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
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. 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
Unrated
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 ~9:00s
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:
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
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.
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
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 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:
2011 Shout! Factory Vampires, Mummies and Monsters Collection (US Theatrical Version + International Version) R1 DVD via UK
Amazon and at US Amazon
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub:
98:58s
UK: The longer International Version was passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
1971 cinema release
US Version
US Version shortened
cut:
11:05s
run:
87:06s
pal:
83:37s
UK: The shortened US Theatrical Version was passed 18
for strong sex and violence with previous BBFC cuts waived 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.
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
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
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:
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
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:
UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 15
without BBFC cuts for:
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.
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
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Lara Croft - Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens
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?
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 in the US
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!
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.
American Experience: 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.
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 a longer 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
156:10s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for
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
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
209:36s
UK: The TV Version/Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:
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 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.
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 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 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 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.
Unrated Version
Unrated
81:14s
UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived 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
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:
2018 Arrow Limited Edition [Unrated Version + Krugg & Co + R rated Version] (RA) Blu-ray at
US Amazon
UK: The Krug & Company 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
44s
80:13s
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)
31s
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
84:12s =80:50s
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
84:12s =80:50s
UK: The Unrated Version which was banned for 2000 cinema version did however get a release on the Art house cinema club circuit.
banned
84:12s =80:50s
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
Unrated
84:12s =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.
banned
R rated
cut
77:23s
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
R rated cut
Banned
~81:00s ~=78:00s
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.
R rated cut
81:47s =78:31s
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
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 Version
X Rated
~90:00s =~86:00s
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 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.
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.
8s
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
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 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
Unrated
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:
2016 FCE [Ultimate Horror Collection 3] R0 Blu-ray-R at US Amazon
2014 Shout!
Factory [Vincent Price Collection II] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
2014 Mill Creek [They
Came from Space Collection] R1 DVD at US Amazon
cut
85:51s =82:25s
UK: Passed X after presumably the same compulsory BBFC cuts for:
The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 USA action war romance by Michael Mann.
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe and Russell Means.
Not
cut but the BBFC oscillated between 12 and 15. Uncut and 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
MPAA
UK: The Director's Definitive Cut was
passed 12 uncut for bloody violence and intense battle scenes 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.
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 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!
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.
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
uncut
103:26s
UK: The
Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
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 for cinema release and 2004 DVD. Released uncut in 2010 on UK DVD but this is
not in the BBFC database. 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 and ...
Versions
uncut
PG-13
UK: Uncut without a BBFC database entry for:
2010 Universal [Lawnmower Man Director's Cut + Lawnmower Man 2] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
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
submitted
222:00s =213:07s
UK: The Original version was passed A after BBFC cuts for:
