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2005 Italy horror by Alessandro Capone, Pablo Dammicco, Volfango De Biasi, recently banned by the BBFC, set for US Blu-ray release on 10th June 2025
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Reality Killers is a 2005 Italy horror by Alessandro Capone, Pablo Dammicco, Volfango De Biasi
Starring Valter D'Errico and Cristina Puccinelli
Banned by the BBFC for 2024 video. The US release is uncut and MPA Unrated. Summary Notes We follow perverse serial killer 'The Sculptor' as he parades the viewer through
his extensive collection of snuff videotapes. What follows is a series of candid vignettes of horrific intensity which will test the nerves of even the most hardened of horror fans.
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- 2024 Treasured Films Limited Edition R0 Blu-ray
The BBFC commented: Reality Killers is a horror film in which a man obsessed with violent snuff videos, featuring people being abused, tortured and killed, goes on to commit his own similar crimes.
Reality Killers consists of a series of short vignettes in which people, including women and children, are killed. In some cases, acts of sadistic violence follow or involve sexual behaviour and nudity. The protagonist acts as a
narrator, relishing in the violence and endorsing the actions of the killers. Women, in particular, are portrayed as either sexual objects to be abused or as predatory killers themselves. Potentially harmful attitudes, such as the suggestion that victims
and perpetrators enjoy violence, and that women are presented primarily as sex objects or predatory killers, are not clearly challenged, nor is there a narrative counterbalance to the sustained focus on sadism. As a last resort,
the BBFC may find content unsuitable for classification, in line with the objective of preventing non-trivial harm risks to potential viewers and, through their behaviour, to society. In our Classification Guidelines we state that this may occur where a
central concept is unacceptable, such as a sustained focus on rape, other non-consensual sexually violent behaviour or sadistic violence. The guidelines also state that we consider whether the availability of the material to the age group concerned would
run contrary to broad public opinion. The BBFC considered whether the film's issues could be adequately addressed through intervention such as cuts. As Reality Killers consists almost entirely of scenes of sadistic violence and
abuse, we determined that cuts would not effectively address these issues. The film, when taken as a whole, transgresses BBFC Classification Guidelines and policy, and we believe that its classification even at 18 would run contrary to broad public
opinion. The BBFC therefore found Reality Killers to be unsuitable for classification. :
Mike Comments Reality Killers has been made available in the UK via import from the US. I got mine
today and watched it, so here are a few comments: Most importantly, this is the tamest film the BBFC have rejected in a very long time. I'm struggling to remember a single shot which, on the face of it, would breach BBFC
guidelines. Quite a lot of characters get killed but none of them in an especially gruesome way, and the special effects aren't up to much so it's hard to take seriously. The BBFC rejection statement mentions child killings, but there's only one and it's
totally non-sexualised and non-sadistic. The killings of women have less effect than they might in that they're often shot in low light or with shaky camerawork, and usually we see the aftermath rather than the act itself. One
puzzling aspect is that several of the sexually-motivated killings are committed by women against men. The BBFC line on this has long been that such scenes don't pose a meaningful harm risk because there is no research evidence that such scenes are
harmful to viewers, even if sexualised. The last time such a scene was cut was in Neighbour (2009). So we might have expected the BBFC to go easy on those scenes at least. Not so - the rejection statement says that women are presented primarily as sex
objects or predatory killers. So even when women are committing murders the BBFC still condemns the filmmakers. Very strange. The BBFC have often had problems in the past with films which fail to include enough narrative to tie
together their scenes of sexual and non-sexual violence. Films in which we just see the killer murdering people with no wider narrative, explanation of why they kill, whether they get punished for their crimes, etc. are often viewed with suspicion. (Hate
Crime and Grotesque are good examples of that). The problem that Reality Killers has is that it's a film almost without narrative. We assumed initially that it was directed by Alessandro Capone, but it turns out that although he
did shoot one section, his role was basically as chaperone to some inexperienced young directors who were being given their first chance in the industry. So several people shot different parts of this film, and the only connection between them was that
they featured snuff killers. Hence there is no single killer who commits all the murders. In many scenes it's not even clear which of the murderers we've met so far is doing the killing. The film's producer tried to introduce an element of continuity by
filming some scenes with a fat man in a mask and interspersing them with the rest of the footage to make it look like he is the killer. But it doesn't really work, and there are just several killers none of whom we get to know. I think it's the lack of
context and narrative that was the BBFC's main problem. If you go in to this film having read that you're about to see a depraved snuff killer's home video collection and assume it must be like the August Underground Trilogy or
Murder Set Pieces, you're going to be extremely disappointed.
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The latest film to be cut by the BBFC
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Marching Powder is a 2025 comedy thriller by Nick Love
Starring Stephanie Leonidas, Danny Dyer and Philippe Brenninkmeyer
BBFC cuts were required for 2025 cinema and video release.
Summary Notes Middle-aged Jack, arrested for drugs, strives in 6 weeks to repair marriage, curb bullying in-law, and guide stepbrother Kenny Boy, but his efforts fail as life spirals out of
control.
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- 2025 True Brit Entertainment video (rated 28/02/2025)
- 2025 True Brit Entertainment cinema release (rated 21/02/2025)
The BBFC commented: Company was required to make a compulsory change to one scene to remove a potentially indecent image involving a child. The original version of the scene showed a child in the same shot as some
explicit material playing on a laptop behind him. Company addressed this issue by substituting the images on the laptop screen with non explicit images. Cut made in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1978. No footage was removed as the cuts
were made by digital substitution.
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violence and sexual content:
- 2025 True Brit cinema release (2025 rated 04/02/2025)
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1991 Hong Kong comedy mystery fantasy by Michael Mak, once cut by the BBFC, just released on UK Blu-ray and DVD
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Sex and Zen is a 1991 Hong Kong comedy mystery fantasy by Michael Mak.
Starring Amy Yip, Lawrence Ng and Kent Cheng.
 
Heavily cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1997 VHS. Less cuts were required for 2007 DVD and in 2024 the film was uncut and BBFC 18 rated for Blu-ray. Summary Notes A man marries a beautiful wife, but decides to go out and experience as many sexual conquests as possible, with unusual and often hilarious results. Meanwhile, his wife is forced to enter a brothel and work as a prostitute.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong sex, sexual violence, nudity:
- 2024 88 Films Collector's Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released
on 24th February 2025
- 2024 88 Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad released on 24th February 2025
Promotional Material "Banned for 400 years!" screamed the original poster and you can see why as this erotic comedy is brilliantly bizarre, pretty sleazy and downright weird. Also known as The
Carnal Prayer Mat's Stash of Illicit Love and slightly based on the seventeenth century novel The Carnel Prayer Mat, we follow a desperate man who is convinced by his mentor that he needs to be "well equipped" to pleasure his wife, so he has a
horses appendage transplanted onto him! From here on in it gets really strange! A box-office hit in Hong Kong, this Category III movie is an erotic experience like no other and presented here UNCUT and remastered for the very first time.
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1979 Hong Kong/Taiwan action kung fu drama by Wei Lo just released on UK 4K Blu-ray
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Dragon Fist is a 1979 Hong Kong/Taiwan action kung fu drama by Wei Lo
Starring Jackie Chan, Nora Miao and James Tien
Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for cinema and video. There is also a shortened version released in the US. Summary Notes Tong Huo-wan seeks redress from the man responsible
for his master's death, but becomes entangled in a feud between a local clan and gangsters.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong violence:
Promotional Material Director Wei Lo and martial arts legend Jackie Chan are back together in a kung-fu saturated story of revenge and justice. Tong Huo-wan (Chan) is on the hunt for retribution for the
death of his mentor whilst also balancing out the power between locals and violent gangsters as well as dealing with the devastating news that his masters family are joining a rival school! Chan is on red-hot form here, as a seemingly indestructible man
determined to right all wrongs, even if that means going against his teachings.
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2024 US/UK/Hungary horror mystery by Robert Eggers set for UK 4K Blu-ray release on 7th April 2025
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Nosferatu is a 2024 US/UK/Hungary horror mystery by Robert Eggers
Starring Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult and Bill Skarsgård
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.
Summary Notes A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
UK: The Theatrical
Version is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong horror, injury detail, violence, sex:
- 2025 Universal [Theatrical + Extended Versions] R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon
#ad released on 7th April 2025
- 2025 Universal [Theatrical + Extended Versions] R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon #ad released on 7th April 2025
- 2025 Universal
[Theatrical + Extended Versions] R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad released on 7th April 2025
Promotional Material Robert Egger's Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin and Willem Dafoe.
Special Features
- Deleted Scenes
- Nosferatu: A Modern Masterpiece
- Feature Commentary with Writer/director Robert Eggers
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1978 Italy romance by Walerian Borowczyk, once cut by the BBFC, just released on UK Blu-ray
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Behind Convent Walls is a 1978 Italy romance by Walerian Borowczyk
Starring Ligia Branice, Howard Ross and Marina Pierro
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1978 cinema release and was further cut for 1987 VHS. The cut cinema version was 18 rated for 1996 VHS and the film was passed 18 uncut for 2012 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes On the surface the women at the convent are your average nuns. However, what they get up to in their spare time is far from what you'd expect from nuns.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong sex scenes:
Promotional Material A lushly filmed exploration of the relationship between flesh and spirit from Polish provocateur Walerian Borowczyk, director of Blanche ,
The Beast , and Immoral Tales . Behind the walls of an apparently serene convent, a zealous abbess tries in vain to keep order and prevent her sexually repressed charges from
experiencing the sins of the flesh. When the unfortunate young nuns get out of control, the church inflicts cruel punishment for their carnal crimes. Erotic, colourful and highly charged, Behind Convent Walls features striking handheld cinematography by Luciano Tovoli (
Suspiria ) and the final performance of Borowczyk's wife, Ligia Branice. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original 35mm camera negatives
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless English
and Italian mono audio options
- Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English
soundtrack
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic Justine Smith
- Anarchic Nuns and the Artistry of Desire , a new appreciation by
film scholar Virginie Sélavy
- Brief Von Paris (1975), a short film by Walerian Borowczyk
- Theatrical trailer
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Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork options
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2000 USA / Germany Sci-Fi thriller by Tarsem Singh, once cut in the US, just released on UK 4K Blu-ray
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The Cell is a 2000 USA / Germany Sci-Fi thriller by Tarsem Singh.
Starring Jennifer Lopez and Vince Vaughn and Vincent D'Onofrio.
The International Version released in the UK with an 18 rating is uncut. Some US releases are cut for an MPAA R rating. However the 2015 Blu-ray is Uncut and MPAA Unrated Summary Notes
An FBI agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim. UK: Uncut
and BBFC 18 rated for sexualised violence, strong bloody violence, sex references:
- 2025 Arrow Video R0 4K Blu-ray/RB Blu-ray Combo [International Version + US Version]
at UK Amazon #ad released on 20th January 2025
Promotional Material HIS MIND IS HER PRISON Sublime, grotesque and visually ravishing, Tarsem Singh's debut feature delivers on the extraordinary artistry of his work in music video and
commercials as it takes the audience on a journey through the bizarre worlds inside the mind of a killer. When serial murderer Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio) falls into a coma with his latest victim still trapped in an unknown location and
waiting to die, the FBI turn to psychologist Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) for help. Using an experimental technology she enters the dark dreamscape of Stargher's mind, attempting to learn his secrets before it's too late. But his unconscious is a
twisted nightmare, a labyrinth that threatens to trap her inside his terrifying world forever. To save a life, she'll have to risk her own. With a script by Mark Protosevich ( I Am Legend ), and a supporting cast
that includes Vince Vaughn ( Brawl in Cell Block 99 ) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste ( In Fabric ), The Cell is a gripping, edge-of-the-seat thriller,
filled with jaw-dropping imagery that will entrance and unsettle in equal measure. 2-DISC 4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 4K restorations of both the 107-minute Theatrical Cut and the 109-minute Director's Cut by Arrow Films, approved by director Tarsem Singh
- Includes bonus disc containing a
previously unseen version of the film with alternate aspect ratio and alternate grading created by director of photography Paul Laufer
- Original lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio
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Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Illustrated collector's book containing new writing on the film by critics Heather Drain, Marc Edward Heuck, Josh Hurtado, and
Virat Nehru
- Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Savieri
DISC 1 - FEATURE & EXTRAS (4K ULTRA HD) -
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray® (2160p) presentation of both the Theatrical and Director's cuts of the film in its original 2.39:1 aspect ratio with Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Brand new audio
commentary with film scholars Josh Nelson & Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- Brand new audio commentary with screenwriter Mark Protosevich & film critic Kay Lynch
- Archive audio commentary with director Tarsem Singh
- Archive audio commentary with director of photography Paul Laufer, production designer Tom Foden, makeup supervisor Michèle Burke, costume designer April Napier, visual effects supervisor Kevin Tod Haug, and
composer Howard Shore
- Projection of the Mind's Eye , a new feature-length interview with director Tarsem Singh
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Between Two Worlds , a new in-depth interview with director of photography Paul Laufer
DISC 2 - ALTERNATE VERSION & EXTRAS (BLU-RAY) - Previously unseen version of the
Theatrical Cut of the film, presented in 1.78:1 aspect ratio with alternate grading, from a 2K master created by director of photography Paul Laufer
- High Definition Blu-ray® (1080p) presentation
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Paul Laufer Illuminates , a new interview about the alternate master of The Cell presented on this disc
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Art is Where You Find It , a new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- The Costuming Auteur , a new visual essay by film
critic Abby Bender
- Style as Substance: Reflections on Tarsem , an archive featurette
- Eight deleted/extended scenes with optional audio
commentary by director Tarsem Singh
- Six multi-angle archive visual effects vignettes
- Theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
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