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Beach Babes From Beyond

Beach Babes From Beyond is a 1993 USA comedy Sci-Fi film by David DeCoteau (as Ellen Cabot)
Starring Joe Estevez,Don Swayze,Joey Travolta BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Exists as the more common cut R rated version and an uncut MPAA Unrated version.

Summary Notes

Three intergalactic beauties beam down off the California coast and have close encounters with three local beach boys.

Versions

mpaa cut
cut 
cut:  
run: 74:21s
pal: 71:23s
18 1980UK: 18 uncut:

There is no BBFC database entry for this release so presumably this is the same as one of the 2 Medusa VHS releases.

US: Cut and MPAA R rated for:

From IMDb. Despite the R-rated version being cut for sexual content, there are actually some scenes not featured in the unrated version.

BBFC uncut
cut
run: 79:30s
pal: 76:19s

mpaa cut
cut 

18 1980UK: Passed 18 without BBFC cuts:
  • 1994 Medusa VHS

The 2nd submission in 1994 was 46s shorter than  the first for reasons unknown.

BBFC uncut
cut
run: 80:18s
pal: 77:05s

mpaa cut
cut 

18 1980UK: Passed 18 uncut:
  • 1994 Medusa VHS
Presumably it was the cut R rated version that was submitted in 1994.

 

Beach of the War Gods

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Beach of the War Gods is a 1973 Hong Kong/Taiwan action war by Yu Wang.
With Yu Wang, Fei Lung and Yeh Tien. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 1973 cinema release. Uncut in the US

Summary Review: Visually Stunning

The famous swordsman Hsia Feng gathers five other fighters and rallies the local fishermen to fight off a band of Japanese pirates.

Since this is a Golden Harvest production the sets, costumes and props are well made. The directing by Wang Yu is superb, his visual style of camera angles and the use of slow-motion is just like the movies are made today. The fight-choreographing is sharp, and visually stunning.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated

Hong Kong flag

97:00s US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2014 Shout! Factory [Jimmy Wang Yu Collection] R1 DVD at US Amazon

Hong Kong: Uncut for:

BBFC cut
cut
AA certificate submitted
100:20s
=96:19s
UK: Passed AA (14) after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1973 cinema release
Beach Red

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Beach Red is a 1967 USA war drama by Cornel Wilde.
Starring Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn and Burr DeBenning. YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb

The 1967 X rated cinema release was cut by the BBFC. UK home video releases are now uncut. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Promotional Material

Cornel Wilde produced directed and starred in this sincere, hard-edged look at World War II that doesn't flinch from the horrors of battle. The action takes place during a single American campaign to take an island held by the Japanese.

The usual cliché characters are replaced by believable portrayals, such as the captain (Wilde) who loves his wife but hates the war, the sergeant (Rip Torn) who gets sadistic pleasure out of battle, the minister's son (Patrick Wolfe) who keeps remembering the girl he left back home and the Southern illiterate (Burr DeBenning) who finds a place for himself in the Marines.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 105:49s
pal: 101:35s
12UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate injury detail, violence for: US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
cut
X cert UK: Passed X after compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1967 cinema release
Bear Club

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  • Cachorro
Bear Club is a 2004 Spain gay comedy drama by Miguel Albaladejo.
Starring José Luis García Pérez, David Castillo and Empar Ferrer. YouTube icon IMDb

Uncut in Europe but cut for an R rating in the US.  However there is also an Unrated and uncut version in the US.

Summary Notes

Pedro, a gay man with an active social life and big circle of friends, takes in his nephew Bernardo for a couple weeks. When it appears as though it might become a permanent arrangement, however, Pedro turns to his friends for guidance as he and 9-year-old Bernardo begin to forge a household together.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

99:05s
=95:07s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and drug use for:
mpaa cut
cut
MPAA
R rated
~95:00s
=~91:00s
US: Cut for an MPAA R rating. The cuts were to gay sex scenes. See article from movie-censorship.com
Bear Island

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Versions

BBFC uncutPG cert102:45s Bear Island is a 1979 Canada/UK Adventure Thriller film by Don Sharp.
With Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave and Richard Widmark. IMDb

The BBFC passed a short version PG without cuts for the 1986 RCA/Columbia video

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut A cert125:37s
=120:36s
The BBFC passed a long version 'A' without cuts for the 1979 cinema release
The Beast

1975 French film by Walerian Borowczyk

See La Bete
 

The Beast in Heat

Link Here
  • SS Hell Camp
  • La bestia in calore
  • Horrifying Experiments of the S.S. Last Days
  • SS Experiment Part 2
The Beast in Heat is a 1977 Italian Naziploitation by Luigi Batzella
With Macha Magall, Gino Turini and Edilio Kim.
YouTube icon IMDb
Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Not released in the UK since. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Review: The Good Old Days

A beautiful, nefarious senior female SS officer/doctor (Magall) creates a genetic, mutant human Beast (half man/half beast). The Beast is a rapacious, squat, mongoloid sex fiend which she uses to torture and molest female prisoners while the Nazis watch. The vertically challenged beast is kept on a diet of mega-aphrodisiacs. There is plenty of sadistic titillations, gore and nudity in this Nazi sub-genre exploitation flick.

Ahhh, the good old days when absolutely nothing was safe or sacred to the exploitation movie merchants.... Here we have, in my opinion, probably the most tasteless example of the Naziploitation picture, a genre that more or less died shortly after this "movie".

Anyway, about the movie. For the uninitiated, start with Ilsa - She Wolf of the SS . If you can "enjoy" that bit of nastiness, then perhaps consider taking on this "unique" take on a forgotten film genre. Just don't watch it with your mom or girlfriend or aunt or grandma etc...

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA Unrated 85:59s US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
uncut
uncut
Video Nasty   UK: Release on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 JVI VHS

Released on video in June 1982 by JVI. Banned in October 1983 when it was added to the official video nasty list . It r emained on the DPP list throughout the scare and so became one of the (rarest) collectable DPP39s

The Beast in Space

Link Here
  • La bestia nello spazio

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
91:00s
=~87:00
1980 Italy SciFi by Alfonso Brescia
With Sirpa Lane, Vassili Karis and Lucio Rosato. IMDb

US: The XXX Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

The XXX Version:

  • contains alternative hardcore shots of the beast Onaf raping Sondra
  • a hardcore sex scene between Madison and Sondra
  • extra shots of Onaf's prosthetic penis.

Summary Review: Sexual Energy

Without stating the obvious, the film is a mess. But that's where the fun begins. There is no real telling of what is happening, but one might surmise some of the possibilities. Ultimately this film is riding the coattails of two other films: The Beast (La Bete) and Star Wars . How you might imagine to combine these two films into one heap of psuedo-science-fiction with a touch of pornography? Its not easy, and watching this is not very easy either.

There are hardcore scenes in this version, but its really not erotic or sexually interesting. While the film is already cut-up to an incomprehensible mess, the hardcore footage does not help matters much either.

cut
pre-cut
MPAA
Unrated
92:00s
=~88:00s
US: The Unrated Version from Severin contains alternative softcore shots to the XXX Version. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com
BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut

18

 

88:51s UK: A pre-cut version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2012 Shameless Sexploitation [+ Satan's Baby Doll + Love Goddess of the Cannibals] R0 DVD
  • 2010 Argent/Shameless R0 DVD

This version is based upon the XXX Version but the 'real' hardcore was pre-cut. However it is slightly better than the Unrated Version in that:

  • The beast raping Sondra is extended with some extra softcore material rescued from the hardcore version.
  • There are extra shots of Onaf's prosthetic penis.
Beast of Blood

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  • Blood Devils
  • Beast of the Dead
Beast of Blood is a 1970 Philippines / USA horror adventure by Eddie Romero.
Starring John Ashley, Celeste Yarnall and Eddie Garcia. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1970. Uncut on pre-cert VHS. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA Unrated US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2018 Severin Films The Blood Island Collection RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
BBFC uncut
uncut
pre-cert VHS 86:23s UK: Uncut for pre-cert video:
  • 1983 Horror Time VHS

From IMDb. There was a British video release that was uncut. It went by the title Beast of the Dead, it contains some topless footage that wouldn't have got past U.S. TV, but would have been passed by the British censor. However lots of violence obviously hadn't much chance of making it past the BBFC, especially a gruesome scene where a doctor removes a man's head.

BBFC cut
compulsory BBFC cuts
Xsubmitted
89:25s
=85:50s
UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1971 cinema release titled Blood Devils

From IMDb. The British X certificate cinema release Blood Devils was taken from the same cut version used for the American TV version. This same version later resurfaced on video.

Beast Wars Transformers: The Spark

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Versions

3s PG certificate22:12s Childrens TV (Universal Pictures)

Thanks to Sic

Cut in 2001 to obtain a PG

A headbutt was cut (13.45s in)from the start of a fight between cheetor & Black Arachnia because it's a dangerous technique of course I'm sure the subsequent series of punchs and kicks to the side of the head are perfectly safe.

The Beast Within

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The Beast Within is a 1982 USA horror by Philippe Mora.
With Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch and Paul Clemens. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for VHS, then uncut on DVD. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

In the beginning of the movie you see a woman getting raped by a man-creature of some sort. The movie takes place years later when the child that was a result of that rape is on the rampage looking for a girl to rape to start the process all over again.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA R

94:20s

 

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, sexual violence for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

BBFC cut
1:07s
18 93:15s UK: Passed 18 after 1:7s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1986 Warner VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • The opening & closing rape scenes are missing glimpses of the women's breasts and of bloodied bodies
  • Michael's (Paul Clemens) attack on Edwin (Logan Ramsey) is missing the shot of the killer quivering as he gnaws into the victim's throat.
  • A shot of Edwin's mangled body is missing when it is discovered by the Judge (Don Gordon).
  • Michael snarls at the camera with a bloodied mouth during a flashback that is missing.
  • Eventually the Judge gets his head ripped off but we don't get to see the blood pouring out nor the head rolling off the neck stump.
The Beastmaster

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  • Beastmaster - Der Befreier

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert113:21s 1982 US/West Germany fantasy by Don Coscarelli

The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for the 1998 Mainline video (and Five Star DVD).

There is also a heavily cut US Theatrical Version

The uncut region 0 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available via US Amazon

1:18s 15 cert110:29s The 1987 Warner video was raised to a 15 but still featured the PG rated cut cinema version.
1:18s PG cert117:00s
=112:19s
The Director's Cut was submitted for the 1982 UK cinema version but was heavily cut for a PG rating.

From cuts details on IMDb

  • Edits to shots of impaled bodies
  • Edits to the puncturing of a ring containing an eyeball
  • Removed all footage of topless nudity during Kiri's bathing scene.

The submitted running time was noted as 118:18s = 113:34s

Beat Girl

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  • De aanlokster
Beat Girl is a 1960 UK drama by Edmond T Gréville.
Starring David Farrar, Noëlle Adam and Christopher Lee. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for a 1960 X rated cinema release. uncut and 12 rated on home video. There also exists a further cut alternative version that adds additional material to make up the run time. There is also an Extended Version that adds some of the additional material in the alternative version to the Theatrical Version

Summary Notes

Paul, a divorced architect, marries Nichole, a woman from Paris. His teen daughter Jenny has fallen in with the English beatnik scene and likes to hang out in cave-like clubs to listen to jazz and rudimentary rock'n'roll. Jenny takes an immediate dislike to her step mother, who is not that much older than she, and goes out of her way to make life miserable for Nichole. When Jenny discovers that Nichole is a friend of one of the strippers from the dance hall across the street, she investigates and uses Nichole's sordid past to embarrass her father. Meanwhile Jenny attracts the lecherous eye of Kenny, the owner of the dance hall.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Extended Version
uncut
run: 92:33s
pal: 88:51s
12UK: The Extended Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate bad language, nudity for:
  • 2016 Bfi [Theatrical + Extended + Alternative Versions] RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon

This is still shorter than the submitted version in 1960 so perhaps the cuts have persisted.

See version details from movie-censorship.com

Three version are included in the BFI release. There is the UK Theatrical Version. Then there is an alternative version which misses out on some of the racier sequences, yet offers two new sequences of plot that were not included in the original version in order to make up for the lost runtime. The third version is an extended cut that was based on the UK Theatrical Version, yet also includes the new scenes from the alternative cut.

BBFC uncut
Alternative Version
run: 92:23s
pal: 88:41s
12UK: The Alternative Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate nudity for:
  • 2016 Bfi [Theatrical + Extended + Alternative Versions] RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
  • 2007 Orbit Media video
  • 1998 Second Sight Films VHS

See version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
cut:  
run:  
pal:  
sub: 93:31s
X pre 1970UK: The Theatrical Version was passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1960 cinema release

From IMDb:

The original UK cinema version was described by the BBFC as the product of squalid and illiterate minds and the film suffered extensive cuts to all striptease/dancing sequences and the scene where the teenage gang lies on a railway line. Later UK releases and TV showings were fully restored and uncut.

Beat Street

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  • Beatstreet
Beat Street is a 1984 USA music drama by Stan Lathan.
Starring Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis and Jon Chardiet. Youtube link IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for a PG rated cinema release in 1984. Uncut 15 on VHS and 2002 DVD. Uncut 12 from 2008 DVD. Uncut and PG rated in the US.

Summary Notes

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

Versions

uncut
uncut
12

15 cert

MPAA PG
MPAA

101:38s UK: Passed 12 uncut for infrequent strong language for: UK: Passed 15 uncut for:
  • 2002 ILC Prime R2 DVD titled Beat Street
  • 1986 Rank VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

BBFC cut
category
cuts
4s
PG cert 105:48s
=101:34s
UK: Passed PG after 4s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1984 cinema release titled Beatstreet

Thanks to Compboy1972

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week

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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years is a 2016 UK / USA music documentary by Ron Howard.
Starring Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and John Lennon. IMDb

Exists in a longer original version and a shortened version.

Summary Notes

A compilation of found footage featuring music, interviews, and stories of

Versions

uncut
uncut
12A cert 137:43s
=132:12s
UK: The original version was passed 12A uncut for infrequent strong language, drug references for:
  • 2016 cinema release
BBFC uncut

cut
shortened

12 cert

12A cert

101:32s UK: The BBFC noted this as a re-edited version passed 12A uncut for infrequent strong language, drug references for:
  • 2017 cinema release
  • 2016 Studio Canal video
This appears to be a shortened version.
Beauty

2011 South Africa/France/Germany gay drama by Oliver Hermanus

See Hardcore 18s list: Beauty

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 USA family musical romance by Bill Condon.
Starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Luke Evans. IMDb

See Banned International: Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

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Versions

uncut
uncut
U cert

MPAA
G Rated

87:23s 1991 US children's cartoon by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise.
With Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson and Richard White. IMDb

The Special Extended Edition was passed U uncut for:

  • 2010 Buena Vista R2 DVD/RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2002 Buena Vista R2 DVD
  • 2001 IMAX cinema release

The US release featuring the Special Extended Edition is uncut and MPAA G Rated for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com .

  • The extended version features an extra song, Human Again and also a bit of extra linking plot to tie in with the song.
  • The animation includes new backgrounds to some scenes
BBFC uncutU cert 84:16s
=80:54s
The Original Theatrical Release was passed U without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1992 cinema release
Because of the Cats

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  • Brutalization
Because of the Cats is a 1973 Netherlands/Belgium crime thriller by Fons Rademakers.
With Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Stewart and Sebastian Graham Jones. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release and also cut in the US for am R rating. The uncut version is Unrated

Summary Notes

A gang of six wealthy, well-dressed and well-spoken hoodlums break into a married couple's house and rape the wife while forcing the husband to watch. Thus begins a dogged investigation by a determined detective who quickly finds that their cult-like solidarity can be a serious obstacle to breaking them.

An interesting, little known and entertaining film includes scenes which are not for the squeamish even by today's standards. This caused censorship problems for the film makers when it was originally released way back in the 70s and understandably repels a lot of viewers.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
~98:00s US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
mpaa cut
cut
MPAA
R rated
  US: Cut for and MPAA R rating.
BBFC cut
cut
X cert  UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1975 cinema release
Bedazzled

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  • Stanley Donen's Bedazzled
Bedazzled is a 1967 UK comedy romance by Stanley Donen.
Starring Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Eleanor Bron. Youtube link IMDb
Passed A uncut for 1967 cinema release after discussing blasphemy concerns. Passed PG uncut for 1988 VHS but 12 uncut for DVD in 2003.

More details in Podcast Episode 33 from bbfc.co.uk

Summary Notes

Stanley is a short order cook, infatuated with Margaret, the statuesque waitress who works at Wimpy Bar with him. Despondent, he prepares to end it all when he meets George Spiggott AKA the Devil. Selling his soul for 7 wishes, Stanley tries to make Margaret his own first as an intellectual, then as a rock star, then as a wealthy industrialist. As each fails, he becomes more aware of how empty his life had been and how much more he has to live for. He also meets the seven deadly sins who try and advise him.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
1299:27s

UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate sex references for:
  • 2005 Second Sight Films video

Just in passing, the  BBFC note for the 2003 12 rating a different rating reason than discussed in the podcast, where the 12 was said to be for imitable suicide techniques. The BBFC also note:

This work has been approved under the Different Versions At Different Categories policy 2004.

The Podcast does mention that there were two variants with a different opening being considered in 1967 but it is not clear if this is the reason for the different versions comment.

BBFC uncut
uncut
PG

A pre 1970

103:26s
=99:18s

UK: Passed PG uncut for:
  • 1988 CBS/Fox VHS

UK: Passed A (PG) uncut for:

  • 1967 cinema release
The Bedroom

Link Here
  • Uwakizuma: Chijokuzeme
  • An Aria on Gaze
  • Shisenjô no aria
  • Shisenjiyou no Aria
  • Unfaithful Wife: Shameful Torture
  • Uwakiduma: chijokuzeme

Versions

13s 1861:58s 1992 Japanese drama by Hisayasu Sato.

The BBFC cut 13s from the 1996 Visionary video.

Thanks to Bleach:

  • At 32.5 mins - After man grabs woman walking along street, remove all sight of him pulling her tights and underwear down to her ankles, resuming on medium close up of her facing wall.
Bedtime

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Bedtime is a 1967 UK drama short by John Irvin.
With Imogen Hassall and Michael Latimer. IMDb

Banned by the BBFC for 1967 cinema release

Versions

banned
banned
rejected ~27:00s UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1967 cinema release

Summary Notes: Inbetweeners

Film begins at the end of one act of love-making and ends at the beginning of the next. It is a dialogue between two people who are neither in love nor married to each other.

Bedways

Bedways is a 2010 Germany romance by Rolf Peter Kahl

See Hardcore 18s List: Bedways

Bee Movie

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Versions

20s U cert86:35s 2007 US animated comedy by Simon J Smith

Thanks to Haydn

The cinema release was cut in 2007 with the following BBFC comment: The distributor was required to make one cut, in a film aimed at younger viewers, of a potentially dangerous and easily imitated technique involving materials that are readily available in the average household (specifically, turning household items into a flame thrower). An uncut classification was not available to the distributor.

The film was released with the aerosol replaced by a harmless shower-head.

Beerfest

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Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

111:37s Beerfest is a 2006 USA/Australia comedy by Jay Chandrasekhar.
With Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme. YouTube icon IMDb

UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC
9s
15 cert 111:45s
=107:17s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 after 9s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2006 cinema release

The cinema version was cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove scene of sexualised asphyxiation in order to achieve the requested '15'. An uncut '18' was available'.

The BBFC explained further in their 2006 Annual Report:

The film contained a brief, comic sex scene that included sight of a man being asphyxiated with a plastic bag. The clear detail, together with the potential for harm amongst teen viewers for whom the dangers of sexual asphyxiation might not be clear, seemed to warrant an '18' certificate.

But as Kirei points out, the same scene would perversely be banned from an R18 film.

Before Night Falls

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Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert127:41s 2000 US drama by Julian Schnabel. With Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp and Olatz López Garmendia IMDb

Passed 15 uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:

  • 2011 Lions Gate Online
  • 2011 Lions Gate video
18s 15 cert127:19s Passed 15 after 18s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2002 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
  • 2001 Fox Pathe R2 DVD
  • 2001 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

  • Compulsory cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (live bird caught in noose)
 
The Beguiled

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The Beguiled is a 1971 USA war western romance by Don Siegel
Starring Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Hartman. YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1971 cinema release. Then 15 uncut on home video.

Summary Notes

During the civil war, injured Yankee soldier, John McBurney is rescued on the verge of death by a teenage girl from a southern boarding school. She manages to get him back to the school, and at first the all-female staff and pupils are scared. As he starts to recover, one by one he charms them and the atmosphere becomes filled with jealousy and deceit.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 104:04s
pal: 99:54s
15 cert

MPAA R

UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate language, sex and violence. for:
  • 2014 Universal Pictures Clint Eastwood Blu-ray Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2007 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2003 Universal R2 DVD
  • 1988 CIC VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

BBFC cut
cut
X cert UK: Passed X after compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1971 cinema release

From IMDB. The BBFC cuts were:

The leg amputation scene was edited by the censors for the film's original UK cinema release. Later releases were uncut and rated 15.

Behind Convent Walls

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  • Interieur d'un Couvent
  • Interno di un convento
  • Sex Life in a Convent
  • Within a Cloister
Behind Covent Walls is a 1978 Italy erotic romance by Walerian Borowczyk.
Starring Ligia Branice, Howard Ross and Marina Pierro. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1978 cinema release and was further cut for 1987 VHS. The cut cinema version was 18 rated for 1996 VHS and the film was passed 18 uncut for 2012 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of one such institution to enforce the same strict rules on these unfortunate women that are applied to others. In doing so, they uncover a snake pit of sexual couplings, both lesbian and heterosexual, as well as many tools for masturbation. At the same time, a particularly disturbed inmate manages to poison herself and many of the other novitiates in yet another scandal which is covered up by church authorities.

Versions

uncut
uncut
1890:34s UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex scenes with previous BBFC cuts waived for: US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
36s
18 90:08s UK:  The cut cinema version was passed 18 after 9s of further BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1987 Video Programme Dists [+ film cuts] VHS titled Behind the Convent Walls
BBFC cut
24-28s
compulsory cuts
18

X cert

95:17s
=91:28s

submitted
95:45s
=91:55s
UK: Passed 18 after 24s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1996 Redemption Films VHS
This is the same cut version as the cinema release

UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:

  • 1978 cinema release
Behind Enemy Lines

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Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 USA action war thriller by John Moore.
Starring Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson and Gabriel Macht. IMDb

The cinema release was cut for a 12 rating but home videos release were uncut and still 12 rated.

Summary Notes

Fighter navigator Chris Burnett wants out: he was looking for something more than the boring recon missions he's been flying. He finds himself flying the lone Christmas day mission over war-torn Bosnia. But when he talks pilot Stackhouse into flying slightly off-course to check out an interesting target, the two get shot down. Burnett is soon alone, trying to outrun a pursuing army, while commanding officer Reigert finds his rescue operation hamstrung by politics, forcing Burnett to run far out of his way.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
12

MPAA PG-13

101:23s

UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate war violence and one use of strong language: US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
  • 2012 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut

12105:37s
=101:24s

UK: A pre-cut version was passed 12:
  • 2001 cinema release

From IMDb. The UK theatrical version had one dialogue substitution (removal of a single use of the word 'fuck') to secure the 12 rating. The DVD/video release was uncut.

Believe

Believe is a 2013 USA music documentary by Jon M Chu.

See Justin Bieber's Believe
 

Bellman & True

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  • Bellman and True
Bellman and True is a 1987 UK crime drama by Richard Loncraine.
Starring Bernard Hill, Derek Newark and Richard Hope. BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Exists as a longer Premiere/Film Festival Version and a shorter Theatrical Version.

Summary Notes

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Premiere Version
run: 121:37s
pal: 116:45s

 

15 certUK: The Premiere Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language, violence and sex references
  • 2019 Powerhouse Films {Premiere Version + Theatrical Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2005 Anchor Bay R2 DVD
  • 1998 Cannon VHS
  • 1987 cinema release

See pictorial versiondetails from movie-censorship.com . For some reason UK releases all have the running time for the Premiere Version rather than Theatrical Version. The extra plot in the Premiere Version is worth having but does not affect the film much.

BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 113:47s
pal: 109:14s
No CertUK: The Theatrical Version was release without an obvious BBFC certificate for
  • 2019 Powerhouse Films {Premiere Version + Theatrical Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur is a 2016 USA historical adventure drama by Timur Bekmambetov.
Starring Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell and Rodrigo Santoro. Youtube link IMDb

There exists a 114 minute export version for intolerant countries that ban the depiction of foreign religions, eg Malaysia. This version has deleted every scene in the film featuring the religious character Jesus Christ, leaving viewers baffled about the motivations of Ben Hur.

Summary Notes

The epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

Link Here
  • Ultra Vixen

Versions

uncut
uncut
1892:46s 1979 US sex comedy by Russ Meyer.
With Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elisabeth Shue. IMDb

The BBFC cuts were waived for:

  • 2005 Freemantlemedia/Arrow 2005 R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2001 4 Front VHS
  • 1999 Polygram/Universal VHS
  • 1999 Troma VHS

Review from UK Amazon : Ultra-Fun

This is a Russ Meyers film, his final full length film as director and as usual his fascination for the female form is in abundance.

The movie is based in a small town USA and centers around the married couple of Lammar and Levonna and the sexual frustration of Levonna, here on in ensues a fantastic comedy soft porn romp in which the couple meet various colourful charactors along the journey to help cure Lammar's bedroom leanings, ending up in the fantastic Church of Rio Dio Radio where in lies Eufaula Roop, who has to be seen to be believed.

This movie was not the best received Meyers movie at the time of release however its safe to say that it has now gained cult status.

~10:00s X cert85:55s
=82:29s
The BBFC cut about 10:00s for
  • 1979 cinema release

From cuts details on IMDb :

  • substantial edits to all of the sex scenes
  • cut shot of Lamar's exposed genitals following a groin kick.
Bent

Link Here

Versions

BBFC uncut18100:04s 1997 UK/Japan war drama by Sean Mathias.
With Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen and Mick Jagger IMDb

A shorter version was passed 18 without cuts for:

  • 2010 Park R2 DVD/Blu-ray
  • 2003 Cinema Club R2 DVD
  • 1998 VCI VHS

The US release was rated NC-17 but there is also a cut R Rated version

BBFC uncut 18116:21s
=111:42s
A long version was passed 18 uncut for:
  • 1997 cinema release
Beowulf

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Versions

uncut
uncut
12 cert

MPAA
Unrated

109:56s 2007 US animated adventure by Robert Zemekis with Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover and Angelina Jolie. YouTube icon IMDb

The Director's Cut was passed 12 uncut for:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC uncut

MPAA
1:30s

12 cert

MPAA
PG-13

109:26s The cut Theatrical Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2008 Warner Online
  • 2008 Warner R2 DVD
  • 2007 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

20 cuts adding up to 1:30s were made to sex and violence with the aim of toning the US release down to PG-13.

Bereavement

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  • Malevolence 2: Bereavement
Bereavement is a 2010 USA crime horror thriller by Stevan Mena.
Starring Michael Biehn, Alexandra Daddario and Brett Rickaby. IMDb
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

In 1989, the boy Martin Bristol has congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA), a rare neural disorder, in which the patient does not feel pain, heat or cold. He is abducted by the deranged serial-killer Graham Sutter (Brett Rickaby) and brought to the Sutter Meat & Poultry, an abandoned meat-packing plant in Minersville, Pennsylvania, where Graham slaughters young women that he kidnaps. Five years later, the stubborn seventeen year-old teenager Allison Miller loses her parents and moves to her uncle Jonathan Miller's house near the decrepit plant. Jonathan, his wife Karen and their little daughter Wendy welcome Allison, but the teenager does not give much attention to her new family. Allison likes to run alone on the road and she passes by the meat-packing plant and then she meets the mechanic William "Billy" and has a crush on him. Jonathan advises Allison to avoid running near the old factory and Billy, who is a problematic teenager. Allison does not listen to her ...

Director's Cut

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 109:53s
pal: 105:29s
MPAA UnratedUK: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated:

See version details from movie-censorship.com :

The Director's Cut features one additional plot scene running for 2:40s. It is worth having but is not a reason to re-see/re-buy the film

Theatrical Version

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 107:13s
pal: 102:56s
18

MPAA R

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and torture:
  • 2012 High Fliers Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon  
  • 2012 High Fliers Films. VoD

 

Bergerac: Low Profile

Link Here

Versions

BBFC uncut12 cert49:50s 1985 UK police TV by David Reynolds

The Abridged Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:

  • 2007 2 Entertain DVD
uncut
uncut
12 cert 52:07s The Original Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2007 2 Entertain DVD
Bernard: Vol 1 Episodes 1-26

Link Here

Versions

5s U cert89:19s 2004 France/South Korea/Spain animated TV series by Claudio Biern Lliviria; Jose Luis Ucha

BBFC cut 5s when submitted in 2008. Cut required to remove sight of the main character touching the bare ends of two live electrical cables together. A higher classification at which this could have been passed would be inappropriate for this work and was not made available.

Berserker: The Nordic Curse

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  • Berserker

Berserker: The Nordic Curse is a 1987 USA horror by Jefferson Richard (as Jef Richard).
Starring Joseph Alan Johnson, Greg Dawson and Valerie Sheldon. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1987. The cuts were waived for 18 rated DVD in 2004. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Promotional Material

A group of friends have set out on a camping trip in a rural part of Utah. Although warned by kindly Norwegian immigrant, Pappy Nyquist ( George 'Buck' Flowers ), of a series of recent killings, supposedly the result of a bear, the campers are undeterred and decide to spend the night outdoors, getting drunk and sharing stories of berserkers, ruthlessly violent viking warriors who wore bear skins and snouts. Not long after pairing off for romantic escapades, they find themselves terrorized and ripped apart by a large and violent bear...but is it actually a bear, or perhaps a real life berserker who has somehow been transported to the 20th century...

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 84:44s
pal: 81:21s
18 1980

MPAA R

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong language, sex and violence with previous BBFC cuts waived US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:04s
run: 83:35s
pal: 80:14s
sub: 81:19s
18 1980UK: Passed 18 after 1:04s of compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1987 Penguin VHS
The Best of Rocko's Modern Life: Volume Two

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The Best of Rocko's Modern Life - Volume Two is a 1993-1996 USA children's cartoon by Stephen Hillenberg, Joe Murray, Roger Chiasson...
With Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny, Charles Adler. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for DVD

Versions

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
16s
PG 64:43s
 
UK: Passed PG for moderate cartoon violence after 16s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 2013 Content Partners video

The BBFC commented:

Cut required to remove sight of a potentially imitable technique in a work aimed at children (in this case sight of a pet dog being placed inside a tumbler dryer and spinning around, without any indication of potentially harmful consequences).

Bereavement

Link Here
  • Malevolence 2: Bereavement
Bereavement is a 2010 USA crime horror thriller by Stevan Mena.
Starring Michael Biehn, Alexandra Daddario and Brett Rickaby. IMDb
Exists as an Original Version and an extended Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

In 1989, the boy Martin Bristol has congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA), a rare neural disorder, in which the patient does not feel pain, heat or cold. He is abducted by the deranged serial-killer Graham Sutter (Brett Rickaby) and brought to the Sutter Meat & Poultry, an abandoned meat-packing plant in Minersville, Pennsylvania, where Graham slaughters young women that he kidnaps. Five years later, the stubborn seventeen year-old teenager Allison Miller loses her parents and moves to her uncle Jonathan Miller's house near the decrepit plant. Jonathan, his wife Karen and their little daughter Wendy welcome Allison, but the teenager does not give much attention to her new family. Allison likes to run alone on the road and she passes by the meat-packing plant and then she meets the mechanic William "Billy" and has a crush on him. Jonathan advises Allison to avoid running near the old factory and Billy, who is a problematic teenager. Allison does not listen to her ...

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
MPAA Unrated ~111:00s
=
~107:00s
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA R Unrated for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.co:

The Director's Cut adds 2:40s in two plot additions, a new scene and an extended scene. The new material does not justify a second dip.
BBFC uncut
Original Version
18

MPAA R

102:56s

UK: The Original Version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and torture:
Berlin, I Love You

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Berlin, I Love You is a 2019 Germany romance by Dianna Agron, Peter Chelsom...
Starring Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren and Luke Wilson. IMDb

A contribution by the Chinese artist, film-maker and activist Ai Weiwei to a film called Berlin, I Love You , was cut by the producers on concern it could create difficulties for them with the Chinese authorities.

Summary Notes

Latest installment of the Cities of Love series (Paris, je t'aime / New York, I Love You / Rio, Eu Te Amo), this collective feature-film is made of ten stories of romance set in the German capital.

The Best of Me

The Best of Me is a 2014 USA romance by Michael Hoffman.

US: The Best of Me was rated PG-13 for sexuality, violence, some drug content and brief strong language in September 2014

US: The Best of Me Special Edition was also rated PG-13 for sexuality, violence, some drug content and brief strong language in October 2014.

The MPAA noted that these two version had different content.
 

Best of the Best

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  • Fei hu jing ying zhi ren jian you qing
  • Fei foo jing ying ji yan gaan yau ching
Fei hu jing ying zhi ren jian you qing is a 1992 Hong Kong by Herman Yau.
Starring Sammi Cheng, Jacky Cheung and John Ching. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1998.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
 
Hong Kong: The import Region 0 DVD from Megastar (English subtitles) is uncut
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
16s
1891:34s
UK: Passed 18 after 16s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1998 Missing in Action [Dubbed + Subtitled] VHS

Thanks to Bleach:

  • Sight of chainsticks were removed from two scenes.
Best of the Best II

Link Here
  • Bedst af de bedste 2
Best of the Best II is a 1993 USA action crime thriller by Robert Radler.
Starring Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee and Chris Penn. IMDb
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This was further cut in the UK for an 18 rated cinema release in 1992 and the follow up DVD in 1993. The cut R rated version was later passed 18 for 2005 DVD. Meanwhile the film was released uncut and MPAA Unrated on US DVD in 2007. A UK Blu-ray release featured the uncut version in 2016 but the BBFC database hasn't been updated with an uncut version.

Summary Notes

In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his partner, Tommy Lee, vow to avenge their friend's death by defeating Brakus and shutting down the fight club.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 101:34s
pal: 97:30s
No Cert

MPAA Unrated

Sweden flag
Sweden

UK: Uncut but without a BBFC database entry:
  • 2016 4digital The Complete Collection RB Blu-ray now out of print at UK Amazon

News from Anthony:

I bought the Best of the Best: The Complete Collection UK Blu-Ray 2016 4Digital Media set, and can confirm it to be completely uncut. In this release you once again see all of the shots of James' vomiting and the finger-blowing-off scene was also there.
UK: The uncut status is unconfirmed but it is likely that it is the same as the above multipack. US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
The DVD cover proclaims an MPAA R rating but is in fact uncut and therefore MPAA Unrated

Sweden: The DVD from Midget Entertainment is fully uncut

BBFC uncut
mpaa cut
cut
cut: 6s
run: 101:13s
pal: 97:10s
18 1980

MPAA R

UK: The cut MPAA R Rated was passed 18 for strong violence without further BBFC cuts:
  • 2005 ILC Prime video

The US cuts of about 6s for an MPAA R rating were:

  • Missing some shots of James throwing up when he is fighting Tommy, 
  • the shot of James finger being blown off.
  •  Also a bad guy getting shot is let off with less bullet wounds than in the uncut version.

This seems to be the version shown on Sky and at least it contains the fight using nunchakus.

BBFC uncut
cut
pre-cut
cut: 1:31s
run: 99:30s
pal: 95:31s
18 1980UK: A pre-cut version missing 1:31s was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts:
  • 1993 Entertainment in VHS
  • 1992 cinema release

From IMDb. The UK pre-cuts were:

The duel between Tommy (Philip Rhee) and the Asian, ponytailed gladiator has been severely shortened for the U.K prints.  A lengthy segment of the fight in which the gladiator uses two pairs of silver nunchakus is missing. The scene lasts twice as long in the uncut version, which has been shown in the past on Sky.

This cut version includes the cuts for an MPAA R rating

TV versions

The version currently screening on Bravo, however, appears to be the same as the video except for an extra shot of James (Tommy's native brother) having his finger blown off - which isn't in Sky's print.
Best of the Best 3 - No Turning Back

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  • Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
  • Best of the Best 3
Best of the Best 3 - No Turning Back is a 1995 USA action crime thriller by Phillip Rhee.
Starring Phillip Rhee, Christopher McDonald and Gina Gershon. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 15 rated VHS in 1996 and 15 rated DVD in 2007. The 2016 Blu-ray release seems uncut but without a BBFC database entry. The US R rated version is very short.

Summary Review : Bad Film, Great Fun

I really enjoyed it, in a campy way. Tommy turns up in some rural town and steps right into a race war. Tommy is basically given reason after reason to take on guys of 4 or more and throw them through various fruit stalls, ticket offices, coffee tables, and french windows.

The gorgeous Gina Gershon does her best as a choir teacher helping Tommy out, but whenever she needs to be helpless it kinda doesn't work because she now plays such strong, female roles.

The acting and direction are seriously questionable but this film is obviously about fight scenes and they are entertaining enough, from the moment we see Gershon's house is full of glass tables, flimsy bookcases and china filled cabinets we know we are in for a treat. Terrible, patronising attitude toward racial issues but, hey, its got a rocket launcher and plenty of flying kicks.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 97m
pal: 93m
No CertUK: Uncut but without a BBFC database entry:
  • 2016 4digital The Complete Collection RB Blu-ray now out of print at UK Amazon

News from Anthony:

The Complete Collection box-set the film had footage matching the description of what was cut back then, suggesting that this film is uncut.
Scandinavia: Uncut for:
mpaa cut
cut 
cut:  
run: 91m
pal: 87m
MPAA RUS: The US R rated version is very short
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 44s
run: 97:11s
pal: 93:18s
15 1980UK: Passed 15 after 44s of BBFC category cuts:
  • 2007 ILC Entertainment [Full Frame] video
  • 1996 Entertainment in VHS

From IMDb:

  • cuts to the scene where Margo is assaulted and her clothes cut with a knife to reveal her bra.
The Best of the Martial Arts

Link Here
  • The Best of the Martial Arts Movies
  • Deadliest Art: The Best of the Martial Arts Movies

Versions

  1886:19s 1990 Hong Kong by Sandra Weintraub

No cuts listed by the BBFC but at the very end the narrator says: we've saved the best for last, here is Bruce Lee fighting with the deadly nunchaku in Enter the Dragon . The clip begins with Lee beating up a few of the guards, then he knocks one over in to some water and it fades out and ends, surprise, surprise, no nunchaku!

The import Region 0 DVD from Universe Laser & Video Co is uncut and available at AsianDiscs

The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival

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  • The Best of the New York Film Festival
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival is a 1974 US erotic short film compilation. YouTube icon

Banned by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release but was later passed X after cuts. Also cur for 1987 VHS

Summary Notes

An explicit compilation of short films with just as strong scenes of sexual activity filmed during festival parties. Compilation of 5 short prize winners from previous festivals:
  • Introduction
  • Eyetoon
  • Baby
  • The stripper
  • 4. Norien ten (uncredited direction)
  • Life with video

Thanks to Rustin Mann on The Melon Farmers' Forum:

One of the shorts is directed by Penelope Spheeris. The story line is of a meek pharmacist hatching a plot to snag his loud sex-loving "hot" neighbour by making a simulated sex tape.

Versions

BBFC cut
5:00s
1868:13s UK: Passed 18 after 5:00s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 Moira Maher VHS
BBFC cut
cut
X cert   UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts in August 1975 for:
  • 1975 cinema release
banned
banned
rejected   UK: Banned by the BBFC in April 1975 for:
  • 1975 cinema release
Best Pair of Legs in the Business

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The Best Pair of Legs in the Business is a 1974 UK comedy drama by Christopher Hodson.
With Reg Varney, Diana Coupland, Lee Montague. IMDb

Cut for its A rated cinema release. Followed by a very short 2006 DVD and a longer 2013 12 rated DVD

Versions

BBFC uncut

best available
best
available

12 cert93:32s UK: Passed 12 for moderate language and sex references without BBFC cuts for:

Not confirmed what version is released here but it is 12 rated and the longest, so presumably it is the available.

BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut

PG cert51:47s UK: A very short version was passed PG for mild language, and sex and suicide references without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2006 Sound & Media Video
BBFC cut
cut
A cert 87:30s
=84:00s
UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1974 cinema release
 

Better Days

Better Days is a 2019 China romance by Derek Tsang (as Kwok Cheung Tsang).
Starring Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee and Fang Yin. IMDb

The film seemed to have censorship troubles in China. The film was pulled from the Berlinale Film Festival in June 2019. This was attributed to censorship problems with scenes depicting strong bullying, presumably related to the BBFC 15 rating and comment about 'strong threat'. It is unknown if this issue resulted in edits to the film.
La bete

La bete is a 1975 French film by Walerian Borowczyk

See La Bete

 
A Better Tomorrow III

Link Here
  • A Better Tomorrow 3
  • A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
  • Ying hung boon sik III jik yeung ji gor

Versions

BBFC uncut18116:07s 1988 Hong Kong action film by Hark Tsui.
With Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Anita Mui. IMDb

The Extended Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

  • 2005 Medusa R2 DVD

There is also a Taiwan Version running 10 minutes longer than the Extended Version. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut 18106:20s The Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1995 MIHK VHS
  • 1990 Justmatch VHS
  • 1990 cinema release
Betty Blue

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  • 37.2° le matin
  • 37.2 Degrees in the Morning
  • 37.2 le matin
Betty Blue is a 1986 France drama by Jean-Jacques Beineix.
With Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle and Gérard Darmon YouTube icon IMDb
There exists a Theatrical version and a Director's Cut. Neither troubled the BBFC. Both are MPAA Unrated

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 185:05s
pal: 177:41s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Extended Director's Cut/Version Integrale was passed 18 uncut for strong sex and nudity for:
  • 2013 Second Sight [Director's Cut + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2013 Second Sight [Director's Cut + Theatrical] R0 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2004 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1993 Fox VHS
  • 1992 cinema release

US: The Extended Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

The extra material is uncontentious and edits were made for timing reasons. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

uncut
Theatrical version
run: 120:52s
pal: 116:02s

 

18

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 for strong sex and nudity without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2013 Second Sight [Director's Cut + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2013 Second Sight [Director's Cut + Theatrical] R0 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1987 Film & Video VHS
  • 1986 cinema release

US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA Unrated for:

Betty Page: Bondage Queen

Link Here
  • The Classic Films of Irving Klaw

Versions

uncut
uncut
18110:03s 1998 US documentary by Thomas Blackstone

The BBFC passed the 2009 Digital Classics DVD 18 uncut

Review from US Amazon : Queen of Curves

The new DVD : Betty Page Bondage Queen will be a desirable addition to any Bettie Page fan but I suppose that I was expecting the whole disk to be unpublished shots of the Queen of Curves as the title suggests. The several short movies presented are black and white films taken of some of Irving Klaw's models in their undies, being bound and gagged by Klaw's sister.

Betty appears in a few and in many stills. The exclusive commentary by Bettie Page is a short written page or two, not the audio file I hoped for. I enjoyed the movies of the models in their bras and panties, dark nylons and ultra high heels as they tried to walk in them but a more truthful title for the DVD would have been Irving Klaw's Bondage and Fetish models, Featuring Bettie Page.

  rejected  The BBFC rejected the 1999 Visual Entertainment video, The Classic Films of Irving Klaw Vol 1 (of 2), which forms part of Betty Page: Bondage Queen

The BBFC stated that this video was rejected on the grounds that the Board's guidelines state that mild fetishism may be represented, but in Irving Klaw we have scenes of women trussed, bound, gagged, spanked, shackled, handcuffed, slapped, tethered and suspended. Such sequences of bondage, restraint and gagging (proffered as masturbation material) are very extensive and unacceptable. The distributor of this material has decided to re-edit two versions of Betty page's work by photographer Irving Klaw that will not breach our guidelines. We are awaiting their resubmission.

Beverly Hills Ninja

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Versions

3s 12 cert84:53s 1997 US film by Dennis Dugan

Cuts reduced to 3s when resubmitted in 2002. A double ear clap was removed so that the certificate would stay as a 12.

16s 12 cert84:40s Same cuts for pay-per-view and previous video versions
Beware My Brethren

Beware My Brethren is a 1972 UK horror by Robert Hartford-Davis.

See The Fiend
 

The Beyond

Link Here
  • L'Aldila
  • Seven Doors of Death
  • E tu Vivrai nel Terrore: L'Aldila
  • And You Will Live in Terror: The Beyond
The Beyond is a 1981 Italian horror film by Lucio Fulci
With Catriona MacColl and David Warbeck. Youtube link IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for cinema release. Then the same version was banned as a video nasty. Passed uncut on DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US but there is also a cut R rated version.

Summary Review: Fulci Lives

The Beyond is one of Fulci's best films. The film takes place in modern day Louisiana as a woman oversees the the renovation of an hotel that she inherits. Strange and gory things start to happen and poof the hotel just happens to be over one of the 7 doors to hell.

Very bloody with a slightly incoherent plot the film is a lot of fun and I suspect that no Fulci fan should be without their copy. Visually I think this is Fulci's best film (that I've seen) and the acting is what you'd expect.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 87:16s
pal: 83:47s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong horror and gory violence for:
  • 2020 Shameless (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2017 Arrow Special Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2011 Arrow/ArrowDrome Gates of Hell Trilogy R0 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2011 Arrow R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2011 Arrow R0 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2010 Cornerstone R2 DVD
  • 2002 Protected/Vipco R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:39s
run: 85:32s
pal: 82:07s
18

Video Nasty

X cert

UK: The cut cinema version was passed 18 without further cuts for:
  • 1992 Vipco VHS
  • 1987 Elephant VHS
UK: The cut cinema version was released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 Vampix VHS

Released on pre-cert video in March 1982. This was then banned as a video nasty in November 1983 but was later dropped from the list in April 1985

UK: Passed X after 9 BBFC cuts totalling 1:39s for:

  • 1981 cinema release

The cuts were.:

  • 18s have been cut from the prologue, ie the man being killed for witchcraft is missing several severe chain whippings. It is also missing shots of his hands showing he is nailed to the wall.
  • The eye gouging of a drainage mechanic has lost 6s of the gouging
  • 4 cuts totalling 43s have been imposed on the attack of (very unconvincing) spiders on a librarian. These include shots of the spiders biting his lip, nose and tongue and also of them pulling his eye out.
  • 5s has been cut from a cleaning lady being impaled on a nail through the eye.
  • 26s are missing from the blind girl's throat being ripped out by a dog. this includes shots of blood gushing from the wounds and shots of her ear being bitten off.
  • 1s is missing from a child's head exploding after a gunshot.
mpaa cut
5:02s
MPAA R US: A substantially cut version was released on US R rated VHS titled 7 Doors of Death
Beyond Atlantis

Link Here

 

Beyond Atlantis is a 1973 Philippines / USA action Sci-Fi horror by Eddie Romero.
Starring Patrick Wayne, John Ashley and Leigh Christian. IMDb

BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1977. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A band of adventurers invade a native island determined to grab a reported fortune in buried treasure. The islanders are just as determined to keep their sacred treasure. Complications ensue.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 91m
pal: 87m
MPAA PGUS: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

 

BBFC cut
 
cut:  
run: 89:28s
pal: 85:53s
A 1970UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts:
  • 1977 cinema release
Beyond Bedlam

Link Here
  • Nightscare
Beyond Bedlam is a 1994 UK comedy horror by Vadim Jean.
Starring Craig Fairbrass, Elizabeth Hurley and Keith Allen. IMDb
Uncut and 18 rated for 1994 cinema release but for several 18 rated VHS releases and then DVD. NOt released in the US.

Dr.Stephanie Lyell works for Neurological Research, and is testing a seemingly safe personality-altering drug on Marc Gilmour a notorious Serial Killer. But when a pair of bizarre suicides occur at Dr. Lyell's apartment complex, Homicide Detective Terry Hamilton connects the mysterious deaths to the drug's diabolical side effects on Gilmour. Only after they too begin to experience horrible dreams and hallucinations do Terry and Stephanie realize they are trapped in Gilmour's nightmarish world, from which there is no hope of escape.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
18 89:00s
=85:26s

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 1994 cinema release
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
17s
18 85:09s

 
UK: Passed 18 after 17s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 2003 Cinema Club R2 DVD
  • 1999 Video Collection International VCI
  • 1995 Polygram VHS
  • 1994 Columbia/Tri-Star VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The BBFC cuts were:

  • Cuts to Mark injecting drugs into a bandaged arm
  • A fight between Mark and Terry is missing one of the 2 times that Mark's head is smashed against a table, also missing 2 head butts and 2 punches.
Beyond Evil

Link Here
  • Casa maldita
Beyond Evil is a 1980 USA horror by Herb Freed.
Starring John Saxon, Lynda Day George and Michael Dante. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1980. Uncut and 15 rated on home video. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

An architect and his wife move into a house with a bloody past and a 100-year-old ghost, who possesses the wife.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
 
run: 94:42s
pal: 90:55s
15

MPAA R

UK: Passed 15 uncut: US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
  • 2019 Vinegar Syndrome RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon released on 24th September 2019
  • 2019 Vinegar Syndrome Amazon Prime VoD [US only] at US Amazon
BBFC cut
cut
cut:  
run: 126:23s
pal: 121:20s
XUK: Passed X (18) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1980 cinema release

The running time noted by the BBFC does not make much sense.

Beyond Justice

Link Here

Versions

24s PG certificate105:56s 1998 release

Several shots of a twirling butterfly knife have been removed along with a few horse trips.

Beyond Re-animator

Link Here
  • Beyond Re-Animator
  • Cuando la muerte es el principio
Beyond Re-animator is a 2003 Spain / USA comedy Sci-Fi horror by Brian Yuzna.
Starring Jeffrey Combs, Tommy Dean Musset and Jason Barry. IMDb
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. European releases have all been the uncut version.

Summary Notes

Everyone's favorite mad scientist Herbert West is currently in jail after having state's evidence turned against him by his former assistant, Dan Cain. While being led away, some re-agent falls from his pocket where it is picked up by a young man who was camping nearby. The young man finds Herbert down in his jail cell and learns for himself just what the re-agent is capable of.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
18

MPAA Unrated

92:05s

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong gory violence and sexualised violence for: UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong, gory violence, strong sex and language. for:
  • 2003 Home Entertainment Corporation video
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2003 Home Entertainment Corporation video

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

mpaa cut
8s
MPAA R 96:02s
=96:12s
US: Cut for an MPAA R rating

From IMDb

. The cuts for an MPAA R rating are:

  • When Speedball ODs on the re-agent, he sits up and his eyeball pops out.
  • When he explodes, we see him open his shirt and his stomach spew out. (On the DVD, the shot lingers on West up until Speedball's guts are already halfway through the air.)
  • When the Doctor Phillips is battling with Laura, a few of the shots where he starts hacking at her neck are trimmed.
Beyond Skyline

Beyond Skyline is a 2016 Singapore / USA action Sci-Fi film by Liam O'Donnell.
Starring Frank Grillo, Bojana Novakovic and Jonny Weston. IMDb

The film was edited in the US prior to release. It was MPAA R rated for sequences of bloody sci-fi violence, and language throughout.

The MPAA noted:

EDITED FOR RE-RATE. CONTENT IS DIFFERENT FROM R RATED VERSION BULLETIN #2452 (11/23/2016). ONLY THIS VERSION IS RATED. NO CHANGE IN RATING OR RATING REASON.

Beyond the Darkness

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  • The Final Darkness
  • Buio Omega
  • In quella casa buio omega
  • Buried Alive
  • Blue Holocaust
Beyond the Darkness is a 1979 Italy horror drama by Joe D'Amato.
Starring Kieran Canter, Cinzia Monreale and Franca Stoppi. IMDb
Uncut by censors but the film has been been shortened for some releases.

Summary Review: Honest Horror

A young rich orphan loses his fiancée to voodoo doll mischief on the part of his housekeeper who is jealous of his attentions.

The film is also packed with a series of extreme gore scenes that are effective and really well-done. All of a person's fingernails are pulled out with pliers in an act of pure sadism and the corpse dismemberment is a sickening, uncompromising gore sequence as it is completely and utterly cut to pieces and dumped into acid, complete with gruesome close-ups provided of the flesh-less pieces immersed in acid.

One of the strongest films to ever get through in the European sleaze genre, it's got a lot to look forward to. Due to the subject matter and extremes presented, this is one for the strongest-willed of Exploitation fanatics, while those who have no desire for these films should avoid.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 93:48s
pal: 90:03s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence, gore, nudity for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

The Shriek Show Bu-ray is missing a 25 second scene (which should run immediately after the opening titles) in which Frank carries the body of a baboon from his van into his house. It is not clear if this scene is missing from other releases.
BBFC uncut

cut
shortened

cut: 3m
run: 88:33s
pal: 85:00s
  18UK: A short version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1989 VPD VHS

This may be a shortened US Version titled Buried Alive described  by IMDb as missing several scenes:

  • A scene of Frank picking up a girl in a disco near the end of the film.
  • A scene of a strange old woman yelling ominous phrases at Frank and his date outside the disco
  • A scene of one of the undertaker's failed attempt to spy on Frank at his house
 

Beyond the Door

  • Devil Within Her
  • Chi sei?
  • Behind the Door
Beyond the Door is a 1974 Italy horror by Ovidio G Assonitis (as O Hellman) and Robert Barrett (as R Barrett).
Starring Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson and Gabriele Lavia. BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Generally released in an uncut Export Version (titled The Devil Within Her) but the film was shortened in the US for its theatrical release.

The film was shortened in the US after Warner Brothers won a law suit claiming that the film infringed Warner's copyrights over its film The Exorcist. Beyond the Door was shortened to remove the infringing content.

Summary Notes

Juliet Mills plays a pregnant woman who becomes possessed by a demon and begins puking split pea soup all over the place. Ex-boyfriend Richard Johnson shows up to save the day.

Export Version

BBFC uncut
uncut
Export Version
run: 107:35s
pal: 103:17s
15

X 1970

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Export Version was passed 15 uncut for strong threat, nudity:
  • 2020 Arrow Special Edition [Export Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2020 Arrow Limited Edition [Export Version + US Theatrical Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
UK: The Export Version was passed X (18) uncut:
  • 1975 cinema release titled Devil Within Her
US: The Export Version is MPAA Unrated for:

US Theatrical Version

cut
shortened
US Theatrical Version
run: 98:18s
pal: 94:22s
15UK: The shortened US Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for strong threat, nudity:
  • 2020 Arrow Limited Edition [Export Version + US Theatrical Version] Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Beyond the Door

Beyond the Door is a 1974 Italy / USA horror by Ovidio G Assonitis and Robert Barrett.

See Devil Within Her
 

Beyond the Door II

Beyond the Door II is a 1977 Italy horror by Mario Bava

See Shock
 

Beyond the Door III
  • Beyond the Door 3
  • Death Train
  • Amok Train

Beyond the Door III is a 1989 Italy / Yugoslavia horror by Jeff Kwitny.
Starring Mary Kohnert, Bo Svenson and Victoria Zinny. IMDb

Uncut and 18 rated in the UK. There are reports of a heavily cut R rated VHS version but this has not been verified.
Beyond the Mat

Link Here

Versions

BBFC uncut15 cert

MPAA
R Rated

98:35s 1999 US wrestling documentary by Barry W. Blaustein

The BBFC passed the US R Rated Version 15 without cuts for the 2000 cinema release and 2000 Universal DVD

There is also an Unrated Director's Cut that adds 4:51s of uncontentious material.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The Director's Cut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The Director's Cut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Link Here

Versions

uncut
uncut
12 cert109:46s 1979 US action adventure by Irwin Allen.
With Michael Caine, Sally Field and Telly Savalas. IMDb

Passed 12 uncut for:

  • 2006 Warner R2 DVD
uncut
uncut
15 cert 109:35s Passed 15 uncut for:
  • 2000 Warner VHS
  • 1987 Warner VHS
BBFC
cut
A cert 114:19s
=109:45s
Passed A (PG) after BBFC cuts for category for:
  • 1979 cinema release

From IMDb:

  • edits to blood spurts from gunshot wounds
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

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  • Más allá del valle de las muñecas
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 USA comedy music film by Russ Meyer.
Starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers and Marcia McBroom. Youtube link IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1970 cinema release. Cut again for 18 rated 1989 VHS. Passed 18 uncut since 2003 DVD. Uncut and MPAA NC-17 rated in the US.

Summary Review: Camp Classic

This film is a sequel in name only to Valley of the Dolls (1967). An all-girl rock band goes to Hollywood to make it big. There they find success, but luckily for us, they sink into a cesspool of decadence. This film has a sleeping woman performing on a gun which is in her mouth. It has women posing as men. It has lesbian sex scenes. It is also written by Roger Ebert, who had become friends with Russ Meyer after writing favorable reviews of several of his films.

What more could one ask for? Valley of the Dolls took itself seriously with hilarious effects. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (supposedly not related) was more of a spoof that played straight with seriously hilarious effects. Both are camp classics and at this price, this DVD is nearly impossible to pass up.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
18

MPAA NC-17

104:35s

UK: Passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
  • 2016 Arrow RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2016 Arrow Limited Edition (RB) Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
  • 2006 20th Century Fox DVD
  • 2003 20th Century Fox DVD
US: Uncut and MPAA NC-17 rated for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
53s
18 104:07s

submitted
104:26s
UK: Passed 18 after 53s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1989 CBS/Fox VHS
The BBFC cuts were:
  • New opening credits were required for this release, as the BBFC would not allow the shot of a gun being rubbed along breasts in the opening scene.
  • Paul also suggests that a drug taking scene via a pipe may have been cut as it is about 50s
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1970 cinema release
Beyond Tomorrow

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  • Beyond Christmas

Versions

BBFC Uncut

pre-cut

U cert75:54s 1940 US drama by A Edward Sutherland

The 2009 E1 DVD was passed uut by the BBFC. It is a colorised and shorted version titled Beyond Christmas.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

See review from IMDb : Colorized

Fox Home Entertainment has once again attempted to improve upon a classic. BEYOND TOMORROW gets the colorizing and retitling treatment, retitling the film (BEYOND Christmas).

The company has also chopped out about 5 minutes of material from the movie. Granted, they include the material in the Extras as deleted footage, but that only begs the question, What was the point of deleting it at this time, to begin with?

Some of the deletions, such as the sequence where Arlene Terry's ex-boyfriend clashes with her new leading man, destroy the emotional impact of the showdown between the two men and Arlene during the film's finale. To first-time viewers unfamiliar with the film, the jilted lover's appearance at the end comes almost out of the blue, causing confusion as to who he is.

In spite of these alterations/deletions, the box proudly announces the film is fully restored. Sorry, Fox, but the term restoration does NOT mean alteration or condensation. And with the various advances in such technology, it is amazing to see how artificial the colorization still looks, at least on this film.

  U cert83:34s The 2007 Passport DVD was passed uncut by the BBFC
cut BBFC 'A' Certificate   The 1940 cinema release was cut by the BBFC.

The original running time was noted as 84:36s


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