Horror & the 15 certificate - Page 9

Angel · #81 15th September 2009, 12:39 PM

The BBFC still continue to cut cruelty to snakes.

vincenzo · #82 15th September 2009, 12:48 PM

If they didn't some viewers would have a hissy fit.

Philleh · #83 15th September 2009, 01:45 PM

Why do they only cut certain films then? makes no sense!

vincenzo · #84 15th September 2009, 03:08 PM

The snake cut to Bloody Moon was presumably waived recently due to it being a quick kill. It was originally cut by Ferman, who was a law unto himself in these matters.

I watched Westworld again recently and it's quite difficult to see if it was a real snake that was shot. It looks more like a dummy to me though it's not easy to tell for sure, hence the BBFC never cutting it. The shooting in A Gunfight was genuine alas.

vipco · #85 15th September 2009, 05:43 PM

Was there a snake killed in The Other Hell, or was it a chicken. ? Either way it wasn't cut by the BBFC.
Theres alot of chicken stuff passed by the BBFC , especially in those 70's / 80's car chase films, some of them AA.

vincenzo · #86 15th September 2009, 09:48 PM

The infamous chicken-crushing scene in Pink Flamingos was also cut in every previous release, though amazingly it was waived for the (cancelled) EIV DVD.

The use of a chicken during the fight scene in Emperor Of The North was cut for the DVD 2 years ago.

Pete · #87 16th September 2009, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by vipco

Was there a snake killed in The Other Hell, or was it a chicken. ? Either way it wasn't cut by the BBFC.
Theres alot of chicken stuff passed by the BBFC , especially in those 70's / 80's car chase films, some of them AA.

It's a chicken that is killed in The Other Hell.

vincenzo · #88 16th September 2009, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by loops

The cut to Korova's murder is also mentioned on the Argent submission.

Correct. As I said above Kerova's murder was cut in the (unused) Vipco trailer but intact in the Shameless (Argent) one. The cuts were never made. In fact both trailers are quite different.

The edits were very sloppily done on the Vipco video. The Shameless release is far better and the slowing down of some of the reaction shots makes the scene even more chilling.

Pete · #89 16th September 2009, 11:53 AM

Have you seen the Vipco trailer?

Peter Neal · #90 16th September 2009, 11:53 AM

Good (as in not really noticable) Shameless job on NYR indeed.

I usually prefer this to my uncut AWE "restored version", because the added scenes with Dr. Davies don't add much to the plot and only slow the movie down