R rated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The R Rated Version suffers 30s of cuts to:

  • A scene showing tubes and the likes from a motorcycle painfully embedding themselves into the unfortunate rider Dan and eventually totally fusing with the victim.
  • A scene showing Freddy force feeding Greta her own innards extracted from a gaping hole in her stomach.
uncut
uncut
run: 89:40s
pal: 86:05s
18

MPAA Unrated

The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:
  • UK 1990 Film & Video VHS
  • UK 1990 cinema release
         A Nightmare on Elm Street 6 - 1991 US horror by Rachel Talala  See Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
            Nightmare Vacation - 1983 US horror film by Robert Hiltzik  See Sleepaway Camp
            Nightmare Vacation II - 1988 US horror film by Michael A Simpson  See Sleepaway Camp II
 v          Nightmare Weekend - 1986 UK / USA / France Sci-Fi horror by Henri Sala (as H Sala).


 X   Nightmare Weekend

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  • Fin de semana de pesadilla
Nightmare Weekend is a 1986 UK / USA / France Sci-Fi horror by Henri Sala (as H Sala).
Starring Debbie Laster, Dale Midkiff and Debra Hunter. Melon Farmers link IMDb
Exists as a cut R rated Version and an Uncut Unrated Version.
Summary Notes

A female scientist performs experiments on three college girls that turn them into drooling, murderous mutants.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Unrated Version
run: 85:54s
pal: 82:28s
MPAA UnratedUS: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC uncut
run: 85:24s
pal: 81:59s
18UK: An unknown version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 Avatar Film Corporation VHS
mpaa cut
cut
MPAA R US : There also exists a cut US R rated version
            Nightmares Come at Night - 1970 Liechtenstein crime horror drama by Jesús Franco  See Jess Franco Films: Nightmares Come at Night
 v          Nightmares in a Damaged Brain - 1981 USA/Italy horror by Romano Scavolini.


 X   Nightmares in a Damaged Brain

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  • Nightmare
  • Nightmare in a Damaged Brain
  • Blood Splash
  • Schizo
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain is a 1981 USA/Italy horror by Romano Scavolini.
With Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith and CJ Cooke. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1982 cinema release. Famously banned as a video nasty with the distributor being jailed. A cut US R rated version was released in the UK for an 18 rated 2002 DVD. The most complete version is distributed by 88 Films in the UK (BBFC 18 rated) and Severin in the US (MPAA Unrated).

An uncut version, or as near as dammit, was released in the UK in November 2015 but was soon withdrawn presumably for a lack of BBFC paperwork. However the BBFC certificate was published shortly after and the DVD went back on sale.

Summary Review: Great Slasher Movie

A mental-patient, who is troubled with horrible nightmares, has escaped from his hospital. Now on the streets he can't help killing innocent people. But there is one family he is more than interested in and when he tries to kill them, he finds that it's not that easy.

An underrated and under recognized slasher film of the early 1980s.

The plot is very interesting and is not at all a typical "slasher by numbers" flick, and is not predictable. There gore is pretty insane and gruesome, and Tom Savini was the make-up effects consultant. There is a tense, uneasy feeling throughout the film, and some very memorable scenes showing how disturbed the killer is, like the part at the peep show in NYC where he gets so aroused he has a seizure. Pretty crazy stuff.

Highly recommended!

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 98:54s
pal: 94:57s

18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, horror, strong sex with all previous cuts waived for: US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

88 Films say in promotional material:

Finally unleashed in the UK, uncut and uncensored, for the first time since VHS (back when the distributor of this bloodthirsty HALLOWEEN cash-in was imprisoned for 18 months just for daring to unleash it!).

Thanks to Simon and Braintree:

The Code Red DVD and BD truncated the scene where a young boy finds a dead girls body in an abandoned house and is subsequently grabbed from behind by the killer. Instead it cuts just as you see the shadow moving behind then you hear him scream off camera.

Some of those missing seconds have been restored by 88 Films, but not quite all of them.

This scene is on the old Dutch VHS, but that version misses some dialogue out from elsewhere. So, a truly complete version of the uncut print is difficult to find.

uncut
uncut
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Germany: There is also an uncut German DVD noted as the Blood Edition from Laser Paradise, but I am not sure which version it is.
cut
cut
cut:
run: 99:26s
pal: 95:27s

Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands: Details in one sex scene are shunted off screen by framing. There are also reports of missing dialogue.
uncut
slightly
shortened
cut:
run: 98:09s
pal: 94:13s

MPAA UnratedUS: The best available version is MPAA unrated for:
  • 2011 Code Red 30th Anniversary Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon titled Nightmare

See article from movie-censorship.com . The Code Red version has been shortened by 1:17s in 3 pot scenes:

  • Kathy sends some kids she is looking after back off to bed. She is rather ominously being watched by George.
  • Set up shots of a bar have been removed
  • Also removed is a shot of George grabbing Tony by the neck.

The report also notes that a scenes showing a phone sex operator shows more explicit detail of masturbation in the shortened version.

cut
cut
cut: 51s
run: 97m
pal: 93m
Amazon
Amazon
UK: Cut for:

Thanks to Ronnie:

Currently playing and described onsite at Amazon Prime Video UK as NEW Uncut HD Version Digitally Restored from 35mm --- It is CUT (at 15min 44Sec, an estimate) with a 51 Second cut.

The missing sex scene shows a phone sex worker talking to George whilst do naughty things with a vibrator. (Note that in the Netherlands VHS described below, the sight of this vibrator is shunted off screen. See article from movie-censorship.com )

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut

cut: 3:04s
run: 96:02s
pal: 92:12s

18

MPAA R

UK: The cut R Rated version was passed 18 for strong, bloody horror and sex without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2015 88 Films RB Blu-ray
  • 2007 International Trading/Screen Entertainment R0 DVD
  • 2005 Anchor Bay Box of the Banned R2 DVD
  • 2002 International Trading/Screen Entertainment VHS

The US R Rated Version is 3:04s shorter than the uncut version. The cuts are along the lines of the BBFC cinema cuts but less drastic. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com .

The fact that there are some pre-cuts made the BBFC decision a little easier to grant a certificate as this version is cut more than the banned video nasty version. It still took several viewings by the BBFC before the decision was reached.

cut
cut
cut:
run: 89:26s
pal: 85:51s

Video NastyUK: Released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Oppidan VHS

This version is said to be more complete than the cinema release with the restoration of about 1 minute of material.

DPP 39The video was banned as a video nasty in July 1983. Perhaps something to do with promotional material such as the distribution of vomit bags and guess the weight of a human brain in a jar. The video remained on the list throughout the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP39s

One of the victims of the video nasty panic was David Hamilton-Grant, the owner of Oppidan, who was jailed for 18 months under section 2 of the OPA.

BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run: 92:43s
pal: 89:00s
X certUK: Passed X (18) after cuts for:
  • 1982 cinema release

Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:

  • Reel 2 - In the murder of the woman at the beginning of the reel, remove repeated close ups of throat slitting and blood pumping, and repeated stabs into torso.
  • Reel 4 - In the killing of Kathy, remove repeated hacks at her body with ice pick and the rotating of the pick in the wound.
  • Reel 5 - In the flashback to George's killing of his father and mistress, remove repeated swipes with axe and spurting blood from torso of woman. Reduce axing of father to remove head gushing blood. Sight of corpse may remain.
            Nights of Terror - 1980 Italian horror by Andrea Bianchi  See The Zombie Dead
 v          Nikita


 X   Nikita

Link Here
  • La Femme Nikita
Nikita

Versions

18112:12s 1990 French Italian film by Luc Besson

The BBFC do not claim responsibility for the following cuts.

UK laserdisc version contains a completely new subtitle track which has been tamed down for language. For instance when Nikita is sentenced to death in court she freaks out calling them all "motherfuckers". The new subtitling doesn't include this sort of language.

 v          Nikos the Impaler


 X   Nikos the Impaler

Link Here
  • Nikos
  • Violent Shit 4: Nikos
Nikos the Impaler

Versions

6s 181:40s

2003 German comedy horror by Andreas Schnaas

Cut when Cryptkeeper DVD submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor was required to reduce images of sexualised violence during a fatal attack. Cuts to remove sadistic violence during an attack in a shower because of the significant sexualised focus on the nudity of the woman during the bloody attack.

  • Edits to shots of a woman's breast being slashed during an attack in the shower

The uncut region 0 DVD is available via US Amazon

     The Nile Hilton Incident - 2017 Sweden / Denmark / Germany / France crime thriller by Tarik Saleh.  See Banned International: The Nile Hilton Incident
 v          Nimirndhu Nil - 2014 action drama by Samudrakani.


 X   Nimirndhu Nil

Link Here

Nimirndhu Nil is a 2014 action drama by Samudrakani.
With Jayam Ravi, Sarath Kumar and Amala Paul.

Passed 12A after category cuts fro cinema release. A few days earlier the film has been passed 15 uncut, but the distributors preferred the cut 12A rating fro release.

Versions

BBFC cut
category cuts
2:42s
12A
15
148:17s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, sexual violence references, scene of hanging after 2:42s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 2014 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
  • Company chose to remove stronger moments of violence and reduce bloody detail, in a number of fight scenes, in order to obtain a 12A classification. Cuts made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 15 classification was available.
uncut
uncut
15 150:59s

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence for:
  • 2014 cinema release unreleased in favour of a cut 12A
 v          9 1/2 Ninjas - 1991 USA comedy by Aaron Barsky.


 X   9 1/2 Ninjas

Link Here
  • 9 1/2 Ninjas!
  • Nine and a Half Ninjas
9 1/2 Ninjas is a 1991 USA comedy by Aaron Barsky.
With Michael Phenicie, Andee Gray and Robert Fieldsteel. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1991 VHS. Uncut for DVD.
Promotional Material

Andee Gray, who joins an all-male Ninja training group. Gray gets a big kick out of her lessons, until she realizes that she's been followed. It seems that a rival contingent of ninjas intends to assassinate her. And that's only one of the many surprises in store for the viewers of 9 1/2 Ninjas.

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert

84:07s UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate sex and violence with previous cuts waived for:
BBFC cut
35s
15 cert 83:23s UK: Passed 15 after 0:35s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1991 Virgin Vision Video
 v          Nine 1/2 Weeks


 X   Nine 1/2 Weeks

Link Here
  • 9 1/2 Weeks
Nine 1/2 Weeks

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

111:45s Nine 1/2 Weeks is a 1986 US erotic drama by Adrian Lyne.
With Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger and Margaret Whitton. IMDb

UK: The European Version was passed 18 uncut for:

  • 2002 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1996 20th Century Fox VHS
  • 1987 CBS/Fox VHS
  • 1986 cinema release

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

MPAA
cut
MPAA
R Rated
~112:00s
=~107:00s
US: The US R Rated Version is cut
 v          9 Deaths of the Ninja


 X   9 Deaths of the Ninja

Link Here
  • Nine Deaths of the Ninja
9 Deaths of the Ninja

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R Rated
~94:00s 1985 action US film by Emmett Alston.
With Shô Kosugi, Brent Huff and Emilia Crow. IMDb

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

...But...

Review from US Amazon : Don't

Sho Kosugi made some very entertaining Ninja movies in the 80s. This is NOT one of them. Perhaps you've seen Enter the Ninja , Revenge of the Ninja , or Ninja III: The Domination ? Well, DON'T expect that level of quality from this film. The incomprehensible story is a waste of time. The sole enjoyable scene involves Sho fighting off four Kung-Fu midgets.

As for the DVD itself... Oh boy, how can I say this... It is simply the WORST looking AND sounding DVD I've ever bought. It is pan-and-scan and is frequently so DARK it is hard to tell what is going on.

4:05s 1889:33s Passed 18 after 4:05s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2001 Digital Entertainment R2 DVD
  • 1985 RCA/Columbia VHS

From IMDB:

  • Cut to remove the sight of nunchukas and throwing stars.
 v          Nine Months


 X   Nine Months

Link Here

Nine Months

Versions

7s 12 certificate98:55s 1995 US comedy by Chris Columbus

All UK versions to 2003 were similarly cut by the BBFC. Cuts to three out of four instances of strong language ('fuck') required to enable this to pass at the 12 category awarded to previous, similarly cut, version.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

 v          976-Evil - 1988 USA comedy horror by Robert Englund.


 X   976-Evil

Link Here

976-Evil is a 1988 USA comedy horror by Robert Englund.
Starring Stephen Geoffreys, Patrick O'Bryan and Sandy Dennis. IMDb

A UK version was cut by the BBFC for 1988 18 rated cinema release and the follow up 1989 VHS. The 1991 VHS and 2002 were pre-cut for an 18 rating. A shorter version was released in the US with an R rating but is generally noted as uncut. There is also a longer TV version but the extra material doesn't add anything.
Summary Review
Given a boost from the delightfully manic performance of Stephen Geoffreys, 976-EVIL is a tidy little thriller served up by screenwriter Brian Helgeland and director Robert Freddy Krueger Englund.

Geoffreys plays a nerdish teenager who gets picked on all the time, a la Carrie White. He finds a vengeance via a telephone service called 976-EVIL which gives him satanic powers to wreak vengeance on those who have wronged him.

While there are some weaknesses in the plot, 976-EVIL has some chilling moments and Geoffreys is effectively cast. Sandy Dennis also makes an impression as his somewhat eccentric mama.

US Version

BBFC uncut
US Version
run: 92:23s
pal: 88:41s
MPAA RUK: BBFC details not yet published for:
  • 2020 Eureka [US Version + TV Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: A short US version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:

TV Version/Home Video Version

uncut
TV Version
run: 105m
pal: 101m
TVUK: BBFC details not yet published for:
  • 2020 Eureka [US Version + TV Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: There is a TV Version that contains superfluous additional dialogue probably restored from the cutting room floor. The running time tallies with a US home video version.

UK Version

BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut

cut: 1:02s
run: 98:24s
pal: 94:28s
18UK: A long version pre-cut by 1:02s was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2002 Cinema Club DVD
  • 1991 Polygram VHS
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
cut: 8s
run: 99:27s
pal: 95:28s
sub: 95:36s
18UK: A long version was passed 18 after 8s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1989 Medusa VHS
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
cut: 4s
run: 99:36s
pal: 95:37s
sub: 99:40s
18UK: A long version was passed 18 after 4s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1988 cinema release
            9 Songs - 2004 UK drama by Michael Winterbottom  See Hardcore 18s List: 9 Songs
            9to5: Days in Porn - 2008 Germany documentary by Jens  See Porn Diaries
 v          1941 - 1979 USA action comedy drama romance war by Steven Spielberg.


 X   1941

Link Here

1941 is a 1979 USA action comedy drama romance war by Steven Spielberg.
With Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Treat Williams. YouTube icon IMDb

The Theatrical Version was cut by the BBFC for an A rated cinema release. This was then released 12 uncut for home video. There is also a Director's Cut released in the US.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
12

MPAA
PG

~146:00s
=~140:00s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 12 uncut for moderate innuendo, nudity for:
  • 2014 Universal Director's Collection [Director's + Theatrical] R0 Blu-Ray at UK Amazon

Denmark: The Director's Cut is 15 rated for:

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA PG rated for:

  • 2015 Universal Studios [Theatrical + Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2014 Universal Director's Collection [Theatrical + Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2009 Universal R1 DVD via US Amazon

From version details on IMDb . The Director's Cut extends scenes as follows:

  • Wally and Dennis getting thrown out onto the street by Mr. Malcomb after he fires them from the diner where they work.
  • Miss Fitzroy lecturing a group of women, Betty and Maxine among them, about tonight's USO dance which is interupted by a group of Army service men and Sailors entering and chanting wanting the women.
  • A department store scene with Wally fussing about buying an expensive new zoot suit and Dennis sounding a phoney air-raid siren which leads to panic in the store including a gun-toting Santa Claus yelling out command orders which is revealed to be a set up by Wally who walks out of the store wearing the zoot suit while Dennis meets the twin girls for the first time.
  • A scene with Scioli outside his house arguing with his non-English speaking wife about converting their car into an armored car while talking with Claude about sending him and someone else atop the Santa Monica ferris wheel on a spot mission for Japanese planes.
  • A extra scene with Ito and the I-19 Japanese submarine shore party disguising themselves as Christmas trees in a remote Christmas tree lot and the drunken Hollis Wood trying to "chop" them down which leads to his capture.
  • Scioli arriving at the ferris wheel with Claude and Herbie and explaing to them about their mission in the ferris wheel.
  • A dinner scene at the Douglas home and Ward explaining to Betty about her going to the USO dance and telling her about the pros and cons about meeting servicemen.
  • A barracks scene with Odgen Johnson Jones arriving for the first time at the barracks and imediately quarling with the racist Foley about property lines within their quarters.
  • A scene outside the USO club where Wally arrives and meets with Martinez and his Zoot Suit friends where they are denied access to the club where Corporal Stretch shows up and sets Wally's zoot suit afire which nearly leads to a riot between the Zoot Suiters and the Servicemen. Wally then meets Dennis dressed up as a Marine in order to gain entrance into the club with the twins as his dates.
  • Additional dialoge between Captain Birkhead and Donna in their car on the way to the airstrip and being afraid of the dark.
  • Another barracks scene where Sergeant Tree breaks up a fistfight between Jones and Foley by informing them about the riot on Hollywood Blvd. and showing them climing into their tank and starting it up.
  • A scene of the Japanese submarine I-19 arriving for the first time outside the Douglas house and the sub's entire crew on the deck watching Joan Douglas taking a bath through the bathroom window.
  • A scene of the tank traveling down a residential street and Wally shooting up Officer Miller's police car to pieces, sending the policeman and some paserby's running for their lives.
uncut
Theatrical Version
12 cert

PG cert

MPAA
PG

112:35s UK: Theatrical Version was passed 12 uncut for mouthed strong language, moderate nudity and innuendo for:
  • 2014 Universal Director's Collection [Director's + Theatrical] R0 Blu-Ray at UK Amazon
  • 2010 Universal R2 DVD

US: Theatrical Version was passed PG uncut for:

  • 2014 Universal Director's Collection [Director's + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 1987 CIC VHS
BBFC cut
category cuts
A cert 118:28s
=113:44s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed A (PG) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1980 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

  • Cut to remove a kick to the groin where Wally confronts Sitarski and Betty
 v          1900 - 1976 Italy/France/West Germany drama by Bernardo Bertolucci.


 X   1900

Link Here
  • Novecento
1900 is a 1976 Italy/France/West Germany drama by Bernardo Bertolucci.
With Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu and Dominique Sanda. IMDb
Exists in 3 versions, a cut International Theatrical Version, the full length Italian Version and the Italian Version without a real sex masturbation scene.
Summary Notes

Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock (Depardieu), the other born to a land owner (de Niro). The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by supporting Communism, and how these events shape the destinies of the two main characters.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA Unrated

301:48s UK: The Uncut Italian Version was passed 18 uncut for one scene of strong real sex for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

From IMDb:

This version is uncut and includes the scenes with the main characters as young boys examining each other's genitals (this scene is much less graphic than many believe), and the prostitute masturbating Robert De Niro and Gerard Depardieu.
BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut

18303:19s UK: A pre-cut version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1992 Fox VHS

From cuts details on IMDb :

  • This version is missing the explicit masturbation shot when Robert De Niro and Gerard Depardieu visit the prostitute. Otherwise, it appears to be the complete Italian language version, and includes the scene where the two main characters play with their genitals as young boys.
BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut

18

MPAA R

244:54s
=235:06s
UK: The shortened US Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1990 CBS/Fox VHS
  • 1977 cinema release

The version was shortened by the distributors for running time concerns and to remove the sex scenes to avoid a US X rating

From IMDb. Among a dozen or so scenes that were removed or shortened:

  • Shorter shot of the boy dying in the very beginning
  • Deleted: Berlinghieri digging the wine out of the cellar before serving it to the peasants
  • Deleted: After Elma tells everyone of Berlinghieri's suicide, the crowd rejoices and dances
  • The first scene with Attila loses a speech
  • Graphic scenes of the mutilation of pigs is shortened
  • Deleted: After Regina taunts Ada with keys to the wine, Ada pours wine over Regina's head
  • Olmo's closing speech is shorter
  • The ending credits are deleted and the American version ends with just THE END.
 v          1971: Beyond Borders - 2017 war drama by Major Ravi.


 X   1971: Beyond Borders

Link Here

1971: Beyond Borders is a 2017 war drama by Major Ravi.
Starring Mohanlal, Allu Sirish and Asha Sharath.

BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated 2017 cinema release

Versions

BBFC cut
category cuts
3:27s
12A 130:37s UK: Passed 12A for infrequent strong language, moderate violence, images of real dead bodies after 3:27s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 2017 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
  • The distributor chose to remove scenes of strong violence and bloody detail in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 was available.
            1990: The Bronx Warriors - 1982 Italy Sci-Fi film by Enzo G. Castellari  See The Bronx Warriors
 v          1968 Tunnel Rats - 2008 Canada / Germany action war drama by Uwe Boll.


 X   1968 Tunnel Rats

Link Here
  • 1968 Tunnel rats
1968 Tunnel Rats is a 2008 Canada / Germany action war drama by Uwe Boll.
Starring Michael Paré, Wilson Bethel and Mitch Eakins. IMDb
Uncut in the UK, In the US the MPAA R rated version is cut but the Unrated Version is uncut.

Summary Notes

During the Vietnam War the U.S. Army brass decides to create a special unit called the Tunnel Rats. Their main mission is to clean-up the Viet-Cong network of tunnels found in the Cu-Chi district outside the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon.The tunnels have become a major nuisance for the U.S. Forces stationed around and inside Saigon. From these tunnels the Viet-Cong can launch devastating and unexpected attacks on any nearby American base as well as on Saigon itself. After the attacks the Viet-Cong forces disappear into the extensive network of tunnels as fast as they appeared, leaving the pursuing Americans empty-handed. The first Tunnel Rats units arrive in the Cu-Chi district in 1968 and they are special-trained to fight hand-to-hand combats underground. They can only rely on a flashlight, a knife and a pistol to try to flush the enemy out. The tunnels, varying in size and length, are booby-trapped with mines and grenades, punji sticks, tripwires, poisonous snakes and enemy ...

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA Unrated

92:14s UK: The Unrated Version/Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

mpaa cut
3:16s
MPAA R US: There is also a cut R Rated Version shorter by 3:16s.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

 v          99 Women - Liechtenstein/Spain/Italy/West Germany/UK prison film by Jesus Franco.


 X   99 Women

Link Here
  • Ninety Nine Women
  • Der Heiße Tod
  • 99 donne
  • 99 mujeres
  • Island of Despair
  • Isle of Lost Women
  • Prostitutes in Prison
  • Sex im Frauengefängnis
  • The Hot Death
  • Women's Penitentiary XII
  • Les Brulants
99 Women is a Liechtenstein/Spain/Italy/West Germany/UK prison film by Jesus Franco.
With Maria Schell, Luciana Paluzzi and Mercedes McCambridge. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Banned in the UK by the BBFC and later cut. Uncut elsewhere as the Director's Cut. There is also a French Version with hardcore inserts.
Summary Notes: A bit disappointing
The newest batch of detainees arrives at a remote women's prison. The fortress-like prison is ruled with an iron hand by Thelma Diaz (Mercedes McCambridge), a woman who has no qualms against death or torture. But when a new state official takes notice of the body count coming out of the prison, Diaz must prove her ability and hide the truth. As the powers that be turn up the pressure it sets up a daring escape by several of the ladies.

"Women in prison" flicks can be a mixed bag. Many offer the usual softcore action (usually of the lesbian variety) and / or nasty torture sequences that often exploit. But 99 Women doesn't really offer too much of either. 99 is actually more artistic than most of the "W.I.P." films that I've seen and as a result it comes off as a bit bland. The photography is fine but with most of the action taking place indoors the camera-work is not flashy. The acting is pretty decent but the script is a bit "talky" in an unnecessary way.

The softcore action is not awfully titillating since many of the scenes are shot in an "artistic" fashion the X-rated version does offer some hardcore inserts but you can easily tell they were added much latter since they don't match. "99 Women" has some style but not a lot of substance. A bit disappointing.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 86m
pal: 83m
MPAA UnratedUS: The Director's Cut is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2016 Blue Underground Limited Edition [Director's Cut + Hardcore Version] (RA) Blu-ray/(R1) DVD Combo at US Amazon
  • 2016 Blue Underground [Director's Cut only] (RA) Blu-ray/(R1) DVD Combo at US Amazon
  • 2013 Blue Underground Bad Girls Behind Bars Collection R0 DVD at US Amazon
  • 2005 Blue Underground R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
uncut
X Rated Version
run: 98m
pal: 94m

MPAA UnratedUS: The X Rated Version/Notorious French Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

This is a French local version with nearly irrelevant hardcore inserts added in by another director shooting new footage.

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:00s
run: 88:30s
pal: 84:58s
sub:
sub:

18UK: Passed 18 after 1:00s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2007 Redemption R0 DVD

The BBFC commented:

  • Distributor was required to cut sight of animal cruelty (a snake being stabbed and hacked at by a woman using a knife)

The satellite version being broadcast on Movies 4 Men is slightly cut but does show the snake killing.

banned
banned

rejected

UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1969 cinema release titled Ninety Nine Women
            Ninja II - 2013 Thailand/USA action crime thriller by Isaac Florentine.  See Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
 v          Ninja 3: The Domination - 1984 USA action horror by Sam Firstenberg.


 X   Ninja 3: The Domination

Link Here
  • Ninja III: The Domination
Ninja 3: The Domination is a 1984 USA action horror by Sam Firstenberg.
With Shô Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1984 cinema release. Uncut for 15 rated 2015 DVD/Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review: Ninja Possessed

An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.

Mixes martial arts with The Exorcist like horror. The horror elements thrown on screen are simply laughable, but the film works as a mindless action/martial arts flick.

The fight scenes are well-choreographed and exciting, and the film is never boring.

Versions

uncut
uncut
15

MPAA R

Japan flag

93:09s UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

Japan:

BBFC cut
1:12s
18 91:43s UK: Passed 18 after 1:12s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1984 cinema release
 v          Ninja Academy - 1989 US comedy by Nico Mastorakis


 X   Ninja Academy

Link Here

Ninja Academy is a 1989 US comedy by Nico Mastorakis
Starring Will Egan, Gerald Okamura and Kelly Randall BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for 2024 Blu-ray release but a shorter version was released on 15 rated VHS in 1989.

Summary Notes

"Police Academy" styled film offers its laughs at the expense of students of the obvious school for ninjas.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 92:47s
pal: 89:04s
MPAA R

15

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong nudity, language:

  • 2024 Arrow Film Blu-ray (rated 22/07/2024)

uncut
uncut
run: 87:58s
pal: 84:27s
BBFC 15 1982UK: A short version was BBFC 15 rated for strong nudity, language:
  • 1989 Guild Home VHS (rated 31/08/1989)

 v          Ninja Dragon


 X   Ninja Dragon

Link Here

Ninja Dragon

Versions

? 18? 1986 Hong Kong martial arts film by Godfrey Ho

I have been told that the Hollywood DVD release is in fact uncut but I cannot see any record of the change in the BBFC database

23s 1886:37s Braveworld version

Shots of ninja throwing stars were deleted

 v          Ninja Hunter


 X   Ninja Hunter

Link Here
  • Wu-Tang v Ninja
  • Shaolin Hero
Ninja Hunter

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert88:12s Ninja Hunter is a 1987 Taiwan comedy action fantasy by Kuo-Ren Wu.
With Jack Long, Tien-chi Cheng, Chi Ping Chang. IMDb

UK: Passed 15 uncut for:

  • 2003 DVD.COM/Showbox R2 DVD titled Wu-Tang v Ninja at US Amazon

The running times don't quite add up but the consensus is that this release is uncut.

BBFC cut
1:54s
1887:46s UK: Passed 18 after 1:54s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 Hillbit VHS titled Ninja Hunter

The cuts were to remove all footage showing throwing stars

BBFC cut
1:01s
1888:34s UK: Passed 18 after 1:54s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 Ocean VHS titled Ninja Hunter
The cuts were to remove all footage showing throwing stars
 v          Ninja Kids


 X   Ninja Kids

Link Here

Ninja Kids

Versions

uncut 15 cert87:39s 1986 Philippines action film by Pablo Santiago

The BBFC waived their cuts and awarded 15 certificate to the 2007 Dragon DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

5s 1887:36s The BBFC cut the 1986 Atlas video by 5s
19s 1887:26s The BBFC cut the 1986 Portland video by 19s
 v          Ninja Kill


 X   Ninja Kill

Link Here

Ninja Kill

Versions

1:25s 15 cert85:30s 1987 Hong Kong film by Joseph Lai

Cut when submitted in 1987

 v          Ninja Killer


 X   Ninja Killer

Link Here

Ninja Killer

Versions

3s 1886:30s 1973 Hong Kong action film by Lawrence Chan

Cut when submitted in 1986

 v   The Ninja Mission


 X   The Ninja Mission

Link Here

The Ninja Mission

Versions

uncut
uncut
Sweden flag
15 rated
~95:00s Ninja Mission is a 1984 Sweden/UK martial arts film by Matts Helge.
With Krzysztof Kolberger, Hanna Pola and Bo F. Munthe. IMDb

Sweden: Uncut and 15 rated for:

Summary Review: Cult Following

Set in the cold war, a Russian scientist trying to defect to the west (via Sweden) with his top secret formula which, so we're led to believe could potentially shift the balance of power to the Russians if they were able to decipher it. Russians trick him into believing that he has been flown into Sweden where he can complete his work in safety. The CIA resolve to send in a squad of Swedish Ninja to retrieve him from behind enemy lines.

The Ninja Mission has developed a bit of a cult following around the world. In fact one of the highest grossing films Sweden has ever created. The film contains countless slow-motion battles and tones and tones of splatterific blood, but the ninja often fall back on semi automatic weapons to take care of business rather than the martial arts skills.

Other reviewers place the film in the middling bracket.

BBFC
15s
1894:51s UK : Passed 18 after 15s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1994 MIA VHS
BBFC
1:01s
1896:36s UK : Passed 18 after 1:01s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 19874 Xtasy VHS
 v          Ninja Scroll


 X   Ninja Scroll

Link Here
  • Jûbei ninpûchô
  • Jubei Ninpocho: The Wind Ninja Chronicles
Ninja Scroll

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

87:50s Ninja Scroll is a 1993 Japan animation action adventure fantasy thriller by Mamoru Oshii.
With Kôichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara and Takeshi Aono. IMDb

UK: Passed 18 uncut after previous BBFC cuts waived for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

Summary Review : Fantastic

A ninja-for-hire is forced into fighting an old nemesis who is bent on overthrowing the Japanese government. His nemesis is also the leader of a group of demons each with superhuman powers.

Ninja Scroll is usually one of the first anime films people see along with Akira and Ghost in the Shell , and with good reason too as it's fantastic!

The plot is very good, it moves along at a sensible pace with a good balance between dialogue and action and unfolds cleverly, giving the viewer snippets of what's going on along the way and piecing it together thoroughly at the end.

The film fully deserves it's 18 certificate as Ninja Scroll is very violent and has many other scenes and themes of an adult nature as a warning to those who decide to watch it lightly.

BBFC
53s
1890:20s
=86:43s
UK: Passed 18 after 53s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1997 Manga VHS
  • 1995 Manga VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The BBFC were deleting sights of martial arts weaponry at this time:

  • The first cut occurs during the scene where Tessai kills the ninjas in the forest. A scene where all the ninjas simultaneously throw Shurikens at Tessai has been cut.
  • The next cut occurs during the scene where Tessai sexually assaults Kagero. He rips off her top and proceeds to lick her breasts, legs, and crotch. She then wakes up and he grabs her throat and says 'Shut up and perhaps I'll let you live just a little bit longer. Don't let it cross your mind that I wouldn't mind raping a dead girl'
  • The only other cut is made to a close up of the Poison Shiuriken as it impales Jubei.
 v          Ninja: Shadow of a Tear - 2013 Thailand/USA action crime thriller by Isaac Florentine.


 X   Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

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  • Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear is a 2013 Thailand/USA action crime thriller by Isaac Florentine.
Starring Scott Adkins, Ron Smoorenburg and Vithaya Pansringarm. YouTube icon IMDb
BBFC animal cruelty cuts were required for 2014 15 rated DVD and Blu-ray, Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes

Ninjitsu master Casey is back and out for revenge when his pregnant wife is murdered.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA R ~96:00s
=~91:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
4s
15 91:01s UK: Passed 15 for Strong violence, bloody detail after 4s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 2016 Lionsgate RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2014 Lionsgate UK RB Blu-ray
  • 2014 Lionsgate UK R2 DVD
The BBFC commented:
  • Cuts were required to remove sight of cockfighting.

The BBFC further commented in the Annual Report covering 2014:

The BBFC sought assurances as to how the scene was filmed and, although the company confirmed that some precautions were taken to help minimise injury, such as putting rubber caps over claws, it was determined that the scene still involved cruel goading to fury.

 v   The Ninja Squad - 1986 Hong Kong action film by Godfrey Ho.


 X   The Ninja Squad

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  • L'enfer des ninja
The Ninja Squad is a 1986 Hong Kong action film by Godfrey Ho.
Starring Richard Harrison, Dave Wheeler and Eduardo Martinez. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 15 rated VHS in 1987. Uncut on DVD but with no entry in the BBFC database.
Summary Notes

Set in Great Shanghai - two rival gangs, the Furious Fox and the Black Eagle are fighting to establish domination in the territory. Only one force can stop the never-ending killings... The Ninja Dragon!

Versions

uncut
uncut
No Cert86:37s UK: Uncut for:

There's no sign of BBFC database entry for this uncut release.

BBFC cut
cuts
1:17s
1585:44s

submitted
86:47s
UK: Passed 15 after 1:17s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 Video Programme Dists VHS

The BBFC cuts were to remove the sight of throwing stars

 v          Ninja Squad: Killers Invisible - 1984 Taiwan crime adventure thriller by Kuo-Ren Wu (as Wu Kuo-Jen).


 X   Ninja Squad: Killers Invisible

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  • The Super Ninja
  • Killers Invincible
  • Ninja Squad: Killers Invincible
Ninja Squad: Killers Invisible is a 1984 Taiwan crime adventure thriller by Kuo-Ren Wu (as Wu Kuo-Jen).
Starring Alexander Lo Rei, Eugene Thomas and Chung-Erh Lung. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1987 VHS and 2007 DVD

Versions

BBFC cut
4:40s
1887:02s UK: Passed 18 after 4:40s of compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 2007 Video Programme Dists/Drogon R1 DVD titled Killers Invincible
  • 1987 Video Programme Dists VHS
 v          Ninja Star: Nin Nin


 X   Ninja Star: Nin Nin

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  • Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun
  • the Movie
Ninja Star: Nin Nin

Versions

3:17s 15 Certificate112:26s 2004 Japanese action movie by Masayuki Suzuki

The BBFC required 3:17s cuts for the 2007 Elephant DVD. Distributor was required to remove a shot of an illegal horse fall from a trailer attached to the main work

 v          Ninja Terminator - 1985 Hong Kong martial arts film by Godfrey Ho


 X   Ninja Terminator

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Ninja Terminator is a 1985 Hong Kong martial arts film by Godfrey Ho
with Richard Harrison, Jang Lee Hwang and Jonathan Wattis. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for VHS. The film was released in the UK uncut on DVD but there is no BBFC database entry for this. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Magical Powers
Three martial-arts students search for the Golden Ninja Warrior, a statue reputed to have magic powers.

The endless fight scenes are expertly choreographed and carried out with a gusto you never saw from the likes of Michael Dudikoff in his American Ninja films -- fights just seem to happen for almost no apparent reason, rarely advancing the plot or serving any purpose other than ninja action for its own sake. But do we care? Not at all!

Ninja movies can be hit or miss, and this one's a definite hit. It's outrageous,

Versions

uncut
uncut
No Cert

MPAA Unrated

87:10s UK: Uncut for:
No sign of this release in the BBFC database though.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
2:07s
18 85:03s UK: Passed 18 after 2:07s of BBFC cuts for
  • 1986 VCI VHS

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

  • Many images of ninja throwing stars were removed
 v          Ninja the Protector - 1986 Canada / Hong Kong / USA action crime film by Godfrey Ho.


 X   Ninja the Protector

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  • Ninja Protector
  • Ninja: The Story
Ninja the Protector is a 1986 Canada / Hong Kong / USA action crime film by Godfrey Ho.
Starring Richard Harrison, David Bowles and Warren Chan. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1986. Uncut on 2002 DVD but this is not in the BBFC database.
Summary Notes

Two brothers, Warren and David, try to defeat the evil forger who is making their lives a misery.

Versions

uncut
uncut
No Cert85:20s UK: Uncut but no sign of a BBFC certificate for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
1:12s
18 84:08s

UK: Passed 18 after 1:12s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1986 The Video Collection [adb BRAVEWORLD] VHS

The BBFC have cut multiple sights of throwing stars and chain sticks. Several fights have been cut for kicks and knife attacks.

            Ninja vs. Shaolin Guards - 1984 Taiwan action film by Mai Chen Jsai.  See Hero of Shaolin
 v          Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu: Home - 2011 children's TV cartoon by Justin Murphy.


 X   Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu: Home (Season 1 Episode 2)

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Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu: Home is a 2011 children's TV cartoon by Justin Murphy.
With Ian James Corlett, Jillian Michaels and John Novak. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for a PG rated 2012 cinema release, but uncut for 2015 home video.

Versions

uncut
uncut
PG cert22:00s UK: Passed PG uncut for mild fantasy violence and use of martial arts weapons for:
  • 2015 Warner Home video
BBFC cut
12s
PG cert 21:48s UK: Passed PG for mild fantasy violence and use of martial arts weapons after 12s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2012 cinema release

The BBFC explained:

  • A cut was required to remove a scene in which a character with whom children may identify is shown hiding inside a fridge. Given the likely appeal of the work to young children, an uncut classification was not available.
 v          Nixon - 1995 USA historical biography by Oliver Stone.


 X   Nixon

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Nixon is a 1995 USA historical biography by Oliver Stone.
Starring Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen and Powers Boothe. IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

Writer, Producer, and Director Oliver Stone's exploration of former President Richard Nixon's strict Quaker upbringing, his nascent political strivings in law school, and his strangely self-effacing courtship of his wife, Pat (Joan Allen). The contradictions in his character are revealed early, in the vicious campaign against Helen Gahagan Douglas and the oddly masochistic Checkers speech. His defeat at the hands of the hated and envied John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, followed by the loss of the 1962 California gubernatorial race, seem to signal the end of his career. Yet, although wholly lacking in charisma, Nixon remains a brilliant political operator, seizing the opportunity provided by the backlash against the antiwar movement to take the Presidency in 1968. It is only when safely in office, running far ahead in the polls for the 1972 Presidential election, that his growing paranoia comes to full flower, triggering the Watergate scandal.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
run: 190:59s
pal: 183:21s
MPAA UnratedUS: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2019 KL Studio Classics [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 21st May 2019
BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 191:33s
pal: 183:53s
15 1980UK: Passed 15 uncut:
  • 1996 Entertainment in VHS
  • 1996 cinema release

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