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In the cut UK DVD a number of cuts have been made to the scene at about 26m where a woman answers the phone. All close ups of her throat being cut and subsequent sight of blood pumping out from her throat have been removed. Also in the uncut version she is then stabbed 4 times, in the cut version she is stabbed only once. The scene at about 81m has suffered cuts. In the uncut version the baby sitter is stabbed 4 times in the back with a pick axe. The 3rd & 4th stabs are extreme close ups. In the cut version only the 1st 2 stabs are shown. 3 & 4 have been removed. The flash back scene at the end has also suffered several cuts. In the uncut version the woman (who has just been decapitated) is struck twice with the axe. In the cut version she is struck only once. The 2nd strike has been removed 2 other cuts to this scene were to remove the folowing: The father being struck on the head with the axe and subsequent sight of blood pouring from the wound. Last edited by Angel; 29th June 2008 at 07:00 PM. |
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It's hard to say whether the current UK DVD (Box Of The Banned version) is the same as the original BBFC-cut cinema print. The cuts certainly look similar. (from the interview with Craig Lapper)........ Quote:
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The Code Red dvd looks like it may be the way to go when it's released : http://codereddvdblog.blogspot.com/2...rom-extra.html Some whining in the comments about it being open matte, don't think that will affect my purchase. |
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Some "fans" are never satisfied. The "Code Red" DVD will be a must purchase for the extras alone! This is a movie, for which I'm really looking forward to learn more about its background history, not the least the Tom Savini controversy etc. @Angel: It'll be interesting to see whether or not "Freakshow" will get submitted to the BBFC. I'm always puzzled that so many movies seem to rather get a butchered German DVD than a (-n at least much closer to complete) UK DVD. Like the female-serial-killer flick "Katie Bird", for instance, which suffered over 25 (!!!) mins of cuts and had to be submitted 5x to the FSK before they granted it a rating after all. Here's a link to the list of cuts with pics: http://www.schnittberichte.com/schni...ht.php?ID=4628 |
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Hmm that was a while ago. I don't quite understand what they are getting at with looking at the film element and there's no matting then, yes like all theatrical soft-matte films. Personally I'm sick of "the director approved it" as a be-all and end-all complaint stopper, I'd be happy if it was the cinematographer but I guess he's busy with Transporter 3(if the imdb isn't in error again). The film may not be perfectly suiting to a full 1.85:1 matte (personally I don't see the point in going past 1.78:1) but a 1.66:1 matte in anamorphic would be more preferable in most cases. I just get the feeling when something is released open-matte it's because they were unable to get a new transfer done and the only old ones they could get hold of were 4:3 and would not hold up to being cropped then stretched in anamorphic. Also the argument about missing off boobs and fanny, well it's a little childish, but all the same they could adjust the framing if need-be or just do as they did on Don't Go In The House and have those shots as extras. I have Dog Tags on video, war is hell, and so's that movie, there's obviously an attempt at style there but the film is just dreary and dull. POW The Escape was much better |
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I have seen the pre cert but can't remember it well but I'm not sure exactly why it was stated by various sources that it restored some of the BBFC cuts when even the more complete Hardgore disc doesn't seem to have. |
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I have a friend who has the pre-cert which I'll try and borrow sometime (as long as it isn't Betamax) for comparison. I last saw it about 25 years ago. According to SGM the UK DVD has a few (VERY few) extra seconds of violence that weren't in the old pre-cert. Namely the 2nd pick axe blow and the first axe blow to the headless woman. I would have gone as far as to saying it may have been the R-rated print that the BBFC saw back in 1982 - but as they mention cuts to the throat-slashing and the father's head wound (which aren't in the current DVD/R-rated print) it must have been the full version they saw. The current DVD is definitely longer than the cut cinema version but whether any violence is restored seems to be highly negotiable. Bit of a nightmare itself this one. |
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Strangely enough, there isn't even a chopped 50 mins German sellthrough version.... You're probably right about "Katie Bird" and the BBFC, but from a non UK citizen's pov their attitude towards violence committed by women against men sounds a bit...well...like reversed sexism on their behalf Then again, as long as there's a solid reason NOT to cut something, why should I object? Last edited by Peter Neal; 30th June 2008 at 05:38 PM. |
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Has just been passed uncut by the BBFC with an 18 rating.
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