The Cable Guy is a 1996 USA comedy thriller by Ben Stiller. Starring Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick and Leslie Mann.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12 rated 1996 cinema release and the
subsequent VHS releases. The BBFC cuts were waived for 12 rated 2017 home video. The film is uncut and PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Steven Kovak has been kicked out of his apartment by his
girlfriend. Steven has a new apartment, and decides to slip the cable guy (Chip) $50 for free cable. Steven then fakes an interest in Chip's line of work. However Chip takes this to heart trying to become Steven's best bud. When Steven no longer wants to
be Chips friend the man who can do it all goes on an all out assault to ruin Steven's life. In the backdrop is the delicate sub-plot of the trial of a former kid star for murdering his brother.
Versions
uncut
run:
95:45s
pal:
91:55s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate sex references,
violence with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
2017 Sony video
US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
2019 Sony Mod (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 17th December 2019
2019 Sony
Mod Amazon Prime VoD [US only] at US Amazon
From IMDb. A single 4 sec cut was made to this black comedy, in order to secure a required 12 cert.
The cut occurs towards the end, when Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick, are fighting on top of the TV satellite. A couple of shots of Carrey headbutting Broderick and an ear clap have been removed.
Presumably, although implemented differently, the same cuts list applies to cinema and video
Caged Fury is a 1990 USA action film by Bill Milling. Starring Kascha, Gregory Scott Cummins and Elizabeth Hicks.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1991. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review: Dirk Ramsey is the MAN
Discontent leads to a daring escape plan in a women's prison where the inmates are all lingerie clad models and the lesbian warden demands unusual favours for
early parole.
This has got to be one of the funniest films of all time; featuring the most underrated action hero ever to grace the silver screen. For those of you who have yet to watch this masterpiece, Dirk
Ramsey is the MAN! He is far superior to Spiderman; his intellect makes Batman look like a dunce, while his strength, even Superman would struggle against the might that is Ramsey. And did I mention that he oozes sex appeal? Throw in sleazy Eric Estrada
as his side-kick Victor, and you have all the ingredients for one hell of a viewing. Also, all the 'ladies' on offer apart from Cat and Tracey Collins, are porn stars in real life, you've gotta love this film.
Versions
uncut
~95:00s =~91:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2018 Shout! Factory RA Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 8th May 2018
Caged Women is a 1991 Italy action crime adventure by Leandro Lucchetti. With Pilar Orive, Isabel Libossart and Elena Wiedermann.
Banned by the BBFC for 1992 video. Unbanned after massive cuts. Uncut
and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
Beautiful young American tourist Janet Cooper goes on vacation to a remote South American country. After being arrested by a corrupt cop and subsequently found
guilty of a trumped-up charge involving possession of narcotics, Janet finds herself incarcerated at an isolated castle located deep in the jungle that serves as a hellish women's penitentiary. The brutal staff at said prison not only treat the inmates
as their own sexual playthings, but also force the ladies into prostitution and even let decadent rich folks hunt them down like animals in the wild.
UK: A pre-cut version was passed 18 after 3:43s of further BBFC cuts for:
2001 MIA R2 DVD
1992 New Age VHS
A heavily pre-cut was resubmitted by New Age in 1992 and the BBFC cut a further 3:43s. The total cuts add up to something around the 17:33s mark
banned
run:
89:52s
pal:
86:16s
UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
1992 New Age VHS
The BBFC commented:
Rejected because of its exploitative treatment of the sexual abuse of women. An Italian women's prison film in which the prisoners were
raped and abused by their gaolers, was redolent of the video nasty era in that the abuse was offered not for condemnation but as an erotic spectacle.
Calamity Of Snakes is a 1982 Taiwan/Hong Kong action comedy by Chi Chang Starring Yun-Peng Hsiang, Yuen Kao and Ping-Ou Wei
Exists as a Hong Kong Theatrical Version, an Export Version with a little more sex,
an Animal Cruelty Free Version and a Korean Version with an alternative storyline.
Summary Notes
After a businessman kills thousands of snakes in a pit where they are building a
new apartment building, the residents of the building are attacked by thousands of snakes as vengeance.
Versions
Export Version
run:
86:52s
pal:
83:24s
US: The Export Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2023 Unearthed Records [Hong Kong Theatrical + Export + Animal Cruelty Free Versions] RA Blu-ray
at US Amazon #ad released on 25th April 2023
2023 Unearthed Records R1 DVD
at US Amazon #ad released on 25th April 2023
The Export Version includes a brief shot of nudity and a slightly more
explicit sex scene (with no additional nudity).
Hong Kong Theatrical Version
run:
86:16s
pal:
82:49s
US: The Hong Kong Theatrical Version is MPAA Unrated for:
2023 Unearthed Records [Hong Kong Theatrical + Export + Animal Cruelty Free Versions] RA Blu-ray
at US Amazon #ad released on 25th April 2023
cut Animal Cruelty Free Version
cut:
run:
76:40s
pal:
73:36s
US: Animal Cruelty Free Version is MPAA Unrated for:
2023 Unearthed Records [Hong Kong Theatrical + Export + Animal Cruelty Free Versions] RA Blu-ray
at US Amazon #ad released on 25th April 2023
Korean Version
Korea
Korea: The South Korean version titled WAR BETWEEN MEN AND SNAKES has a different storyline, and alternative
footage which was filmed there. It also runs around 5m longer than CALAMITY OF SNAKES.
California Axe Massacre - 1974 US film by Frederick R Friedel See Axe
v Caligula
- 1980 US/Italian adult drama by Tinto Brass
Caligula is a 1980 US/Italian adult drama by Tinto Brass With Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole and Helen Mirren.
Originally cut in the UK and US for an 18 rated UK and R rated US
theatrical release. There also exists Tinto Brass' Alternative Version which does not include the hardcore footage added by the producers. The full uncut version was passed 18 uncut for 2008 DVD. This full uncut version is MPAA Unrated in the US. The
Hardcore Version was banned in Australia in 2010.
In 2018 Penthouse announced a plan running over a couple of years for a 4k restoration of the Tinto Brass version. However the bankruptcy of Penthouse may have put an end to the idea. In 2023 Dafthouse
Films announced a new Producer's Cut (arrogantly labelled the Ultimate Cut) by Thomas Negovan. This will be reconstructed from previously unreleased footage and unpromisingly suggests that this will be a more 'civilised' take on the Caligula story.
Ultimate Cut
Ultimate Cut
run:
177:59s
pal:
170:52s
UK: The Ultimate Cut is BBFC 18 rated for strong real sex, sex references, nudity, sexual violence:
In 2008, the full uncut version of Caligula was resubmitted to the BBFC for DVD release. The passage of nearly 30 years had significantly diminished the film's impact and after careful consideration it
was decided that it could now be classified '18' uncut.
This decision accords with the BBFC Guidelines, which state that At '18', the BBFC's guideline concerns will not normally override the wish that adults should be
free to chose their own entertainment, within the law.
Although there are scenes in Caligula that some people will find shocking, offensive or disgusting, the film does not contain any material that is illegal in terms
of current UK law and nor does it contain any material that is likely to give rise to harm for adults audiences, most of whom will be well aware of its controversial reputation.
The DVD version was classified '18' uncut
with the consumer advice Contains strong violence, sexual violence and strong real sex.
uncut
Australia
Australia: The uncut version was banned in July 2010
The Australian Censorship Board has a rich history of censorship of Caligula
Tinto Brass Alternative Version/Imperial Edition
Tinto Brass Alternative Version
run:
152:57s
pal:
146:50s
UK: The Alternative Version or Re-edited Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
2008 Freemantlemedia/Arrow Imperial Edition [+uncut version +R Rated Version] R2 DVD
This version is perhaps is historically at the point where Bob Guccione edited together a version from the material directed by Tinto Brass but before he decided that it could be improved by adding hardcore footage. So orgy scenes etc are the original
softcore as directed by Tinto Brass. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com
US R Rated Version
R Rated Version
cut:
55:07s
run:
102:37s
pal:
98:31s
UK: The heavily pre-cut US R rated version was
passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
2008 Freemantlemedia/Arrow Imperial Edition [+uncut version +alternative version] R2 DVD
1998 Screen Multimedia VHS
1990 Electric VHS
A couple of brief shots of genital detail and sight of nurses cradling babies and phallic shaped bottles were reinstated from the the previous cut release and were allowed to remain.
Many of the cuts were not related to sex & violence but to
shorten the running time and deal with continuity issues over sex and violent scenes that were cut. See details on IMDB
UK Theatrical Version
cut
cut:
11m
run:
149:34s
pal:
143:35s
UK: Passed X after about 11
minutes of cuts for:
1982 Electric pre-cert VHS
1980 cinema release
James Ferman commented in Photoplay:
Even before it could be considered for a certificate some 8.5 minutes had to be cut to make it legal. There are scenes of perverted violence that I
wouldn't have thought would ever have been seen in this country, in clubs or anywhere else. A lot of the sex was just straight sex, but more explicit than has ever been passed here. They took out another 3 or 4 minutes and replaced it with lesser
material to make it acceptable for the X certificate.
11 minutes of cuts including:
Views of Drusilla's vulva removed from several pints in the film
Sights of babies sucking phallic-shaped bottles removed
Much reduced scene of bootlace being tied around soldier's penis.
Hardcore action inserted into orgy
scenes taken out
The sight of wine streaming out of soldier's bladder after being hacked with a sword removed.
Torture shots deleted, a stake into a vagina and several bloodied genitals.
Male blow job and masturbation deleted
Priestess bathing loses hardcore cunnilingus and insertion
Blood of recently ex virgin bride deleted as was greasing of the buttocks and suggestion of fisting for the similarly road tested bridegroom
A Lesbian scene lost all
hardcore and explicit images
Death of Proculus lost a stabbing and the subsequent humiliation of being pissed on and castrated.
The sight of Caligula torturing a mouse was deleted.
A childbirth scene is missing an emerging
head.
Hardcore elements of prison scene deleted
Hardcore elements of brothel scene deleted
Explicit detail removed from scene of women with pearl adorned vulvas
v
Caligula And Messalina - 1981 Italy/France action biography by Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Jean-Jacques Renon
Caligula And Messalina is a 1981 Italy/France action biography by Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Jean-Jacques Renon Starring Vladimir Brajovic, Betty Roland and Françoise Blanchard
This co-production has two different language versions, with some scenes shot differently but with basically the same cast. The original Italian version runs 111 minutes, and has less nudity; the French version runs 96 minutes, and has more
nudity. There is also a sexier Explicit Italian version.
Promotional Material
In one of the earliest entries in the subgenre, ItaloFilth veteran Bruno Mattei (THE OTHER HELL, WOMEN'S PRISON
MASSACRE) set the Caligsploitation standard for informative history, raid-the-peplum-props ingenuity and jaw-dropping depictions of ancient Roman depravity: When the deranged emperor (Vladimir Brajovic of THE STORY OF O) falls for an insatiable
gladiatrix (Betty Roland of Mattei's CALIGULA REINCARNATED AS NERO), their reign will launch a mind-bending bacchanal of torture, sodomy, incest, castration, borrowed footage and aroused livestock.
Versions
Original Italian Version Version
run:
111m
pal:
107m
Italy : The original Italian Version was more about drama than sex but does not seem to have had many takers for modern day release.
Explicit Italian Version
run:
101:07s
pal:
97:04s
US: The Explicit Italian Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2022 Severin [Explicit Italian version + US Unrated version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
2022 Severin [Explicit Italian version + US Unrated version] R1 DVD at US Amazon #ad
Porn Tubes Version
run:
107:56s
pal:
103:37s
Worldwide: There is a version that is widely available on porn tubes that features midcore sex with open crotch nudity.
Note that there is a different film on the porn tubes called Caligula and
Messaline that is full blown hardcore.
UK Version
run:
97:26s
pal:
93:32s
UK: An unknown version was passed X (18) without BBFC cuts:
1982 cinema release
This version can;t have been very sexy as it did not trouble the BBFC censors who were very scissor happy at the time.
French Version
run:
96m
pal:
92m
France: The French version features nudity but not the more explicit sex.
US Version
run:
94:51s
pal:
91:03s
US: The US Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2022 Severin [Explicit Italian version + US Unrated version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
2022 Severin [Explicit Italian version + US Unrated version] R1 DVD at US Amazon #ad
Caligula: The Untold Story is a 1981 Italy adult drama by Joe D'Amato With David Brandon, Laura Gemser and Luciano Bartoli.
The Original Version features hardcore footage not involving the lead players. A softcore US Version was also produced which was extensively cut by the BBFC for 18 rated UK cinema release in 1984. This version was later banned by the
BBFC for 1987 VHS. The Italian Version is longer than the US Softcore Version but still excludes the hardcore footage.
Summary Review: The Other Caligula
The mad Roman emperor Caligula romances a young
Moor woman ploting to kill him while he continues his debauched lifestyle of sex and murder.
A fair Italian rip off of Bob Guccione's Caligula. David Brandon is good as the demented Emperor of Rome. Ornate costumes and
sets, as well as a lush film score help as well,
As per the original there is a long hardcore orgy. The lead actors don't get to feature in the naughty stuff.
The cuts for hardcore footage
include a scene involving a horse.
Fans of cult cinema, and of the 1979 version should appreciate this one.
Original Hardcore Version
Original Hardcore Version
run:
121:07s
pal:
116:16s
US: The Original Hardcore Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2022 Severin [Hardcore + US Softcore Versions] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
2022
Severin [Hardcore + US Softcore Versions] R1 DVD at US Amazon #ad
Germany: The Extended Explicit Version is uncut for:
Kult DVD [Hardcore + Italian Softcore Version] R2 DVD via UK Amazon
Note that there a few minor variations between this version and that released by Severin.
Italy: Uncut for:
Cine Storm [Hardcore + Italian Softcore Version] R0 DVD via UK Amazon
Italian Softcore Version
Italian Softcore Version
cut:
~14m
run:
106:33s
pal:
102:17s
Germany: The Extended Explicit Version is uncut for:
Kult DVD [Hardcore + Italian Softcore Version] R2 DVD via UK Amazon
Italy: Uncut for:
Cine Storm [Hardcore + Italian Softcore Version] R0 DVD via UK Amazon
US Softcore Version
US Softcore Version
cut:
run:
94:47s
pal:
91:00s
US: The US Softcore Version is cut and MPAA Unrated for:
2022 Severin [Hardcore + US Softcore Versions] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
2022
Severin [Hardcore + US Softcore Versions] R1 DVD at US Amazon #ad
Soft Touch R0 DVD
banned
run:
94:08s
pal:
90:22s
UK: The US Softcore Version was banned by the BBFC for:
1987 VTC VHS
cut
cut:
8:42s
run:
85:55s
pal:
82:29s
UK: The US softcore Version was passed 18 after a further 8:42s of BBFC cuts for:
The submitted film that had been pre-cut by the distributors to remove 14 minutes of
hardcore footage and a bestiality scene featuring a horse, and then cut by a further 8:42s by the BBFC. These included:
Compulsory cuts required for requested 18 to remove scenes of threat, humiliation, torture and abuse, sexual and sexualised violence, in a sex work.
The BBFC added in their 2009 Annual Report:
Some works submitted with a request for an 18 classification tread a fine line between being an erotic drama , with strong sex scenes set within an equally strong narrative context, and being a sex work, where the main
purpose of sex scenes is sexual stimulation. Caligula's Daughter was just such a work. Its storyline, which revolved around the enslavement and subjugation of young women, was outweighed by the frequency of its extended scenes of sexual fondling and
simulated sexual activity. With the latter dominating the work, it was judged to be an 18 level sex work. As a consequence several cuts were made to scenes where the sexual activity was combined with elements including lack of consent, use of
restraint, or sexual humiliation of the female characters.
v Caltiki the Immortal Monster - 1959 Italy / USA Sci-Fi horror adventure by Riccardo Freda (as Robert Hamton) and Mario Bava
(uncredited).
Caltiki the Immortal Monster is a 1959 Italy / USA Sci-Fi horror adventure by Riccardo Freda (as Robert Hamton) and Mario Bava (uncredited). Starring John Merivale, Didi Sullivan and Gérard Herter.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1960 cinema release. Uncut for 2017 video release.
Promotional Material
A team of archaeologists led by Dr John Fielding (John Merivale, Circus of
Horrors) descends on the ruins of an ancient Mayan city to investigate the mysterious disappearance of its inhabitants. However, the luckless explorers get more than they bargained for when their investigation of a sacrificial pool awakens the monster
that dwells beneath its waters the fearsome and malevolent god Caltiki.
Versions
uncut
76:20s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate injury detail, violence for:
2017 Arrow Special Edition (RB) Blu-ray/R2 Combo at UK Amazon
Camille Claudel is a 1988 France historical romance by Bruno Nuytten.
Starring Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu and Madeleine Robinson.
The film was shortened for US release but is uncut in Europe.
Summary Notes
Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself
and for Rodin. She also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow...
Versions
uncut
165:55s
UK: Passed PG uncut for mild sex, sex references and violence for:
Camille 2000 is a 1969 US drama by Radley Metzger. With Danièle Gaubert, Nino Castelnuovo and Eleonora Rossi Drago.
Exists as a shortened, standard and extended version. None have attracted
censor cuts.
Summary Review: Stylish
A very stylish working of Dumas' Lady of the Camellias giving Radley Metzger's alternate view of what the year 2000 might look like from a late sixties
perspective. Includes a notable score from the late Piero Piccioni and some stunning cinemascope compositions.
A softcore drama providing a portrait of the idle rich cavorting across the continent of Europe in an endless
series of orgies and parties.
Generally well appreciated for its style but some reviewers have found the drama a little dull.
Versions
uncut
Unrated
130:15s =125:02s
UK: The Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex and
nudity for:
The Campaign is a 2012 USA comedy by Jay Roach. With Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis and
Jason Sudeikis.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an uncontroversial Extended Cut
Summary Notes
In order to gain influence over their North Carolina district, two CEOs seize an opportunity to oust
long-term congressman Cam Brady by putting up a rival candidate. Their man: naive Marty Huggins, director of the local Tourism Center.
Versions
Extended Cut
MPAA
91:48s
UK: The Extended Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong language, once very strong, strong sex and sex
references for:
2013 Warner [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
US: The Extended Cut is MPAA R Rated for:
2012 Warner [Theatrical + Extended] R0 Blu-ray / R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
A Candle for the Devil is a 1973 Spain horror by Eugenio Martín (as Eugene Martin). Starring Judy Geeson, Aurora Bautista and Esperanza Roy.
The film was cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1974 cinema release but was passed 18 uncut for 2008 DVD. The film was premiered in a much longer version. There is also a heavily cut US version.
Summary Review: Murderous
Nutters
Two old maid sisters are running a little family hotel in Spain. They are very religious and the moral of the foreign tourist girl is too much for them, they start to kill them.
A very
strange, dark and brooding film somewhat in the style of some of Pete Walkers offerings from the same period.
Judy Geeson is the sister of one of the disappeared and soon notices a disturbing trend of young gals
disappearing without warning and sets out to investigate further. It is all really well done.
There is no real gore, but there is quite a bit of semi-nudeness and a nice little story underpinning it all.
US: There is a heavily shortened/cut US version from Cheezy Flicks to avoid, titled It
Happened at Nightmare Inn
Premiere Version
uncut
run:
120m
pal:
115m
Spain
Spain: The film originally premiered on the film festival circuit in a 120m
version but this was cut to 83m for Spanish Theatrical release and it was this 83m version that was distributed worldwide.
v Candy
- 1968 France / Italy / USA comedy fantasy adventure by Christian Marquand.
Candy is a 1968 France / Italy / USA comedy fantasy adventure by Christian Marquand. Starring Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton and Charles Aznavour.
Cut by the BBFC for 1969 X rated cinema release. Uncut and 15 rated for
2005 DVD. Uncut and R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Candy Christian is an innocent young girl when she first hears NcPhito, an alcoholic Welsh poet, talk of love and self-sacrifice. Candy narrowly
escapes McPhisto's attempt to rape her, only to succumb to her father's Mexican gardener, Emmanuel. When her father catches her with the gardener, he banishes her to a trip with his twin brother, Uncle Jack, and Jack's wife Aunt Livia, who are headed for
New York City. As Candy makes her way to the airport, Emmanuel's three sisters attack her because she has corrupted their brother. Because of Candy, Emmanuel has now forsaken the priesthood. During the scuffle, Candy's father takes a blow to the head,
resulting in a serious head injury. Candy nearly gives in to a General Smight on the plane in exchange for a blood transfusion for her father. In New York, an ego-maniacal brain surgeon Dr. Krankeit operates on her father, while Uncle Jack pursues his
own operation on Candy. When Candy bashes him with a bedpan, Uncle Jack is put in her father's ...
Versions
uncut
124:22s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate sex and surgical gore for:
The Candy Snatchers is a 1973 US crime film by Guerdon Trueblood.
With Tiffany Bolling, Ben Piazza and Susan Sennett.
Banned by the BBFC for 1973 cinema release. Uncut in the US
Summary Review: Classic exploitation
The Candy Snatchers is a very good example of the exploitation genre. It
boasts a good plot with fine one liner dialogue and a wicked black sense of humour. The actor is also good. And to add to the mix, the plot featuring incest, drugs, murder, rape, and kidnapping is described as sleazy but light on violence.
There are several scenes that seem to have inspired Quentin Tarantino's homages to the genre.
Versions
uncut
run:
94:27s
pal:
90:40s
US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
2020 Vinegar Syndrome R0 Blu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at US Amazon
The Candy Tangerine Man is a 1975 USA action
adventure by Matt Cimber. Starring John Daniels, Eli Haines and Tom Hankason.
Cut by the BBFC for 1986 VHS. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Sunset Boulevard is a lucrative place to work for the Black Baron, a pimp with a distinctive red and yellow Rolls Royce and plenty of girls on his books. He don't take no mess from his
girls, his madam or his competitors and viciously defends his patch. First, he clobbers the Mob who attempt to move in on his patch. Second, he tracks down one of his girls who runs off with a suitcase full of his cash. Third, he disposes of two
policemen. But by now he knows his pimping days are numbered, so after a final explosive gun battle he switches to being his alter ego, mild-mannered businessman Ron who lives out in the leafy suburbs with an unsuspecting wife and family.
At 37 mins-In scene in which several gangsters threaten half-naked women shortly after man says " None of your business", all sight of moustachioed man walking down line holding knife against bare breasts and a woman`s
neck was removed, resuming on sight of woman being pushed to the ground.
At 38 mins-Directly after, when woman on ground has hand shoved up her pink nightdress, all sight of her nipple exposed in medium close up and
being fingered was removed. Also removed was all sight of knife actually cutting breast on screen, resuming on shot of blonde woman watching, holding her hand over mouth.
At 44 mins-In sequence in which black man in
burgundy hat thrusts villain`s hand into sink waste disposal unit, second shot of hand in and surrounded by blood was removed.
At 64.5 mins-In scene in which black man in white suit enters flat, held shot of dead
blonde woman with bloody bullet hole on her left breast was removed, resuming on passing shot of dead man on sofa next to her.
v Candyman
- 1992 USA / UK horror thriller by Bernard Rose.
Candyman is a 1992 USA / UK horror thriller by Bernard Rose. Starring Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley and Tony Todd.
Released uncut and 18 rated for UK cinema release and VHS. In the US the
film was cut for an MPAA R rating. This cut version seems to have been released worldwide on DVD and Blu-ray with just a Turkish DVD escaping the cuts.
The film was restored for UK Blu-ray in 2018. Both the cut US version and the uncut UK version have
been restored for this release.
Summary Notes
Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town, where she learns about the legend of the
Candyman, a one-armed man who appears when you say his name five times, in front of a mirror. Of course, Helen doesn't believe all this stuff, but the people of the area are really afraid. When she ignores their warnings and begins her investigation in
the places that he is rumored to appear, a series of horrible murders begins. Could the legend be true?
Versions
UK Version
run:
99:03s
pal:
95:05s
UK: The UK Theatrical Version/Director's Cut was passed 15
uncut for strong violence, horror, gory images for:
2018 Arrow Limited Edition [UK + US Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Brand new restoration of the original UK theatrical version, featuring alternate, more graphic footage [than the US Theatrical Version]
US: The UK Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA
Unrated:
2018 Shout! Factory [UK + US Versions] (RA) Collector's Edition Blu-ray at US Amazon
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and horror for:
1994 Columbia/Tri-Star Laserdisc
1993 Columbia/Tri-Star VHS
1992 cinema release
Turkey: Seems to have escaped the trend to release the cut version on DVD and is uncut for Tiglon DVD
Thanks to David
I bought the Special Edition of Candyman on the Tiglon label on R2 in Turkey and was extremely
happy to find that it is uncut. The DVD video is much better than previous releases as well as the audio being vastly improved instead of previous monaural surround. Todd's superbly deep bass voice booms now! Anyway the good part is that it must have
been taken from an uncut master or VHS source and remastered. I checked it with my uncut VHS taped from C4's showing several years ago and it matches. Great stuff!
All the previous MPAA cuts are intact. The violent jerking forward of the
psychiatrist, the three or more main blood spurts( but they are quick!), the reaction shot of Madsen as his blood spurts on her face are all there and his screams are not lessened for sound impact as before. There is a mistake on the back cover as it
says runtime 99mins(this must be a quote refering to R1 NTSC speed), anyway at PAL rate it runs 95 mins 14 seconds with the Propaganda label at end.
On the commentary it is mentioned that the MPAA kept rejecting it as an NC17, as they hated the
spurting blood in this scene- 68 mins at PAL frame- but they are all there in this R2 release. There is a God!
Now my Turkish Tiglon version seems to be missing the shots shown at 1.10.35-1.10.37 (NTSC I assume compared with unrated PAL speed) and final shot at bottom of
page-back of doctor getting killed. In the so called harmless replacement shots of a shocked Virginia Madsen strapped in the chair the Turkish one shows her getting blood splattered on her face-missing in US R print (but could someone please confirm
this- been a while since I saw US version) and missing too (going by their pictures here) of this German so called unrated VHS, which by the way is a bit shorter than Tiglon Turkish version to amount of 37 seconds, but contains more graphic violence as
confirmed by pictures.
This appears to an alternate version to both R2 Turkish and R rated one. the German version appears to show more stock footage of doctor's death scene which has never appeared in our old UK VHS version/or DVD and the
'complete' version which C4 showed several times years back.
US Version cut
cut:
run:
99:09s
pal:
95:11s
UK: The cut US Theatrical Version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
2019 Arrow Special Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2006 Universal R2 DVD
Australia : See comparison from Chopping List which details variations in Australian releases and concurs that DVD releases are
tamer than VHS.
Thanks also to Bill. The cuts for an MPAA R rating were:
Cuts to a more graphic rocking of the doctor as he violently headbutts the table when Tony Todd's character Candyman is tearing away at his flesh. The screams of the doctor are reduced for sound impact too. C4 have always shown this film uncut and
the distributor Columbia Tristar can be blamed for these cuts due to MPAA interference of which Tristar are a member of. The R1 version is cut the same, but the sound impact is not as severely reduced probably due to the prologic soundtrack
Unrated
workprints (bootlegs) of Candyman also contain a more graphic beating of Virginia Madsen's character 'Helen' in the toilets by the black youths who enter into the toilet and who kick her several times on the floor while she bleeds profusely from the head
wound inflicted from the blow by the hook of the main youth. This is cut in all regular prints
In the uncut print you can see Candyman's hook emerging from the doctor's stomach as he tears away ferociously and the blood spurts towards Virginia
Madsen. This is not in R print, but is in the earlier VHS!
Cannibal - 1977 Italy horror adventure by Ruggero Deodato. See
Last Cannibal World
Cannibal Apocalypse is a 1980 Italian/Spanish horror by Anthony M Dawson.
Banned as a video nasty in 1982. Passed 18 after animal cruelty cuts for UK DVD. There is a cut US MPAA R rated version and an uncut MPAA Unrated version.
Summary Review: Horror and action
Cannibalism has become a disease brought back to the US by soldiers returning from Vietnam. French kissing becomes inadvisable as
the plague spreads.
Interesting and disgusting mix of horror and action from the director of Castle of Blood Antonio Margheriti. What makes it work is that there is some nasty gore scenes like the infamous
shotgun wound scene and eating chunks out of human flesh, a cool if cheesy funk soundtrack with a war theme that almost sounds like the theme to "G.I. Joe", a grisly twist in the end and the film is also a metaphore on how the horrors of
vietnam can affect a soldier and this is one of Quentin Taratino's personal faves.
The original Italian title of the film is Apocalypse Domani , which translates as "Apocalypse Tomorrow," cheekily indicating
its thematic debt to a certain Francis Ford Coppola film.
US : Gore was cut from the MPAA R rated US theatrical release,
cut
cut:
2s
run:
96:23s
pal:
92:32s
UK: Passed 18 after 2s of BBFC cuts for:
2010 Optimum R2 DVD
2005 Cinema Club R2 DVD
The BBFC commented:
A compulsory cut was required to remove sight of animal cruelty (in this case, a rat being set on fire with a flamethrower)
uncut
run:
95:56s
pal:
92:06s
UK: Released uncut
on pre-cert video for:
1982 Replay VHS
It was an early casualty of the press panic and was added to the DPP list of banned videos in July 1983. It remained on the list until the end of the scare, so became one of the collectable DPP39's.
Cannibal Ferox is a 1981 Italian adventure by Umberto Lenzi. With Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle and Danilo Mattei.
Released cut and uncut on pre-cert videos that were destined to become
video nasties. Extensively cut by the BBFC for 2001 DVD. The cuts for violence were waived for 2018 home video, but cuts for animal cruelty have persisted. Note that the running time has been maintained by slowing down the footage of the remainder of the
scenes that have been allowed to remain. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Delivers the Goods
Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved
a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.
Not a patch on Deodato's excellent Cannibal Holocaust , which is just as gory and a hell of a lot more realistic, with believable actors and an
intelligent script. In comparison, Ferox seems like just an exploitative rip-off. But taken in its own terms, Cannibal Ferox does deliver the goods (I'm talking gore-wise) with hard-to-watch sexual violence accompanying genuine animal deaths. The
music is cheesy, and again not up to the standards of Holocaust, but it grows on you.
UK: Passed 18 for strong bloody violence, gore after some previous cuts waived but still with 1:55s of BBFC compulsory cuts
for:
2020 Shameless Fan Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2020 Shameless Amazon Prime VoD [UK only] at UK Amazon
2018 Argent / Shameless Limited Edition RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
The BBFC commented:
Compulsory cuts required to sequences of real animal cruelty.
The BBFC commented further in the annual report covering 2017:
Required cuts to remove sight of real animal cruelty that appeared to be orchestrated and directed for the purposes of the film (a jaguar killing a monkey
and a man stabbing a pig and a crocodile).
Although cut by nearly 2 minutes, the running time of the cut version has been maintained by slowing down scenes that have been allowed to remain
total
cut:
6:57s
run:
86:28s
pal:
83:00s
6s
pre-cut 6:51s
UK: Passed 18 after 6:51s of pre-cuts + 6s of BBFC cuts for:
2001 Horror Video/S Gold R0 DVD
2001 Horror Video/S Gold VHS
The BBFC cuts were:
Cut required to sight of small animal on end of rope banging against side of a jeep
From IMDb. The Pre-cuts were:
Removed scene of coati being eaten by a snake whilst the adventurers look on.
Removed scene of a monkey being attacked by a jaguar.
Removed scene of iguana fending off snake
Removed scenes of Pat & Mike tormenting a
native girl about being a virgin and then threatening to hurt her with a knife drawn across her naked breasts
Removed scene of live turtle having its head an legs chopped off.
Removed scene of Mike removing a native's eye with a knife.
Shortened scene of Joe getting speared and his innards becoming a cannibal feast.
Removed scene of Mike being castrated with a machete and then the natives eating the tasty morsel.
Removed flashback to Mike's ex-girl being
kicked in the head.
Removed scene of a crocodile being killed and devoured by natives
Removed scenes of Mike's hand being chopped off.
When Zora Kerowa is killed, this edited version plays as though she has disappeared, never
once showing either the actual event of the aftermath of the famous "hooks through the breasts" death.
After having his skull sliced off, cuts to natives eating his brains.
An e-mail from the BBFC explained further:
Cannibal Ferox was passed '18' by the BBFC in 1983 after approximately 7 minutes of cuts to remove scenes of cruelty to animals, sexual violence and some of the film's
more extreme moments of violence. Before the introduction of the Video Recordings Act in 1984, the BBFC issued a number of such "informal" video certificates but once the VRA came in to effect (at the beginning of 1985), all such
"informally" classified videos had to be judged again under the precise terms of the VRA.
By this stage, both the BBFC cut and uncut versions of Cannibal Ferox (both were released on video in the UK) had
been successfully prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act. It was therefore not possible for the BBFC to provide a formal classification at this stage since our cut version (as well as the uncut version) had been found obscene. The BBFC-cut version
of Cannibal Ferox was seen again for classification last year and was finally approved at '18' earlier this year after one brief cut for animal cruelty. The classified version will be the version passed in 1983. By today's standards the cut
version of the work was judged to be acceptable at '18' and the previous conviction was not felt to be significant today. The cut version was removed from the DPP list at a later date and there have been no prosecutions since the early 1980s.
pre-cut 6:51s
UK: In September 1982 the BBFC unofficially approved an 18 video version cut by 6:51s for:
1982 Replay VHS
Cannibal Ferox was listed as a video nasty in July 1983 and both the cut and uncut versions were successfully prosecuted. The cut version was eventually removed from the list.
uncut
run:
92:51s
pal:
89:08s
UK : Released uncut on pre-cert video for:
1982 Replay VHS
The uncut version was released in August 1982. It was listed as a video nasty in July 1983 and both the cut and uncut versions were successfully prosecuted. The uncut version stayed listed
throughout the panic so became a one of the collectable DPP 39's.
v Cannibal Ferox 2
- 1985 Italy / Brazil action horror adventure by Michele Massimo Tarantini (as Michael E Lemick).
Cannibal Ferox 2 is a 1985 Italy / Brazil action horror adventure by Michele Massimo Tarantini (as Michael E Lemick). Starring Michael Sopkiw, Suzane Carvalho and Milton Rodríguez.
Cut by the BBFC for 2002 DVD. Less cut for 18 rated home video in 2017, the remaining cuts are for animal cruelty. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. There is also a longer Extended Version release in Austria with deleted scenes having
been reinserted.
Summary Notes
Michael Sopkiw hitches a ride to Brazil to dig up some dinosaur bones. Once in Brazil he gets in a few tangles with the locals and manages to secure a ride on a
charter flight deep into Amazonia. All hell breaks loose as the plane crashes deep in the heart of the jungle, leaving Sopkiw, megalomaniac Soares, and a bunch of super models on their own to trek back to society. The group runs into cannibals, quick
sand, murderous animals, and a renegade mine run by slave owners.
A low budget cross between Indiana Jones and Cannibal Ferox, this is just direct to video nonsense that seems to have found a whole new
audience thanks to DVD and re-releases of long lost 80's horror.
As is to be expected there is a fair bit of gore from piranha bites to cannibalism but it is far less extreme than say Cannibal Ferox or Holocaust.
On a plus point its fairly entertaining if your in the right mood, with plenty of crowd pleasing nudity.
Extended Version
Extended Version
run:
96:32s
pal:
92:40s
Austria
Austria: There is also a longer Extended Version release in Austria with
deleted scenes having been reinserted for:
XT [Theatrical + Extended Version] RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo titled Amazonas via UK Amazon
The Extended Version restores deleted scenes. Unfortunately, parts of those
scenes are silent because there is no available audio tracks. Quite interesting are the scenes at the photoshoot. These feature more skin, and some important plot details. The Extended Version is worth a view.
Theatrical Version =
Theatrical Version
run:
88:52s
pal:
85:19s
Austria
Austria: The Theatrical Version is uncut for:
XT [Theatrical + Extended Version] RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo titled Amazonas via UK Amazon
US: The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
UK: Passed 18 for sexual violence, sexualised nudity, strong violence after 13s of BBFC compulsory cuts, but with previous
sexual violence cuts waived for:
20s missing from a sex scene between Kevin and Monica
9s missing from a group walking in the jungle
1:41s The entire sex scene with Belinda and Myara is missing
cut
cut:
1:54s
run:
87:24s
pal:
83:54s
UK: Passed 18 after 1:54s of BBFC cuts for:
2002 Protected/Vipco R2 DVD
2002 Protected/Vipco VHS
The BBFC commented: Cuts required to sexual and sexualised violence:
forcible removal of woman's underwear and subsequent shots of full nudity
sight of woman's breast being clawed and wounded with resulting flow of blood and collection of blood in a bowl
sight of woman's breast being exposed, her breast being kissed, her loin cloth being undone, her pubic hair being touched and her positive response to a sexual assault
sight of
man forcibly tearing open a woman's shirt, revealing her breasts and struggling with her).
Further cuts to sight of cocks attacking each other during a cockfight.
Cannibal Holocaust is a 1979 Italian adventure by Ruggero Deodato. With Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi and Perry Pirkanen.
Famously banned in the UK as a Video Nasty in 1983. Unbanned for the heavily cut 2001 DVD. The cuts were reduced to animal violence only for 2011 DVD. Deodato produced a new edit in 2011 to more tidily remove the animal violence. Uncut
in the US and Italy
From IMDb. Unsuccessfully prosecuted as a snuff movie
Ten days after its premiere in Milan, the film was seized by the Italian courts, and director Ruggero Deodato was arrested
and charged with obscenity. He was later charged with murdering several actors on camera, and faced life in prison. The cast had signed contracts requiring them to disappear for a year after shooting, to maintain the illusion that they'd died. Deodato
contacted Luca Barbareschi and told him to contact the three other actors who played the missing film team. When the actors appeared in court, alive and well, the murder charges were dropped.
Summary Review: Very well written plot
Film crew sent into the jungle captures some pretty gruesome local customs and then go on to indulge in a little raping and killing themselves. The natives strike back and the film crew are beaten,
castrated, stripped down to their skeletons and eaten.
Cannibal Holocaust was, first and foremost, a disgusting movie with more violence than I have ever seen. Despite this, it is also one of my favorite movies. It gives a
feeling of Blair Witch done right, even though there are some very obviously contrived scenes in which nobody is holding the camera, but despite some small cosmetic problems this is the best horror movie I have ever seen.
This film suffered repeated outrageous claims of being a snuff movie by the ever-ludicrous gutter press. This can only be a testament to the quality of the film as the TV film crew's demise is presented solely from news footage that they
have supposedly shot.
Versions
uncut
run:
95m
pal:
91m
15
18
France: Uncut for:
Fr (R2) DVD
Denmark: Uncut and 15 rated for:
2015 Another World R0 Blu-ray
2015 Another World R0 DVD
Italy: Uncut and 18 rated for:
CineKult RB Blu-ray
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2014 Grindhouse [Original Theatrical Version + Deodato's New Edit] R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon
and at US Amazon
These releases are missing a few seconds from the last Road to Hell sequence showing prisoners being shot, the dead body of one prisoner and a body being thrown into the back of a truck.
pre-cut
cut:
~28s
run:
95:43s
pal:
91:53s
UK: The pre-cut Ruggero Deodato's New Edit
was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
2014 Shameless [Deadato's Cinema of Death set] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
Cuts to the cruel killing of a coatimundi ] as per the BBFC cut version.
Various shots of the giant turtle being killed and cut up were cut or hidden by fake film tears
The slicing of the top of a
monkey's head was masked by a fake film tear.
cut
cut:
15s
run:
95:56s
pal:
92:06s
UK: Passed 18 after 15s of BBFC cuts for:
2022 88 Films R0 4K Blu-ray
2014 Shameless [Deadato's Cinema of Death set] R2 DVD
2011 Shameless R0 Blu-ray
2011 Shameless R2 DVD
This version contains the complete last Road to Hell sequence showing prisoners being shot, the dead body of one prisoner and a body being thrown into the back of a truck.
The BBFC cuts are:
to remove the cruel killing of a coatimundi.
The missing footage is replaced with shots of monkeys in the wild and a shot of Monroe and Chaco. Presumable keeps commentary tracks or whatever in synch.
The BBFC explained:
Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980
Italian horror film. It tells the story of a group of documentary film makers who go missing in the rain-forests of South America. An anthropologist who goes in search of the film makers finds cans containing their undeveloped footage. When the processed
footage is viewed, back in New York City, it reveals their fate.
Cannibal Holocaust contains a number of scenes of sexual and sexualised violence that are insufficiently discreet for a 15 classification and
which received varying levels of cuts when the film was previously submitted in 2001. In one scene, we see a native woman receiving a ritual punishment for adultery , which involves her being dragged out of a boat, being tied up, and then being
violently assaulted with a spiked wooden dildo and a ball of mud containing spikes. Although the scene is shocking and some blood is seen, the emphasis is on the disturbing nature of what is happening, rather than on any erotic detail. The moments of
nudity, which are generally shown in longer shot, are well broken up by facial shots of the woman and her attacker, as well as by reaction shots from the disgusted anthropologist and his team who are watching from behind a bush. In another scene, we
briefly see a native woman being attacked by a member of another tribe. However, no detail is visible beyond some undetailed thrusting. Later in the film, we witness the documentary film makers raping a native woman. However, the woman in question is
covered in mud and very little detail of nudity is visible in what is actually quite a chaotic scene. The scene is shot using a hand-held camera, with the woman moving in and out of view behind the thrusting buttocks of the film makers. The emphasis is
firmly on the sadism of the film makers, rather than on any erotic detail, with cutaways to the female film maker protesting about what is being done. Finally, there is a scene in which the female member of the film crew is sexually assaulted and then
killed by the cannibals, in retribution for the violence she and her crew have meted out against the native people. As with the previous scene, the manner of filming is chaotic, with hand-held camera-work and the action often moving in and out of focus
behind other characters and the surrounding vegetation. The Guidelines state Content which might endorse or eroticise sexual violence may require cuts at any classification level . Although cuts were required to all four scenes of sexual violence
in 2001, the BBFC's conclusion today is that the limited detail of nudity, and the frequent intercutting of the scenes with other material, renders the scenes horrific and aversive rather than erotic or likely to eroticise or endorse sexual violence in
the real world.
The BBFC's Guidelines state It is illegal to show any scene 'organised or directed for the purposes of the film that involves actual cruelty to animals. This Act applies to the exhibition of films in
public cinemas, but the BBFC also applies the same test to video works. In 2001, the BBFC permitted two scenes of unsimulated animal killing in Cannibal Holocaust , namely the decapitation of a snake and the stamping to death of a tarantula. In
the case of the snake, the killing was permitted because the decapitation of the snake was instant and therefore comprised a quick clean kill, which is not inherently cruel in terms of BBFC policy. In the case of the tarantula, the killing was permitted
because spiders are invertebrates and are therefore not covered by the relevant legislation, nor by BBFC Guidelines or policy. However, cuts were required to four other sequences in which animals were actually killed, namely a small mammal, a turtle, a
monkey and a pig. On this occasion, the BBFC concluded that the killing of the small mammal, previously cut in 2001, was still in breach of BBFC Guidelines and policy. In the scene in question, a small mammal (described as a muskrat in the film
[but actually a coatimundi ]) is killed using a knife. The animal is repeatedly cut with the knife, resulting in blood loss, and squeals in evident pain and terror.
This protracted killing is a clear breach of BBFC Guidelines and policy in relation to the cruel infliction of pain and terror on an animal and in terms of the cruel goading of an animal to fury. However, careful examination of the other three scenes of
animal killing revealed that, in each case, the animal in question is killed quickly and cleanly. The turtle's neck is completely and instantly severed, with a rapid blow from a machete; the monkey is killed by the first of two rapid blows from a
machete, resulting in its head being cut in two; the pig is killed by a gun shot to the head at close range, resulting in instant death. Although, in the case of the turtle and the pig, there is some sight of the animals' bodies (or body parts)
twitching, this is evidently a post mortem nervous reaction, akin to a headless chicken running around a farmyard. Although the BBFC recognises that these scenes of animal slaughter may be upsetting or offensive to some viewers, it is clear that the
scenes in question depict animals being killed in a quick and clean fashion that is acceptable under BBFC Guidelines and policy and the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, on which that policy is based.
The 2001
decision to cut these scenes was primarily the result of the disgusting and exploitative nature of the sequences, as well as the history of the film as a DPP-listed video nasty , rather than the result of a strict application of BBFC policy. In
spite of any ethical concerns viewers might have about the killing of real animals for film making purposes, removing these sequences would be inconsistent with the BBFC's decisions to permit quick clean kills in several other films, such as Apocalypse Now
. It is clear that these scenes are not illegal and are not likely to be harmful to adult viewers. Indeed, the most likely reaction is disgust and revulsion.
cut
cut:
5:44s
run:
95:56s
pal:
92:06s
UK: Passed 18 after 5:44s of BBFC cuts for:
2001 Protected/Vipco DVD
The BBFC commented:
Cuts required to scenes involving real cruelty to animals and to eroticised sexual violence
The BBFC explained further:
Cannibal Holocaust was not formally submitted to the BBFC until 2001, largely because its reputation as a 'video nasty'
and its long history of prosecutions for obscenity seemed to preclude the issuing of a BBFC certificate. When it was submitted for video and DVD release the BBFC examined the film very carefully in terms of its own published Guidelines.
The
film's presentation of strong sexual violence infringed the Board's strict policy on rape and sexual violence which states that 'Where the portrayal eroticises or endorses sexual assault, the Board is likely to require cuts at any classification level'.
Furthermore, in common with a number of Italian films of the same period, the scenes of cruelty to animals were clearly unsimualted and deliberately orchestrated by the filmmakers. UK law prohibits the public exhibition of cinema films if animals were
cruelly mistreated during their making and the BBFC applies this test also to videos and DVDs.
Nonetheless, the BBFC recognised that the film, although strong, could be made acceptable,
subject to the removal of the above scenes. The distributor therefore agreed to make five minutes 44 seconds of cuts to remove unacceptable elements, after which the film was passed '18' for video and DVD release.
The killing of a coatimundi has been deleted
Our intrepid adventurers witness the riverside murder and mutilation of a woman
presumably by her husband. We don't get to witness:
the girl being dragged through the mud and having her legs forced apart
the girl struggling and being raped with a wooden dildo
the man raising a
mudball with spikes and the subsequent shot of genital mutilation
Another woman getting raped on the river bank has been removed
The disembowelling of a giant turtle has been predictably deleted
A monkey gets his
head sliced open and its blood is drained into a bowl...but not in the censored version
The kicking of a tethered pig has been removed and its subsequent shooting and death
The
rape one of a native girl by 3 men has been reduced
The cannibals eventually overpower the adventurers. The woman in the party gets stripped and raped but not in the UK version.
The woman's death scene is missing nudity shots.
cut
cut:
run:
88:47s
pal:
85:14s
UK: A pre-cut version was released on pre-cert video for:
1982 Go VHS
Go Video pre-cut their February 1982 release. It was quickly labelled as a video nasty in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout the panic so is one of the collectable DPP39s
Garish video magazine adverts featuring the iconic VHS cover art for Cannibal Holocaust have been attributed as causing the video nasty moral panic. The other 2 films cited are SS Experiment Camp and Driller Killer.
Cannibal Holocaust 2 is a 1988 Italy action crime horror by Antonio Climati. Starring Marco Merlo, Fabrizio Merlo and May Deseligny.
Cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty for 15 rated 2002 DVD. Uncut and 15
rated for 2018 Blu-ray
Summary Notes
A man named Pete gets a phone call from his friend, Jemma, who says she has evidence that a professor missing in the Amazon is still alive. Pete hires two men, Mark
and Fred, to steal a plane and fly down to the jungle to meet with her. Once there, they meet with Jemma and head into the jungle. The group gets the help of a young native girl to take them to the legendary Imas tribe, the tribe in which the professor
was said to be with. However, during their search for the Imas, they run into gold hunters, who are intent on killing the tribe and stealing their treasure. Now racing against the treasure seekers to reach the Imas, they also uncover another scandal in
the jungle and try to shut them both down to save the local natives.
Versions
uncut
run:
90:32s
pal:
86:55s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence, injury detail with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
This is a rather non-violent adventure flick without any blood,
guts or flesh-eating natives. The only exploitation here is of the viewers with a misleading re-titling. The movie is rather solid actually, one just should not expect another Cannibal Holocaust because contentwise, they have nothing in common at all.
The Cannibal Man is a 1972 Spanish thriller by Eloy de la Iglesia. With Vicente Parra, Emma Cohen and Eusebio Poncela.
Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1993. The International Version is uncut and has also been released in Germany and the US. There is also an extended integral version assembled from unique footage
from several other versions, such as the German Cinema Version.
Summary Review: Pseudo-sleazy
Real slaughterhouse footage and scenes of dirty urban slums set the tone for this
stark and obsessive Spanish thriller.
A slaughterhouse employee named Marcos gets attacked by a cabdriver who takes objection when he and his girlfriend are making out in the back seat, and Marcos kills him. This sets in motion a
week of killing, first to cover up the cabdriver's death, and afterward to keep the bodies piling up in his bedroom a s ecret.
Weird, pseudo-sleazy film that works even though it doesn't even attempt to live up to its title - there's
*no cannibalism*.
The dubbing is pretty bad and there's not much gore (most of the nastiness happens off-screen), but there's plenty of atmosphere and a sense of desperation builds in Marco's apartment.
Extended Integral Version/Week of the Killer
Extended Integral Version
run:
107:34s
pal:
103:16s
Spain
Spain: The Extended Integral Version is available on Spanish Blu-ray.
US: The Extended Integral Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated:
2021 Severin [International + Extended Integral Version] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
2021 Severin [International + Extended Integral Version] R0 DVD at US Amazon #ad
Thanks to Richard. Although the uncut Spanish Version is the baseline, the film has been issued in different versions, most notably a German Cinema Version. A Spanish company has merged all the available unique footage from the various versions to
create the Extended Integral Version.
3s removed from a shot where Marcos cuts Carmen's throat
uncut
run:
98:09s
pal:
94:13s
UK: The International Version was released uncut on pre-cert video for:
1981 Intervision VHS
It was released in November 1981 and banned as a video nasty in July 1983. It stayed on the list
throughout the panic and became one of the collectable DPP39s.
The cover was a flimsy slip case that didn't last long so adding to the rarity of a mint condition cover.
German Cinema Version
German Cinema Version
run:
97:41s
pal:
93:47s
Germany: There also exists a German Cinema Version
Cannibal Terror is a 1981 Spain/France adventure horror by Allan W Steeve. With Silvia Solar, Gérard Lemaire and Pamela Stanford.
Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Passed 18 uncut in 2003 for DVD
Summary Review: Fails Miserably
After botching a kidnapping, two criminals hide with their victim in a friends house in the jungle. After one of them rapes the friend's wife,
they're left to be eaten by a nearby cannibal tribe.
Cannibal Terror fails miserably on all accounts. Cannibal films aren't known for great plots this film literally has no plot. Some lowlife criminals kidnap a girl and run into
Cannibals in a jungle. Almost the entire film is filler with pointless, boring dialogue. There is only two gore scenes but nothing viewers haven't seen in this genre before and better. The worst aspect of the film is the cannibal tribe itself as they
don't even look like jungle tribal members. It's a bunch of extras from all different races and hairdos. Some of the tribal members are fat, middle aged white men and there is even one tribal member with 70's style sideburns!
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death is a 1989 USA action comedy horror by JF Lawton (as JD Athens). Starring Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher and Karen M Waldron.
Cut by the BBFC for 15 rated 1989 VHS. Uncut and 12 rated since 1999 VHS. Uncut and PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Notes
The government hires a feminist at the local university to
track down the Piranha Women living in the uncharted Avocado Jungle (westernmost outpost is San Bernardino) to convince them to move to a reservation condo in Malibu. She hires a guide at the edge of the jungle, a male chauvinist pig, and they have many
arguments about men and women as they work their way in, and eventually confront the Piranha Women.
UK: Passed 15 after 16s of BBFC category cuts for:
1989 Colourbox VHS titled Piranha Women
From IMDb:
The first video release by Colourbox Video was cut by 16 seconds for a 15 certificate to remove a scene where a ninja uses nunchuks. At the time, the distributors were not allowed to release a video with the word cannibal
in the title - forcing them to change the title to Piranha Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death .
v Cannibals
- 1980 Spain / Italy / France horror by Jesús Franco (as Jess Franco) and Franco Prosperi.
Cannibals is a 1980 Spain / Italy / France horror by Jesús Franco (as Jess Franco) and Franco Prosperi. Starring Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani and Jérôme Foulon.
Released on a pre-cert video that was seized by police. Uncut on DVD. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
A man who lost an arm and his family to a tribe of cannibals returns ten years
later to bring back his teenager daughter, only to find that she grew up into a beautiful blonde woman who became the cannibals' queen.
Versions
uncut
86:14s
UK: Passed 18
uncut for strong bloody violence and cannibalism horror for:
2004 International Trading/Hardgore R0 DVD at UK Amazon
UK: Released on pre-cert video for
1981 Cinehollywood VHS
1981 ECV VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order. This is a legal gambit whereby victims admitted that the videos were 'obscene', and therefore
subject to seizure, in return for that being the end of the matter and so avoiding an obscenity trial with the possibility of jail time.
Cannon For Cordoba is a 1970 USA action western romance by Paul Wendkos. Starring George Peppard, Giovanna Ralli and Raf Vallone.
BBFC category cuts were required for an AA rated cinema release in 1970.
Later uncut an 12 rated on VHS. Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Notes
In 1916, a Mexican rebel named Cordoba steals six cannons from the forces of General Pershing who's been sent to bring
order to the Texas-Mexico border. Pershing assigns a soldier named Rod Douglas to retrieve the cannons. Douglas recruits a trio of misfits and they, along with a Mexican officer and an enigmatic woman, travel 200 miles south to Cordoba's mountain
fortress. Explosions and gun battles soon erupt.
The Canyons is a 2013 USA thriller by Paul Schrader. With Lindsay Lohan, James Deen and
Nolan Gerard Funk.
The film exists in an R rated Theatrical Version and an Unrated Director's Cut
Summary Notes
When Christian, an LA trust-fund kid with casual ties to Hollywood, learns of a secret
affair between Tara and the lead of his film project, Ryan, he spirals out of control, and his cruel mind games escalate into an act of bloody violence.
UK: Passed X (16) after 15 cuts totalling about 6 minutes for:
1962 cinema release
The BBFC notes the submitted running time as 98:43s but it stacks up better with the cuts if it was the final running time.
From IMDb:
Director J. Lee Thompson complained at the time that UK censor
John Trevelyan had ruined the film by making extensive cuts. Trevelyan said that he had made 15 cuts, totalling around 6 minutes, with edits made to:
threatening dialogue and assault references
Cady's attack on Peggy, and
all shots of him staring longingly at Nancy.
v Captain
- 2022 India action drama by Shakti Soundar Rajan
Captain is a 2022 India action drama by Shakti Soundar Rajan Starring Simran, Arya and
Aishwarya Lekshmi
There
are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes
The journey of a military officer who has been assigned to fight aliens.
Versions
cut:
run:
114:33s
pal:
109:58s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, threat after BBFC cuts:
2022 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make cuts to scenes of strong violence in order to receive their preferred 12A classification. An uncut 15 rating was available.
Captain America is a 1990 USA / Yugoslavia action war thriller by
Albert Pyun. Starring Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty.
Exists as a Theatrical version and an unconvincing Director's Cut
Summary Notes
During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new
supersoldier, "Captain America." Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning
to kidnap the President of the United States.
Versions
Director's Cut
Unrated
110:52s =106:26s
US: The Director's Cut is released on the Curnan Pictures label available from Albert Pyun's website
The
Director's original version was not acceptable to the producers. After differences during the production process, the studio altered the movie quite heavily and the resulting Theatrical Version didn't have much in common with Pyun's original version. It
was also condemned to a straight to video release in the US.
However Pyun later released his original version on his website. It runs about 14 minutes longer and the result is not earth-shattering. In the middle of the film there are extended scenes
extending character development quite nicely. However other insertions are just flashback repeats and are of low technical quality.
Theatrical Version
93;12s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed PG uncut for:
Captain Clegg is a 1962 UK horror mystery adventure by Peter Graham Scott. Starring Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain and Patrick Allen.
Uncut in the UK and US. Home videos are noted as running around 80m but the BBFC noted an unlikely running time of 105 minutes for 1962 cinema release
Promotional Material
Captain Collier (Patrick Allen) and his band of sailors show up to an English coastal town to investigate reports of Marsh Phantoms who ride by night spreading terror to the town. The Captain suspects that the local reverend (Peter Cushing) might be hiding something. Are the phantoms genuine or a cover for illegal smuggling activities?
Versions
uncut
run:
82:01s
pal:
78:44s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate violence,
threat, horror for:
Captain Newman, M.D. is a 1963 USA war comedy drama by David
Miller. Starring Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis and Angie Dickinson.
Cut by the BBFC for an A rated 1963 cinema release. Uncut for 12 rated DVD in 2016.
Promotional Material
Triple Oscar nominated psychological war film with twists of black humour
which is set during World War II. Captain Newman (Gregory Peck) is head of a neuro-psychiatric ward at a military hospital which treats combatants suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Peck delivers one of his best acting performances as an
eccentric doctor who will use unconventional tactics to treat his patients and to recruit much needed personnel. We're short of beds, doctors, orderlies, nurses, everything ... except patients!" Newman tells Corporal Leibowitz (Tony Curtis), as he
browbeats him into becoming a new and very reluctant orderly. Similarly, Newman takes great care to seduce an army nurse (Angie Dickinson), into what she thinks is a romantic date... until he asks her to transfer to Ward 7 instead of taking off her
clothes! When Newman s old-school base commander (John Gregory) saddles him with a group of injured Italian POWs because his has the only secure ward in the hospital, and a flock of stray sheep keep invading the hospital, the scene is set for one of the
most poignant and funny war films which is a joy to watch.
Versions
uncut
120:42s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate references to violence for:
2016 Screenbound Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 11th April
2016
Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama is a 2014 Norway family action comedy by John Andreas Andersen and Lisa Marie Gamlem. Starring Tuva Novotny,
Fridtjov Såheim and Anders Baasmo Christiansen.
Versions
uncut
MPAA
~96:00s =92:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:
2015 Ketchup R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 2nd June 2015
category cuts 3s
92:24s
UK: Passed PG for mild threat, violence, rude humour, mild bad language after 3s of BBFC category cuts for:
2015 Spirit/Dazzler R2 DVD
The BBFC commented:
Distributor chose to remove a use of strong language in order to achieve a PG classification. An uncut 12 was available.
Promotional Material
In the spirit of Pirates of the Caribbean, Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama is a big budget swashbuckling family pirate adventure. Orphan cabin boy Pinky follows Captain
Sabertooth on an exciting, action-packed and dangerous journey across the seven seas to the kingdom of Lama Rama, hunting for a treasure. Can Pinky prove himself a worthy member of the Pirate crew, and will he find his long-lost father?
The film started life as a thriller with much less gore. But then the producers decided to catch the torture bandwagon and shot extra material for an R Rated Version.
Walking the Edge 1985 US action drama by Norbert Meisel, previously cut by the BBFC, set for uncut UK Blu-ray release on 6th March 2023 updated with BBFC cuts list
Cuts and Bans
Reservoir Dogs 1992 USA crime thriller by Quentin Tarantino, once held back by the BBFC, just released on US 4K Blu-ray
UK: Released uncut
on pre-cert video for:
Go Video pre-cut their February 1982 release. It was quickly labelled as a 
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