UK Blu-rays Cut + Banned

[OgamiittoMcJ]

this thread is for UK BBFC Pre-Cut, Cut and Banned BD's/UHD's 4k UK Releases

details taken from BBFC, melonfarmersUK, movie-censorship, and dvdcompare also sometimes from other websites and reviewers
(for shorter R-Rated and Theatrical Versions Please See the Other Thread I have as these aren't cut by BBFC just shorter versions)

American Horror Story (2011) Cut 5s- Season 1: Murder House - Pilot episode
BD Cut required to remove potentially harmful dialogue describing a particular suicide technique.
But the episode has been broadcast numerous times on UK TV in its uncut form
(US BD Uncut)

Angel Heart (1987) Cut 4-5s Cockfight Deleted (US Un-Rated BD Uncut & German BD Uncut)
UK 4k UHD CUT, German 4k UHD Uncut

Aquaman (2018) UK Cinema/DVD/BD/UHD 4k Censored Blood detail removed 2 scenes
US + German Uncut
at approx 1hr 28m Aquaman is stabbed in the shoulder, following which a small red patch appears, in the UK version the small red patch was removed.
Also when Aquaman is slashed in the back following which a small blood spurt is seen again this blood spurt was removed digitally.

Avengers Assemble (2012) Cut There are 2 versions available worldwide,
one omits the sight of the spear protruding from a man's chest as he is stabbed through his back
(US BD is Uncut)
NOTE UK 4k UHD is Uncut version

Bandidos(1967) Cut (animal cruelty)
(available in the Boxset, Vengeance Trails: Four Classic Westerns)
brief cuts to a horse-tripping scene

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Pre-cut in the UK for strong language. Uncut in the US but it is presented in a variant US Version

[Show spoiler]Cut required to remove the word c*nt from the line ham fisted c*nt and from the director's commentary, line changed to ham fisted cow

Brightburn (2019) Pre-Cut approx 24 seconds
(2 scenes reduced featuring both strong gory images and a dwelling on the infliction of pain and injury)

[Show spoiler]A woman pulls a shard of glass out of her eye. In another scene, a man's jaw is briefly shown falling away after his face hits the dashboard of his truck.

UK Cinema DVD & BD are Pre-Cut 15 versions
Note UK 4k is Uncut 18 version
US Uncut on BD/UHD

Bumblebee (2018) Pre-Cut 6s
UK Cinema/DVD/BD/4k UHD
passed uncut at 12a but the distributors preferred a pre-cut PG version

The Bunny Game (2010) Banned (US BD Uncut)

Cannibal Ferox (1981) Cut 1m55s (animal cruelty)
(region A) US BD Uncut
UK and US also have different restorations/masters and extras

Cannibal Holocaust(1979) Cut 15-28s
animal violence

[Show spoiler] Cuts to the cruel killing of a coatimundi
Various shots of the giant turtle being killed and cut up were cut or hidden by fake film tears
The slicing of the top of a monkey's head was masked by a fake film tear.

Deodato produced a new edit in 2011 to more tidily remove the animal violence.
US Grindhouse is Uncut But

[Show spoiler] is missing about 10s (3 scenes) from the last Road to Hell sequence showing prisoners being shot,
the dead body of one prisoner and a body being thrown into the back of a truck.

Conan the Barbarian (1982) Steelbook Cut 19s (US and German BD's Uncut see other notes)

[Show spoiler]Several horse falls have been trimmed from the UK versions, One of which is from the opening raid on young Conan's village.
other horse falls from the lengthy stand-off in the desert, and
A sex scene with the witch featuring a lost naked rump was also trimmed to remove 3 out of 6 groans

[Show spoiler]Originally Rated X and Cut 5m for an MPAA R rating in US (The uncut X version has never been released)
All British releases are further cut by the BBFC
(except one early UK release that got away, The earliest UK Blu-ray contains both the uncut international version
and the cut UK variant of the international version.
The uncut version is played when the default language for the Blu-ray Player internal menus is set to one of the non-English options.
The English language film may still be selected. If the English Blu-ray player menuing system is selected then the cut UK version will play.)

[Show spoiler]The Australian , the French Conan - L'integrale de la Saga Steelbook, and the Italian re-issue release
have the uncut release with the original mono track and the corrected audio and video.
Note that although the UK Limited Edition Steelbook includes corrected audio and the original mono track, it only includes the cut version.
The other releases have an error in the audio mix: the choral section is missing from Basil Poledouris' "Riders of Doom",
which is played over several scenes, and issues with the day-for-night sequences.

Doc (1971) Cut 5s (cockfight deleted)

The Equalizer (2014) Cut 15s (4 scenes)
NOTE UK 4k UHD is Uncut 18 version
Note: US region A BD release is Uncut also Germany BD has Uncut version,

[Show spoiler]A cork screw is shown jammed into Tevi's moith but the UK cut version omits it being pushed into his skull.
It also omits a reaction shot where Tevi stares at the killer while blood flows out of his mouth.
deletes two heavy punches to the head of a construction worker.
A Russian mercenary is garroted with a wire and shots showing blood escaping from the wound have been deleted
A gangster is killed with a garden blade and the UK Version reduces the sight of the blade sticking out from either side of the victim's neck.

The Equalizer 2 (2018) Cut 10-11s for 15 cert
reductions to scenes of strong violence and gore (US BD Uncut)
NOTE UK 4k is Uncut 18 version

Face-Off (1997) Cut 7s butterfly knife scene US BD Uncut

Fast & Furious 8 (Fate of the Furious)(2017) Pre-Cut Theatrical for Cinema/BD/UHD
at least one scene, punch, has been edited different, sound of punch also missing,
US/Spanish/Italian BD versions are Uncut Theatrical version
(also an Extended Director's cut is available online only)

A Fistful Of Dynamite (AKA Duck You Sucker!) (1971) Cut 6s animal cruelty
Cuts required to remove two shots of a dangerous horse fall
(during the "Bridge Ambush" scene at approx 89 mins)
US/German/Italian BD's are all Uncut

The Grand Duel (1972) Cut 5s animal cruelty
cut required to remove sight of a horse being tripped and falling onto its head and neck

Grotesque (2009) Banned

Gun Woman Cut 5s

[Show spoiler]Cut required to remove focus on a man's pleasure in the context of sexual violence.

The Hangover Part II (2011) Edited - No time difference, but some photographs depicting sexual activity during the closing credits were edited

Hate Crime (2013) release was Banned

Heaven's Gate (1980) Cut 59s (cock fight and a number of obviously cruel forwards horse trips)
Region A US BD Uncut

Hercules Pre-Cut 3m 31s preferred 12A could be achieved by reducing some bloody detail in three scenes.
(The Canadian REG A release is full extended Uncut Version)

[Show spoiler]The Extended Version adds lots of blood to the fight/battle scenes and makes for a more violent movie that would never have made a PG-13 rating.
In addition the Extended Version adds 3:31s of plot which does not make a lot of difference but helps to explain the conflicts with General Sitacles.

House Of Flying Daggers (2004) Cut 18s horse trips (animal cruelty)
Australian/French BD versions are Uncut but only have DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1 track not the superior lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track
Australian/French versions also have English Dub but no Comm
(US BD is cut US theatrical version)

Human Centipede 2 Was Unbanned but still Cut 2m37s

[Show spoiler]32 individual cuts to scenes of sexual and sexualised violence, sadistic violence and humiliation, and a new born baby killing.

US and German BD'S are Uncut

Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures Bonus Disc was Cut by 13s to remove dangerous horse trips

Immortals (2011) Cut 18s (US BD Uncut)

[Show spoiler]removal of the bloody focus on a throat being cut
reducing the focus on young women dying, having been burnt
reducing the focus on eye gouging
removing the shot of a beheading, and
reducing some focus on large splashes of blood resulting from characters being killed

The Inbetweeners 2 (2014) Film Uncut but Deleted Scenes Cut 19m54s
Distributor chose to reduce the number of uses of very strong language and to reduce the detail in a scene in which one character urinates on another.
Cuts were made in line with BBFC Guidelines and policy in order to achieve a 15 rating. An uncut 18 was available.
Maybe the cut scenes tried to find their way back on to the disk as Deleted Scenes. But the BBFC were having none of it.

Ironmaster (1983) Cut 8s (animal cruelty,the killing of a boar)
Note: US Code Red release is Uncut

I Spit On Your Grave (1978) Cut 2m54s
(scenes of sexual violence) US BD is uncut (101:18)

[Show spoiler]UK has repeated footage and slowed down shots to lengthen the runtime (100:21)

I Spit on Your Grave (2010) Cut 43s (US BD Uncut)(Italian BD best for PQ)
17 individual cuts to its scenes of sexual violence in order to remove elements that tend to eroticise sexual assault

[Show spoiler]softer (ie zoom-in) shots during the rape scenes which cropped detailed footage of Jennifer's bare breasts and behind,
as well as camcorder footage of Jennifer being forced to dance,
closeups of her being forced to suck on a gun and a glass bottle, and
a shot of her blouse being opened with a rifle barrel

I Spit On Your Grave 2 (2013) Cut 1m41s
(US and Australia BD's Uncut / Unrated Austrian BD has 7.1)

[Show spoiler]43 differences in the two versions:
*22 cut scenes
*16 scenes with alternative footage
*4 scenes with zoom
*1 additional scene in the UK version

John Wick 2 (2017) Cut 23s (reduce bloody injury detail in a suicide scene)
Cut for UK Cinema/Sat TV and on BD and DVD
NOTE UK 4k UHD is Uncut 18 version
(Plus the UK Blu-ray is missing "Dog short" feature plus audio-commentary)
Uncut in Germany and US Reg A BD also UNCUT

Little Big Soldier (2010) Cut 2 seconds for a horse fall.

Long Riders(1980) Cut 4s (horse falls) (US BD Uncut)

The Love Punch (2013) Cut 1s (remove a use of strong language ('motherf*ckers')

The Man from Deep River (1972)(Deep River Savages) Cut 3m 1s removed animal cruelty scenes

[Show spoiler]Cuts required to
a mongoose and a snake being forced to fight;
a cockfight;a snake being cut open while alive;
a crocodile being cut open while alive.

Massacre in Dinosaur Valley Cut 13s, remove sight of real animal cruelty (cockfighting)

Men In Black Cut overdubbed 5s
BBFC Category cuts applied to all UK releases. Uncut in the US
The BBFC cuts were to overdub 2 aggressive uses of the word prick

[Show spoiler]'You insensitive prick' was replaced by 'You insensitive jerk'
'I just hope the little prick hasn't skipped town' was replaced by 'I just hope the little twerp hasn't skipped town'

Mountain of the Cannibal God Cut 2m1s
cuts required to remove six sequences of animal cruelty (US Uncut)

[Show spoiler]Cuts to a crocodile getting the better of a turtle
Some shots missing from a snake eating a monkey
Cuts to a crocodile taking live lunch on another turrtle
A fight between a snake and a hawk is missing

Navajo Joe (1966) Cut 9s (cruel tripping of horses and cockfighting)
US and German BD's are Uncut

The New York Ripper(1982) Cut 29s (US BD is Uncut+Region free)
Note: UK has 15 seconds of footage not in the US Blue Underground Blu-Ray
cuts were required to remove sexualised violence

[Show spoiler]a naked and bound woman's stomach and breasts being mutilated with a razor blade

Ninja : Shadow of a Tear (2013) Cut 4's (Cuts were required to remove sight of cockfighting)

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) Cut 8s

[Show spoiler]Company chose to remove a moment of moderate violence (a headbutt)
and two sequences of weapons display (knives being opened and twirled) in order to obtain a PG classification.
An uncut 12A classification was available. Note: US BD release is Uncut.

Quest for Fire (1981) Cut 8s animal cruelty (wolf set on fire)
UK-release has additional audio commentary and a photo gallery, but is cut. Best uncut release is the German one.

Red Sparrow (2018) Cut one scene UK DVD/BD/UHD 4k all same cut version all US release's are region free and Uncut
Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. The film was cut in the UK for a 15 rated cinema release.
reductions in one scene of strong sadistic violence (a garroting)

Sahara (1983) Cut 4s (horse falls) (US DVD uncut)

Savage Three (1975) Censored 17s (animal cruelty)
(Available In the Boxset, Years of Lead: Five Classic Italian Crime Thrillers 1973-1977)
screen blacks out for seventeen seconds during shots of mice attacking each other in a maze
(same US region A Boxset is Uncut/Uncensored)
#Note also if BD player is set to region A UK set also plays Uncut#

Saving General Yang (2013) Cut 6s (horse fall cuts)

Score (1974) Cut US Softcore Version 6:53s total of pre-cuts and cuts(US BD Uncut)

[Show spoiler]A scene features cross cutting between a softcore lesbian scene and a hardcore gay scene featuring real oral sex.
Presumably the BBFC required cuts were to the gay blow jobs. The remainder of the cuts are US cuts to tone down the remaining sex in the same scene

The Secret life of Walter Mitty(2013) Cut for a PG rated cinema release in 2013.

[Show spoiler]to remove sight of naked female pin-up pictures and
to reduce violent threat in a fight scene
[A shot in which a man is threatened with a broken glass during a bar fight]

Note:This cut UK version has been released worldwide

A Serbian Film (2010) Cut 4m11s

[Show spoiler]remove portrayals of children in a sexualised or abusive context
and images of sexual and sexualised violence which have a tendency to eroticise or endorse the behaviour

Banned in Australia, New Zealand and Norway.
US BD is missing/cut by approx 1 minute
Best BD is 3 Disc Uncut Edition Scandinavia- Njutafilms - No cuts (103:37).

The Serpent And The Rainbow (1988) Cut 5s real animal cruelty (cock fighting) Note : US region 1 DVD uncut

Shrek 2 (2004) Cut 1 scene for U cert

[Show spoiler]On BBFC advice the distributors removed a vigorous headbutt delivered by Princess Fiona to the smarmy Prince Charming,
This was no mild bump, but a fighting technique in full close-up, arguably made worse by the fact the audience are expecting a romantic kiss.

[Show spoiler]UK customised soundtrack also dropped a reference to the crusades over religious sensitivity.
A line spoken by the King (John Cleese) "The old crusade wound playing up" has been replaced with "The old hunting wound playing up".

(US BD uncut)

Sister Street Fighter Collection
Sister Street Fighter: Hanging By a Thread (1974) Censored
censored in one scene. This is due to a potentially indecent image of a minor used as set decoration in the lair of one of the villains -
visible in one shot for approximately 31 seconds which the BBFC advised breached the Protection of Children Act 1978.
Arrow said this scene features important expository dialogue, instead of cutting it out completely we have decided to zoom into the other half of the frame,
cropping out the offending part of the image entirely. The US edition will be unaffected.

Snake In The Eagle's Shadow (1978) Cut 46s (animal cruelty)
cut scene removed, sight of cat fighting snake

Spectre (2015) pre-cut Theatrical

[Show spoiler] reductions:
scene of violence (Mr. Hinx gouging out the eyes of another Spectre agent)
another scene showing the aftermath of a violent act (Aftermath of Mr. White's suicide).
It is likely that the cut UK version has been distributed worldwide.

Strange Days (1995) Cut 15s
Note : Germany has Uncut BD's
All the BBFC cuts apply to the rape and murder of Iris in the hotel room:

[Show spoiler]3 seconds of the stun-gun being applied to Iris's crotch (totally cut, we jump immediately from Nero sitting in the car to a shot of Mace looking in the rear-view mirror)
5 seconds of the 'forcible breast exposing' have been cut
2 seconds of the killer cutting open Iris's trousers are gone (just before he opens his trousers)
The rape itself loses 2 seconds in one of the short sequences (we miss at least 1 thrust)
A shot of 1 second showing Iris's breasts while being suffocated is missing
At the end, another breast shot of 2 seconds has been replaced with Nero's face in the car Well, that's it, 15 seconds

Stromboli (1950) Cut 12s (animal cruelty)(99:47)
remove all sight of a ferret being set on a rabbit to kill it
US RegA Criterion contains both the English (106:34) and Italian versions (100:30) and is Uncut

Suburbia (1983) Cut 10s (animal cruelty)
remove sight of dogs being tripped by wires
US region A locked BD is uncut

Tenet (2020) Pre-Cut 9s UK Cinema/BD/UHD
preferred 12A classification could be obtained by making small changes to one scene to remove shots of a man kicking a woman,
(scene where Elizabeth Debicki's character is on the floor and Kenneth Branagh's kicks her in the body several times)

That's My Boy (2012) Cut 1m35s (US BD Uncut)
BBFC 15: 107:54 min
R-Rated: 109:29 min

A Walk Among the Tombstones(2013) Cut 2 scenes

[Show spoiler] reduce a scene of sexualised threat and to remove an accompanying aggressive use of very strong language directed at a woman.

The Walking Dead (2010) Cut
European releases of Season 1 were cut TV versions, although Germany and US BD'S are Uncut

[Show spoiler]Episode 2: 9s of cuts to Rick dismembering a corpse with an axe and then delving around in its innards
Episode 3: 7s of cuts to a zombie feasting on deer
Episode 4: Missing two explicit and gory zombie bites in the scene where the camp is attacked near the end. One of these - where a young woman is bitten in the throat, with screams and gushing blood.
Episode 5: 12s of cuts to Carol twice driving a pickaxe into the head of her dead husband
Episode 6: Uncut for violence

Welcome to the Jungle (2003) Cut 12a version despite saying 15 on cover (US BD Uncut + UK DVD Uncut 15)

White Snake (2019) Cut 9s (Uncut in US)
a scene of moderate sex and two sequences of moderate violence were cut n order to achieve a PG classification.
An uncut 12 classification was available.

The Woman In Black (2012) Cut 6s (German BD is Uncut)
In addition to the 6 seconds of visual cuts, substitutions were also made by darkening some shots and by reducing the sound levels on others.

[Show spoiler]Sound effects edited to tone down the jump associated with Arthur spotting the ghost of the Woman In Black in a window of the house
Sound effects edited to tone down the jump associated with the Woman in Black appearing behind Arthur standing at the same window as above
Creepy claps of thunder muted when Arthurs spots ghostly children outside the house
4s of the hanging have been removed and details of the rest of the scene have been reduced via visual darkening, shadowing and muted sound
2s of a young girl taking a step whilst engulfed in flames have been removed
Volume of a shrill scream from Nate turned down just after girl in flames scene.
4 cuts to the decomposed and injured faces of children. The BBFC darkened the scenes or else applied shadows.

[Show spoiler]with digital, there are so many other ways you can make a film more acceptable. You can suggest soundtrack changes and things like colour darkening, putting shadows in to obscure the more gory elements of a scene." So in The Woman in Black, we didn't hear the crack of the woman's neck as she hung from a noose – and, thanks to the cunning use of shadows, neither did we see her face.

Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1962-1973)
Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968) is Censored for animal cruelty
a large blurry oval obscure's what would have presumably been a dying snake


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