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Resuming a series detailing old BBFC cuts to the Carry On films
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Carry on Girls is a 1973 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas
Starring Sidney James, Barbara Windsor and Joan Sims
 Category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1973. Video releases are
PG rated and slightly less cut. Summary Notes Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest.
But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
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Marilyn Monroe biopic, Blonde, enjoys a little hype for its MPA NC-17 rating. Not that the reporter knows what an NC-17 rating actually means though. See
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Old BBFC category cuts revealed for Lewis Teague's 1980 horror
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Alligator is a 1980 USA horror by Lewis Teague.
Starring Robert Forster, Robin Riker and Michael V Gazzo.
 
BBFC category cuts were required for an A rated 1982 cinema release. Uncut and 15 rated for home video. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. Summary Notes A baby alligator is flushed
down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded lab rats, injected with growth hormones. The small animal grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage. Alligator is an over the top, ridiculous and fun
man vs. beast horror movie. Think a B-movie version of Jaws if he were on steroids and able to jump out of the water and run through the streets looking for food. For the viewer that likes his horror gory Alligator has
significant bright red blood splattered about as the beast chomps away and devours his victims throughout the city neighbourhoods and sewers.
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- 2010 Anchor Bay Double Bill R2 DVD at UK Amazon
- 2003
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- 2000 Digital Entertainment video
- 1991 Braveworld VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
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Thanks to Vince: I remember this cinema film being advertised as an AA but the distributors got cold feet and released it as an A (with cuts). The quad poster had a white sticker over one of the A's on it!. These BBFC
category cuts were. Reel 1 - Opening sequence in which alligator attacks trainer was reduced, removing close-ups of alligator biting man.
- Sight of dismembered
leg was reduced to flash shot only.
Reel 3 - Sequence of alligator tearing policeman's leg off as he hangs onto car door was reduced.
Reel 4 - Sequence in which small boy is thrown into swimming pool was reduced by removing his look of fear when
he sees the alligator.
- Dialogue What the fuck was removed.
Reel 5 - Sight of man struggling as he is pulled into boat and alligator biting his legs off was reduced.
- In garden party attack, shot of maid in alligator's jaws was removed, as was sight of maid with bloody face and sight of man in white jacket being eaten.
- Killing of Mayor, was reduced by removing sight of his bloody face against car window and shot of him in alligator's jaws.
- Smashing
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A 15A rating should be introduced for The Batman so young fans aren't deprived of watching it. By Scott Bates See article from metro.co.uk
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Film censors have different opinions about the age rating for The Batman and it causes border friction in Northern Ireland
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The Batman is a 2021 USA action crime drama by Matt Reeves.
Starring Robert Pattinson.
International film censors have different opinions about the age rating for The Batman. In
particular
- US: Rated PG-13 for strong violent and disturbing content, drug content, strong language, and some suggestive material
- Ireland: Rated 15A for strong violence and intense action sequences
- UK: Rated 15 for strong threat, violence
Of course where there's an easy to cross border these differences may make a commercial impact. Cinemas in Northern Ireland are worried that groups with 12 to 14 year olds would travel to Eire so that the youngsters could see the film. The cinema
chain Movie House asked Belfast Council to overrule the UK BBFC rating of 15 and instead enforce an Irish IFCO 15A rating which allows under 15s to see the film if accompanied by an adult. However Belfast councillors rejected the request with
several councillors noting that they haven't seen the film so are not best placed to overrule the BBFC rating. Movie House managing director Michael McAdam wanted the rating to be lowered to 15A. He pointed out it would be on a streaming service in
weeks, when parents can decide if their children can watch it, putting cinemas at a disadvantage. He added: The world has changed. We used to have a five-month window, now streaming services are becoming stronger, he said.
At home, parents can permit their children to watch it on TV, but at the cinema the same parent would be breaking the law.
Edward Lamberti of the BBFC said that most superhero films get a lower age classification. But The Batman movie
was different, and the BBFC hadn't given it a 15 lightly: It is a stronger, tougher, bleaker movie than is typically the case with a superhero film.
He made reference to films such as The Joker, which
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The Kenya film censor bans gay themed Indian film titled Badhaai Do
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Badhaai Do is a 2022 India comedy by Harshavardhan Kulkarni
Starring Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar and Sheeba Chaddha
Shardul Thakur and Suman Singh enter into a marriage of gay
convenience but chaos ensues when her girlfriend comes to stay with them.
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KCFB) has banned a gay-themed Indian film titled Badhaaai Do . Sammy Wambua, the Film Board's acting Chief Executive
said that the film tries to directly influence the viewer into believing that homosexuality is a normal way of life. He added: The multiple scenes of lesbian and gay affection depicted in the film are in complete
disregard of our cultural values and beliefs. The film in question overtly disregards our laws, constitution, and sensibilities as a people.
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Cuts to a Chinese streamed version of Fight Club reduced after widespread protests
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Fight Club is a 1999 USA / Germany drama by David Fincher.
Starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter.
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept
catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
Chinese streaming giant Tencent has reinstated the original ending of the
Hollywood movie Fight Club after a censored version last month sparked backlash. The original ending to the 1999 film Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt, shows scenes of explosions and relentless fighting. But China's version simply showed a message on
screen saying the authorities won and saved the day. The replacement version on Tencent reportedly restores about 11 of the 12 minutes that were cut. The scenes still missing are those featuring nudity. The changes to the ending were: [
Spoilers! hover or click text below]
The film's original finale shows Norton's character killing his alter ego, before bombs destroy buildings in a subversive plot to reorder society. China's version of the film, which was only released last month, cut all those
scenes, and instead explained that the police foiled the plot, arrested the criminals and sent Durden to a lunatic asylum.
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2021 UK / USA horror thriller by David Gordon Green released in 2 versions
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Halloween Kills is a 2021 UK / USA horror thriller by David Gordon Green.
Starring Judy Greer and Anthony Michael Hall and Jamie Lee Curtis.
The film exists as a Theatrical Version and a more violent Extended Version. Both were 18 rated by the BBFC. Summary Notes The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in
the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series.
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strong bloody violence:
- 2022 Universal Pictures [Theatrical + Extended Versions] R0 4K Blu-ray at UK
Amazon #ad
- 2022 Universal Pictures [Theatrical + Extended Versions] (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon #ad
- 2022 Universal Pictures [Theatrical + Extended
Versions] R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad
US: The Theatrical Version was MPA R rated for strong bloody violence throughout, grisly images, language and some drug use |
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strong bloody violence:
- 2022 Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd video
See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com : The Extended Version adds value with a less abrupt and longer alternative
ending as well as additional violent footage possibly dropped to secure an MPA R rating.
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An annual list of BBFC scissor work
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Annaatthe Annaatthe is a 2021 India action drama by Siva
Starring Rajinikanth, Meena and Kushboo
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in
2021.
Summary Notes It is based on the relationship shared between a brother and his sisters.
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The BBFC commented: The distributor chose to make cuts to violence and bloody images in order to achieve a 12A certificate. An uncut 15 was available. |
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
- The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is a 2021 USA horror mystery thriller by Michael Chaves
Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson and Julian Hilliard
Uncut and MPA R rated in the US. This was initially rated 18 uncut, by the BBFC but the distributors preferred a cut 15 rated version for 2021 cinema release. For home video the 4K Blu-ray is uncut but all the other formats are cut.
The film is rated 16 uncut by IFCO for Irish cinema release.
Summary Notes A chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life
paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that
a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
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strong threat, horror, violence after BBFC category cuts:
- 2021 Warner Bros R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
- 2021
Warner Bros R0 DVD at UK Amazon #ad
- 2021 Warner Bros Amazon Prime
VoD [UK only]
- 2021 cinema release
The BBFC commented: The distributor chose to reduce bloody injury detail in a suicide scene in order to obtain a 15 classification. An uncut 18 classification was available.
Of course the BBFC is
referring to vertical wrist slitting which is disallowed at 15. See the uncut scene in video from streamable.com . Ben comments: I've seen the
uncut footage and 18 is absurdly harsh. It's demonic possession and *technically* self-harm, but not an attempted suicide at all as the BBFC called it. You see glass and blood on the man's wrist but no clear sign of process and injury
Ireland: The UK Edit was rated 15 uncut for strong supernatural violence.
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- 2021 Warner Bros R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
- 2021 cinema release, unreleased as the distributors opted for a cut 15 release
Ireland: Rated 15 uncut for strong supernatural violence.
Ireland: Rated 16 uncut for very strong gory violence.
- 2021 cinema release running at 111:44s
US: Uncut and MPA R rated for terror, violence and some disturbing images:
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Enemy Enemy is a 2021 India action thriller by Anand Shankar
Starring Arya, Malavika Avinash and Duy Beck
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2021.
Summary Notes It's the story of two childhood friends and their escalating competitive
nature. To what extent are they ready to go?
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The BBFC commented: Company made cuts to remove moments of strong bloody violence and injury detail in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available. |
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- Bourreaux SS
- Last Orgy of the Third Reich
- Des Filles pour le Bourreau
- Caligula Reincarnated as Hitler
The Gestapo's Last Orgy is a 1977 Italian prison film by Cesare Canevari.
With Adriano Micantoni, Daniela Poggi and Maristella Greco.
Banned in the UK as a Video Nasty. Banned by the BBFC for video release
in 2021. Available uncut in the US but there is also a cut version. Bannable scenes include girls being dunked in quick-lime, girls fellating pistols and sodomising the commandant with the butt of a whip.
Summary Review: Way Better
than Expected In the tradition of THE NIGHT PORTER, SALON KITTY and SALO only far more depraved comes perhaps the most notorious Nazisploitation epic of them all: Daniela Levy stars as a beautiful young death
camp prisoner forced into a nightmare of brutality, torment and sexual degradation. But will a Commandant's vilest urge trigger her ultimate vengeance? Marc Loud co-stars in this fetid slice of filth-strudel Caligula Reincarnated as Hitler
was way better than what I expected. The young blonde star of the film is gorgeous and someone both men and women would find attractive to sleep with. There are some five star sexual violence scenes that are unfortunately too brief. Beatings,
whippings, gang raping of women prisoners, dipping naked women into vats of lime, hanging the young blonde star nude and upside down over a box of live rats! I mean, hey you "sicko" Nazi fans, is this something or what?
There are no
actual hardcore sex scenes, however, there are multiple simulated sex scenes that are quite hot to watch.
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The BBFC commented: THE GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY is an Italian exploitation film, from 1977, in which a Jewish woman revisits the site of a concentration camp in which she was formerly imprisoned and subjected to
torture, terrorisation, humiliation and sexual violence. BBFC Guidelines state that: As a last resort, the BBFC may refuse to classify a work --.where a central concept of the work is unacceptable, such as a sustained focus on
rape, other non-consensual sexually violent behaviour or sadistic violence. THE GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY is largely composed of scenes of strong sadistic violence, humiliation, degradation and non-consensual sexual activity, including
rape, all of which occurs within a clearly anti-Semitic context. Its central concept is therefore unacceptable, and the sadistic and sexually abusive material it contains is too pervasive to be effectively addressed by cuts. Accordingly, the BBFC has refused classification to this work.
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- Exploitation Digital R1 DVD
See article from dvdcompare.net
- At approximately 47:00s the sight of a penis has been darkened
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- 1984 Videoshack VHS
- 1983 VFP VHS
 The video was released in 1983 by VFP with a missing 10:48s scene of an Aryan fantasy and a feast of human flesh. The video was re-released in 1984 by
Videoshack.
It was added to the DPP list of banned video nasties in March 1984 and stayed listed throughout the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP39s. The Videoshack version is
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The Haunted Hotel The Haunted Hotel is a 2021 UK comedy drama horror romance by Jean Campbell Hogg, (segment Watching), Joshua Carver, (segment Forty Years), Adam Collier, (segment Room 27)
Starring Hugh
Fraser, Reece Ritchie and Rob Jarvis
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2021. Summary Notes Eight tales of ghostly encounters through the decades, manifesting amid the ruins of a
once grand English hotel.
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| | UK: Passed 12A uncut with a BBFC trigger warning for moderate horror, violence, bloody images, sexual threat, suicide references:
The BBFC commented: The distributor requested cuts to achieve their preferred category. Images of strong injury detail were removed in order to achieve a 12A. An uncut 18 classification was available.
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- 2021 cinema release, not released in favour of a cut 12A version
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Kaaval Kaaval is a 2021 India action thriller by Nithin Renji Panicker
Starring Suresh Gopi, Lal and Renji Panicker
There are no censorship issues with this release Versions
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The BBFC commented: The distributor chose to make cuts to violence and bloody images in order to achieve a 12A certificate. An uncut 15 was available. Cuts made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. |
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The Last Letter From Your Lover
- Last Letter From Your Lover
The Last Letter From Your Lover is a 2021 UK romance by Augustine Frizzell
Starring Shailene Woodley, Felicity Jones and Joe Alwyn
Originally passed 15 uncut for cinema release but was later presumably cut for a 12A rated cinema release in 2021. The UK home video releases also features the cut version. Summary Notes
A pair of interwoven stories, set in the past and present, follow an ambitious journalist determined to solve the mystery of a forbidden love affair at the center of a trove of secret love letters from 1965.
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Little Crumb (Little Crumb Race to the Gold Mine) is a 2020 Netherlands children's film by Diede in 't Veld
Starring Viggo Neijs, Sabijn Dunnewijk and Victor Löw
BBFC censor cuts were required for a PG Rated VoD release in 2021
Summary Notes Reunited with his parents, Little Crumb is having trouble getting used to his new
luxurious lifestyle. When he is abducted by an old enemy, he has to use the best of his new and his old life to escape and save his parents.
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The BBFC commented: Cuts for publication: The distributor chose to remove a use of moderate bad language in order to receive a PG classification. A 12 uncut was available to the distributor. |
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Maya The Bee: The Golden Orb
- Maya the Bee 3: The Golden Orb
Maya The Bee: The Golden Orb is a 2021 Germany / Australia animation adventure by Noel Cleary
Starring Benson Jack Anthony, Frances Berry and Christian Charisiou
The BBFC originally rated the film PG uncut for 2021 cinema release but the distributors preferred a cut U version. Summary Notes When Maya, a headstrong little
bee, and her best friend Willi, rescue an ant princess they find themselves in the middle of an epic bug battle that will take them to strange new worlds and test their friendship to its limits.
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The Phantom Of The Open is a 2021 UK comedy drama by Craig Roberts
Starring Rhys Ifans, Sally Hawkins and Mark Rylance
Exists in 2 versions. The Phantom Of The Open was cut for BBFC 12A rated
cinema release in 2021. The Fantastic Flitcrofts is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for cinema release in 2021. Summary Notes The story of golfer Maurice Flitcroft whose performance at the
1976 British Open Golf Championship made him a legend.
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- Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1
Pushpa is a 2021 India action adventure thriller by Sukumar
Starring Allu Arjun, Fahadh Faasil and Rashmika Mandanna
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2021.
Summary Notes Story of Pushpa Raj, a lorry driver in Seshachalam forests of South India, set in the backdrop of red sandalwood smuggling. Red Sandalwood is endemic to South-Eastern Ghats
(mountain range) of India.
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Suburbia Suburbia is a 1983 USA thriller by Penelope Spheeris.
Starring Chris Pedersen and Bill Coyne and Jennifer Clay.
Animal cruelty was cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1985 and 15
rated DVD in 2003. The BBFC uprated the certificate for the still cut Blu-ray release in 2021 over its elevated concerns about sexual assault. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. UK: Passed 18 for sexual assault after 10s of BBFC cuts
for animal cruelty:
- 2021 101 Films Limited Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on
6th September 2021
Promotional Material 101 Films presents Penelope Spheeris' searing drama Suburbia (1983), title 021 on the 101 Films Black Label. Starring real-life punks rather than trained actors, and featuring live
performances from punk bands D.I., T.S.O.L. and the Vandals, Suburbia is an authentic and compassionate study of the Los Angeles punk rock scene in the early 1980s, and a bleak indictment of the American suburban experiment. Extras
include a brand new, 30-minute interview with director Penelope Spheeris. Evan and his younger brother leave their broken home in an attempt to escape their alcoholic mother. They fall in with "The Rejected" (aka T.R.), a group of punks
who live as squatters in an abandoned shack by the side of the highway. With the T.R.s, the boys find a new family. But their new family will be tested when they become the target of "Citizens Against Crime," a group of unhappy suburbanites.
EXTRAS:
- Interview with director Penelope Spheeris (NEW)
- Limited edition booklet: Includes Punks in Suburbia by John Towlson and Before Suburbia: Gangs on Film by Barry Forshaw
- Commentary with director Penelope Spheeris
- Commentary
with director Penelope Spheeris, producer Bert Dragin and actor Jennifer Clay
- Still Gallery
- TV Spots
- Trailers
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Nucleus Films promise a new uncut version of the film originally cut by the BBFC in 1958
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Blood Of The Vampire is a 1958 UK Sci-Fi horror by Henry Cass
Starring Donald Wolfit, Vincent Ball and Barbara Shelley
Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1958. Later this cut cinema version was PG rated for 2005 DVD. A restored and uncut version was BBFC 12 rated for 2021 Blu-ray. French releases include most of the cut material.
Summary Notes In 1870s Transylvania, scientist Dr. Callistratus is put to death by villagers who wrongly believe he's a vampire.
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- 2021 Nucleus Films RB Blu-ray released on 14th March 2022
Nucleus promotional material states: Newly Restored 1.66:1 Transfer of the Original Uncensored Version from Original Vault Materials
The release also includes a disk extra about the original
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cuts details from dvdcompare.net The 2013 R2 France is *almost* the full uncut version, bar one shot, which restores an
additional shot of the housekeeper being experimented on and Carl the hunchback dribbling blood as he dies. The screams of Callistratus as he dies during a dog attack are far clearer on the French (but not English) audio track included.
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- 2005 DD Home Entertainment video
UK: Passed X (16) uncut:
From IMDB and cuts details from dvdcompare.net . The BBFC made cuts to 9
scenes:
- edits to the opening staking
- edits to shots of dismembered body parts in the laboratory and
- edits to a scene where a tube is inserted into a man's neck to drain blood.
- the infamous dungeon scene, showing potential female
victims chained to a wall, was completely removed.
In the dungeon scene, in which the housekeeper (Barbara Burke) is being prepared for one of Callistratus' experiments. Carl (Victor Maddern) straps the unconscious housekeeper down onto a table. Callistratus (Sir Donald
Wolfit) then steps up, ready to experiment . In the DD Home Entertainment release, the scene ends at this point. The Viewing Notes describe that in the Continental version the scene continues with Barbara Burke being threatened with a knife
(in the British/American edit, she is unconscious) while two other female victims look on (they do not appear in the British/American edit).
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