L.A. Wars is a 1994 US action drama by Tony Kandah, Martin Morris Starring Vince Murdocco,
Mary E. Zilba and A.J. Stephans
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. Later released uncut and MPAA Unrated.
Summary Notes
A
trigger-happy ex-cop goes undercover in a mafia organization under the guise of protecting the crime boss's daughter from a new rival, which ignites a bloody war on the streets of L.A.
La belle noiseuse is a 1991 France/Switzerland drama by Jacques Rivette. With Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin and Emmanuelle Béart.
There's a long BBFC 15 rated version and a short PG rated version
Summary Notes
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife in his countryside residence in the
French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start working again on a painting called 'La Belle Noiseuse', which he gave up a long time ago. And he wants Marianne as a model. The ensuing
creative process will change the characters' lives. It will become a struggle for truth and meaning, and the question about the limits of art will arise
Versions
Original Long Version
run:
238:13s
pal:
228:41s
UK: The Original Long Version was
passed 15 uncut for:
La Bête is a 1975 French erotic fantasy by Walerian Borowczyk. With Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel and Elisabeth Kaza.
Originally banned by the BBFC for 1978 cinema release. A pre-cut version was then passed X by the GLC. The BBFC allowed a pre-cut video release in 1988 and finally passed the film uncut in 2001. There are now 2 uncut versions A
shortened Director's Cut and a less liked Complete Version.
Summary Review : Most controversial film of the decade
An insane adult reworking of The Beauty and the Beast tale. This erotic
fable was originally to be part of the Immoral Tales (1974) anthology, yet was put aside due to it's controversial subject matter then later transformed into this film.
The financially unstable son, Mathurin (Pierre
Benedtti), and very rich, and horny Lucy Broadhurst (Lisbeth Hummel) are soon to be arranged in marriage. The home is full of history relating to the families most famous ancestor, Romilda. Lucy immediately becomes fascinated with Romilda, and stumbles
upon her diary.
The tale is told of the day she was brutally attacked in the woods by a comical man / beast creature with a extra large penis. This scene is both shockingly powerful and hilariously funny all at once.
Combining black humour, with graphic sexuality.
Versions
Complete Version
run:
102:05s
pal:
98:00s
US: The Complete Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Given that the basic theme of the film had been accepted on VHS back in 1987, the main issue this time was whether the more explicit moments of sexual detail could now be reinstated. Although some of the sexual detail was quite
explicit, none of it was unsimulated (the beast's spectacular ejaculation obviously involved the use of prosthetics). Accordingly it was passed 18 uncut.
This shortened version is accepted as the Director's Cut and is generally preferred over the longer Complete Version. All sex scenes are intact but there are a few scenes missing (for pacing reasons). Thanks to Marc:
Missing scene: Ifany sneeking into the bathroom, after Mathurin has been groomed by his father, in order to stuff clumps of Mathutin's hair into an envelope.
Missing scene:
Ifany bringing the envelope of Mathurin's hair into Duc Rammondelo de Balo's office, where he is dismissed and the Duc sniffs at it.
Missing scene: The cook sets the table while singing, prior to the
farcical meal that the Mathurin, his father and the guests attend.
Better news is that the scene near the end of the film, when the Cardinal arrives at the family home and tutors his underling on the perils
of bestiality, is included
pre-cut
cut:
~9m
run:
89:29s
pal:
85:54s
UK: A heavily pre-cut (~9:00s) US version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
1988 Global Sales VHS titled Death's Ecstacy
The BBFC still felt that the bestiality theme was contentious and that the dream sequence may feed into the rape myth that women secretly desire to be raped.
Ultimately, it was concluded that the very fantastical nature of the sequence and
its clearly symbolic nature mitigated against any likelihood of harm.
pre-cut
X
UK: The extensively pre-cut version banned by the BBFC was passed X by London's council in 1978, the GLC. The film was also shown in cinema
clubs without a BBFC certificate.
The film had previously been pre-cut to address James Ferman's concerns of:
sight of horses copulating in explicit detail;
a line drawing of a woman being mounted by an animal;
close shots of masturbation
close shots of genital detail;
the more explicit moments in the dream sequence , including the beast rubbing his penis against a tree, the beast masturbating and placing his
head between a woman's legs, and sight of the beast's semen flowing over the woman's buttocks, breasts and stomach.
The film opened at the Prince Charles cinema in September 1978. Following public complaints about the film, possibly provoked by some sensationalist press reporting, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was asked to consider
a prosecution of the film under the Obscene Publications Act. In the event, following consultation with legal advisers, the DPP concluded that there was no reasonable prospect of a conviction against the cut version of the film and no further action was
taken.
banned
pre-cut
UK: An extensively pre-cut version was banned by the BBFC for:
1978 cinema release
Distributor pre-cuts reduced the length of a masturbation scene and removed some of the more explicit shots from the dream sequence, in which the heroine imagines having intercourse with the beast .
In spite of the reductions already made,
the Board was sceptical about whether the film would be acceptable to the majority of local authorities, on whose behalf the BBFC classified films. Part of the problem was the film's sexual explicitness, even in the reduced version, which exceeded the
standards currently accepted for the X category. However, a more serious problem was whether the central dream sequence might raise legal issues because of its suggestion of bestiality.
James Ferman wrote to the distributor:
We see considerable problems in passing this film as it stands, although I realise you have made a few cuts of [sic] the most extreme sexual material. Certainly, there are still a great many shots which we feel might be vulnerable
at law, and beyond that, there is also much footage which we feel vastly exceeds the standards accepted by the vast majority of local authorities. The problem is that, with a director of Borowczyk's stature, the cutting required might be such as to
damage the film artistically, and I do not think the Board would want to become involved in a war of attrition on a film of such consequence .
The film was further pre-cut to address James Ferman's concerns of:
sight of horses copulating in explicit detail;
a line drawing of a woman being mounted by an animal;
close shots of masturbation
close shots of genital detail;
the more explicit moments in the dream sequence , including the beast rubbing his penis against a tree, the beast masturbating and placing his
head between a woman's legs, and sight of the beast's semen flowing over the woman's buttocks, breasts and stomach.
But to no avail as the film was still banned by the BBFC
La Blue Girl is a 1992 Japan action animation short film Starring Yumi Takada, Mari Akutsu and Mirei Asaoka
Banned by the BBFC for 1996 VHS
Summary Notes
Sex Ninjas Must Die! Miko Mido answers the call of the wild, to become a mistress of martial arts sexcraft! In these erotic episodes, Miko discovers that she is the last in a line of supernatural sex ninjas.
Versions
banned
UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
1996 Manga VHS
The BBFC commented:
Rejected on grounds of its pornographic treatment of sexual violence. Warrior tribes demonstrate the art of gang rape as a martial technique. Monsters with penile tentacles subject
female captives to multiple penetration, while a victim responds lasciviously under the influence of an aphrodisiac. Verbal abuse compounds images of sexual victimisation and male power, and the message that rape is the ultimate source of sexual pleasure
is overwhelming.
Japanese anime by Hiroshi Ogawa & Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Cut when submitted in 2005 with the following BBFC statement: Cuts required to remove scenes of sexual assaults which eroticised and/or endorsed the activity, and images encouraging an interest in underage
sex. With these cuts made an R18 was available to the distributor. Distributor chose to make further cuts to explicit detail of sexual activity in order to achieve an 18.
I wonder if the definition of underage sex being used by the BBFC is 16
or 18. Sex is perfectly legal at 16 it just cannot be shown on video
A deadly sex ninja trained in the carnal arts, Miko is hot to deal out heavy martial arts mistreatments to any demon
who threatens her. But when the monsters target her sexy sister for a little family fun, Miko really sees red! Who is the stronger sexual slayer, our hedonistic heroine or the preternatural perverts of the underworld?
I love La Blue Girl. And c'mon, isn't Miko Mido the cutest thing ever to sport a hair ribbon? If it's wildly over-the-top excess you're after and with tongue pressed firmly in cheek, then look no further. In fact, La Blue
Girl returns pitches itself somewhere between the silly, sexy outrageousness of La Blue Girl while also giving us a coherent plot a la Lady Blue.
Did I mention the animation? Absolutely gorgeous is the most appropriate way I can think of
describing the visuals. Far, far better than the vast majority of hentai releases, I was, to say the least, very impressed. The naughtiness level seems to have shifted up a notch or two from the rather subdued (in my opinion) Lady Blue.
Cut
when submitted in 2005 with the following BBFC statement:
Cuts required to remove scenes of sexual assaults which eroticised and/or endorsed the activity, and scenes which suggested that sexually active characters
were children. With these cuts made an R18 was available to the distributor. Distributor chose to make further cuts to explicit detail of sexual activity in order to achieve an 18.
I wonder if the children being referred to were in fact
depicted as over the age of consent.
See LA Blue Girl Returns Episodes 1 & 2 for review
La Grande Bouffe is a 1973 France / Italy comedy drama by Marco Ferreri. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret.
Banned by the BBFC for 1973 cinema release but was allowed to be shown in
London cinemas with a GLC X rating. Later passed 18 uncut for 1994 VHS.
Summary Notes
Four successful middle-aged men Marcello, a pilot; Michel, a television executive; Ugo, a chef; and, Philippe, a
judge go to Philippe's villa to eat themselves to death. After the first night, Marcello insists that women should join them. Three prostitutes make it through a day or two; Andrea, a local school teacher, stays to the end. The villa, the food, and a
Bugati roadster are essential props.
Versions
uncut
X rated
131:08s =125:53s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex for:
2015 Arrow Academy RAB Blu-ray/R12 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
2015 cinema release
2006 Nouveaux Pictures R2 DVD
1994 Arthouse VHS
UK: Passed X uncut by the GLC for screening in London:
1973 cinema release
From IMDb:
The film was originally shown unlicensed in the UK at the Curzon Cinema in Mayfair, and led pro-censorship campaigner Mary Whitehouse to bring a prosecution against the film under the Vagrancy Act (accusing
the cinema owners of keeping a disorderly house ). The case was thrown out and led censor James Ferman to extend the Obscene Publications Act to cover films, thus preventing movies with artistic merit from suffering prosecution. The film
was eventually passed fully uncut for video in 1994.
banned
submitted 132:43s =127:24s
UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
1973 cinema release
La mala educación - 2004 Spain drama by Pedro Almodóvar See
Bad Education
La Marge - 1976 France drama by
Walerian Borowczyk See The Streetwalker
La Notte is a 1961 Italy/France drama by Michelangelo Antonioni. With Jeanne Moreau,
Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1962 cinema release. Uncut and 12 rated for 2008 DVD.
From Publicity Material.
The 2008 The Masters of Cinema Series DVD presents Michelangelo Antonioni's
haunted odyssey in a new digital restoration, uncut for the first time ever on home video.
The 2013 Blu-ray claims further that its 1080p presentation of the film in its original 1.66:1 aspect ratio with previously censored
sequences restored for the first time
Versions
uncut
116:53s
UK: A Restored Version was passed 12 uncut for one scene of sexualised nudity and one of moderate violence with previous cut material restored for:
2013 Eureka/Masters of Cinema RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
La Reine Margot is a 1994 France/Italy/Germany biography drama history romance by Patrice Chéreau. With Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade.
The Original French Theatrical Version (later the Director's Cut) was
found to be too complicated by the audiences and the film was simplified for the International Version. The film was further re-cut for US release by cutting the violence and adding romantic material. This US version was returned to France where it did
better than the original. See article from movie-censorship.com for a good
write up the various versions.
Summary notes
Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new
lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
France: The Original French Theatrical Version was dropped after bad reviews for its violence and complexity. This seems likely to have resurfaced as the Director's Cut
International Version
simplified
137:36s
UK: The re-edited German/International Version was passed 18 uncut for:
1995 Guild VHS
1995 cinema release
Not cut for violence but was re-cut to try and simplify the story that had been found too complex on French theatrical release.
re-cut
MPAA
US:
The US version was cut for violence but included romantic material to underline a central relationship. This version was returned to France and did better business than the original.
Germany: A longer version was produced for German TV
v La Vérité
- 1960 France / Italy drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot.
La Vérité is a 1960 France / Italy drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Starring Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1961. The cuts were waived
for 15 rated Blu-ray in 2019. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. The counsels duel relentlessly,
elaborating explanations for why the pretty, idle and fickle girl killed the talented and ambitious conductor freshly graduated from the conservatory. Was it passion, vengeance, desperation, an accident? The acquaintances of Gilbert testify, as well as
Dominique's former lovers, and her sister, Annie, the studious violin player engaged to Gilbert. The evidence they give progressively paints a more finely-shaded picture of the personalities of Dominique and Gilbert, and of their relationship, than the
eloquent and convincing justifications of the counsels.
Versions
run:
128:18s
pal:
123:10s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for suicide scenes and
references with previous BBFC cuts waived:
Lad: A Yorkshire Story is a 2013 UK drama by Dan Hartley. Starring Nancy Clarkson, Oliver Exley and Alex Froom.
BBFC category cuts for cinema release. Not yet released on home video.
Summary Notes
The Yorkshire Dales provides the backdrop for the story of a young lad and his elder brother as
they spend a weekend roaming the countryside.
Versions
category cuts 6s
96:34s
UK: Passed 12A for infrequent strong language and moderate sex references after 6s of BBFC category cuts for:
2013 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
Company chose to remove brief images of sexualised nudity in a softcore pornographic magazine in order to achieve a 12A classification. A 15 classification without cuts was available.
The BBFC added in the 2013 Annual Report:
The film Lad: A Yorkshire Story, included a scene in which some teenage boys look at a pornographic magazine, with brief sight of fully naked women posing in a sexual fashion.
Although briefly shown, these images go beyond the Guidelines at 12A and the distributor chose to remove them in order to secure a 12A classification.
Lady Avenger is a 1988 US action drama by David DeCoteau Starring Peggy McIntaggart, Tony Josephs and Jacolyn Leeman
BBFC cuts were required for an 18 rated VHS in release in 1988. The US R rated version
was also cut. There are uncut releases in Germany and the Netherlands
Summary Notes
When the door of freedom cracks open for inmate Maggie Blair at her brother's funeral, she
doesn't let anything stand in her way. This begins her furious determination to unearth the gang that murdered her brother.
Lady Frankenstein is a 1971 Italy horror by Mel Welles and Aureliano Luppi (uncredited). Starring Joseph Cotten, Rosalba Neri and Paul Muller.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1971 cinema release. The BBFC cuts were
waived for DVD, but this was the cut and shortened US Version. The International Version is now available uncut in the US and was passed 15 uncut by the BBFC for 2018 Blu-ray.
Summary Review
When Dr.
Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant Marshall continue his experiments. The two fall in love and attempt to transplant Marshall's brain in to the muscular body of a retarded servant Stephen, in order to
prolong the aging Marshall's life. Meanwhile, the first monster seeks revenge on the grave robbers who sold the body parts used in its creation to Dr. Frankenstein. Soon it comes after Marshall and the doctor's daughter.
Most
commentators are transfixed by the strong sexy (and nude) performance of Rosalba Neri. All sorts of accolades awarded here way beyond what you would expect for a performance in a lowly B movie. Otherwise comments about the movie range from 'naff' to
'entertaining'.
International Version
International Version
run:
98:53s
pal:
94:56s
UK: The International
Version/Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong sex, violence for:
2018 Nucleus Films [International Version + US Version] RB Blu-ray at UK
Amazon
US: The restored International Version is MPAA Unrated for:
In the USA the movie is a public domain film and was released
several times. The original runtime of over 90 minutes probably was too long for the film distributors at that time; as a result, it was trimmed down to 83:38 minutes. Interestingly enough, most of the cuts edit plot scenes out - most of the sex and gore
still made it into the shorter US version.
v Lady Hermit
- 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film by Meng Hua Ho.
Lady Hermit is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film by Meng Hua Ho. With Pei-pei Cheng, Lieh Lo and Szu Shih.
Banned by the BBFC for 1972 cinema release. Uncut in the US
Summary Review:
Quite spectacular
The film offers two wonderful swordswomen for the price of one. Shaw Bros.' top female martial arts star of the late 1960s, Cheng Pei Pei, stars as the title character, a famous veiled crusader
who fights bad guys with her sword but has dropped out of sight when the film opens. Shih Szu plays an eager, whip-wielding aspiring swordswoman who seeks to track down Lady Hermit and become her student.
The villains are
a gang of evil Taoist monks, led by Lady Hermit's old adversary, Black Demon. Lady Hermit and her two followers engage the gang in a series of extremely lively sword battles which are spread throughout the entire film. There are several great set pieces,
including a bit where the characters fight on one of those perilous rope bridges across a gorge and the bad guys cut the ropes and Shih Szu has to hang on to the dangling remains of the bridge and climb and fight her way to the top. The climactic battle
in a towering pagoda is quite spectacular.
Lady in White is a 1988 USA horror mystery fantasy by Frank LaLoggia. With
Lukas Haas, Len Cariou and Alex Rocco.
There exists a Theatrical Version, a Director's Cut and an Extended Director's Cut. The differences between the versions are uncontentious.
Summary Notes
Locked in a school closet
during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly afterward he finds himself stalked by the killer and is soon drawn to an old house where a mysterious Lady In White lives. As he
discovers the secret of the woman he soon finds that the killer may be someone close to him.
Versions
Extended Director's Cut
~126:00s =~119:00s
US: The Extended Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
2016 Scream! Factory [Theatrical + Director's Cut + Extended Director's Cut] (RA) Blu-ray at US
Amazon
Note that the runtime in the BBFC database is 4 minutes shorter than expected. Perhaps the submitted film at 108:52s was doubly speeded up during format conversions.
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
2016 Scream! Factory [Theatrical + Director's Cut + Extended Director's Cut] (RA) Blu-ray at US
Amazon
The Lady Of Heaven is a 2021 UK action drama by Eli King Starring Ray Fearon, Denise Black and Christopher Sciueref
There are no BBFC issues with this release but the film was withdrawn from all Cineworld cinemas and some Vue cinemas after muslim protests. The film was banned in Morocco.
Summary Notes
The heart-wrenching journey of Lady Fatima, the daughter of the religious character Muhammad. Separated by 1400 years, an Iraqi child, in the midst of a war-torn country, learns the importance and power of patience. After losing his
mother, the child finds himself in a new home, where a loving grandmother narrates the historical story of The Lady and how her suffering as the first victim of terror spun out of control into the 21st century.
The film was withdrawn from all Cineworld cinemas and some Vue cinemas after muslim protests.
One issue is reported as being a CGI depiction of the religious character Mohammed, something forbidden
in islam. The BBC's Religion Editor, Aleem Maqbool, said that the criticism also centres on the the way the Shia Muslim film-maker and cleric, Yasser Al-Habib, has portrayed prominent revered figures in early Sunni Islam, implying that there are
comparisons between their actions with those of the Islamic State group in Iraq.
Moroccan film censors have banned the British film Lady of Heaven, after it was condemned by the country's religious council.
The Supreme Ulema Council said the movie was a
flagrant falsification of the established facts of Islam. The council accused the film of loathsome partiality and accused the filmmakers of seeking fame and sensationalism and hurting the feelings of Muslims and stirring up religious sensitivities.
There have been protests against the film in the UK. Egypt, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq have also denounced it.
Lady of the Night is a 1986 Italy drama by Piero Schivazappa. Starring Serena Grandi, Fabio Sartor and Francesca Topi.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1997 VHS but cuts were waived since 2005 18
rated DVD.
Summary Notes
Angelina is tired of long serious relationships. One day she is brutally raped and she changes dramatically. Suddenly she is getting involved in more and more dangerous
relations with unknown men until her behavior leads to a fatal crime.
Versions
uncut
90:29s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and sexual violence with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
Lady Super Cop is a 1993 Hong Kong action film by Siu-hung Chung. Starring Nunzio Caponio, Wai-Man Chan and Ho Chin.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1997 VHS release
Versions
18s
80:30s
UK: Passed 18 after 18s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
1997 TVB UK [Subtitled] VHS
The BBFC cuts were:
At 57 minutes. Reduce torture and murder of man with electric drill by cutting away after whirling bit is forced into mouth, resuming as head flops forward with blood from the mouth
v
Lady Vengeance - 2005 South Korea crime thriller by Chan-wook Park (as Park Chan Wook).
Lady Vengeance is a 2005 South Korea crime thriller by Chan-wook Park (as Park Chan Wook). Starring Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi and Shi-hoo Kim.
The director shot the film with the intention of starting in full
colour and then gradually toning down the colour as it transitions to black and white. This was intended to represent the gradual purification to white of the lead character. However the director changed his mind and preferred a full colour version for
the film's release. The black and white concept later was released as the 'fade to white' version.
Summary Notes
Wrongfully accused of child abduction and murder, the
angelic-faced single mother, Lee Geum-ja, is released from prison after thirteen long years. Hell-bent on taking her sweet revenge on the man behind the hideous crime, Lee hatches an infallible plan of retribution with the help of her cellmates; however,
planning is easier than doing. Now--as Lee Geum-ja struggles to make amends with the daughter she was forced to give up--at the same time, she finds herself torn between her insatiable thirst for vengeance and the desperate need for atonement. Can she
have both?
Lake Placid: The
Final Chapter is a 2012 USA TV horror by Don Michael Paul. Starring Elisabeth Röhm, Yancy Butler and Paul Nicholls.
Exists in an R rated version and an Unrated version.
Summary Notes
Reba the poacher is back, now an EPA agent. Black Lake is turned into a crocodile sanctuary surrounded by an electric fence. When the fence gets left open one night, a high-school field trip bus unknowingly enters the
park. It's up to Reba and the sheriff to save the kids from becoming crocodile chow.
Versions
uncut
Unrated
86:00s
UK: Presumably the Unrated version was passed 15 uncut for strong gore, violence, language
and sexualised nudity for:
Lal Salaam is a 2024 India sport drama by Aishwarya Dhanush Starring Rajinikanth,
Tanisa islam Mahi and Vishnu Vishal
BBFC
category cuts were required for a 12A cinema release in 2024.
Summary Notes
A reckless townsman tries to mend his thug ways ends up resurrecting himself and proves to be worthy of the
world, in the eyes of the same people who chased him away.
Versions
cut:
run:
150:22s
pal:
144:21s
UK: BBFC 12A rated for moderate violence, injury detail for moderate violence, injury detail after BBFC
cuts:
2024 TGS ENTERTAINMENT cinema release (rated 08/02/2024)
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make cuts to a sequence of strong violence in order to achieve their requested 12A rating. An uncut 15 classification was available.
The Lamp is a 1987 USA horror by Tom Daley. With Deborah Winters, James Huston, Andra St. Ivanyi.
Cut by the BBFC for UK release. The film has been released uncut and
shortened in the US.
Summary Review: Killer Genie
An ancient genie is released from a lamp when thieves ransack an old woman's house. They are killed and the lamp is moved to a museum to be studied. The
curator's daughter is soon possessed by the genie and invites her friends to spend the night at the museum, along with some uninvited guests. The genie kills them off in an attempt to fulfill her ultimate wish.
If you're a fan of
slasher films, I would add this to your collection. It's unique in its own way and probably one of the only slasher films with a killer genie in it!
Versions
uncut
UK: Uncut on pre-cert video for:
UK Braveworld VHS
UK IVS VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2015 Shout! Factory [The Outing/The Godsend] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
Land of Doom is a 1986 USA Sci-Fi adventure thriller by Peter Maris. Starring Deborah Rennard, Garrick Dowhen and Daniel Radell.
BBFC cuts were required for 18 rated VHS in 1985. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in
the US.
Summary Notes
Earth has been ravaged by a nuclear war, and a feminist warrior is forced to join up with a soldier of fortune in her journey to find a rumored "paradise" as
they battle gangs of rampaging bandits.
Land of the Dead is a 2005 Canada / France / USA horror thriller by George A Romero. Starring John Leguizamo, Asia Argento and Simon Baker.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This cut version was passed 15 for 2004
cinema release. Home video releases are the uncut MPAA Unrated version which was also passed 15 uncut for UK home video. The film was banned in Ukraine
Summary Notes
Now that zombies have taken over the
world, the living have built a walled-in city to keep the dead out. But all's not well where it's most safe, as a revolution plans to overthrow the city leadership, and the zombies are turning into more advanced creatures.
Unrated Version
Unrated Version uncut
run:
96:40s
pal:
92:48s
UK : The Unrated Version was passed
15 uncut for strong language, violence, horror and gore for:
2021 Fabulous Films [Unrated + Theatrical Versions] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
2021 Fabulous Films [Unrated + Theatrical Versions] R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad
UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 15
without BBFC cuts for:
2021 Fabulous Films [Unrated + Theatrical Versions] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
2021 Fabulous Films [Unrated + Theatrical Versions] R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad
2005 cinema release
From IMDb:
both gore and dialogue have been cut from the theatrical version.
banned
Ukraine: Banned
The film was banned in Ukraine reportedly over sensitivities to
marauding cannibal masses in search of food. It recalls the historical Holodomor genocide in 1932-33. The Soviet Government starved the Ukranian people causing thousands to resort to cannibalism to survive.
Land of the Monsters - 1962 Italy/Yugoslavia action romance by Guido Malatesta. See
Colossus of the Stone Age
Language of Love is a 1969 Sweden documentary drama by Torgny Wickman. Starring Inge Hegeler, Sten Hegeler and Maj-Brith Bergström-Walan.
Banned by the BBFC form 1970 cinema release but passed X, apparently uncut,
for 1973 cinema release. 18 rated on 1988 VHS and 2008 DVD.
Summary Review
A modern advanced film about sexual education an behaviour based on the clinical research made by famous American and Swedish
doctors. The film centres around a panel; Inge and Sten Hegeler, Maj-Brith Bergstroem-Walan and Sture Cullhed, all well known, reputable experts, who have devoted their scientific studies to the various fields of sexual life.
The content is dated and not what I call erotic. It is about old duffers talking about sex. not recommended for viewing.
Versions
uncut
102:22s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for real sex for:
2008 Revelation Films video
It is not clear what is meant by real sex. Reviewers haven't mentioned anything notably hardcore so perhaps something to do with text book scientific detail. UK: Passed X (18) without BBFC cuts for:
Cuts required to glamorising shots of flick knife (including sight and/or sound of knife opening , a close shot of the knife covered in blood, and clear sight of knife being twirled) and to sight
of a headbutt delivered by heroine, to take account of the large, young, 12-14 year old audience which has already been created by the similarly cut film version.
The uncut version was submitted for DVD and the BBFC asked for the
same cuts as they did for the cinema release. This time round the distributor did not repeat the unnecessary cuts to the death blow, and so it was restored for DVD.
category cuts 3s
100:24s
=96:23s
UK: Passed 12 for moderate action violence and mild bad language after 3s of BBFC category cuts for:
2001 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
Company chose to significantly reduce sight of a flick knife in several scenes, removing in particular material which appeared to glamorise the weapon , in order to achieve a 12. An uncut 15 was
available to the distributor. The distributor also sought and was given advice during post-production which resulted in a reduction in violence in the final fight sequence (including the complete removal of a headbutt) prior to formal submission.
When implementing the required cuts, the distributor also removed the death blow throat chop even though it was not on the cuts list. The cuts were;
As Powell threatens Lara Croft, the shot of the knife blade emerging from its handle was cut, along with its metallic ringing sound;
The ringing sound was again edited out as Powell opened the knife to dispatch Alex West
Two shots
of Powell's knife were removed from the showdown. The first showed the knife covered in blood and the second was a shot of the knife being twirled.
At the climax of the showdown fight, Lara Croft headbutting Powell was removed. The distributors
also replaced the final throat chop with a lesser blow
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life is a 2003 USA / Germany / Japan / UK / Hong Kong action fantasy adventure by Jan de Bont. Starring Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler and Chris Barrie.
The BBFC reports that the 2019 submission was a Domestic Cut but there are no further details abut this variant. The film was banned in China.
Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, makes the unexpected discovery of a throbbing golden orb able to guide its holder to the mythical Pandora's Box. As the legendary artefact
contains ancient mysteries of unfathomable power, Lara needs to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands, especially the unscrupulous former Nobel Prize winner and now a bio-weapons dealer, Jonathan Reiss. With the aid of the former agent, Terry
Sheridan, the fearless adventurer travels the world in pursuit of the precious item; however, can she retrieve it in time to save the day?
v Laser Mission
- 1989 West Germany / South Africa / USA action adventure thriller by bj davis (as beau davis)
Laser Mission is a 1989 West Germany / South Africa / USA action adventure thriller
by bj davis (as beau davis) Starring Brandon Lee, Debi A. Monahan and Ernest Borgnine
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. The UK VHS release from 2004 was
15 rated and uncut.
Summary Notes
Mercenary Gold is sent from the CIA to seize the laser expert Braun in Cuba, before the KGB catches him. A recently stolen giant diamond could be
used together with Braun's knowledge to construct a laser cannon which could bring power over the whole world. Who will succeed: CIA or KGB - or none of them?
Versions
uncut
run:
87:24s
pal:
83:54s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for one use of strong language and moderate violence:
3s cut at 12 min In the uncut version the attacker gets decapitated by a guillotine (off-screen). In the cut version the only thing you see are his twitching legs as well as blood that splatters against the guillotine.
13s cut at 64 min Cut
shots of Eckhard's corpse after being impaled on a fence and a follow up shot of Michael being kicked and punched by an attacker.
Laserblast is a 1978 USA Sci-Fi film by Michael Rae. With Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith and
Gianni Russo.
Cut by the BBFC for an A rated cinema in 1979. Uncut for 15 rated DVD release in 2013.
Summary notes
A Sci-Fi classic! A desert exploration leads to an explosive discovery for Billy -
his own personal laser gun. Each time he fires the laser, he begins to mutate, into an alien. Billy terrorizes the town, but it's only a matter of time before the aliens return to reclaim their weapon, and his life. With Roddy McDowall and Keenan Wynn.
Ludicrously absurd. This movie wasn't meant to be taken seriously. It did have some bizarre creatures & stop-motion animation. Worth checking out for that alone. It's a curiosity of the late 70's post-Star Wars craze. It's
dated look adds to its appeal.
Versions
uncut
Unrated
78:44s
UK: Passed 15
uncut for strong threat, violence and soft drug use for:
2013 88 Films R0 DVD at UK Amazon released on 12th August 2013
US children's film by William Beaudine (Cinema Club)
Cut
when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC statement: During a scene in which a dog is shot, the animal reacts as if it has been hit by an object, knocking it to the ground. The distributor was unable to provide information
about how the scene was filmed without involving cruelty, so a compulsory cut was made.
US children's film by William Beaudine (Cinema Club)
Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC statement: Distributor was required to remove a sequence where an eagle is tethered by the leg to the ground and goaded into fury and terror by a dog.
uncut
102:40s
The 1965 cinema release was passed uncut, as was the 1990 video
release from Video Collection International
The Last Cannibal World is a 1977 Italy horror adventure by Ruggero Deodato. Starring Massimo Foschi, Me Me Lai and Ivan Rassimov.
Cut by the BBFC for 1977 cinema release. Less cut for 2003 DVD. Uncut and
MPAA Unrated in the US but there is also a cut MPAA R rated version.
Summary Notes
A plane crashes in the jungle. One of the survivors gets lost and while trying to find a way out of the jungle he gets
captured by cannibals. He is humiliated, stripped naked, and thrown in a hole with a bird for a while. Eventually, he escapes with the help of a cannibal girl and tries to find his plane so he can go home.
If you're
a cannibal junkie, this is one to devour. It's no "Cannibal Holocaust" and suffers from a somewhat simplistic script, but there's enough grue and nudity to satisfy gorehounds and enough animal cruelty to enrage everyone else.
It ain't pretty, folks, but it is one of a kind. They don't make 'em like this anymore and even though Deodato says he wants to now make "Cannibal Holocaust 2001" (too late ruggero!) - - don't hold your
breath. This is a long-dead genre destined to stay that way. Bon appetit!
International Version
uncut
run:
91:50s
pal:
88:10s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2020 Code Red [International + US Versions] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
20 03 International Trading/Screen Entertainment R0 DVD titled Last Cannibal World
The BBFC commented: Two compulsory cuts required for 18:
one to remove scenes of animal cruelty organised or directed for the purposes of filmmaking. One was a scene of a live crocodile being cut open with a knife.
and one to remove a scene of eroticised sexual violence [1:11s]. [Robert punching and raping Pulan]
The cut to the live crocodile being cut open was also cut from Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide 2.
UK: The cut cinema version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
2003 International Trading DVD unreleased
The BBFC informed the distributor that some of the cinema cuts were no longer required, so the distributor abandoned this version and submitted an uncut version instead. which then required less BBFC cuts, see above
UK:
The cut cinema version was released on pre-cert VHS for:
1981 Derann VHS titled Cannibal
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.
UK: Passed X after BBFC cuts for:
1977 cinema release titled Cannibal
US Version
cut
cut:
run:
88:56s
pal:
85:23s
US: There also exists a US Version that was heavily cut for nudity for an MPAA R rating:
2020 Code Red [International + US Versions] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
Last Days in Vietnam is a USA TV historical documentary by Robert Kenner. Starring David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers and Michael Murphy.
Exists as a theatrical Version and an Extended TV Version.
Promotional Material
Received an Academy Award® Nomination for Documentary Feature! In April of 1975, the North Vietnamese Army was closing in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance was crumbling. Approximately 5,000 Americans
remained with roughly 24 hours to get out. Their South Vietnamese allies, co-workers, and friends faced certain imprisonment and possible death if they remained behind, yet there was no official evacuation plan in place. Still, over the last days in
Vietnam, with the clock ticking and the city under fire, 135,000 South Vietnamese managed to escape with help from a number of heroic Americans who took matters into their own hands, engaging in unsanctioned and often makeshift operations in a desperate
effort to save as many people as possible.Includes the Academy Award®-nominated theatrical release and the extended AMERICAN EXPERIENCE broadcast version of the film.
Versions
Extended Version
Unrated
~114:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2015 PBS [Theatrical + Extended Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 28th April 2015
2015 PBS [Theatrical + Extended Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 28th April
2015
Theatrical Version
Unrated
~98:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2015 PBS [Theatrical + Extended Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 28th April 2015
2015 PBS [Theatrical + Extended Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 28th April
2015
The Last Dragon is a 1985 USA action comedy drama by Michael Schultz. Starring Taimak, Vanity and Christopher Murney.
Cut by the BBFC for 15 rated cinema release in 1985 and for the 1986 VHS. Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Notes
In New York City, a young man searches for the "master"
to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way, he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.
Versions
uncut
US:
Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
2023 Sony Pictures 30th Anniversary Edition R0 4k Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad
Last Embrace is a 1979 USA thriller by Jonathan Demme. Starring Roy
Scheider, Janet Margolin and John Glover.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1979 cinema release. Presumably uncut on VHS and DVD releases. Uncut on 2014 Blu-ray in the US.
Summary Notes
When his wife is killed in a restaurant shoot-out, intelligence man Harry Hannan (Roy Scheider) has a breakdown and finds that his department doesn't want him back. Someone's trying to kill him and it could be them, though
a cryptic Jewish death-threat suggests there's something else going on. His only ally seems to be mousy Ellie Fabian (Janet Margolin) who has managed to move into his New York apartment.
The Last Emperor is a 1987 China / Italy / UK / France biography by Bernardo Bertolucci. Starring John Lone, Joan Chen and Peter O'Toole.
Exists in two versions, the preferred Theatrical Version and an extended TV version.
Summary Notes
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth
and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant
worker in the People's Republic.
Versions
Theatrical Version
run:
162:40s
pal:
156:10s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15
uncut for
2023 Arrow Limited Edition [Theatrical 4K + TV Version Blu-ray] R0 4K Blu-ray/R0 Blu-ray Combo
at UK Amazon #ad
2023 Arrow Video [Theatrical + TV Version] R0 4K Blu-ray
at UK Amazon #ad
2023 Arrow Video [Theatrical + TV Version] (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon #ad
2010 Optimum [Theatrical + TV Version] RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
2006 Optimum [Theatrical + TV Version] R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
1998 Second Sight VHS
1994 VCI VHS
1988 RCA/Columbia VHS
1987 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
2024 The Criterion Collection [Theatrical + TV Version] R0 4K Blu-ray/(R0) Blu-ray Combo at US
Amazon #ad
This longer TV version has been labelled The Director's Cut but the consensus seems to be that the director preferred the Theatrical Cut
The scenes that were omitted from the TV version were mainly Pu-yi's time in the Chinese concentration camp.
However it is interesting to note that towards the end of the film the protagonist sees the former prison warder in chains and approaches one of the officers in the street. In the Region 2 version of the film the officer responds, "fuck off"
but if you view the region 1, this has been edited to "buzz off!"
TV Version
run:
218:20s
pal:
209:36s
UK: The TV Version/Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:
2023 Arrow Limited Edition [Theatrical 4K + TV Version Blu-ray] R0 4K Blu-ray/R0 Blu-ray Combo
at UK Amazon #ad
2023 Arrow Video [Theatrical + TV Version] R0 4K Blu-ray
at UK Amazon #ad
2023 Arrow Video [Theatrical + TV Version] (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon #ad
2010 Optimum [Theatrical + TV Version] RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
2006 Optimum [Theatrical + TV Version] R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
The Last Exorcism Part II is a 2013 France / USA horror thriller by Ed
Gass-Donnelly. Starring Ashley Bell, Julia Garner and Spencer Treat Clark.
Not a big hit as a children's PG-13 exorcism film so distributors are
trying an Unrated version for home video
Summary Notes
Seventeen year-old Nell Margaret Sweetzer is found completely insane when trying to explain her possession by the demon called
Abalam. After medical and psychological treatment, she is sent to the Deveraux transition house in New Orleans managed by Frank Merle, who helps her to start a new life. She finds a job as a hotel housekeeper, befriends her new roommates, and develops a
crush on her coworker, Chris. Soon, Nell comes to realize that she is haunted by people from her cult... and by the same evil force that once possessed her. When Nell meets Miss Cecile, she tells Nell that she has been following her since the hospital.
Further, she discloses that she belongs to the sect Order of The Right Hand, and that they can protect her from the evil in an attempt to divert the prophecy of an apocalypse. Will Nell accept help, and be protected from the extremely powerful, evil
force Abalam -- Or will she come to accept... herself?
Unrated Version
Unrated Version
run:
89:19s
pal:
85:45s
UK: The Extreme Uncut Version was
passed 15 uncut for sustained strong threat and horror for:
UK: The Theatrical version was passed 15
without BBFC cuts for sustained strong threat and horror for:
2013 studiocanal video
2013 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version was cut and rated PG-13
See pictorial cuts details from
movie-censorship.com . There are a couple of innocuous changes but the cuts are to a scene where Neil slits his throat and Chris tries to stem the blood loss.
The Last Horror Film is a 1982 USA comedy horror by David Winters. Starring Caroline Munro, Joe Spinell and Judd Hamilton.
Uncut on pre-cert VHS which was once seized by police under the Obscene
Publications Act. Cut by the BBFC for cinema and DVD. Uncut since 2014 Blu-ray. Cut for an MPAA R rating in the US
Summary Notes
Vinny is obsessed with famous actress Jana Bates and is determined to
have her star in his movie. He travels to the Cannes Film Festival in France to try and convince her. Unfortunately, he goes about things in a rather unprofessional manner and people involved with Jana Bates begin to disappear.
The brilliant performance by Joe Spinell came as no surprise. Playing an obsessed fan and would-be director, Spinell was both pathetic and sympathetic.
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.
pre-cut
UK: A pre-cut version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for strong, bloody violence for:
2003 Hollywood R0 DVD titled Fanatic
It is reported that this version retains the chainsaw murder at the end, so maybe the cuts are to the film with in a film sequence.
cut
86:42s =~83:14s
UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
1982 cinema release
See IMDb . The UK DVD is an edited version, missing:
some of the violence from the Night Caller film-within-a-film sequence and
Last House on Dead End Street is a 1973 US horror by Roger Watkins Starring Roger Watkins, Ken Fisher and Bill Schlageter
The film started life with a 175m running time but this was reworked to a more
manageable runtime for theatrical release. However before this version was screened it lost a disembowelment scene so, as to obtain a MPAA R rating. This cut scene was restored for 2005 home video releases but the remainder of the deleted footage is
considered lost.
After being released from prison, a young gangster with a chip on his shoulder decides to punish society by making snuff films.
Last House on Dead End Street
was a movie that achieved popularity due to the fact that it was put in the same breath as Last House on the Left by Wes Craven, but that's about where the similarities end.
Roger Watkins directs and stars as a madman who is released from
prison and vows to take revenge on society or so he says. However he instead chooses to kill his former friends and cohorts who may have stole some of his film ideas. He then plots an absurd plot where he makes the best snuff films. Yes that's part of
the urban legend, but this is not a snuff film. What it is though is one disturbing, at times hilarious spoof of other wannabee snuff films.
What the movie is missing is the fact that in Last House on the Left we don't have any reversal of
fortune between the victim and murderers, instead the movie chooses one direction and stays there, so nothing is really a surprise.
Versions
uncut
run:
77:32s
pal:
74:26s
UK: Uncut and BBFC
18 rated for strong bloody violence and sex:
2006 Tartan DVD (rated 13/04/2006) at UK Amazon #ad titled The Last House
On Dead End Street
Last House on Massacre Street is a 1973 Canada / USA horror thriller by Jean-Marie Pélissié. Starring Robin Strasser, John Beal and Arthur Roberts.
A short version was released with a BBFC 18 rating on 1987 VHS. Uncut and
MPAA PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
The neurotic and newlywed Barbara (Robin Strasser) finds her husband (Arthur Roberts) in bed with his old flame Eva (Iva Jean Saraceni). Robin doesn't get mad-she
gets even. Using funds supplied by her wealthy daddy John Beal, the scorned bride turns Roberts and Saraceni's love nest into a dungeon of horror.
Versions
uncut
MPAA
~85:00s =~81:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2018 Kino Lorber [House on the Edge of the Park + Last House on Massacre Street] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
73:11s
UK: A short version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
The Last House on the Left is a 1972 USA horror by Wes Craven. Starring Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham and David Hess.
In the US the Original Theatrical Version was uncut and X rated but was
soon heavily cut for local censorship requirements and then for a series of attempts made in attaining an R rating. Much of the material cut for an R rating has now been declared lost. In 1986 director Wes Craven assembled his best remaining material
previously cut from the film and declared that this version was his Director's Cut. It was released in the US Unrated by the MPAA.
The R rated version was banned from 1974 UK cinema release by the BBFC and the Greater London Council. The film,
presumably still in the R rated version was released in the UK when BBFC certificates were not required but it was soon banned as a 'video nasty'. The BBFC continued its ban with the Unrated version being banned from cinema release in 2000.
In 2001
the DVD was resubmitted and was again banned, but this time cuts were being discussed. A resubmission in 2002 resulted in a BBFC offer of an 18 rating after cuts. The distributors appealed against the cuts but lost their case, and ended up with even more
cuts than requested by the BBFC. The film was released in the following year with the same BBFC cuts but in two versions, including an alternative cut called Krug & Co.
By 2008 the BBFC had relented and the film was released without BBFC cuts in
both the Unrated Version and the alternative Krug & Company.
Summary Review: Brutal Realist Tragedy
Two girls are kidnapped by escaped prisoners and are subjected to sexual humiliation, razor
torture, rape, disembowelments and shooting. The parents of one girl avenge their death by chainsaw, throat cutting and castration.
While I think that people tend to get a bit hyperbolic when they talk about The Last House on
the Left , I do think it's a fairly good film, especially given what the filmmakers were trying to do and considering their lack of experience, the era and the budget. Also, despite a filmic precursor, it just may be the earliest example of the
horror subgenre of brutal, realist tragedy . However, it has flaws that would be difficult to overlook in a distanced assessment of the film.
But again, focusing on that amounts to hype now, and shouldn't be
taken too seriously, lest it lead to inflated expectations. Just as surprising on a first viewing is that The Last House on the Left has an intermittent goofy sense of humor and a groovy attitude that is firmly mired in the early 1970s. The
two policemen are really comic relief characters (and very funny at that), but there is also a lot of humor surrounding the criminal quartet--this almost becomes a black comedy at times. These sensibilities even extend to the music, which has a
frequent hillbilly edge and lyrics that supply ex-positional material. Surprisingly, Hess, who plays Krug, wrote the music.
UK: The Krug & Co Version was passed
18 uncut for:
2018 Arrow Limited Edition [Unrated Version + Krugg & Co + R rated Version] RB Blu-ray at
UK Amazon
2010 Metrodome/In2film Ultimate Edition [Unrated Version + Krug & Co Version] R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
US: Krug & Co is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2018 Arrow Limited Edition [Unrated Version + Krugg & Co + R rated Version] (RA) Blu-ray at
US Amazon
The Krug & Co Edit consists of minor edits throughout but includes the more controversial scenes. It is suggested that this edit may also be considered the Director's Cut. See
pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com.
cut
cut:
28s
run:
83:16s
pal:
79:56s
UK: The Krug & Co version was passed 18 after 28s of BBFC cuts for:
2003 Anchor Bay R0 DVD titled Krug & Company
The BBFC commented:
Cuts required to humiliation of woman forced to urinate, violent stabbing assault on woman and removal of her entrails, and woman's chest carved with a knife.
This version has minor differences throughout but all the footage in the BBFC 2002 cuts list is also cut here
Unrated Version
uncut
run:
84:37s
pal:
81:14s
UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18
uncut for sexual violence, strong threat, violence with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
The uncut version was submitted by a new distributor and in 2008 the Board reviewed the work. On the basis of the authoritative interpretation of the harm test as directed in the High Court in the Manhunt 2 case, the Board
considered that the dated nature of the work had reduced much of the impact of the sexual violence previously cut. The Board's sexual violence policy tests had been applied afresh since the previous submission, and the Board did not now believe that the
work posed a realistic possibility of harm, so it was classified '18' uncut.
US: The Unrated Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 after 44s of BBFC cuts for
2003 Anchor Bay R0 DVD
The 2003 Anchor Bay DVDs implemented the same 2002 cuts list differently and ended up deleting a further 13s
Interestingly the UK Anchor Bay release includes a DVD extra showing the deleted footage as a series of stills. (BBFC censorship only
applies to video material)
cut
cut:
31s
run:
83:41s
pal:
80:20s
UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 after 31s of BBFC cuts for:
2002 Blue Underground DVD
The BBFC commented:
Cuts required to:
humiliation of woman forced to urinate,
violent stabbing assault on woman and removal of her entrails, and
The BBFC had originally offered a cuts list of 16s but the upshot was that the Video Appeals Committee agreed with the 16s of BBFC and
added a further 15s of their own, so totalling 31s.
banned
UK: The Unrated Version was banned by the BBFC for:
2002 Blue Underground DVD
This ban was a temporary affair resulting from Blue Underground refusing to implement a cuts list offered by the BBFC. This was part of the process in initiating an appeal to the Video Appeal Committee seeking an uncut release.
Unrated Version
UK: The Unrated Version which was banned for 2000 cinema version did
however get a release on the Art house cinema club circuit. Leicester Council awarded an uncut 18 certificate for screenings in the city.
banned
UK: The Unrated Version was banned by the BBFC for:
2000 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
The Last House on the Left is not suitable for cinema exhibition because of the explicit and sadistic sexual violence contained in the film. This is the
second time that The Last House on the Left has been refused classification by the BBFC. The present version is some four minutes longer than the version offered in 1974, but is still several minutes shorter than the original uncut version.
Although the recent resubmission was of a cut version of the film, it was still found to contain elements which are unacceptable under the Board's published Guidelines. The Board asked for further cuts to remove images of the horrific stripping, rape and
knife murder of two women. The option of making additional cuts was offered to the distributor in May 1999 and in September they confirmed that the film would be resubmitted with further cuts. After much delay it is now clear that the distributor has
declined the option to proceed further. The Board is therefore unable to classify the film in this version.
Unrated Version
run:
84:12s
pal:
80:50s
US: Craven and film historian Roy Frumkes assembled their best version from surviving material for a 1986
MPAA Unrated VHS and Laserdisc release. Some of the other cut material was missing, some was without sound, and some was presumably best left out.
This has become the definitive version.
US R Rated Version
UK: The cut R rated
version was passed 18 for sexual violence, strong threat, violence without BBFC cuts for:
2018 Arrow Limited Edition [Unrated Version + Krugg & Co + R rated Version] RB Blu-ray at
UK Amazon
banned
cut
UK: The R rated version was released on pre-cert video for:
1982 Replay VHS
The video was released by Replay Video in June 1982. It was an early casualty of the video nasty panic and got banned in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout and so
became one of the collectible DPP39s
banned
cut
Banned
UK: The R rated version was banned by the BBFC
for:
1974 cinema release
UK: The R rated version was then banned by the GLC for
1974 cinema release in London
The Greater London Council proved no more sympathetic than the BBFC and refused to overturn the BBFC ban for London only showings.
cut
cut:
run:
81:47s
pal:
78:31s
US: The US R rated Theatrical Version was heavily cut:
2018 Arrow Limited Edition [Unrated Version + Krugg & Co + R rated Version] RB Blu-ray at
UK Amazon
Craven noted that several cuts of the film were made to obtain an R rating which seems to have ended up 9 minutes shorter than the original version. Craven aslo noted that some of the supposedly R rated versions shown in theatres were in fact uncut.
Original X Rated Version
uncut
run:
90m
pal:
86m
US: Originally X rated and uncut for:
1972 theatrical release
The Original Theatrical Version was uncut and X rated but was soon heavily cut for local censorship requirements. Craven recalled in an interview in 1990:
"Our first cut of the film ran 90 minutes and was out in the
theaters for about two weeks. Sean Cunningham and I became convinced that it was simply too much, that we'd both be sent to Devil's Island if we didn't make some cuts".
The Last House on
the Left is a 2009 USA drama horror thriller by Dennis Iliadis. With Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter and Tony Goldwyn.
Cut for an MPAA R rated theatrical release. The uncut version was released
on home video
Summary Review : Polished Remake of Raw Classic
To this day the original is still a raw and often disgusting piece of cinema. The remake is shocking, brutal and gross, but it
didn't just go the buckets of blood route of the original.
Yes, there is some gore, but compared to films like Hostel and SAW this is quite tame. What does get under your skin is the rape scene. I read that some people
witnessed others leave the theater at this point and they never came back. I guess they didn't see the original or read up on what they paid to see before plopping in their seat. It shows little skin compared to the 1972 version, but it's a long scene
that is painful to watch.
The cast is quite good. The father, played by Tony Goldwyn, and the leader of the killers, played by Garrett Dillahunt were the standouts.
For a film as gritty as this one, the cinematography is polished and
takes away a little bit of the raw power that the original had. I actually don't think Wes Craven's 1972 flick holds up well today and thought this remake was better.
Versions
Extended Version
108:55s
UK: The Unrated Version/Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for:
2009 Universal [Unrated + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
The Last House on the Left is a modern remake of a 1972 horror feature about a gang of violent criminals who assault a teenage girl then unwittingly find themselves seeking
refuge at her parents' home. The film was classified 18 for strong bloody violence and strong sexual violence.
The film contains many scenes of strong bloody violence, many of which breach the BBFC Guidelines at 15
which state that violence may be strong but may not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury and that the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable . In the assault on the teenage girls, which includes a graphic stabbing and
shooting, and in the scenes where the parents get their revenge, there is extended focus on the actual process of the infliction of wounds and the resultant blood loss. These scenes include a bullet being shot through a woman's eye, a man's arm being
caught in a waste disposal unit and a man's head exploding after being put in a microwave.
The film also contains a mounting sense of sexual threat as the criminal gang take the two teenage girls into the wood; a threat
which culminates with the rape of one of the girls. This extended scene went beyond the discreet and brief depiction of sexual assault that is allowed by the BBFC Guidelines at 15 . However, the focus on the girl's anguish and the lack of
sexualised nudity or graphic sexual detail means that the scene did not eroticise or endorse sexual assault and therefore did not require intervention beyond the 18 category.
There is also one use of very
strong language and multiple uses of strong language in the film alongside some strong verbal sex references and scenes in which the teenage characters smoke cannabis.
cut
105:11s
UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
2009 Universal [Unrated + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
The Last Hunter is a 1980 Italy war thriller by Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony M Dawson). Starring David Warbeck, Tisa Farrow and Tony King.
Passed X uncut for a 1981 cinema release. Videos were seized by police during the Video Nasties moral panic. The BBFC subsequently cut the VHS for an 18 rated 1988 release. Later uncut on 18 rated 2002 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in
the US.
Summary Notes
During the Vietnam war, an American soldier gets trapped behind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies sets out to rescue him.
Versions
uncut
run:
95:41s
pal:
91:51s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong gory images, sexual images, sexual threat:
All DVD versions of the film are missing a brief 35 second scene where a soldier replies to a question asked by Captain Morris. The scene was in the cinema version and is probably missing due to print damage.
cut
cut:
8s
run:
96:07s
pal:
92:16s
UK: Passed 18 after 8s of BBFC cuts for:
1988 Elephant VHS
From IMDB:
8 seconds were cut to edit some shots from an attempted rape on Tisa Farrow
banned
run:
96:19s
pal:
92:28s
UK: Released on pre-cert VHS for:
1981 Inter-Light VHS
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order. This is a legal gambit whereby victims admitted that the videos were 'obscene', and therefore
subject to seizure, in return for that being the end of the matter and so avoiding an obscenity trial with the possibility of jail time.
The 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.
Versions
pre-cut uncut
run:
109m
pal:
105m
UK: A pre-cut version was passed 12A uncut for infrequent
strong language, moderate sex, sex references:
2021 Studio Canal video
2021 cinema release
Presumably strong language has been cut
uncut
run:
110m
pal:
106m
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong language:
2021 cinema release titled Last Letter From Your Lover
The Last Man on Earth is a 1964 Italy/USA action Sci-Fi horror by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow. With Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia and Emma Danieli.
Cut by the BBFC for 1965 cinema release. Uncut for home video in the US and UK.
Summary Notes
Dr. Robert Morgan is the only survivor of a devastating world-wide plague due to a
mysterious immunity he acquired to the bacterium while working in Central America years ago. He is all alone now... or so it seems. As night falls, plague victims begin to leave their graves, part of a hellish undead army that''s thirsting for
blood...his!
Versions
uncut
run:
86:40s
pal:
83:12s
UK: Passed PG uncut for mild horror
and violence for:
2009 E1 Entertainment/Elstree Hill Video at UK Amazon
2007 Orbit R2 DVD
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2021 Kl Studio Classics Special Edition (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 USA action war
romance by Michael Mann. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe and Russell Means.
Never cut by the BBFC but its ratings have oscillated between 12 and 15. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. There are three different cuts reflecting the director's attention to detail.
Summary Notes
British and French troops do battle in colonial America, with aid from various native American war parties. The British troops enlist the help of local colonial militia men, who are reluctant to leave their homes undefended. A budding
romance between a British officer's daughter and an independent man who was reared as a Mohican complicates things for the British officer, as the adopted Mohican pursues his own agenda despite the wrath of different people on both sides of the conflict.
Versions
Director's Definitive Cut
run:
114:14s
pal:
109:40s
UK: The Director's Definitive Cut was passed
12 uncut for bloody violence and intense battle scenes for:
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without cuts for:
2006 Warner R2 DVD
1995 Warner VHS
1993 Warner VHS
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 12 without cuts for:
1992 cinema release
cut
UK: Massively cut by Channel 5 for daytime in June 2023
Thanks to Jon: Viciously scalped
On Saturday (24th June 2023) at 3:45pm on Channel Five, a heavily-censored version of Michael
Mann's 1992 epic, THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS was shown, with a "contains mild violence" warning, and shown as part of a Family Movies season, sponsored by Legoland UK!
The film had about 15-20 minutes of cuts from its 122m running time, to render
it suitable for daytime viewing. It also starts off in 2.35:1 for the opening credits scene, then zooms out to 1.85:1 widescreen, losing large amounts of footage.
Almost all violence was cut, especially scalping, gunshot wounds, bloody knife and
machete attacks. The scene in the middle of the film, where Daniel Day Lewis is being escorted in chains for treason, is so heavily cut, one minute he's in chains, the next he's free and carrying a gun trying to save Cora Munro (Madeleine Stowe's
character).
Major Heyward (Steven Waddington) being burnt at the stake, is completely gone. He's escorted away, and that's it....
The Last Picture Show is a 1971 by Peter Bogdanovich. Starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Directors Cut.
Summary Notes
In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying,
both culturally and economically.
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
126:07s
pal:
121:04s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong sex references, sexualised nudity for:
2023 Spirit Entertainment/Criterion Collection R0 4K Blu-ray/RB Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon
2023 Spirit Entertainment/Criterion Collection RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
2018 Sony video
2011 cinema release
2000 Columbia/Tri-Star Home video
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA R rated for:
2023 The Criterion Collection [Last Picture Show + Texasville] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo
at US Amazon #ad
2023 The Criterion Collection [Last Picture Show + Texasville] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
7 minutes of uncontentious material has been added. And thanks to Clive who comments:
When I saw the film in the cinema, during the nude party sequence, the first guy to emerge from the pool was shown full frontal.
Every version I have seen since then shows him above the waist emerging from the pool. Was this cut by the director for DVD and Bluray releases?
uncut
run:
118:04s
pal:
113:21s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for:
1992 Columbia/Tri-Star VHS
1992 Video Collection International VHS
UK: The Theatrical Version passed X (18) uncut for:
Last Tango in Paris is a 1972 France / Italy romance by Bernardo Bertolucci. Starring Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider and Maria Michi.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1973 cinema release, although a few local
authorities banned the film anyway. Later passed uncut for all releases since 1978. Also cut for an R rating in the US although the NC-17 rated version is uncut.
Summary Notes
While looking for an
apartment, Jeanne, a beautiful young Parisienne, encounters Paul, a mysterious American expatriate mourning his wife's recent suicide. Instantly drawn to each other, they have a stormy, passionate affair, in which they do not reveal their names to each
other. Their relationship deeply affects their lives, as Paul struggles with his wife's death and Jeanne prepares to marry her fiance, Tom, a film director making a cinema-verite documentary about her.
It was rather ironic that after the failed obscenity prosecution, when the OPA was eventually applied to
film in 1977, the BBFC's response was to waive its original 1973 cut and pass the film X uncut in 1978.
According to the new Secretary of the BBFC, James Ferman, the application of the OPA to this film guaranteed that
it must be considered as a whole and that a defence of artistic value was applicable. Therefore the film was not obscene in its complete version.
The Board's decision to waive the cut provoked no comment.
~2:00s
There is also a cut US R Rated version with 2 minutes of the anal sex scene being blocked by a lamp
The Festival of Light, a pro-censorship pressure group, started a concerted campaign to prevent the film reaching British cinema screens, circulating copies of the script to MPs and writing to local authorities - with considerable
success, since several dozen banned it.
Events took an unprecedented turn, however, when Edward Shackleton, a Salvation Army member, brought a private prosecution against the film's distributors for publishing obscene
material. The case ultimately collapsed when it was found that the Obscene Publications Act (OPA) did not apply to film.
10s
submitted 128:58s
=123:48s
UK: Passed X after 10s of cuts for:
1973 cinema release
From IMDb:
The BBFC originally demanded 20s of cuts to include edits for language but these were successfully appealed by the director. In the end a 10s shot of Paul putting his fingers between Jeanne's buttocks was censored from the sodomy scene.
The
BBFC was also concerned about a scene of sexual dialogue, but decided that it could not be cut without damaging the film.
One examiner wrote: There is too much restraint in some sex scenes and Paul (played by Brando) seems to
accomplish the most strenuous athletics with his trousers on.'
The film received favourable write ups from the film critics and played unopposed in most areas. However several dozen
local authorities banned it. See above
banned
International: The movie was banned in Nigeria, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Singapore, Chile and parts of Canada for its
explicit portrayal of sexual violence.
In Italy, all copies of the film were seized, burned and banned for over a decade by the Supreme Court.
The Last Temptation of Christ
is a 1988 USA / Canada drama by Martin Scorsese. Starring Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel and Barbara Hershey.
Moralist campaigners claimed that the cinema release should have been
banned on grounds of blasphemy. The BBFC consulted clerics who did not consider the film blasphemous so passed it 18 uncut for 1988 cinema release and 1999 VHS. Some local authorities banned the cinema release despite BBFC's findings. The film has been
rated 15 uncut for home video since 2001. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
The carpenter, Jesus of Nazareth, tormented by the temptations of demons, the guilt of making crosses for the
Romans, pity for men and the world, and the constant call of God, sets out to find what God wills for Him. But as His mission nears fulfillment, He must face the greatest temptation; the normal life of a good man. Based, not on the Gospels, but on Nikos
Kazantzakis' novel of the same name.
Versions
uncut
run:
162:55s
pal:
156:24s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence, gore, sex, nudity:
2019 Sony DADC Europe video
UK: Passed 15 uncut for:
2015 Mediumrare RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
The BBFC took the unusual step of inviting twenty-eight representatives of the
major Christian churches to view the film at the BBFC, and also took legal advice from a QC before making a decision. All who saw the film at the BBFC agreed that the film was not blasphemous in the legal sense, although it might have the capacity to
offend some Christian viewers.
A handful of local authorities took the decision to ban the film, on
the grounds of possible offence (in response to petitions against it) rather than blasphemy.
The Last Valley is a 1971 UK / USA war adventure drama by James Clavell. Starring Michael Caine, Omar Sharif and Florinda Bolkan.
BBFC category cuts were required for an AA rated cinema release in
1971. Home video releases have all been 15 uncut. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the
devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of soldiers occupying the valley.
Versions
uncut
run:
124:46s
pal:
119:47s
UK: Passed 15 uncut:
2001 Pearson Television/Fremantle R2 DVD at UK Amazon
In the US, the film is
rated PG-13 for sexual content and language. Previously it was R rated but the film makers won an appeal and got the rating reduced.
From IMDb. According to director Jon Turteltaub the initial R rating was due to one use of the word blowjob .
During the discussions with the MPAA he had to explain to them why a use of this word is appropriate for a PG-13 rated movie.
The Last Victim - 1975 US thriller by Jim Sotos. See Forced Entry
The Last Warrior is a 2018 Russia action fantasy drama by Rustam Mosafir. Starring Aleksey Faddeev, Aleksandr Kuznetsov and Yuriy Tsurilo.
Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated DVD release in 2018.
Summary Notes
These are times when one civilization is replacing another. A new era is about to begin in Central Eurasia. Scythians, the proud warriors, are all but gone. The few of their
descendants have become ruthless mercenary assassins, the "waves of Ares." Lutobor, is a soldier with a difficult task at hand. He becomes involved in internecine conflicts and sets off on a perilous journey to save his family. His guide is a captive
Scythian by the name of Weasel. Lutobor and Weasel are enemies. They pray to different gods but must embark on this journey together. They brave the wild steppes, moving toward the last haven of the Scythians, to what seems to be their inevitable demise.
Versions
uncut
~105:00s =~101:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2018 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment R1 DVD at US Amazon
compulsory BBFC cuts 4s
101:20s
submitted 101:24s
UK: Passed 18 for strong violence, gore after 4s of compulsory BBFC cuts:
2018 Sony DADC Europe video
The BBFC commented:
Cut required to remove sight of a horse being tripped and landing on its head and neck.
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, threat, moderate bad language after BBFC advised pre-cuts for:
2015 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
This film was originally seen for advice, at which stage the company was informed it was likely to be passed 15 but that their preferred 12A could be achieved by making a number of reductions to moments of violence and horror. When
the film was submitted for formal classification, acceptable reductions had been made in these sequences and the film was classified 12A.
The Last Woman is a 1976 Italy/France drama by Marco Ferreri. With Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti and Michel Piccoli.
UK: Passed X uncut for:
1976 cinema release
Thanks to Gary:
There are two or three shots of Gerard Depardieu with an erection, plus a giant close-up of a (detumescent) penis before Depardieu's character cuts off his own with an electric carving knife - all passed
uncut by the BBFC!
Late Night Trains - 1975 Italian horror film by Aldo Lado. See
Night Train Murders
v Latency - 2023 US/Thailand action horror thriller by James Croke
Latency is a 2023 US/Thailand action horror thriller by James Croke Starring Sasha Luss
and Alexis Ren
Originally MPA R rated for language and some violent content. The film was cut prior to release and then was MPA PG-13 rated for strong language, some violent content and terror.
Summary Notes
When Hana, a professional gamer who suffers from acute agoraphobia, receives new equipment that enhances her game, she begins to wonder if it is reading her mind - or controlling it.
Versions
cut
US: Cut and MPA PG-13 rated for strong language, some violent content and terror.
2024 theatrical release
uncut
US:
Uncut and MPA R rated for language and some violent content.
2024 theatrical release
This version wasn't theatrically released with the producers preferring a cut PG-13 rated version.
v Laththi
- 2022 India action drama by A. Vinoth Kumar
Laththi is a 2022 India action drama by A. Vinoth Kumar Starring Misha Ghoshal,
Munishkanth and Prabhu
BBFC
category cuts were required for a 15 rated cinema release in 2022.
Summary Notes
A police constable, who gets trapped in a building with his 10-year-old kid, and how they escape from
the building surrounded by a group of the enemy.
Versions
cut:
run:
143:04s
pal:
137:21s
UK: Passed 15 for strong bloody violence, injury detail, sexual violence, threat after BBFC cuts:
2022 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make cuts to a sequence of sexual violence and violence, in order to receive a 15 classification. An uncut 18 rating was available.
Cut in 2006 with the
following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove shots of a suicide attempt which demonstrated a technique not felt to be widely known and more likely to result in death that the more well-known
method
Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 US thriller by F Gary Gray.
With Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx and Leslie Bibb.
The film was cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This cut version was
passed 18 for UK cinema release and 2009 DVD. The Director's Cut was released on 18 rated UK Blu-ray also in 2009. This Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
Clyde
Shelton's family is brutally murdered. The ones responsible are caught. However, because of improper procedure, the D.A., Nick Rice only has circumstantial evidence. So he decides to get one of them to testify against the other. When Shelton learns of
this, he is not happy. Ten years later, the one who was convicted is being executed but something goes wrong; his execution goes awry and he suffers. They learn that someone tampered with the machine. And the other one is found dead, killed in a gruesome
manner. Rice suspects Shelton, so he has him picked up. At first, Shelton agrees to a plea agreement with Rice but changes his mind. It appears that Shelton is not done, it appears he blames the whole system and is declaring war on it going after
everyone involved with his family's case. So Rice has to stop him but Shelton is way ahead of him.
Director's Cut
uncut
run:
118:02s
pal:
113:19s
UK: The Unrated Version/Director's Cut was
passed 18 uncut for:
Law Abiding Citizen is a thriller about a man who feels let down by the US justice system after his wife and daughter are murdered. The film has been classified at 18 for strong bloody violence, torture and sexual violence.
The film contains several scenes of strong violence, with a bloody and protracted stabbing in one instance. BBFC Guidelines at 15 state that violence may not dwell on the infliction of pain and injury . At
least one of the scenes was judged to go beyond the scope of the Guidelines at 15 . Other scenes imply strong violence, including torture, but in most instances the strong detail is not seen on screen. The film includes one scene of sexual
violence, with the attack implied rather than portrayed.
Law Abiding Citizen contains a vigilante theme, with a man taking the concept of justice into his own hands and using violence against those who he
judges to have failed him. This theme was also considered suitable only at 18 . The BBFC Guidelines require caution with themes that appear to endorse illegal behaviour, such as violent revenge. In this instance there is some ambiguity as to how
the vigilante is presented, with some dialogue references to the lack of wisdom of his choices, but this is counterbalanced with him being presented as a sympathetic character.
The film also includes frequent use of strong
language.
The additional material in the Unrated Version is mostly plot and dialogue but the violent scenes, including the rape, torture and man being punched to death in the throat, have been extended too.
Theatrical Version
cut
run:
108:20s
pal:
104:00s
UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 18
without BBFC cuts for:
2010 Technicolor/Momentum R2 DVD
2009 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version was cut for violence in the US to avoid an NC-17 rating.
The MPAA cuts were made to reduce the brutal prison stabbing.
v Lawless
- 2012 USA crime drama by John Hillcoat.
Lawless is a 2012 USA crime drama by John Hillcoat. Starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Guy Pearce.
Cut for a US MPAA R rating. The uncut version was used for foreign
releases including the UK where it was 18 rated by the BBFC
Summary Notes
In 1931, in Franklin County, Virginia, Forrest Bondurant is a legend as immortal after surviving the war. Together with his
brothers Howard and the coward Jack, the Bondurant family has a distillery and bootlegging business. When the corrupt District Attorney Mason Wardell arrives in Franklin with the unscrupulous Special Deputy Charles Rakes, the Bondurant family refuses to
pay the required bribe to the authorities. Rakes pursues the brothers and unsuccessfully tries to find their distillery. Meanwhile Forrest hires the waitress Maggie, a woman with a hidden past in Chicago, and they fall in love with each other. Jack
courts the preacher's daughter Bertha Minnix and deals a great load of alcoholic liquor with the powerful gangster Floyd Banner. Jack shows off in Franklin attracting the attention of Rakes that finds the location of their distillery. When he kills the
crippled Cricket Pete, the locals join forces to face the corrupt authorities.
Thanks to Ben. The cinema release was originally rated 18 uncut but this was reduced to 16 on appeal. The 18 rating was restored for home video though, perhaps because it is a shared release with the UK with its BBFC 18
rating..
The BBFC
cut 5s from the 2005 Classic Entertainment DVD and 2010 Deagostini DVD . Cut required to a scene of animal cruelty (horse being ridden off a cliff into water)
No
cuts noted to the 1934 cinema release nor from 1987-2003 video/DVDs.
Running time variations suggest that there are 2 versions doing the rounds.
Lawman is a 1971 USA western by Michael Winner. Starring Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and
Lee J Cobb.
The International Version was uncut by the BBFC for cinema release but was cut for animal cruelty for home video. The US PG rated version is cut for nudity/
Summary Notes
A lawman
from Bannock arrives in Sabbath to arrest all the cattlemen whose wild celebration the year before resulted in the accidental death of an old man.
Versions
98:47s =94:50s
UK: Passed AA (14) uncut for:
1971 cinema release
2-4s
94:45s
UK: Passed 15 for moderate violence after 2-4s of compulsory BBFC cuts for:
2004 MGM R2 DVD
1995 Warner Home Video Video
The BBFC commented:
Cut required to remove a cruel horse fall
cut
PG
US: The US PG version is cut for nudity.
A topless seen of Sheree North in bed with Burt Lancaster has been replaced by a clothed version
An extra 32 minutes of uncontroversial material have been added for the Director's Cut. The Director's Cut seems to be the best version. See version details
from movie-censorship.com
Theatrical Version
run:
107:45s
pal:
103:26s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed
15 without BBFC cuts for:
2024 101 Films Lawnmower Man Collection [Theatrical Versions + Director's Cut] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace is a 1996 USA action Sci-Fi thriller by Farhad Mann. With Patrick Bergin, Matt Frewer and Austin O'Brien.
BBFC imposed category cuts were required for 12 rated cinema release and 2004 DVD. Released uncut in 2010 on UK DVD but this is not in the BBFC database. There was however a BBFC update for an uncut 12 rating in 2024. Uncut in the US.
Summary Notes
Jobe is resuscitated by Jonathan Walker. He wants Jobe to create a special computer chip that would connect all the computers in the world into one network, which Walker would control.
Versions
uncut
run:
92:56s
pal:
89:13s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated with a trigger warning for moderate violence, infrequent strong language, discrimination:
2024 101 Films Lawnmower Man Collection [ Theatrical Version] (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon #ad
2024 101 Films Blu-ray (rated 16/01/2024) titled LAWNMOWER MAN 2: JOBE'S WAR
UK: Uncut without a BBFC database entry for:
2010 Universal [Lawnmower Man Director's Cut + Lawnmower Man 2] R2 DVD at UK
Amazon
Lawrence of Arabia is a Lawrence of Arabia is a1962 UK war film by David
Lean. With Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn.
Cut by the BBFC for an 'A' rated 1962 cinema release. Shortened for 1986
VHS. The restored version is uncut and has been PG rated since 1989.
Summary Notes
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often
warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Versions
Restored Version
run:
218:21s
pal:
209:37s
UK: The Restored Version was passed PG
without BBFC cuts for:
Note that a 228m version is the restored with added entrance, intermission and playout music.
shortened
run:
198:42s
pal:
190:45s
UK: The Shortened version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for:
1986 RCA/Columbia VHS
From IMDb:
Shortly after premiere which took place in London in December 1962, 20 minutes were deleted from the film.
Cuts included the shot of goggles on the tree, Brighton's "remarkable
man" line to the priest, early shots of the drafting room scene, the whole officer's mess sequence where he's called a clown and upsets water on someone, and some dialogue between the General and Dryden.
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub:
222:00s
UK: The Original version was passed A after BBFC cuts for:
